Maryville Moms

What should be the greatest verse in this chapter, possibly in the book so far, didn’t impress me-at first.  Awww, c’mon.  This is archaic language. Everyone knows the sun stands still. Oh… and the moon stopped.  Hmm, that’s significant. God stopped the sun.  Well, not really, because the sun is not in motion… but whatever [...]

Joshua must’ve learned a lot from Achan’s sin and the battle at Ai in Joshua chapter 7. Now that Isreal had been cleansed from Achan’s sin, Joshua prepared to attack Ai again- this time to win. Lessons we can follow: Let God reveal your sins to you and then confess them.  (7:19-21) When you fail, [...]

Joshua and the Israelites just blew the Canaanites out of Jericho, but with a horn instead of weapons.  It was a strange tactic, but God had a plan.  Click here to read about it. Joshua 6:18 says, “But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by [...]

So Joshua and his posse are to march around the city silently (were there any women there?!) once a day for 6 days.  On the 7th day, they did 7 laps and after the 7th times the shouted and the walls came tumbling down. What a strange strategy.  According to Aaron McCarter, “Sometimes God has [...]

God parted the Jordan river for the Israelites in chapter 4.  Once the flow of the river was stopped, the word of God’s intervention spread throughout the land.  The Caananites who occupied the shore packed up and left.  Their hearts melted and they lost the courage to stand against God’s chosen people. Little did the [...]

“In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD.  When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.  These stones are to be a memorial to the [...]

Joshua 3:5, “Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.”  This is a statement made by Joshua to the Israelites.  This statement illustrates Joshua’s faith,not only in God, but in God’s plan. The Israelites are preparing to pack up and leave Shittim to cross the Jordan River and conquer [...]

Notice that Joshua sent spies… secretly.  This was an intelligent move.  If the crowd didn’t know that spies were sent, they wouldn’t be looking for reports from behind enemy lines.  The news from the spies served a purpose:  Joshua needed to gather intelligence in order to devise a plan.  The news could also have been [...]

Reading through chapter one of Joshua, I noticed a recurring theme.  God has a lot to say to Joshua and it begins with a promise:  I will never leave or forsake you.  After God makes his promise, he calls Joshua to action.  Of course these are my own words, but it goes a lot like [...]

A lot can be learned from Joshuah’s leadership.  If you don’t know much about his background, I’d like to encourage you to dig beyond this post. Long story short, he was the right-hand-man to Moses.  Moses trained him. Moses discipled him.  Awesome. God had just rescued the Israelites from Egypt via 10 creepy plagues so [...]