In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, confidence that conquers.

Your confidence level is probably one of the greatest determining factors of whether you'll

succeed in life or whether you'll succeed in life

or whether you'll fail. And I've known some people over the years who were very qualified,

very gifted, very skilled, talented, educated, you name it. But they never got very far in life

for the simple reason it's the way they thought about themselves. I thought much more highly of them than they thought

of themselves. And there are a lot of people who miss out on life's best because they think

they're less than. They don't feel. And their negative attitude is devastating to them. And I think

people don't realize that unless somebody points it out to them.

That, you know, you're gifted, you're skilled, you're qualified, but what's the problem?

But they don't think so. And as long as you don't think so, it's a detriment in your life.

Well, the truth is, confidence is a very important thing.

In fact, it's a good thing.

It's a healthy thing.

It's an enabling thing.

And yet many people think in terms of confidence, well, if I'm confident,

I'm going to come across as being bold, and I'm going to be egotistical, and people are going to think I'm just being prideful.

Not necessarily.

You can be very confident without being prideful or egotistical or arrogant, because confidence is of God.

But if you don't have it,

it's not because God wouldn't have you to have it.

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