Tag Archives: confidence in God

Failure in Prayer – Part 1

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

    Failure in prayer I think is mainly due to our failure in getting to prayer—because of our laziness and lack of discipline. But there can also be a failure in prayer even when we are disciplined to pray—because … Continue reading →

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Confidence in God: for 5 Things

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

  In my last post we learned from the Bible that confidence is a trust, mainly it is a trust in God. Confidence is also having hope, courage, and assurance.  Thus if we have confidence toward God we have hope … Continue reading →

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Confidence In the Bible – 5 Basic Meanings

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

Confidence is an essential ingredient for prayer, as well as for Christian living.  In my study of this topic, I found seven different Hebrew and Greek words that could be translated as confidence (Hebrew: mibtach, betach, and batach; Greek: peitho, … Continue reading →

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Four Foundation Stones of Confidence in Prayer

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Stephen Nielsen

There are at least four elements we should consider as a basis for our confidence in prayer.   HIS BLOOD We can be confident when we approach His throne because Christ our High Priest shed His blood for us and … Continue reading →

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Why do we need to pray with confidence?

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Stephen Nielsen

Why do we need to pray with confidence? God knows we are human. Why can’t we just pray the way we want? This is an important question. I suppose we could pray any way we want, but where would it … Continue reading →

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Confidence in Prayer — Four Possible Meanings

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Stephen Nielsen

  What is confidence? And what do we mean by praying with confidence? I think there are at least four possible meanings. Basically, confidence means to have faith, to trust, to believe, or to rely on. Confidence in prayer means … Continue reading →

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