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And they answered Joshua, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.” Joshua 1:16 When we got married, like everyone, my wife and I made our vows, promising to love and cherish each other as long as we lived. It was a beautiful, sacred moment, and…
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Prepare your provisions, for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.  Joshua 1:11 Like many of you, we have a health savings account from which we can get reimbursed for medical bills that…
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This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Joshua 1:8 I breezed…
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Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. . . Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. Joshua 1:2-5 Years ago, I read of an airline pilot…
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Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. Joshua 1:7 When I was a kid, I loved eating – I…
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And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face . . . and for all the mighty power and all the great deeds of terror that Moses did in the sight of all Israel. Deuteronomy 34:10-12 I am apparently known for the phrase, Strong Work.…
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And the LORD said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.” Deuteronomy 34:4 You probably haven’t noticed, but I’ve not written about…
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I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days . . . Deuteronomy 30:19-20 Imagine I’m joining a gym and must…
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See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and…
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For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. . . But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it. Deuteronomy 30:11-14 Once we’ve rewarded ourselves repeatedly with any pleasurable behavior, we…
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