Proverbs 28:1 (NIV) The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
1 Corinthians 16:13 (NIV) Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.
2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV) For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
Mark 15:43 (NIV) Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.
John 11:16 (NIV) Then Thomas (called Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."
And having thus chosen our course, let us renew our trust in God and go forward without fear and with manly hearts. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) (Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World)
