Introduction: To do exploits this year for the GLORY of our Lord is going to take COURAGE! Do you agree? Are you on the brink of your Jordan River? Do you need to cross over to the other side? What about the enemies? Is there room for failure?

Take COURAGE in (& from, & by) the Lord Jesus!

1. Take COURAGE!

“9Have 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.” (Jos 1:9)

When tasks seem insurmountable, Take COURAGE! Our Lord reminds us to be STRONG in Him!!

2. Take COURAGE because of the UNKNOWN!

“4Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.” (Jos 3:4)

When things seem to be unknown, i.e. future, it can strike uncertainty and instability in our hearts.  It is during those times that Jesus reminds those who are His to take COURAGE. 

3. Take COURAGE and do not be AFRAID!

“….be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:” (Jos 1:9)

The word “dismayed” חָתַת: (khaw-thath’) means to be shattered or dismayed.

Fear is not in Jesus vocabulary.

4. Take COURAGE and do not be AFRAID because our Lord will be with us!

“for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” (Jos 1:9)

Knowing this great PROMISE should enable every believer in Jesus Christ to take COURAGE.

Conclusion: COURAGE comes from JESUS! He faced DEATH and OVERCAME! Consequently, He imparts to us His Holy Spirit to make us MORE than CONQUERORS. 

So Take COURAGE.