Be Strong and Courageous in Your New Season
Joshua 1:6-9 · Berean Standard Bible
Starting a new job or career, Joshua 1:6-9 is the charge God gave Joshua on the edge of a new chapter: 'Be strong and courageous... for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.' Three times He commands courage and grounds it in His constant presence, not in Joshua's own ability. It's the ideal passage to steady your nerves before a new role or interview.
6Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
7Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
8This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
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