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:

1. we are convinced in our faith
2. we have the support of community
3. we are driven by compassion
4. we have consistent patterns for spiritual formation
5. we feel competent and know God is with us
6. 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.