The first few chapters of Joshua have some of the most encouraging and uplifting series of statements to be found.

Here are a few of such verses. Claim them as your own (you must already know all the Word is yours anyway). These are great verses to declare as you start a day, so the course of it is firmly committed into God’s hands, your mind is set rightly and your faith is on boost –like your cell phone being ready charged to go in the morning...#awful analogies

Joshua 1:

³ Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

#own it!

⁵ There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

⁷ Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

⁹ Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest

#God given AUTHORITY

^{Joshua 2:}

¹¹ And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

^{Joshua 3:}

⁵ And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

#Our God works WONDERS

¹⁷ And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

#His miracles just don't cease

^{Joshua 4:}

²³ For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:²⁴ That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

^{You see, all of this concerted encouragement was needed. Moses the great} man of God had just passed away. The people had gone through serious mourning for their wonderful leader and were surely feeling insecure and uncertain about their future.

^{But God used} this episode to affirm the position of Joshua as the new leader and show the children of Israel that they could trust and respect him just as they did Moses.

^It was also God stepping in –just as He always does Psalm 30:5b- to give consolation and comfort 2 Corinth 1:3 and uplift after an occurrence of stark loss and heartache, not allowing them to dwell at that same –emotional and physical- place for too long.

^{Stay blessed, Beloved x}