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DON’T GIVE UP "Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. “ Heb, 10: 35 -36

DON’T GIVE UP • Confidence is a popular subject today. We are told to think confidently, to be self-assured, to live brashly, boldly, and brazenly. In various ways, theme of modern society is to be self-confident. • The word confidence (or its close derivatives) is used 54 times in the King James Version. The majority of uses concern trust in people, circumstances, or God. • What does the word confidence means to you?

DON’T GIVE UP Confidence-the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust; the state of feeling certain about the truth of something. • a feeling of self-assurance arising from one's appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities; Confidence comes from a Latin word fidere' which means "to trust"; • Arrogance is having unmerited confidence – believing something or someone is capable or correct when they are not. • Overconfidence is excessive belief in someone (or something) succeeding, without any regard for failure. • Confidence can be a self-fulfilling prophecy as those without it may fail or not try because they lack it and those with it may succeed because they have it rather than because of an innate ability.

DON’T GIVE UP • "Have no confidence in the flesh" (Philippians 3: 3). • Paul wrote these words to counter the claims of those who thought they were acceptable to God based on their heredity, training, or religious devotion. • God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10: 34), and our résumés and genealogies don't matter much to Him. • If we’re going to be confident in something, Psalm 118: 8, 9 tells us what it should be: "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. " Those who trust in government, finances, other people, or themselves will be disappointed in the end. • Those who put their confidence in God will never be ashamed (Romans 10: 11).

DON’T GIVE UP • For ye have need of patience (or, endurance), that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise; or, doing the will of God, ye may receive. Heb, 10: 35 • There can be no more reliable authority on earth than God's Word, the Bible. This timeless, trustworthy source of truth holds the key that unlocks life's mysteries. It alone provides us with the shelter and protection we need in times of storm. But we need to understand why. • The Bible actually has quite a bit to say about self-confidence, selfworth, and self-respect. The Good Book informs us that self-worth is given to us from God. He provides us with strength and all that we need to live a godly life.

DON’T GIVE UP • Every good thing is because of God, and every hope is based on God's character, because God is unchanging. • Our confidence comes from our relationship with Christ. He is our High Priest, and through His intercession, we can “approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need” (Hebrews 4: 16). • We can follow God in full confidence in His wisdom, power, and plan. As we obey the Lord, we have assurance of our salvation. • Paul gives us something else we can have faith in: "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1: 6).

DON’T GIVE UP Group activity • Share some individuals from the scripture that gave up • What kind of things happened in the scriptures that made people give up • What are some things people did in the bible when they gave up • What are some scriptures that encourage you when you feel like giving up **please have where the scriptures are found.

DON’T GIVE UP • Scriptures about giving up: John 21: 1 -17 & I Sam. 30: 1 -6

DON’T GIVE UP • Don’t throw away your hope. Don’t throw away your confidence in God. Choose to trust in the Lord. Choose to put your trust in Him. Choose to set your heart on His Word. • “I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. ” ~ Philippians 1: 6. • When we put our trust in God. Don’t and Give. His Up revealed Word, our lives take on a new stability, focus, and poise. A biblical self-confidence is really a confidence in God's Word and character. We put no confidence in our flesh, but we have every confidence in the God who made us, called us, saved us and keeps us.

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