Joshua 1:7-9
1:7 Make sure you are
very strong and brave! Carefully obey
all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep!
Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful
in all you do.
1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips!
You must memorize it
day and night so you can carefully obey
all that is written in it. Then you will prosper
and be successful.
1:9 I repeat,
be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic,
for I, the
Lord your God, am with you in all you do.”
Jeremiah 9:3
The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them
9:3 The Lord says,
“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows.
Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies.
They have become powerful in the land,
but they have not done so by honest means.
Indeed, they do one evil thing after another
and do not pay attention to me.
Jeremiah 9:1
9:1 (8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water
and my eyes were a fountain full of tears!
If they were, I could cry day and night
for those of my dear people who have been killed.
Colossians 1:13
1:13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,
Ephesians 6:10-19
Exhortations for Spiritual Warfare
6:10 Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
6:11 Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
6:13 For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.
6:14 Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
6:15 by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,
6:16 and in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
6:18 With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.
6:19 Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak – that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,
Hebrews 12:4
12:4 You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed
in your struggle against sin.
Revelation 21:8
21:8 But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells,
idol worshipers,
and all those who lie, their place
will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur.
That
is the second death.”