My real issue was one of faith. Gingerly I began to speak words of blessing and people were blessed. The more I spoke words of blessing, my confidence, courage and personal fulfillment increased. Being instruments of healing delivers a major increase in our confidence to minister and our sense of personal fulfillment. When we build value into another person's life our level of self-esteem rises.
Selfish living is the great robber of healthy self-esteem.
Think of the courage, boldness and high level of self-esteem it would take to carry out the following instruction. But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 'Even the dust of your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. If they don't want my help, go where they do. Ministering with the authority of Heaven gives us great confidence and courage. I don't mind sharing with you that I have always had problems with this insight that Jesus gives to the 72 fresh recruits.