Mark’s Memos

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...

Jericho was the first city for the people of God to conquer when they entered the Promised Land. The people of Jericho knew that God had given the Israelites the land because they had heard stories of their previous victories (see Josh. 2:10). Here’s what Rahab from...

"I know that the LORD has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you. For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and...

“I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.” (Ps. 37:25) The Psalmist said in all his long life, he had never seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging for bread. Doesn’t this imply...

“For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.” (2Thess. 3:10-11) There is a poor work ethic...