Day 088 (Joshua 22-24) 

The first year with TBR (2021), my group wasn't too excited. The second year through (2022) one of the ladies said, "Now that I've read through the Bible, I feel ready to study it." Here we are in 2023, our third time through and one of the ladies said, "We need to do this every year." It has been so wonderful to see each of us grow in our knowledge and love for Him.

Wow we did it! We finished another book! Happy Wednesday 🎉❤

7 books and you are still here! congratulations bible readers!🤩

My God-shot: Joshua 24:13 says “I gave you a land you did not labor for and cities you did not build…”. Isn’t that how God works time and time again? God gives us what we aren’t capable of building on our own: health, strong relationships, prosperity, strength. God builds and cultivates where we simply cannot. He is the designer and creator of all things in our life. Praise you Lord. Glory to God.

In 22:5 it says, “But take careful heed to do the commandments and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to LOVE the LORD your God, to WALK in all His ways, to KEEP His commandments, to HOLD FAST to Him, and to SERVE Him with ALL your heart and with ALL your soul. Notice the order of these commandments. Love is mentioned first for a reason.It has to come first. Why? Because if we do all the things in this list: doing the commandments, walking in His ways, serving Him without loving Him first it turns into legalism. Serving and obeying without loving Him is legalism. And speaking from experience it’s exhausting! I know because I did this for years! I wasn’t in love with Him. I knew what His laws said, but I wasn’t in love with Him until I got into His Word and His Word got into me. This Bible Study has made me fall more in love with Him day by day as I look for HIM! Looking for His characteristics and writing them down in my Bible next to the verses and looking for what He loves and hates…it’s just awesome! ❤️❤️ He’s where the JOY is!

Thank you God, for keeping me faithful reading Your Word and learning about who You are everyday, 88 days in a row thank you Father God, thank you also for Tara-Leigh and the TBR team for their faithfulness and obedience to bring me (us) this reading plan and podcasts, please bless them, guide them and provide for them, Amen.

“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”

Good morning Family still enjoying the journey ❤ second time through the Bible 🎉 He is where the Joy is ❤️💯 have a blessed day in His Presence ❤️

How amazing is it. I have just read 7 books of the Bible 😊🙌

As Joshua tells the people in 24:15, As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord. Words to live by and remind yourself every day.

God has equipped me with all I need to obey Him

This is so true! My 1st time through I feel like I was surviving. Now on my forth time and I am learning more and more and understanding more and more. I am completely hooked. Thank you Jesus for drawing me into the gospel and into a relationship with YOU🙌🏼🙏🏼💝

There is NO failure in God. ❤

Choose ye this day whom you will serve!

I find it telling and convicting that in 24:23 Joshua has to tell the people, even after all that God has done for them, to “throw away the foreign gods among you…” I find it telling that Joshua knows some of the people keep idols in their homes. I find this convicting in that even though I strive to serve God every day, I wonder if there are things in my life that I put before God, when He should be first always, because obviously He’s where the joy is. 🙂

God is fail proof; halleluyah. He is where the joy is

*He's where the Joy is!*

It was God who fought for His people (Josh 23:3,10). He fights for us today too. We have victory in Him- victory in Jesus. In Chapter 24, I saw all the things God did, all the verbs listed: He took, led, gave (v 3); sent, afflicted (v 5); put, brought, did (v 7); delivered (v 10); protected (v 17), drove out (v 18). It is He who did all these things and does them today. It is not of ourselves that we could take credit for anything. It's all Him. 🙌🏽

Thank you Lord for fighting our battles and for everything you do for us in our journey. You are a promise keeper and fail proof 🙌🏼Joshua 23:14

Thank you Lord for TBR and Tara Lee cobble and all the team ❤.this is the longest time I've ever read the bible in consecutive days .I am really enjoying and learning so much thank you ❤

God is FAIL-PROOF! Awesome God! ❤🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

24:23 "...yield your hearts to the Lord..." oh how we want to control things and be our own source of strength and knowledge, but what wonderful wisdom and goodness only comes to us when we allow our hearts to surrender under His care. May I yield my ways, my speech, agenda and actions to Him 🙏

A Quarter of the Bible! 😮😮😮 this is awesome!! 🎉

Wow TLC, this is your 10th trip through the Bible!

Thanks for the recap Tara. Keeping focused and excited on our continued journey through the scriptures! blessings and encouragement to all. Jesus at the center!

After my 1st time through the Bible last year I knew this would probably be an annual thing for me. There is just too many things to learn to just check it off a bucket list as done. Bible Recap is awesome for helping with greater understanding! So grate🙏🏼Thank you for doing this Tara Leigh!

Just like the Israelites each day is a remake to make God Lord and Savior and it’s only with Him that I can see the joy each day. sanctification.

Over and over Joshua warned the people: do not forsake the Lord your God. Do not turn away from Him and worship other gods… but we know what happens. Lord, forgive us for our continuous disobedience. Keep our eyes fixed on You, today, before the evil ones take our land too…

God calls us to “cleave unto Him” (Josh 23:8, KJV), or “cling to Him” (NLT). There’s the old saying about new marriage, where we “leave and cleave” and that’s appropriate in considering how God wants us to cling to Him like a betrothed spouse-faithfully, and with a servant’s heart. Look at how Joshua always refers to Moses as “the servant of God,” and in his final words, he calls the people to not “cling to the customs” of the other nations (23:12), but “choose who you will serve” (Josh 24:15); “as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.” Clinging to God (and our spouse) means serving wholeheartedly, in the joy of being where you were always meant to be.

This crucifixion Friday I would like to share a prayer with my fellow TBR readers. I am so grateful to have found this plan. It is my second year reading through the bible with TLC and im loving it more and MORE. Thank you Lord for placing this on her heart and empowering her with the boldness to do this. Thank you, Tara for the daily encouragement in each Recap. Sunday is coming y'all!! For he is not here, He is Risen! BLESSED ASSURANCE Jesus, I grieve that the torture and sorrow You endured on the cross were necessary to save humanity. Because You didn’t want me enslaved to fear, anxiety, or sin-You sacrificed Yourself so that Love could win. It’s Love that hung upon the cross and gave up everything to rescue me. “It is finished” was a cry of victory, because You defeated everything that held me in captivity. Because of Your sacrifice, I can experience intimacy with You forever. Thank You! Help me to know You more, and to reach people with the hope found in You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Aloha and good morning BR family. Another great way to start the day with God's words. He is an amazing God and will fulfill his promises. Holy Week verse of the day reminds us before the ultimate sacrifice He said: "Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should one another's feet, John 13:14. Trust in Him, keep his commandments because He is where the JOY is!!! 💯❤

God always “blows me away” and amazes me!

I love that God took the time to remind the Israel nation, through Joshua, what He has done for them. He is very clear to tell them that it was HIM. HE took them, led them, gave them, plagued the Egyptians, and brought them out. HE gave, destroyed, and delivered. Verses 14 and 15 have become richer over the past few years for me as I read how clear Joshua stated the ultimatum. Choose HIM or choose evil. Praise God for His faithfulness and for His reminders of all that He has done. Praise Him for using people to mentor, guide, and remind us to keep our eyes fixed on Him.

Incline your hearts toward God. Because our hearts are inclined toward the world. We must do this purposely. How do we do that? Stay in God’s word. Pray. Incline your heart AND mind toward Him in everything you do and think.

God provided for his children land, cities, vineyards and more, that they did not labour for. God is well able to care for us beyond our cares and worries and striving. We should be careful to incline our hearts towards him (intentionally seek after God) and be careful to obey Him . We are created for His purposes, to love and to walk with Him. We are called to be friends of God, not just believers, not just followers ... but friends of God. 😊

Hey Bible Readers! Happy Maundy Thursday!

2024;yes, God is so merciful; His promises are Yes and Amen; God never leaves us nor forsakes us; we are so blessed to be in God’s family. He is where the Joy is.

God is our protector just as He protected the Israelites on their entire journey and among all the nations through which they traveled. (24:17b)

It's great to constantly remind myself that though God's word tarry in fulfillment yet I know that not one or His Word will fail, for all will surely come to pass (23:14)

My God shot today was in Chapter 22:5. We are commanded to Love God, obey his instructions and hold him tight 😌. I receive the grace to obey these commandments because that's actually where life begins

I don’t know about y’all, but I got MAJOR chills when I read Joshua 24:15. Wow!

Loving this so much!!

Gid is fail proof. Love this. Thank You Father for You keep your Promises. Amen ❤

God never fails. He never disappoints. He's not a man that he should lie neither the son of man that he should repent. But if a man is not in alignment with God that can slow down or delay the actualisation of the promises of God. "Yea, they turned back and tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel." - Psalm 78:41 (KJV)

This is the first plan I've stuck to this long, and I love it ❤ learning so much!

My God Shot was in Joshua 24:15: "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." I thought of this while thinking about my future and who I want to be my Beneficiary, who I want to leave my stuff & whatever money is in my bank accounts and my 401k plan I have with my work, knowing that I'm closer to 40 than 30 years old, no wife or kids, still a virgin and have had nothing but bad luck with finding Love and the right person or woman for me that I want to spend the rest of my life with, but I know that my time ⏲️ and my woman 👩 will come. Thank you, and God bless 🙂👍✝️💒🤟👦👧.

This is awesome!!

Joshua has final speech to The Israelites, reminding do choose to serve The Lord. Joshua dies and is buried. “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:14‭-‬15

What I noticed today was in Ch 23:11-13 when Joshua was warning them not to mix with the people of the land because they would become a snare and a trap, a whip to their sides and thorns in their eyes. This sounds a lot like what Jesus endured at the hands of the Roman soldiers. They beat Him with a whip and pushed a crown of thorns on His head which I am sure poked down into His eyes. I think it's just one more example of Jesus becoming a curse for us.

When I read this, my first thought was "Phinehas plays no games!" 😂 But seriously, how different would the world look if we all held other believers accountable when they blatantly disrespect and disobey God?

Ready for tonight’s recap❤

In chapter 22, with the land inheritances complete, the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh set to return to the other side of the Jordan River (east). They did as they promised in helping their brethren secure their land. Joshua reminds them to be faithful to the Lord. Once these tribes return home, they build an altar. Scripture says that this altar was of an "imposing size" (22:). The rest of Israel learns of this altar, thinks that grave disobedience has occurred, and they declare war.i believe that God intervened with what happened next. Phinehas, the priest, along with 10 chiefs, crossed the Jordan to see the altar for themselves and find out exactly why it was built. The trans-Jordan tribes explain that the altar was built as a witness. The altar serves as a testimony that they will not be forgotten and that they are a part of the nation of Israel. Once everything is explained, Phinehas and the chiefs were satisfied and returned home. In chapter 23, Joshua gives a charge to the leaders of Israel to remain faithful to the Lord. In verses 6-8, it says, "Therefore, be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left, that you may not mix with these nations remaining among you or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them, but you shall cling to the Lord your God just as you have done to this day." Joshua wanted to ensure that he gave them final instructions since he is about to die. In chapter 24, Joshua gathers the people at Shechem and renews the covenant with them. He gives a summary of their history, and then he charges them to make a decision on whom they will serve. Yahweh, the Lord, or some other "god." I find it interesting that Joshua says to the people twice to put away their idols (24:14, 23). That tells me that even after everything that's transpired, there were still people among the Israelites who were not wholly devoted to serving the Lord. Joshua even says, But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good. (24: 19-20)” Those words are an unfortunate truth for Israel's future. The story ends telling us that Joshua died at 110 years old. Israel followed the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who lived after him. The bones of Joseph are buried in the land of Shechem. Eleazar, the priest, dies and is buried in Gibeah. God is all through the pages of today's reading. God is faithful. He brought Israel to the promised land. He went before them and fought for them. He gave Israel victory over their enemies. This speaks to God's power and authority. But, the Lord is also a jealous God. He commands our commitment and obedience. When we willingly choose not to serve the Lord, He promises that will be consent. What's happening in the world today are signs of the end times. As believers in the Lord and His Son Jesus Christ, we can live in hope because this world is not our home. This current world is temporary of a greater glory, the new heaven and the new earth, to come.

It truly is the end of an era. It seemed like with the death of the major people in each of the preceding books, we were already were well acquainted with the next leader/main person. But with Joshua’s death I don’t feel that. I’ve been sad each time to read about their deaths.

I am studying Joshua 22-24 for my precepts class that Ian enrolled in presently. Thanks for the summary of Jos. 22-24

I don't think we're a quarter of the way through the Bible after 7 books!

How are we 1/4 of the way through the Bible if we've only read seven books out of 66?!

I can't find day 87 :(

What happened to day 87?

Seventh book? Isn't Joshua book 6

Your hair looks darker