The Confident Woman

Grace to you, God’s beloved=)

Here are a few excerpts from the book “Confident Woman” by Joyce Meyer I have read recently. It’s also one of her latest edition if you are one of Joyce Meyer’s fan. These are passages which I’ve highlighted as I read, words that has spoken to me and words that I would love to keep and remember. It’s a bit lengthy but take your time to pick and chew on the ones that speaks to you. It’s not only for the ladies, but applicable to all=D

Thankfully He sees our heart attitude and our faith in Jesus and not just our actions.

Everyone desires and needs love and acceptance from God and others. Although not everyone will accept and love us, some will. I encourage you to concentrate on those who do love you and forget about those who don’t.

Many people are confused about what they are to do with their lives. They don’t know what God’s will is for them; they are without direction. I felt the same way once, but I discovered my destiny by trying several things. I tried working in nursery at church and quickly discovered that I was not called to work with children, I tried being my pastor’s secretary, and after one day I was fired with no explanation except, “This just isn’t right.”

I encourage you to take time to think about things. He who is hasty always ends up unhappy.

To live in victory, each of us must learn to go beyond our feeling. I have learned that I can feel wrong and still choose to do what is right. I have also learned that I don’t have to feel confident to present myself in confident manner. If I make a decision and believe it is right at the time I make it, I don’t have to change my mind later just because I begin to think or feel I might have made a mistake.

I have had times in life when I felt peace in my heart about a direction I was taking and yet my head argued with me. James 1:22 clearly teaches us that reasoning leads us into deception and betrayal/ When we change our mind about a decision we have made, it should be because we have lost our peace about the direction we intended to take or have gained some wisdom or insight that we did not previously.

If our hearts are sincere and we are honestly seeking God’s will, even if we do make mistake, He will intervene and get us back on track. Quite often, He does it without us even knowing.

Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. You will never succeed without making mistakes and possibly many of them. Learn to separate your “who” from your “do”. Making mistakes is something we do as human beings, but we are still God’s children and He has good plan for our lives.

In Joshua 25:15 we see Joshua make a decision. He says, “Choose you this day whom you will serve, but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.” Joshua made up his mind and nobody was going to change it. He dint make his decision based on what others did. He refused to live under the fear of man. If you make a decision don’t allow yourself to become doubtful just because someone else is not doing what you are doing. Don’t assume you are worng and need to change. Perhaps bopth of you are right. God leads different people to do different things for reasons that only He knows. Don’t ever make a decision based on your age.

“If the job was right for me, God would give it to me, and since He didn’t, He must have something better in mind for me”

Aggressively expect good things! Ask God to give you divine supernatural favor and then expect to see it in your life, daily.

Trust doesn’t just appear in our lives, but it grows as we take steps of faith and experience God’s faithfulness.

If you will do what you can, then God can do what you cannot.

When you do feel you need to say no, you don’t have to give a reason why. So often people want us to justify our decisions and we really don’t need to do that. I try to be led by God’s Spirit—or another way of saying it is I try to be led by my heart—and sometimes I don’t even fully understand why I don’t feel something isn’t right for me. But I have learned if I do feel that way I am not going to go against my own conscience in order to have everyone happy with me. I often say, “I just don’t have peace about it” or “ I don’t feel right about it, “ or even a plain old” I don’t want to” is sufficient. There is nothing wrong with giving a reason if you have one but I think we go overboard in trying to ecplain ourselves sometimes. If an offended person doesn’t want to understand, they are never going to no matter how many reasons you give. Follow your heart and keep your peace. Say “no” when you need to and say “yes” when you should.

You can only be a confident women once you remove fear and worry from your life and it starts with rayer. Prayer opens the door for God to get involved and meet our needs.

Confidence believes that all things will work out together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose.

When I think of what boldness looks like on someone, I think of someone who is daring, courageous, brave, and fearless.

Take each compliment that you receive as rose and at the end of the day take the entire bouquet and offer it back to God, knowing that it came from Him.Jeremiah got the same speech as Joshua got. Don’t look at your circumstances : just remember that I am with you and that is all you need.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been. If David had run from Goliath he would never have been King of Israel. He was anointed by God to be king twenty years before he wore the crown. During those years he faced his giants and proved that he had the tenacity to endure difficulty without quitting.

Even quitting when you know you should keep going will bother your conscience. God did not give us Holy Spirit so we be in bondage to fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.

Did you know the Holy Spirit is called the Encourager? The Greek word parakletos is translated as the word Holy Spirit and includes comfort, edification, and encouragement as part of its definition. Throught the Holy Spirit, Jesus sent us a Comforter, a Helper, a Strengthener, an Edifier, and an Encourager and He sent Him to be in close fellowship with us. He lives inside of those who are believers in Jesus Christ, and you cannot get much closer than that.