Grounded in truth…..
Back in Deuteronomy 27, Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people – When you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat...
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Try, try, try again…….
‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.’ A familiar saying to encourage us all to have another go when we’ve tried and made a mess of something. Sometimes this is harder...
And the walls come tumblin’ down
To set the scene for today’s blog, have a listen to this – Mahalia Jackson singing ‘Joshua fit the battle of Jericho’ in 1957. This song is a well-known African-American spiritual believed to have...
The start of a new chapter……
It’s the start of a new chapter for the Israelites. They have a new leader. A new era has dawned. They have crossed over the river Jordan into the land that God had promised...
Our small miracle…..
And I know in our lives, God has caused a miracle. An emotional miracle. He has turned the most desperate of situations into good. He has delivered us from our despair and provided the...
I believe in miracles…..
Finally the day has come. It is time to cross the River Jordan. It’s been a long time in coming. Can you remember back to the middle of October when God delivered the Israelites...
Great is the Lord in whom we have the victory…..
Joshua Chapter 2 contains a lovely, heart-warming story. About a prostitute. She is not the victim but the hero. No one rides in like a knight in shining armour and saves her from her...
Here we go!
The time has come! It’s time to enter the Promised Land. All these years of wandering in the desert are over. Here are the conversations about this (my paraphrase) in Joshua chapter 1. GOD...
