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MORNING— The Thornbush King 🌳 “Finally all the trees 🌳said to the bramble, ‘You come, reign over us!’ The bramble said to the trees🌳, ‘If in truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the…

MORNING— O Valiant Warrior? “The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, ‘The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior.’” Seven years of oppression had reshaped Israel’s life. The Midianites did not conquer cities—they crushed confidence. When harvest time came, they waited until crops were nearly ready, then swarmed the fields…

MORNING— Deborah Beneath the Palm 🌴 “Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. She used to sit under the palm tree 🌴 of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.” Israel is once…

MORNING— A Downward Spiral “All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.” Joshua dies. There is no final speech recorded in Judges, no dramatic farewell scene. Judges simply tells us that…

MORNING— Thankful for What You Did Not Plant 🌳 “I gave you a land you did not labor for, and cities you did not build, though you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves 🌳 you did not plant.” Joshua draws the people’s attention to something easy to overlook: unearned provision.…

🌅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…