{"id":3030,"date":"2016-05-18T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:57:59","slug":"prayer-for-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/prayer-for-courage","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>King of Creation and Mighty Lord of my Life,<br \/>\nYou are my rock and my fortress. I will put my confidence in you.<br \/>\nI come to you today positioning myself to hear you and obey you.<br \/>\nThank you, Lord, for bringing me new boldness and courage.<br \/>\nYou have provided miraculous steps for me this day. I will take one remarkable step of faith after another<br \/>\nMy mind will be calm with no confusion able to enter it.<br \/>\nWorry and fear will flee from me.<br \/>\nThank you that you are giving me great power to do great things this day.<br \/>\nThe only thing I cannot do is live without you.<br \/>\nAmen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King of Creation and Mighty Lord of my Life, You are my rock and my fortress. I will put my confidence in you. I come to you today positioning myself to hear you and obey you. Thank you, Lord, for bringing me new boldness and courage. You have provided miraculous steps for me this day. 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