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\u201cWhen your children ask their fathers in times to come, \u2018What do these stones mean?\u2019 then you shall let your children know, \u2018Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.'” (Joshua 4:21-22 ESV).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

After the miraculous crossing of the Jordan River, God instructed Joshua to have twelve men, one from each tribe, take a stone from the riverbed and set them up as a memorial at Gilgal. These stones were not just a monument for that generation but a testimony for future ones. God anticipated that their children would one day ask about the meaning of those stones, and He provided a story of deliverance for their parents to tell\u2014a story of how God led His people through impossible waters into His promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We live in a fast-paced world today that quickly forgets what God has done. But God calls us to remember\u2014and to help the next generation remember too. What \u201cstones\u201d have you set up in your life? What markers of God’s faithfulness, provision, or rescue can your children or others point to and ask, \u201cWhat does this mean?\u201d Whether it\u2019s a journal entry, a verse framed on a wall, a photo, or even a specific tradition, we must be intentional about preserving testimonies of God\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the greatest memorial of all is the one Jesus gave us at the Last Supper: \u201cDo this in remembrance of Me.\u201d Just as the Israelites remembered God\u2019s deliverance through the Jordan, we remember our greater deliverance through Christ\u2019s death and resurrection. Every time we take the bread and cup, we proclaim the greatest rescue story of all time\u2014that Jesus made a way through sin and death so we could walk in new life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May our lives be filled with visible reminders of God\u2019s power and grace. And when the moment comes and someone asks, \u201cWhat do these stones mean?\u201d let us be ready to tell them our story, which is God\u2019s story in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRAYER: Dear Father, thank You for the times You have brought us through deep waters and led us safely to the other side. Help us never to forget Your faithfulness. Help us to always remember. And strengthen us to tell the next generation of Christ’s love. In His name we pray, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen your children ask their fathers in times to come, \u2018What do these stones mean?\u2019 then you shall let your children know, \u2018Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’” (Joshua 4:21-22 ESV). After the miraculous crossing of the Jordan River, God instructed Joshua to have twelve men, one from each tribe, take a stone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1273],"scripture-chapter":[1337],"oyb_day":[1628],"location":[],"class_list":["post-13198","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-joshua","scripture-chapter-1337","oyb_day-april-11"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/13198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13198"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=13198"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=13198"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=13198"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=13198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}