“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.”
– C. S. Lewis
Sermon Title: Gospel Courage
Sermon Text: Acts 21:37-22:22, 23:11
Second Scripture Reading: Luke 12:8-12
A Prayer for Today: O Lord, from whom all good things do come: Grant to us your humble servants, that by your holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by your merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. (The Fifth Sunday after Easter – BCP 1662)
Reflect:
“We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.”
– Madeleine L’Engle
“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?”
– Psalm 56:3-4
Music: Before the Throne of God Above