Suggested Bible Reading: Judges 10-12 Devotional Thought: Title: “The Key Ingredient in Leadership is Humility!” Campbell Morgan writes, “God’s ‘afters’ are worth the waiting for. However dark the ‘now’ is, there will be light enough in God’s ‘after’ to explain the darkness.” This is the context of chapter ten following the disappointments and darkness…
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Suggested Bible Reading: Judges 8-9 Devotional Thought: Title: “Most Vulnerable Following Victory!” The Scriptures illustrate time and again that the Lord’s people are at their most vulnerable following periods of victory. It is then that they are tested as to the reality of their faith. The flesh often raises its head and…
Suggested Bible Reading: Judges 3-7 Devotional Thought: Title: “God Uses the Weak!” God uses the weak so that no man can glory in his own flesh. Gideon is a very familiar person in the Bible. He certainly was used of the Lord to lead an amazing victory for the Israelite army. The main…
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Suggested Bible Reading: Judges 1-2 Devotional Thought: Title: “God’s Plan for Success.” Joshua’s time as the leader of the children of Israel was drawing to a close when the Lord said to him, “Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.” (Josh 13:1) Each…
Suggested Bible Reading: Joshua 22-24 Devotional Thought: Title: “The greatest ability is dependability.” As we look at Joshua 22, the conquest was completed; the land was conquered and now occupied, and it was time for demobilization. The children of Israel were not instructed to keep and maintain a standing army, or to conquer…
Suggested Bible Reading: Joshua 12-15 Devotional Thought: Title: “The Importance of Finishing.” The easy to read narrative of chapters 1-11 is brought to an abrupt end in chapter 12. The list of defeated kings prepares the reader for the more detailed nature of the chapters that follow, particularly chapters 13-21. Following the detail…
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Suggested Bible Reading: Joshua 5-7 Devotional Thought: Title: “Participating with God.” In order for the people to enter Jerico, the wall had to come down in a manner that would not form a barrier of rubble preventing the people from achieving their goal of entering the city. The pictures of the flannel graph…