 Confidence is the attitude which comes from Believing in your Heart .
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 Confidence results in action and action produces results.
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 God expects us to have Confidence .
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 What is the basis for Confidence ?
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<li> Intelligence 
<li> Good looks 
<li> Physical strength 
<li> Talent 
<li> Wealth 
<li> Connections 
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Actually, those are the things which generate self - Confidence .
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What if You have very little or none of those things that lead to self - Confidence ?
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Answer: You`re probably a Loser .
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And even if You have self - Confidence You may still Lose .
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The Reality is that self - Confidence is deceptive . It is also fleeting.
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Again, God expects us to have Confidence .
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What kind of Confidence ?
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<center><b> Confidence in Christ Jesus !</b></center>
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Let`s look at some very pertinent Scriptures regarding Confidence .
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 Psalm 118:8 <br><i>
It is better to Trust in the Lord than to put Confidence in man.</i>
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 Proverbs 3:26 <br><i> 
For the Lord shall be thy Confidence , and shall keep thy foot from being taken.</i>
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 Philippians 1:6 <br><i> 
being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a Good Work in You Will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ :</i>

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The Secular world Understands the importance of Confidence . The Education System spends much Time trying to develop a child`s self - Confidence .
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Many Times they try to Help their self-esteem by rewarding the Child for effort rather than results.
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Any Confidence that we have which is Not based in Reality Will eventually get us in trouble.
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We See Examples of this on TV where people try things out of self - Confidence and end up injuring themselves.
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If a Child has a Delusional , self - Confidence they Will eventually crash and burn. Reality Will catch up and they Will suffer Defeat .
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Once again, God expects us to have Confidence .
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So, where does the Good kind of Confidence come from?
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 John 15:5 <br><i> 
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me , and I in him, the same bringeth forth much Fruit : for without me ye can do nothing.</i>
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The last part of that is a humbling statement - ~<i>for without me ye can do nothing</i>~. It undermines our self - Confidence .
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 Philippians 4:13 <br><i> 
I can do All things through Christ which strengtheneth me.</i>
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That is an exalting statement. It explodes our Confidence in Christ in us.
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Yes, the Weak are inadequate. But so are the Strong .
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It is Christ , the equalizer, who empowers to succeed, to make a difference.
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 Hebrews 10:35 <br><i>
Cast Not away therefore your Confidence , which hath Great recompence of reward.</i>
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The reward comes from your actions which proceed from your Confidence in Christ .
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 How do we operate ~through Christ ~ ?
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 Christ is the incarnate Word of God . We cannot operate through Christ without a Knowledge of the Word of God .
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But Christ means ~annointed one~. So, we also Need to be annointed. The annointer is the HolySpirit .
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Operating ~through Christ ~ can Only happen when we operate in accordance with the Word under the unction of the HolySpirit .
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Spend Time in the Word and Pray in the HolySpirit . Your Confidence in Christ Will soar and You Will be endued with Power to Live in Victory .
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Then we can go into battle against All of the attacks of the Enemy , Believing and Speaking the Word of God with Confidence that Victory is ours .
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