Micah Bemenderfer

Devotions from Joshua

22 devotions
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January 1, 2022

Passage Read: Joshua 2-5 Meditation Verses: 3:1-2 When the Lord was ready for the Israelites to break camp and move out, He made it very clear to them. Until then, they waited, first mourning for Moses, then waiting for instruction. I too need to wait…

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January 2, 2022

Passage Read: Joshua 6-9 Meditation Verses: 7:6-9 Joshua knew from long ago that God planned to bring them into the land and give it to them. He was one of the original spies who urged the people to trust the Lord and take the land…

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January 3, 2022

Passage Read: Joshua 10-13 Meditation Verse: 11:20 God could have hardened the hearts of Gibeon, but He didn't. Was that actually a mercy to them? Or a test to Israel? Gibeon turned out to be a good lure to bring a bunch of kings against…

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January 4, 2022

Passage Read: Joshua 14-17 Meditation Verses: 17:12-13 This is a common refrain in these chapters. As the land is divided, it is noted that pockets of Canaanites proved too difficult for the Israelites to drive out, so they lived side by side with the Canaanites,…

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January 5, 2022

Passage Read: Joshua 18-21 Meditation Verses: 21:11-13 I wonder how Caleb felt about this. He had been given Hebron and all is surrounding villages, then all Israel (and God) decided Hebron would be a good city of refuge and gave it to Aaron's family as…

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January 6, 2022

Passage Read: Joshua 22 - Judges 1 Meditation Verses: Joshua 24:13-15 The right response to God giving them their own country and blessing them in all these ways is to honor God by walking in His ways. That is no different from today. The right…

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December 30, 2022

Passage Read: Joshua 2-5 Meditation Verse: 2:10 It's amazing that the only thing they've heard, or the only thing they remember of all they've heard about Israel, is the beginning and end of their forty year journey to Canaan: the crossing of the Red Sea…

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December 31, 2022

Passage Read: Joshua 6-9 Meditation Verse: 7:7 So quickly Joshua goes from knowing the Lord had promised them this land and told them to go in (they crossed the Jordan in miraculous fashion!) to conviction that they had sinned against the Lord and He intended…

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January 1, 2023

Passage Read: Joshua 10-13 Meditation Verse: 11:20 The Lord hardened the hearts of the Canaanites so that they would fight against Israel so He could exterminate them without mercy. That is a brutal statement. The time had arrived when the Lord destroyed the Canaanites from…

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January 2, 2023

Passage Read: Joshua 14-17 Meditation Verses: 17:16-18 This is like us, when dealing with a difficult sin: We say we cannot get victory, but God says we can. We don't believe or don't try, but instead we make peace with the sin and let it…

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January 3, 2023

Passage Read: Joshua 18-21 Meditation Verses: 21:4-7 According to Jacob's prophecy or blessing, the Levites were scattered among Israel. They were given towns and villages from each of the other tribes. What seemed like a curse was actually meant to be a safeguard. The Levites…

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January 4, 2023

Passage Read: Joshua 22 - Judges 1 Meditation Verses: Joshua 24:19-20 What does God require of His people that is so hard to do? The Israelites in this moment have complete confidence that they can and will follow the Lord. The main danger Joshua points…

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January 11, 2024

Passage Read: Joshua 2-5 Meditation Verses: 2:10-13 The only right response to the news that the Lord is coming to claim the land is to humble yourself and plead for your life, and to serve the servants of God in whatever way you can. This…

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January 12, 2024

Passage Read: Joshua 6-9 Meditation Verses: 7:11-12 God's response was immediate, though the people didn't realize it until later. Things went badly at Ai, and then they were afraid that the Lord had given them over to destruction. But the Lord had simply withdrawn His…

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January 13, 2024

Passage Read: Joshua 10-13 Meditation Verse: 11:20 The Canaanites received no mercy from God. They were to be completely destroyed. Some however would receive mercy from the Israelites, not for love of them, but because they chose to enslave them rather than destroy them. Perhaps…

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January 14, 2024

Passage Read: Joshua 14-17 Meditation Verses: 17:14-15 The sons of Joseph were not content with the land they had been allotted; it wasn't enough for them. Joshua didn't dispute them or rebuke them, but acknowledged that what they said was true and right, so he…

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January 15, 2024

Passage Read: Joshua 18-21 Meditation Verse: 21:44 Oh to have rest from all my enemies. It is a promise but not for this life. Unless I make peace with all my enemies. Which would require giving in to their way of thinking and living. The…

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January 16, 2024

Passage Read: Joshua 22 - Judges 1 Meditation Verses: Joshua 23:6-7 The Israelites didn't drive out all the Canaanites at once, but many were left to be conquered after Joshua's death. Joshua warns them to remain faithful to the Lord and He will give them…

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January 18, 2025

Passage Read: Joshua 2-5 Meditation Verses: 2:9-12 There are two responses to the Lord's overwhelming power and authority and commitment to judge: surrender and plead for life, or tremble and hopelessly defend. Rahab saw the certainty of God's coming and surety of His victory, and…

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January 19, 2025

Passage Read: Joshua 6-9 Meditation Verses: 7:20-21 Achan confessed his sin and returned the things he had stolen, but that didn't remove the consequence of his actions. He still bore the death penalty, he and his whole family. Even all he had and all he'd…

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January 20, 2025

Passage Read: Joshua 10-13 Meditation Verse: 10:8 Joshua and the Israelites were commissioned by God to go and take the land. Here God reminds Joshua that he has no need to be afraid of a large number of kings coming against them, because it is…

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January 21, 2025

Passage Read: Joshua 14-17 Meditation Verses: 17:16-18 Joshua is beginning to record those groups of Canaanites that were too strong for the Israelites to destroy. He also records that though they were too strong now, in time the Israelites would be strong enough to make…

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