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Hebrews 11: 31

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Hebrews 11: 31

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Chad McBeam
Business Leader, Foster Advocate and Fighter of Human Trafficking, Chad enjoys hosting this podcast channel as a way to spread and highlight the great examples of those who live out their faith daily. He can also be seen on occasion on your TV or Film Screen or be heard narrating one of your books as his love of acting has stuck with him since his childhood.
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Aaron Marcarelli
After getting his under-graduate degree from Cal State University San Bernardino where he played college baseball and received all American honors. he was a graduate assistant baseball coach at both Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.  He received his master’s degree in Teaching from Whitworth, with plans to someday be a head baseball coach at a university.  However, God had other plans.  Aaron started teaching English and History and coaching baseball and other sports at the high school level and found out how much he loves high school kids, and he has been doing that for the past 27 years.     Personally, heI has been married to his wife Sharon for 32 years, they have one daughter, Amanda Parrish, who has been married to Austin Parrish for 2 years. Aaron also has two grandsons Travis age 2 ½ and Aden who is 13 months and are blessed to have another on the way due in May. Aaron loves reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife and grandkids.
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“By faith the prostitute Rahab did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace.”
Hebrews 11:31 NASB2020

Joshua has two spies go to Jericho to see what fortifications they have and how difficult it will be for the Israelites to take the city. Now these spies are not very good because they are spotted. When they are spotted, their presence is reported to the king of Jericho.
Now the spies decide to spend the night in the house of a prostitute. (A brothel). The king knows that is where the spies are staying. The king tells the prostitute (her name is Rehab)who owns the brothel to bring the spies to him. Rahab has heard all the stories of how the God of Israel has saved them from bondage in Egypt, provided for them in the dessert, and she believes that the Israelites have been given the land that Jericho is in. She believes that even Jericho will fall to the Israelites. Therefore, she makes a deal with the spies.

“and she said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have despaired because of you. For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. When we heard these reports, our hearts melted and no courage remained in anyone any longer because of you; for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth below. Now then, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of truth, and spare my father and my mother, and my brothers and my sisters, and all who belong to them, and save our lives from death.” So the men said to her, “Our life for yours if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall come about when the Lord gives us the land that we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.”
Joshua 2:9-14
God uses everybody, even the faith of a prostitute. God rewards her faith and she and her family are saved after Joshua and the Israelites are given the victory at Jericho.

“Then they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and gold, and the articles of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. However, Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.”
Joshua 6:24-25
You never know who God is gonna use. God has used what the world would consider as unsavory people to minister to me in my time of need. We must be open to God’s Devine appointments. We do this by seeking God 1st. “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you.”
Matthew 6:33
When we Seek Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, amazing happens. Let us Press in to His amazing love through the power of the Holy Spirit. So that we can press on and do His perfect and pleasing will.

Lord we thank you for your blessings today. Thank you that we don’t have to be extraordinary to be used by you. All we have to do is seek you, trust you and have faith that you can do mighty things. Lord there are so many of us who are struggling with momentous and catastrophic events in our lives. We feel broken and overwhelmed. Lord we look to you to ease our pain, to help us get through this season of our life so that your name would be glorified, so that your gospel would be promoted because we know we have victory in you, always and forever. We have faith, and trust in your perfect healing power. We ask all this in Jesus most precious name Amen…
Shalom blessings and Press In and Press On!