April 27 2014 Restoring Inner Confidence
/Restoring Inner Confidence
Lamentations 5:21 – Restore us O Lord and bring us back to you.
Four Causes Of Losing Inner Confidence
1. Over-Confidence.
1 Corinthians 10:12 – Let him who standeth take heed lest he fall.
Proverbs 16:18 – Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
2. Laziness.
Mark 14:37 – Could you not keep watch for one hour.
Matthew 26:41 – Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.
3. Fear of disapproval.
Mark 15:54 - Peter followed Him at a distance.
Proverbs 29:25 – Fearing people is a dangerous trap.
Mark 8:28 – (Jesus) If anyone is ashamed of Me and My Words, I will be ashamed of him before the Holy angels and My Father in heaven.
4. Convenience.
Verse 54 – There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.
Steps To God’s Restoration
Jeremiah 15:19 – If you will return to me, I will restore you so you can continue to serve Me.
Isaiah 1:18 – No matter how deep the stains of your sins, I can take it out and make you as clean as freshly fallen snow.
1. Confession of my movement away.
1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2. Cooperation with God’s presence.
John 15:5 – I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing.
Psalm 37:34 – Wait for the Lord and keep His way. He will exalt you to possess the land.
3. Consecrate your whole life to God.
Romans 12: 1-2 – I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy, acceptable to God which is your reasonable service.
4. Continue to serve God.
John 21:15 – Feed my sheep.
2 Corinthians 5:18 – God reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
Jeremiah 15:19 – If you return to Me, I will restore you.
