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Devotions Joshua- 6/29/21

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Have you ever been afraid to say something even though you knew it would be right to say so? That had been most of my life!

I was a thinker but many times I thought my way out of witnessing too.

A person has many reasons to not witness I think that one of them is out of fear.

What will they think of me if I talk about Jesus?

What can we do but try to be a witness?

We should more than try. We need to remember the confidence we have had since our youth (Psalms 71:5).

Joshua had a lot on his plate it seemed in the book of Joshua Chapter 1.

Moses had a helper, a friend named Nun. When Moses passed away, the Lord spoke to Joshua- Nun’s child- to gather the ones of Israel to go over the Jordan River.

He was promised that the Lord would give over the land to the Israelites. This land was from the Euphrates River, the land of the Hittites, and all the land to the coast to the Mediterranean Sea.

He had to meditate on the law (which was important to believers at that time) day and night. (Source: Totally History – Joshua Chapter 1 Summary, Audio & Text (KJV) (totallyhistory.com) -)

Now how could this happen if men (and women) don’t normally hear from the Lord?

Joshua had a lot to accomplish! The hardest part was He had to trust in something that was not only greater than him, but avoid all of his human expectations and leave things in the Lord’s hands!

The verse to focus on will be Joshua a few verses in:

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 NKJV

Why did he have to mediate on the law? I believe it was for Joshua a way to focus entirely on the Lord.

If we should not keep our focus on our current or dangerous circumstances then what should (or who should) we keep our focus on to be “brave”?

Bravery. Courage.

It’s what every person needs today.

Have you ever been brave? We should stand for what we believe in. There’s a huge chance it will be against what the people within the world claim but it will still be the truth.

Bravery is going against what everything the world is saying. Is that true courage?

It is best to speak up about it.

Hope that has encouraged you to be a kind and gentle one in this chaotic world. Be the light in the darkness. Be “real” brave today.

Quick Quip: Trust God!

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My devotion was Psalm 31. Which was great as grief was getting to me and I barely had enough time to think a lot of what the chapter said so I’ll do so tonight. Was really busy! Had a doc appmt, then work which I barely got to because transportation stinks, and after that got hassled by a bunch of things after I got home, haha! Felt “out of it” b4 I could rest or even get any sleep!

Sometimes you have to realize you need God not because He is a good being or that it is nice to treat others like a “good” Christian. There is so much more to this life. I am hurt when people claim sharing the faith is just merely an ‘agenda’ because it’s not that at all. It’s being grateful for the amazing supernatural grace and love of Christ!

I don’t care if you’re an overly-religious person, I don’t care if you’ve had trouble with drugs, I don’t care if you struggle with pornography, with not knowing whether you’re straight or gay, that life has caused you to become atheist: You are loved and important to God!

Right now, politics don’t matter! We talk about them way too much, haha. Let’s share each other’s hearts to one another, not shout down people just because they follow a different “stance” than others, let’s act with love so that we can “BE” love to others! In order to love others, we must search our hearts and see why we do the very things that we do.

Do you live for love or is it hate? Then see if there is a way to love if your goal in life is the latter. Love others. Treat others the way you want to be treated. That is not a “revenge” scenario, this is a golden rule of LOVE.

Love and trust in something you never knew was holding your hand all this time. Did you know that before you can love God, He first loved you? Believers find that out every day!

Just show kindness to others. Don’t make other people’s day awful because their might be a personal agenda involved. I don’t mean this in pride month, I mean there are others that actively deceive and run and mess with things because… it’s a heart that needs changing.

May yours be changed. Will it be today? Guess what…?

Jesus loves You. Trust God today.