
Be Strong and Courageous
Pastor Pete Keirstead
April 16, 2023
Readings for this week: Proverbs 13:7-25, Luke 18-Luke21, Psalm 85-89, Joshua 13-24
Exodus 17:9 Moses commanded Joshua, “Choose some men to go out and fight the army of Amalek for us.”
Exodus 24:13 So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God.
Exodus 32:17 When Joshua heard the boisterous noise of the people shouting below them, he exclaimed to Moses, “It sounds like war in the camp!”
Exodus 33:11 Inside the Tent of Meeting, the Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.
Spiritual
Joshua: Do you
Galatians 6:7-8 Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature…
Exodus 4:10-14 But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though You have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.” Then the Lord asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”But Moses again pleaded, “Lord, please! Send anyone else.” Then the Lord became angry with Moses. “All right,”…
- The end result of our fear & doubt: The Lord
Job 3:25 What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true.
Psalm 81:10-12 (NIV) I am the Lord your God, Who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. “But My people would not listen to Me; Israel would not submit to Me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.”
Luke 21:1-4 While Jesus was in the Temple, He watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box. Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them. For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.”
- Courage in
Luke 21:12-13 “…there will be a time of great persecution…But this will be your opportunity to tell them about Me.”
- Courage in
Luke 22:21 “But here at this table, sitting among us as a friend, is the man who will betray Me.”
- Courage in
Psalm 86:11-13(NIV) Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on Your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name. I will praise You, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever. For great is Your love toward me; You have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.
Be strong and courageous: Remember
Be strong and courageous: Remember what He has
Psalm 86:7 I will call to You whenever I’m in trouble, and You will answer me.
Be strong and courageous: Remember what He has
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