Courageous Faith - Faith Is Courage In Motion
Courageous Faith - Faith Is Courage In Motion Part 5, Pastor Joël Malm
Faith is courage in motion. “Courageous Faith” calls believers to stand firm, step forward, worship in battle, and live with boldness that inspires others and honors God.
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Courageous Faith – Part 5 The Courage of Gentleness
Key Point: Life doesn’t get easier, we have to get stronger.
Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Friedrich Nietzsche’s criticism of misguided Christianity: “I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.”
Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
1 Peter 3:1-17 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
The Message (Paraphrase of 1 Peter 4) Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in. The holy women of old were beautiful before God that way, and were good, loyal wives to their husbands. Sarah, for instance, taking care of Abraham, would address him as “my dear husband.” You’ll be true daughters of Sarah if you do the same, unanxious and unintimidated.
“Be soft like water, and you will overcome the hard.” - Ancient Proverb