Philippians 4:6-7,12-13 NLT

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus…
I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

Luke 18:27 NLT

He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”

Confidence is empowering

God-given confidence empowers us to…

…Confront our arrogance

Galatians 2:19-20 NLT

For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law—I stopped trying to meet all its requirements—so that I might live for God. My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

…Quiet our fears

Psalm 34:4 NIV

I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

…Eliminate our need of approval

John 12:42-43 NASB

Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

Hebrews 13:6 NLT

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?”