Teach Us to Number Our Days My Life Verse Gives Me Courage

Teach Us to Number Our Days

My Life Verse Gives Me Courage

Do you ever feel like the bullies

won’t leave you alone?

Your Heavenly Father won’t leave you,

so you can have the courage

to stand up to them! 

 When mom or dad said something once it was important.

And when they said it twice you could 

count on it being very important.

It’s the same with our God.

God said it not only once,

 “He would never leave us” - but twice.

In fact, the promise contains the sum

and substance of all the promises.

Hebrews 13:5&6 gives the promise to

all New Testament believers.

Joshua 1:5 makes the promise to Joshua

and the Old Testament believers.

God gave Joshua the promise

of His presences in order that

he might be strong and courageous.

God desired to be with Joshua and His people,

so they would have the confidence to fight battles

in order to get everything He had for them.

In the same way, He stands with us… 

so we don’t have to be afraid.

  

We had a kid in the neighborhood

when Marty was around 10 years old

who was causing a lot of trouble.

We tried to show him kindness,

and encouraged Marty to do the same;

but this boy still played the neighborhood bully.

One day this bully was giving Marty a hard time;

and as I watched from the back yard

I realized this kid would never leave Marty alone

unless Marty stood up to him.

So after a while I stepped in

and told Marty to give the boy the fight

he was asking for.

They both looked at me with surprise.

I told the bully and Marty

that if the bully ever caused him any more trouble,

Marty was to beat the daylights out of him. 

The bully ran off and never caused 

Marty any more trouble.

Yes, I surprised even myself that day.

Your Heavenly Father wants the best for you.

Your enemies are afraid of Him,

but God wants them to be afraid of you.

He may not fight all your battles,

but He will never leave you…

 so you have the courage to win your battles.

Scripture Readings

Joshua 1:1-9 NIV

1:1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD,

the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide:

2 "Moses my servant is dead.

Now then, you and all these people,

 get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land

I am about to give to them — to the Israelites.

3 I will give you every place where you set your foot,

as I promised Moses.

4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon,

and from the great river, the Euphrates

 — all the Hittite country — to the Great Sea on the west.

5 No one will be able to stand up against you

all the days of your life.

As I was with Moses, so I will be with you;

I will never leave you nor forsake you.

6 "Be strong and courageous,

because you will lead these people to inherit the land

I swore to their forefathers to give them.

7 Be strong and very courageous.

Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you;

do not turn from it to the right or to the left,

that you may be successful wherever you go.

8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth;

meditate on it day and night,

so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.

Then you will be prosperous and successful.

9 Have I not commanded you?

Be strong and courageous.

Do not be terrified;

do not be discouraged,

for the LORD your God 

                                                  will be with you wherever you go."