A Weak Confession (Joshua 7.20–21)
For Patrons only. Become a patron to support the Praying Through the Bible project and get access to all studies and more.
For Patrons only. Become a patron to support the Praying Through the Bible project and get access to all studies and more.
“Ah, Lord GOD! Why have you brought this people across the Jordan at all, to hand us over to the Amorites so as to destroy us? Would that we had been content to settle beyond the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned their backs to their enemies! The Canaanites…
Only, may the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses. The book of Joshua begins with God speaking to Joshua, telling him that it is time to lead the Israelites into the promised land. God says that he will be with Joshua, just as he was with Moses. Finally, God encourages…
The book of Joshua is an interesting book because of the seemingly contradictory issues or themes. On one hand, the story demonstrates God’s faithfulness to his people. He had promised them their own land, and, in the book of Joshua, he gives it to them. On the other hand, the book is filled with instances…
“May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem; and, through the children that the LORD will give you by this young woman, may your house be like…