1 John 5:12-15
14 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
Most of us have struggled with a lack of confidence at some point. Whether it is walking into a room of strangers or our skill levels lack of confidence strikes all of us. In this passage John talks about two very specific types of confidence.
1. Confidence in our salvation
Confidence in relationship with God
Confidence in our relationships with others
Confidence in forgiveness
Confidence in strength/wisdom
Confidence in eternity
2. Confidence in prayer
He wants us to come to Him
Ask according to His will
He hears us
He gives us what we ask
We can stand confident in Christ. It is part of our DNA as Christians. It is time to live in the strength and power of that godly confidence. Let it transform us and because of that it will transform our prayer life.
Just Connie
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