Courage is Fear That Calls On God - Guest Blog and GIVEAWAY!
It is with tremendous gratitude I get to introduce my friend and very first blog guest, Janet Thompson, during her Everyday Brave Blog Tour Giveaway!
Janet and I met at the 2018 Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference where she facilitated a Memoir Mentoring Clinic. Our intimate group consisted of five memoir newbies who shared heart-wrenching accounts of our life over several days under Janet's mentorship. I thank the Lord for the blessings that came from our time together and her encouragement to write brave!
Enjoy a peek into Janet's newest book release, Everyday Brave! When you leave a comment at the end of this post, you'll be entered in the drawing for a signed copy!
It is also an honor for Janet to include my "brave overcomer" story in her book!
Welcome, Janet!
The Reverend Billy Graham once said, “Courage is contagious. When a brave man [or woman] takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.” That quote came from an article “A Time for Moral Courage.” We certainly live in a time when moral courage is desperately needed in our culture. And we might wonder what we could do? What difference could we make in a world that seems to have gone crazy? Maybe fear stops us from taking a stand for our faith and beliefs.
GET TO KNOW JANET THOMPSON
Janet Thompson is an
international speaker, freelance editor, and award-winning author of 20 books. Her passion is to mentor other women in sharing their life
experiences and God’s faithfulness.
Her new release is Everyday Brave: Living Courageously As a Woman of Faith available at Amazon, Christianbook.com, Barnes and Noble, and signed at author’s website.
Visit Janet and sign up for her weekly blog and free online newsletter at womantowomanmentoring.com.
Join Janet:
In Everyday Brave, Janet explores the extraordinary bravery of fifty ordinary women in the Bible. Twenty-eight women of today also give testimonies of realizing their strength and courage through God’s love. As Janet shares the stories of these women, she reminds us that the real heart and substance of bravery comes from unconditionally placing our hope in the only One who can give us the courage to stay the course.
Janet and I met at the 2018 Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference where she facilitated a Memoir Mentoring Clinic. Our intimate group consisted of five memoir newbies who shared heart-wrenching accounts of our life over several days under Janet's mentorship. I thank the Lord for the blessings that came from our time together and her encouragement to write brave! Enjoy a peek into Janet's newest book release, Everyday Brave! When you leave a comment at the end of this post, you'll be entered in the drawing for a signed copy!
It is also an honor for Janet to include my "brave overcomer" story in her book!
Welcome, Janet!
COURAGE IS FEAR THAT CALLS ON GOD
The Reverend Billy Graham once said, “Courage is contagious. When a brave man [or woman] takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.” That quote came from an article “A Time for Moral Courage.” We certainly live in a time when moral courage is desperately needed in our culture. And we might wonder what we could do? What difference could we make in a world that seems to have gone crazy? Maybe fear stops us from taking a stand for our faith and beliefs.
We’ve all experienced a time when we thought, or maybe said
aloud and sincerely believed, There’s no
way I can do this! Then we find ourselves doing what we thought was
impossible.
Bravery isn’t about succeeding or failing; it’s about not letting fear imprison you from trying.
We could each have a positive influence on our communities by courageously standing strong and defending our beliefs, even during trying times, without fear of those who oppose us.
Bravery isn’t about succeeding or failing; it’s about not letting fear imprison you from trying.
We could each have a positive influence on our communities by courageously standing strong and defending our beliefs, even during trying times, without fear of those who oppose us.
I admire the
bravery and courage of every woman putting herself in harm’s way as a first
responder, firefighter, police officer, and a member of the military to save
and protect the lives of others. Many women find their inner brave when faced
with a life-threatening situation. I once read of a mother who jumped into her
car at a gas station and shot a man trying to carjack her car with her two
toddlers in the backseat. She took quick decisive brave action to rescue her
children.
Hurdles we
have to overcome in our life can seem daunting and paralyzing.
Yet we read of amazingly brave women in the Bible who found the courage and strength to stand up against insurmountable odds. Esther and Deborah probably come to mind, but what about Moses’ mother, Jochebed, who gave him up for adoption to save his life and Miriam who followed her baby brother downstream and then approached Pharaoh’s daughter to see if she would like a nursemaid for the infant.
Yet we read of amazingly brave women in the Bible who found the courage and strength to stand up against insurmountable odds. Esther and Deborah probably come to mind, but what about Moses’ mother, Jochebed, who gave him up for adoption to save his life and Miriam who followed her baby brother downstream and then approached Pharaoh’s daughter to see if she would like a nursemaid for the infant.
Or the two midwives, Shiphrah or Puah, who went against
Pharaoh’s order to kill all the newborn Hebrew boys? Even when Pharaoh called
them before him to explain why the babies were surviving, they didn’t flinch in
giving him a story that the Hebrew women were stronger than the Egyptian women
and delivered before they arrived. What bravery that must have taken with their
own lives at stake, they risked everything to save lives.
As
contemporary women, we also dig deep within our soul to overcome the enemy’s
paralyzing tactics of fear, doubt, and discouragement.
With the Lord’s help, we’re all capable of taking bold, essential action to protect our physical and spiritual lives as well as the lives of others. I love what Cherie Denna, who is so graciously allowing me to guest on her blog and also has a story in my new book, EverydayBrave: Living Courageously as a Woman of Faith, says about how we can conquer our fears: “The only thing more powerful than fear is hope."
With the Lord’s help, we’re all capable of taking bold, essential action to protect our physical and spiritual lives as well as the lives of others. I love what Cherie Denna, who is so graciously allowing me to guest on her blog and also has a story in my new book, EverydayBrave: Living Courageously as a Woman of Faith, says about how we can conquer our fears: “The only thing more powerful than fear is hope."
As
believers, we know our hope comes from the Lord.
“That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe” (1 Tim. 4:10).
“That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe” (1 Tim. 4:10).
Courage is fear that
calls on God. Spiritual strength makes us brave.
When you prayerfully push beyond what you think you can’t possibly
do, you’re braver than you know.
GET TO KNOW JANET THOMPSON
Her new release is Everyday Brave: Living Courageously As a Woman of Faith available at Amazon, Christianbook.com, Barnes and Noble, and signed at author’s website.
She
is also the author of Mentoring for All Seasons: Sharing Life
Experiences and God’s Faithfulness; Forsaken God? Remembering the Goodness of God Our
Culture Has Forgotten;
The Team That Jesus Built; Dear God, Why Can’t I Have a Baby?; Dear God They Say It’s Cancer; Dear
God, He’s Home!; Praying for Your Prodigal Daughter; Face-to-Face Bible study Series; and Woman to Woman Mentoring: How to Start, Grow,
& Maintain a Mentoring Ministry Resources.
Janet
is the founder of Woman to Woman
Mentoring
and About His Work
Ministries.
Visit Janet and sign up for her weekly blog and free online newsletter at womantowomanmentoring.com.
Join Janet:
twitter.com/AHWministries
BE SURE TO ENTER THE
EVERYDAY BRAVE GIVEAWAY!
In Everyday Brave, Janet explores the extraordinary bravery of fifty ordinary women in the Bible. Twenty-eight women of today also give testimonies of realizing their strength and courage through God’s love. As Janet shares the stories of these women, she reminds us that the real heart and substance of bravery comes from unconditionally placing our hope in the only One who can give us the courage to stay the course.
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