Tag: confidence
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Where Fear Loses Its Voice – 1 John 4:18
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. John gives us one of the most liberating statements in all of Scripture. There is no fear in love. Not little fear. Not reduced fear. No fear. Why? Because perfect…
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Boldness Born of Love – 1 John 4:16-17
1 John 4:16, 17 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we…
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A Free Heart Before God – 1 John 3:21-22
1 John 3:21-22 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. John now shows what happens when the heart is at rest before God. When the heart is…
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When the Heart Accuses – 1 John 3:19-20
1 John 3:19-20 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. John now speaks to something every believer eventually experiences. There are moments when the heart begins to accuse. A quiet…
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Don’t Throw Away Your Nerve – Hebrews 10:35–37
Hebrews 10:35–37 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. There is a worn-out kind…