COURAGE
aid in attending meetings: w19.01 28
Bible examples: w17.09 29; w13 1/15 7-11; w12 2/15 10-14; w12 10/15 7-8; w03 1/15 16; w03 3/1 10-11; w93 11/15 12-22
Aaron: mwb20.07 4; w96 1/15 24-25
Abraham: w12 1/1 6-7; w93 11/15 13-14
Aquila and Priscilla: w13 1/15 10-11; w93 11/15 20-21
Aristarchus and Gaius: w08 2/15 10
Asa: mwb22.09 8; w12 8/15 9; w93 11/15 17
Caleb: w11 7/15 10-11; w06 10/1 16-17; w99 9/1 10-11; w93 11/15 14
Daniel: w23.08 3-5; w13 1/15 10; dp 106-107; g92 6/22 16-17; w88 12/1 16-20
David: ijwis article 16; w19.07 5; it-1 516; w08 12/1 16-17; w99 9/1 18
Ebed-melech: w25.02 32; it-1 672; w13 1/15 9-10
Ehud: mwb21.11 6; w97 3/15 29-31
Enoch: w12 2/15 10; w08 2/15 9; w06 10/1 19; w03 1/15 16; w93 11/15 12-13
Esther: mwb16.02 7; ia 140-142; w12 1/1 26-27; w12 2/15 13; w86 3/15 24-25
Hushai: w16.02 30
in Gilead: w93 9/1 8-9
Isaac and Rebekah: w08 2/15 9
Israelite girl captive: w12 2/15 12-13; w08 2/15 9-10; w08 6/1 24-25
Jehoiada: mwb23.05 6; lfb 128-129; w13 1/15 9
Jeremiah: w25.02 32; it-2 30-31; mwb17.04 6-7; w11 3/15 30; jr 21; w04 5/1 8-12; w03 3/1 10-11
Jesus Christ: cf 35-45; scl 67; lmd lesson 12; w19.01 22-24, 28; it-1 516; it-2 68-69; w15 2/15 11-12; w12 2/15 13-14; w09 9/15 13-15; w08 12/1 6; w06 10/1 21; w86 12/1 11-12
Jonah: ia 111; w09 1/1 27
Jonathan (son of Saul): it-2 395; w07 9/15 18-19
Joseph of Arimathea: w23.01 30
Joshua: ijwbv article 10; w13 1/15 8-9; w12 2/15 11; w11 7/15 10-11; w06 10/1 16-17; w86 12/15 10-13, 19-20, 23-24, 26
Micaiah: w05 12/1 20
Moses: mwb20.07 4; it-2 436; w12 2/15 11; w96 1/15 24-25
Naboth: w14 2/1 13
Noah: w12 2/15 10-11; w08 6/1 6
Obadiah (steward): w23.06 16-17; w12 2/15 13; w08 2/15 10; w06 10/1 19-20
Onesiphorus: w97 11/15 29-31
Paul: w12 2/15 14; w06 10/1 22
Paul’s nephew: bt 191; yc 26; w09 6/1 16-17
Peter: bt 29
Phinehas (son of Eleazar): mwb21.03 14
Rahab: w13 1/15 9; w12 2/15 11-12
Ruth: w13 1/15 9
Solomon: w17.09 28-29, 32; w93 11/15 16
Stephen: it-2 1034
three Hebrews: it-2 382-383; w13 1/15 10; g92 6/22 16-17; w88 12/1 16-19
Zadok: w24.07 2-7
brotherly love enhanced by: w16.01 10-11
Christians: w19.01 22-24
comment by first issue of Zion’s Watch Tower: w92 3/15 23
contributing factors: scl 39-40
association with fellow Christians: scl 39
examples of courage: w24.07 4
faith: mwb21.03 6; w06 10/1 16-19
godly fear: w06 10/1 19-20
hope: scl 39; w06 10/1 26-30
love: w23.01 29-30; w06 10/1 21-25
Psalm 27: mwb16.05 7; w12 7/15 22-26
words of others: w12 2/15 12-13
despite opposition or persecution: lff lesson 59
video Showing Courage Despite Persecution: lff lesson 59
despite suffering: w15 2/15 12
despite trials: w12 10/15 7-11; w06 10/1 24-25; w04 5/1 8-12
discussion: it-1 516; w17.09 28-32; w13 1/15 7-11; w12 2/15 10-14; w06 10/1 16-30; w03 3/1 8-13
encouragement to be courageous: w24.07 4-6; scl 30
examples:
approach home of feared opposer: w96 1/1 23
birds protecting nests: w94 9/15 25
bomb removed from Kingdom Hall at risk of life: w99 11/15 29-30
children: w95 1/1 26
explaining stand to teacher: w95 1/1 26
field ministry in early years: w12 2/15 8-9
in creation: mwb20.07 5
obtains entry to royal kraal: yb03 59
pioneer under interrogation and threats: yb16 112-113
providing needs under ban: w00 11/1 26-27
schoolgirl faces up to bullies: w98 1/1 23
video I Prayed to Jehovah for Courage: lff lesson 22
Witness confronts opposed priest: yb96 219-220
Witness risks insurrection fighting to rescue fellow Witnesses: w89 10/15 26-27
Witness schoolgirls approach principal: yb12 85-86
Witness schoolgirl shows jw.org to teacher and classmates: yb16 73-74
youths face soldiers to save printing operation: w99 2/1 12
experiences:
church treasurer resigns: w94 9/15 26
despite threat of death: yb90 167
girl’s praying aloud moves soldiers to spare family: yb12 198-199; w95 1/1 26
impressed that Witness returns after beating: yb07 47
in school: w23.08 4-5; w09 9/15 15
refusal to compromise neutrality wins out: w89 10/15 27
sister witnesses to known drug trafficker: yb90 128-129
Witnesses pray for courage to speak: w10 2/15 6-7
witnessing to neighbors: w95 1/1 26
how to acquire: w23.08 4; it-1 516; w05 4/15 12-13; w03 3/1 10-11; w94 9/15 26
to be different from the world: g92 6/22 15-17
how to cultivate: w19.07 5-6; mwb17.08 4
how to maintain: w93 11/15 21-22
in making disciples: lmd lesson 12
in the congregation: w17.09 31-32
elders: w23.06 6
in the family: w17.09 29-31
parents: w17.09 30-31
lion: w96 7/15 32
meaning of term: mwb21.07 16; w15 2/15 11; w13 1/15 7; w12 1/1 7; w12 2/15 10; w93 11/15 12
need for: it-1 516; w03 3/1 8-9; ip-2 100-101
in being loyal: w16.02 30
not too difficult: mwb21.07 16
prayer for: bt 32, 34-35; w09 11/15 11
preaching work: w24.04 16-17; bt 32; w20.09 5-6; w15 2/15 12; w14 11/15 4-6; w08 1/15 6; w96 1/15 24-25; w93 11/15 19
privileges of service: w07 9/15 19
song “Give Me Courage”: w19.07 3
Source: w94 9/15 25-26
young ones: mwb21.07 16