[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR WEDNESDAY MARCH 9

[Donnie Parrett]

DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR WEDNESDAY MARCH 9

WORD OF WISDOM

The Holy Spirit doesn't make you better than anyone else, He makes you
better than yourself.

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DAILY DEVOTION

Outlast the Opposition 


But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Matthew 24:13

	 Sometimes you wonder why the challenges you're facing are not
changing. You're being your best, but nothing is improving. A principle of
Scripture says that he who endures to the end will be saved. You have to
outlast the opposition. Don't worry about defeating it because if you just
outlast it, you're going to see the victory. God is going to defeat what's
trying to hold you back. You keep honoring God with an attitude of faith,
and you won't have to fight. God will move the wrong people out of the way.
He'll open a door that you couldn't open. Outlast the sickness, outlast the
injustice, outlast the trouble at work, outlast the loneliness.
In the Scripture, David spent years fleeing from King Saul before he was
made king over Judah. David never defeated Saul; he simply outlasted him.
You have to tap into that staying power. Don't give up along the way. Don't
get discouraged because it's taking longer than you thought. Your time is
coming.
	 
A Prayer for Today

"Father, thank You for the promise that if I keep honoring You with an
attitude of enduring faith, You will bring me through to victory. Thank You
that I can tap into staying power to outlast whatever is coming against me.
I believe that my time is coming. In Jesus' Name, Amen."

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DAILY BIBLE READING

Joshua 19-21 New King James Version
Simeon's Inheritance with Judah
19 The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the children of
Simeon according to their families. And their inheritance was within the
inheritance of the children of Judah. 2 They had in their inheritance
Beersheba (Sheba), Moladah, 3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, 4 Eltolad, Bethul,
Hormah, 5 Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, 6 Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen:
thirteen cities and their villages; 7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four
cities and their villages; 8 and all the villages that were all around these
cities as far as Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This was the inheritance
of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

9 The inheritance of the children of Simeon was included in the share of the
children of Judah, for the share of the children of Judah was [a]too much
for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the
inheritance of [b]that people.

The Land of Zebulun
10 The third lot came out for the children of Zebulun according to their
families, and the border of their inheritance was as far as Sarid. 11 Their
border went toward the west and to Maralah, went to Dabbasheth, and extended
along the brook that is east of Jokneam. 12 Then from Sarid it went eastward
toward the sunrise along the border of Chisloth Tabor, and went out toward
Daberath, bypassing Japhia. 13 And from there it passed along on the east of
Gath Hepher, toward Eth Kazin, and extended to Rimmon, which borders on
Neah. 14 Then the border went around it on the north side of Hannathon, and
[c]it ended in the Valley of Jiphthah El. 15 Included were Kattath,
Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
16 This was the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their
families, these cities with their villages.

The Land of Issachar
17 The fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar
according to their families. 18 And their territory went to Jezreel, and
included Chesulloth, Shunem, 19 Haphraim, Shion, Anaharath, 20 Rabbith,
Kishion, Abez, 21 Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez. 22 And the
border reached to Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth Shemesh; their border ended at
the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This was the inheritance
of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the
cities and their villages.

The Land of Asher
24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according
to their families. 25 And their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten,
Achshaph, 26 Alammelech, Amad, and Mishal; it reached to Mount Carmel
westward, along the Brook Shihor Libnath. 27 It turned toward the sunrise to
Beth Dagon; and it reached to Zebulun and to the Valley of Jiphthah El, then
northward beyond Beth Emek and Neiel, bypassing Cabul which was on the left,
28 including [d]Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. 29
And the border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the
border turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea by the region of Achzib. 30
Also Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob were included: twenty-two cities with their
villages. 31 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families, these cities with their villages.

The Land of Naphtali
32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, for the children of
Naphtali according to their families. 33 And their border began at Heleph,
enclosing the territory from the terebinth tree in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb,
and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; [e]it ended at the Jordan. 34 From Heleph the
border extended westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there toward
Hukkok; it adjoined Zebulun on the south side and Asher on the west side,
and ended at Judah by the Jordan toward the sunrise. 35 And the fortified
cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, 36 Adamah, Ramah,
Hazor, 37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, 38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath,
and Beth Shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This was the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their
families, the cities and their villages.

The Land of Dan
40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according
to their families. 41 And the territory of their inheritance was Zorah,
Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Jethlah, 43 Elon, Timnah,
Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, 46
Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the region [f]near [g]Joppa. 47 And the border
of the children of Dan went beyond these, because the children of Dan went
up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of
the sword, took possession of it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan,
after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their
villages.

Joshua's Inheritance
49 When they had [h]made an end of dividing the land as an inheritance
according to their borders, the children of Israel gave an inheritance among
them to Joshua the son of Nun. 50 According to the word of the Lord they
gave him the city which he asked for, Timnath Serah in the mountains of
Ephraim; and he built the city and dwelt in it.

51 These were the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of
Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel
divided as an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of
the tabernacle of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the country.

The Cities of Refuge
20 The Lord also spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of
Israel, saying: 'Appoint[i] for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I
spoke to you through Moses, 3 that the slayer who kills a person
accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your
refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he flees to one of those
cities, and stands at the entrance of the gate of the city, and [j]declares
his case in the hearing of the elders of that city, they shall take him into
the city as one of them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5 Then if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the
slayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, but
did not hate him beforehand. 6 And he shall dwell in that city until he
stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the one
who is high priest in those days. Then the slayer may return and come to his
own city and his own house, to the city from which he fled.' "

7 So they appointed Kedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, Shechem
in the mountains of Ephraim, and Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in the
mountains of Judah. 8 And on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho
eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain, from the tribe
of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan,
from the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the
children of Israel and for the stranger who [k]dwelt among them, that
whoever killed a person accidentally might flee there, and not die by the
hand of the avenger of blood until he stood before the congregation.

Cities of the Levites
21 Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar
the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers'
houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. 2 And they spoke to them at
Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The Lord commanded through Moses to
give us cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for our livestock." 3 So
the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the
commandment of the Lord, these cities and their common-lands:

4 Now the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the children
of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot
from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of
Benjamin. 5 The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot from
the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the
half-tribe of Manasseh.

6 And the children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot from the families
of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of
Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

7 The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities from
the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

8 And the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands by
lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.

9 So they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah and from the tribe of
the children of Simeon these cities which are [l]designated by name, 10
which were for the children of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites,
who were of the children of Levi; for the lot was theirs first. 11 And they
gave them [m]Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in
the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it. 12 But the
fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh
as his possession.

13 Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its
common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common-land,
14 Jattir with its common-land, Eshtemoa with its common-land, 15 Holon with
its common-land, Debir with its common-land, 16 Ain with its common-land,
Juttah with its common-land, and Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine
cities from those two tribes; 17 and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with
its common-land, Geba with its common-land, 18 Anathoth with its
common-land, and Almon with its common-land: four cities. 19 All the cities
of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their
common-lands.

20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the
children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their [n]lot from the tribe
of Ephraim. 21 For they gave them Shechem with its common-land in the
mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), Gezer with its
common-land, 22 Kibzaim with its common-land, and Beth Horon with its
common-land: four cities; 23 and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its
common-land, Gibbethon with its common-land, 24 Aijalon with its
common-land, and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: four cities; 25 and from
the half-tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common-land and Gath Rimmon with
its common-land: two cities. 26 All the ten cities with their common-lands
were for the rest of the families of the children of Kohath.

27 Also to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the
other half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its common-land
(a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common-land: two
cities; 28 and from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its common-land,
Daberath with its common-land, 29 Jarmuth with its common-land, and En
Gannim with its common-land: four cities; 30 and from the tribe of Asher,
Mishal with its common-land, Abdon with its common-land, 31 Helkath with its
common-land, and Rehob with its common-land: four cities; 32 and from the
tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common-land (a city of refuge
for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common-land, and Kartan with its
common-land: three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to
their families were thirteen cities with their common-lands.

34 And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites,
from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common-land, Kartah with its
common-land, 35 Dimnah with its common-land, and Nahalal with its
common-land: four cities; 36 [o]and from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its
common-land, Jahaz with its common-land, 37 Kedemoth with its common-land,
and Mephaath with its common-land: four cities; 38 and from the tribe of
Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common-land (a city of refuge for the
slayer), Mahanaim with its common-land, 39 Heshbon with its common-land, and
Jazer with its common-land: four cities in all. 40 So all the cities for the
children of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of
the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of
Israel were forty-eight cities with their common-lands. 42 Every one of
these cities had its common-land surrounding it; thus were all these cities.

The Promise Fulfilled
43 So the Lord gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to
their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it. 44 The Lord
gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their
fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the Lord
delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 Not a word failed of any
good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to
pass.

Footnotes
Joshua 19:9 too large
Joshua 19:9 Lit. them
Joshua 19:14 Lit. the goings out of it were
Joshua 19:28 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; a few Heb. mss. Abdon (cf. 21:30 and 1
Chr. 6:74)
Joshua 19:33 Lit. its goings out were
Joshua 19:46 over against
Joshua 19:46 Heb. Japho
Joshua 19:49 finished
Joshua 20:2 Designate
Joshua 20:4 states
Joshua 20:9 As a resident alien
Joshua 21:9 Lit. called
Joshua 21:11 Lit. City of Arba
Joshua 21:20 allotment
Joshua 21:36 So with LXX, Vg. (cf. 1 Chr. 6:78, 79); MT, Bg., Tg. omit vv.
36, 37