PROMISE FOR NOVEMBER 20TH

"Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord." Psalm 31:24

WHENEVER we come in contact with worldly people we find, as it were, a wet blanket thrown on our simple trust, even though they say not a word to us. We need to have good courage and to hope in the Lord, as our text enjoins....But a courage from right principles, based on faith in the Lord, is not one of braggadocio, but a courage that is noble and pleasing to God. It has its source in a realization that God has promised, and that God is watching, and desires us to be joint-heirs with His Son in His Kingdom. He is merely testing us to see whether we will prove faithful. And this courage with us must also be to do things in the right way. R. 5329, c.2, p.5; R. 5330, c.1, p.4.