{"id":398,"date":"2021-10-06T15:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/?p=398"},"modified":"2021-10-06T16:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:00:11","slug":"october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/?p=398","title":{"rendered":"OCTOBER 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Build Up Your Courage Muscles<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 31:24<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCourage is not the absence of fear, it is the mastery of fear.\u201d<\/em> (Anonymous)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brave <\/em><\/strong>souls have discovered that conquering your fear, instead of waiting for it to disappear, is key to success in any undertaking. It could be in sports, education, relationships, military operations, business or health – fearful adversity is to be expected<\/em>… Often, it\u2019s in mustering the courage to face those fears that spell the difference between failure and success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe strong and courageous\u201d<\/span><\/strong> was the Lord\u2019s charge to Joshua (read Joshua 1) when he was commissioned to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land! There were gigantic warriors and great opposition to overcome \u2013 courage was required!<\/em> God must have a purpose<\/span> <\/strong>for allowing His people to face such life-threatening adversity instead of simply wiping out all their enemies (yes, I believe He could!)<\/em> before they came in… Those life-threatening situations were also faith-strengthening opportunities!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courage is needed when the task is big. God was saying “Cross the Jordan… conquer the cities… overcome the enemies… resist their gods… keep my commands… claim the promise! Yes, the enemy will be fearsome, but you must be courageous!”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCourage is achieving your WHOLE duty despite being scared HALF to death!\u201d<\/em><\/strong> (V. Atienza)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courage is a necessary quality among true Christ-followers. Standing for righteousness while spreading the Gospel and upholding godliness in a culture that is often against Christ takes courage… a lot of courage! Courage requires practice… and your life is the exact training ground for building up the necessary \u201ccourage muscles\u201d you will need!<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>So bulk up! Be strong and courageous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Vino<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Build Up Your Courage Muscles \u201cBe strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.\u201d Psalm 31:24 \u201cCourage is not the absence of fear, it is the mastery of fear.\u201d (Anonymous) Brave souls have discovered that conquering your fear, instead of waiting for it to disappear, is key to success in any undertaking. It could be in sports, education, relationships, military operations, business or health – fearful adversity is to be expected… Often, it\u2019s in mustering the courage to face those fears that spell the difference between failure and success. \u201cBe strong and courageous\u201d was the Lord\u2019s charge to Joshua (read Joshua 1)Read More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-winadmin","4":"post-398","6":"format-standard","7":"category-pastorscorner"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}