{"id":410,"date":"2018-11-18T20:08:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T02:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=410"},"modified":"2019-08-18T19:06:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T00:06:10","slug":"lesson-28-joshua-12-24-possessing-the-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/18\/lesson-28-joshua-12-24-possessing-the-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 2 (Lesson 28): Joshua 12-24: Possessing the Land"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPonder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.\u201d Proverbs 4:26<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Read the Key Verse with your class.\u00a0 Help them understand the word \u201cponder\u201d means \u201cto think about.\u201d\u00a0 They should think about where they go and what they do.\u00a0 We need to be sure we only go the places God would approve of.\u00a0 When we walk with God, He will bless us.\u00a0 That is why it is important to \u201cponder the path of thy feet.\u201d\u00a0 Today, we see instances when God\u2019s people choose to allow God to establish their ways.<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0 Joshua opens with a listing and remembering of the lands and kingdoms conquered.\u00a0 God tells Joshua how the land is to be divided.\u00a0 The land is distributed and the people finally occupy the land (13-24), making it the land of Israel.\u00a0 The people set up the tabernacle in the city of Shiloh (18).<\/p>\n

We also see a great conflict today, one that could have caused a civil war among God\u2019s people.\u00a0 We have a great example of a potentially divisive matter being handled in a godly manner, an example we all should heed today.<\/p>\n

We close today with a mighty challenge from Joshua:\u00a0 choose this day who you will serve.\u00a0 Joshua constantly reminded the people about God and what God had done for them.\u00a0 He encouraged them to make a commitment, just as God\u2019s people need to do today.\u00a0 We must decide, each individual person, who we will serve.\u00a0 In Joshua, we see God\u2019s people choose to serve God.<\/p>\n

Until Joshua and his leading of God\u2019s people into Canaan, they were a nation without a land.\u00a0 At the close of Joshua, they are now a nation with a land mass.<\/p>\n

Encourage your students to bring their Bibles and use them!<\/p>\n

Emphasis:\u00a0 <\/strong>We must choose for ourselves to obey and serve God.\u00a0 We will then see God bless and establish us as His people.<\/p>\n

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Optional Worksheets to be downloaded:<\/p>\n

Lesson 28 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesson 28 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ideas for children:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stickers always work well with children. Often times I watch Wal-Mart or Oriental Trading Company for specials or deals on things I can use for crafts for Sunday School (i.e. foam sheets, Bible Story scene stickers, crowns, stick on jewels, construction paper, etc.).\u00a0 I keep a stash and when I need something, I go search in my stash!\u00a0 Pinterest always has great ideas!<\/p>\n

You could have a coloring sheet that goes with the lesson.<\/p>\n

One idea for today\u2019s lesson:<\/strong>\u00a0 (See picture below).\u00a0 For today\u2019s lesson we took an oval foam sheet to make a hanging verse.\u00a0 We put a foam sticker of a Bible times\u2019 house, a cross and some heart stickers (you can choose different ones) and then we glued today\u2019s key verse to it.\u00a0 The idea is to remember that each house must choose to serve the Lord.<\/p>\n

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Mural idea:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Refer to the wall in your classroom that has become a mural.<\/p>\n

By now your class should be in a groove as to the direction and areas in which they need to focus and work on to improve their Christian lives.\u00a0 Use this knowledge to help you address specific areas in each lesson that your class can discuss and share as you add new things to your mural.\u00a0 Continue to watch as your class grows in their knowledge of not only God\u2019s Word, but areas in their lives that can be corrected, drawing them closer to the Lord.<\/p>\n

Have them each add anything else they may have brought to add to the wall.\u00a0 Encourage everyone to participate.<\/p>\n

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Key Verse \u201cPonder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.\u201d Proverbs 4:26   Read the Key Verse with your class.\u00a0 Help them understand the word \u201cponder\u201d means \u201cto think about.\u201d\u00a0 They should think about where they go and what they do.\u00a0 We need to be sure we only go the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[156,155,154,152,151,103,41,153,135,115],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-one-quarter-three","tag-canaan","tag-choose","tag-conflict","tag-distributed","tag-divided","tag-israel","tag-joshua","tag-occupy","tag-promised-land","tag-tabernacle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}