WHAT DOES GOD MEAN BY BEING STRONG AND COURAGEOUS IN LIVING AND FACING OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE?
( Joshua 1:9 ) [9]Have not
I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be
thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
1.
STRONG AND COURAGEOUS CHRISTIANS ARE ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN CHRISTIAN LIFE, AND
THEY CONTINUE TO GLORIFY GOD IN THEIR LIFE.
(Ephesians 3:17-21) [17]That
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in
love,
[18]May be able to comprehend with all saints what
is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
[19]And to know the love of Christ, which passeth
knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
[20]Now unto him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh
in us,
[21]Unto him be glory in the church by Christ
Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
2.
STRONG AND COURAGEOUS CHRISTIANS ARE FAITHFUL SOLDIERS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
( II Timothy 2:1-4 ) [1]Thou
therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
[2]And the things that thou hast heard of me among
many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to
teach others also.
[3]Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ.
[4]No man that warreth entangleth himself with the
affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a
soldier.
3.
STRONG AND COURAGEOUS CHRISTIAN DO NOT EASILY BE DECEIVED AND INFLUENCED BY THE
COUNSEL AND WALK OF SINNERS
( Psalms 1:1-3 ) [1]Blessed
is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the
way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
[2]But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and
in his law doth he meditate day and night.
[3]And he shall be like a tree planted by the
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also
shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4.
STRONG AND COURAGEOUS CHRISTIANS ARE CONTENTED IN CHRISTIANITY AND ALWAYS DEFEND
THEIR STRENGTH IN JESUS CHRIST.
( Philippians 4:11-13 ) [11]Not
that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,
therewith to be content.
[12]I know both how to be abased, and I know how
to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to
be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
[13]I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth
5.
STRONG AND COURAGEOUS CHRISTIANS ARE FRIENDS AND FRUITFUL CHRISTIANS INSIDE THE
LOCAL CHURCH.
( John 15:13-16 ) [13]Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
[14]Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I
command you.
[15]Henceforth I call you not servants; for the
servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all
things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
[16]Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,
and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit
should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may
give it you.
* God
bless you all always. *
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