Stand for God with Boldness

One of the hardest things that I have had to face since I started this journey to have a better relationship with God, is my boldness when it comes to people. Now you may be wondering, what does people have to do with your journey to have a better relationship with God? I am so glad you asked. See, I have always wanted the approval of people in my life to validate that I was doing something right. I wanted people to tell me how good of a job I was doing, but I realized I was going about it all the wrong way. I coward down alot, because I wanted that approval from others. I would never stood up for what I knew God was telling me to do. I always just took what others said, and just shyness would always set in. What I found out was that people were not the answer to what I was trying to do for God. I did not need their approval. I found out the hard way, that I was not going to get the approval of man, because they do not understand what God is doing in my life. But...