Confidence

 Self-Confidence Has Limited Potential.  God- Confidence Has Unlimited Possibility. When we are confident in our identity in Christ, then our true selves~ our God-given personalities, gifts, and passions~ can shine bright. Faith is simply confidence in the trustworthiness of God. Confidence Brings Joy When We Let God Be God. Lord give to me a quiet heart that does not ask to understand but confident steps forward in darkness guided by Thy Word. Hebrews 13 verse 6, Romans 15 verse 13, Psalm 20 verse 7, Hebrews 10 verse 35-36, 1 John 3 verse 22, Romans 8 verse 28, 1 John 5 verse 14, Hebrews 4 verse 16, Galatians 5 verse 16, Hebrews 3 verse 14, Psalm 10 verse 6, 1 John 4 verse 17, Proverbs 3 verse 26. In these scriptures we see how God has given us confidence to be strong in Him. We see how God has helped see that just like in Hebrews 11 verse 1 that Now Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. We could go on to read more scriptures about the confidence we receive from God and how we receive the Confidence in ourselves that has been given to us by God. We could find a million quotes that talk about Confidence and Self Confidence, or even songs. There is a song that I do want to share with all of you tonight and the song is The Words I Would Say by Sidewalk Prophets. Three in the morning and I'm still awake, So I picked up a pen and a page And I started writing just what I'd say, If we were face to face, I'd tell you just what you mean to me, Tell you these simple truths, Be strong in the Lord and Never give up hope, You're gonna do great things, I already know, God's got his hand on you so, Don't live life in fear, Forgive and forget, But don't forget why you're here, Take your time and pray These are the words I would say, Last time we spoke you said you were hurting And I felt your pain in my heart, I want to tell you that I keep on praying, Love will find you where you are, I know, 'cause I've already been there, So please hear these simple truths, Be strong in the Lord and Never give up hope, You're gonna do great things, I already know, God's got his hand on you so, Don't live life in fear, Forgive and forget, But don't forget why you're here, Take your time and pray, These are the words I would say, From one simple life to another, I will say, Come, find peace in the Father, Be strong in the Lord and Never give up hope, You're gonna do great things, I already know, God's got his hand on you so Don't live life in fear, Forgive and forget, But don't forget why you're here Take your time and pray, Thank God for each day, His love will find a way, These are the words I would say. I wanted to share this song because I felt when we can be strong and not live in fear, the things we have learned about Heart in the last few weeks can show us we can gain confidence and the self confidence we need to trust and hope in God to keep on being the new creation God has made us to be because without Confidence we would live in Fear. If we lived in Fear we may as well say we have given up in our Faith. See God doesn't want us to give up. Not even close, He wants us to let go and trust Him so that we can Stand In Confidence to see the work that He is going to be doing in us and know that our journey of standing in Faith and in Confidence is just one of the many things God is leading us to, to help us understand that we may not always have to be strong, but we can have the assurance of Confidence through Him that He is fighting for us every step and that He is fighting every battle, even when we feel like we can't fight it ourselves, He still is.