Courage...is it just being brave and strong in the face of challenge or adversity? is it just making a choice to stand alone? is it the absence of fear?
Courage...is it dependent and driven by my past success? the success and experience of others?
Courage...where does it come from?
In Joshua we are instructed to "be" strong and of good courage. "Be" is directly related to identity. Identity portrays who we are...
at adventure life church we are currently going through series entitled "WE ARE CHRISITIAN!" it is a series based on the movie "We Are Marshall"...we can learn a lot from the characters and their experiences in this movie...the movie is about the plane crash of the Marshall football team and its impact on a small West Virginia community...in the face of such great tragedy and challenge the students of Marshall Univ stand together and chant "We Are Marshall"...
you see identity can not be altered by challenge...this realization to me produces courage...true courage...a change in mentality...a realization of my identity in Christ empowers me to see challenge and adversity in a whole new light...
what empowers courage in you?
more to follow on identity and courage....
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The thing that gives me the most courage is knowing that all the power that raised Christ from the dead is in me (it's in the Bible..Romans or Galations). So when I need strength to face a situation or challenge I call on God to rise up and be the leader....not me.
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