God has given us one book that can change the entire direction of our lives, the Bible.

And in this study, journeying through scriptures, we will take a brief big-picture look at every book of the Bible, tracing God's unfolding story

from Genesis to Revelation. Our prayer is that this journey will stir your heart to open God's

word daily. Let's join Scott Pauli for today's study.

Are you living the victorious Christian life today? You know, that is God's will for every one of his children, not for some of us, but for all of us. Charles Spurgeon said, there's a point of

grace as much above the ordinary Christian as the ordinary Christian is above the world. Can I tell you,

there's a lot of ordinary Christians, and so many of those people are falling short of the victory

and joy and fullness and blessing that God designed when it designed the Christian life.

We've come in our study journeying through Scripture to this wonderful book of

Joshua. Joshua is the first book of the historical section of our Old Testament. Not only that,

it's the first book of the Bible named for its main character, which is Joshua. Now, who was

Joshua? Well, Joshua was one of the 12 original spies that spied out the land,

but more importantly, he was Moses' successor. He was the young man that God touched and taught

and brought along in such a way that when Moses passed off the scene, this was the man that God

used to lead his own chosen people into the promised land.

Now, the book is written somewhere in the land of Canaan.

There are basically three main time periods and three geographical settings in the book of Joshua.

They begin by the Jordan River.

Then they enter into the land of Canaan.

And when the book ends, you find these 12 tribes situated on both sides of the Jordan River, then they enter into the land of Canaan, and when the book ends, you find

these 12 tribes situated on both sides of the Jordan River. What are they doing? They're claiming

their possession. They're entering in and enjoying all that God designed for them. I want to read

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