Spring Cleaning

Part 4

Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River,  and they worshiped other gods. But I took your ancestor Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him into the land of Canaan.

Joshua 24:2b-3a (NLT)

I gave him many descendants through his son Isaac. To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir, while Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Joshua 24:3b-4 (NLT) 

“Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I brought terrible plagues on Egypt; and afterward I brought you out as a free people. 6 But when your ancestors arrived at the Red Sea, the Egyptians chased after you with chariots and charioteers. When your ancestors cried out to the Lord, I put darkness between you and the Egyptians. I brought the sea crashing down on the Egyptians, drowning them. With your very own eyes you saw what I did.”

Joshua 24:5-7a (NLT)

Then you lived in the wilderness for many years. Finally, I brought you into the land of the Amorites on the east side of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I destroyed them before you. I gave you victory over them, and you took possession of their land. 

Joshua 24:7b- 8 (NLT)

“When you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho, the men of Jericho fought against you… It was not your swords or bows that brought you victory. I gave you land you had not worked on, and I gave you towns you did not build—the towns where you are now living. I gave you vineyards and olive groves for food, though you did not plant them.

Joshua 24:11a-13 (NLT)

Choose today who you will serve.

Joshua 24:15 (NLT)

“Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:15b (NLT)

The choices I make ripple through generations.