The Bible tells us how Joshua observed Moses and learned how to pray.

This was a key to Joshua's preparation for future ministry, being around a man who sought the Lord and who lived in the presence of God.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Thursday, August 14th, 2014.

When you're in a conflict with someone at work or a child at home, your words make a big impact.

Not only on the person you're dealing with, but on other people who are watching.

They may be learning how to approach conflict from you.

We're about to see the importance of modeling godliness as Nancy continues the series,

Lessons from the Life of Joshua, Part 2,

Learning to be Teachable. Well, we've been talking about Joshua and Moses, meeting with God

on the mountain, but I think it's important that we remember there's a time to be on the mountain

and there's a time to come down from the mountain.

And coming down off the mountain to deal with people and their issues can be very messy at times.

Let me ask you if you have your Bible to turn to Exodus chapter 32.

We're continuing to look at snapshots from the life of Joshua, the servant of the Lord,

and we're seeing in this stage of his life how as a younger man, he was learning lessons that were going to prepare him to be a leader of God's people,

and ultimately to leave a godly legacy. Now, as Moses' time with God on the Mount comes to an end,

God reveals to him that the people have fallen into flagrant idolatry.

And God threatens to consume the people in his anger to destroy them.

Moses intercedes and pleads with God to have mercy and to relent from sending this disaster.

You read about that in Exodus chapter 32, verses 7 through 14.

And then Moses takes the two stone tablets that God has given him with the commandments written

with God's own finger, and he begins the descent down the mountain.

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