Courage

          the quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., with firmness and without fear; bravery; to act in accordance with one's beliefs, esp. in spite of criticism; fearlessness; fortitude; spirit; heroism, bravery; valor; courage permits one to face extreme dangers and difficulties without fear


              Exodus 14:14
              The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

              Psalm 28:7
              The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

              Psalm 56:11
              In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

              Isaiah 41:10
              Isaiah 43:2
              Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

              Jeremiah 32:27
              Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

              John 10:27-29
              My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

              Romans 8:31
              What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

              Romans 8:37-39
              Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

              2 Timothy 1:7
              For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

              Hebrews 13:5-6
              Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

              Biblical Examples of Courage:

              Gideon - Judges 7:7-23

              Deborah - Judges 4

              Jonathan - I Samuel 14

              David - I Samuel 17:32-50

              Esther - Eshter 4:8, 16

              Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - Daneil 3:16-18

              Daniel - Daniel 6:10-22

          Stories on Courage

                Chicken Little
                     

                Jack and the Beanstalk
                     Andrew Lang

                Hansel and Gretel
                     Grimm

                Chanticleer and Partlet
                     Lang

                Ulysses and the Cyclops
                     Lang

                An Appeal from the Alamo
                     Travis

                Northwest Passage
                     by Robert Louis Stevenson

                Courage
                     Author Unknown

                The Mice in Council
                      Aesop

                Sojourner Truth

                Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
                     Patrick Henry

                The Road Not Taken
                     Robert Frost

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