3. 2 Questions
• Who is the most courageous person you
personally know?
• What is the most courageous thing you have
ever done?
4. Freedom isn’t Free
• “You are not your own, for you were bought
with a price. So glorify God in your body.”
• I Corinthians 6:19-20
5. Lessons from Gideon
• The angel of the Lord
came and sat down
under the oak in
Ophrah…where Gideon
was threshing wheat in
a winepress to keep it
from the Midianites.
• Judges 6:11
6. Lessons from Gideon
• When the angel of the
Lord appeared to
Gideon, he said, “The
Lord is with you, mighty
warrior.”
• Judges 6:12
7. Lessons from Gideon
• Courage Lesson #1: God sees us very
differently than we see ourselves.
• “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new
creation; the old is gone, the new has come!”
• II Corinthians 5:17
8. Lessons from Gideon
• “But sir,” Gideon
replied, “if the Lord is
with us, why…?
Where…? Did not…?
But…?
• Judges 6:13
9. Lessons from Gideon
• Courage Lesson #2: God honors our questions.
• “When Mary reached the place where Jesus
was and saw Him, she fell at his feet and said,
“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would
not have died.” When Jesus saw her
weeping…he was deeply moved in spirit and
troubled.”
• John 11:32-33
10. Lessons from Gideon
• Gideon went in, prepared
a young goat, and from
an ephah of flour he
made bread without
yeast. Putting the meat in
a basket and its broth in a
pot, he brought them out
and offered them to him.
• Judges 6:19
11. Lessons from Gideon
• Courage Lesson #3: When we trust God, He
gives us strength.
• “but they who wait for the Lord shall renew
their strength, they shall mount up with wings
as eagles.”
• Isaiah 40:31
12. Lessons from Gideon
• Gideon said to God, “if
you will save Israel by
my hand as you have
promised – look, I will
place a wool fleece on
the threshing floor. If
there is dew on only the
fleece and all the
ground is dry, then…
• Judges 6:13
13. Lessons from Gideon
• Courage Lesson #4: God has patience for
those who doubt.
• “And have mercy on those who doubt;”
• Jude 22
14. Lessons from Gideon
• During that night the Lord
said to Gideon, “Get up, go
down against the camp,
because I am going to give it
into your hands. If you are
afraid to attack, go down to
the camp with your servant
Purah and listen to what
they are saying. Afterward,
you will be encouraged to
attack the camp.”
• Judges 7:9-11
15. Lessons from Gideon
• Courage Lesson #5: God understands our
fears.
• “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to
you. Not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let
them be afraid.”
• John 14:27
16. Lessons from Daniel and S,M & A
• Daniel resolved not to
defile himself with the
royal food and wine.”
• Daniel 1:8
17. Lessons from Daniel, S, M & A
• Courage Lesson #6: Don’t compromise your
beliefs!
• “But I have this against you, that you tolerate
that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a
prophetess and is teaching and seducing my
servants to practice immorality and to eat
food sacrificed to idols.”
• Revelation 2:20
18. Lessons from Daniel and S,M & A
• Daniel then said to the
guard…, “Please test
your servants for ten
days…Then compare
our appearance…”
• Daniel 1:12-13
19. Lessons from Daniel, S, M & A
• Courage Lesson #7: Don’t be a pompous jerk
about your faith.
• “…so that in every way they will make the
teaching about God our Savior attractive.”
• Titus 2:10
20. Lessons from Daniel and S,M & A
• Then Daniel returned to
his house and explained
the matter to his
friends. He urged them
to plead for mercy from
the God of heaven
concerning this mystery.
• Daniel 2:17-18
21. Lessons from Daniel, S, M & A
• Courage Lesson #8: You can’t live the Christian
life alone.
• “Two are better than one…For if they fall, one
will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is
alone when he falls and has not another to lift
him up!
• Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
22. Lessons from Daniel and S,M & A
• S,M & A replied to the
king, “O N, we do not
need to defend
ourselves before you in
this matter.”
• Daniel 3:16
23. Lessons from Daniel, S, M & A
• Lesson #9: Get into the Bible, and let God
speak to you and through you.
• “Do not be anxious about how you should
defend yourself or what you should say, for
the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour
what you ought to say.”
• Luke 12:12
24. Lesson from Esther
• “Go, gather all the Jews to
be found in Susa, and
hold a fast on my behalf,
and do not eat or drink
for three days, night or
day. I and my young
women will also fast as
you do. Then I will go to
the king, though it is
against the law, and if I
perish, I perish.”
• Esther 4:16
25. Lesson from Esther
• Courage Lesson #10: God has a specific plan for
your life. Are you willing to live it out
courageously?
• “Only be strong and very courageous, being
careful to do according to all the law that Moses
my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it
to the right hand or to the left, that you may have
good success wherever you go.” Joshua 1:7
26. Red Light
What have you felt
convicted to stop
doing?
What will you do
to ensure your
decision will last?
