Morning Shot

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

• Sampson's story ends with the bitter consequences of sin. However, God honors the repentance of His servant.
• The story of Jonathan and the tribe of Dan allows us to chew on our own zealousness for the word of God.

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

Jephthah walks by faith and orders his life according to Bible literacy. He also stumbles by obligating himself to a foolish vow because of Bible illiteracy. 

Sampson endures the consequences of the sin of others. He is a sinner himself. Yet God uses his tragedy and his issuing hatred to begin delivering Israel from the Philistines. 

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

• Jotham's curse against Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem is fulfilled. God administers the terms of His covenant with Israel by heaping His promised curses upon them. 
• However, God also honors the terms of His promised blessings. When Israel repents, God is grieved by the misery of His curses on the people He loves. Though our love for God wains for periods of time, God's love never fails.

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In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team:

• The Lord whittles down Gideon's army in an attempt to win the hearts of His covenant people.
• After Gideon's war victory...which was quite impressive...errr...it was the Lord's victory, the people beg Gideon to rule over them. The result was a deplorable image that became a snare to Gideon and his household.
• AND...Abimelech is made king in Shechem, but his younger brother, Jotham, rebukes Shechem and boldly calls on the Lord to act in judgment.

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APRIL 1, DAY 91 In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team:

• Shamgar kills 600 Philistines with an ox goad, and that is pretty much all we know about the guy! 
• Deborah, a prophetess, judges Israel. She pleads with Barak to be a man, but...well...he shrank in a moment he should have burst forth!
• AND...remember the treaty Israel made with the Amorites, agreeing on the borders of their land? Well, the Amorite gods continue to snare Israel. However, God answers their prayers of repentance again by raising up Gideon. Gideon will take a faith journey. We will see once again that faith is a process.   

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In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team:

• Israel submits to the Lord's leadership after Joshua's death. However, Dan allows the Amorites a land with borders among their inheritance. Um...this is not good.
• God pronounces judgment on Israel for this failure, and tells them future things. The gods of the Canaanites will be a snare to them.
• Finally, Israel falls into a sin cycle. The book of Judges will record these cycles which continue until an abused woman, Hannah, will desperately cry out to the Lord for deliverance.

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In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team:

• Israel submits to the Lord's leadership after Joshua's death. However, Dan allows the Amorites a land with borders among their inheritance. Um...this is not good.
• God pronounces judgment on Israel for this failure, and tells them future things. The gods of the Canaanites will be a snare to them.
• Finally, Israel falls into a sin cycle. The book of Judges will record these cycles which continue until an abused woman, Hannah, will desperately cry out to the Lord for deliverance.

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In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team:

• War is over for the moment. Joshua reminds the Reubenites, Gadites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh to hold fast to the Lord. They will be separated from the rest of Israel by land, but not by covenant.
• These tribes build an impressive altar. It causes a conflict, but in the end, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh simply desire for future generations to remember that Israel is one with each other and with God.
• Finally, Joshua calls all of Israel together to renew their commitment to the Lord's covenant. Before Joshua dies, his last act as leader is to command the people to put away their false gods and choose to worship only the Lord.

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In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team:

• War is over for the moment. Joshua reminds the Reubenites, Gadites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh to hold fast to the Lord. They will be separated from the rest of Israel by land, but not by covenant.
• These tribes build an impressive altar. It causes a conflict, but in the end, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh simply desire for future generations to remember that Israel is one with each other and with God.
• Finally, Joshua calls all of Israel together to renew their commitment to the Lord's covenant. Before Joshua dies, his last act as leader is to command the people to put away their false gods and choose to worship only the Lord.

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In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team:

• Joshua receives his inheritance not from the casting of the lot, but as a member of the tribe of Ephraim, his given a city from the hand of Israel.
• Israel appoints six cities of refuge as God commanded.
• Israel also provides cities and common lands for the Levites.
• AND...Scripture confirms that not a word from the Lord failed concerning the promise of Land to Israel.

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