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Renee Swope

Encouraging and equipping moms to parent with God's grace and confidence.

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Confident, Strong & Free: It’s closer than you think!

We’re celebrating the release of my NEW Confident Heart Devotional book! 

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  • If you’re ready to live the life of faith God’s designed for you and become all He’s created you to be, this book is for you!
  • If you have read the book but need daily encouragement to refresh your heart and continue in your confident heart journey, this book is for you.
  • If you’re looking for a gift of enoucragement to give a friend who needs to know about God’s unfailing love and grace, this book  is the perfect gift.
  • If you know someone who has walked away from God, this book is for them.

Here’s a peek inside:

“I can’t do it all! I am not cut out to be a wife, a mom, a daughter, a speaker, a writer and all the other things God has called me to.”  I had barely opened my eyes, yet I already felt beat up by feelings of inadequacy. My thoughts were against me, and my feelings were too. About that time, my radio alarm came on and my thoughts were interrupted by Twila Paris. With confident assurance, she sang truth to my soul, telling me it was not a time for fear, but a time for faith and determination. She challenged me not to lose my vision or be carried away by my emotions, but to hold on to all that I had hidden in my heart, and all I believed to be true. Then she reminded me of the most important truth of all: God is in control.1 As my thoughts aligned with God’s truth, my whole perspective changed. I went from feeling afraid to feeling determined, from feeling out of control to knowing God is in control.

Every day we have a choice – to either to let doubt beat us up or to let God’s truth build us up.

In the same way a radio has AM and FM frequencies, our thoughts do too. They are either AM (against me) or FM (for me) thoughts. Honestly, we are often our worst critics and have a lot of AM thoughts. And if our thoughts are against us, our feelings will be too. The next time you get feelings of inadequacy, stop and identify what you are thinking that is making you feel that way. Then compare your thoughts to God’s thoughts found in the Bible. Do they match? If not, find a promise in God’s Word to replace the lie that has filled your heart with doubt and start thinking about that promise. Even say it out loud and pray the words, asking God to make them true for you in that moment.

For instance, when doubt comes against you, telling you that you’re weak and all alone, focus on the truth that God is for you! You can be strong and courageous because the Lord your God is with you. He promises to never leave you nor forsake you. (Deuteronomy 31:6, NIV)

Then why not turn that truth into a prayer – claiming  how much God is for you: God I’m so thankful You are for me. Because You are for me and with me, I can be strong and courageous in this situation. You promise You will never leave me nor forsake me. I’m choosing to think Your words that are for me instead of listening to the doubts that so easily come against me. You have full access to God’s power and His promises to live with a confident heart. But it won’t just happen because it’s possible. You have to take action! Just like I tuned into a Christian music station the night before, let’s be intentional about tuning our thoughts into God’s thoughts toward us, today and every day! Lord, help me remember today that You are with me to fight for me against my enemies of insecurity and feelings of inadequacy. In all these things, I am more than a conqueror through Him who loves me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

When I say: Everything and everyone is against me. God says: I am for you! “What, then, shall [you] say in response to these things? If God is for [you], who can be against [you]?” Romans 8:31 (NIV)

devo_03 ConfidentHeart_BUNDLE groupToday’s Giveaway! Leave a comment today sharing why you’d like to win a NEW Confident Heart Devotional book for you and a friend! Simply click “share your thoughts” below. You’ll be entered to win 2 devotional books, plus my new Book and DVD bundle! Entry with Purchase When you purchase “A Confident Heart Devotional” book you will be entered into our series of giveaways that include more books, DVDs, a Skype encouragement andcoaching session with me and the grand prize $200 Visa Gift Card. {EMAIL your receipt to –> [email protected]   WhenISay_ICantGetPastMyPast When you purchase “A Confident Heart Devotional” book you will also receive a link to download FREE BONUS RESOURCES –  including 18 beautifully designed “When I say…God says” promise cards like this one to the left and  “Confident Heart Prayer Journal” pages to download and print. After you leave a comment, scroll down to the next post to see samples. 🙂     HOW TO ENTER

Leave a comment today and… Email a copy of your receipt to [email protected] {Contest ends midnight, November 10th. Winners will be announced on my blog Monday, November 11th.} BE SURE TO SIGN UP for EMAIL UPDATES in my sidebar —> That way you’ll know about every opportunity to enter and WIN! We have more coming!

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Comments

  1. I love God with all my heart and want to grow in Him. Educating women means educating families, lives and changing the World. Let’s grow together for His Glory x. Thank you for your generosity and heart to build women : Every blessing from UK x

  2. I’d love to win two copies of the Confident Heart Devotional book because my friend and I are currently participating in P31’s OBS. Thank you for the opportunity to win!

  3. It is easy to let doubt overwhelm and forget that God is a always with us. This is my first OBS and I am enjoying this book!

  4. I would love this book, I am struggling now with how to help a homeless family, I feel torn between opening my home to one of the children, the family could get a 2 bedroom apartment with one less child. I just don’t know if I am ready to be a full time parent again and my home is very small, yet I feel selfish.

  5. Would love to win. So much going on in my life at this moment that there are days i wonder why i even bother to get out of bed. It’s only through the grace of God that i’m still standing. As a single mom to 3 – i’m weary and could use an uplift.

  6. A wonderful, godly woman from my church has been mentoring me since March. We meet weekly and pray, encourage eachother and go though a devotional together. We are currently looking for our next devotional and this would be a great one!

  8. Three and a half months ago my husband decided to walk away from God and pursue a divorce. Just a few weeks ago he came back to God and me. Per Gods guidance, I never stopped loving him and love him still. However we have a long road ahead & i do have battle scars to heal. One of those scars is named “insecurity”. This may be a last ditch effort of satan to drag me away from God. (won’t work) I find myself struggling with what God wants me to do next and to be confident in that direction. To God be all the glory!!

    • God does get all the glory when restoration to Himself is involved and to marriages. Praising Him for both.

      Blessings,
      Donna
      Renee Swope’s Ministry Team

  9. I am looking for a good devotional. I see lots of good comments about this. thank you for a chance to get this.

  10. I would love to win. The visa would pay bills. The devo would be for my & my youngest. We’re both doing the OBS & it’s so amazing. I feel stressed often, I’m responsible for everything gets exhausting but, I’m believing that He is with me getting me through it all.

  11. I need daily encouragement so this book would help me. The next copy would be for my daughter.

  13. I started to read this book in January or February of this year. Little did I know that this book would change my life. This was the beginning of the journey the Lord has me on…this book prepared me for the storm in my life which started in April. I had to know where my confidence and security was in order to make it through….thank you! I am still in the storm but my confidence and security is in him..JESUS.

  14. This book would be so inspiring for my best friend as she going through treatment for breast cancer. She
    is a very strong person and tries to act like nothing is a big deal including this illness, I think this would
    help me in a unspoken way so she can have the faith she needs. For me as her friend, I am scared for
    her. I am not confident in my self so how can I be with God. I would love to strengthen my relationship
    with God and be more confident in myself. Thanks for writing this devotional!

    • Praying for God’s peace to flood both your friend and yourself as she battles cancer. May He focus your eyes on Him and the circumstances.

      Praying and blessings,
      Donna
      Renee Swope’s Ministry Team

  15. I really want to read A Confident Heart and now this new devotional. I want my relationship with God to grow and I know the more time I spend in His Word as well as different studies will help me tremendously. I would love to have this series on my shelf at home. Thank you for encouraging and writing this study.

  16. I would love to win this to use as a study for the newly formed L&L Book Club. My best friend and I decided we needed a set date every month to meet together without kids or husbands. Just us and coffee and a book! And this giveaway would be perfect for us!

  17. Because I am currently studying the book with a group of women from Woven on Thursdays, and my sister too but on Tuesdays and we are constantly chasing the book away from one another!!! It’s time she gets her own copy, and what a blessing it would be to surprise her with her very own!!!

  18. I am actually participating in the OBS for “A Confident Heart” right now. I would LOVE to have the copy of her devotional to carry on the encouragement I am receiving from her book!

  19. I just started this study with Proverbs 31 on OBS and wow. I did not even know I was living in the shadow of my doubts. This is such a struggle for me right now. I would love to win a devotional and then I could give the other to a sister in my OBS facebook group!

  20. I’d love to win the devotion. Our women’s Bible study group is going through “A Confident Heart” – man can I relate to everything so far. Thanks for stepping out and sharing your heart, Renee!

  21. I’m dong the OBS of A Confident Heart and this devotional would be the perfect companion! The icing on the cake!!

  22. I would love to be able to do this bible study and learn to turn my thoughts around an no longer deal with anxiety and fear.. I want to have a deeper relationship with God and live Free!!

  23. Hi Renee!
    I am working through your book “A Confident Heart” with the P31 online book study. I have come to realize that I would never speak to a friend In the way that I speak to myself…..:( Why are we so hard on ourselves??? Fear of not being “good enough” has become a way of life for me…..and I am tired of it. Anyway…I am enjoying this book study and I am hanging onto God’s truths and getting rid of the lies in my head and heart…..Thank you for writing such a wonderful book!

    I would love copies of this devotional for myself and a friend.

    Love in Christ,
    Kim

  24. Although I am an older Christian, I want to have that confidence that is talked about in your devotional. I want to be able to share with others the love of Christ.

  27. I am a retired teacher/ youth pastor’s wife who will be 65 next month. In my head I know a lot but it has not all gotten down to my heart even after all these years. I still desperately need that “confident heart.”So. I would love to win to have these helps on my continuing journey to be fully and completely the woman of God He wants me to be.

  28. The book has been a blessing to read and is helping to restore and build my confidence as I analysis the next step forward into my future. Thank you! 🙂 May God Bless you and your work.

  29. I’ve spent the last decade-or-so so completely involved in serving my family and pushing aside anything that would personally nourish me. In the process, I have lost all the personal confidence I once had. I know the Lord is taking me on a journey to rediscover who I am, what nourishes me, and to bring back that confidence I once had, so He could really use me in additional ways, for His kingdom. This devotional just seems like a great tool to aid in that journey.

    • Praying for God to direct your steps during this journey. May you stay in step with the path that he has laid out for you and may you hear his voice.

      Blessings,
      Donna
      Renee Swope’s Ministry Team

  31. I would very much love to win this book as I have no income with which to buy it and it would help me become stronger in my walk of faith each day. Thank you and God Bless

  32. I have loved this Bible study! It has changed my way of thinking, and has helped me stop the pattern of doubts and “what if” thoughts. I see and feel God up close and personal. Thanks Renee for writing this book and to the Proverbs 31 organization for leading the Bible studies. It has changed my life!

  33. Can’t wait to read. I have 3 kids and 2 grandbabies and I just seem to mess everything up! Looking forward to this! Thannks

  34. I’ve always been in and out of learning about how to live a life of Christ and am truly seeking a way to help me get there. I just happen to come across the comments about this book and truly feel connected with it and inspired. I would be honored to be able to own a copy and share it with others!

  35. I have the book but haven’t had a chance to read it yet but it truly speaks to where I am at. I want the God confidence to be who He has created me to be instead of allowing my shortcomings to hold me back. I can’t wait to read the book and would love to win the devotion set.

  36. I would like to win and share with my sister who was given up for adoption when we were little.

  37. I’m currently in a Bible Study (What Happens When Women Say Yes to God) and I think this would be the perfect follow up study for us to do next. I’d love to win so that we can learn to be confident women for God.

  39. I just keep on feeling like I need something that would help me become more confident again and since our money is very scarce we don’t get to buy many of these books.

  40. I’m in dental school right now, and some days are really trying with seeing sick patients and then completing the work load as well. I try my best every day to be a cheerful, christian woman and would love to learn how to become even stronger through God. I can’t wait to read the book!

  42. I want to be able to see God’s truth and to trust in Him completely! I want to walk through life without FEAR!!!

  43. I bought several copies of “A Confident Heart” around this time last year after I began reading the book. I gave a copy to each of my sisters and nieces and saved one for my daughter (she is still a bit young for it currently) for Christmas. In all honesty, I didn’t make the time to finish the book a year ago, but since I saw the OBS of it, I have picked it up again. The message of the book is too vital to overlook, especially, in my opinion, for young girls and those that have beaten down.
    I, too, was once a confident person. I could do anything and I loved the challenge. Because of this, it is hard to stomach how far I’ve fallen, not only for myself, but for the example that I am most certainly setting for my children. How could I have allowed one person to have so much control over my mental state?! I now know that it was the result of incessant, yet subtle derogatory comments that slowly, over many years, pierced the armor of my confidence until there was nothing left. I have been divorced from this man for several years now, but the struggle to regain a smidgen of my former self has been difficult, frustrating, and often disappointing, particulary since I feel like I should be able to turn my confidence back on at the flip of a switch. Fortunately, I find my confidence vacillating less and less now. Not only am I hearing God’s words, promises, and love for me, but also, I am beginning to actually believe them. My intellectual self knows that what has taken many years to destroy will not be rebuilt in a day, week, or even a year, but my pride, hurt, and fear do not grasp this concept. Therefore, the roller coaster continues, but His hand has led me back to this book and my hope and resolve have been renewed. Thank you Renee!

  44. I am struggling to cope with and accept a childhood of sexual abuse, in my home from my earliest years. A childhood that have influenced my whole life since then, with chronical disease, a terrible marriage, divorce, and made my self- confidence very low. A Confident Heart would strengthen me and see myself in the light of Gods glory and love!

  45. The issues in my walk have been taking action! I hope to win this devotional with prayer of find out how to take action myself and when to sit back and let God Take Action.

  47. I have been looking for a new devotional book that help lead my spiritual relationship to a higher level. This book sounds like it could be the answer I have been looking for!!!

  48. We are now doing this book on our P31 OBS. It is awesome and already life changing after 3 chapters. Winning the devotional would just be more reinforcement of the book. Thanks Renee for writing this marvelous book!

  49. I would love to win a copy of the book for myself and a friend. We have each been struggling with our own difficult child for many years, who both keep making bad decision after bad decision, even now as young adults. Some days my friend is all that keeps me going and connected. She is truly a gift from the Lord.

  50. I am excited about this give away because as the bible is coming more and more alive to me in my life, and as I step away from the “have to” “should” “must” “ought to” lifestyle I was living and into a life that says “there is not true life with out Jesus”

    I believe this book will be great for my confidence and I can use it to help other as well.