Courage

 

COURAGE

Today, it takes courage to boldly proclaim His Word

·                     Standing up for what is Holy.

·                     Sharing Yeshua in a World that hates God

·                     Not going along with friends who want us to join them in their sin

·                     To walk in Obedience

·                     Saying no to compromise and standing for Truth

Before the Resurrection, the Apostle's courage crashed when they thought all hope was lost when Messiah Yeshua was Crucified and they hid in fear (except for a few women and John), however after the Resurrection they were transformed with His power and His Glory and received courage, they probably thought they never would have! 

King David was a model of courage.  His spiritual awareness enabled him to cope with the most challenging of situations. His Psalms have served as inspiration in times of joy and in times of trouble and distress.  Here is a selection of Psalms that will help increase courage by repeating them regularly and hiding them in your heart.

Yes, Avraham was a courageous man and obedient to YHVH ELOHIM. 

However, who was the most courageous person of all?  YESHUA HA MASHIACH!

He faced, rejection, mockery, scorning, beating, and finally death, a death He did not deserve, but He took our place so that we would not have to experience eternal punishment and separation of YHWH ELOHIM our Father for our sins. 

He knows everything we have gone through or will go through...

(Isa 53:3 TLV)  He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

(Isa 53:4 TLV)  Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our pains. Yet we esteemed Him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted.

(Isa 53:5 TLV)  But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities. The chastisement for our shalom was upon Him, and by His stripes, we are healed.

(Isa 53:6 TLV)  We all like sheep have gone astray. Each of us turned to his own way. So Adonai has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

We all have gone through:

• Rejection by loved ones.
• Loss of a loved one
• Sickness
• Financial Battles
• Loneliness
• Stress
• Despair
• Doubt
• Fear 
• Being misunderstood and judged wrongly.
• People who disappoint you, especially those who you thought were your friends.
• Leadership who may disappoint you.
• Loss of a job
• Etc. Etc.  

He did not leave us comfortless but gave us His Ruach to abide within us and also, He left us the greatest gift...His Word is filled with His promises as He speaks to our hearts & comforts us and gives us the courage to face each day as it comes. 

May we continue to love one another and pray for each other to be strong in Him and the Power of His might in Messiah Yeshua. 

(Joh 15:12 TLV)  “This is My commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you.

(Joh 15:13 TLV)  No one has greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.

(Joh 15:14 TLV)  You are My friends if you do what I command you.

(Joh 15:15 TLV)  “I am no longer calling you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. Now I have called you friends because everything I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

(Joh 15:16 TLV)  “You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I selected you so that you would go and produce fruit, and your fruit would remain. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name.

(Joh 15:17 TLV)  “These things I command you, so that you may love one another.”

Psalms of David – Courage

(Psa 3:4 TLV)  But You, Adonai, are a shield around me, my glory and the lifter of my head.

 

(Psa 3:7 TLV)  I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people all around who have taken their stand against me.

(Psa 3:8 TLV)  Arise, Adonai! Deliver me, my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek. You shatter the teeth of the wicked.

(Psa 3:9 TLV)  Deliverance belongs to Adonai. Let Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

(Psa 9:10 TLV)  Adonai is a stronghold for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.

(Psa 9:11 TLV)  Those who know Your Name trust You—for You, Adonai, never have forsaken those who seek You.

(Psa 16:8 TLV)  I have set Adonai always before me. Since He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

(Psa 16:11 TLV)  You make known to me the path of life. Abundance of joys are in Your presence, eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

 (Psa 17:7 TLV)  Be wonderful with Your lovingkindness, O Savior of those taking refuge at Your right hand from those rising up against them.

(Psa 17:8 TLV)  Protect me like the pupil of the eye. Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,

 

(Psa 18:3 TLV)  Adonai is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in Him I take refuge, my shield, my horn of salvation, my stronghold.

 

(Psa 18:29 TLV)  For You light up my lamp. Adonai my God shines in my darkness.

 

(Psa 18:36 TLV)  You gave me the shield of Your salvation. Your right hand upholds me, Your gentleness makes me great.

 

(Psa 18:36 TLV)  You gave me the shield of Your salvation. Your right hand upholds me, Your gentleness makes me great.

 

(Psa 20:2 TLV)  May Adonai answer you in the day of trouble! May the Name of the God of Jacob set you up securely on high.

 

(Psa 20:8 TLV)  Some have chariots, some have horses, but we remember the Name of Adonai our God.

(Psa 20:9 TLV)  They have collapsed and fallen, but we rise up and support each other.

(Psa 20:10 TLV)  Adonai, save the king! Answer us on the day we call!

 

(Psa 22:5 TLV)  In You our fathers put their trust. They trusted, and You delivered them.

 

(Psa 23:1 TLV)  A psalm of David. Adonai is my shepherd, I shall not want.

(Psa 23:2 TLV)  He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

(Psa 23:3 TLV)  He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake.

(Psa 23:4 TLV)  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me: Your rod and Your staff comfort me.

(Psa 23:5 TLV)  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have anointed my head with oil, my cup overflows.

(Psa 23:6 TLV)  Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of Adonai forever.

 

(Psa 40:14 TLV)  Adonai, please deliver me! Adonai, come quickly to help me!

 

(Psa 42:12 TLV)  Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why are you murmuring within me? Hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance and my God.

 

(Psa 46:2 TLV)  God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

(Psa 46:3 TLV)  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth change, though the mountains topple into the heart of the seas,

 

(Psa 51:12 TLV)  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

(Psa 51:13 TLV)  Do not cast me from Your presence—take not Your Ruach ha-Kodesh from me.

(Psa 51:14 TLV)  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit.

 

(Psa 55:24 TLV)  But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty, deceitful men will not live out half their days. But I—I will trust in You.

 

(Psa 56:12 TLV)  in God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

 

(Psa 61:4 TLV)  For You have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength before the enemy.

 

(Psa 62:2 TLV)  My soul, wait in stillness, only for God—from Him comes my salvation.

(Psa 62:3 TLV)  He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress—I will never be moved.

 

(Psa 62:9 TLV)  Trust in Him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart in His presence. God is our refuge. Selah

 

(Psa 84:6 TLV)  Blessed is one whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the pilgrim roads.

 

(Psa 91:1 TLV)  He who dwells in the shelter of Elyon, will abide in the shadow of Shaddai.

(Psa 91:2 TLV)  I will say of Adonai, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.

 

(Psa 121:1 TLV)  A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains—from where does my help come?

(Psa 121:2 TLV)  My help comes from Adonai, Maker of heaven and earth.

 

(Psa 145:18 TLV)  Adonai is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.