Confidence That Conquers - Part 1

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[upbeat music] Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Wednesday, April twenty-ninth. The Apostle James warns that the tongue rules the whole body. Discover how to speak with purpose and intention in today's podcast, Confidence That Conquers, based on Dr. Stanley's insights.

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Your confidence level is probably one of the greatest determining factors of 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, 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 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 gonna come across as being bold, and I'm gonna be egotistical, and, um, people are gonna think I'm