Disobedience Leads To DefeatThink carefully about your decisions and actions. Your choices will have an impact on those around you.KEY TRUTH: Our Choices Have Consequences for Us and for Others (Joshua 7:1–5, 10–26)KEY TRUTH: Disobeying God Leads to Failure and Judgment (Joshua 7:2–15))FAMILY CONNECTION: CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AFTER CHURCH!How can thinking about the consequences of wrong actions ...  Read More

1. Think back on a time when your bad choices affected someone else. How did the experience change you?2. What’s something you have to repeatedly let go of in order to be obedient to God and His word? Is there a way to let it go completely?3. Are you in a season where obedience has become challenging? What parts of scripture builds you up when you are feeling weak?Want to dig deeper? Go directly t...  Read More

Joshua 8:30-35 (HCSB)Renewed Commitment to the Law30 At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the Lord, the God of Israel, 31 just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used. Then they offered burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed fel...  Read More

Joshua 8:10-29 (HCSB)10 Joshua started early the next morning and mobilized them. Then he and the elders of Israel led the troops up to Ai. 11 All those who were with him went up and approached the city, arriving opposite Ai, and camped to the north of it, with a valley between them and the city. 12 Now Joshua had taken about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of t...  Read More

Joshua 8:1-9  (HCSB)Conquest of Ai8 The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole military force with you and go attack Ai. Look, I have handed over to you the king of Ai, his people, city, and land. 2 Treat Ai and its king as you did Jericho and its king; you may plunder its spoil and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.” 3 So Joshua and the whole m...  Read More

Joshua 7:16-26 (HCSB)Achan Judged16 Joshua got up early the next morning. He had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected. 17 He had the clans of Judah come forward, and the Zerahite clan was selected. He had the Zerahite clan come forward by heads of families, and Zabdi was selected. 18 He then had Zabdi’s family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, son ...  Read More

Joshua 7:1-15  (HCSB)Defeat at Ai7 The Israelites, however, were unfaithful regarding the things set apart for destruction. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart, and the Lord’s anger burned against the Israelites. 2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and scout the land....  Read More

Obedience Leads To VictoryHonor God by dedicating all you have and all you are to Him.KEY TRUTH: God’s Instructions Don’t Always Make Sense to Us (Joshua 6:1–5)KEY TRUTH: Obeying God Leads to Godly Success and Blessing (Joshua 6:6–21)KEY TRUTH: Believers Should Keep Their Word Just as God Does (Joshua 6:22–27)FAMILY CONNECTION: CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AFTER CHURCH!How do you think you would have f...  Read More

1.  As a Christian, what motivates you to obey God’s commands? Is it fear? Is it peer pressure? Is it faith? What should be our motivation?2. What is a “wall” in your life right now that seems impossible to bring down?3. Are there areas where God is calling you to obey, but His direction seems illogical to you? Have there been times like this in the past?Want to dig deeper? Go directly to www.mike...  Read More

John 14:15-18  (HCSB)Another Counselor Promised 15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.17 He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I a...  Read More

Joshua 24:1-15  (HCSB)Review of Israel’s History24 Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem and summoned Israel’s elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God. 2 Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River an...  Read More

Joshua 6:15-21  (HCSB)15 Early on the seventh day, they started at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same way. That was the only day they marched around the city seven times. 16 After the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city. 17 But the city and everything in it are set apart to the Lord for destru...  Read More