Anya nga character ti adda kadagitoy nga tao? Sila ay kilala sa katapangan. Uray biag da ti kasukat na iti trabaho da ket aramiden da ta isu nakaayaban da. Pulis ken sundalo, protektaran da ti citizen ken iti pagilyan. Salakniban da manipud kadagiti NPA, criminal ken daduma pay. Dagiti met bumbero uray mainit da ket apan da apulaen jay apoy tapnu laeng haan nga umadu pay ti makan na. Adupay dagiti tatao nga adda iti tured da nga nu natay da gapu iti serbisyo ket marecognize da as hero. Iyan ay dahil sa katapangan na pinakita nila. Pero kahit sinong tao, ang natural na response natin ay takot sa tuwing may trials, challenges o problema. Kahit sila na matatapang na tao, may mga panahon pa rin na sila ay matatakot. How about you? Are you brave enough? Maybe ang iniisip natin, hindi naman ako tulad nila na kailangan magpakita ng katapangan. Ngunit alam mo ba na ang Diyos, may reward din ang mga taong matapang pagdating sa pananampalataya. Sa Bible, may mga heros of faith din. At maraming pagkakataon na tayo ay natatakot. Sabi ng Ptr Mike Pineda, “Without bravery, you will compromise” Dahil wala tayong katapangan, nagagawa nating hindi nagagawa ang tama. Takot tayong magsabi ng totoo dahil baka mapagalitan, o may masirang relasyon. Ayaw nating masira ang integridad natin kaya hindi na natin pinapakita ang totoo, baka asira ang tiwala nila sa atin. Ayaw nating magtake ng risk dahil baka bumagsak, saying ang investment. Yung iba naman, baka kung ano ang masasabi ng lipunan o ibang tao sa kanila. Natatakot tayong mawalan ng customer. Natatakot sila sa pagbabago. Tulad ng mga nangyayari ngayon, simula noong lockdown dahil sa virus, calamities like typhoon, earthquake at economic changes. Paano kaya ang Negosyo ko, yung pagkukuhanan naming ng pagkain, gagamitin araw-araw. So kailangan natin ng tapang upang harapin ang mga ito. Kaya ang topic natin ay “BE COURAGEOUS TO ACT” • Courageous means mental or moral strength to venture, persevere and withstand danger, fear or difficulty. (Merriam webster dictionary) Courage and Faith “Courage is always an act of faith, because the courageous person acts on what he believes despite the threat.” (Jon Bloom) Nu adda ti pammati, kasapulan nga adda met iti tured. Agkaalaan gayam dagitoy isu iti mangidurun kenka nga aramiden nu anya jay pinatim despite the fact nga adda iti rigat na. Ket agpaysu dayta Christian ka man winnu han. Ti panagbiruk ti trabaho for example, nu awan tured mu nga agdamag, uray kunada nga adda iti ipatrabaho ni kastoy, han mu maala jay trabaho. James 2:26 “So then, as the body without the spirit is dead, is also faith without action is dead.” Adda nga agpaysu ti pammatim ngem awan ar aramidem, natay nga pammati. How to be courageous? BRAVE BELIEVE GOD’S PROMISES Joshua 1:5-6, 9 5No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you. 6“Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them. This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” 3 times nga inulit na jay be strong and courageous. Daytoy nga passage ket, natay ni Moses, ni Joshua ti sumukat nga mangilead kadagiti Israelites ijay Promise Land. Daytoy met jay time, nasukatan dagiti tatao gapu iti kinadisobedience da. “We know God’s promises, we hear them, we read them, yet when we are tested, face challenges, or problems we begin to doubt or question these promises.” Rely on God’s Word Joshua 1:7-8 7Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do. 8Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. “Without reliance to the scripture, we are in desperation.” Avoid Excuses Exodus 4: 1, 10, 13 “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The Lord never appeared to you’?” “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.” “Lord, please! Send anyone else.” VENTURE (Cambridge dictionary) to risk going somewhere or doing something that might be dangerous or unpleasant, or to risk saying something that might be criticized Genesis 12 1The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. 2I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.” Ephesians 6:19-20 19And pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the right words so I can boldly explain God’s mysterious plan that the Good News is for Jews and Gentiles alike. 20I am in chains now, still preaching this message as God’s ambassador. So pray that I will keep on speaking boldly for him, as I should. “Faith and bravery will not show in your comfort, rather in the battle where there is testing, challenges and problems.” “Don’t assume that just because something is hard that it is not God’s will.” – Blake Holmes Exclaim what God did in your past 1 Samuel 17:35-37 “35I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death. 36I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! 37The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” Money makes people weak. Without money, we are limited; limited in serving the Lord, limited in going to church, limited to serve. Limited in acting your faith. Matthew 6:25-26 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
