What is a Warrior?

A warrior has strength, honor, pride, devotion, and wisdom. An unyielding spirit and and uncrushable will.

In martial arts during sparring it was taught that if you were afraid of getting hit that it would hinder your interaction with your opponent.
To dwell on fear, was the greatest hindrance to ones life, and through Martial Arts, we were able to recognize it, and deal with it. Fear comes in many faces, fear of failure, fear of ridicule, and last but not least the fear of the unknown and death. Over coming all of this is to be considered a true warrior.

God made us to be warriors: Fight the Good Fight of Faith.
We must develop a backbone of steel, you have to have a warrior mentality.

When you make up your mind, I will say this again, when YOU make up your MIND,

When YOU make the DECISION that you are not going to let your circumstances dictate your outcome,

YOU have developed the WARRIOR mentality that God wants us to have.

Romans 8:37-39

in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God did not make us to be give up, be discouraged, you have Victory in your DNA, you have perseverance, you have a never say die attitude. YOU were created with that in your backbone.

When it is all said and done you will be able to say: I faced challenges, I faced obstacles, I took arrows that were thrown at me, But in the end, through my faith I am still standing, I have a smile on my face, I have a song in my heart, I am a victor not a victim.

In Joel Osteen's Book "It's Your Time" I read a research article he wrote about rats and light:

The researchers wanted to see how the rats' attitudes affected their will to live. They put one rat in a large tub of water with high sides so it could not get out. Then they put the tub in a dark room. They timed how long the rat would keep swimming before it gave up. The rat lasted a little over three minutes. Then the researchers put another rat in the same tub, but this time they allowed a bright ray of light to shine into the room. That rat swam more than thirty-six hours, seven hundred times longer than the rat with no light.

Why was that? The rat with no light had no hope. When he looked ahead he saw only darkness. There wasn't any reason to keep swimming. That's what happens when we don't expect God's favor. We lose faith that we can overcome our obstacles. We don't believe that God is in control, so we lose our passion, we lose our enthusiasm.

That's why it's so important—especially in times of difficulty—to keep reminding yourself: "The Creator of the universe is directing my steps. He has me in the palm of His hands. And even though this is difficult, I know it's just a matter of time before it turns around. I know my payday is coming."

Fear comes in many faces, fear of failure, fear of ridicule, and last but not least the fear of the unknown and death.

Over coming all of this is to be considered a true warrior. Be a WARRIOR!