"Here's a point worth nothing: The courage and the fortitude of the martyrs is not given to anyone until it's needed. So don't read your children bedtime stories from Fox's Book of Martyrs! (And don't dwell on it yourself, either.) Thinking about the possibilities could panic even the most godly person in the world, because the courage to meet the situation hasn't been supplied yet. Which is another way of saying, 'Martyrdom is no big deal when it comes."
"Even the disciples were not endowed with the courage and the fortitude of martyrs until such grace was needed. (In fact, during an earlier crisis, they took to their heels!) But when it was needed, the a Savior's promise was fulfilled.
"The simple reality is that we won't be able to meet any of the coming trials without God's power. If you're a stubborn Dutchman, you might be able to endure some things on backbone alone but not the final time of trouble. But take courage. We're not expected to have courage and fortitude of the martyrs of old until we're brought into the position they were in. In the meantime, we're to receive daily supplies of the grace to meet each daily emergency. Thus we grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, and if persecution comes and we're enclosed in prison walls for faith in Jesus and for keeping His commandments, then, 'as thy days, so shall thy strength be' (Deuteronomy 33:25, KJV)." --Morris Venden, Nothing to Fear: Devotions for the End of Time, 1999, p. 55.
"But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say it. At that time you will be given what to say." Matthew 10:19.