Read Joshua 13:1 through 17:18 “Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said” (Joshua 14:12). Though Caleb was 85 years old when he spoke these …
Personal Endorsement
Read Deuteronomy 31:1 through 32:52 When Karen’s friend began witnessing to her about God’s love and goodness, and how she had been delivered from depression, Karen was skeptical. After several invitations to visit church, she consented. After attending church several Sundays, she was saved. A radical change occurred in her life. She, too, became a zealous witness to the goodness …
Boundaries
Read Deuteronomy 12:1 through 14:29 The Israelites were given instructions on how to live for God. To follow those instructions was to obtain a promise. Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well with you (Deuteronomy 12:28). God wasn’t giving a list to make things hard. He knew the people …
Living With Passion
Read Acts 20:1 through 21:40 While David was overseas on a mission trip, he decided to take an early morning walk through the city. While walking, he found a young, homeless boy wrapped in newspapers. The boy had died during the night because of the cold. That day, he made it his mission to open an orphanage so that all …
Providential Protection
Read Numbers 16:1 through 17:13 Kristen is a 15-year-old girl who loves Jesus. She had been sharing with several friends about Jesus and some of them had agreed to come to church with her. One night she woke up feeling a heavy weight on her chest. She opened her eyes but couldn’t see anything. She also couldn’t move her limbs. …
Divine Assignments
Read Numbers 1:1 through 4:49 At the Lord’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry (Numbers 4:49). The Merarites were the last subgroup of Levites who were counted in the census in Numbers 4. They were descended from the third son of Levi and their assignment on each moving day during the years of …
Spotless Within
Read Leviticus 14:1 through 15:33 “You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place, which is among them” (Leviticus 15:31). Do you know anyone who would shower and dress for work, then leave home without brushing his or her teeth? That person would look …
Blood and Fire
Read Leviticus 1:1 through 7:38 The Israelites, like all of humanity, were imperfect; they sinned just as we all do. But God had granted them a way to atone for their sins: a complex system of sacrifices where blood would cover the sins of those who had broken the law. And because sin never stopped—this is the nature of sin—the …
He is With Us
Read Exodus 33:1 through 35:35 Moses had reason to be concerned. He and the Israelites were in the dessert wilderness and he had experienced so many difficulties leading such a “stiff-necked people” (Exodus 33:5). He felt alone and overwhelmed by such an enormous task. How could he possibly do what God commanded him to do? “The Lord replied, “‘My presence …
Daily Manna
Read Exodus 16:1 through 18:27 As a young adult, before surrendering to the Lord, Bill found the Bible confusing and difficult to read. Sometimes he would start at Genesis and try to read through the Bible. He never got further than the genealogies, which seemed to him as dry as dust. But God broke his heart, bringing him to repentance. …