What is courage? It is not something that you just have. It is something you learn through life experiences. Courage is having the guts to do something that is right, even when you know nobody is looking. Courage is the power of believing in yourself with the abilities you have. It is the realization of looking past a difficult situation and overcoming it. Having courage means not being afraid to fail, and it means always finding ways to improve.
Courage takes faith. Everything that happens is God's work. Nothing is impossible with God. The more courage you have to tackle new things, the more you trust in God in allowing Him to work through you. The more you trust in God, the more you grow in your faith. A lack of courage is not always necessarily bad. If you find yourself having a lack of courage, you should get to the point where you need to admit that you cannot do something. This is where you need to realize that you should drop on your knees and pray to God. If you do not pray, how are miracles going to happen? How are you going to be able to move mountains? How are you going to be working inside out for Jesus?
If you have courage, you have a humble dependency on Jesus for everything in your life. What does humble dependency mean? It means that you come to Jesus. He is your Savior. You are on this Earth to do his will of bringing others to Christ, but coming to a realization that you cannot do everything. You are humble in the fact that you have to decrease, so that Jesus increases. When your self-image looks bad, it makes Jesus look good because no one is greater than Jesus. No person on this Earth is perfect or a savior. Jesus is Savior and Lord, and you must not forget that.
You need to realize that you need God's help, even if you do not want anyone else's help or advice. You need to become poor, so that you become rich in Christ. When you become humble, you learn the power of becoming lowly and of prayer. It takes courage to become a true follower of Jesus. Many find difficulty in taking that step and dealing with some of the suffering that comes with that next step. You need to have courage in order to have faith. Then, you can use that courage to find hope, and try to glorify and honor God in everything you do with all your heart.
As a disciple of Christ, you cannot worry about what you cannot do, but instead, you should focus on all the things God can do through you with his almighty power. In Mark 9:23, Jesus says, "Everything is possible for him who believes." It is that simple. Come to know Jesus as your personal Savior, and you can do anything.
There is evil in this world. It is all around. Evil and demons can only be driven out by prayer (Mark 9:14-29). It is perfectly normal to have doubts about your faith when you come to talk to God. Doubts are what make a person so human. God wants you to come to Him no matter what your current circumstances are. He wants to hear from you because the more dependent you become on Jesus, the greater and the more plentiful the harvest is.
God has the power to do miraculous things in your life. He is the one who gives you courage to face the dangers, darkness, and sadness of life. He gives you courage to spread his marvelous light on this world. Here is a quote from one of the better movies of all time, The Blind Side: "Hope for courage and try for honor." So, what is courage? Having courage is coming to the point in your life when you understand that there is no giving up because you know that God has the power to provide for you and make things possible through prayer. You never have to say never because the power of God is on your side.
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