Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing … How Great Is Our God … Powerfully singing of the majesty our our Lord.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Joshua 10:14 [NKJV] … 14 There has never been a day like this one before or since, when the Lord answered such a prayer. Surely the Lord fought for Israel that day!
… The record of Joshua’s day declares the greatness of our God.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Joshua 10:6-15 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… The people of Joshua’s day, especially the Gibeonites, saw just how great was the God of the Israelites as God stopped the sun in the sky over them.
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Reference Passage : … Joshua 1:5 [NKJV] … 5 No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.
… God promises Joshua that He, The Lord God, would never abandon Joshua or His people, a promise which was also quoted in
Hebrews 13:5 . Reference Passage : … Psalm 116:1-2 [NKJV] … 1 I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. 2 Because He bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!
… When a believer cries out in earnest to God, He listens!!
Reference Passage : … Romans 8:28 [NKJV] … 28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. … God always gives us (Christians) what we need when we need it!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Lisa Samra, used an historical illustration to teach on how God is always there for us when we call out to Him. The ODB author wrote: SOS, the Morse code signal, was created in 1905 because sailors needed a way to indicate extreme distress [see photo]. The signal gained notoriety in 1910 when used by the sinking ship Steamship Kentucky, saving all forty-six people aboard.
While SOS may be a more recent invention, the urgent cry for help is as old as humanity. We hear it often in the Old Testament story of Joshua, who faced opposition …
Fellow Christian, … have you ever been in a place where you needed to send out a cry to God for help … like the desperate S.O.S. of the early 20th century [see photo] or the “911” call of today? … Sure! We all have, haven’t we. And many times that’s when God seems so far away.
But He’s not, is He? No, our great God is alway right there for us; and when we send out an SOS or 911 call to Him, He will always hear us [see Ps. 116:1-2]. And no matter what happens thereafter, His promises and steadfastness will always be there for us just as they were for Joshua (see Scriptures above). Oh, He may respond as we WANT Him to; but He will always hear us and responds a we NEED for Him to respond (see Romans 8:28).
So, today, if you need to send up an SOS to our great God, … He will hear you!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for always being there for me [us].
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, King Jesus, … O Lord, You are there when I call. Oh, Lord, help me to have the faith to hear You when You respond. … Amen
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