REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

"Confidence!"

ICEBREAKER: If you could start your own business, besides any that you already have founded, what would it be?

CONFESSION: I was made in the image and likeness of God

My God is confident so I am confident

My God is more than a conquerer so I am more than a conquerer

My God is prosperous in all He does so I am prosperous in all I do

My God is always full of hope so I am always full of hope

My God is never nervous so I don’t ever have to worry or be nervous

My God is well so I am well

My God is energized and powerful so I am energized and powerful

My God is motivated, inspired and creative so I am motivated, inspired and creative

My God has a healthy self-image so I have a healthy self-image

My God is intelligent so I am intelligent

My God is talented so I am talented

My God is successful so I am successful

My God is good-looking so I am good-looking

My God is disciplined so I am disciplined

My God is at peace so I am at peace

My God is resourceful so I am resourceful

My God is compassionate so I am compassionate

My God is courageous so I am courageous

My God is organized so I am organized

My God is adventurous so I am adventurous

DEFINITION: CONFIDENCE....

· Confidence is a sense of assurance arising from a deep belief and a deep trust that God will be faithful to keep His promises

· Confidence is the thermostat that regulates your degree of success in life

· Confidence is the bridge between what you believe and what you do

· A man without confidence is like a jumbo jet sitting on the runway with no fuel in it

OUTLINE: 3 Laws That Will Increase Your Level of Confidence

#1: The Law of Personal Development

Your level of achievement or personal income rarely exceeds your passion for personal development.

To achieve more you’ve got to learn more.

To earn more, learn more

#2: The Law of Conditioning

What you listen to repeatedly gets stored in your subconscious and becomes an automatic behavior mechanism creating either positive or negative results in life.

#3: The Law of Diminishing Effect

In 3-6 days you automatically lose or forget the information, inspiration and motivation you experienced at an event.

TEXT: Hebrews 10:35; Judges 6

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1. In what area of your life are you most and least confident?

2. God must first change your self-image, self-portrait and self-confidence in order for you to have the confidence you need to realize your God-given potential and destiny. Give us one adjective to describe how you really feel about yourself.

3. Crisis is when God stirs up the mud puddle. What you really believe about yourself surfaces when you are at your lowest. Tell us a time when you were at your lowest and how you built yourself back up with confidence again.

4. The aim of all spiritual attack is against your self-image. What excuses did Gideon use to justify his failure?

5. Whatever you look at the longest you eventually become. Who or what do you need to observe to become more successful?

6. How do you think God sees himself in terms of His self-image?

PRAISE & PRAYER REQUESTS:

ACTION POINT: This week I will identify and renounce all the excuses that I have been using, either consciously or unconsciously, to justify my lack of success or sabotage my past or future successes.