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Joshua Review

December 3, 2025 //

How much do you remember?

What is the central truth of Joshua?
Can you recall the three main divisions of the book?
Who was the woman who hid the spies in Jericho?
How did they cross the Jordan River into Canaan?
What was the memorial the Lord told them to make upon coming into the land?

What did you learn about God throughout the book of Joshua? What did you learn about people in general? What did God reveal to you about yourself? What big idea, main application are you walking away with from this book?

Reflection: Thouts for contemplation:

Deserts, silence, solitudes are not necessarily places but states of mind and heart. These deserts can be found in the midst of the city, and in the every day of our lives. We need only to look for them and realize our tremendous need for them. They will be small solitudes, little deserts, tiny pools of silence, but the experience they will bring, if we are disposed to enter them, may be as exultant and as holy as all the deserts of the world, even the one God himself entered. For it is God who makes solitude, deserts, and silences holy.

~Catherine De Hueck Doherty

Psalm 37. Today we pray for instruction in Wisdom. Slowly work through this Psalm, meditating on each verse/idea and sit silently with the Lord waiting to hear from Him as you work through the Psalm.

Categories Joshua, Old Testament

Joshua 22-24 Joshua’s Farewell

December 2, 2025 //

Joshua 22

Return Home of the Eastern Tribes (Verses 1-8)
- What is happening in verse 1-4?
- Write out verse 5
- What is the last thing they are told to do?
Building an Altar by the Eastern Tribes (verses 9-12)
- What was going on in this text?
- What are the Israelites preparing to do?
Explanation of the Altar (verses 13-29)
- What was the accusation that is being made?
- What are these Eastern Tribes being told to do?
- Write out verse 22
- Why did they say they built this altar?
- Write out verse 29
Conflict Resolution (verses 30-34)
- What did Phinehas think of their answer?
- What was the name of the altar?

Joshua 23

Joshua’s Farewell Address (verses 1-16)
- How long has gone by according to verse 1?
- Write out verse 3
- What is happening in verse 5?
- Write out verse 6
- What are they not to do?
- What will happen if they intermarry?
- What will happen if they go and worship other gods?

Joshua 24

Review of Israel’s History (verses 1-13)
- Who was assembling and what is happening?
- Who is speaking here?
- Write out verse 13
The Covenant of Renewal (verses 14-28)
- Write out verse 14-15
  - Memorize verse 15 if possible
- What was the response of the people?
- What was Joshua’s response to the peoples response?
- What are they told to do in verse 23?
Burial of Three Leaders (verses 29-33)
- How old was Joshua when he died?
- Write out verse 31

What did you learn about God in this section? What did you learn about yourself? Anything you can take away today to help you walk in obedience to Christ?

Reflection: Thought for contemplation:

Under a sense of the divine nearness, the soul, feeling how self is always ready to assert itself, and intrude even into the holiest of all with its thoughts and efforts, yields itself in a quiet act of self-surrender to the teaching and working of the divine Spirit. It is still and waits in holy silence, until all is calma nd ready to receive the revelation of the divine will and presence. Its reading and prayer then indeed become a waiting on God with ear and heart opened and purged to receive fully only what He says.

… In these seasons of meditation and waiting on God a habit of soul must be cultivated, in which the believer goes out into the world and its distractions, the peace of God, that passeth all understanding , keeping the heart and mind…May each one of us learn every day to say, “Truly my soul is silent unto God.” And may every feeling of the difficulty of attaining this only lead us simply to look and to trust to Him whose presence makes even the storm a calm.

~Andrew Murray

Psalm 36. Today we will lift up those who we know that are not walking with the Lord. In our time before we are silent – let us bring intercession for our unbelieving family and friends and for those around us that maybe we interact with but don’t know well. Prayers of salvation and healing over these people before we sit quietly with the Lord is how we will proceed today.

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Joshua 19-21 Dividing of Land and Marking it Well

December 1, 2025 //

Mark well the principle which governed Israel’s occupation of the land. Not Joshua 11:23 and compare with Joshua 13:1. There is no contradiction here but they complement each other. The decisive blow had been struck and it only remained the they should go on through to the last detail. The same is true in our lives – the blow against Satan has been struck in the acceptance of Christ. All that He has is ours if we will possess all “blessings in Christ” but we must go on and possess them ourselves. The key passage in the section is Joshua 21:43-45.

Joshua 19

Simeon’s Inheritance (verses 1-9)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of Simeon
- Why was Simeon put where he was? (look at verse 9)
Zebulun’s Inheritance (verses 10-16)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of Zebulun
Issachar’s Inheritance (verses 17-23)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of Issachar
Asher’s Inheritance (verses 24-31)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of Asher
Naphtali’s Inheritance (verses 32-39)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of Naphtali
Dan’s Inheritance (verses 40-48)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of Dan
  - They have two territories – find them both

Joshua 20 The Cities of Refuge

Here we have the six Cities of Refuge – three on the west of the Jordan and three on the east. They were a merciful provision to protect those who had committed “sins of ignorance,” mistakes and unintentional wrongs. Christ, HImself is our “City of Refuge.”

The Cities of Refuge (verses 1-9)
- Why were the cities of refuge chosen?
- Find the general location of these cities on the map

Joshua 21

Let’s take notice of the three things God gave to Israel:

The Lord gave to Israel all the land
The Lord gave them rest
The Lord gave all enemies into their hands

Cities of the Levites (verses 1-8)
- Who were the heads of the Levites?
- Who were the Kohathites?
  - Who did they receive their lots from?
- Who did the Gershon descendants receive their lots from?
- Who did the Merari’s descendants receive their lots from?
Cities of Aaron’s Descendants (verses 9-19)
- What lots did he receive – and from which tribe?
Cities of Kohath’s other Descendants (verses 20-26)
- What lots did he receive – and from which tribe?
Cities of Gershon’s Descendants (verses 27-33)
- What lots did he receive – and from which tribe?
Cities of Merari’s Descendants (verses 24-42)
- What lots did he receive – and from which tribe?
- How many cities did the Levites move into?
Fulfillment of the Lord’s Promises (verses 43-45)
- Write out verse 43
- What did they get after they took possession of their lands?

What things did you see today that were new, interesting or helped you understand the Lord more? Is there anything the Lord spoke to you as you read through the division of the land?

Reflection: Reflect on the following quotation to stimulate and inform your practice of solitude:

Do you know live so that you are conscious of being an individual and therby that you are conscious of your eternal responsibility before God? Do you live in such a way that this consciousness is able to secure the time and quiet and liberty of action to penetrate every relation of your life? This does not demand that you withdraw from life, from an honorable calling, from a happy domestic life. On the contrary, it is precisely that consciousness which will sustain and clarify and illuminate what you are to do in the relations of life.

~Soren Kierkegaard

Psalms 35. Today we pray for victory. What is the one thing you want to see the victory in? Pray this verse over that, standing firm in the knowledge that God is victorious – He has already won the battle.

Categories Joshua, Old Testament

Joshua 16-18 The Division and Dividing of the Land

November 30, 2025 //

Joshua 16

Josephs Inheritance (verses 1-4)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of Ephraim & Manasseh
Ephraim’s Inheritance (verses 5-10)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of Ephraim
- What does verse 10 tell us?

Joshua 17

West Manasseh’s Inheritance (Verses 1-13)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of Manasseh
- Describe what is happening in verses 12-13
Joseph’s Additional Inheritance (verses 14-18)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory given to them (look in northern territory – near gad borders)

Joshua 18 The Dividing:

This was done by “casting of lots before the Lord.” Joshua 18:6-7. The Lord was to settle the tribes where He wanted them. Note also Joshua 14:2. Notice that Gad, Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh settled on the east of Jordan (Genesis 48:19-22) – othe other nine and one-half on the west side.

Land Distribution at Shiloh (verses 1-10)
- Where was the tent of meeting set up?
- What is happening in verse 4?
- What were the men told to do in verse 8?
Benjamin’s Inheritance (verses 11-20)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of the Benjamite’s
Benjamin’s Cities (verses 21-28)
- We get to read the cities of where Benjamin was at.
- This is their territory

What did God speak to you today about? What are you going to do with the thing(s) He has spoken to you?

Reflection: Here are some New Testament Scriptures to read today in regards to Solitude: Matthew 14:12-13; Matthew 14:23; Luke 5:16; Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 1:32-39; Mark 6:30-32; Luke 6:12-13; John 6:15; James 3:1-12

Psalms 34 we will pray about how the Lord delivers the righteous. Pray this over your life, your family and your friends.

Categories Joshua, Old Testament

Joshua 13-15 Occupying the Land

November 29, 2025 //

Joshua 13 The Division of the Land

This was no simple task. God went into detail here in chapter 13 about what inheritance each tribe received.

Unconquered Lands (verses 1-14)
- What did the Lord speak to Joshua in verse 1?
- Who is going to drive the people out?
- What is Joshua’s job?
- Who already received their inheritance?
  - Where did this happen?
- Who did not receive an inheritance?
  - Why not?
Rueben’s Inheritance (verses 15-23)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
  - Find the territory of the Reunites
Gad’s Inheritance (verses 24-28)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of the Gadites
East Manasseh’s Inheritance
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of the half tribe of Manasseh

Joshua 14

Israel’s Inheritance in Canaan (verse 1-5)
- How did they receive their inheritance?
- Write out verse 5
Caleb’s Inheritance (Verses 6-15)
- Write out verse 8
- What was promised to Caleb?
- How old was Caleb?
  - What does He attest that to?
- How was Caleb going to move forward into the new land?
- What Territory did Caleb get?
  - Look for his territory in the land given to Judah

Joshua 15

Judah’s Inheritance (verses 1-12)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of the descendants of Judah
Caleb and Othniel (verses 13-19)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of the Caleb tribes
- What took place with Caleb’s daughter?
Judah’s Cities (verses 20-63)
- Look for a map of the land of Canaan during the time of Joshua.
- Find the territory of the clans of Judah
- What happens in verse 63?

Reflection: Here are some Old Testament scriptures to look at regarding the importance of solitude – a time of being alone with God in the midst of community with each other. Psalm 23; Ecclesiastes 5:1-2; Isaiah 30:15; Zephaniah 3:17

Psalms 33 has us praising the creator today. Take time to sit in solitude, possibly outside just in awe of what our Creator has accomplished for our enjoyment.

Categories Joshua, Old Testament

Joshua 11-12 The Conquests Continue

November 28, 2025 //

Joshua 11

Conquest of the Northern Cities (verses 1-15)
- Why did all these kings and their armies go out together?
- Write out verse 6
- What did Joshua do?
- Write out verse 15
Summary of Conquests (Verses 16-23)
- What are we told happened according to verses 16-20?
  - Write out verse 20
- Write out verse 23

Joshua 12

Territory East of the Jordan (verses 1-24)
- Verses 1-6 is a reminder of the territories conquered while Moses was still alive. Is there anything new in there you see?
- How many kings did Joshua conquer?

What are you learning about the way God does things? What are you learning about how people are? What have you been learning about yourself? What has the Lord shown you today that you are to do?

Reflection: Practice this discipline of solitude with others – a close friend or friends, family members, a spiritual mentor, or a small group – by establishing times and places for at least two or three interludes of silence together, for whatever duration on which you collectively agree. Identify a purpose for these silences together, such as:

Acknowledging that each of you is an individual before God in order to form a genuine community of persons.
Emphasizing that simple presence is as important as dialogue together.
Eliminating the distractions of conversational buzz by becoming genuinely aware of each other
Opening up your self to wordless forms of communication such as eye contact and touch
Listening together to the divine Whisper for guidance on some issue of common concern.

Be creative about times and places – they can be as varied as holding hands in a circle in a softly lit room, walking a trail on a beautiful day, eating a meal together, praying or meditating in intercession or worship, listening to devotional music, riding in a vehicle on a long trip, attending a silent retreat.

Psalm 32 – the Joy of Forgiveness. Today in our time of solitude we can be reflecting over how we have been forgiven and praying for the things in our lives right now that we need to attend to – the places where we are falling short.

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Joshua 9-10 Continued Conquest of the Land

November 27, 2025 //

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.

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Joshua 6-8

November 26, 2025 //

Joshua 6 The First Cities

The Lord would do the conquering if Israel would do exactly what God commanded. They did and God did. Rahab was saved.

The Fall of Jericho (verses 1-21)
- Write out verse 2
- What did God tell Joshua to do to conquer Jericho?
- Write out verse 5
  - what do you think the people thought when they heard their directions?
- Little side note:
  - according to verse 10 it tells us that their voices are not to be heard while marching around the city. This is where the importance of context comes in. Read things well.
  - We read that the people were told that Joshua spoke to the people, and the people would advise when the wall collapsed. But in verse 3 we are told that God said to march around the city with all the men of war.
  - I always wondered how you would keep women and kids quiet on that big of a march, how were voices not heard. But it was trained men of war that were walking around the town because this was a battle, not a leisurely walk around Jericho.
    - This is also why it is important not to take Vegitales too seriously when you think about bible stories ;)
- Who was saved from destruction?
- Write out verse 18
The Sparing of Rahab and Her Family (verses 22-27)
- What was Rahab known for? This is key to when we start looking into the New Testament.
- Where did Rahab move to after Jericho was destroyed?

Joshua 7 The Sin of Achan

One sin affected the whole camp.

Defeat of Ai (verses 1-15)
- What did Achan do according to verse 1?
- What does it say about the Israelites as a whole?
- Describe what you are learning about in verse 5
- Summarize Joshua’s prayer
- What was the Lord’s response to Joshua’s prayer?
- What does God tell them in verse 13 that they need to do? And what will happen if they don’t?
- How is the Lord going to show them who did it?
The Judgment of Achan (verses 16-26)
- How quickly did Joshua respond to the Lord’s direction?
- Who was selected as the guilty party?
- Write out verse 19
- What was Achan’s response?
- What was the result of this sin?
- What was the Lord’s response in the end?

Chapter 8 The Conquest of the Land

After sin had been confessed and dealt with, God gave Joshua and Israel victories at Ai – and through the central, southern, and northern campaigns. We will read about this from chapter 8-12 with chapter 12 giving a summary of all the kings and cities that fell at the hands of Israel.

The Conquest of Ai (verse 1-29)
- What is the first thing Joshua is told in verse 1?
- Summarize verses 3-7
- Write out verse 8
- Summarize what this battle looked like.
- Describe what is happening in verses 18-20
- What happens after Israel wins the battle?
Renewed Commitment to the Law (verses 30-35)
- Write out verse 30
- Describe what Joshua did in the rest of this chapter

What things did you learn about God today? Did you learn anything new about people in general? About yourself? What things can you take away from today that will help you to be obedient to Christ?

Reflection: To counteract the pull of demands and pressures in your life, take advantage of the “little solitude’s” in your daily routines for reorienting your perspective. Consider using these times of inward quietness for: rest and refreshment; a checkpoint for evaluating whether you are making conscious choices about how you spend your day or drifting with the current of external forces; an interlude of communion with God; listening for the divine Whisper of guidance for your day.

Psalm 30 Joy in the Morning. Today, in your time of solitude, reflect on the things that the Lord has brought you from. Let a heart of gratitude flow towards all that He has already brought you through and be preparing for what He is going to continue to do. Be intentional today in this time of reflection in having a heart of gratitude. Prepare your heart for the beginning of this holiday season we are now entering in.

Categories Joshua, Old Testament

Joshua 3-5 Preparing the Strategy

November 20, 2025 //

Joshua 3: Jordan Crossed

This was a critical moment for Israel. They were at the same place as their parents – forty years earlier. Now they were to move – led by the priests and Levites. God would work miracles if they would follow. We will learn that it is one thing to be brought out of the “Egypt” of sin but another thing to trust and obey the total Word of God.

Crossing the Jordan (1-17)
- Write out verse 3
- What was the rule in regards to the ark and the people.
- Write out verse 5
- Who was to carry the ark of the covenant?
- What were they commanded to do?
- Write out verse 13
- What happened when the priests got to the Jordan?
- Write out verse 17

Joshua 4: Memorials Raised

They must not forget what God had done. THere was to be a memorial in the river Jordan. And a memorial at Gill. Each memorial was made up of twelve stones. These memorials reminded them of the power of GOd in holding back the water and the faithfulness of GOd in bringing them into the land. Can you name a memorial which we observe speaking of our salvation?

The Memorial Stones (verses 1-24)
- How many people crossed the Jordan?
- Write out verses 2-3
- How big were the stones? (read verse 5)
- Why were they to put the stones as a memorial?
- Write out verse 9
- How long did the priests stand in the Jordan?
- Write out verse 14
- in verse 16 what was the ark called?
- Write out verse 20
- Write out verse 24

Joshua 5: The Seal of the Covenant

Circumcision was the seal of the covenant between God and Israel. The children born during the forty years’ wandering had to bear the mark of Israel – which spoke of moral and spiritual separateness

Circumcision of the Israelites (verse 1-9)
- What is happening in verse 1?
- Write out verse 2
- Why did all the men of war age die when they were in the wilderness?
- How long did the Israelites stay in camp?
- Write out verse 9
Food from the Land (verses 10-12)
- What time of year was this?
- Write out verse 11
- When did the manna cease?
Commander of the Lord’s Army (Verse 13-15)
- Who was Joshua talking to?
- Write out verse 15

What have you learned today about God? Did the Lord reveal anything to you about yourself? Did He open your eyes to something about people in general? What thing can you walk away with today to help you in obedience to Christ?

Reflection: In what ways have you experienced solitude as an opening door into a deeper encounter with the Presence of God?

Todays Psalm is 29: The Voice of the Lord. Today is a day of reverence to the Holy Name of the Lord. This is a beautiful Psalm to read right before some time of solitude. Just sit in awe of who Christ is and what He has done – not just on the cross, but in creation and in loving you personally. Let Him wash you with His word. Hear what He has to say to you today.

Categories Joshua, Old Testament

Joshua 1-2 Preparing the People

November 19, 2025 //

Joshua 1: Joshua Commissioned for Leadership

Encouragement of Joshua (verses 1-9)
- Verses 1-5 who was talking and what were the key points to what was being said?
- Joshua’s authority was based upon the Word of God.
  - In verses 5-9 notice what real “success” is.
  - Write out verse 8 (the real success)
Joshua’s Preparation of the People (verses 10-18)
- How soon would they be moving into the promised land?
- Who was the Lord reminding that a promise had been made to their tribes?
- What was the condition of that promise being fulfilled?
- What was their response?

Joshua 2: Jericho Spied

Sending of Spies to Jericho (verses 1-7)
- Joshua sends two spies to Jericho because it was a key city.
- This did not degrade nor do away with Joshua’s faith
- True faith does not despise the use of means because there is a wide difference between believing and presuming
- Who is hiding the spies?
- Where did she hide them?
The Promise to Rehab (verese 8-24)
- Note the acts and rewards of Rahab in verses 11-12 and 18
  - Write out verse 11
- How did she help the men get away?
- What was the agreement made to save her?
- Write out verse 24

What did you learn about God, yourself, or others today? What can you walk away with from this lesson, that will help you in your walk with God today?

Reflection: When, if at all, have you ever experienced silence as helplessness? When, if at all, have you experienced silence as freedom from the need to explain or justify yourself.

Today we will pray through Psalm 28 – My Strength. Make this psalm a prayer of your heart. Personalize it. Cry out to God your strength. Memorize a verse or two in here to hold onto when things are rough. As you sit in solitude today – meditate on the fact that He is your strength. Make note of places you need to lean more into Him being your strength as well – those places you are trying to do things on your own.

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Joshua Preview

November 18, 2025 //

THE BOOK
- The five books of Moses (Genesis through Deuteronomy) lead the children of Israel up to Canaan
  - Joshua leads the children of Israel into Canaan.
  - The remainder of the historical books (Joshua through Esther) covers Israel’s history inside the land.
THE AUTHOR
- The author is Joshua
  - If he did not pen it by his own hand then he gave the words and substance to a scribe who wrote it.
THE STRUCTURE
- Entering the Land – Chapters 1-5
- Overcoming the Land – Chapters 6-12
- Occupying the Land – Chapters 13-24
THE CENTRAL MESSAGE
- The Victory of Faith – Joshua 1:5, 9; 3:17
- Clearly the lesson in Joshua proclaims the New Testament Truth
  - “This is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith” – 1 John 5:4
- Joshua means “Jehovah is salvation.”
  - Our salvation came after Moses
    - Write out John 1:17
ENTERING THE LAND
- Joshua Commissioned for leadership
- Jericho Spied
- Jordan Crossed
- Memorials Raised
- THe Seal of the Covenant
OVERCOMING THE LAND
- The Fall of Jericho
- The Sin of Achan
- The Conquest of the Land
OCCUPYING THE LAND
- The Division of the Land
- The Dividing of the Land
- Mark Well what the Lord gave them
- The Cities of Refuge
- Joshua’s Farewell

As we journey through Joshua we are going to go back and reflect on the spiritual discipline of Solitude.

Reflection: Don’t you feel a tug, a yearning to sink down into the silence and solitude of God? Don’t you long for something more? Doesn’t every breath crave a deeper, fuller exposure to His presence? It is the discipline of solitude that will open the door.

If you want to go deeper into understanding solitude look overs these verses that record times when Jesus withdrew to be alone: Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 6:12; Matthew 14:13; Matthew 14:23; Mark 1:35; Mark 6:31; Luke 5:16; Matthew 17:1-9; Matthew 26:36-46. After reading these, what aspects of Jesus’ inward “heart solitude” do you want to cultivate in your life, and why?

Today we will use Psalm 27 in our time of solitude. Read through, pray through Psalm 27 and then sit before the Lord and wait on Him to speak to you. What is He wanting from your life right now?

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Deuteronomy Review

November 17, 2025 //

How much do you remember?

What does Deuteronomy mean?
What is the Basic Fact of the book?
What is the Basic Truth of the book?
In one word, what is the Basic Requirement of the book?
There are three periods in the life of Moses. How long was each period?
What happened to him when he died and afterward?

What are some of the things you learned from Deuteronomy? What did you learn about God? What did you learn about yourself? What is the biggest thing the Lord asked you to do in this time? How has your life been changing because of what you have learned in these first 5 books?

Psalm 26: When you feel you have been wrongly accused, or judged this is a great Psalm to pray over you. Read it, meditate on it, and personalize it today.

Categories Deuteronomy, Old Testament

Deuteronomy 31-32

November 15, 2025 //

Deuteronomy 31

Moses’ Last Words (31:1-30)
- What did Moses tell the people in verse 2?
- Who was taking over for Moses?
- Write out verse 6
- Write out verse 8
- In verse 9 what did Moses do?
- What are they to do at the end of every 7 year period?
  - What will happen when they do this?
- What was happening in verses 14-15?
- What did God make Moses aware of in verse 16?
- What are they going to do according to verse 19?
- Write out verse 23
- What is being told to the Israelites in verses 24-30

Deuteronomy 32

Moses’ Song for the Israelites (verses 1- 52)
- As you read the song, write down anything that speaks directly to you, things that the Lord wants you to remember about Him, His character, His love for you, even if He is showing you anything specific about His will for your life.
- Write out verse 46 (this is the purpose of the song).
- Describe what is happening in verses 48-52

Reflection: The following was written by an individual who, as an experiment, had committed himself to fast once a week for two years. Notice the progression from the superficial aspects of fasting to ward the deeper rewards.

I felt it a great accomplishment to go a whole day without food. Congratulated myself on the fact that I found it so easy…
Began to see that the above was hardly the goal of fasting. Was helped in this by beginning to feel hunger…
Began to relate the food fast to other areas of my life where I was more compulsive…I did not have to have a seat on the bus to be contented, or to be coll in the summer and warm when it was cold.
…Reflected more on Christ’s suffering and the suffering of those who are hungry and have hungry babies…
Six months after beginning the fast discipline, I began to see why a two-year period has been suggested. The experience changes along the way. Hunger on fast days became acute and the temptation to eat stronger. For the first time I was using the day to find God’s will for my life. Began to think about what it meant to surrender one’s life.
I now know that prayer and fasting must be intricately bound together. There is no other way, and yet that way is not yet combined in me.

***If you decide to go longer than the 24 hour period, after doing this for a while. There are things to know. And I would love to share them with you. But since this is just to give you a beginning for what fasting is, how to do it, and whether or not it is a command – I will not go into those things here. You can read Richard Foster’s book “Celebration of Discipline” or there are many other great books out there about how to do a biblical fast. Just remember a fast is God-focused and God-ordained. Don’t try and do it without Him.

Psalm 24: Today we pray a Psalm of praise to the King of Glory. Use this to praise Him for His wondrous works in your life.

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Deuteronomy 29-30

November 14, 2025 //

Deuteronomy 29

A Call to Obedience (verses 2-29)
- What did the Israelites see with their own eyes?
- What has the Lord not given them yet?
- Write out verse 9
- What detestable things did they see?
- Write out verse 18
- What leads to destruction according to verse 19?
  - And what will the Lord do to the person who thinks that way?
- What will cause the Lord’s anger to burn against the land?

Deuteronomy 30

A Demand for Commitment (verses 1-10)
- Describe what is happening in verses 1-4.
  - What key words can you note there?
  - What is being alluded to in these verses?
- Write out verse 6
- Write out verse 8
The Choice Before the House of Israel (verses 11-20)
- Write out verse 11
- Write out verse 14
- Write out verse 16

Reflection: Today we are going to look at some practical IDEAS on how to fast from food.

The Practice of Fasting: We should always start with a partial fast of 24 hours duration: many have found lunch to be the best time. This means that in that 24 hour period you would not eat two meals. Fresh fruit juices are excellent to drink during the fast. Attempt this once a week for several weeks. In the beginning you may be fascinated with the physical aspects of your experience, but the most important thing to monitor is the inner attitude of the heart. Outwardly you will be performing the regular duties of your day, but inwardly you will be in prayer and adoration, song, and worship. Break your fast with a light meal of fresh fruits and vegetables and a good deal of inner rejoicing.

After 2-3 weeks you are prepared to attempt a normal fast of 24 hours. Drink only water but use healthy amounts of it. You will probably feel some hunger pangs or discomfort before the end of the 24 hours. This is not real hunger; your stomach has been trained through years of conditioning to give signals of hunger at certain hours. You must not give into the flesh’s grumblings. Ignore the signals, or even tell your “spoiled child” (your stomach) to calm down. In a brief time the pangs will die down. If they do not, drink another sip of water and it will calm the stomach. You are the master of your stomach, not its slave.

It should go without saying that you should follow Jesus’ counsel to refrain from calling attention to what you are doing. The only ones who need to know you are fasting are the ones who have to know: like the people you normally eat meals with (like your spouse, children, or others that it is a part of your routine). When you end a fast, do not end it with a heavy meal. It could possibly make you physically sick. Think about how you would begin eating after having a stomach bug or food poisoning. This will help with the overall experience.

Psalm 23. Meditate on it. Pray it over your life. Sit with it for a bit today, looking at it through the lenses of what you have been discovering about God throughout these books of the bible so far.

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Deuteronomy 27-28

November 13, 2025 //

Deuteronomy 27

Moses’ Third Speech: The Blessings and Curses (verses 1-26)
- Write out verse 1
- What is being asked of the Israelites in verses 1-8?
- Write out verses 9-10
- Verses 15-26 cover various laws that they were to keep.
  - What is the main theme of these verses?
  - What are all the people told to say after each law is read?

Deuteronomy 28

A Listing of the Blessings and Curses (28:1-29:1)
- Write out verse 1
- What is it that will be blessed if they follow the law?
- Write out verse 9
- Write out verse 14
- What will be cursed if they do not obey the commands the Lord gives?
- Write out verse 45
- Write out verse 47

What things stood out to you today? What did you learn about God? What did you learn about yourself? What can you walk away with as a lesson from today’s readings?

Before I get into our reflection I want to apologize for not explaining where I am getting my reflections from. I am going through Richard Foster’s Book “Celebration of Discipline”. It is a great book on teaching about various spiritual disciplines. You may not agree with everything that he has to say, but all the reflections are key text from either the book itself or the workbook I have. I thought I shared that early on – but I realize I only thought about it, and never actually did. I apologize for that. Now on to our reflection.

Reflection: The Purpose of Fasting. Fasting is to always center on God. It must be God-initiated AND God-ordained. If our fasting is not unto God, we have failed. Physical benefits, success in prayer, the enduing with power, spiritual insights-these must never replace God as the center of our fasting. John Wesley declares “First, let it be done unto the Lord with our eye singly fixed on Him. Let our intention herein be this, and this alone, to glorify our Father which is in heaven…” This is the primary purpose. There can also be secondary purposes in fasting.

Fasting reveals things that control us, more than any other discipline out there. This is a wonderful benefit to the true disciple who longs to be transformed into the image of Jesus Christ. We cover up what is inside us with food and other good things, but in fasting these things surface. Pride, anger, bitterness, jealousy, strife, fear – if they are within us, they will surface during fasting. We can rejoice in the knowledge of these things being in us because we know that the healing of these things is available through the power of Christ.

Today, pray Psalm 22 over your life situations. Find comfort that though we suffer we still get to praise God for who He is and for what He has done for us, in order to set our eternity’s with Him.

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Deuteronomy 24-26

November 12, 2025 //

Deuteronomy 24

Marriage and Divorce Laws (verses 1-5)
- What rules are we reading here in verses 1-4?
- Write out verse 5
Safeguarding Life (verses 6-9)
- There are three rules here, describe them
Consideration for People in Need (verses 10-22)
- Describe how to receive a loan based on verses 10-12
- How do you treat a hired hand according to verses 13-15?
- Write out verses 16
- How do you treat orphans and widows according to verses 17-18?
- In verses 19-22, what happens to harvest you leave behind?

Deuteronomy 25

Fairness and Mercy (verses 1-4)
- How do you handle disputes in court?
- Write out verse 4
Preserving the Family Line (verse 5-12)
- What happens when a woman’s husband dies?
- What is happening in verses 11-12?
Honest Weights and Measures (verses 13-16)
- What is the rules on how you measure things out that will be sold?
- Write out verse 16
Revenge on the Amalekites (verses 17-19)
- What are they to do to the Amalekites?
- Why are they to do this?

Deuteronomy 26

Giving the Firstfruits (verses 1-11)
- What are they commanded to do and when?
- Write out verse 11
The Tenth in the Third Year (verses 12-15)
- What are they to do with the tenth?
Covenant Summary (verses 16-19)
- Write out verse 16
- What did they affirm?
- What did the Lord affirm?

What did you learn new today: about God, yourself or others? What lessons will you walk away with today? Is there something the Lord is calling you to do because of today’s lesson?

Reflection: Is Fasting a Commandment? When Jesus taught about fasting in the Sermon on the Mount, it was in direct correlation to giving and praying. He also states “when you fast”. It is making the assumption His people will be fasting. Here in Matthew 6 He is giving instruction how to fast, not constituting a command.

In Matthew 9 there is discussion about why the Pharisees fasted and not the disciples. Jesus’ response was that a day will come when the bridegroom would be taken from them and then they would fast. After Jesus’ ascension is when we find the disciples fasting. Jesus did model fasting for us, as in all the other things He wanted us to imitate Him in. But He never commands it.

Where are the people today who will respond to the call of Christ? Have we become so accustomed to “cheap grace” that we instinctively shy away from more demanding calls to obedience? “Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross.” Why has the giving of money, for example, been unquestionably recognized as an element in Christian devotion and fasting so disputed? Certainly we have as much, if not more, evidence from the Bible for fasting as we have for giving. Perhaps in our affluent society fasting involves a far larger sacrifice than the giving on money.

Psalm 21 – personalize this prayer and pray for victory over your life today. Pray this victory over the lives of others who need it as well. Spend time really thinking about the words you are saying. Don’t just say them just because.

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Deuteronomy 20-23

November 11, 2025 //

Deuteronomy 20

Rules for War (verses 1-20)
- What does verse 1 encourage them to do?
- Write out verse 3-4
- In verse 5-9 what things would keep a man from battle?
- What is the first step to battle?
- What is to happen to the men? the women? the children?
- What are the Israelites allowed to take if they win a battle?
  - Whom do these rules apply to?
- What is different for the land they are inheriting?
  - write out verse 18

Deuteronomy 21

Unsolved Murders (verses 1-9)
- What rules are given when a person is found dead in the land they are possessing?
- Write out verse 9
Fair Treatment of Captured Women (verse 10-14)
- What women are they talking about in this text?
- What are the rules for the women?
- What if you don’t like this woman in the end, what are the rules?
The RIght of the Firstborn (verses 15-17)
- What are the rules for the firstborn child, regardless of the mom?
A Rebellious Son (verses 18-21)
- What rules were given for the rebellious son?
- Write out verse 21
Display of Executed People (verses 22-23)
- How long is a corpse allowed to be hung on a tree?

Deuteronomy 22

Caring for Your Brother’s Property (verses 1-4)
- How are the people to care for each others belongings?
- What command are we given in this section?
Preserving Natural Distinctions (verses 5-12)
- What is verse 5 telling us?
- What are the rules with birds and their young?
- How are you to build your house?
- What rules are given about the vineyard?
- Who can not be plowed together?
- What rule is given regarding our garments?
  - These rules are giving a bigger picture than what may seem obvious. Pray and ask the Lord to reveal to you what He is saying through these rules. Why would He tell the people these things specifically?
Violations of Proper Sexual Conduct (verses 13-30)
- In verses 13-21 what is taking place?
  - What rules are given to this man?
  - What are the rules of divorce vs staying, for him specifically?
- In verses 22-30 what types of sexual misconduct are noted?
  - What are the consequences for the men and women in these scenarios?
    - Is there a time when one of the parties is not at fault?

Deuteronomy 23

Exclusion and Inclusion (verses 1-8)
- What things would keep a man out of the Assembly of God?
- Write out verse 4
Cleanliness of the Camp (verses 9-14)
- Write out verse 9
- What things were they to be doing outside the camp?
- According to verse 14 why were they to do this?
Fugitive Slaves (verses 15-16)
- What are the rules for escaped slaves?
The Forbidding of Cult Prostitution (verses 17-18)
- What was not allowed to be brought into the house of God?
Interest on Loans (verses 19-20)
- Who was to not be charged interest?
- Who could they charge interest to?
Keeping Vows (verses 21-23)
- What are the rules regarding vows?
- Write out verses 23
Neighbors Crops (verses 24-25)
- What can you do in your neighbors vineyard?
- What were you not allowed to do?
- What were the rules for grain?

What new things did you learn today regarding the Lord, yourself or people in general? Is there a lesson you can walk away with today?

Reflection: Throughout Scripture fasting refers to abstaining from food for spiritual purposes. Because of the secularization of modern society, fasting (if it is done at all) is usually motivated either by vanity or by the desire for power. Biblical fasting always centers on Spiritual purposes.

In most cases, Fasting is a private matter between the individual and God. There are, however, occasional times of corporate or public fasts. Regular or weekly fasting can have such a profound effect on our lives. Though not a command, it is a spiritual discipline we should not neglect.

Psalm 20 is a cry of deliverance in battle. Today let’s pray this as a cry over the battles we or our loved ones face. Stand in victory as you meditate on His word today.

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Deuteronomy 16-19

November 10, 2025 //

Deuteronomy 16

The Festival of Passover (verses 1-8)
- What are the rules of Passover that they are reminded of here
- According to verse 3, why can’t they eat leaven during this time?
- Write out verse 8
The Festival of Weeks (verses 9-12)
- When is this festival to take place?
- Who is to participate in the festival?
- Why are they to remember this festival?
The Festival of Booths (verses 13-17)
- When is this festival to be observed?
- Verse 14 tells them to do something. What is that?
- Why are they to celebrate this festival?
- What does verse 16-17 tell us they are to do/not do?
Appointment of Judges (verses 18-20)
- What are the rules they are to follow?
- Write out verse 20

Deuteronomy 17

Forbidden Worship (16:21-17:1)
- What rules are given here as to things they are not allowed to do?
The Judicial Procedure of Idolatry (verses 2-7)
- When they hear of someone worshipping a false idol – what are they told to do first?
- If the accusation is true what are they to do next?
- Write out verse 6
- Why are they to do this to the one worshipping a false idol?
Difficult Cases (verses 8-13)
- Who is to judge these cases (remember back in Exodus it was Moses who took these cases)?
- How seriously were they to take the judges ruling?
- Write out verses 12-13
The Appointment of a King (verse 14-20)
- Write out verse 14
  - Up to this point they were never to have a King. God was their King. They are being told that they will want a king because everyone around them has a king.
- What are the rules for choosing a king then.
- What is the king not allowed to have?
- Write out verse 18
- What is he to do with that scroll?

Deuteronomy 18

Provisions for the Levites (verses 1-8)
- What is the Levites inheritance?
- What are the priests to get from the offerings?
- Write out verse 5
Occult Practices Verses Prophetic Revelation (verse 9-22)
- Write out verse 9
- What things are they not to do?
- Write out verse 13
- Who are the Israelites to listen to?
- Write out verse 19
- What happens to the prophet who speaks words the Lord did not give him?
- Write out verse 22

Deuteronomy 19

Cities of Refuge (verses 1-13)
- Why do they have these cities of refuge?
- What will happen if their territory enlarges?
- What happens if a person who intentionally murders someone flees to one of these cities?
Boundary Markers (verse 14)
- What are they not allowed to do?
Witnesses in Court (verses 15-21)
- What condition does verse 15 establish?
- What happens to a false witness?
- Why do these rules happen like this (see verse 20)?

What new things stood out to you as you read this today? Did the Lord show you something new about Himself, yourself, or people in general? What application are you walking away with today.

Reflection:

The second reason there has been an almost total disregard of the subject of fasting is the constant propaganda fed to us today that convinces us that if we do not have three large meals each day, with several snacks in between, we will be on the verse of starvation.
- This, coupled with the popular belief that it is a positive virtue to satisfy every human appetite, has made fasting seem obsolete.
- Anyone who seriously attempts to fast is bombarded with objections:
  - I understand that fasting is injurious to your health
  - It will sap your strength so you can’t work
  - Won’t it destroy healthy body tissue
- All of this, of course, is utter nonsense based upon prejudice.
- While the human body can survive only a short time without air or water, it can go many days before starvation begins.
- Without needing to subscribe to the inflated claims of some groups, it is not an exaggeration to that:
  - when done correctly, fasting can have beneficial physcial effects as well as spiritual.
Remember these biblical characters fasted:
- Moses, the lawgiver
- David, the king
- Elijah, the prophet
- Esther, the queen
- Daniel, the seer
- Anna, the prophetess
- Paul, the apostle
- Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son

Psalm 19. Today we will meditate on what God did, on His goodness in Creation, all He does for us. Pray this as a prayer of gratitude and refection of His glory and majesty.

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Deuteronomy 10-12

November 8, 2025 //

Deuteronomy 10

Renewal of the Covenant (verses 1-11)
- What does the Lord tell Moses to do in the first verse?
- Who wrote the ten commandments on the tablets?
- Who was to carry the Ark of the Covenant?
- How long was Moses on the mountain?
THE BASIC REQUIREMENT (verses 12-22)
- Obedience is the requirement in one word
  - The Lord requires nothing less of believers today
    - Read John 14:21-23
- Write out Deuteronomy 10:12-13
- Write out verse 16
- What else does Moses tell the Israelites that is important?

Deuteronomy 11

Remember and Obey (verses 1-25)
- What does verses 2-6 tells us that the Israelites saw God do?
- Write out verse 7
- Why were they to keep God’s commands according to verse 8-9?
- What will God provide if they keep His commands?
- Write out verse 18-21
A Blessing and a Curse (verses 26-32)
- When will there be a blessing?
- When will there be a curse?

Deuteronomy 12

The Chosen Place to Worship (verses 1-9)
- Write out verses 2-3
- What are they to do instead of worshipping God in the ways the other nations did?
- Write out verse 8
THE BASIC DIFFERENCES (verses 10-14)
- The Old and the New Testaments differ basically.
  - A special place to worship God is emphasized in the Old Testament
  - Jesus changed the old emphasis from a place to a person
    - Read John 4:20-26
    - Read Acts 8:27-31, 35-37
      - The eunuch had been to the right place, for the right purpose, and read the right book.
      - Philip preached to him Jesus and he went away rejoicing.
      - From a place in the Old to a Person in the New.
Slaughtering Animals to Eat (verses 15-32)
- When can they slaughter animals to eat?
- What are they not allowed to do?
- Write out verses 18-19
- What are they reminded of in regards to eating animals in verses 20-28?
- Explain what they are being told in verses 29-32

What did you learn today in this reading? What do you feel the Lord is telling you specifically to do, not do or that needs to be worked on? What application of the word are you walking away with today?

Reflection: Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in him a source of sustenance beyond food. Through it, we learn by experience the God’s Word is to us a life substance, that it is not food (“bread”) alone that gives life, but also the words that proceed from the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4). We learn that we too have meat to eat that the world does not know about (John 4:32-34). Fasting unto our Lord is therefore feasting – feasting on him and on doing his will.

Psalm 17 – today make this a prayer of your heart. Take this and meditate on each of the verses, asking God to search your heart and see if there be any wicked way in you. And then pray this prayer of protection over you and your family.

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Deuteronomy 7-9

November 7, 2025 //

Deuteronomy 7

Driving out the Nations (verse 1-26)
- Which nations is the Lord driving out?
- Write out verse 2
- Why must they destroy them totally (see verse 4)?
- What are they to do according to verse 5?
- According to verse 8 why did the Lord choose them?
- What is being told to the Israelites in verses 12-16?
- What is the repeated theme of verses 17-26?

Deuteronomy 8

Do Not Forget the Lord (verse 1-18)
- Write out verse 1-2
- What did the Lord do in verses 3-5?
- Write out verse 6
- What are the warnings in verses 10-19?

Deuteronomy 9

Not Because of Israel’s Righteousness (verses 1-6)
- Where are the Israelite’s about to go?
- What does is say the Lord will do in verse 3?
- Why is the Lord driving out the nations?
- Write out verse 6
The Golden Calf (verses 7-29)
- Describe what is happening in verses 7-21
- Where else did they make the Lord angry?
- Write out verse 24
- Why did Moses plead for the people?

What have you learned about God, yourself or people in general in this reading? What new things stood out to you today? Do you find yourself remembering the stories from the past books as you read this today? What lessons can you walk away with today?

Reflection: “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “if you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'” Matthew 4:1-4

What insights about fasting does this passage suggest to you?

Prayer through Psalm 16 with this text in mind. Meditate on it and see what the Lord would be speaking to you today.

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Deuteronomy 4-6

November 6, 2025 //

Deuteronomy 4:

Obedience commanded (verses 1-14)
- Write out verse 1-2
- What is happening from verse 3-8
- Write out verse 9
- What does Moses tell everyone in verses 10-14
Idolatry Forbidden (verses 15-31)
- Write out verse 16
- What were they reminded of in verse 20-26?
THE BASIC PLEDGE (verses 21-31)
- This is the basic, unconditional pledge of God is the one He made to Abraham
- Write out verse 29
- What is the rest of the promise in verse 30-31?
- Read Deuteronomy 29:12-13
The Lord is God (verses 32-39)
- In verses 32-34 what things were they reminded of that they saw and no one else did?
- Write out verse 35
- Why did they see these things?
Cities of Refuge (verses 40-43)
- Describe what a city of refuge was for
Introduction to the Law (verses 44-49)
- Who gave the law to the people?
- Where did they receive the law?

Deuteronomy 5

The Ten Commandments (verses 1-33)
- Write out verse 4
- List the 10 commandments (verses 6-21)
- According to verse 22 where did the Lord write the 10 commandments?
- What is happening in the rest of the chapter?
- Write out verse 33

Deuteronomy 6

Love the Lord your God (verses 1-25)
- Why was the law written (see verse 2)?
- Write out verse 5-10
- In verses 12-14 what command type words are spoken?
- Why are they commanded to do these things?
- In verses 16-19 what commands are they given?
THE BASIC BLESSING (verse 16)
- Deuteronomy was a basic book for our Lord. He quoted from it frequently
  - Read Matthew 4:4, 7, 10
  - Compare those verses with Deuteronomy 8:3
  - Read Deuteronomy 10:20
THE BASIC TRUTH (verse 23)
- “He brought us out” – We see the power of God
- “That He might bring us in” – We see the grace of God
- “Which He swore unto our father..” – The faithfulness of God
  - This basic truth takes on a new meaning when applied to Christian believers today.
  - He has brought us out from a condemnation of sin for “there is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus”
    - Read Romans 8:1
  - He has delivered us from the bondage of sin.
    - Read Romans 8:2
  - He has brought us into a spiritual Canaan which is ours in Christ.
    - Read Galatians 2:20
    - Read Ephesians 1:3-4
    - Read Ephesians 2:19
  - He is faithful to keep His promise
    - Read 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
- Write out Deuteronomy 6:24

What things did you learn about God today? What did God reveal to you about yourself? What lesson can you walk away with today?

Reflection: From what you know today, how would you describe the purpose of fasting? Is this something you have zero idea about or is this a very familiar topic to you?

In our time of prayer and meditation, today we will read through Psalm 15. Allow the Lord to soften your hearts even more to Him. Allow Him to begin a “new” work in you today. What is it He is wanting to refine in you? Spend time praying this verse over your life, how you can be this blameless person, when it comes to the things spoken from your mouth.

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