Boldness.<\/i> Boldness isn\u2019t arrogance, presumption, or a sense of entitlement. It\u2019s confidence based on who you are in Christ. Paul writes, \u2018Let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find His grace to help us when we need it most.\u2019<\/i> (Hebrews\u00a04:16\u00a0NLT) As God\u2019s redeemed child, you have a right to approach Him at any time. And understanding that enables you to overcome Satan\u2019s attempts to make you feel unworthy. It removes your natural inclination to say, \u2018I know God can do it, but it\u2019s hard to believe He will do it for me.<\/i>\u2019 You think like that when you feel unworthy. But the glorious truth is\u2014Jesus has made you worthy! (See Colossians 1:12.) <\/p>\n
Note also, \u2018We will find grace to help us when we need it most,\u2019<\/i> and grace is simply undeserved favour. In other words, God will give you what you don\u2019t deserve when you\u2019re confident enough to ask Him. Plus, you\u2019re asking in Jesus\u2019 name, not your own. You\u2019re presenting to the Father all that Jesus<\/i> is, not all that you<\/i> are. And here is another thought: when you have hidden sin in your heart, you can\u2019t pray with confidence. Unconfessed sin locks you in and shuts God out (see\u00a0Psalm\u00a066:18). <\/p>\n
But the good news is, when you ask God to reveal your sin, He will. And when He does, you must deal with it if you want to keep the lines of communication open. If God reminds you of a situation in which you didn\u2019t do the right thing, don\u2019t try to sweep it under the rug. Acknowledge it, receive His forgiveness, and then you can pray with confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boldness. Boldness isn\u2019t arrogance, presumption, or a sense of entitlement. It\u2019s confidence based on who you are in Christ. Paul writes, \u2018Let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find His grace to help us when we need it most.\u2019 (Hebrews\u00a04:16\u00a0NLT) As God\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}