Tag: courage
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Take Courage!
11The following night the Lord [Jesus] stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”–Acts 23 Even though Jesus was in Heaven, he knew what was going on in Paul’s life. Jesus still expected Paul to be faithful. Jesus still had a plan…
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I Took Courage
27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the LORD that is in Jerusalem, 28and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the…
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Compromise and Love
13Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. 14Do everything in love.–1 Corinthians 16 Paul’s original readers faced dangerous persecution. Many of our brothers and sisters around the world still do. However, for most Christians today, being on their guard is more about not compromising in the face of temptation. Therefore,…
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Extra Portion
49When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun. 50By command of the LORD they gave him the city that he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it.–Joshua 19…
