Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All ye that hope in Jehovah.
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… Wait for the Lord. Be strong and let your heart take courage. Wait for the Lord. In James 5 it says this in verse 7, Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also be patient. Establish your hearts for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Paul writes this in Romans chapter 8, verse 24. He says, for in this hope we are saved. Now, hope that is seen is not hope for who hopes in what he sees. But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. Again, back in the Psalm, Psalm 40 says, I waited patiently for the Lord and he inclined to me and he heard my cry. He drew me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and he set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. …
… Psalm 27, verse 14. It says, wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord. Hezekiah needed to know when it was time to wait. now when it comes to troubles difficulties trials decisions and all these things the real issue is when you and I don't know what to do we must do what we know now all of this is undergirded by the fact that God's character is unchanging and Charles Spurgeon used to tell this story of a man who used to sail with his wife and he used to sail with his wife and one night there was an especially stormy sea, and the boat was up, the boat was down, and the woman was anxious, terrified, afraid, and the man was just at the helm, confidently steering the ship. Now the wife comes and says, hey. why are you not afraid? Why are you so confident in this storm? Now the husband pulls out his sword immediately, interesting relationship, turns the sword towards his wife and looks at her. …
… Bible says, Psalm 27, verse 14, wait on the Lord. Be of good courage. And he shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord. Okay, so psychology can only take you so far. Psychology will never mention God. but psychology knows enough that you need to clear your mind you can clear your mind listen what's inside there nothing you can hear crickets god says no wait on me and i'm going to strengthen your heart number two survey says identify the challenge before you know what you want to achieve hello most of the time we as humans know we want to achieve based upon what we want But how do we know what we want is what God wants? Bible says, Jeremiah 29, 11, God says, For I know the thoughts I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. All God's people said amen to that, right? Survey says, number three, determine goals, both short and long term. …