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April 27 - Joshua 12 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Monday.
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  It's the 27th of April and I hope you're going well.
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  Yesterday was ANZAC. No, it wasn't the day before.
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  Yesterday was Anzac Day. But today in this part of the
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  world, it is the public holiday. So many of us are at home.
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  Instead of being at work and being productive, we get to be
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  relaxing humans. So that's lovely.
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  So I hope your day is looking very good today.
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  We are perhaps going to write ourselves a list and tick things
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  off the list and say, haha, I've conquered my list.
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  Well, today's Bible reading is very similar because this in the
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  book of Joshua is the list of all of the kings that Joshua and
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  the Israelite army managed to conquer as they took possession
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  of this land that God had promised them.
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  So as we read through this long list of kings that were taken
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  out, you can think what are the things that God is conquering in
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  my life? Holy Spirit, come to U.S., Open
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  us up to all that you are doing in our lives and who you are and
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  how you can teach us more about that as we read your words as
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  captured friends in Joshua chapter 12.
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  These are the kings east of the Jordan River who had been killed
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  by the Israelites and whose land was taken.
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  Their territory extended from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon
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  and included all the land east of the Jordan Valley.
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  King Saihan of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated.
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  His Kingdom included Aroa on the edge of the Arnon Gorge and
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  extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabok River,
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  which serves as a border for the Ammonites.
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  This territory included the southern half of the territory
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  of Gilead. Cyhon also controlled the Jordan
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  Valley and regions to the east, from as far north as the Sea of
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  Galilee to as far South as the Dead Sea, including the road to
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  Beth Jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah.
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  King Ogg of Bashan, the last of the Raphaelites, lived at
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  Ashtaroth and Edray. He ruled a territory stretching
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  from Mount Hebron to Salaca in the north and to all of Bashan
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  in the east and westward to the borders of the Kingdom of Geshe
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  and Marka. This territory included the
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  northern half of Gilead as far as the boundary of King Saihon
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  of Hezbon. Moses, the servant of the Lord
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  and the Israelites, had destroyed the people of King
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  Saihon and King Ogg and Moses gave their land as a possession
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  to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
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  The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the
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  Israelite armies defeated on the West side of the Jordan, from
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  Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halleck, which leads up
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  to Saya. Joshua gave this land to the
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  tribes of Israel as their possession, including the Hill
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  Country, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, the mountain
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  slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev.
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  The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the
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  Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the
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  Jebusites. These are the kings Israel
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  defeated. The king of Jericho, the king of
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  AI near Bethel, the king of Jerusalem.
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  The king of Hebron. The king of Jarmoth.
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  The king of Lakish. The king of Eglon.
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  The king of Giza. The king of Deba.
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  The king of Geda. The king of Homer.
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  The king of Arad. The king of Libna.
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  The king of Abdulam. The king of Makada.
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  The king of Bethel. The king of Tapua.
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  The king of Hefa. The king of Afaq.
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  The king of Lacharon. The king of Maidon.
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  The king of Hazor. The king of Shimron.
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  Meron, The king of Akshath. The king of Tarnak.
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  The king of Megiddo. The king of Kadesh.
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  The king of Jochnium in Carmel. The king of Dor in the town of
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  Nephothdor, the king of Goyim in Gilgal, the king of Terza.
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  In all 31 kings were defeated. Our Lord, as we read this
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  chapter, we are aware that when your plan is set in motion,
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  there is nothing that can stand in its way because this is your
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  world and nothing, nothing can stand in your way.
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  And Lord, I wonder as we look out at our lives and we see the
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  kingdoms that seem so established there that seem like
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  they would never change. Lord, when you have your eye on
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  your promised land and you have designs to use that for your
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  Kingdom plan, well Lord, that's what you will do.
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  So I pray that we look around at our lives through your eyes and
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  we see your potential and we don't see the barriers that this
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  world has in front of us because we want your Kingdom reality to
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  come to bulldoze away those kingdoms of self righteousness,
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  of cliquey groups of jobs that feel like they won't shift, of
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  friendships that feel lost, of potential that feels like it'll
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  never be reached. Our Lord, you will have your
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  way. So we submit to your plan and
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  pray Lord, that your will be done here in our lives on earth
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  as it is perfectly in heaven. We are your people and we love
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  you and we submit to your good and perfect plan.
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  And we pray all of this in the saving name of Jesus, Amen.