Jesus commands you to be strong and courageous today!

8/14/2018

Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:24 NKJV

The commands, “Fear not” and “Be strong and courageous” appear many times in the bible. They both mean the same thing. God repeats Himself because we need to be reminded.

God is not telling us to be strong or courageous in our own strength. He is telling us we can be strong courageous and confident because Jesus is with us. We can be strong and courageous when we put our hope in Jesus.

These words were written many years ago. They were written for us. God knows the trials and hardships we face. He knows we will be fearful as we journey through life in a fallen world.

Jesus knows we will make mistakes. He knows some of our poor choices will put us in danger. Jesus wants us to live by faith in Him. Jesus will give us what we need when we need it to live for Him.

God created us to be more than conquerors through faith in Jesus. If we put our hope in His faithfulness we can never be defeated. If we take a stand for righteousness Jesus will give us the courage to glorify God.

If we trust Jesus we will never be disappointed. If we will believe His Hand is upon us He will strengthen our hearts. We can trust Jesus with our hopes dreams and desires because He loves us.

Ask Jesus to help you be courageous. Ask Him to strengthen your heart. Do not put your trust in worthless idols or ideas. Do not depend on your bank account or investments. No one or anything can guarantee your safety and future the way Jesus can!

Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person. Vs 23

David was confident in God. He looked to the Lord for help. He stayed faithful to God regardless of his circumstance. That is what made him a man after God’s heart.

Jesus wants you to be confident in Him today. He wants you to look to Him for help protection and deliverance today. Stay faithful to Jesus regardless of your sins and mistakes. Trust Jesus when you experience trials and hardship!

Love the Lord with all your heart soul and strength. Jesus preserves the faithful. Be one of them. Jesus repays the proud and arrogant. Do not mimic them.

Walk in obedience to Almighty God by being strong and courageous through faith in Jesus Christ!

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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Jesus commands you to be strong and courageous today!

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