Your words matter. The words you speak to others and the words you speak to yourself, they all matter. If you’re anything like me, you save your harshest words for yourself. You know those poison-laced words no one else can hear except you. They repeat themselves over and over again
My husband and I have been pastors for 17 years. My husband has always been involved with activities throughout the church, and I am directly involved with the Ministry of Women and Music. In our church we always prioritize the Word of God, so every month I provide a new
God’s words are powerful! We know this truth, right? But do we really understand how powerful they are? I think if we did, we’d value being in His Word more and savor them more in our hearts. I mean, when we stop and contemplate the true power of God’s words,
This is our last day in the book of Joshua! These verses are Joshua´s last speech to the people of Israel. He exhorts the people to abolish idolatry and asks them to serve the Lord. But he reminds them also that, to serve the Lord, they have to be holy.
Joshua and the people of Israel are in the land God promised to give them. All the promises and commands God had given them can be reduced to this instruction – be brave and diligent in claiming the land I´ve already given you. That´s all they had to do. They
I know a “Caleb” type man. He is a WWII 94-year-old war veteran and lives down the road from me. I have watched him “run” down my street for ten years now. When I first moved into my house, he was still running at a pretty fast pace for a
To understand why Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh had made a bad decision when they asked to remain at the East side of the Jordan, we need to read Numbers 32. In that chapter, we read that they had a great number of livestock. When they saw
“They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you,” declares the Lord, “to deliver you.” Jeremiah 1:19 Joshua is as much a book about spiritual battles as it is about physical ones. Maybe we haven’t faced five physical kingdoms coming against us,
Today’s story is a story of deception. Joshua and the people of Israel had conquered city after city. The Canaanites were afraid of their powerful God. The Gibeonites didn´t want to fight against Israel and they made a plan to deceive them and force a peace covenant. “But when the
Before the battle had even begun, God told Joshua HE had delivered Jericho into Joshua’s hands. I know we don’t really like to talk about battles or wars anymore. The idea of everyone “co-existing” together sounds nice. Driving around town or on our highways, many of us will spot a