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Jesus Is Our Refuge ♜🛡️♖ | Joshua 20 Devotional (7-Step QT)

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7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to show you what true refuge looks like in Him. 2. 📅 December 17, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s justice and love meet perfectly in Christ, our ultimate refuge. 3. ✝️ Joshua 20:1-9 The LORD commanded Joshua to appoint cities of refuge for those who kill unintentionally, so they may flee from the avenger of blood. The manslayer must present his case at the city gate, and the elders shall provide him shelter until judgment and the death of the high priest. Six cities were designated—three west of the Jordan (Kedesh, Shechem, Hebron) and three east (Bezer, Ramoth, Golan). These cities served both Israelites and foreigners, ensuring protection for anyone who killed without intent until a fair trial. 4. 📖 Key Verse These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and for the stranger sojourning among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he migh...
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True Leadership: Two Joshua 👑 | Joshua 19 Devotional (7-Step QT)

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7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to teach you what true leadership looks like in His kingdom. 2. 📅 December 16, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: True greatness is humble obedience, not self-promotion. 3. ✝️ Joshua 19:24-51 The fifth lot fell to Asher. Their territory stretched from Helkath to Sidon and Tyre, including 22 cities with villages. The sixth lot went to Naphtali. Their land extended from Heleph to the Jordan, including fortified cities like Hazor and Kedesh—19 cities in total. The seventh lot fell to Dan. Their territory included cities near Joppa, but when they lost part of it, they captured Leshem and renamed it Dan. After all distributions, Israel gave Joshua the city he requested—Timnath-serah in Ephraim’s hill country. He rebuilt it and settled there. The land division was completed at Shiloh before the LORD by Eleazar, Joshua, and tribal leaders. 4. 📖 Key Verse When they had finished distributing the several territories ...
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God’s Grace Restores: Lessons from Simeon’s Inheritance ✨ | Joshua 19 Devotional (7-Step QT)

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7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to remind you of His grace that restores even when we fail. 2. 📅 December 15, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s grace is greater than our failures—He restores and provides. 3. ✝️ Joshua 19:1-23 The second lot fell to Simeon. Their inheritance was within Judah’s territory because Judah’s portion was too large. Simeon received cities like Beersheba and thirteen others, plus additional villages. The third lot went to Zebulun. Their territory extended to Sarid and included twelve cities with their villages. The fourth lot went to Issachar. Their inheritance included Jezreel and sixteen cities with surrounding villages. 4. 📖 Key Verse The inheritance of the people of Simeon formed part of the territory of the people of Judah. Because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them, the people of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance (v. 9). 5. 📝 Reflection Simeon’s ...
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Stop Comparing! Trust God’s Perfect Plan ✨ | Joshua 18 Devotional (7-Step QT)

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7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to remind you that His plans for you are perfect, even when you feel small. 2. 📅 December 14, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s blessings come by His will, not by our status. 3. ✝️ Joshua 18:11-28 Benjamin, the smallest tribe of Israel, receives its inheritance first among the remaining seven tribes. Their territory lies between Judah and Joseph—a prime location for protection and influence. Though small, Benjamin receives major cities like Jericho and Jerusalem, all by God’s sovereign choice, not by their own strength. 4. 📖 Key Verse The lot of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to its clans came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph (v. 11). 5. 📝 Reflection Benjamin was small, yet God gave them a strategic inheritance and great cities. This wasn’t about their size or strength—it was about God’s will. Do you ever feel ov...
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Faith Is Not Waiting 🏃 | Joshua 18 Devotional (7-Step QT)

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7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you a heart that trusts His promises and steps out in obedience. 2. 📅 December 13, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: Faith is not passive—step into God’s promises with courage. 3. ✝️ Joshua 18:1-10 The whole congregation of Israel gathers at Shiloh and sets up the tent of meeting. Seven tribes still have not received their inheritance. Joshua challenges them, asking, “How long will you put off taking possession of the land the LORD has given you?” He instructs them to appoint men to survey the land and write a description, then return to him. Joshua will cast lots before the LORD at Shiloh to divide the land among the tribes. 4. 📖 Key Verse “How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?” (v. 3b) 5. 📝 Reflection One common misunderstanding among many Christians is that faith is completed by waiting. They expect G...
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Stop Limiting Yourself, Trust God’s Strength 💪 | Joshua 17 Devotional (7-Step QT)

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7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you see your true identity and potential in Him. 2. 📅 December 12, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God calls you to live boldly, trusting His strength—not your limitations. 3. ✝️ Joshua 17:14-18 The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh complained that their land was too small. Joshua challenged them to recognize their strength and God’s blessing: they were numerous and powerful. He urged them to clear the forested hill country and assured them they could drive out the Canaanites—even those with iron chariots. 4. 📖 Key Verse “You are a numerous people and have great power… For you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.” (vv. 17-18) 5. 📝 Reflection Ephraim and Manasseh had received generous land, yet they felt it wasn’t enough. Instead of gratitude, they focused on limitations. Joshua reminded them of their potential: they were blessed by...
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Why God’s Promises Outlast Time 🤝 | Joshua 17 Devotional (7-Step QT)

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7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you trust His promises that never fail. 2. 📅 December 11, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s promises outlast time, circumstances, and generations. 3. ✝️ Joshua 17:1-13 This passage describes the allotment of land to the tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn. Machir received Gilead and Bashan for his valor, and the rest of Manasseh’s clans received portions. Zelophehad’s daughters boldly claimed their inheritance as God commanded, and they were granted land among their father’s brothers. The territory stretched from Asher to Michmethath and included towns in Issachar and Asher. However, the Canaanites in some cities were not fully driven out but were later subjected to forced labor. 4. 📖 Key Verse They approached Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the leaders and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance along with our brothers.” So according to the mouth o...
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