And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive . . . And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming. Joshua…
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To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings by fire to the LORD God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to him. Joshua 13:14 It’s a bit of a long, uninteresting story, but we’ve had more than half of our household possessions tucked away in storage for the last…
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So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the LORD God of Israel commanded. Joshua 10:40 In the process of adding on to our old cottage, we decided…
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The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. Joshua 10:13 When I was in elementary school, I set out one recess to replicate Tarzan’s swinging from vine to vine. I tied my jump rope to the monkey bars overhead, climbed up one side and…
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At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors and that they lived among them. Joshua 9:16 When it comes to recovery, I’ve got it pretty good. I’ve got a best friend with whom I do a jail Bible study, and I’m married…
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They said to him, “From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the LORD your God. For we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt . . .” Joshua 9:9 In the disaster or my opioid addiction, I went to a Christian treatment…
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And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are few.” Joshua 7:3 Back in college, I was sitting in my dorm room…
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And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. Only its spoil and its livestock you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Joshua 8:2 Many of us who’ve struggled with drugs and alcohol have also struggled with longing to be able to have a social drink like…
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And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land.” Joshua 8:1 One of the foundational concepts of recovery…
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And all Israel stoned him with stones. They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. Joshua 7:25 Every time I got a bottle of pills, I was wracked with guilt and desperately afraid of anyone discovering my addiction. So, I’d ask God’s forgiveness, beg him to keep anyone from finding out, and then…
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