Joshua

Father in heaven, we ask as we come to another portion of Your Word, which on the face of it may seem uninspiring, yet we know Your Word teaches that all Scripture is breathed out by God so You have something for us.  You may even surprise us this morning with how You mean to…

Our text this morning is Joshua chapter 15.  We’ve been in a series in this book since the beginning of the fall/end of the summer, and we’ll go one more week, next week Joshua 16 and 17, Lord willing, and we’ll take a three-week break.  Yes, we will take a little break from land allotment…

O Lord, I wonder if we have really thought about the words we just sang, Your blood has washed away my sin, Father’s wrath completely satisfied, once we were Your enemies and now we have been seated at Your table, Jesus, thank You.  We give thanks for so great a salvation, for this indescribable gift. …

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer.  In Jesus we pray.  Amen.    Our text this morning is Joshua chapter 11.  After the first five books of Moses we have the book of Joshua.  We’ve been here for…

Blessed Lord, who caused all holy scripture to be written for our learning, grant that we may in such a way hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of Your Holy Word we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which You have…

Our Father in heaven, as we have just sung, so we wait on Thee, the sweet hour or moment as the case may be of prayer.  So we ask now that You would give us ears to hear, You might anoint the preaching of Your Word by Your Holy Spirit to sound forth with great…

Father in heaven, we pray for open eyes that we may see, open ears that we may hear, open hearts that we may believe, and as I venture to open my mouth, would You speak through it, not the mere words of a man but the Holy Spirit speaking through the Scriptures that we might…

O God, we pray with the psalmists, especially in coming to this text, that You would search us, that You would know our hearts, You would try us and You would know our thoughts, and You would see if there is any grievous way in me, in any of us, and then lead us in…

Let’s ask for the Lord’s help. Father, come now.  Be our anchor, our hope.  Give us just the word we need to hear, be it rebuke or encouragement, that we might have faith to trust and obey.  Remind us of things we have forgotten.  Teach us things we did not know.  We pray that You…

Thank you for your prayers this past week as I made a quick trip to Northern Ireland and did a blitz of speaking things and then came back.  One of the really encouraging things I heard, I was talking to a young couple at this church and they said, “Oh, we listen to all your…