Lets examine courage.., risk.., threat.., and confidence. My walk which concludes with us today… our walk. Abiding in His Word started it all. Normal risk… cost, security, friendships, uncertainty, the “what if’s” Threats… from the community and most of all from other “so-called” Christians. “You can’t do that!” “what if that doesn’t work?” “He is just living his second childhood” “They aren’t going to sit by my daughters.” “It’s either they go or I go.” “They and “them” comments. Confidence… Persecution unites. Divisiveness destroys. “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a wood work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Courage... “Be strong and of good courage… you will divide the land.”