Confidence

Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Confidence...it's something that each and every one of us needs to develop in our lives. Someone once said that it was the feeling you have before you understand the situation. How true is that?Another definition describes it as self-assurance that comes from having faith in our own abilities. Confidence is not arrogance. Arrogance is confidence without reason and wisdom. Arrogance causes you to be separated from others. Confidence draws you into the pack. Confidence in God helps you be all that you were meant to be in the midst of others.

You were created to do good things for God with your life. You were born with natural and supernatural ability. You are in the place you are in today because of your character, your personality and your God-given skill-set. Now, it's time to use them all for the glory of God and watch the world open up before you. Today you can approach God with confidence because you know that He loves you and wants the very best for you. Hebrews 10:35 warns us to not "throw away our confidence" for in the end it will be richly rewarded. You can pray with boldness. You can do the job set before you with favor and God's power when you allow confidence to rise up inside. Are you ready to see some great things happen? Do you need some mercy or grace in your time of need? You can be confident that when God is with you, all will be ok!

1 John 5:14This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him