The Courage to Face Opposition

2. THE COURAGE TO STAND
• Courage is difficult specially when following
the divine discipline and God’s plan in our life.
• God’s plans and ways may not easily be
understood by our logical ways and
perspective.
• But God’s plans are definitely greater and
better than our thoughts can conceived.

3. SAMPLE OF COURAGE
• The whole issue of Noah is courage and
faithfulness in following God. God saw the
wickedness of the earth. The earth is corrupt
on the flesh, immoral, wicked, perverted.
Then saw the goodness and obedience in
Noah’s heart.
• Noah found favor with the Lord.

4. FROM THE WORD
• Genesis 6:5-7 When the Lord saw how great
was man’s wickedness on earth, and how no
desire that his heart conceived was ever
anything but evil, he regretted that he had
made man on the earth, and his heart was
grieved; So the Lord said; “I will wipe out from
the earth the men whom I have created, and
not only the men, but also the beasts and the
creeping things and the birds of the air, for I
am sorry that I made them.

5. IMPLEMENTING WITH FULL TRUST
• Genesis 6: 14 – 15 Make yourself an ark of
gopherwood put various compartments in it,
and cover it inside and out with pitch. This is
how you shall build it; the length of the ark
shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty
cubits, and its height thirty cubits. Make an
opening for daylight in the ark,. Put an
entrance in the side of the ark, which you shall
make with bottom, second and third decks.

6. GOD’S ASSURANCE
• Genesis 6: 17- 18 I, on my part, am about to
bring the flood on the earth, to destroy
everywhere all creatures in which there is
breath of life; every thing on earth shall
perish. But with you I will establish my
covenant; you and your sons, your wife and
your sons’ wives, shall go into the ark. Of all
other living creatures you shall bring into the
ark, one male and one female, that you may
keep them alive with you.

7. 6 BASIS OF NOAHS’ COURAGE
• Awareness of Gods’ presence with him.
• Clarity of Gods’ instructions to him.
• Experience of God’s strength in him.
• Warning of Gods’ judgment coming.
• Favor of God.
• Intimate relationship with God.
• Promise of his future.

8. PRAYER
• LORD HAVE MERCY ON ALL
YOUR CREATION. MAKE AS
INSTRUMENT FOR THE
FULFILLMENT OF YOUR
PURPOSE FOR MANKIND.