Cast Not Away Thy Confidence Pt 2

In the last blog we talked about the importance of NOT casting away our confidence. The word confidence means "life of faith" Everything that we recieve in this life including eternal life comes by faith. The devil attempts to use many enemies of confidence because its his defeat. In this blog were going to continue with them. The next enemy of confidence is contention. Strife is the very playground of the devil. We have to make sure that we do everything that we can to bring an end of all strife in our lives homes churches and work places. We are absolutely ablt through the power of his might to do it. The bible says in the book of proverbs that meddling with contention is like grabbing a dog by the ears(Prov 26:17) Have you ever done that? Dogs do not respond well to it!! There is a time to speak and a time to be silent(Ecc 3:7) When were like emotionally hyped up then its best to lean the sacredness of silence and shutup!! The Lord said through the mouth of James Be swift to hear, slow to speak and slow to wrath(Jms 1:19) Our flesh is gonna want to set the record straight, react rather than act of the word. The bible says were to avoid those things that GENDER STRIFE(2 Tim 2:23) The book of Genesis tells us the story of Abraham God had given him the land that rightfully belonged to him, however there begin to be contention that arose in the servants on each side. Abraham rather then enter into the contention told Lot that he could have the best land. God gave blessed Abraham abundantly as a result!!! There is always a blessing that comes when we refuse to enter into contention. The Lord said to me one time Brian "Its not about communication, its all about how you communicate" In other words we have to communicate whether its a husband & wife, brother 7 sister, or employer & employee. Communication is to an association as circulation is to the body. However we always decide how were going to communicate! There is a statistic that says that 70% of strife in the home is voice tone. The bible says a SOFT answer turns away wrath(Prov 15:1) Contention is very dangerous in the life of a believer. This is not my idea, God said through the mouth of James where strife & contention is there is EVERY EVIL WORK(Jms 3:16) We must understand that its purpose is to decimate our confidence, and than as it comes time to take a bold stand we unable to enter in because of all it. Number five, Confession. The bible says that Jesus is the HighPriest of our confession. Our words give Jesus something to work with. The words of our mouths are compared to putting bits in a horses mouth and the rudder on a ship being driven by fiearce wind(Jms 3:3,4) We must frame our world with our words!! Faith comes by hearing, but its RELEASED by SAYING! Notice how our confidence in God increases as we begin to get in agreement with God where our words are concerned. Its so true in my life everytime that the enemy has been given place in my life, as I have dissected it my words were the factor. The angel came to Danial saying IAM COME FOR THY WORDS(Dan 10:12) This was in the midst of a strong stand of faith for him. There was warfare going on!!! God and the devil were both after his words!!! Its the very same thing in our lives. The bible says were to HOLDFAST our CONFESSION(Heb 4:14, Heb 10:23) The word holdfast is a strong word! Prov 18:21 says Death and life is in the power of our tounge and the Gospel is the POWER of God(Rom 1:16) We need his power RELEASED in our lives and God himself tells us through Soloman that its released though our tounges. We can have all the power in the world running through our wall, but the appliance will not work until ITS PLUGGED IN! The next one, Conceit. There is a big difference in confidence and arrogance! we see what happened in the life of Nebacanezzer. Conceit caused him to eat grass on all fours like a cow(Dan 4), Herod in the book of acts was turned into a banquet of worms(Acts 12) The bible gives us the best balance in the book of Romans. It says were not to think MORE HIGHLY than we OUGHT(Rom 12:3) Now notice it doesent tell us we shouldnt think high of ourselves, it says MORE HIGH. What would more high be? Its thinking of ourself beyond what the word says. Jesus said Apart from him we can do NONETHING(John 15:5) Conceit says I've done this on my own. it will ultimately destroy confdence because God himself will resist it and its his presence and power that our confidence is rooted in! Next one Complaining. During thanksgiving season we went into detail on the cost of complaining. In the book of numbers the children of Isreal complained about the manna and wanted meat. God gave them so much meat it came out of their nostrils(Num 11) Whats the message? He has zero tolerence for it. Its a confidence KILLER!!! Why does it anger God to such an extent? Its because it breveals that we have no confidence im him. Remember what we said confidence is means CON-FIDEL = Life Of Faith and withouyt faith(aka confidence) its IMPOSSIBLE to PLEASE GOD(Heb 11:6) Its very displeasing to him when we do it. Lets NOT! The Lord said through the mouth of James that our tounges are to be TAMED by the word and HolyGhost! WHEN your tempted to complain just zip the lip and get into the word until your confidence in him arises to the such a place that out of the abundance of your heart the mouth WILL SPEAK(Matt 12:34, Luke 6:45) FAITH AND CONFIDENCE PTL!!!!