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Joshua | Prayer Studies

How not to pray – A summary of the prayers in Joshua

ByMark McDowell May 2, 2023September 11, 2024

Here is a brief summary of the prayers in the book of Joshua, by Dr. Mark McDowell. What do we learn from this book about prayer, where the Israelites are not always faithful to God?

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Blessings (Joshua 14.13, 22.6–7)

ByMark McDowell April 25, 2023November 13, 2024

Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he explores the final prayer in the book of Joshua—a blessing prayer. Yet, like many other prayers in Joshua, this has its problems. What can we learn about our own prayers from it?

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A Secularized Prayer (Joshua 10.12)

ByMark McDowell April 18, 2023November 13, 2024

Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he explorer this unusual prayer in Joshua. It is a command for the sun to stop, where we would expect a Petition asking God to do so. What are we to make of this? What can it teach us about prayer?

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Joshua | Prayer Studies

Understanding Curse Prayers: A Curse Upon the City

ByMark McDowell March 21, 2023September 18, 2024

Curse-prayers are rare in the Bible and perhaps we think they have no place in our lives. But they do have a function in the Bible. Join Dr. McDowell as he explores this unusual and uncomfortable type of prayer from Joshua.

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A Failure To Pray (Joshua 9.14)

ByKate Dubai July 11, 2014September 18, 2024

So the leaders partook of their provisions, and did not ask direction from the LORD… Background This passage mentions prayer, but there is no prayer. Unlike the passages in 1.17 and 7.20–21, where it was not clear if there was a prayer or not, here the writer tells us that the leaders did not pray. …

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Too Busy for Prayer? (Joshua 1.17)

ByKate Dubai April 20, 2014November 20, 2024

Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he explores this Passage from Joshua, which may or may not be a prayer. What can we learn about being too busy to pray?

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Joshua | Prayer Studies

The book of Joshua and Prayer: Introduction

ByKate Dubai April 15, 2014September 11, 2024

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…

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