Be Courageous #6

Theme: Be Courageous because Jesus Already Won.

I planned to teach John 16:33 yesterday. Instead, I had to live it. DayQuil tried me, but the Holy Spirit said, “Not today, Satan.”

When your body feels like it’s in trouble, you’d think fear would take over. But peace met me first — the kind of peace that makes no sense unless God is in the room. Haven’t we been learning all week to be courageous?

You thought the Word was just for you? Think again.

Next time God gives me a Word for the week, I’m reading the fine print real carefully, because apparently that’s exactly what I’m going to have to walk through to teach it. By the time this series is over this week, through the trying of my faith, He taught me to pray for what He wanted me to have — not just courage, but the courage to ask for peace. His peace.

And honestly, that feels like an entire series waiting to happen.

So what are you getting from this series? What is He teaching you besides courage?

Me? I had to forcefully learn to ask for peace.

He made me His warrior — so when trouble comes, I expect it. I brace myself. I ask for strength to overcome. That’s my default. That’s how I’m built. But yesterday He showed me something different.

He showed me He doesn’t want me to perpetually fight. He’s ushering me into my soft‑girl era — breaking me down just enough for me to finally put down my sword and say, “I’m not doing this. Make it go away. I want peace.”

Not from a disobedient heart. Not from a bitter heart. But from a girl who feels secure in the love of her God — secure enough to stop performing, stop striving, and simply ask for what she truly wants.

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