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In the movie The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy wanted to go back home to Kansas, and the Tin Man

he wanted a heart, a scarecrow wanted a brain.

But what did the cowardly lion want?

Courage

That's right, courage.

The Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church in Ephesus about that very topic, courage,

to help believers fortify and establish the path that God had chosen for them.

The theme of this meditation from Ephesians 6 is courage to choose to be courageous and

trust in the direction that God has laid out for you.

So to begin your meditation, just slip into a time and a place where you can be still

and quiet, a place to be courageous.

You may start by listening and joining into this responsive reading and prayer from Psalm

chapter 27, which responds softly, Lord God, help me have courage.

I'm not complaining about having too little, I've learned to be satisfied with whatever

I have, but Lord God, help me have courage.

I know what it is to be poor or to have plenty, and I've lived under all kinds of conditions,

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