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THE PROSPEROUS WAY

that He has brought the nation through to their children and their
children’s children (Joshua 4:4-7). In this way, they learned to trust in
God, that He would deliver them again and again.

It is the same way that trust is built in us today. Daily, we all experience
God’s hand over our lives that bring us victory, small and great. Daily
He speaks to us to give us faith. So, we must begin to rehearse in our
minds and declare with our lips , the victories that He has brought us
through before. And so, like David and Joshua, we enCOURAGE
ourselves in the Lord. It is by “the word of our testimony” that we
overcome, and that we will find the strength and courage to succeed
(Revelation 12:11).

A DECLARATION OF TRUST & COURAGE

So then, we must cultivate the habit of declaring, speaking forth and
affirming to ourselves and others the faithfulness of God. When I came
to live in Canada as an immigrant in a new and strange culture, it
seemed as if there were immense giants in the land. The only thing that
sustained me, and propelled me to the first stage of success, was the
words of faith, trust and courage that I recited from the Scriptures. I
gathered from the Word the following declarations to remind myself of
the faithfulness of God. As I made my way in an unknown land, I
returned to these words, again and again, on the bus, at home, before
an interview, in applying for a job—so as to enCOURAGE my spirit with
the promises of a gracious, good and faithful God:

The Lord my God, who is going before me, will fight for me as
He did for me in ... [FILL IN YOUR OWN PLACE OF PAST
TRIUMPHS] before my very eyes. There I saw how the Lord my
God carried me, as a father carries his son, all the way I went until
I came to this place. (Deuteronomy1:29)

The Lord my God has gone ahead of me on my way, to search
out places for me to camp, and to show me the way I should go
(Deuteronomy 1:32). The land to which I have come is
exceedingly good (Numbers 14:7). See the Lord has given me
the land. I will go up and possess it. (Joshua 1:9)

I reject the report that the people here are of great size and
stronger than I. I do not perceive myself as a grasshopper in my

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