Joshua 9

  • Deception at Gibeon (verses 1-15)
    • Who was trying to fight against Joshua?
    • What does verse 3-6 tell us they did?
    • How did the men of Israel reply?
    • Describe what is happening in verses 7-13
    • Write out verse 14
    • What happened in verse 15
  • Gibeon’s Deception Discovered (verses 16-27)
    • What do they learn a few days later?
    • What is happening in verses 17-21?
    • What happens when Joshua speaks to the Gibeonites?

Joshua 10

  • The Day the Sun Stood Still (verses 1-15)
    • What is taking place in verses 1-5?
    • What do the Israelites go and do?
    • Write out verse 8
    • What do we learn in verse 10?
    • What happens in verse 11?
    • Write out verse 14
  • Execution of Five Kings (verses 16-27)
    • Who was hiding and where?
    • Describe what is taking place in verses 18-21.
    • What was happening to the kings in verses 22-25?
    • What happened to the kings in the end?
  • Conquest of Southern Cities (verse 28-43)
    • In verses 28-39 what were the common themes between each city that was attacked by the Israelites?
    • According to verses 40 what was conquered?
      • Who was destroyed?
    • Who fought for Israel?

What things stood out to you today regarding who God is? The ways of people? The things you are prone to? What application can you walk away with today?

Reflection: If you are struggling with control of the tongue, spend part or all of one day each week without words. While you refrain from speech, reflect on why this area is difficult for you. For example:

  • I jump in unnecessarily to explain or justify myself because I am afraid of what other people are thinking about me.
  • I engage in religious talk as a way of trying to cover up doubt and convince myself that I believe all of it.
  • Rather than being genuinely myself in speech, I say things in order to win other people’s approval or present a particular image I think they want to see.
  • Rather than being genuinely myself in speech, I refrain from saying things becasue I fear the loss of other people’s approval.
  • I tend to say things I don’t really mean because I don’t stop to think carefully about what I say.
  • I am impulsive in speech because I assume that I won’t get the chance to say somethign unless I take the initiative.
  • I talk compuslively with others as a way of alleviating the discomfort. I feel with them, overcoming my uneasiness with silences in conversation, or subduing my anxiety over what they might say if I really invited them to tell me.
  • I say things at the wrong time or in the wrong way because I have trouble controlling my feelings.
  • I withdraw from conversation becasue I think others are not really interested in what I have to say.

Pray Psalms 31 (A Plea for Protection) over your life today. Pray this as a prayer over how you speak to others, and to yourself. Pray for protection from the enemy using you to be his device with your words.