Being Strong

Can you imagine what was going through the Israelites minds as they walked around Jericho? They had been bedouins for forty years. They didn’t have the weaponry, the skill or the tools to attack a walled city. Yet God told Joshua to be strong and courageous. The directive wasn’t for him to do it in his own strength. It was to rely on God’s strength. All throughout the Bible we are told to be strong. That directive is the same to us as it was to Joshua. You may be facing insurmountable odds, fighting a spiritual battle or needing walls to fall that you’re not equipped to fight. It’s in these moments that you walk by faith and in God’s strength. It’s in your weakness and inabilities that His strength is made perfect. So be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might today.

Here are some Bible verses on being strong.

1. May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality], so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith.

Ephesians 3:16-17 AMP

2. So you, my son, be strong [constantly strengthened] and empowered in the grace that is [to be found only] in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:1 AMP

3. So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

1 Corinthians 15:58 NLT

4. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

Ephesians 6:10 NKJV

5. Be on guard; stand firm in your faith [in God, respecting His precepts and keeping your doctrine sound]. Act like [mature] men and be courageous; be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:13 AMP

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