{"id":43079,"date":"2018-06-30T04:28:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T11:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=43079"},"modified":"2018-06-30T04:28:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T11:28:06","slug":"be-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/30\/be-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<\/span>Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cfor the LORD your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"verseid:5.31.6\"><b>Deuteronomy 31:6<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"verseid:5.31.6\"><b>Deuteronomy 31:8<\/b><\/a><\/span><b> <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:6.1.6\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Joshua 1:6-7<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.\u00a0\u00a0Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:23.43.1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Isaiah 43:1-5<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: \u201cFear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.\u00a0\u00a0When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.\u00a0\u00a0For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.\u00a0\u00a0Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.\u00a0\u00a0Fear not, for I am with you;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"verseid:13.22.13\"><b>1 Chronicles 22:13<\/b><\/a><\/span><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:23.51.12\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Isaiah 51:12<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:5.4.31\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Deuteronomy 4:31<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:13.28.20\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>1 Chronicles 28:20<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Then David said to Solomon his son, \u201cBe strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the LORD God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:23.41.13\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Isaiah 41:13-17<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, \u201cFear not, I am the one who helps you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:58.13.5\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Hebrews 13:5<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, \u201cI will never leave you nor forsake you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I wonder why fear, confusion, dread, worry, and anxiousness seem to find a way into our thoughts.\u00a0 Clearly God is our helper, defender, keeper, strength, encourager, and ever present.\u00a0 Yet we seem to allow circumstances diminish our trust in what He can and will do for those who love, honor and obey Him.\u00a0 We do not wait to see God&#8217;s mercy, love, and care for our problems and concerns.\u00a0 We want action and we want it now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Our faith grows with every minute waiting when our waiting is in hope and trust of the love and power and sovereignty of our heavenly Father.\u00a0 In him we find strength and peace for the day at hand. Be Strong in the Lord.\u00a0 Trust in Him.\u00a0 Rely on Him.\u00a0 Cling to Him alone who is more than able to hand what ever problem or concern we face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFinally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.\u201d \u201cfor the LORD your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.\u201d Deuteronomy 31:6\u00a0\u00a0Be strong and courageous. 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