HOW TO BUILD MY CONFIDENCE IN GOD

Philippians 1:3–8 (NIV):
3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. 8 God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus

Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

CONFIDENT

Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Being CONFIDENT of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 3:4–5 (NIV):
Such confidence we have through Christ before God. 5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.

QUESTION: In what does your confidence lie in today?

HE (JESUS)

Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Being confident of this, that HE who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

MAYBE SOMETIMES GOD TAKES US OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE SO WE CAN TRUST HIM MORE

JOHN 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the WAY and the TRUTH and the LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through me

GOOD WORK

Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Being confident of this, that he who began a GOOD WORK in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:10 (NASB)
We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

CARRY IT ON

Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will CARRY IT ON to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

PERSPECTIVE CHANGES EVERYTHING!

1 Corinthians 1:8 (BSB)
He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

QUESTION
WHERE DO YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE OR ATTITUDE?

COMPLETION

Galatians 6:9-10 NIV
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

JESUS CHRIST

Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of CHRIST JESUS.

APPLICATION:

COMMIT TO MEMORY THIS WEEK THIS SCRIPTURE
Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus

IN WHAT AREAS CAN YOU GROW YOUR CONFIDENCE IN JESUS CHRIST THIS WEEK?

HOW CAN YOU TRUST HIM THAT WHAT YOU SEE IS MAYBE A BAD WORK IS ACTUALLY A GOOD WORK?