Hi friends! I am so excited to start this “Confident Heart” journey with you!
We have just about 3500, from around the US and the world signed up! I’ve been closing my eyes and picturing us gathering together in small groups (cause I’m a small group kinda girl). Anyhow, it’s so amazing to be here with YOU learning how we can live beyond our doubts by finding our security and confidence in the power of God’s loves and promises for us!
The first thing I want you to remember is: This is YOUR journey.
You’ll be reading the chapters. You will be asking and listening for God to speak to your heart. You’ll be the one who takes time to highlight sentences, promises and quotes you want to remember. You’ll be looking for ways to apply and live what you are learning. You’ll be answering reflection questions and interacting with the group.
You’ll be doing the faith-work of not only believing in God, but really believing God.
I’ll be shepherding, leading, praying, encouraging, connecting and pacing us. I’ll be sharing more of my story – and inviting others who have to share theirs — so that we can see again and again that we are not alone in this journey and struggle towards a confident heart.
I’ll be praying for you, encouraging you, believing in you and challenging you – but you will make the heart investment and be the one who gets out pretty close to as much as you put in.
So, what’s my best advice?? Each time I do something new like this, I ask the Lord what I need to give up – so I can give more to Him. And this time is no different. I’m cutting back on checking emails all throughout my day (which I love to do) and saying no to some fun projects and other time-consumers so I can give more of me TO HIM and to you (for the next 10 weeks)!
Will you pray and block out at least 5 to 10 to 15 minutes every day to let HIM give you all that He has for you?! You are worth it….but more than anything…. JESUS is worth it, right? Are you ready? Here we go:
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(Day 1) Assignment
Please Read the Acknowledgements. This will just give you a peak into more of my current personal life. I think that’s an important part of building community and I’ll be asking you to share more about you later this week 🙂
Please Read Chapter 1. Please highlight verses and sentences that grab your attention or tug on your heart. What is God saying to you though this chapter? Write down what you sense God speaking to your heart in the margins of your book and/or in a journal/notebook that you’ll use throughout this study.
Let’s Connect: What sentences in Chapter 1 connect with you or resonate with your heart? What might you cut back on to make time for Him and yourself these next several weeks?
Click “Share Your Thoughts” below and do just that. {If you’re reading this via email, click here to return to my website/blog and connect with us in community.
Please Check Your Inbox: Our first Online Study Email was sent and in it I explain how our online study will work. Just want to make sure you know it’s there. If you can’t find it, here’s a link to it online.
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To the next! Cheers!!
I am just now starting to read your confident heart book with my accountability group and I had received some of the emails from the past online study and I also looked under the archive tab. In one the first emails to the online study you said there would be a verse for each chapter or each week. I received some but don’t think I got one each week. I love them cause I printed them and hang them on my bulletin board and in my car, etc. was there a specific word and verse for the first chapter? It would be great if each weeks word/ verse was a printable in your free resource tab. Please help.
I need to be closer to God. I need to feel his presence. I have been drifting away, unhappy with the fact that my marriage has failed. A friend read this book and suggested it to me. The sentence that spoke to me was “But I’ve found that when I choose to dwell in the assurance of Whose I am and who I am in Him, I have a confident heart.” That is God’s desire for me. That is my desire for myself. So that sentense is going to be my prayer this week.
1. To pray
2. To be quiet in God’s presence and just feel loved
The Foreword by Lysa caught me right away. I, too, longed for a Daddy he knew me and treasured me. I’ve been searching for that from birth, nearly 45 years. While I’ve made peace with Dad, the hole is still there. It’s smaller, because I’ve allowed God to fill a lot of it. But I hold back some still, afraid to completely surrender, afraid of disappointment. I’m hoping A Confident Heart will help me lay it all down, or at least take the next step. I know God loves me ETERNALLY and I know Jesus has my back; I just need to start living like I “heart” believe it. 🙂 Thank you for this opportunity!