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OUR DAILY BREAD                            Thurs., Sept. 29, 1994
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READ: Joshua 3:1-13

"STRANGE TERRITORY"

"You have not passed this way before."

- Joshua 3:4

When our son Stephen was eight, he was invited to stay overnight 
at a cousin's house. It was his first time away from home and it 
all sounded like an exciting adventure. But when we got ready to 
leave, he started getting that homesick feeling! With tears 
glistening in his eyes and his voice quavering, he cried, "Mommy, 
I don't feel so good. I'd better go home with you."

My wife responded, "It's up to you, but I know you'd have a good 
time."

"But Mommy," Stephen whimpered, "they said they were going to 
climb a big hill tomorrow, and I've never been there before."

We too can become fearful sometimes as we look ahead because we've 
"never been there before." But just as the Lord took care of 
Joshua and Israel (Josh. 3), He will take care of us.

Perhaps right now you are anxious about some new and untried 
pathway on which the Lord is leading you. Then listen to God's 
Word and take courage: "I will instruct you and teach you in the 
way you should go; I will guide you with My eye" (Ps. 32:8). 

Place your hand by faith in your heavenly Father's hand, and let 
Him lead the way.

-- Richard W. DeHaan

I have promised you My presence
With you everywhere you go;
I will never, never leave you
As you travel here below.

- Rose

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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God does not ask us to go where He does not lead. 

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Daniel 10-12

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