Leaders have Leaders have CONFIDENCECONFIDENCE

• Confidence is Confidence is NOT ARROGANCENOT ARROGANCE

• Confidence is Confidence is NOT JUST EXTROVERTEDNOT JUST EXTROVERTED

• Confidence is Confidence is NOT BEING FAKENOT BEING FAKE

Leaders have Leaders have CONFIDENCECONFIDENCE

• Confidence is Confidence is SURE OF WHO YOU ARESURE OF WHO YOU ARE

• Confidence is Confidence is CONTAGIOUSCONTAGIOUS

• Confidence is Confidence is DEVELOPEDDEVELOPED

How do you develop How do you develop CONFIDENCE?CONFIDENCE?

• Know what you know for sure!Know what you know for sure!– You are God’s son/daughter if you have been You are God’s son/daughter if you have been

forgiven.forgiven.2 Corinthians 3:4 -62 Corinthians 3:4 -6““Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before

God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers….”God. He has made us competent as ministers….”

How do you develop How do you develop CONFIDENCE?CONFIDENCE?

• Humbly recognize it’s NOT about YOUHumbly recognize it’s NOT about YOU

Jeremiah 17:7-8Jeremiah 17:7-8"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.whose confidence is in him.He will be like a tree planted by the waterHe will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes;It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of droughtIt has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”and never fails to bear fruit.”

How do you develop How do you develop CONFIDENCE?CONFIDENCE?

• Act it out! Act it out! – Becoming who you want to be takes PRACTICE.Becoming who you want to be takes PRACTICE.

Hebrews 10:35-36Hebrews 10:35-36

““So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.”promised.”

You can have You can have CONFIDENCE!CONFIDENCE!

• People follow CONFIDENT people – good or People follow CONFIDENT people – good or bad.bad.

• Live your life with CONFIDENCE and let your Live your life with CONFIDENCE and let your life be WORSHIP.life be WORSHIP.

1 John 5:14 1 John 5:14 – “This is the confidence we have in – “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.”to his will, he hears us.”