How to live with Courage | Week 3 | Can We Talk About This?
Having Courage in times like these
Hostility: What courage isn’t
19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
1 Corinthians 9:19–23 (NIV)
Our Ability: What we can’t forfeit
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:1–5 (NIV)
I. FEAR
6 “Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:6–9 (NIV)
Fear is not your friend
Courage isn’t the absence of Fear
Sometimes courage is easier to come by when you realize it’s for others
21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21 (NIV)
II. NEGATIVITY
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.” 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” 14 That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. 2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness! 3 Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 4 And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”
Numbers 13:26–14:4 (NIV)
You get to choose what you believe
What you believe is what you will receive
How do you know if someone influential in your life is operating in fear?
Minimizes God’s activity/Word
Multiplies the wrong confession
Breads negative sentiment/unwarranted emotions
Causes otherwise believing people not to trust God
III. FACING OUR GIANTS
David and Goliath: 1 Sam 17
Courage isn’t denying reality
Courage means leaving your baggage behind
You won’t be affective using someone else’s anointing
We are already equipped to face the giants in our land and of our time
36 “For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep…
Acts 13:36 (NIV)
21 At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns. 22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive. 23 So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.
Joshua 11:21–23 (NIV)
What’s keeping you out of your promised land?
WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
-Sigma, infiniti- Vision of the Sigma Letter E , and the word Infinity. Whoever this pertains too, I heard the Lord say that this person has a front row seat along with Gods Generals in this current revival.
-God is healing pain in lower left calf
-Crying yourself too sleep - God heard you and is there with you. He wants to speak to you.
-God is healing spinal issues
-Your prayer life is lacking and you desire a deeper walk in this area. God wants you to make the commitment to Him.
-You have need for clarity and direction on important decisions. God is going to download His answer to you.
-Healing of left shoulder pain specifically
-Lung issues and breathing from constriction, bacteria, or infection. The enemy has tried to steal your physical breathe and the breathe of His spirit. God is healing your breathing and blowing the wind of His spirit upon you.
-God is healing the fear of loss caused by miscarriage.