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March 12 – Always Ask GOD for Wisdom
Reading Josh. 9:1-12:24 Devotional After the Israelites conquered Jericho and Ai, the kings in the nearby region heard what happened. Many of them allied together to attack the Israelites, but one nation took a different approach. The Gibeonites resorted to trickery instead of war. The Bible says: But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what…
March 16 – Man’s Wisdom Versus GOD’s
Reading Judg. 2:8-9 Josh. 24:33 Judg. 1:1-10, 16-19 Josh. 15:13-14 Judg. 1:11-15, 22-26 Josh. 13:13; 16:10 Josh. 17:11-13 Josh. 15:63 Judg. 1:21, 30-36; 2:1-5 Devotional In today’s text, the bones of Joshua, Eleazar (the son of Aaron) the high priest, and Joseph are all buried in the Promised Land. This ends the last living connections to Moses and…
February 24 – Do Not Take Advantage of One Another
Reading Devotional GOD gave the Israelites instructions regarding the land they were to possess. Every seventh year the Israelites were to allow the land to lie desolate—that is, to not farm it. As long as they obeyed GOD He would bless them with three years-worth of produce every sixth year so they had plenty to…