Steven Furtick stated during his sermon ‘My Confidence Is Coming Back’ that “The devil cannot take your calling. The bible says that the gifts and the calling are without repentance. He does not change His mind when you lose your way. So since the devil can’t take your calling, he attacks your confidence. Because if he can get you to give him your confidence, he can keep you from functioning in your calling. If he can get you to believe that you are raising you kids just like your mom raised you and your mom raised you in a way that was detrimental and destructive. He can get you to repeat the patterns and miss the opportunity for progress because he stripped you of your confidence. You can have a great calling and no confidence.”
Why Mary …show more content…
My dreams were big and my life was small. I was created for such a purpose and I knew it. As a little girl, there were no boundaries to my dreams. There was no one and nothing that could stop me or get in my way. Christ was my friend and I was free. But there was one who sought to ensure I would not fulfill my purpose and wanted to destroy my relationship with Christ, Satan. At seven years of age, he began his brutal attempts to steel my confidence. At seven years of age…I was molested by a family friend, 11, and her cousin who was 15. At 12, I became suicidal and developed an eating disorder because of harsh bullying that I had endured. As a freshman, I was exposed to death within my family. My grandfather passed away and then 10 days later my great grandfather passed. Additionally, I was sexually assaulted by my high school teacher. One of my closest friends had been present and witnessed the event. We reported the incident together but I received major back lash. Because I was from a small town, 47 graduating class, the teacher was only suspended for three days but was to retire at the end of the year. Following the reporting, I had students tell me that I should have committed suicide, that I should have kept my mouth shut, that I should transfer schools. I received emails calling me vulgar names proclaiming I did it only for attention. I began to fail almost all of
Why Mary …show more content…
My dreams were big and my life was small. I was created for such a purpose and I knew it. As a little girl, there were no boundaries to my dreams. There was no one and nothing that could stop me or get in my way. Christ was my friend and I was free. But there was one who sought to ensure I would not fulfill my purpose and wanted to destroy my relationship with Christ, Satan. At seven years of age, he began his brutal attempts to steel my confidence. At seven years of age…I was molested by a family friend, 11, and her cousin who was 15. At 12, I became suicidal and developed an eating disorder because of harsh bullying that I had endured. As a freshman, I was exposed to death within my family. My grandfather passed away and then 10 days later my great grandfather passed. Additionally, I was sexually assaulted by my high school teacher. One of my closest friends had been present and witnessed the event. We reported the incident together but I received major back lash. Because I was from a small town, 47 graduating class, the teacher was only suspended for three days but was to retire at the end of the year. Following the reporting, I had students tell me that I should have committed suicide, that I should have kept my mouth shut, that I should transfer schools. I received emails calling me vulgar names proclaiming I did it only for attention. I began to fail almost all of