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🌅MORNING— Still Asking for Mountains “As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and coming in. Now then, give me this hill country about which the LORD spoke on that day,””…

MORNING— When the Task is Bigger Than You “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.” Jericho stands shut tight. High walls. Locked gates. Watchers posted. From any reasonable assessment, this is a task beyond Israel’s capacity. They are newly arrived, untested in siege warfare, and standing…

MORNING— Before the Water Parted “Joshua told the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.” Israel camps by the Jordan for three days. The river is not calm. It is swollen with spring rains, spilling over its banks. Everyone can see the problem. There is no bridge, no shallow crossing,…

MORNING— Called to Step Forward “Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross this Jordan…” Joshua receives his calling at a difficult moment. Moses is gone. The leader who spoke face to face with God is no longer there. And into that silence, God speaks clearly: “Now therefore arise.” God does not wait for…

MORNING— Held by Everlasting Arms “The eternal God is a dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms” Moses’ final words are not commands or warnings. They are blessings. After forty years of wilderness wandering, after rebellions, failures, and mercies too numerous to count, Moses lifts his voice and reminds Israel who has carried them…

MORNING— Jesus: A Prophet Like Moses “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.” Israel had asked for distance. At Mount Horeb, the people trembled as God’s voice thundered and fire wrapped the mountain. Overwhelmed by His holiness, they…

MORNING— Love That Remembers “You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.  He humbled you and let you be hungry, and…

MORNING— Allegiance Before Everything “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!  You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” In 1983, the United States House of Representatives ended a long-standing tradition. For fifty years, George Washington’s Farewell…

MORNING— When Bitterness Bites “Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient because of the journey. The people spoke against God and Moses…” Scripture literally says “the soul of the people was short.”They were worn down—not by…

MORNING— When Anger Goes Untended “And he said to them, ‘Listen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?’  Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod…” Moses does not lose his temper out of nowhere. The moment at Meribah is the breaking…