Ang katapangan ay hindi nangangahulugang walang kinatatakutan, kundi ang pag-gawa ng bagay na kinatatakutan mo. Tuwing lumalapit tayo kay God, nagproprogress din tayo sa panibagong area at chapter ng buhay. Kailangan natin ng tapang para makarating sa susunod na level ng buhay. At tuwing meron tayong sinusubukang bago, basta’t dala mo ang katapangang galing kay God, nakakalakad tayo sa mabuting daanan na inihanda para satin ni God. Maging excited tayo sa pag-pursue ng plano ni God hanggang marating natin ang ating destiny.
Sinabihan Tayo ni God na Maging Courageous
(9) Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Ano ang sabi satin ni God?
Ano ang pangako niya?
Bakit kailangan natin maging matapang?
Ang Example ng Courage: David
(45) David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
(46) This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
(47) All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord ’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”
(48) As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
(49) Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
(50) So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
Paano ipinakita ni David ang kanyang katapangan?
Ano ang outcome?
(34) But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,
(35) I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.
(36) Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
(37) The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.”
Paano lumago si David sa katapangan?
Paano Tayo Lalago sa ating Courage?
(4) You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Sino ang nagbibigay satin ng katapangan?
(5) No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Ano ang pangako sa atin ni God?
(45) David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
(46) This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
(47) All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord ’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”
Ano ang attitude ni David sa sitwasyong ito?
Anong attitude ang kailangan natin magkaroon?
Itanong sa Kaibigan
Sa tingin mo ba ay matapang ka? Naka-experience ka na ba ng success dahil naging matapang ka?
Application
Paano ka magiging matapang?
Prayer Model
Lord, thank you dahil kasama kita. Tulungan mo akong iovercome ang mga kinatatakutan ko. Tulungan mo akong maging matapang kapag nahaharap ako sa mga challenges.
Key Verse
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
