Jesus said, \u2018You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.\u2019<\/i> It takes courage to face a painful reality. It\u2019s easier to bail out of a troubled marriage than to stay and work your way through to a better place. It\u2019s easier to give in to despair and self-pity than go back to school and train for a new career. It takes guts to stand up for your convictions when you\u2019re under fire. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s often said, \u2018Unless you stand for something, you\u2019ll fall for anything.\u2019 The truth is, anytime you\u2019re willing to stand for something or try something new, somebody will take a shot at you. The English word courage<\/i> is derived from the French word c\u0153ur<\/i>, meaning \u2018heart\u2019. Hence the phrase: \u2018don\u2019t lose heart\u2019. It\u2019s easy to be brave when you feel strong, but it\u2019s much harder when you feel weak and inadequate. Yet, that\u2019s when you need courage the most. <\/p>\n
General Omar Bradley remarked, \u2018Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.\u2019 And the courage he is referring to isn\u2019t hollow hype. It has nothing to do with a \u2018fake it till you make it\u2019 mentality. Courage means saying, \u2018If God promised it, I believe it,\u2019 and moving forward despite the obstacles. <\/p>\n
If you need an injection of courage today, read and meditate on these verses: <\/p>\n
(1) \u2018Be strong and do not give up\u2026 your work will be rewarded.\u2019<\/i> (2\u00a0Chronicles\u00a015:7\u00a0NIV) <\/p>\n
(2) \u2018Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! Say to those with anxious hearts: \u201cBe strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come\u2026 He will come to save you.\u201d\u2019<\/i> (Isaiah\u00a035:3\u20134\u00a0BSB) <\/p>\n
Now that\u2019s<\/i> courage!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jesus said, \u2018You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.\u2019 It takes courage to face a painful reality. It\u2019s easier to bail out of a troubled marriage than to stay and work your way through to a better place. It\u2019s easier to give in to despair and self-pity than go back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}