Devotions

Judges 11-13 Read these chapters with the BIBLE READER widget to the left of this post, or at http://www.bible.com/ Part 1 of "The World Judges" Series Every single blog I write, I think it will be the time where the Israelites finally realize that there IS a real God, and there is no reason to worship other "gods" that they used to worship. The Israelites sinned, and when they needed help from God, the promised to try harder to follow Him. Turns out, God saves them, and they go back to their evilish ways. Even yesterday, God got SO angry with them, He refused to save them again. He must have been 10 times angrier than I am with the Israelites! But, the Israelites PROMISED to worship Him (and only Him,) forever, and God heard their cries and agreed to save them. He sent a person called a judge, and in case you didn't get it yet -- that's why today's series (and the book of Judges) is called what it is. It's all about the mediators God sent to help th...

March 5th -- Joshua 5-8 Read these chapters to find out what happened to the Israelites! You can find these chapters at http://www.bible.com/ or with the BIBLE READER to the left of this post. Alrighty, let's take a recap from yesterday. I feel like I'm a soap opera host or something, like before each episode when they say "Previously, on The Bible ..." Ah, what the heck. Yesterday, on The Bible , Joshua prepared to overthrow the city of Jericho, but he promised to save a prostitute and her family because she had hidden Israel's spies. There's a huge wall around the city of Jericho, and today... you'll learn what they did to overthrow the city. First, they circumcised all the people who weren't already circumcised. The last time there was a big group circumcision like this was when God's people were leaving Egypt. Moses was included in this group, but as you know, he's dead. Come to think of it, everyone from Moses' time was dead. God prom...