Courage Illustrations
3 illustrations evoking courage
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The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo - Liberation (Philippians 4:13)
During Argentina's Dirty War, mothers whose children were "disappeared" began marching weekly in Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo, demanding answers. They faced threats, ridicule, danger. They were ordinar...
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sermon illustrationReformed
Fannie Lou Hamer's Tired Strength - Progressive (Philippians 4:13)
Fannie Lou Hamer was beaten, shot at, and impoverished for registering Black voters in Mississippi. When asked why she kept going, she said, "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired"—and kept worki...
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Harriet Tubman's Thirteen Missions - Black Church (Philippians 4:13)
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery, then returned to the South THIRTEEN TIMES to rescue others—at least 70 people. Slavecatchers offered a $40,000 reward for her capture. She was small, had seizures from an old head injury, and was a Black woman in a violently racist society. How did she do it?...
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