Mary A. Kassian - The Right Kind of Confident: The Remarkable Grit of a God-Fearing Woman

PRAISE FOR THE RIGHT KIND OF CONFIDENT

Popular wisdom says we need more self-love, self-affirmation, and self-assurance to become confident women. But Mary Kassian counters this well-worn self-help solution. The Right Kind of Confident is thought-provoking. Eye-opening. Inspiring. It takes us on a journey to discover that the fear of the Lord is the key to overcoming our personal fears and insecurities. Young or old, you need the wisdom found in these pages! When you embrace Gods confidence formula, youll become a superconfident woman who can face even the most daunting circumstance with remarkable strength and courage.

NANCY DEMOSS WOLGEMUTH, AUTHOR OF LIES WOMEN BELIEVE AND ADORNED, FOUNDER OF REVIVE OUR HEARTS, AND BIBLE TEACHER

Mary brings the WORD. Shes counterculture in all the best ways. She breaks down the popular self-help lies and shows us a more Christ-centered way to true confidence. If youre sick of living in fear and being a slave to everyone elses opinions about who you should be, this book is for you. Great work, Mary! What a timely message.

KRISTEN CLARK AND BETHANY BEAL, AUTHORS OF GIRL DEFINED AND FOUNDERS OF GIRL DEFINED MINISTRIES

I grabbed a pen as I read Mary Kassians The Right Kind of Confident, and I underlined this: Do you want to be a confident woman? One who possesses great calmness, great boldness, and the ability to face trouble with the most mighty and invincible spirit in the world? I scrawled, Yes! in the margin and dug in deeper. I wasnt disappointed. This book is packed with heres why and how to for women who want to move forward in faith and not give way to fear. Mary Kassian doesnt shy away from tough questions and honest answers. She helps us to discover why we want confidence (and Gods good purpose for it), what we misunderstand about fear (and Gods good purposes for it), and how the whole trajectory of our lives is skillfully shaped by our heavenly Father who doesnt have a doubt in the world about his love or plan for us.

LAURA BOOZ, AUTHOR AND PODCAST HOST OF EXPECT SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

With the heart of a teacher and the compassion of a friend, Mary shows us from Scripture what it means to be truly confident women who fear the Lord and place our trust in him. I appreciate her perceptive diagnosis of whats gone wrong within our hearts and the clarity with which she leads us to the only solution: a greater awe and worship of Jesus Christ and obedience and devotion to him who alone is to be feared. This is the right kind of confidence indeed!

KRISTEN WETHERELL, AUTHOR OF FIGHT YOUR FEARS

The Right Kind of Confident is a message I want every woman to hear! While the world holds up self-worth and self-esteem as the way to be fearless and confident, Mary Kassian encourages women to rightly orient their fear toward the only One who is worthy of it. This book will help you joyfully endure even the most challenging circumstances with a well-placed confidence in the Lord.

HUNTER BELESS, FOUNDER OF JOURNEYWOMEN AND HOST OF THE JOURNEYWOMEN PODCAST

Self confidence is the antidote! the world says in response to your anxiety spikes and crippling self-doubt. But what if your fear-fed insecurity is being manufactured by a slithering con artist? What if its your enemy suggesting your confidence should be in you? With her trademark clarity and biblical wisdom, Mary brilliantly pulls back deceits curtain and reveals how fragile and self-destructive our self-confidence truly is, then she trains us to see our fears as Gods invitations to draw near and sink our roots more deeply into him. Come learn to fear everything else less by fearing God morewhich is the way to grow the right kind of confidence.

SHANNON POPKIN, AUTHOR OF CONTROL GIRL AND COMPARISON GIRL

Lets be honest, girls; weve got a confidence problem. The worlds constant efforts to pump us up with messages of our enoughness dont work. We know were weak. We know we dont have what it takes to face life as broken women in a broken world. We know that confidence in ourselves falls flat every single time. I am so grateful for Mary Kassians book The Right Kind of Confident. This is the countercultural message weve been looking for! The worlds definition of confidence is dead wrong. Marys book is a beautiful reminder that the right kind of confidence flows from our confidence in Christ.

ERIN DAVIS, AUTHOR AND PODCASTER SEEKING TO FIND HER CONFIDENCE IN CHRIST

The Right Kind of Confident

2021 Mary A. Kassian

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ISBN 978-1-4002-0987-3 (eBook)

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Epub Edition July 2021 9781400209873

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kassian, Mary A. author.

Title: The right kind of confident : the remarkable grit of a God-fearing woman / Mary A Kassian.

Description: Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: "Mary Kassian shows readers how they can be transformed into bold, indomitable women when they develop a reverent fear of God that rejects the wrong and embraces the right kind of confidence"-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021011138 (print) | LCCN 2021011139 (ebook) | ISBN 9781400209866 (paperback) | ISBN 9781400209873 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Christian women--Religious life. |

Self-confidence--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Classification: LCC BV4527 .K374 2021 (print) | LCC BV4527 (ebook) | DDC 248.8/43--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021011138

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021011139

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