Reading With the People of God #7 CommitmentUzorak

Memorization Challenge:

6 Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do. 8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. (Joshua 1:6-8 NLT)

Reading Primer: A Prayer in Crisis

Write your blessed name, O Lord,

upon my heart,

there to remain so indelibly engraven,

that no prosperity,

no adversity,

shall ever move me from your love.

Be to me a strong tower of defense,

a comforter in tribulation,

a deliverer in distress,

a very present help in trouble,

and a guide to heaven

through the many temptations and dangers of this life. Amen.

- Thomas à Kempis (c. 1388 - 1471)