Day 1 The Right Kind of Confidence

Day 1 | The Right Kind of Confidence
Reflection
Most of us would love to grow in faith-confidence. We know it’s important – a lack of confidence can hold us back from living full and fruitful lives as Christians.

But it often seems easier to have confidence on Sunday if we're gathered with other Christians. Confidence is harder to muster on Monday, in the everyday places where we meet those who don’t follow Jesus – our ‘frontlines’. It’s easier to sing a little louder than to live a little bolder.

In this devotional series, we’ll explore six ways we can grow our confidence, looking at each for six days. Starting tomorrow, we'll consider how our confidence grows when:

we are convinced in our faith
we have the support of community
we are driven by compassion
we have consistent patterns for spiritual formation
we feel competent and know God is with us
we find resolute courage, despite our nervousness
The confidence we’re pointing to in this series is never just self-confidence. Mark Greene, LICC’s Mission Champion often says, ‘Confidence is drawn from many a well, but they all have their source in Christ.’

Today’s passage, Jeremiah 17:7, links confidence with trust. As we increasingly learn to trust God, our confidence in Him grows. If we have confidence in Him, we have the confidence we need.

Responding in prayer
Lord God, help me to place my trust increasingly in You.

At the start of this journey, please grow confident faith in me, and not just in me, but in all those participating.