Insecurity Courage

 

Insecurity

Courage

 

Fear is overcome when faith in God’s presence and word is our reality

Turn on the light in the room and discover God’s presence

Live a life of prayer and worship without ceasing

This will help you see that God is with you

Make this your declaration  

"The Lord is my helper;

I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?" 

Take Courage

 

 

Courage

 

Courage is…

 

 The ability to do something that frightens one.

Strength in the face of pain or grief.

 

Many have given us quotes for Courage. 

 

Courage is not simply one of the virtues,

 but the form of every virtue at the testing point,

which means at the point of highest reality.

 

C.S. LEWIS

Courage is going from failure to

failure without losing enthusiasm.

 

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Courage is resistance to fear,

mastery of fear – not absence of fear.

 

MARK TWAIN

Courage is the most important of all the

virtues because without courage,

you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.

 

MAYA ANGELOU

Courage must come first,

Before any accomplishment

Before any virtue you have has value

You must have courage.

 

How do we turn our insecurities,

 fears, doubts into confidence?

 

If confidence is boldness, and

courage, where does it come from?

 

Courage starts with what God has said… 

 

God has said,

"Never will I leave you;

never will I forsake you."  

Hebrews 13:5

 

Where did God say this?

 

God spoke through Moses telling the Israelites

in Deuteronomy 31, He would go before them.

 

The Lord would destroy their enemies.

 

In verse 6, He says…

 

Be strong and courageous.

Do not be afraid or terrified because of them,

 for the LORD your God goes with you;

he will never leave you nor forsake you."

Deuteronomy 31:6

 

Our courage comes from the

promise that God is with us.

 

The verse in Hebrews 13 that precedes

I will never leave you,

 speaks of marital unfaithfulness and

contentment because of a love for money.

  

God never leaves us…

 

No matter what we are doing.

 

God does not give courage as a

license to do whatever you want.

 

Our courage comes when we

know God approves of our actions.

 

Once we know what God says (note verse 5),

then we can confess the words in verse 6…

  

So we say with confidence

 

What are those words

we say with confidence?

 

"The Lord is my helper;

I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?"

 

This is a quote of the

Psalmist in chapter 118:6-7.

 

Fear is overcome when faith in

God’s presence and word is our reality.

 

Turn on the light in the room

and discover God’s presence.

 

Live a life of prayer and

worship without ceasing.

 

This will help you see

that God is with you.

 

Make this your declaration…

  

"The Lord is my helper;

I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?" 

 

Take courage!

 

 

 

Scripture Reading

 

Hebrews 13:5-6 NIV

 

God has said,

 

"Never will I leave you;

never will I forsake you."  

 

6 So we say with confidence,

 

"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?"