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Proverbs 3:26 (New King James Version)

"For the LORD will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught."

The devil will try to steal your confidence. He will take a mean word here and there, a subtle or not so subtle jab by a friend, co-worker or parent, the mirror, the bank account, your business, your kids, your home, your car... let me promise you that anything and everything he can use to bring you and your wonderful mind and spirit and body down to feeling 1-inch tall, believe me, he will. He delights in you feeling weak, pathetic, failure-ish, ugly and stupid. Every perfect and fabulous (you) child of God has lived this. You're not the only one. When we start looking at some of the realities of life - where we're at, or how quickly anything we think we've accomplished can be crushed to the ground and stomped on by mean people and stupid demons, the reality that it's hard to stay confident in this world in which we live sinks in. Through some days, months, and seasons it's hard to be the person you know you can be, or the person you read that you are in the Bible.

There is nothing in the Bible that says you aren't good enough and absolutely nothing that says you can't be and do anything that is in your heart to do. Don't let the devil use ANYONE to take away your God given confidence. And, don't be fooled into thinking you created your own confidence. If you're a child of God, you don't want the fake confidence (the type you made up on your own with status, money clothes, cars, stuff, humor, talent etc. although not bad things), you want to be confident because of Jesus Christ and who He says you are and what He says you can do.

Goodbye devil. Say it out loud.
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