COURAGE – (as defined in the Webster’s 1928 Dictionary) –
noun [Latin , the heart.]
Bravery; intrepidity; that quality of mind which enables men to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear or depression of spirits; valor; boldness; resolution.
It is a constituent part of fortitude; but fortitude implies patience to bear continued suffering.
COURAGE that grows from constitution, often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty, acts in a uniform manner.
Be strong and of good courage Deuteronomy 31:6.
As parents, we’re commanded to instruct our kids in the way of the Lord. The Bible says trusting the Lord is where we get the ability to overcome and to be brave.
As Brooke McGlothlin wrote in her book Praying for Teen Boys, “no one is so uniquely positioned as [parents] to see the character flaws that might trip [our kids] up, lovingly point them out, and take steps to master them.”
“The Bible doesn’t tell us to dance as close to the line that separates sinning from not sinning, it tells us to turn around and run in the opposite direction.”
Where we see confusion, we pray clarity. Where we see timidity, we pray confidence. Where we see cowardice, we pray courage.
When we see bravery, stewardship, fortitude, and discipline, we pray the Lord continues to fan into flame this gifting! We edify our children in these areas and to encourage them to continue to fight the good fight.
Prayer is where we do all the heavy lifting to instill godly morals and convictions into our teens.
Only the Lord can do this deep work in their hearts and minds so let’s dive into how praying for our teen’s courage can give them the foundation with which to be more than a conqueror.
2 Kings 6:16
Haggai 2:4
Joshua 1:9
Dueteronomy 31:6-8
2 Chronicles 32:7-8
2 Kings 17:39
Psalm 16:8
Job 5:20
Psalm 37:24
Psalm 138:7
Isaiah 35:4
Ephesians 6:10
2 Samuel 10:12
Deuteronomy 31:6-8
1 Chronicles 28:20
1 Corinthians 16:13
Philippians 1:20
Hebrews 13:6
2 Samuel 10:12
1 Kings 2:2-4
Joshua 1:6
Deuteronomy 31:6-8
Ezra 10:3-4
1 Kings 2:2-4
Philippians 1:20
1 Corinithians 16:13
Isaiah 40:29
2 Chronicles 15:7
1 Corinthians 16:13
Haggai 2:4
Isaiah 43:1
Ester 4:16
John 14:27
John 16:33
1 Corinithians 15:55
Psalm 31:24
Psalm 27:14
Let’s look at different topics from the Thompson Chain Reference Bible and perspectives from which to view COURAGE. (For more help with using a “Tommy Bible”, here’s a video on how I use it for making prayer Bibles.)
COURAGE – 849 – Bravery prescribed or ordered by God.
See also: Be strong 359; Encouragement 1019; Manliness 852
COURAGE – 850 – Examples of.
See also: Holy Boldness 523
FEARLESSNESS – 851 – Of the righteous.
See also: Confidence in God 1218; Trust God 1216
MANLINESS – 852 – Strong in the Lord, fearless.
See also: Be Strong 359
The Bible also references COURAGE by speaking about it’s opposite: COWARDICE. There is much to be gleaned from reading about the results of not choosing courage.
COWARDICE – 853
See also: Fear of Man 859; Panics 2675, Effeminacy 3802
SERVILITY – 854 – Subjection to control, slavery
FAINTHEARTEDNESS – 855 – Lacking conviction, cowardly, timid
FEAR, GUILTY – 856 – Result of estrangement from God, guilty fear, general references to
FEAR – 857 – Terror of the wicked
FEAR – 858 – Fear of God, Heathen nations under the power of
FEAR – 859 – Fear of man, an evidence of lack of trust in God.
See also: Panics 2675; Men-pleasers 2789
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