Welcome to the In-Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Monday, September 15th.

God's word nourishes the soul of a believer in Jesus.

Remind yourself of the importance of dwelling on the truth in part one of Dr. Stanley's series on biblical meditation.

This young man walked up with a big old Bible under his arm. He said, Dr. Stanley, I've been wanting to meet you. And he said, I'm just beginning to be a pastor. And he said, I can hear it coming. His eyes got real big. He said, I just want you to tell me. What would you say to a young man like me who's going to be a pastor, and this is his first time being a pastor,

and he just went on talking about, he's just beginning, and he's so excited about the Lord's work,

he said, what would be the one thing you'd tell me? I said, I know exactly what I want to tell you.

And what I want to tell him is what I want to talk about tonight. So I'm going to turn to Joshua chapter one.

Because I said to him what I would say to anybody, no matter how old you are,

no matter what your occupation is, whether you're a pastor or a plumber, doesn't make any difference.

The answer is the same.

Look, if you will, in Joshua, Chapter one. And let me give you a little background

of what's happening here. Well, the best way to get background of this is just read Deuteronomy

chapter 34. So look at that, if you will. Deuteronomy chapter 34 beginning in verse 5.

Remember now Genesis Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronum, and Moses

been giving the law, starting Exodus, and all these things. Then he says, so Moses, the servant of the

Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in the valley in

the land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor. but no man knows his burial place to this day.

Although Moses was 120 years old when he died, his eye was not dim nor his vigor abated.

That means he died vigorously doing the work of God.

Isn't that the way to die?

Vigurously doing the work of God. Now, turn to Joshua

chapter 1. So it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to

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