HE BEARS OUR BURDENS! Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. —Psalm 68:19             Oh yes, let us praise our Lord God Almighty.  He bears our burdens every single day.  So why are you trying to bear them if He does?  Jesus said, “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-39).  Don’t try to carry your burdens when…

OUR GRACIOUS GOD May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear him! —Psalm 67             God has been so…

HOLY GROUND, HOLY LIFE When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the LORD. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” And the commander of the LORD’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you…

GOD SAYS THIS TO YOU! “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.  Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.  Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” —Joshua 1:7-9             Moses had died…

LIFE IMPACT Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated. And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses. —Deuteronomy 34:7-9 And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may commission him.” And…

CHANGED HEARTS And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live…  “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.  It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that…

REJECTION OF GOD RESULTS IN CONFUSION OF MIND The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind. —Deuteronomy 28:28             Deuteronomy chapter 28 is speaking of blessing for obedience and curses for disobedience.  Again, as I mention previously, part of God’s judgment has to do with the mind.  When he judges a person or people they become confused.  They are blind to the truth and they are acting in madness or craziness.  They are not thinking right.              This is what happens when God gives a people over to their own sinful desires (Romans 1:24, 26, 28).  Their thinking becomes darkened.  Even though they think they…