{"id":13211,"date":"2020-12-23T21:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T04:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/joshua_12_1-8-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-12-20T15:47:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T22:47:52","slug":"joshua_12_9-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/joshua_12_9-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings to Conquer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Joshua 12:9-24\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Joshua+12%3A9-24&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13213 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201224.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201224-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s passage is Joshua 12:9-24.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Joshua 12:9-24 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Jericho, one the king of Ai (near Bethel), one<br \/>\n<sup>10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Jerusalem, one the king of Hebron, one<br \/>\n<sup>11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Jarmuth, one the king of Lachish, one<br \/>\n<sup>12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Eglon, one the king of Gezer, one<br \/>\n<sup>13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Debir, one the king of Geder, one<br \/>\n<sup>14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Hormah, one the king of Arad, one<br \/>\n<sup>15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Libnah, one the king of Adullam, one<br \/>\n<sup>16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Makkedah, one the king of Bethel, one<br \/>\n<sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Tappuah, one the king of Hepher, one<br \/>\n<sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Aphek, one the king of Lasharon, one<br \/>\n<sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Madon, one the king of Hazor, one<br \/>\n<sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Shimron Meron, one the king of Acshaph, one<br \/>\n<sup>21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Taanach, one the king of Megiddo, one<br \/>\n<sup>22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Kedesh, one the king of Jokneam in Carmel one<br \/>\n<sup>23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Dor (in Naphoth Dor), one the king of Goyim in Gilgal, one<br \/>\n<sup>24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the king of Tirzah, one thirty-one kings in all.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On verses 9-24:\u00a0\u00a0What can we learn from this list of 31 kings that Joshua and the Israelites defeated?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As I look at this list of conquered kings, I am reminded\u00a0that\u00a0<strong>we all have certain kings to conquer in our lives<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Maybe it\u2019s a king called worry, a king called laziness, a king called pride, or self-centeredness? Maybe it\u2019s the king of negativity and complaining? Maybe it\u2019s the king of jealousy or bitterness?\u00a0\u00a0Which king poses the biggest threat to you at this time?<\/p>\n<p>May you go into today knowing that\u00a0<strong>by faith in the greatest king of all, Jesus Christ, you have everything you need to defeat the other kings in your life<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Like Joshua, as you trust in God, may you find yourself over the long haul conquering those kings more and more.\u00a0\u00a0For in Jesus Christ you are more than a conqueror. Believe that as you go into today.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lord Jesus, You are the king of all kings, the lord of all lords, the name above every name.\u00a0\u00a0You have no rival and all things have been placed under Your feet.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You that the king called\u00a0<strong>[insert your biggest struggle here:] ________\u00a0<\/strong>is nothing compared to You.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You that through faith in You I will overcome that king one day.\u00a0\u00a0Let today be the day.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s passage is Joshua 12:9-24.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n<p>Joshua 12:9-24 (NIV)\u00a0<br \/>\n9\u00a0\u00a0the king of Jericho, one the king of Ai (near Bethel), one\u00a0<br \/>\n10\u00a0\u00a0the king of Jerusalem, one the king of Hebron, one\u00a0<br \/>\n11\u00a0\u00a0the king of Jarmuth, one the king of Lachish, one\u00a0<br \/>\n12\u00a0\u00a0the king of Eglon, one the king of Gezer, one\u00a0<br \/>\n13\u00a0\u00a0the king of Debir, one the king of Geder, one\u00a0<br \/>\n14\u00a0\u00a0the king of Hormah, one the king of Arad, one\u00a0&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>On verses 9-24:\u00a0\u00a0What can we learn from this list of 31 kings that Joshua and the Israelites defeated?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As I look at this list of conquered kings, I am reminded\u00a0that\u00a0we all have certain kings to conquer in our lives.\u00a0\u00a0Maybe it\u2019s a king called worry, a king called laziness, a king called pride, or self-centeredness? Maybe it\u2019s the king of negativity and complaining? Maybe it\u2019s the king of jealousy or bitterness?\u00a0\u00a0Which king poses the biggest threat to you at this time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13212,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13211\/revisions\/13212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}