Quotes about Confidence

Belief and knowledge aren't the same thing. Belief is much more powerful.

Nothing is so certain as that which is certain after doubts. Nil tam certum quam quod ex dubio certum. Shaking settles and roots.

If our faith were but as firm as our state in Christ is secure and glorious, what manner of men should we be ?

Philippians 1:6: "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

You don't bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you. Anytime you reject any part of yourself, you are rejecting God's wisdom and sovereignty in creating you.

God smiles when I trust him.

Whenever you feel unimportant, unloved, or insecure, remember to whom you belong.

Stop trying, & start trusting.

If you live for the approval of others, you will die by their rejection.

I have been told that I need to believe in Jesus. Which is a good thing. But what I am learning is that Jesus believes in me.

Yes. Abraham is being invited to trust God, to believe that God is good and has his best interests in mind and will be faithful to him even if Abraham makes a mess of things.

Taking heaven seriously, then, means taking suffering seriously, now. Not because we've bought into the myth that we can create a utopia given enough time, technology, and good voting choices, but because we have great confidence that God has not abandoned human history and is actively at work within it, taking it somewhere