Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
– 1 Corinthians 1:7 (NIV)
Topical Teaching: A Calvary Perspective
(v.1) The principle of a , God-Given
What is my ?
Topical Teaching: How to Gain a God-Given Personal Life Vision
The principle of
Faith involves God’s and my
(v.2) The things that Achan was willing to disobey God over
(Chapter 7:1), were the very things that God was going to give him, in , if he would only put
“Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build, and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied, then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” – Deuteronomy 6:10-12 (NASB95)
(v.3) The principle of
They returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not let all the people go up; only about two or three thousand men need go up to Ai; do not make all the people toil up there, for they are few.” – Joshua 7:3 (NASB95)
What am I willing to ?
The principle: knowledge of the
Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai. – Joshua 7:2 (NASB)
What do I need to ?
The principle of
…He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men… – Joshua 8:3 (NIV)
…thirty thousand men, tough, seasoned fighters… – Joshua 8:3 (Message)
What do I need to develop?
The principle of (vv.4-9)
What’s my ?
The principle of
How can I to change?
(vv.10-12) The principle of
Are the people of wisdom ?
Topical Teaching: Decisions, Decisions
Prepare for the
What could ? (…with the elders… (v.10)
He took about five thousand men…between Bethel and Ai… (NASB) (v.12))
(vv.18-26)
Many times our greatest come after our greatest
(God) I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten… – Joel 2:25 (ESV)
From Chapter 6
God gave the Promised Land to His people, but the always belongs to
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first and best part of all your income. Then your barns will be full, and your vats will overflow with fresh wine. – Proverbs 3:9-10 (GWT)
(v.1) Achan…took some of the designated (cherem) things… – Joshua 7:1 (NASB)
Achan: trouble (OTESD)
Cherem: dedicated thing, devoted thing, ban, accursed (OTESD)
(v.2)
Ai: heap (OTESD)
Beth-aven: House of Iniquity (BD&B)
Beth-el: House of God (OTESD)
Somewhere between the House of God and the House of Iniquity there will be a heap of trouble
(v.11) Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted (cherem) things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions.
– Joshua 7:11(NIV)
(v.12) Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?
– 1 Corinthians 5:6 (NLT)
(vv.20-21)
(Eve) saw (ra-ah) …desired (hamad) …she took (laqah) – Genesis 3:6 (KJV)
(Achan) When I saw (ra-ah) …I coveted (hamad) …and took (laqah) – Joshua 7:21 (KJV)
Achan’s Problems:
- Achan doesn’t until he’s
- Achan his sin
Achan called it (v.21)
God called it (cherem)
- Achan took what
“All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the LORD. They must go into the LORD’s treasury.” – Joshua 6:19 (NET)
LATER GOD WILL SAY: “You will destroy them as you destroyed Jericho and its king. But this time you may keep the plunder and the livestock for yourselves.” – Joshua 8:2 (NLT)
“Them” are the articles (vv.22-23)
(vv.24-26)
Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin. – Deuteronomy 24:16 (NIV)
The use of the plural “Them” probably has reference to Achan’s , not his (Guzik)
Achan’s thought taking what was (cherem) to God would make him
Ultimately taking what was dedicated (cherem) kept Achan (trouble) from all that God to him
Achan’s family will be as a result of his
…called the Valley of Achor () to this day. – Joshua 7:26 (NASB)
Achor: troubled, trouble (OTESD)
They erected a to make sure they would (read Acts 5)
Then they erected over him a large (great [KJV]) heap of stones that stands to this day. – Joshua 7:26 (NASB)
Joshua in the Hebrew is in Greek
Jesus: iesous – is a transliteration of the Hebrew “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation” (VCED)
(vv.1-2) Jericho is about
Jericho: yerichah Moon: yareach (OTESD)
Jericho: moon city (MCED)
The walls of Jericho were high and thick
But the people who live there are strong, and their cities are large (fortified [ESV]) and walled. – Numbers 13:28 (CEV)
It looks , but from God’s perspective it’s a
(God) I have given Jericho into your hand… – Joshua 6:2 (NASU)
Like Joshua, God brings all of us to the point where all we have to go on is:
The Plan: (vv.3-5)
Notice: The battle plan is not too kosher
- Priests were exempt from war (Numbers 1:47-53)
- Ark wasn’t to be taken into war (1 Samuel 4&5)
- Trumpet for war was to be made of silver (Numbers 10:2&9)
- On the Sabbath they travel 7 times farther
(vv.6-14)
3 Lessons While Marching:
1. We understand the of the situation
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts. – Zechariah 4:6 (NASB95)
2. We develop
…so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. – Hebrews 6:12 (NASB95)
3. We learn (v.10)
…avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene. – 2 Timothy 2:16-17 (NASB)
Israel’s marching will be a final for Jericho
(vv.16-17)
…all who are with her in the house, for she hid the messengers (mal-awk) whom we sent… – Joshua 6:17 (YLT)
Messengers: mal-awk’ – a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) (OTESD)
“Shout! (rua) For the LORD has given you the city.” – Joshua 6:16 (NASB)
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise (rua) to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise (rua) unto him with psalms. – Psalms 95:1-2 (KJV)
Now the part that most miss:
(God) I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. – Joshua 1:3 (NIV)
…houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant… – Deuteronomy 6:11 (NIV)
And as for you, you are to be careful of the devoted things, lest you defile yourselves by taking some of the devoted things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. – Joshua 6:18 (LBT)
God gave the Promised Land to His people, but the always belongs to (v.17)
However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may consecrate it; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s. – Leviticus 27:26 (NASB95)
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first and best part of all your income. Then your barns will be full, and your vats will overflow with fresh wine. – Proverbs 3:9-10 (GWT)
The purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives. – Deuteronomy 14:23 (TLB)
Joshua in the Hebrew is in Greek
Jesus: iesous – is a transliteration of the Hebrew “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation” (VCED)
(v.3) …and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. – Joshua 5:3 (NKJV)
(vv.4-7) To what God , His people had to come into
500 years earlier God said to Abraham: “This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised…” – Genesis 17:10 (NKJV)
Circumcision is a sign of from the
No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by God’s Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people. – Romans 2:29
Method: performed by (vv.2&3)
Their response determines whether they can with God or not
God sometimes steps in and cuts something out in a time when it makes us most
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
– Hebrews 4:12 (NASB95)
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” – John 15:1-2 (NKJV)
What has about?
Spiritually speaking, when I allow God to some things away, that’s when things get spiritually (v.9)
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away (galal) the shame of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day. – Joshua 5:9 (NASB)
Rolled away: galal – to roll, roll away (OTESD)
Gilgal: rolling (OTESD)
(vv.10-12) But if a stranger resides with you and celebrates the Passover to the LORD, all of his males are to be circumcised…But no uncircumcised male may eat it. – Exodus 12:48 (NASB)
Once things are rolling spiritually, they could say goodbye to the (manna) and move into (v.11)
… and they eat of the increase (tebuw’ah) of the land of Canaan in that year. – Joshua 5:12 (YLT)
tebuw’ah: income, produce fruit, gain, increase, produce (OTESD)
God wants us to go beyond
The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children. Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth. – Psalms 115:14-15 (KJV)
The miracle of the manna never produced
So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief. – Hebrews 3:19 (NASB95)
After being obedient in letting God painfully cut away some things, things will get rolling spiritually and God gives
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? – Joshua 5:14 (KJV)
Joshua in the Hebrew is in Greek
Jesus: iesous – is a transliteration of the Hebrew “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation” (VCED)
…having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore… – Ephesians 6:13-14 (NASB)
The first memorial will be (vv.1-8)
…these stones shall become a memorial (zikron) to the sons of Israel forever.” – Joshua 4:7 (NASB)
Memorial: zikron – memorial, reminder, record (OTESD)
Then they erected over him a large heap of stones that stands to this day… – Joshua 7:26 (NASB)
A memorial is a
Memorials remind us what God in the
Memorials us in times of
…his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. – Psalms 91:4 (NIV)
Help to inspire in generations (v.6)
And now that I am old and gray, don’t forsake me. Give me time to tell this new generation (and their children too) about all your mighty miracles. – Psalms 71:18 (TLB)
This memorial is a declaration
A great memorial is a
The second memorial will be (v.9)
Will be a reminder of God’s faithfulness as it will only be seen in the time of ()
(v.19) “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year for you. Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are, each one, to take a lamb for themselves, according to the fathers’ households, a lamb for each household.’ – Exodus 12:2-3 (NASB 2020)
While the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal they celebrated the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho. – Joshua 5:10 (NASB)
Joshua “appointed” , Jesus “appointed”
(Jesus) You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit… – John 15:16 (NASB)
Joshua leads God’s people into the Jesus leads us into the
Like Joshua, Jesus will establish memorials
The first is which is
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? Far from it! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life.
– Romans 6:1-4 (NASB)
“Walk in newness of life” declares
The second is and is
And when He had taken a cup and given thanks (eucharisteo)… – Luke 22:17 (NASB)
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion (koinonia) of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion (koinonia) of the body of Christ? – 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 (NKJV)
Communion: koinonia – fellowship (CWSBD)
…the Lord Jesus, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” – 1 Corinthians 11:23-24 (NASB)
He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? – Romans 8:32 (NASB)
(Moses) He brought us out of there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers. – Deuteronomy 6:23 (NASB)
Now Joshua was old and advanced in years when the LORD said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and a very large amount of the land remains to be possessed.” – Joshua 13:1 (NASB)
The Lord spoke to Joshua… “arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people…” – Joshua 1:1-2 (NASB)
(v.1) Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out from Acacia Grove and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over. – Joshua 3:1 (NKJV)
The Jordan River is about a and (v.15)
Faith requires stepping out our
My step of faith was simply preparation for my step of faith
The LORD your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, for the wild beasts would grow too numerous for you. – Deuteronomy 7:22 (NASB95)
Principle: builds upon
(David) “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” – 1 Samuel 17:37 (ESV)
Two thousand cubits is about a (v.4)
Before confrontation we need (v.5)
Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate (qadesh), (sanctify [KJV]) yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do miracles (amazing things [NIV]) among you.” – Joshua 3:5 (NASB)
Consecrate: qadesh – “to be holy; to sanctify” (VCED)
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes… – Exodus 19:10 (CWSB)
You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
– 1 Peter 3:7 (NASB)
Faith steps based upon what (v.6)
When Joshua acts on what God has already said, then God speaks again giving (vv.7-8)
If not hearing, ask: “What’s the God said?”
(v.8) …Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided. The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
– Exodus 14:21-22 (NASB95)
Joshua doesn’t hype up the people, he reminds them of (vv.9-13)
(Exodus 3:8 & 34:11) (Deuteronomy 5:26)
“Come here, and hear the words of the LORD (YAHWEH) your God (Elohim).” – Joshua 3:9 (NASB)
Stepping out in faith has the potential to look
God is working beyond what (v.16)
…for we walk by faith, not by sight – 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NASB)
Here faith required before we see anything happening (v.17)
And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm… – Joshua 3:17 (NASB)
Because they were willing to step and stand firm based only on what God there will be a (v.17)
Joshua in the Hebrew is in Greek
Jesus: iesous – is a transliteration of the Hebrew “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation” (VCED)
(vv.1-2) Jericho is about
Jericho: yerichah Moon: yareach (OTESD)
Jericho: moon city (MCED)
Rahab: An adjective meaning broad (CWSBD)
(Jesus) …summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs… – Mark 6:7 (NASB)
In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? – James 2:25 (NASB95)
(vv.3-5) And the King of Yerikho sent to Rahab and said to her: “Send me the men who came into you in the night, because they have come to spy our land.” – Joshua 2:3 (PHBT)
In the NT Rahab is commended for her not her
By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace. – Hebrews 11:31 (NASB95)
Spiritual Reality: The enemy is living in (v.9)
“So all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will be afraid of you.” – Deuteronomy 28:10 (NASB95)
Living in fear nearly
Observations from Rahab’s conversion:
Rahab’s faith began by about God (vv.10&11)
We have heard how the LORD (Yahweh)… – Joshua 2:10 (NIV)
Realizes that is coming (vv.9&11)
Conversion evidenced by her (v.11)
…The Lord (Yahweh) your God (Elohim), He is God in heaven above and on earth below. – Joshua 2:11 (NASB)
…if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved… – Romans 10:9 (NASB)
“In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.” – Genesis 15:16 (NIV)
“There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer…” – Deuteronomy 18:10 (NASB95)
Rahab never questions
A concern for the (vv.12-13)
A desire to embrace a new and with the people of God
Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day… – Joshua 6:25 (NASB)
Conversion evidenced by a change in
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse. Jesse was the father of David the king…Mary, by whom Jesus was born… – Matthew 1:5-6 & 16 (NASB95)
Rahab receives a new and direction
(v.21) Cord, rope: tiqwa – a cord, expectation, hope, live, the thing that I
long for (OTESD)
Salvation was available to but received
By faith the prostitute Rahab did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies (messengers [James 2:25]) in peace. – Hebrews 11:31 (NASB)
But realize this, that in the last days difficult (chalepos: violent [GWT], terrible [NIV], perilous [NKJV], [KJV]) times will come. – 2 Timothy 3:1 (NASB)
Joshua in the Hebrew is in Greek
Jesus: iesous is a transliteration of the Hebrew “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation” (VCED)
(v.4) Joshua will lead God’s people into the
Jesus leads His people into the
…for His (Jesus) divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. Through these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature…
– 2 Peter 1:3-4 (NASB)
(v.5) For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” – Hebrews 13:5-6 (NKJV)
(vv.6-8) This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate (hagah) in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous (salah), and then you will have good success (sakal). – Joshua 1:8 (NKJV) (Imago Dei)
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, And on His Law he meditates (hagah) day and night. He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers (salah). – Psalms 1:2-3 (NASB)
God’s Success Plan
Decide to act on “Careful to do”(vv.7-8)
Meditate is how I the Word
Meditate: hagah – to ponder, imagine, meditate, roar, speak, study, talk, to mutter (OTESD)
Speak and pray the not the (Nehemiah 1:8-9)
I will send My terror ahead of you, and throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. And I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from you. – Exodus 23:27-28 (NASB)
(Jesus) “It is written…” (Matthew 4:4,7,10)
They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying, (2 Chronicles 6:28-30) “If disaster comes upon us, the sword, or judgment, or plague, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house), and cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.”
– 2 Chronicles 20:8-9 (NASB)
Prosperity Means:
…let them say continually, “The LORD be magnified, Who delights in the prosperity of His servant.” – Psalms 35:27 (NASB95)
(v.8) Success is my purpose
myself for that purpose
myself in that purpose
(Jesus) Occupy till I come – Luke 19:13 (KJV)
For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. Now these things happened as examples (tupos: types [YLT]) for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. – 1 Corinthians 10:1-6 (NASB95)
So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief. – Hebrews 3:19 (NASB95)
Joshua in the Hebrew is in Greek (vv.1-2)
Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun… – Joshua 1:1 (NASB)
Nun: a verb meaning to continue, to increase (CWSBD)
…from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun… – Numbers 13:8 (NASB)
Hoshea: salvation, deliverance (CWSBD)
…but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun…Joshua. – Numbers 13:16 (NASB)
Joshua: Yehoshua – The Lord is Salvation (BD&B)
Jesus: iesous – is a transliteration of the Hebrew “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation” (VCED)
The Promised Land is not Heaven
Heaven is and there will be no
Taking the Promised Land involves and
Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they? – Matthew 6:26 (NASB)
Their going forward is all based upon what
(vv.2,3,6,11,13)
It’s given, but like us they decide they want to go
The Promised Land is over square miles
Israel takes only about square miles
For we are His workmanship (poiema: masterpiece [NLT]), created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. – Ephesians 2:10 (NASB)
A Calvary Perspective: God will never something in His and later the opposite
(Moses) “The LORD will fight for you while you keep silent.” Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.” – Exodus 14:14-15 (NASB95)
What is God ?
1 Kings 12:1-13 ()
…while King Rehoboam conferred with his advisors (elders [NIV], old men [NHEB]) who had worked for his father Solomon during his administration. He asked them, “What is your advice as to how I should respond to these people?” – 1 Kings 12:6 (ISV)
A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel… – Proverbs 1:5 (NASB95)
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel. – Proverbs 12:15 (NASB95)
Through insolence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel. – Proverbs 13:10 (NASB95)
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, That you may be wise the rest of your days. – Proverbs 19:20 (NASB95)
Good News Even When I Make a Mistake:
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. – Romans 8:28 (NASB)
How to Choose the Right Counselors:
Choose counselors who are where I in life
…that you do not become sluggish, but imitate (memetes) those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. – Hebrews 6:12 (NKJV)
Therefore I urge you, be imitators (memetes) of me. – 1 Corinthians 4:16 (NASB)
Be imitators (memetes) of me, as I am of Christ. – 1 Corinthians 11:1 (ESV)
For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate (mimeomai) us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you… – 2 Thessalonians 3:7 (ASV)
Choose counselors who have by telling me
Wounds from a friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. – Proverbs 27:6 (NLT)
Resist the tendency to become
If possible, ask more than but
not
Be sensitive to the fact that God may
Three questions to ask the counselor after I explain the situation:
Are any of the options that I am considering outside the bounds of scripture as far as you know?
What do you think the thing is for me to do?
What would you do ?