Wednesday Service | Re-New | Part 6: Confidence

[1] Jesus was the most person to ever walk the earth

• He wasn’t afraid to

Matthew 4:18-22 (ESV)

¹⁸ While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” ²⁰ Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

• He wasn’t afraid to

Matthew 10:1, 24-26, 28 (NIV)

Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness… ²⁴ “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. ²⁵ It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

²⁶ “So do not be afraid of them… ²⁸ Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 

• He wasn’t

John 14:12-14 (NIV)

¹² Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

• He wasn’t afraid to stand up for others when the crowd was ready to execute

John 8:3-9 (NLT)

³ As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.

⁴ “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. ⁵ The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”

⁶ They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. ⁷ They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” ⁸ Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.

⁹ When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman.

[2] Confidence is an internal structure that allows me to do things would stop me from doing

• My confidence is weakened when I put people and moments on

• My confidence is weakened when I myself

• My confidence is weakened when I’m surprised by

• My confidence is weakened when my relationships feel

• My confidence is weakened when I myself to others

[3] The good news is I can intentionally my confidence

Ecclesiastes 10:10 (NIV)

10 If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.

• Confidence grows with my

• Confidence grows with my

• Confidence grows with my

• Confidence grows when someone in me

• Confidence grows when someone who knows me

[4] You look confident when you’re doing things that used to make you uncomfortable