{"id":2223,"date":"2026-02-26T09:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:04:24","slug":"living-a-life-of-courage-philippians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2223","title":{"rendered":"Living a Life of Courage  ::  PHILIPPIANS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 2\/22\/26 by Pastor Steve Shields.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is courage?<\/strong>  Courage is not fearlessness.  Courage is doing the right thing in the face of fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SermonOnlySlide-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SermonOnlySlide-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SermonOnlySlide-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SermonOnlySlide-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SermonOnlySlide-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SermonOnlySlide-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>How to source courage.  <strong>You know God by knowing His Word.<\/strong>  Joshua 1:8a tells us Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night. <strong> You apply God&#8217;s Word to your heart.  You believe God&#8217;s Word that He is with you.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Being courageous acknowledges the reality of your fear even the danger.<\/strong>  Being courageous means to <strong>step forward into what you know God wants. <\/strong> Being courageous means to <strong>believe that you cannot lose when you trust God that you cannot lose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7591\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2223-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260222LivingALifeOfCouragePHILIPPIANS.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260222LivingALifeOfCouragePHILIPPIANS.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260222LivingALifeOfCouragePHILIPPIANS.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260222LivingALifeOfCouragePHILIPPIANS.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=2223-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260222LivingALifeOfCouragePHILIPPIANS.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20260222LivingALifeOfCouragePHILIPPIANS.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 2\/22\/26 by Pastor Steve Shields. What is courage? Courage is not fearlessness. Courage is doing the right thing in the face of fear. How to source courage. You know God by knowing His Word. 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