35Women received their dead by resurrection. 9I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous do not be frightened or dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.вЂќДЎ1:32And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets - 33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, 34quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful. 8This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it.

7Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go. 6Be strong and courageous for you shall put this people in possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you I will not fail you or forsake you. 5No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life. 4From the wilderness and the Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, to the Great Sea in the west shall be your territory. 3Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, as I promised to Moses. Now proceed to cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the Israelites. 1After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, MosesвЂ™ assistant, saying, 2вЂњMy servant Moses is dead.

Readings for january 5 2017