Mark’s Memos

“Now the city shall be doomed by the LORD to destruction, it and all who are in it.” (Josh. 6:17) God told Joshua that Jericho, the first city in the Promised Land that they were to conquer would be doomed by the Lord to destruction (Josh. 6:17). The Hebrew word for...

“By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.” (Heb. 11:30) We’ve been looking at God’s strategy for Israel to take possession of Jericho (Josh. 6:1-9). Notice that the people had to be willing to do something for a week that...

The strategy God gave the Israelites for taking Jericho was the armed men of war led the way, followed by the priests with the trumpets, followed by the priests with the ark, followed by the rest of the people, followed by the rear guard (Josh. 6:3-9). Was there any...

"Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!” (Josh. 6:16) Joshua was given a specific strategy from God for possessing Jericho. It involved marching around the city once a day for six days, and seven times on the seventh day with the seven priests blowing their...

“Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in.” (Josh. 6:1) Just as God wanted His people to possess the Promised Land in the book of Joshua, so does God have territory for you to possess! Jericho was the first...

In Joshua 6, the people of God began taking possession of their Promised Land. Our Promised Land represents the abundant life in Christ that God wants us to be living out now (John 10:10; Rom. 8:37). It’s not enough to enter The Promised Land, we have to now Possess...

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...