Be Courageous!

by Brian Manning

Bear Bryant was probably one of the greatest coaches of all time. He was the head coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide. The day before every! game Alabama played, Bear Bryant would crowd all of the players into a locker room and go over the plays they would use the next day. When he finished with them he would pull his quarterback off to the side and they would take a walk. They would walk the same path every week and Bear would go over the plays in more detail. Every time they would get to the end of the path, the talk would always end the same way. He would say "son, it doesn't matter whether or not you remember all of this stuff tomorrow, but whatever you do, do it with courage, be courageous."
That is what we as Christians need to remember! All of the struggles we are going to go through, we need to be able to stand strong and be courageous. We are able to do that because God is with us and He will not leave us. Deut. 31:6 "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your GOD, He is the ONE who goes with you. He will not leave nor forsake you." No matter what struggles we go through, our God is always there. He has promised us victory over all of them. Romans 8:37 "Nay in all of these things we are more that conquerors through Him who loved us."

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