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Our word for the week: CONQUEROR
Be sure to print it and post it everywhere. You can download in a PDF or in MSWord.
God’s WORD for US this week:
“No, in all these things you are more than [a] conqueror through Him who loved you.” Romans 8:37
This week, in chapter 7, we’re going to identify and learn how to defeat our second most common doubt… “I’m such a failure.” It’s the wicked step-sister of “I’m not good enough.”
My prayer, hope and deepest desire is make sure failure no longer gets the final say in your life, JESUS does! Because YOU ARE are more than a conqueror through HIM (Jesus) who loves us, you can learn to fail forward and grow from your mistakes and full blown sins. That is how you become a women with a God-fident heart.
In today’s video teaching, I want to empower and equip you to stop letting doubt and discouragement beat you up and start letting God words build you up instead!
{Download FREE “AM/FM Thoughts Printable here}
{Download “Video Message Notes” in MSWord or in a PDF.}
Today’s Assignments: Print and post our Chapter 7 word and verse. Pray our Chapter 7 prayer and start {or continue} reading chapter 7.
Let’s Connect: Click “share your thoughts” below and let’s talk about what God speaking is to your heart today through the video and/or chapter 7? What are one or two things you’ll take away today?
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I read chapter 7 yesterday, and I set out to stop the negative thoughts by asking God what His thoughts are about a situation rather that try to figure it out with my own understanding. I was reading Luke morning and verse 37, “For nothing is impossible with God.” brought me added strength. But it was verse 45 that I really drank in. “Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord said to her will be accomplished.” There it is again, believing Him!
The third FM thought in the video is what I needed after a phone call with my husband. It was a complaint from him that I have heard many times that I have tried to change, but can’t. I said “I can’t do it” and got on my knees. I asked God what His thoughts are about it. And I recalled “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” I am going to carry that FM thought with me and see what God says. Right now all I am hearing is to trust Him. And I am thinking maybe this isn’t “my issue” to fix. Maybe it is an expectation that He is going to fix in my husband. Whatever the case, Christ will strengthen me, and I am blessed for believing Him.
Hi Renee!
I loved the section in Chapter 6 about AM PM frequencies in our thoughts. I thought that was very well put! I wrote all of that part in my journal, printed the part about “Who I Am in Christ” and put that in my journal and I printed the AM and FM thoughts from yesterday’s email. I will be putting that around my house and referring to it often!!! I really think those AM thoughts come all the time! Also, the thought “what’s wrong with me?” Was a zinger! I say that out loud to myself all the time!!!! Now when I start to say that, it’s like a buzzer goes off in my head, and I say” oh! There’s nothing wrong with me!” And I start to quote a scripture! Thank you, thank you, thank you, for helping me be aware.!
Thanks Renee, that message was supper helpful!
It helped me see that I need a lot more FM thoughts, and a lot less AM thoughts!
Thanks again!
So, I just finished reading chapter 7 and found it to be very powerful. I have alot of am thoughts and find it hard to fit in the fm thoughts. I guess you could say with my background of abuse I find it easy to fall into the am thoughts. My wish for myself is that I can one day be able to be consistent with the fm thoughts and less of the am thoughts in my heart. I know what I read was true and I so remember the story of the women who they brought to Jesus to be stoned. I am not that women but I do find myself thinking why can’t I be a christ like women. It isn’t that I am not a christ like women it just feels that way I guess here goes that self-doubt that we talked about earlier in the one chapter. BAM! SMACK! right in the face again. How do I let myself get into these positions? I not only can’t answer this question but find myself getting very frustrated by it. Chapt. 7 talks about making our own failing list oh, that would take up a whole sheet of paper for me. I love the golden nugget story also and wonder if I did that to teach myself more truth about myself and others in my life.
this was in my inbox this morning and just wanted to share it with you all. I recive these daily from bible gateway and I just love them. Hope you all like it .
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers . . . will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39
Most of what our world calls “love” is conditional. You get to be on the receiving end only if or because you are a certain way or if or because you do certain things. Stop being or doing those things and watch how quickly the “love” disappears. Except when it comes to God.
His love is unconditional, permanent, sure. Like sunlight it shines on us no matter what we do or don’t do. We can’t cause it to burn more brightly. We can’t possibly turn it off. It is the great constant in life—the one thing we can’t evade.
Sin in our lives might prevent us from the vivid experience of God’s love, but it doesn’t diminish that love any more than a few clouds can diminish the sun.
Take time today to bask in the warmth of divine love.
God’s Promise to Me
•Nothing can separate you from my love.
My Prayer to God
Your love is permanent, Lord. Transform me as I understand more deeply your undying affection for me. When I am in situations where I cannot sense your love, give me the faith to trust that you are still there and that I am always in your care.
Thanks for posting this! I keeping hear the small voice saying trust and obey the only way . When the doubts come flying in and I do not FEEL the LORD my prayer is for the gift of faith
Amen….I like how you said that we can not turn Gods love off no matter what but, I think we can let more of his light in by opening up.( like a shade on a window). The light of God is out there we just need to open the blind and let the light in.
I think we can all use those reminders of God being for us when so many things or people (especially ourselves) can be against us.
More technical note, how do you participate in the conference call?
I remember hearing once that condemnation pushes and holds me down and conviction lifts and draws me up. I think this goes along with the thoughts in the chapter. We do have to be intentional about how we think about and look at the things-good and bad-that come into our lives. Having our thoughts and responses thought of in advance can help us quickly turn our thinking to God and His grace and away from ourselves and Satan and our messes and Satan’s lies. I so appreciate the encouragement, lessons, and reminders in the book that help me have a more confident heart!!
Renee
I’m so thankful for u stepping out in faith and sharing!! THis bible study and reading your book is helping me and so many others !!! God Bless you !!!!!
WOW. The gold miner having to remove all those tons of dirt just to find that tiny amount of gold.
Just that short paragraph has really spoken to me. The last 18 months had been one shovel of dirt after another and now as I begin to see and feel the breakthrough I get it. God is my gold miner. He has brought me through all this stuff to bring forth gold. I was stuck looking at the dirt instead of looking for the gold God had for me. Thank you Renee for being obedient to God in your ministry so through you HE can minister and set many others of us free too. 🙂
I too really liked that part. I even told my son about it at bedtime. He had painted some rocks gold and had a little pile on his floor. I told him there is gold in all of us! Britt Nicole has a song called “Gold” that I love!
I just wanted you all to know that since I became a Christian back in 2000 I have been going through the motions and thinking that I am a true christ follower but after talking to a friend of mine today I realized that I didnt fully give my life to the Lord. With all my heart. I was going through the motions for years and serving the Lord in that way instead of honoring the Lord with my heart.
It’s funny – years ago The Lord spoke to me about my critical thoughts towards others so I have worked really hard to catch such thoughts and turn them into prayers, even for complete strangers! However, while listening to the video message, it dawned on me that I am still expecting perfection or close to it out of myself and while I have learned in the past not to speak negatively to myself, I find myself making comments like “I’m such a dork because . . .” Or, “you know me, what else can you expect?” I am glad that The Lord is using Renee and this book to help me re-establish who I am in Him!
I love the AM/FM analogy and meaning, it is so perfect for battling the intrusive thoughts in the mind….the many of the that come up. It is absolutely a coat of armor I’ll use to filter the static that interrupts the music of God’s truth!!
I wish I had read Chapter 7 last week, I went through exactly what Renee described in her feelings within the home environment. Totally felt like I failed everyone and myself, incapable of directing and teaching and exhibiting any semblance of the fruits of the Spirit as a model in the home. Truly didn’t know what to do, as the burden felt heavier and heavier because of guilt and not letting God carry that debilitating load IMMEDIATELY, and letting it accumulate instead.
The beauty of Renee’s analogy of digging for gold is SOOOOOO PERFECT!!! I have to apply it to looking at people of all ages…including myself. That is the ONLY way to make it. God has placed such beauty within EVERYONE and what a gift to see through the dirt and find that sparkle of beauty!! Especially those who disappoint you, frustrate you, exhaust you….I’m in literally in tears because of the dirt that sometimes gets stuck in my eye from interacting with others. Just to get past it and forgive and to see that eternal beauty within them is the sparkle that can shed light on any dark day.
The video was great it reminded me that if God is for me who can be against me. Thanks for sharing!
Hi This is off topic but have you all heard that the gay activists want Greg Laurie removed from the National Day of Prayer? Please pray for Greg that God will give him all the wisdome he needs for that day. I know he will stand firm in the Lord And oh how we need to pray for our country!
Yes, I did hear about that. Having been involved in the Calvary Chapel “movement.” For over 20 years, I am actually looking forward to Greg’s response! And yes, praying for all involved. Thanks for bringing it up here – requesting prayer is never off topic in my book!
WHERE THERE IS HOPE, I AM & FEEL ALIVE. GOD STREGHTEN ME WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. I AM LOVED. I’M NOT A DISAPPOINMENT, I’M A CHILD OF GOD. I AM NO LONGER IN PAIN, BECAUSE HE IS MY HEALER. GOD BECAUSE YOU ARE AWESOME, I’M WONDERFUL. I’M NOT STUPID, I’M SPECIAL. I’M NOT ALONE, I’M IN HIS PRESENCE. I’M AWESOME, BECAUSE AWESOME LIVES INSIDE OF ME. I’M BEAUTIFUL, BECAUSE HE MADE ME IN HIS OWE IMAGE. HEY I LOOK JUST LIKE GOD. I’M SAFE, BECUASE HE SAID I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU. YES I’M LOVED, THANKS LORD FOR BEING MY FRIEND & MY FATHER. THANKS LORD FOR NEVER JUDGING ME, YOU REALLY LOVE ME UNCONDITIONAL. I’M NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL.
You are so right! ((hugs)) 😀
Amen!!
God is in control….. AM & FM THOUGHTS, are a great idea to start & end the day. lord clean up the against me thoughts, and give me your words to help me lord with the for me thoughts. because you are for me, who can be against me. thanks lord for being for me. thanks Renee for all your positive messages & list to help all new beginning in my life, and I will write them in my heart to share with my love ones as well.
“We have to accept that we are going to disappoint people, especially is we are seeking to please God. Sometimes we need to lower our expectations of ourselves and lighten our over-loaded list of commitments” (pg. 130). I read this shorty after having an in-depth discussion with a trusted friend. Personally I have been working on my issue of having high expectations of myself and of others. Prior to reading this chapter I felt God nudging me into lightening my life and re-prioritize things. Then I read this paragraph and was affirming to know that I am being obedient to Him by delegating some of the responsibilities I had taken on. Praise God.
The second thing I am taking away from this chapter is the FM statement, “When doubt comes against me, saying I’m not good enough for a certain role or position, I remember that God is for me! He says I am His masterpiece, created new in Christ so that I could do good tings He planned long ago.” This FM thought goes hand in hand with the If-Then statement I keep in my purse, “When I start to measure my value by how well I am doing as (name of role), then I will thank God for the gift of my roles and for the gift of His unconditional love that determines my worth.”
I am grateful to have such powerful Truths and statement to help me along my walk with Christ. The resources Renee provides are amazing and are a blessing to have! Thank you!
I agree – Knowing that God is always for me gives me confidence to face any situation.
Renee,
Thank you so much for this empowering study. However, the devil is mad because it is helping me to grow. I started doing this study with my 16 yr old daughter and this study is perfect for her but she has stopped reading it and I have fell behind becuase of the trials of life. Please pray for our family. I just found out that a 21yr old boy forced himself on my daughter a month ago, I am so sad for her as she wanted to save herself for marriage, she already doesn’t feel like she has any worth and she struggles with searching for attention from boys to make her feel special, she has been bullied in school, she is very shy and has no friends, so she has had a very rough childhood..she is not in the Word, we have told her how much she is valued and how special she is and all those things and that she deserves so much more than what these boys who she talks to will give her…
Please pray that her heart would soften and that if she is not saved that God would get a hold of her and that she would fall hard for Him and seek him. Please pray that I will get back on track with the study and not let anything stand in the way as I feel much better when I am reading it.
Thank you. Sorry to give so much info.
I am so sorry that your daughter is going through this. I know that you are in such pain for her. When our children hurt, we hurt even more. I will be thinking of you and praying for you. She has a wonderful mom which is so important. Your love and trust in God will help her until she finds Him.
I will be praying for you and your daughter, for God to give you strength through what you are going through. He will place His loving arms around your daughter and draw her close. I have a 17 year old daughter and know that when she is hurt, I feel the hurt too. God loves you and He promises never to Leave you or forsake you….I pray you will both come away from this victorious in our Lord….
I am so sorry that this has happened to your daughter. I am so sorry you are having to go through this. My prayers are with you. Please continue with reading God’s word daily and strengthing yourself with scripture. Continue to read Renee’s book for extra dose of a confident heart. The AM/FM anaology is perfect for you to remind yourself that through Christ you are a conqueror. God loves you and His promises are there for you to uplift you. You are a victor in Christ.
There is a period right after the PDF — for the part Download “Video Message Notes” in MSWord or in a PDF. The PDF won’t let me download but the Word part works fine. Thought I was let you know in case others have the same issue.
Thank you Renee. God bless you.