Are you searching for ways to build your confidence? Reading these affirmations for confidence is a great way to speak life into yourself and allow yourself to believe the things that make you so beautiful and cherished.
Do you ever wish somebody would just inject you with confidence? Like, wouldn’t it be nice to receive it as a daily vitamin? Maybe one day somebody smarter than me will create such product. Until then, I have the next best thing. The following list of affirmations for confidence is the daily boost of soul healing you need to remind yourself of how powerful and magnificent you are but first lets talk about the good and the bad.
Are affirmations Biblical?
If you love Jesus, you are probably like me and tend to avoid anything that comes across as new-age or avoid practicing things which don’t point directly to Christ. A common misconception amongst Christians is that giving yourself affirmation isn’t Biblical because the thinking goes, God gives you what you need, therefore you don’t need to give to yourself. Additionally, you don’t want to make yourself an idol by praising yourself because God is the only one to be praised.
While those things are absolutely true, unfortunately being a Christ-follower doesn’t come pre-packaged with confidence and you should never feel bad for lacking self-confidence because you are a christian. We are human beings who experience the rise and fall of emotions and life experiences that affect us no regardless of where we place our faith. In other words, being a christian doesn’t make you immune to things like lack of self-esteem and confidence.
So to combat this, I think the best thing we can do is to affirm ourselves as who God says we are. We know from scripture that God is for us and as long as we give God the honor, we have permission to affirm and reinforce the person God created us to be. On top of that, I’d like to point you to the book of Psalms where David did both Praise God and affirm the person God created him to be. Just look at Psalms 16 to see how David did this.
How do affirmations help?
For one thing, affirming your confidence will only help if you say them consistently. For example, telling yourself one time that you are powerful isn’t going to change much. But if you consistently tell yourself over and over, day after day that you are powerful, eventually you believe it. Eventually you will own that part of yourself because it’s not something you just simply believe anymore, it becomes more than that. It becomes part of your characteristic makeup. Part of your essence.
Affirmations for confidence help in the sense that it builds trust in yourself and the One who created you. How many times do you second-guess yourself about something only to believe it once somebody else validates it for you. We look to other people to affirm all kinds of things about us but we overlook the one person we should be affirming which is ourselves.
How are affirmations harmful?
This will not come as a surprise to you when I say that we should be careful about which affirmations we enforce to ourselves. In my post what is self-esteem and why is it important, I talk about how we are to be accurate in our assessments of abilities, character and talents. I think there is a big difference between affirming things we desire to be true, and trying to affirm things which can never be true. Let me give you an example.
I’m not an artist. Not by a long shot. I can’t even draw stick figures correctly in a game of Telestrations. I know this about myself and I’m comfortable with this fact. But if I were to affirm to myself, “Bethany you are such a great artist. you are capable of being a great artist” This would be damaging to me because it’s a lie. This is simply not my gift in life.
The point of using affirmations is to build trust with yourself, not lie about your capabilities! You do not want to get caught up in affirming a lie about yourself because that doesn’t get you anywhere so when you read through these affirmations, be sure to first check for any which do not apply to you.
How to practice affirmations
Some of this is going to come down to personal preference but the good news is that there are many ways to get comfortable with affirming yourself if one method doesn’t feel good to you. Some choose to stand in front of a mirror and say it out loud, some prefer to sit quietly and read them over and over. Some prefer to write them down daily. Others like to incorporate it into their prayer life.
Whatever you choose, I recommend staying consistent with that method. The more you practice in the same way in the same spot the more you will look forward to your tiny slice of “me” time and come to regard it as special and sacred. The trick is to repeat them however many times you need to but 3x minimum works best.
Don’t worry if this feels a little weird if you haven’t tried it. It may feel uncomfortable because you aren’t used to receiving this much praise in such a short amount of time. But I just ask you to try it especially the ones you struggle with. Try journaling how you feel before and after the exercise and chart it out over time so you can see how this might be helping you to grow your confidence.
I purposefully kept this list to 35 affirmations because I think sometimes any more than that can be overwhelming. One thing I like to do is take 5 at a time and only focus on 5 affirmations daily for 30 days as a way to reinforce these truths within a reasonable time.
Affirmations
- I am fearfully and wonderfully made
- I am loved
- I am enough
- I am worthy
- I am God’s masterpiece
- I am chosen
- I am powerful
- I am forgiven
- I am capable
- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
- I can do hard things
- I can delegate
- I can survive
- I can flourish
- I can be confident
- I can grow
- I can prosper
- I can succeed
- I have wisdom
- I have freedom
- I have permission to be me
- I have the right to say how I feel
- I have God’s protection over my life
- God fights for me
- God cherishes me
- God waits for me
- God forgives me
- God is patient with me
- I give myself grace
- I give of myself to others
- I give generously
- I respect myself
- I value myself
- I choose how to respond
- I choose God’s will over my own
Closing
Have you tried giving affirmations of confidence to yourself? Tell us how it worked for you in the comments below. If you’d like to see an affirmations for confidence plan, let me know in the comment section or send me a note so I can help.
Bethany
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