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RUSSELL SANDERS

12-30-2021

THE LIFE OF JOSHUA – LESSON 2

VICTORY AT REPHIDIM

The original name of Joshua was Oshéa (or Hoshea). We see in Numbers 13:16 that Moses changed his name to Je-hosh’ua, now written as Joshua. It means “Yah Saves.” Oshéa (Hoshea) meant “salvation.” The change to Jehoshua meant “God’s Salvation.” It is the same form of name as Yeshua. The letters “J” and “Y” are interchangeable, essentially the same.

Therefore “Joshua” and “Yeshua” are the same name and both names credit salvation as being of God. Oshéa (Joshua) was a direct descendant of Joseph. He was of the tribe of Ephraim who was Joseph’s son. Given the lineage in I Chronicles 7:22-27, Joshua was likely a prince in the tribe of Ephraim.

Moses chose Joshua (Yeshua) to be his righthand man. It was clearly from God’s direction, God’s choice. The first mention of Joshua came probably less than two months after escaping from Egypt. We see in Exodus 17 that the people pitched camp in Rephidim. They had no water and feared dying of thirst. This is where Moses struck a rock as God instructed and water came from it. It was sufficient to satisfy everyone, all two million or more people.

It was just after that miracle that their first opposition arose. While at Rephidim the Amalekites came to fight them. Amalek was a descent of Esau. Moses instructed Joshua in Exodus 17:8-16 to choose men to form an army to war against Amalek. Moses went up a hill to observe the battle. He lifted up his arms holding the rod of God in his hands. It was the same rod he had used in front of Pharaoh. As long as his hands were raised to God, Joshua was winning the battle. When his arms got tired and his hands came down, the battle went against Joshua.

Aaron and Hur were with Moses. They fetched a stone for Moses to sit down on and they held up his hands unto the Lord. Joshua then won the battle over the Amalekites.

To commemorate the victory, Moses built an altar there. He named the altar Jehovah-Nissi which means Jehovah (is my) banner. Nissi means banner, flag, or standard by which we are known.

This victory established Joshua as the “general” of God’s army for the next forty-seven years. He won every military conflict except the first one at Ai due to Achan’s sin. No other Jewish leader had such a record of victories until the time of King David.



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HELEN SANDERS

12-30-2021

PASSION

If I were to define passion, I would say it means that which gives you purpose. That which you live for. That which brings you great satisfaction. That which motivates you.

What is it that motivates you? What is it that you think about when you first wake up in the morning? 

Proverbs 23:7 says, “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…” What we think about is what will control us. If our passion is to be the best mother or father that there can be, then we will do everything we can to become that person. We will read books on how to nurture children and learn from scripture how to raise them. We will put our heart and time into it. We will be determined to be the best parent that our children could possibly have.

If our passion is all about ourselves, then we will certainly be limited in life. Passion reaches beyond self and pursues excellence in whatever that passion is. Like a football player, he will exercise, he will eat right, he will be a “team player” to be the best football player ever. He is passionate about it.

Then there is the passion for things of God. In the psalms we learn that we should arise early and seek God’s face. We spend time with him in that secret place. We want to know him more and more and be always found in the center of his will for our lives. We are never lukewarm in our pursuit. We are passionate about our walk with God.

Your passion for God can grow as you come to the point in life where we surrender everything to God. We live for him in every area, spirit, soul and body. Upon rising he will be first in our thoughts. Upon going to sleep he is the last person we think of. He is our all in all. We are passionate about Him.



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 Questions?  by HCC

                            What will this year bring dear Lord? 

                             I pray more will come to you. 

                            Will they see the light that shines? 

                            Will they quit killing babies in the womb? 

                            When will your people ever learn, 

                            What an awesome God you are? 

                            You can hear their thoughts and see, 

                            There is future and beyond the stars. 

                            There are so many questions, 

                            The answers yet to come. 

                            We will keep on praying,  

                            From dawn to no more sun. 

                            Thank you for forgiving us, 

                            Such suffering and death. 

                            Then the Resurrection, 

                            Our chance for forgiveness met. 

                            We are waiting for you, 

                            We watch both night and day. 

                            You’re the star and all the answers 

                            You’re the Savior who guides are ways.

TODAY'S POLL OR TRIVIA QUESTION

YESTERDAY'S QUESTION:

Which President got stuck in a bathtup?

The correct answer is:

William Howard Taft



0% answered correctly with:

William Howard Taft

33.3% answered incorrectly with:

George H.W. Bush

33% answered incorrectly with:

Herbert Hoover

33.4% answered with:

I honestly do not know the answer to this question

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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE



"But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.."

Nehemiah 1:9KJV

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TODAY'S BIBLE CHALLENGE

YESTERDAY'S BIBLE CHALLENGE

What apostle was told by Jesus from the cross "Behold thy mother."?

The correct answer is:

John

100% answered correctly with:

John

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12-27-2021

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DANA COVERSTONE

12-29-2021

Had a very short but simple dream last night.

It was simply me looking out over a predawn morning with some light in the distance. I heard the statement “The all quiet on the eastern front is about to become chaos”. I woke up immediately after. Nothing more and nothing else but definitely something to pray about.

TODAY'S BIBLE QUIZ

YESTERDAY'S BIBLE QUIZ

What are the first five books of the Old Testament called by the Jews?

The Correct answer is:

The Torah

66.7% answered correctly with:

The Torah

33.3% answered incorrectly with:

the Tanakh

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TODAY'S BIBLE TRIVIA

YESTERDAY'S BIBLE TRIVIA

Who was in prison with the Apostle Paul singing praises at midnight?

The correct answer is:

Silas

75% answered correctly with:

Silas

25% answered incorrectly with:

Timothy

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