Satan loves when we feel inadequate and insecure. He’s good at getting us to believe we’re not good enough and don’t have what it takes to be used by God.
But we don’t have to let him trash us the way he does – and we definitely don’t need to keep agreeing with his lies and trashing ourselves.
In my P31 devotion today – How to Stop Trashing Yourself – I share how I caught myself trashing my confidence one day, and how God challenged me to stop throwing away all that is mine in Christ – by believing and living in the truth of His thoughts about me.
Have you ever been there? If so, I’ve got a short video message I created for Confident Heart book study that will equip and empower you to stop talking trash and start talking truth to your heart:
{Download FREE Confident Heart “Don’t Throw Away Your Confidence” printable.}
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Thanks for sharing your heart with us. I’d love to win the “Confidence Boost” gift pak to give to my daughter-in-law. She and my son are struggling in their marriage and I can see that she lacks in the confidence she needs as a woman and as a mom to go through this rough patch alone. Please also help me in praying for them. My son needs God in his life.
i really need a lot of confident boost. My husband was arrested in July of 2012 for charges i know he wasn’t guilty of and he is still in jail waiting a trial, he was a pastor of our church. It has been a very hard year for me and my two daughters. i lost my job at the same time because i worked at the same place as my husband and he was the supervisor, so they no longer needed me. I have been working a few temporary jobs but can’t find permanent work, i have alot of health problems with no insurance. I do thank Jesus for being there for me each and everyday, i thank him for my salvation and i want to continue to do is will in my life but lately i just feel so worthless, down and discouraged.
You know, when I saw this post on Proverbs31 Ministries, it dawned on me that I trade truth for the lies all the time…and without realizing I’m doing it. It’s my defense mechanism of sorts. i’m very excited for your online study that will be starting in October, as God is speaking to my heart, moving in me, to continue to strive to exchange the lies that I have made a part of my life for the truth that God more than desires to be my whole life.
Hi! I will be honest I do trash talk myself sometimes but I have a copy of your book on my kindle fire & am glad I do!
However, I have a sister who is having some very real & extreme trials right now. She could really use some encouragement. If I win the gift pack I would encourage her by giving the pack to her. Just to let her know I care & that God loves her right where she is at-struggles & all!
Thank you for the opportunity to win.
~Blessings~
I’m going through a time where I’m exhausted in my ministry and my confidence is nearly gone. I have been praying…and praying…and this morning especially- and what do I get but the devotional you sent along with all the info on this book- the LORD hears and is generous and I’m so grateful! It sounds like this is just what He wants to tell me. And Starbucks is the perfect place to read!!
I could use a confidence boost pack because so often it is difficult to listen to God’s whispers over the noise of the world. I’ve longed to read your book, but rarely have the opportunity to get anything for myself, and have not been able to find it at the library. If I do win the confidence boost, I would love to share it and pass it along to another in need of this message of God’s love, or maybe even donate it to the local library.
I am more than a little socially awkward and tend to ruin friendships before they begin. I sorely under-employed and live with my mother (I’m in my mid-30s). Itseems like the only thing I’m good at is making mistakes. I know I’m loved by God, but life gets real lonely.
I need a confidence boost because I am a single mom of 1 kid in college and 2 kids in high school and I am really struggling right now with balance and just feeling like I am not doing the best job at all of this!! It really plays into your confidence level daily when it is only you to do everything and be everything to everyone and sometimes I just totally fail I feel like.
i’d like to win this not for myself but for my bestfreind/sister…she has been i a really bad relationship for about 3+ years and has tried to leave him 5+ time… but he always talks her into coming back. she afraid she wont find anything better.. this man is 47 and she is only 25….. she really needs a confidence boost ,she need to realize she deserves better and God has better if she would just trust Him…..i think your book could help her out…
Would love to have your book, seems each post I read on Facebook directly hits home!
I am still trying to find my confidence after an abusive relationship in my teens & a divorce. I have remarried and I have 2 daughters that I want to be able to show how to be more confident in their lives so that they do not fall into the same traps and patterns that I did. I have your Confident Heart book and I am slowly trying to find the time to read it. So, far I am just in the first few chapters and it really speaks to me. I want to get this for my Mom also because I feel like it would help her. Thank you for sharing with us.
I have ACH and have done an online study. If I won the the gift pack I would pass it on to a friend (I already know who!).
I recently heard about your book through a friend. I have three daughters and a son and would love to be able to teach them to live confidently through Christ. I struggle to overcome those voices from the past and to listen clearly to that Voice of Truth.
I have been unemployed for quite a while and my confidences has taken a beating,; perhaps your book will help me to elevate my confidence.
i need confident boost cause i ordered it and it never arrived. and also i read the first two chapters and they was a real connection. im a pastor’s wife and i do lack confidence when i have to be at the pulpit and share the word of God. i think these book can boost me up and give me confidence to find the inner me. im in Botswana, Africa. i really need the book.
I need a confidence boost because I am struggling as a friend, a daughter and a wife. The season of life I am in is finding me trying to juggle what I used to feel pretty confident in, however, lately I seem to be disappointing those I am trying to love well. There doesn’t seem to be enough time in my day to meet needs or maybe I have just forgotten how to prioritize. Either way, my confidence is shaken and I find I am anxious about what used to bring me great joy.
I work hard to instill confidence in my kids, but with myself, I do more “trash talk” than truth. I need to work on ME and remember that I am God’s child, and as my Father, he gives me confidence.
I read your article in the daily encouragement from ps 31 and it spoke right to my heart. I love that you are focusing on the issues of self doubt, as I know so many of us struggle with this. I, personally, have been battling a series of doubts for months now. I am trying to overcome the biggest obstacle I have ever faced in my life, and the challenge puts doubt of my ability into place. It’s not that I don know that God is right beside me to help me get through it, but I can’t seem to shake those thoughts of insufficiency out of my mind. I just need continued strength through prayer and devotion to build the confidence that is rightfully promised to me as a daughter of God!
Thanks for sharing this! I truly needed to hear this. Been going through some things the last few months where I have lost some of my confidence and securites.
I love to learn to be more confident in my life & my relationship with Christ.
I need a confident boost because I am raising two daughters in what until recently was a secure environment. I personally need it to boost my own confidence from the recent affair with a close family member that my husband had. We are currently working through it. I need the confidence to pass along to my girls.