February 22, 2012

Enter your JE tour photo for a chance to win $500

Do you have a JE tour photo worthy of $500? Find out in the 2012 Joshua Expeditions Photo Contest!

The top three photos will be selected by public voting on our Facebook Fan Page at the end of the season.

• $500 for first place
• $300 for second place
• $100 for third place

Visit the Joshua Expeditions website to view complete contest details and upload your own photo entries. Be sure to check the photo galleries from previous years to gather a little inspiration!
 
     www.joshuaexpeditions.org/photo-contest.htm

Photo must be taken on a JE tour between August 1, 2011, and July 31, 2012.
Eligible tours will be designated by an expedition number beginning with the letter “M”.


 

February 20, 2012

Monday Prayer Focus: Seek What God Wants

Jesus said, “So I tell you, don’t worry about the food or drink you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes. Look at the birds in the air. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds.
 
“You cannot add any time to your life by worrying about it.
 
“And why do you worry about clothes? Look at how the lilies in the field grow. They don’t work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you that even Solomon with his riches was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers. God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today but tomorrow is thrown into the fire. So you can be even more sure that God will clothe you. Don’t have so little faith! Don’t worry and say, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ The people who don’t know God keep trying to get these things, and your Father in heaven knows you need them.
 
“Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well. So don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” – Matthew 6:25-34
 

“You’re Beautiful” by Phil Wickham
submitted by Signe Walsh, Airline Specialist with Joshua Expeditions
 


 

February 16, 2012

Walk in the footsteps of the Christ

A tour of the Holy Land is nothing less than a spiritual pilgrimage as you travel the very same paths that Jesus traversed over 2000 years ago. The stories of the Bible come alive, even while walking among ruins, and standing in the very locations where Jesus stood brings a sense of awe and wonder as you come to a new understanding of his teachings. We invite you to join us as we follow the path of Christ through his earthly homeland.

A boat tour is the beginning of your journey through Israel! Your group will cross the waters of the Sea of Galilee to reach Capernaum, the ancient site known as the center of Jesus’ ministry in the Galilee region. A synagogue now stands on the very site where Jesus shared the truth about the Kingdom of God and the Good News of salvation through faith. Not far from Capernaum lies the hill known as the Mount of Beatitudes. It is considered the site where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount to the multitudes of people who had begun following him as he went about teaching the ways of heaven. Standing on this hill and looking across the fertile plain below always reminds us of God’s constant presence.

The best way to understand a man’s journey is to literally walk in his footsteps, and a tour of the Holy Land allows you to do just that for the very Son of God. From the cave in Bethlehem that is revered as the birthplace of Jesus and the nearby Shepherds’ Field where innumerable angels first proclaimed his birth, the life of our Savior will stretch out before you. You will see ancient Roman cities that Jesus passed during his three-year ministry on earth, and you will visit the site of Jericho, where our own hero of the faith, Joshua, led the Israelites to conquer Jericho by marching for seven days until God caused its walls to collapse. From Jericho you can also see the site where Jesus was tempted by Satan and overcame him by only the Word of God. During your tour, you will stand in the Upper Room, revered as the place of the apostles’ Last Supper with Jesus, and you will have a chance to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane as Jesus did on the eve of his crucifixion. There is perhaps nothing more powerful than to walk along the Via Dolorosa and remember the agonizing steps Jesus took on this path as he carried his cross to the hill of Golgotha to die for the sins of all mankind and open the doors of heaven forever. And there is nothing more awesome than to stand atop the Mount of Olives and remember the ascension of Jesus to heaven as he instructed us to “go and make disciples.” Walking in the footsteps of our Lord is like no other experience you will ever have.

We invite you to join us as we return to Israel and embark on this extraordinary pilgrimage of faith. Contact a Joshua Expeditions representative today to learn more about how your group can participate.