Walk Thru The Bible
Joshua 1-24

Monday -    Joshua   1 The Lord Commands Joshua "Be strong!"
            Joshua   2 Rahab and the Spies
            Joshua   3 Crossing the Jordan
            Joshua   4 An Altar to the Lord

Tuesday -   Joshua  5 Circumcision renewed
            Joshua  6 Battle of Jericho
            Joshua  7 Achan's Sin
            Joshua  8 Ai Destroyed

Wednesday - Joshua  9 Deceived by the Gibeonites
            Joshua  10 The Sun Stands Still
            Joshua  11 Northern Kings Defeated
            Joshua  12 Lists of Defeated Kings


Thursday -  Joshua  13 Land Yet to be Taken
            Joshua  14 Division of the Land West of Jordan
            Joshua   15 Allotment for Judah
            Joshua   16 Allotment for Ephraim

Friday -    Joshua   17 Allotment for Manasseh
            Joshua   18 Division or the Rest of the Land
            Joshua   19 Allotment for Simeon, etc
            Joshua   20 Cities of Refuge

Saturday -  Joshua 21 Towns of Levites
            Joshua 22 Eastern Tribes Return Home
            Joshua 23 Joshua's Farewell
            Joshua 24 Covenant Renewed at Shechem

Sunday is Joshua make-up day. If you missed any reading or if you read
only a few chapters per day make up for lost time by reading for an
hour on the Lord's Day.

Children's Bible Reading

It is not easy for a child to read through the Bible nor to sit and
listen to long passages being read. We recommend that if you have
children in your home that you read daily one story from Ken Taylor's
"The Book."  Ken Taylor is the translator of the Living Bible.  He did
that while commuting by train to and from work so that his children
would understand the Scriptures.

The children have caught up with us.  Be sure to go with us to the Old
Testament.  It is important to follow the program together in order to
encourage one another in our readings

Monday -       57. A New Leader (Joshua 1-3)
Tuesday -      58. Jericho's Walls Fall Down (Joshua 5-6)
Wednesday -    59. A Thief Is Punished (Joshua 7-8)
Thursday -     60. Joshua Gets Fooled (Joshua 9-10)
Friday -       61. The Long Journey Ends (Joshua 18-21)
Saturday -     62. The People Choose God (Joshua 22-14)
Sunday -       63. God Keeps On Helping His People (Judges 3)

History:

Joshua is writing the history of the Promise Land. The Bible tells us
that these things are written for our learning, that we should not
make the same mistakes as they did.  God takes the lives of his people
Israel and their wanderings, successes and defeats and lets us learn
from their mistakes.  God wants his people to live in victory.  Yet
only too often sin, secret or outright, invades our lives and brings
us tragedy and defeat.  All that Joshua did illustrates the life of
the believer and his victory in Christ and his defeat when he walks
away from Christ. The name "Joshua" is the same Jewish name "JESUS."
In Matthew 1 the angel of the Lord spoke to Joseph and pronounced that
"HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED 'JOSHUA' -- that is, Jesus -- for he shall
save his people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21)  Jesus is our Joshua
(pronounced Yeshua). And that is the way Jewish people pronounce the
name of Jesus even today. Jesus, our Yeshua, brings us into the
Promise Land.

Wonderful Things: (WTs)

Joshua's book is full of wonderful things.  A wonderful thing is
something significant that the Lord did for Israel, that God can and
will do for all of his people at any time or place.  A wonderful thing
is an amazing thing worthy of awe (wonder) and a thing to think about.

When David wrote the Psalms he often used an expression "SELAH!"  That
word means "THINK ABOUT THAT!"   As you go through the book of Joshua
mark your bible at significant things that God did that you need to
think about and reflect on.  When you encounter such a WT mark the
place with either a "WT" or the word "SELAH", so that you will be sure
to pass by there again and think about the wonderful things that God
has done, and still can do.

SING TO THE LORD EACH DAY AT THE END OF YOUR READING:

It is no secret, what God can do,
What He's done for others He'll do for you.
With arms wide open, He'll pardon you.
It is no secret, what God can do,