My Confidence is in Him

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Harriet Kemmick explains why placing your confidence in God is crucial during these unprecedented times.

Harriet Kemmick, host of Down to Earth, begins the episode by stating the theme: having confidence in God, specifically referencing Philippians chapter 1 verse 6. She introduces herself as the host, an author, and founder of the Exodus Foundation. Harriet argues that in unprecedented times, people need to remind themselves of their belief system and base their confidence on God rather than themselves. She reads from Philippians 1:1-6, emphasizing that God will complete the good work He started. Harriet explains that confidence in God leads to peace, using examples like job interviews and natural disasters such as floods in Valencia, Spain, and Paris to illustrate human fragility. She shares a detailed personal anecdote from 2003, when she was a 37-year-old single mother in Central Florida with a 15-month-old and a 12-year-old, facing financial ruin and family pressure to move to Detroit. Harriet attributes her survival to turning to prayer instead of drugs or alcohol. She advises listeners to pray about problems and leave them with God, not revisiting them. Harriet discusses business uncertainties, like banks calling loans, and urges calm to hear God's guidance. She recounts how after 14 years of struggle, including living with her mother, God enabled her to buy a home in 2017. Harriet challenges listeners who feel their 'good work is done,' suggesting volunteer work at shelters or retirement centers. She critiques modern self-reliance, referencing television, the atomic bomb, and moon landings as events that made people feel they didn't need God. Harriet concludes by reaffirming that confidence in God brings peace, assurance, and comfort, and ends with a prayer.

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A sermon that turns Philippians 1:6 and personal crisis into a call for steady trust in God.

Harriet Kemmick centers this sermon on confidence in God, using Philippians 1:6 to frame crisis, belief, and the long wait for deliverance. The teaching moves from a call to know what one believes into her account of being in Central Florida in 2003, age 37, with a 15-month-old…

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