Thursday, 11 

(Exodus 7:8-13; Mark 2:18-22)

I hereby command you: be strong and courageous.
Joshua 1:9 NIV

Paul wrote: Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. He who rescued us from so deadly a peril will continue to rescue us. 
2 Corinthians 1:9-10