1. COURAGE HAPPY NEW YEAR 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14

2. COURAGE 3. COURAGE I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 4. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 18 - For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. Romans 7:15 & 18 COURAGE 5. Paul was an accomplisher who strived daily to reach the light, walking in the darkness of the world to meet the Master who made Himself heard at the crossroads of his life. Emmanuel COURAGE 6. Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 COURAGE 7. Spiritism Brings a tool on enCOURAGEment: the knowledge of things that enables humans to know where we have come from, where we are going and why we are on the earth, we are called upon to try and see things from a higher point of view; the perspective of happiness and future reward that awaits us should give us the patience, resignation and courage needed to follow our pathway to the end. COURAGE 8. More courage is needed to overcome oneself than to overcome other people. () vice such as selfishness is the monster that devours all minds. COURAGE 9. Duty is an individuals moral obligation, first toward him or herself and toward others immediately thereafter. Duty is the practical summary of all moral speculation; it is the courage of the soul who confronts the distress of lifes struggles; it is both strict and yielding; ready to adapt itself to diverse complications; it remains unbending before temptation. Humans should love duty, not because it preserves them against lifes troubles humankind cannot avoid those but because it provides the soul with the strength it needs for its development. COURAGE 10. MORAL COURAGE MORAL DUTY She was born in 1997 in Pakistan 2009: Wrote anonymous BBC blog about life under the Taliban 2009-10: Had her identity revealed in TV interviews and a documentary 2011: Won the International Childrens Peace Prize nominee 2012: was shot in assassination attempt by Taliban 2013: Became a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and was named one of Time magazines most influential people 11. MORAL COURAGE MORAL DUTY "They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed," she said. "And then, out of that silence, came thousands of voices." 12. "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Matthew 10:16 COURAGE 13. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew) COURAGE 14. But let your statement be: Yes yes or no no. Matthew 5:37 COURAGE 15. Therefore, be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Mt. 5:44, 46-48) COURAGE 16. COURAGE 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14