Category: Faith in the Struggle

And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the LORD your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. Joshua 2:11 I don’t have any desire to run a gym, but today’s passage got me…
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Then the two men returned. They came down from the hills and passed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and they told him all that had happened to them. Joshua 2:23 When I was a kid, my friends and I had just bought some pea shooters at the dime store downtown, when…
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And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there. Joshua 2:1 In medical school, I thought I wanted to be a family practice physician but in residency, I realized that I didn’t enjoy managing chronic disease or practicing preventative medicine. If a patient had diabetes but…
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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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