Thank You for being willing to meet us in our insecurities, fears, doubts, and defeat. Help us to realize the lies that we have believed. We confess that we so often do not trust You or believe you. We buy into the enemy’s lies about us. We forget who we are in You. Forgive us for trusting our sinful hearts over You. Jesus, You have proven Yourself trustworthy. You are the One who calls us chosen, co-heirs, adopted, and friends. Help us to live out of who You say that we are and not the lies that we believe. We pray that You would build our courage and self-confidence as You did with so many people in the Bible. You tell us in Jeremiah 17:7 that we are blessed when we trust in You when our confidence is in You. You tell us in 2 Timothy 1:7 that You gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. Psalm 27:3 reminds us that even “though an army encamps against us, our hearts shall not fear; though war arise against us, yet we will be confident.” We pray boldly these Scriptures over our lives. We ask that You would empower us by Your Word and give us peace to walk forward. You tell us to put on Your armor, which includes the shoes of peace. Shoes indicate walking and moving forward. May Your peace remind us that we can move ahead with Your strength even when we are afraid because we know that You never leave us. We pray against the fiery darts of lies from the enemy. We ask that You would give us the Holy Spirit power to combat these lies with Your Word. Heal us from the moments of failures and weakness in the past. Remind us that You are the God of second chances who gives us new opportunities to trust you and be courageous again. Thank You, Lord, for giving us courage and self-confidence in Christ. Amen.
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