Organic Disciplemaking
Confidence in Disciplemaking
by Jessica Lowery
Spiritual Confidence
“Confidence and boldness are the outcome of faith and trust.
Faith takes into the soul what God in His mercy reveals, and believes
God against all comers. Trust hands over to God what God has given us
and says, ‘Keep it Lord, and use it, for I cannot.’ Then
comes holy confidence and assurance of soul which prevents us from ever
being disturbed under any circumstances whatever, and out of that confidence
there comes a boldness which enables us to act for the glory of God.
Faith, when it has conceived, brings forth trust; trust when finished,
brings forth confidence and boldness.” H.W. Webb-Peploe “Life
of Privilege”
3 Attitudes to avoid
- Fear – Insecurity with ministry
“The God most of us worship is too small. The God of most Christians
seems anemic, weak, and limited. He does not have the capacity to make
a difference, or turn things around. The God most of us serve resembles
more the flickering of a candle than the burning of the noonday sun.
One reason for this is that we do not understand God’s sovereignty.
We have allowed God to be everywhere but on His throne, and we have paid
dearly in our own spiritual failure and weakness and limited power because
the God we talk about has little to do with the sovereign God of the
universe… Only when you understand that this is the kind of God
with whom we have to do will you take seriously the issue of His authority. ” Tony
Evans. P. 89
- Guilt – Insecurity with God
“You see, one must always get back to the practical and definite.
What the devil loves is that vague cloud of unspecified guilt feeling
or unspecified virtue by which he lures us into despair or presumption.” -C.S.
Lewis
- Apathy/Pride – Insecurity with self
We don’t even bother to be spiritual in the first place
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