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Daily devotionalAugust 31 – Choose you this day
“Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” – Joshua 24:15 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalAugust 30 – A witness between you and us
“Let us now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifice, but that it may be a witness between you…
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Daily devotionalAugust 29 – Take careful heed
“But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you.” – Joshua 22:5 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalAugust 28 – Divine faithfulness
“Not a word failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.” – Joshua 21:45…
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Daily devotionalAugust 27 – divine sojourners
“So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their common-lands.” – Joshua…
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Daily devotionalAugust 26 – Divine justice
“The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to…
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Daily devotionalAugust 25 – The deceitfulness of sin
“And it happened, when the children of Israel grew strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.”…
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Daily devotionalAugust 24 – Wholly following the Lord
“Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God.” – Joshua…
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Daily devotionalAugust 23 – As the Lord had commanded
“As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.” – Joshua 14:5 Scripture reading: Joshua 14:1-5 Repetition…
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Daily devotionalAugust 22 – An ominous warning
“Nevertheless the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachathites, but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until…
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Daily devotionalAugust 21 – The divine promise
“Them I will drive out from before the children of Israel.” – Joshua 13:6 Scripture reading: Joshua 13:1-7 With Joshua 13, a very different section…
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Daily devotionalAugust 20 – He left nothing undone
“As the LORD had commanded Moses His servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the LORD…
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Daily devotionalAugust 19 – The sun stood still
“The LORD heeded the voice of a man.” – Joshua 10:14 Scripture reading: Joshua 10:12-15 When they come to this passage, liberal Bible scholars focus…
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Daily devotionalAugust 18 – The battle belongs to the Lord
“And the LORD said to Joshua, ‘Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand; not a man of them shall stand…
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Daily devotionalAugust 17 – The Gibeonite deception
“Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions; but they did not ask counsel of the Lord.” – Joshua 9:14 Scripture reading: Joshua…
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Daily devotionalAugust 16 – From conquest to covenant
“…and afterward [Joshua] read all the words of the law, the blessings and the cursings, according to all that is written in the Book of…
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Daily devotionalAugust 15 – The Church in the hands of an angry God
“So the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger.” – Joshua 7:26 Scripture reading: Joshua 7 God’s wrath against sin plays the central role…
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Daily devotionalAugust 14 – The Lord fought the battle of Jericho! – Part 2
“So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpets, and the people…
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Daily devotionalAugust 13 – The Lord fought the battle of Jericho! – Part 1
“And the LORD said to Joshua: ‘See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.’” – Joshua 6:2…
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Daily devotionalAugust 12 – Judgment begins
“Then the Commander of the LORD’s army said to Joshua, ‘Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy.’ And…
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Daily devotionalAugust 11 – Covenant renewal
“Then the LORD said to Joshua, ‘This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.’” – Joshua 5:9 Scripture reading: Joshua 5:1-12…
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Daily devotionalAugust 10 – A sign among you
“That this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’” –…
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Daily devotionalAugust 9 – The marvelous miracle
“The waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away.” – Joshua 3:16 Scripture reading: Joshua 3:14-17 Three…
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Daily devotionalAugust 8 – The glory of God
“The waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come down from upstream, and they shall stand as a heap.” – Joshua…
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Daily devotionalAugust 7 – The ark of the covenant
“When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then you shall set out…
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Daily devotionalAugust 6 – The profession of a prostitute – Part 2
“And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted: neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for the…
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Daily devotionalAugust 5 – The profession of a prostitute – Part 1
“So [the spies] went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there.” – Joshua 2:1 Scripture reading: Joshua 2:1-7 The…
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Daily devotionalAugust 4 – Turning promise into possession
“Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, “Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go…
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Daily devotionalAugust 3 – Prophetic foreshadowing
“Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to…
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Daily devotionalAugust 2 – Divine assurances
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with…
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Daily devotionalAugust 1 – Introduction
For many churchgoers today, the Old Testament Book of Joshua is only about ancient battles and bloodshed. Sure the walls of Jericho fell down flat,…