Mark’s Memos

In Joshua 5, an angel appeared to Joshua. Then the Commander of the LORD'S army said to Joshua, "Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy." And Joshua did so. (Josh. 5:15) There’s a time and a place to stand on holy ground. To take off...

“And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same day. Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they...

When the kings of the Amorites & Canaanites heard that the Lord had dried up the Jordan River: “… their heart melted; and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the children of Israel.” (Josh. 5:1) It’s time the church has this kind of influence on the...

Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, "Command the priests who bear the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan." Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan." (Josh. 4:15-17) The Jordan can represent the barrier between where you...

That this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?' Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed over the Jordan, the...

Rahab was from Jericho and knew that God was going to give Jericho over to the people of God. As a result, she pleaded with the Israel spies to spare her and her household (Josh. 2:12-13). The spies told Rahab that they would spare her and her family if she had her...

And Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you." (Joshua 3:5) As the people of God were getting ready to enter their promised land, God told them to sanctify themselves because God was going to do wonders among...

“… that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before." (Joshua 3:4) God told the Israelites to follow the ark of the covenant as they headed for their promised land. The ark of the covenant represented the presence of God. They...

In Joshua 3, it was time for the people of God to cross their Jordan River. The Jordan River can represent the obstacle between our current location and our Promised Land. What is your Jordan River? What is the obstacle between your current location in life and the...

Rahab was from Jericho and knew that God was going to give Jericho over to the people of God. As a result, she pleaded with the Israel spies to spare her and her household (Josh. 2:12-13). The spies told Rahab that they would spare her and her family if she had her...