Our word for Chapter 6 is HIS
Download and print a PDF file or in a MSWord file. Post it everywhere so you can remember YOU ARE a HIS – He has redeemed you and called you by name. You belong to HIM!
God’s promise for this week:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!” Isaiah 43:1b (NAS)
Do you ever feel inadequate and insecure? We have an enemy who is good at getting us to believe we’re not good enough and don’t have what it takes to be used by God. But we don’t have to let him trash us the way he does! Today we’ve got another IMPORTANT video message you don’t want to miss! It is one of my favorites!!
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Today’s Assignments: Print and post your Chapter 6 word and verse. Pray our Chapter 6 prayer and start {or continue} reading chapter 6.
“Share Your Thoughts” about Chapter 6 and today’s video below.
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I have completed the book. I have even read the book two times and I admit that I have learn something different each time. I am proud to say that I can read this book again and again. I recommend that everyone read it two times in oder to get the full understanding of the power of god.
Amazing messages at both services at church today
If I didn’t know better I’d at my pastors have been secretly
reading A Confident Heart and doing this study.
Feel very blessed how God has nicely tied up the whole issue of doubt
for me tonight ending with prayer and freedom.
Through my experiences tonight I believe we have to take the first step by making a conscious decision not to walk in doubt.
Once we make that decision we have drawn a line in the sand not to cross. God is awesome. He loves us more than we can ever understand. He will meet us in that decision and set us free. But that decision is ours to make. A decision we may need to make daily for a while till it really gets into our head, heart and spirit. Thank you Jesus for what you’ve done for me tonight.
Loved the video, it really spoke to me as I have struggled with this most of my adult life. I am guilty of throwing away my confidence. But for those of you who still struggle with this with God’s help it does get better!! The Lord has brought me so far especially in the last 5 years or so. My husband and I stepped out on faith about 8 months ago (quitting two full time jobs – he to start his own business and I to become a stay at home/homeschooling mom) and I have to say my cup runneth over!! He has blessed us beyond anything that we could have imagined. All I can say is push on, fight past the doubt it may be very difficult and very scary but you will not regret it!!
I absolutely love chapter 6 and your video message. I have been feeling hopeless and less confident. Your message and the scriptures really spoke to me. The great messages from the community are great and they let me know I’m not alone. Thank you so much.
God has perfect timing, I have allowed the world and others to define me and bring the fear out of me to the point I just want to crawl in a hole and not come out.. I have let my confidence diminish without really knowing it happened. The verse that really hit me today was Dt 31:6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for The Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. I have been struggling with fear for some time, My husbands deployment seems to have brought up a lot of fears I thought I was getting past. Fear of feeling safe in this world is challenging but reminds me that My God is right beside me every step of the way, he will not leave me!! For with him I am Strong
I loved this video of throwing away our thoughts and getting with God’s Word. I have thrown away my confidence most of my life and allowed others or myself to define me. What a refreshing way to look at ourselves through the eyes of God. If we tell God, ourselves and others that we are not adequate then we ate calling God a liar. Loved chapter six and will be working on these concepts This is an awesome study. I am learning and growing a lot. God has spoken to me during this time.
Oh Michelle … you’re not alone! I feel like that very very often. I’ve been there, am often there! …. Praying for you this morning! Keep looking up…. and don’t compare you to anyone else!
I woke up this morning feeling like all the progress I have made was thrown away by me yesterday. I went on a field trip with my daughter and was in a group with a mom who is extremely confident and I felt she took charge of everything. I am one when a person seems so confidently taking leadership I will shrink back even if I don’t agree. Because I feel who am I to say anything they are obviously smarter and stronger and are more liked and who am I to tell them I disagree. But inside it makes me angry because I think who are they to bulldoze like that. But no one else has a problem with how they are operating so what is wrong with me? I feel so small this morning again. I so easily threw my confidence out the window yesterday.
Why is it so hard to change my mindset? I want so desperately to be confident. Is it because I don’t know how to let go and let God? Or is it because I want so desperately to be liked and accepted from people that God won’t let that happen until I seek it only from Him? I feel so lost and isolated and lonely and wrong, I hate these feelings. I never feel listened to. I never feel understood.
My doctor prescribed anti-depressants to try and help with all these depressed feelings it seemed to help at first but they are all back. How do I process all this with God? I feel like I cry out in my prayer journal all the time. But never heal all the past hurts regrets and mistakes. Do I have to go to every person in my life and apologize for who I have been?
Lord help me. I feel so small and lost and confused and frustrated. Why do I always feel like I am wrong? Show me please my stumbling blocks. I want to be free in You. I want to be able to love those you place in my life. I love my husband and my kids. I am so grateful for them. But I struggle in every other relationship.
I need you Lord Jesus. Please come over me, fill me, help me to accept your love and forgiveness. Help me to please be confident in You.
In Jesus mighty name, Amen
Michelle, my heart goes out to you. Sharing your story and your pain is often the first step to complete healing. Remember that God created you to be you. You are special in His eyes and He loves you more than you could ever imagine. When I am down, I turn on the Christian radio station and let the words of the music speak to me, it is amazing how just the right songs comes on, God is so good!!!!
I would encourage you to find a mentor from church that can walk this journey with you. Pray about who you should ask, God will show you. Let this person be the hands and feet of Jesus to you.
Renee has so great statements in Ch.6, pick a few and claim them for this journey. Cheering you on and remember once you surrender, then God is in control.
Michelle recognizing that feeling and crying out to the Lord are good first steps toward the confidence you are seeking. I have experience that often. I had to find support from loving non judgmentalpeople to accept rejection from others and myself. I read a book called How People Grow by cloud and Townsend to help me understand this concept. I had to realize that I was human just like everyone else and forgive myself in order to forgive others. What we see in others that we do not like is often what we have to work on in ourselves . I will say a prayer for you, Michelle that spiritually, physically and emotionally God will heal you. By being vulnerable and transparent you have taken a huge step to healing. I understand, believe me.
Praying for you Jerrianne. I can only imagine what you must be going (& have gone) through. Ps. 91:1, 2 & 4: “He will cover you…” Dwell, rest, trust, find refuge in Him, allow Him to be your “fortress.” And Ps 91:9-16. Call on & rely on Him, your covering, protector …
Tammy thank you for the prayers, I am going to look up those verses. Today I am thankful for the baby steps that happened already this morning. It has been so freeing know that God is in control. Now I just have to continue to hold on to that promise.
Looked up the verses and claiming them for this time in my life.
Renee,
Thank you for the reminder that GOD IS IN CONTROL. I needed to hear that this week as I have had to surrender my husband and marriage to the Lord. Lots of tears and soul searching. I spent tonight rereading Chapters 5 and 6 and it was just what I need. I rewrote the words from the song into statement form that I am claiming for my husbands mental concerns and my marriage.
Waiting and surrending it to the one that is in control.
I am going to use the AM/FM statement too.
Renee, I just have to thank you for the free download this week. I was up earlier for my week 3 walk/run struggling to complete my 3 minute run. (Doesn’t sound like very long but it was 5am and 40 degrees outside. LOL) As I was thinking I can’t finish this today the image of the don’t throw away your confidence sheet popped into my head. And then I remember Phil. 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthenth me. So, I finished the run. It was an aha moment for me this morning!
And I had a great rest of the day after that!
I also found this verse this week: Psa. 78:39 “He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.” It made me stop and think about how we have talked about our hurt feelings from others. And how no matter how much we are hurt by others they are just flesh, a passing breeze, but God is always with us and He is the only one that truly matters. It is easier said than done but I am hoping to keep this verse (and others) in mind when I start thinking about what others think of me.
I am so thankful for this Bible Study. As I have said before, it couldn’t have come at a better time.
I just love how God has given Renee much wisdom in these teachings. I’m one who needs a ‘blueprint’ on ‘what to do next’, and Renee gives us the blueprint in these videos. She also gives us great scriptures from the Word to back up the truths that she teaches. I loved these scriptures! Hebrews 10:39 is one of my favorites… that gives me confidence and courage to persevere in the challenges of life. God never fails! 🙂
Bless you all!
Studying this week again, one morning I was talking to God about how locked in my insecurity I felt, how difficult my feelings towards myself are – like a prison. I felt the spirit say, but I already have secured the key. You just have to accept it.
I need to stop throwing away confidence.
I am just amazed at Daddy God’s timing. Last night I was singing with my group and it had gone really well. At the end of the service though the enemy came at me “big time” with old insecure, negative, comparison thoughts that I had thought I had gotten over. Daddy God was already pointing these things out to me and I had gotten rid of alot of stuff and then seen this onine Bible study and knew it would help me continue on the path I had started. Just yesterday morning I had taken off work and spent the morning with Father God to consecrate myself before Him, to be able to minister to the people last night. I had quickly thrown away my confidence that I had just felt so strong about just a few hours prior. I was standing praying asking God to show me something new of Himself even though I was fighting trying to reject the thoughts the enemy was firing at me. Later on as the service progressed, someone came up behind me and told me how they saw God in me and all over me and it touched me so. This morning I called a friend and repented of allowing the enemy to take my confidence and put back on me those feelings of insecurity and self-doubt. Felt so much better after talking with her and praying with her. Then WOW look what appears for today’s message. EXACTLY what I needed. I thank Daddy God so much for His mercy and faithfulness to me. We sing again tonight and I’m ready this time. More equipped and aware of the enemy’s tactics. I’m committed not to throw away my confidence tonight but BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE with Emmanuel (God with us!!!). Thank you so much Renee. This book/bible study has been exactly what the doctor (Great Physician) ordered for me in this season of my life. I KNOW I will be totally changed forever because of it. Daddy God is doing a mighty work in me for these last days. I will be a mighty warrior in His Army!!!
Thank you for sharing, you are an amazing woman of God. I think it is normal for us to be attacked, either by the enemy or by the sin of a fallen world. It is great to admit to these struggles and receive prayer from those we trust. I told my prayer partner that most of the time, people don’t even have to attack me, all I have to do is open a fashion magazine, and I will “attack” my own looks, clothes, shoes, accessories, hairstyle, etc. I have to replace criticism with God’s word, which Renee conveniently provided a wheel bunch in chapter 6! If only there was a find and replace function for our brains…
So glad to finally have something tangible to battle the feelings of low self-confidence. I am loving this study that is helping me focus on the truth instead of Satan’s lies. Why is it so easy to believe the bad stuff and not the good?