The Right Kind of Confident: The Remarkable Grit of a God-Fearing Woman

“Popular wisdom says we need more self-love, self-affirmation, and self assurance to become confident women. But Mary Kassian counters this well0worn 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 God's confidence formula, you'll become a super-confident woman who can face even the most daunting circumstance with remarkable strength and courage. ”

“Mary brings the WORD. She's 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 you're sick of living in fear and being a slave to everyone else's opinions about who you should be, this book is for you. Great work, Mary! What a timely message. ”

“I grabbed a pen as I read Mary Kassian's 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 wasn't disappointed. This book is packed with 'here's why' and 'how to' for women who want to move forward in faith and no give way to fear. Mary Kassian doesn't shy away from tough questions and honest answers. She helps us to discover why we want confidence (and God's good purpose for it), what we misunderstand about how fear (and God's good purpose for it), and how the whole trajectory of our lives is skillfully shaped by our heavenly Father who doesn't have a doubt in the world about his love or plan for us. ”

“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 what's 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! ”

“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 ”

“'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 it's your enemy suggesting your confidence should be in you? With her trademark clarity and biblical wisdom, Mary brilliantly pulls back deceit's curtain and reveals how fragile and self-destructive our self-confidence truly is, then she trains us to see our fears as God's invitations to draw near and sink our roots more deeply into him. Come learn to fear everything less by fearing God more—which is the way to grow the right kind of confidence. ”

“Let's be honest, girls; we've got a confidence problem. The world's constant efforts to pump us up with messages of our 'enoughness' don't work. We know we're weak. We know we don't 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 Kassian's book The Right Kind of Confident. This is the countercultural message we've been looking for! The world's definition of confidence is dead wrong. Mary's book is a beautiful reminder that the right kind of confidence flows from our confidence in Christ. ”