January 22, 2025 • 16 mins
Hey Mama!
In this episode, I’m excited to chat about the challenges of building lasting confidence. Today, is the day that we are making the change from self-confidence—where we often rely on our own skills and accomplishments—to a Christ-centered confidence that’s rooted in the steady, unshakable foundation of God's love. After all, He is our provider and sustainer -so why not lean into that? Let's get it!
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(00:00):
If you're wondering why nothingis working for you after you've
tried, what feels likeeverything to have the kind of
confidence that just seems tostand out.
This episode is for you becauseyou were going to be talking
about self-confidence and godlyconfidence.
You're going to love it becauseit's going to be what you need
to finally stop searching inPinterest and Google for ways to
(00:21):
get a confidence boost.
It's time to stop all the chaosand start diving into the heart
of what godly confidence is.
Because once you rewire yourthoughts around confidence,
you're going to find that allthe things you've Googled on how
to get more confidence arereally little embellishments on
your self-care routine, but theyaren't what makes up the
(00:43):
foundation of your confidence,which is amazing because now you
can finally breathe and saygoodbye to endless scrolling and
saving, and then feeling likeyou don't have the time that
you're not enough or that youdon't have enough.
We're diving into all of that inmore in today's episode.
(01:08):
Hey mama.
You're in the right place.
If you're ready to stop with theendless cycle of feeling like
you're not enough, you're readyto get the kind of confidence
that is going to shine throughall the seasons of what mom life
looks like.
and yes.
It can get pretty messy.
It's time to stop searching forconfidence, boosters that are
pretty much like knock off.
(01:29):
Band-aids that doesn't stick.
I know, you know what I'mtalking about.
My name is Caroline Tao.
I'm host of the restored mind,and I'm also a Christian life.
And my set coach.
So grab your Bible, break outthat journal and get something
to write with because you areabout to thrive.
(01:52):
Connect with me even more.
My friend, when you become arestored mind insider, it's
going to benefit you so much.
You get weekly newsletters forme, and I promise there's going
to be no spamming ever.
I know you dislike them becauseI dislike them.
This newsletter is going toconnect us even more because
you're going to get to know methrough my newsletters.
(02:14):
You're going to get tips on howto build Christ centered
confidence, which soundsamazing.
Doesn't it.
And whenever there's a specialoffer, you'll be the first to
know it's like you haveexclusive insider access.
So head on over to bit dot lyforward slash restored mind
insider.
That's B I T dot L Y forwardslash restored mind insider.
(02:37):
I know as a mom, I can onlyimagine how busy you are.
So to make it easier in case youaren't able to get to that link.
Right?
This instant, I have linked itin the show notes for you.
No worries, girl.
I got you.
What do you think of when youhear the word confidence?
What comes to mind?
(02:57):
For me, it was the presence ofwanting to show that I am
strong.
Bold and courageous.
I wanted to exude the essence ofconfidence.
Mainly so that I can hide thefact that I was insecure.
I know it sounds silly.
To say that I want to confidenceto hide insecurity, but it was a
true thing.
Internally.
(03:18):
I didn't have a lot ofconfidence and I doubted myself
majority of the time and reallyanything that I did.
I compared myself to others froma very young age and whenever, I
thought that I got over it.
I found myself struggling again.
Whenever life threw curve ballsat me, I realized that I would
struggle with self doubt, whichincludes comparison.
(03:39):
Fear.
Identity not knowing who I am inChrist and what my purpose is
along with so many other thingsthat fall within the umbrella of
self-doubt.
So, as you can imagine whenthings were good, they were
good.
And then I found out I was goingto be a mom and that threw a
(04:00):
curve ball in my life, which putme in a spiral.
I was probably one of thevainest person.
Out there because my physicallooks, it meant everything to
me.
My confidence came from myself.
It was definitely placed in mylooks.
And yes, I know it sounds likesuch a vain thing to say, but
this is the honest truth.
(04:22):
So over the many years I gotstuck in self-doubt and I kept
trying to find ways to givemyself a confidence booster only
to find that nothing reallyworked.
I tried everything and yet deepdown, I still struggled.
I was still dealing withself-doubt on many, many levels.
And what I learned is that Ineeded something more and that's
(04:42):
something more is God.
See self-confidence is notsustainable.
It doesn't sustain long-term.
self-confidence is where yourely on your skills, your
talents, and even your looks.
That is going to give you asense of empowerment to get you
through these challenges.
It's how you perceive yourselfin certain skills and
(05:06):
achievements.
Now don't get me wrong.
I'm not talking about arrogance,where you have a sense of
inflation when it comes toself-importance.
But self-confidence and itself.
Is where you know, what yourstrengths are and what your
limitations are.
And most of the time you play toyour strengths.
So for example, if you arestrong in finance, you know, you
(05:29):
have no problem talking aboutfinance Then you would be
confident when someone comes toyou with.
Finance question, but if yourlimitation is in cooking, then
you're probably not going to bevolunteering, cooking lessons
for someone that may be talkingabout how they want to improve a
recipe, The reason why itdoesn't sustain long-term is
(05:50):
because there comes a pointwhere you're going to come face
to face with your limitations.
Most people's initial instinctis to step away from that and
say that it's not for them.
But what do you do if you can'tnecessarily step away from your
limitations?
Say, for example, you're a newmom, right?
You just found out that you'repregnant, you're expecting soon.
And which, if that is you,congratulations by the way.
(06:13):
And so excited for you.
But yeah, if you are.
You know, stepping into yourlimitations because you can't
necessarily.
Step away from it.
What do you do?
Because as a new mom, you don'treally know what to expect.
Or how you're going to prepareto adjust your life, to take
care of your child.
and yes, these skills arelearned.
(06:34):
I am sure as seasoned moms thatare listening, all of you would
agree with me that you learn asyou go, because there is no
manuscript that is going to tellyou.
How to do life as a mom, becauselife itself is so unexpected.
However, there are many timesthat I know many of you are
feeling alone in your journey asyou go through these trial and
(06:56):
errors of trying to adjust tothe season that you are in.
There could be times where youjust feel like you're failing
and it's exhausting.
So when you rely on yourself forconfidence, especially as you're
navigating limitations.
It.
Becomes stressful.
And this is where self doubt canroot itself into your life.
This is where you began tosecond, guess yourself, where
(07:17):
you have imposter syndrome.
And you begin to wonder ifyou're enough, or if you're
doing enough.
This is where mom guilt fallsinto place.
And there's so much more thatcomes with it.
It all stems from facing thesechallenges.
Again, you can definitely workall these things and get better
over time.
But even as you're workingthrough these things, you find
(07:38):
yourself running intochallenges.
So, what do you do in this time?
Well, the answer isn't tocontinue searching on Google or
Pinterest for this confidenceboost, because while they might
feel good in the moment or helpyou find clarity on temporary
things.
It's not going to give yousomething that is sustainable.
And this is where you want torewire your thoughts on
(08:00):
confidence What you want to doinstead is build a God center,
confidence or Christ centeredconfidence.
Having Christ centeredconfidence means that you know
who you are in him.
You are not relying on yourachievements, your skills, or
anything else that comes fromyou to sustain you.
(08:20):
That doesn't mean that you can'twork towards improving these
things, but you know, thatdoesn't make up who you are.
Because, you know, who's, youare.
You know, who you belong to.
This is going to help you as younavigate your purpose in life as
well.
When you build Christ centeredconfidence, you are essentially
recognizing that your worth isnot based on what you achieve or
(08:43):
how others may see you.
And the reason why you want tobuild.
Christ centered confidence isbecause you want to draw from a
place that is constant.
that way, when life throws curveballs at you, you're not going
to be flying off the shelf withit.
You'll have a sense of peacewith that storm comes, which
reminds me of a certain passageand the Bible.
(09:05):
And if you're new here, I loveto dig into scripture with you
and bring out certain thingsthat will hopefully give you new
perspective.
On your journey.
Let's take a look at the Bibletogether.
Specifically chapter eight andMatthew verse 23 to 27.
I know I said that weird.
So Matthew chapter eight, verse23 to 27.
(09:28):
And this is where Jesus calmsthe storm.
It reads.
and when he got into the boat,his disciples followed him and
behold there rose a great stormon the sea.
So that the boat was beingswamped by the waves, but he was
asleep and they went and wokehim saying, save us, Lord.
We are perishing.
And he said to them, why are youafraid?
(09:50):
Oh, you of little faith.
Then he arose and rebuked thewinds and the sea.
And there was a great calm andthe men marveled saying, what
sort of man is this, that evenwinds and sea obey him?
So, what I want you to do istake a few moments to write down
what stuck out to you in theseverses.
If you want.
(10:10):
Write down these verses.
pause me.
If you have to.
Okay.
So there are a few things I wantto unpack here, but for the sake
of time, I'm going to highlightone profound thing That is going
to help you build a Christcentered confidence.
So, what I really wanted tohighlight is the fact that Jesus
is asking his disciples.
Why are you afraid of you have alittle faith?
(10:33):
So by this point, the storm hashappened.
The disciples are crying out,they're saying, Lord, save us.
We are perishing.
His response when he wakes up iswhy are you afraid?
Oh, you of little faith.
He doesn't even question theirreason for waking him up, but.
He questions them.
About their fear and their lackof faith.
(10:54):
And so it makes me think abouthow as moms, we can often do
things or not do things out offear and out of the self doubt
that we have.
See when you are faced withchallenges, it is easy to get
lost in your worries and yourfears.
And you can end up stressingyourself with these things that
(11:15):
only is going to cause you poorstress.
And oftentimes the cycle happenswhen you end up looking to
yourself for the assurance orthe confidence.
That you can overcome thesetroubles.
And that's not to say that youcan't do it because you can't
for certain overcome thetroubles and the challenges that
(11:35):
you have.
But I believe that you need tohave a sustainer who is going to
calm the storm.
And so you have to decide, youknow, are you going to be that
sustainer or are you going to bebuilding confidence in Christ?
That is going to be the one thatsustains you.
I really like Jesus's question.
Why are you afraid of you?
(11:57):
A little faith.
fear has overcome them to thepoint where their faith is
weakened.
And it makes me think about howoften as moms do we go through
that, that we are so overcome bythese thoughts of self doubt and
worry and fear and stress thatour faith has now become
weakened.
(12:18):
When he asked that question, itkind of makes you question
yourself, you know, why am Iafraid?
And why do I have little faith,When you're searching for a
confidence boost, the dailydevotionals or these feel-good
things that you do, it doesn'tsustain you.
Long-term because it's not goingto help build up the weakned
faith that you may be having, orthe fear that may have overcome
(12:41):
you, or the doubt that is nowtaking root in your life.
So what I'm saying is that youwant to build your faith.
Okay.
You want to build up your faithto the point that it is not
going to be shaken.
You want to build your trust andGod and build your relationship
with God so that you can havethat Christ centered confidence.
(13:03):
And I'm telling you, it's goingto make a world of a difference
when you start to do that.
To do this.
You can get to know him more,right.
You can learn about God'scharacter by reading the Bible,
the number one way to know hisgood and trust by the word.
And to get to know him is byreading the Bible.
Whenever you read a verse, askthe question, what is this
(13:24):
telling me about who God is?
Don't focus on what he's doing,but who he is, what are the
attributes that you see?
What are the character traitsthat has been revealed to you?
Those are going to be somereally good.
Things for you to look into andas you're writing it down, don't
forget to write down what verseso that you could go back and
(13:45):
reference it later, as you goback and look at your notes.
Another way is to be consistentin prayer.
Not only when you are troubled,but in times of celebration and
in gratitude.
Include God and all of it andall aspects of your life during
your celebrations.
When you are feeling gratefulwhen you are grieving, when
(14:06):
you're troubled.
All of these things are such awonderful gift because it
highlights just how good God isin your life.
That when you are troubled, youcan still go to him.
Or when there's joy andcelebration, you can celebrate
with him.
These are amazing and beautifulthings.
And then finally, another waythat you can continue to build
(14:29):
your relationship with God andhave this Christ centered
confidence is to simply removeyourself from the pedestal.
I know that sounds kind ofsilly, but.
You want to start removingyourself and start replacing
that with Jesus as the one thatyou go to and you know that he's
going to sustain you.
He is the living water.
(14:50):
He is the bread of life, as webegan to wrap up here, just want
to give you a quick recap, We'removing away from
self-confidence.
Because it is not sustainable.
This is where you rely on yourskills and your talents to give
you the sense of empowermentthrough all of the challenges
that you're going to face.
And the reason why you don'twant to rely on self confidence,
(15:11):
because there's going to come apoint where you come face to
face with your limitations thatyou just simply can't run away
from.
Instead you want to build yourconfidence in Christ.
You want to have a Christcentered confidence.
This means that you know who youare in him.
You're not relying on yourachievements.
Your skills or anything elsethat comes from you to sustain
you.
(15:32):
You want to draw from a placethat it's constant.
Remember my friend, Jesus Christis the same yesterday, today and
forever.
You can find God's character inthe verses that you've read
through prayer and you canalways go to him.
I know that it can be so hard inthe midst of you trying to
rewire your thoughts to find.
(15:52):
Godly confidence But my friend,I know that as you work through
it, you're going to make so muchprogress.
I know it's hard, but you can dohard things.
Hi everybody if you liked thisepisode, leave my mommy.
five star reveal on applepodcasts Thank you so much.
(16:17):
have a nice day.
All right.
My friend, you heard her.
Thank you so much for taking thetime to leave that review on
apple podcasts.
It brings me so much joy hearingfrom you, sadly.
This is where we part ways, butI can't wait to be back on
Wednesday to have anotherwonderful conversation with you.
My friend go in peace.
If you're wondering why nothingis working for you after you've
tried, what feels likeeverything to have the kind of
confidence that just seems tostand out.
This episode is for you becauseyou were going to be talking
about self-confidence and godlyconfidence.
You're going to love it becauseit's going to be what you need
to finally stop searching inPinterest and Google for ways to
(00:21):
get a confidence boost.
It's time to stop all the chaosand start diving into the heart
of what godly confidence is.
Because once you rewire yourthoughts around confidence,
you're going to find that allthe things you've Googled on how
to get more confidence arereally little embellishments on
your self-care routine, but theyaren't what makes up the
(00:43):
foundation of your confidence,which is amazing because now you
can finally breathe and saygoodbye to endless scrolling and
saving, and then feeling likeyou don't have the time that
you're not enough or that youdon't have enough.
We're diving into all of that inmore in today's episode.
(01:08):
Hey mama.
You're in the right place.
If you're ready to stop with theendless cycle of feeling like
you're not enough, you're readyto get the kind of confidence
that is going to shine throughall the seasons of what mom life
looks like.
and yes.
It can get pretty messy.
It's time to stop searching forconfidence, boosters that are
pretty much like knock off.
(01:29):
Band-aids that doesn't stick.
I know, you know what I'mtalking about.
My name is Caroline Tao.
I'm host of the restored mind,and I'm also a Christian life.
And my set coach.
So grab your Bible, break outthat journal and get something
to write with because you areabout to thrive.
(01:52):
Connect with me even more.
My friend, when you become arestored mind insider, it's
going to benefit you so much.
You get weekly newsletters forme, and I promise there's going
to be no spamming ever.
I know you dislike them becauseI dislike them.
This newsletter is going toconnect us even more because
you're going to get to know methrough my newsletters.
(02:14):
You're going to get tips on howto build Christ centered
confidence, which soundsamazing.
Doesn't it.
And whenever there's a specialoffer, you'll be the first to
know it's like you haveexclusive insider access.
So head on over to bit dot lyforward slash restored mind
insider.
That's B I T dot L Y forwardslash restored mind insider.
(02:37):
I know as a mom, I can onlyimagine how busy you are.
So to make it easier in case youaren't able to get to that link.
Right?
This instant, I have linked itin the show notes for you.
No worries, girl.
I got you.
What do you think of when youhear the word confidence?
What comes to mind?
(02:57):
For me, it was the presence ofwanting to show that I am
strong.
Bold and courageous.
I wanted to exude the essence ofconfidence.
Mainly so that I can hide thefact that I was insecure.
I know it sounds silly.
To say that I want to confidenceto hide insecurity, but it was a
true thing.
Internally.
(03:18):
I didn't have a lot ofconfidence and I doubted myself
majority of the time and reallyanything that I did.
I compared myself to others froma very young age and whenever, I
thought that I got over it.
I found myself struggling again.
Whenever life threw curve ballsat me, I realized that I would
struggle with self doubt, whichincludes comparison.
(03:39):
Fear.
Identity not knowing who I am inChrist and what my purpose is
along with so many other thingsthat fall within the umbrella of
self-doubt.
So, as you can imagine whenthings were good, they were
good.
And then I found out I was goingto be a mom and that threw a
(04:00):
curve ball in my life, which putme in a spiral.
I was probably one of thevainest person.
Out there because my physicallooks, it meant everything to
me.
My confidence came from myself.
It was definitely placed in mylooks.
And yes, I know it sounds likesuch a vain thing to say, but
this is the honest truth.
(04:22):
So over the many years I gotstuck in self-doubt and I kept
trying to find ways to givemyself a confidence booster only
to find that nothing reallyworked.
I tried everything and yet deepdown, I still struggled.
I was still dealing withself-doubt on many, many levels.
And what I learned is that Ineeded something more and that's
(04:42):
something more is God.
See self-confidence is notsustainable.
It doesn't sustain long-term.
self-confidence is where yourely on your skills, your
talents, and even your looks.
That is going to give you asense of empowerment to get you
through these challenges.
It's how you perceive yourselfin certain skills and
(05:06):
achievements.
Now don't get me wrong.
I'm not talking about arrogance,where you have a sense of
inflation when it comes toself-importance.
But self-confidence and itself.
Is where you know, what yourstrengths are and what your
limitations are.
And most of the time you play toyour strengths.
So for example, if you arestrong in finance, you know, you
(05:29):
have no problem talking aboutfinance Then you would be
confident when someone comes toyou with.
Finance question, but if yourlimitation is in cooking, then
you're probably not going to bevolunteering, cooking lessons
for someone that may be talkingabout how they want to improve a
recipe, The reason why itdoesn't sustain long-term is
(05:50):
because there comes a pointwhere you're going to come face
to face with your limitations.
Most people's initial instinctis to step away from that and
say that it's not for them.
But what do you do if you can'tnecessarily step away from your
limitations?
Say, for example, you're a newmom, right?
You just found out that you'repregnant, you're expecting soon.
And which, if that is you,congratulations by the way.
(06:13):
And so excited for you.
But yeah, if you are.
You know, stepping into yourlimitations because you can't
necessarily.
Step away from it.
What do you do?
Because as a new mom, you don'treally know what to expect.
Or how you're going to prepareto adjust your life, to take
care of your child.
and yes, these skills arelearned.
(06:34):
I am sure as seasoned moms thatare listening, all of you would
agree with me that you learn asyou go, because there is no
manuscript that is going to tellyou.
How to do life as a mom, becauselife itself is so unexpected.
However, there are many timesthat I know many of you are
feeling alone in your journey asyou go through these trial and
(06:56):
errors of trying to adjust tothe season that you are in.
There could be times where youjust feel like you're failing
and it's exhausting.
So when you rely on yourself forconfidence, especially as you're
navigating limitations.
It.
Becomes stressful.
And this is where self doubt canroot itself into your life.
This is where you began tosecond, guess yourself, where
(07:17):
you have imposter syndrome.
And you begin to wonder ifyou're enough, or if you're
doing enough.
This is where mom guilt fallsinto place.
And there's so much more thatcomes with it.
It all stems from facing thesechallenges.
Again, you can definitely workall these things and get better
over time.
But even as you're workingthrough these things, you find
(07:38):
yourself running intochallenges.
So, what do you do in this time?
Well, the answer isn't tocontinue searching on Google or
Pinterest for this confidenceboost, because while they might
feel good in the moment or helpyou find clarity on temporary
things.
It's not going to give yousomething that is sustainable.
And this is where you want torewire your thoughts on
(08:00):
confidence What you want to doinstead is build a God center,
confidence or Christ centeredconfidence.
Having Christ centeredconfidence means that you know
who you are in him.
You are not relying on yourachievements, your skills, or
anything else that comes fromyou to sustain you.
(08:20):
That doesn't mean that you can'twork towards improving these
things, but you know, thatdoesn't make up who you are.
Because, you know, who's, youare.
You know, who you belong to.
This is going to help you as younavigate your purpose in life as
well.
When you build Christ centeredconfidence, you are essentially
recognizing that your worth isnot based on what you achieve or
(08:43):
how others may see you.
And the reason why you want tobuild.
Christ centered confidence isbecause you want to draw from a
place that is constant.
that way, when life throws curveballs at you, you're not going
to be flying off the shelf withit.
You'll have a sense of peacewith that storm comes, which
reminds me of a certain passageand the Bible.
(09:05):
And if you're new here, I loveto dig into scripture with you
and bring out certain thingsthat will hopefully give you new
perspective.
On your journey.
Let's take a look at the Bibletogether.
Specifically chapter eight andMatthew verse 23 to 27.
I know I said that weird.
So Matthew chapter eight, verse23 to 27.
(09:28):
And this is where Jesus calmsthe storm.
It reads.
and when he got into the boat,his disciples followed him and
behold there rose a great stormon the sea.
So that the boat was beingswamped by the waves, but he was
asleep and they went and wokehim saying, save us, Lord.
We are perishing.
And he said to them, why are youafraid?
(09:50):
Oh, you of little faith.
Then he arose and rebuked thewinds and the sea.
And there was a great calm andthe men marveled saying, what
sort of man is this, that evenwinds and sea obey him?
So, what I want you to do istake a few moments to write down
what stuck out to you in theseverses.
If you want.
(10:10):
Write down these verses.
pause me.
If you have to.
Okay.
So there are a few things I wantto unpack here, but for the sake
of time, I'm going to highlightone profound thing That is going
to help you build a Christcentered confidence.
So, what I really wanted tohighlight is the fact that Jesus
is asking his disciples.
Why are you afraid of you have alittle faith?
(10:33):
So by this point, the storm hashappened.
The disciples are crying out,they're saying, Lord, save us.
We are perishing.
His response when he wakes up iswhy are you afraid?
Oh, you of little faith.
He doesn't even question theirreason for waking him up, but.
He questions them.
About their fear and their lackof faith.
(10:54):
And so it makes me think abouthow as moms, we can often do
things or not do things out offear and out of the self doubt
that we have.
See when you are faced withchallenges, it is easy to get
lost in your worries and yourfears.
And you can end up stressingyourself with these things that
(11:15):
only is going to cause you poorstress.
And oftentimes the cycle happenswhen you end up looking to
yourself for the assurance orthe confidence.
That you can overcome thesetroubles.
And that's not to say that youcan't do it because you can't
for certain overcome thetroubles and the challenges that
(11:35):
you have.
But I believe that you need tohave a sustainer who is going to
calm the storm.
And so you have to decide, youknow, are you going to be that
sustainer or are you going to bebuilding confidence in Christ?
That is going to be the one thatsustains you.
I really like Jesus's question.
Why are you afraid of you?
(11:57):
A little faith.
fear has overcome them to thepoint where their faith is
weakened.
And it makes me think about howoften as moms do we go through
that, that we are so overcome bythese thoughts of self doubt and
worry and fear and stress thatour faith has now become
weakened.
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When he asked that question, itkind of makes you question
yourself, you know, why am Iafraid?
And why do I have little faith,When you're searching for a
confidence boost, the dailydevotionals or these feel-good
things that you do, it doesn'tsustain you.
Long-term because it's not goingto help build up the weakned
faith that you may be having, orthe fear that may have overcome
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you, or the doubt that is nowtaking root in your life.
So what I'm saying is that youwant to build your faith.
Okay.
You want to build up your faithto the point that it is not
going to be shaken.
You want to build your trust andGod and build your relationship
with God so that you can havethat Christ centered confidence.
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And I'm telling you, it's goingto make a world of a difference
when you start to do that.
To do this.
You can get to know him more,right.
You can learn about God'scharacter by reading the Bible,
the number one way to know hisgood and trust by the word.
And to get to know him is byreading the Bible.
Whenever you read a verse, askthe question, what is this
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telling me about who God is?
Don't focus on what he's doing,but who he is, what are the
attributes that you see?
What are the character traitsthat has been revealed to you?
Those are going to be somereally good.
Things for you to look into andas you're writing it down, don't
forget to write down what verseso that you could go back and
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reference it later, as you goback and look at your notes.
Another way is to be consistentin prayer.
Not only when you are troubled,but in times of celebration and
in gratitude.
Include God and all of it andall aspects of your life during
your celebrations.
When you are feeling gratefulwhen you are grieving, when
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you're troubled.
All of these things are such awonderful gift because it
highlights just how good God isin your life.
That when you are troubled, youcan still go to him.
Or when there's joy andcelebration, you can celebrate
with him.
These are amazing and beautifulthings.
And then finally, another waythat you can continue to build
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your relationship with God andhave this Christ centered
confidence is to simply removeyourself from the pedestal.
I know that sounds kind ofsilly, but.
You want to start removingyourself and start replacing
that with Jesus as the one thatyou go to and you know that he's
going to sustain you.
He is the living water.
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He is the bread of life, as webegan to wrap up here, just want
to give you a quick recap, We'removing away from
self-confidence.
Because it is not sustainable.
This is where you rely on yourskills and your talents to give
you the sense of empowermentthrough all of the challenges
that you're going to face.
And the reason why you don'twant to rely on self confidence,
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because there's going to come apoint where you come face to
face with your limitations thatyou just simply can't run away
from.
Instead you want to build yourconfidence in Christ.
You want to have a Christcentered confidence.
This means that you know who youare in him.
You're not relying on yourachievements.
Your skills or anything elsethat comes from you to sustain
you.
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You want to draw from a placethat it's constant.
Remember my friend, Jesus Christis the same yesterday, today and
forever.
You can find God's character inthe verses that you've read
through prayer and you canalways go to him.
I know that it can be so hard inthe midst of you trying to
rewire your thoughts to find.
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Godly confidence But my friend,I know that as you work through
it, you're going to make so muchprogress.
I know it's hard, but you can dohard things.
Hi everybody if you liked thisepisode, leave my mommy.
five star reveal on applepodcasts Thank you so much.
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have a nice day.
All right.
My friend, you heard her.
Thank you so much for taking thetime to leave that review on
apple podcasts.
It brings me so much joy hearingfrom you, sadly.
This is where we part ways, butI can't wait to be back on
Wednesday to have anotherwonderful conversation with you.
My friend go in peace.
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