{"id":165,"date":"2017-01-10T03:14:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T03:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/?p=165"},"modified":"2018-02-06T03:31:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T03:31:12","slug":"165","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/10\/165\/","title":{"rendered":"Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-1-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-1-1-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-1-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-1-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-1-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The definition of courage is\u00a0the ability to do something that frightens one or having\u00a0strength when facing pain or grief.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>I&#8217;ve been thinking about how important it is to have courage as one of our attributes. Specially after reading the message from last week about aligning our goals with God&#8217;s will and not ours. We need courage to do exactly what God has put in our hearts to do. Enough courage to fully believe, trust and know that God will help us to accomplish those things which are important to Him. We need that courage to be strong in knowing that there&#8217;s only wisdom in following Gods plan for our lives and we need determination to push through when we feel like giving up. Because we know that those are the moments when our courage will truly be tested.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Being courageous requires that we let go of the thoughts or fears about what others may think or say about us. We know that we are not here to please the rest of the world or to &#8220;fit in&#8221; with society, although it tries to blind us and distract us constantly&#8230;But those are the times when we need courage! When society or someone is pulling at us to go in a direction that we know is not going to benefit us at all. Being courageous means that\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">KEEP TRYING! Specially when we are faced with something difficult or when we feel lazy, tired or discouraged.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #500050;\">We basically need courage daily! Courage to say no to something that is bad for us, courage to let go of bad habits, courage \u00a0to control our thoughts, appetites, anger and frustrations. Courage to eat healthy, courage to exercise and to do all of those things that are good for our minds and bodies.\u00a0<\/span>Finally<span style=\"color: #500050;\">, we need courage to let go of fears and to trust more deeply in God and in His power to help us.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Joshua 1:9 says<\/span>;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the<b>\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"m_1098082556579121865gmail-m_-5326088289988865640gmail-m_4178440946228449435gmail-m_-5645005409735497385smallCaps\"><b>Lord<\/b><\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b>thy God\u00a0<span class=\"m_1098082556579121865gmail-m_-5326088289988865640gmail-m_4178440946228449435gmail-m_-5645005409735497385clarityWord\">is<\/span>\u00a0with thee whithersoever thou goest<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>His promise is real! \ud83d\ude42 The Lord God is with us wherever we may be, We gain our courage from Him!\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/2728\" alt=\"\u2728\" data-goomoji=\"2728\" \/>\u00a0He gives us the energy to push through anything that may come our way. He is our courage to make the right choices each day.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/2600\" alt=\"\u2600\" data-goomoji=\"2600\" \/>\ufe0f\u00a0We know\u00a0that the amount of time that we have on this earth is short. So focusing our goals and efforts on those things that are pleasing to God and that will bring our souls the most \u00a0peace and joy should be our priority. Doing this will automatically bring us GREATER COURAGE because we know that we have God on our side to help us accomplish anything that we&#8217;re meant to do for Him on this earth. So let&#8217;s let go of fear trust Him a lot more and let His power fill us with courage !\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/1f609\" alt=\"?\" data-goomoji=\"1f609\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/1f44d\" alt=\"?\" data-goomoji=\"1f44d\" \/>?<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/1f496\" alt=\"?\" data-goomoji=\"1f496\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>Our spiritual goal for the week is:<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0T<\/span>o wake up each morning and pray for the COURAGE to do the things that God needs us to do each day. (From taking care of our health to letting go of bad habits etc&#8230;We need courage daily! \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Our physical goal for the week is:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #500050;\">\u00a0To drink enough water! Our bodies are all different and each person needs a different amount. What is recommended is to do half of your body weight in ounces. When we don&#8217;t drink enough water our bodies retain it :(&#8230;So let&#8217;s drink enough and see how much our energy will improve, our bodies will feel better and even our skin will benefit. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hope to see you tonight in class for a wonderful workout, toning and meditation session!!!\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/1f917\" alt=\"?\" data-goomoji=\"1f917\" \/>\u00a0The combination of everything is soooo good for our health! \ud83d\ude42 Take the time to do something great for yourself! You&#8217;ll love the feeling! \ud83d\ude42 And don&#8217;t forget that if you bring a friend who has never been to class your class is free!!! how awesome is that? \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Have a blessed and wonderful day and rest of the week! Do your best one day at a time!\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/1f60a\" alt=\"?\" data-goomoji=\"1f60a\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/1f496\" alt=\"?\" data-goomoji=\"1f496\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Love,<\/div>\n<div>Lili\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/1f338\" alt=\"?\" data-goomoji=\"1f338\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The definition of courage is\u00a0the ability to do something that frightens one or having\u00a0strength when facing pain or grief. I&#8217;ve been thinking about how important it is to have courage as one of our attributes. Specially after reading the message from last week about aligning our goals with God&#8217;s will and not ours. We need &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/10\/165\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Courage&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lilifitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}