Living For Jesus (Lessons From Joshua)
(Joshua 1:10-18; 3:1 – 5:2 Written as if the first priest to step into the Jordan River carrying the ark were saying this.) “Swing low, sweet chariot, coming fo’ …
Standing on the Promises (Lessons from Joshua)
(Joshua 1:1-9 Written as if Joshua himself were saying this.) I once had a friend who thought it would be great to be a soldier, wear a uniform and …
Spiritual Warfare in Acts
Jesus’ first coming was God’s invasion of enemy occupied territory. He landed behind enemy lines to begin the work of setting the captives free (Isaiah 42:7; 49:9; Luke 4:18-21). He …
Keeping Spiritual Warfare in Balance
We’d all love to have the success Jesus had at spiritual warfare. Certainly His disciples wanted that as well. But Jesus had to warn them to keep this skill …
Jesus Commits to the Battle
To escape being killed by Herod, Joseph took Mary and Joseph to Egypt for several years. Then, in obedience to God’s direction, he took his little family back to …
Old Testament Concludes but Spiritual Warfare Continues
After 70 years in foreign captivity some of the Jews were allowed to return to their home land and rebuilt Jerusalem. Several small groups made the journey home, but most …
Daniel: Spiritual Warfare Prayer
For 70 years the Jews were in captivity to other nations who took them from their homeland. Daniel was one of those taken to Babylon as a young boy. He …
God is Still in Control
God allowed demons to mislead the false prophets. God used demonic deception of the false prophets. He allowed it because they couldn’t do it without His permission (1 Kings 22:19-23) …
Elijah: Winning Spiritual Battles
Satan and his demons love blood, pain, suffering and death. This is the opposite of God who loves life, light, peace and joy. Destruction and misery characterize the work of …
Joshua: The Battles Never End
During this time the northern tribes had time to unify and prepare (Joshua 11:1-5). Victory in the north did not come in one quick, short battle as we would often …