HE IS LIFE AND THE ONLY WAY! You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.  —Psalm 73:24-25 I can fully trust the Lord God Almighty for His counsel— “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you” (Psalm 32:8).  After all, He is the One who has planned “the race set out for us” (Hebrews 12:1) and we are to “fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews…

HE IS WONDERFUL! Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen! The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. —Psalm 72:18-20             God has done such wondrous things.  Think about some of which He has done.  He created light and separated it from darkness.  He created water, sky, soil, seed, the vast universe, all water life, all winged life, all land life, all mankind, all microscopic life and all macroscopic life.  Not only has He created these things, but He holds all things together so they continue…

MY REFUGE Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. —Psalm 71:3             I am safe in You for You have saved me and none can penetrate the refuge of a rock that You are.  You are all powerful.  Who can do anything to me being sheltered by You?  “For God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6).  So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.  What can man do to me? (Psalm 118:6) —Hebrews…

IMPACT THE NEXT GENERATION! After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel. —Judges 2:10 So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come. —Psalm 71:18             How sad that the next generation after Joshua “grew up who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel.”  How is this possible?  How did this next generation grow up not knowing what the Lord had done for Israel?  Why was this generation…

BE CAREFUL TO LOVE GOD Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God. —Joshua 23:11             We are not to get lacks in loving the Lord.  If we do then someone or something is going to be loved more than He and that is idolatry, spiritual harlotry.  So we are to be careful to love Him.             What does that look like?  Well, if a child is going to truly love their parent then that child is going to look to please that parent.  To please that parent would be to listen to that parent and do what that parent says.  It would be wanting to be with…

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…