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Because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed.

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His compassions never fail. They are new every morning.

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Great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3, 22-23

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Courage is not gathered in a single moment.

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It's not a single brave decision that just changes everything and then you're done with it forever.

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It's a daily practice and it's a posture that we return to again and again.

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And that's actually really good news because if courage were a one-time event,

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we would probably try to hoard it away.

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But God doesn't work that way.

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His compassions are new every morning, never recycled, not left over from last week, fresh.

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Today's courage comes from today's portion of His faithfulness,

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which is immeasurable.

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That means you don't need to stockpile courage for tomorrow.

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You don't need to hoard it away for your next hard circumstance.

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You never have to worry if you'll have enough for next month.

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You just need enough for today and He's already provided it.

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The same God who was faithful to you this morning will be faithful again tomorrow morning.

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And I think this is what cultivating courage really looks like.

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It's not one dramatic leap.

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It's a thousand small decisions to trust Him today, to speak truth to your soul today,

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to rest in His presence today.

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And then when you wake up tomorrow, you do it again.

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And never from your own striving but because He is faithful every single day.