COU R A GE

RA ID TO FOL L O W GO D
UNAF
 THE MICE AND THE COUNCIL
ONCE UPON A TIME, ALL THE MICE MET TOGETHER IN
COUNCIL AND DISCUSSED THE BEST MEANS OF
PROTECTING THEMSELVES AGAINST THE ATTACKS OF THE
CAT. AFTER SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS HAD BEEN DEBATED, A
MOUSE WHO WAS WELL KNOWN AND VERY EXPERIENCED
SAID, “I THINK I HAVE A PLAN WHICH ENSURES OUR
SAFETY IN THE FUTURE, PROVIDED YOU APPROVE AND
CARRY IT OUT. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ATTACH A
BELL AROUND OUR ENEMY THE CAT, WHICH WILL BY
ITS TINKING WARN US OF HER APPROACH.
THIS PROPOSAL WAS WARMLY APPLAUDED, AND THE
MICE HAD ALREADY DECIDED TO ADOPT IT, WHEN
ANOTHER OLD MOUSE FINALLY GOT UP HIS FEET AND
SAID, “I AGREE WITH YOU ALL THAT PLAN BEFORE US
IS ADMIRABLE ONE; BUT I ASK, WHO IS GOING TO PUT
THE BELL ON THE CAT?”
WHAT LESSON CAN BE FOUND IN
THE FABLE?

•TALK IS CHEAP – ACTION

REQUIRES COURAGE
COURAGE HAS MANY DIFFERENT
NAMES:

•BRAVERY, FEARLESSNESS, NERVE, GUTS

AND HEROISM
BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS OF COURAGE
•DAVID HAD THE COURAGE WHEN HE PICKED UP A SLING, PLACED
A ROCK IN IT AND KILLED GOLIATH.
•DANIEL DEMONSTRATED COURAGE WHEN HE REFUSED TO
WORSHIP NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S STATUE IN BABYLON.
•MOSES WAS COURAGEOUS WHEN HE TOLD PHARAOH TO LET
GOD’S PEOPLE GO.
COURAGE
•MEANS HAVING FEAR BECAUSE YOU ARE
AWARE OF THE DANGERS, BUT YOU GO AHEAD
ANYWAY BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF
WHAT MUST BE DONE.
THE FACT IS:

•IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE VICTORIOUSLY FOR

CHRIST WITHOUT COURAGE.
•GOD’S WAYS ARE NOT THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.
JOSHU A 1 :6 -7 , 9
NG AND C OURA GE OU S!
BE STRO
REMEMBER!

•REAL COURAGE IS NOT FOUND JUST ON THE

BATTLEFIELD OR BY ACCOMPLISHING SOME
BRAVE ACT.
“ THE REAL TESTS OF COURAGE
ARE INNER TESTS.
”
ARE Y OU C OU RA G E OU S ?
NO W – AR E Y OU?
HONESTLY