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Daily Readings: Judges 3 and Psalm 27 How can King David say so courageously: “Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear;though war break out against me, even then I will be confident”? He answers that question himself in v.1: “The Lord is my light and my salvation” and “The Lord is the stronghold of my life.” The focus…
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Daily Readings: Judges 2 and Psalm 26 In Judges 2 we get a preview of the entire book. Throughout Judges we will see God’s people caught in a vicious cycle of falling into idolatry and immorality in disobedience to the God who had saved and blessed them – suffering the consequences of their disobedience –…
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Daily Readings: Judges 1 and Psalm 25 In Psalm 25 David prays, “Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me.” (v.4-5). Later he prays: “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.” (v. 21) In this we learn that it is not enough to ask…
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Daily Readings: Joshua 24 and Psalm 24 “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord,” Joshua boldly declared, as he laid down the gauntlet for the Israelites to decide where their allegiance lay – whether to Yahweh, the Great I AM, or to the idolatrous gods their parents had been led astray…
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Daily Readings: Joshua 23 and Psalm 23 As Joshua prepared the people for his death, He reminded them not only that obedience and faithfulness to God would result in blessings, but also that God’s holiness was not to be taken lightly. Just as God would always keep His promises to bless, so too God would…
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Daily Readings: Joshua 22 and Psalm 22 Every so often in Scripture, the LORD brought His people back to the heart of His commands. It happened again in Joshua 22, when they had settled in the land and been given safety from their enemies. Being physically “safe” and comfortable makes it easy to forget the…
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Daily Readings: Joshua 21 and Psalm 21 In Psalm 21, David expresses absolute trust in the Lord and His love, saying: “For the king trusts in the Lord; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.” (v.7) This trust was decidedly well placed. As Joshua 21 boldly proclaims: “Not one of…
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This sermon was preached on Sunday 30 January 2022 as the first in a series of sermons aiming to prepare us to renew our Covenant with God. Galatians 2:20 Introduction to Covenant Service and Series Today we begin our new 4-part sermon series named: “Called to Covenant”. It’s to prepare us for a Covenant Service…
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Daily Readings: Joshua 20 and Psalm 20 While God had given ancient Israel’s justice system a profound set of principles to guide it, there was no “police force” set up to administer the system. The people themselves administered the system. God recognised that when someone dies, emotions are running so high that an injustice might…
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Daily Readings: Joshua 19 and Psalm 19. After leading the people of God in so many victories, and patiently administering the allocation of land, Joshua had left someone out. Himself. In v.49-50 we read, “When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among…
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