LivethruJesus
Studying the Bible
Episode Archive
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Take Responsibility for What You Want
Are you willing to work for what you want or would you rather complain and make excuses? Life is not always fair. But complaining about it won't change anything.
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God Has Power in Heaven and Earth
God literally fights for the Israelites when He sends hailstones to kill their enemies. He also stops the sun at Joshua's request. God has power! But more subtly but no less miraculously, He gav...
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Pray Before You Act
When we are faced with a decision, God should be the first One we go to. The Israelites got themselves in a bind because they relied on their own logic instead of asking God. Based on that, they...
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What Happens When You Do It God's Way
We start this year with encouragement to put the past behind us and begin the year committed to following Jesus. Repenting of the past allows us to move forward confident and at peace. Then we t...
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Living With Destructive Things
How can we find understanding and faith when we are confused and doubt? Is our sin of any value to us and how can we be truly set free from it? We can't bring destructive things into our lives a...
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Devoted to the Lord
The city of Jericho was devoted to the Lord. Some of it was devoted for destruction and some of it for holiness, but it was all devoted to the Lord. Evil must be destroyed or it will harm what i...
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A Public Profession of Faith
Before their first battle, the Lord commanded the Israelites to renew their commitment to Him through circumcision. This was a sign of God's covenant to give them the Promised Land and make them...
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Prove Your Faith With Action
We can say we believe in God, but we only fully believe if we have the faith to prove it. If we refuse to act on our belief, the we don’t truly believe. We have either too much doubt, fear, or p...
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Your Faith Has Saved You
When God reveals Himself to us, do we see Him for who He is and follow Him, or do we resist? When the people of Jericho saw God's power revealed through Israel, everyone resisted Him but Rahab. ...
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Spiritual Courage in Difficult Times
God prepares Joshua to take the people into the Promised Land by saying it will be a fight. But God will be with Him and He will be victorious in the end. He can only be defeated if He's too sca...