Day 8

by Aaron & Jennifer Smith

Be Brave

Withstand

Being brave is about being prepared both physically and spiritually to defend your faith and protect your wife’s heart.

Don’t be selfish, don’t be sinful.

Be brave and stand up for what is right and be faithful in all things.

Scriptures

• Joshua 1:9

  This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

• Proverbs 28:1

  The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions.

• 1 Corinthians 16:13

  Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.

• Hebrews 12:7-14

  7 As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father? 8I f God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. 9 Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?

  10 For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. 11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.

  12 So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. 13 Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.

  A Call to Listen to God

  14 Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.

• 2 Timothy 1:7

  For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

• 1 Peter 5:8

  Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

• Ephesians 6:12

  For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

• 1 Timothy 6:12

  Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses

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