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BE OF GOOD COURAGE


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Transforming Perspective: Conversation encouraging believers to be cheerful and courageous everyday.

Joshua before leading the nation of Israel to cross over to the Promise Land was exhorted many times, “To Be of Good Courage,” meaning having positive acceptance and confidence in uncertainty and challenging circumstances.  A hard thing to do alone, the nation suffered 40 years of hardships in the wilderness, however through this, they learned obedience to trust God, having witnessed many miracles.

Psalms one teaches many principals about daily living beginning with the contrasts between righteous and wicked lifestyles. Most encouraging is advice to meditate on the word, commands or precepts of God. 

Meditation means to chew over and over again, like eating food to better digest or in this case better understand God’s teachings which Psalms one says to do day and night.

The effect over time is a renewed or convinced mind to focus on God’s Supremacy and so the Word becomes active in our lives.

Proverbs three identifies the effectiveness of daily prayers, reading and studying the Bible, stating that trusting God, by gaining confidence though communing with him daily, will result in acknowledging his control of each day, learning to depend upon his provisions, guidance and protection in everything.

Concurrently, Jesus after speaking to his disciples about the events that must occur, strengthen them by saying  difficulties will occur but “be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” meaning for us to take courage, cheer up and be comforted because Jesus has defeated every adversity in the world. 

Biblical Principles: Having a relations with God through Jesus Christ, is communing in the quietness of prayer and studying the Scriptures, so to learn to trust and depend upon him.

Bible References:
OLD TESTAMENT – Psalms  1, and Proverbs 3 verses 5&6.
NEW TESTAMENT – Gospel Accounts of John Chapter 16 verses 16 – 33.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You, Life and God PodcastBy Vicki L. Thompson