We’re celebrating the release of my NEW Confident Heart Devotional book!
- 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)
Today’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] 
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!
This sounds like EXACTLY what I’m needing in my life right now!!
i am in the process of losing my job as it is being outsourced. this devotional would be a much needed blessing. i feel like i’m struggling to keep my heart confident. but God has promised me success through Jesus. i am trying to hold on.
This sounds like a very helpful devotional. I’m needing to find a new one for the new year and as I read this,I thought of a friend who I would love to share this with also.
I would love to win this book for myself and a friend because it sounds like a wonderful book full of devotionals that will inspire me and help me to know and understand the Word of God better.
I have lived quite a bit of my life in fear: fear of circumstances, fear of not having friends when young, fear of being alone when my husband was dying. In each phase of life, The Lord went before me. I would be confident of who I am in Christ for awhile and then lapses would creep in. I want to live joyously in Christ and for Chriist. No More fear! If I win many books, or just 1, I would like to lead a Bible Study class on what it means to have a confident heart. Learning together! Love Pro 31 ministries and OBS.
I would be thrilled to win this book or the gift card to go buy books with. I have so many struggling
woman in my life that I could share it with. God is so good and we tend to forget that in our day
to day busy lives.
I would love to win this!!!
I would love to read your devotional “A Confident Heart”. I’ve really been struggling with anxiety and depression the past few months. I can’t purchase the book at this time, but think it would really help me overcome these issues, along with God’s strength. May I please be entered in the contest to win this devotional. I would love to win the book too!
Your devotional book giveaway is fine, but the rest of the giveaways are ILLEGAL. It’s illegal to require purchase for entry in a giveaway in the USA. This is a serious matter, and not something that a Christian organization should be participating in. I realize that you probably did this out of ignorance, but you really could get into a heap of trouble, so you should take some time to look into it.
Here’s a good place to start: http://mikeschinkel.com/blog/nopurchaserequireditsthelaw/
Thank you for taking time to share your concerns about the giveaways. Im going to ask my publisher to research this and if that is the case – we will definitely change the details. So appreciate your sharing!
I am participating in the study group now doing A Confident Heart and been thinking I would love to give this to my seventeen year old granddaughter so I’d love to win the book and devotional.
I have done a Confident Heart OBS previously and found the book to be very helpful. I initially bought this book to do with my mother, because honestly I felt like it was something she needed to hear. As the time went on, I found that it actually applied to me way more than I thought it would. Coming from an abusive marriage, and emotionally detached father, I realized that I was not quite as confident in who I was, as I had originally thought. I am still on this transformational process, of identifying who God says I am, and allowing Him and only Him to define me. I believe that my mother and I could benefit from the devotional greatly, as we did gain so much from the book. Thanks!
My friends and I are always looking for ways to strengthen our walk with the Lord. We believe this tool will help us.
This is my second time through the study and God continues to show me where I need work. I am doing the study with a friend of mine. We call each other daily to give encouragement and prayer. The devotional would be a great resource to pull from and a way for us to encourage each other with words of wisdom.
I’ve been mentoring a young friend of mine for about 8 years now. We just started looking for a new book to go through together. This one would be perfect!
I am excited, plan on going through this with a group of women!
I’ve never read any of Renee’s books or done any of the Bible studies. But I would love to! My heart has been challenged lately to dig deeper into God’s word and study. In my head, I know my confidence is in the Lord, but sometimes it is a difficult task to take it to heart and act it out in my every day life. It would be a fun blessing to receive this book and to share it with a friend. It’s always fun to make someone smile with an unexpected gift!
I am strugglilng with my belief in God. I want so much to give Him control over my life, but within 5 minutes of deciding that, I am back in control. I need some help in getting to where I can trust in Him totally and completely. My friend is a Christian and is doing her best to help me along, but it’s been hard.Thanks
Love this book. The “If you say….God says” are powerful. I am making index cards with each situation to carry with me for my weak moments!
I think this devotion would be a great encouragement for my friend and I. We have both been seeking a deeper walk with Christ, and I think your devotional would only help that. Thank-you for stepping out in faith and making the sacrifices to bring this message to us!
I haven’t read this book but was intrigued when the ad said “I need to rely on the power of God’s truth in your circumstances and emotions” & “replace your thoughts with God’s thoughts about your doubts, fears & concerns”. I’ve always been a confident woman but am finding self-doubt with respect to my job searching. Everyone keeps saying it’s the economy but I’m feeling inadequate because of my age. Everyday I pray for God to point me in the right direction and maybe the next application will be the place he wants me to work. On top of all that, I now have 3 kids in college and worry about the choices they are making & only pray that the strong Christian roots/upbringing they have will steer them in the right direction. I receive email devotionals everyday and sometimes it’s like God is looking in my window and knows exactly what’s going on in my life! Oh that’s right- HE DOES! Thank You for listening to God in your life, and sharing those thoughts with the rest of us!
I thought I was handling my husband’s unemployment well…..outwardly I am good but inside I am full of fear. I find myself “waiting for the other shoe to drop” in every situation. I’m tired of being afraid. I need help.
I need to jump start my feelings of self-doubt. I have so many good ideas on sharing my faith.
I would love to win this. I’m having a hard time with family relationships.
Just reading the few pages shown above really got me excited about reading this book!! I know my friends and I would benefit greatly from it! Thank you for writing a book that shows us how God believes in us, is for us, and is always in control! In this crazy world, those things can be easily hidden once the hussle of your day sets way. Excited to read and share with friends!!
I’d love to share this with my best friend.
I love your book and love it when a devo or blog post comes through reminding me of the things i learned through it. I have a daughter who is a sr in high school. THis will be perfect for college! A great idea for graduation gifts too!
As a single parent, I have amazed myself at what I am able to handle and accomplish on my own. Things I never would have believed I could have done. However, I have also learned how much encouragement helps me and self encouragement even more so. I think this would be a wonderful addition to my “toolkit” that I reach into when I need to get myself back on track.
I’m currently doing the online study of the book and would love to have a daily devotional to go along with it. The devotional would be a great Christmas present to give to one of my friends.
I need some guidance. I would love to have some help in getting where I am suppose to be.
I would live to win this book for myself and to give one to my mom. It is truly an inspiration and would help us in our day to day journey.
Life can be very challenging at times. Just when i think things are going good boom somethings else comes up and i feel like defeated again. God has really been working on my heart for the last several months now. I know he is trying to teach me to trust in him and also is showing me i need to be obedient to him. i would love to have this devotional book to help me in most difficult times when i just don’t feel like i have the confidence to go on. i know this book will point me in the right direction and tell me where to go in scripture. i know one of the ladies in my Bible study would love to have this book.
As someone who struggles with this subject, I would love to have this devotional.
This would be a great book for my friend and I. We meet each week to share with each other how our week went, what God is laying on our hearts, and what we need to be lifted up in prayer. It is also just a good time for fellowship with a sister in Christ!
I am always encouraged as Renee pours out her heart and soul to her readers. I would love the copies of Confient Heart devotional because I know that it would be a tremendous blessing to me and my friend. I would love to buy it but I am not financially able to do so at this time. Whoever wins will truly be blessed.
I would love to win this set. I am currently reading ACH with the Proverbs 31 OBS – love it ! I would love to share this with my friend at work, we currently encourage each other through our rough days and this would be a great addition.
I have been doing the A Confident Heart Bible study and already I can feel this book changing me. I am planning on buying the book for two of my friends I think would greatly benefit from it. I can’t wait to see what the devotional has in it. I think it would be a valuable tool 🙂
This must really be a very good book being already sold out. Winning it would be the next best thing!
So sorry for the confusion as you attempted to order the book. I assist Renee with her ministry and I just got off the phone with the P31 Office. The book is not actually sold out. The books will ship into the P31 offices on October 31st. It’s just a technically glitch that they will be correcting today with their systems. Please try again later today to pre-order your copy.
Thanks,
Donna B
Renee Swope’s Email Ministry Team
This would be a great book to boost confidence in myself and a friend. I would love to win this book.
I am a firstborn; I feel like I have to take care of everyone, everyone but myself. My mother chose men and alcohol over her children when I was young and I left her home to move in with my maternal grandmother. My mother then gave the other children up for adoption. I lived with my grandmother until I married at 25; she walked me down the isle. In her 80’s she started showing signs of dementia and having tia’s; my aunt used this to her advantage and convinced my grandmother that I was stealing from her (even though it was her name on all the checks written). She made my aunt her POA which gave my aunt the control to put her into a nursing home. I have always had walls built up and don’t let people in. I couldn’t bring myself to visit her in the nursing home on a regular basis; when I did, she always thought I was my aunt. One evening she was speaking about me and she said couldn’t remember my name; she said “oh, you know, the one that lived with me for a while and you never liked her.” WOW! What a blow! Now, I learned that my entire teen/early adult years were a lie.
I have nothing to do with that side of my family; I don’t want anymore lies and deception from them.
I have always doubted that I’m good enough; that God can love ME and that I’m worthy of anyone’s love.
I have purchased A Confident Heart in the hopes that I can truly believe that God loves me and thinks I’m worth something. This devotional would be a wonderful addition.
Thank you for this opportunity.
Life can be overwhelming. Just when you think there is hope something else happens. I think God is trying to get my attention with all that is happening. I want to be obedient to him and put him first in all things because I know he can handle everything. I have been reading the bible and studying it. I would love to have something else with another perspective to share with my neighbor who I study with.
I am doing Obs …A Confident Heart.
Chapter 2 grabbed a hold of the one area that has kept me stuck in Gods Grace
And forgiveness in my head. But need it to grab a hold it in my heart and life.
I have been not able to get past my choices that hurt my own self and others.
I am ready for Gods transformation of Forgiveness to take over my life and remove the doubt
And fear that has crippled me in my Faith.
I would love to have this book to help me in My Journey of Forgiveness and grace that god has already
Given me..I want to grow past this doubt once and for all.
Thank you
I am reading A Confident Heart now and it is proving to be a life changer. I am able to apply the learnings each and every day. It is improving my personal relationship with Christ, improving my self confidence and improving my marriage. I can only imagine what the devotional can do for me!
It sounds so fitting for my life right now, I have been looking for a devotional and have had my eye on this one, it would be awesome to win a copy 🙂
I would like to read the book and devotional and win the dvd – some days you just need to know that God has your back 🙂 A lot of times its easy to forget and this would be a great reminder!
I would also love to share this with my friends once I am done reading it. It would be a gift that keeps on giving 🙂
I so enjoyed your A Confident Heart Study and would love to have a daily devotional to go with it. I have used so many of your comments from a Confident Heart in devotionals I have done at my church and for events, etc. To know God’s love for us is truly the only way to have a confident heart – Thanks for making me realize that!!!!!
Pick Me!!!!! Pick me for the devotional!!!!!!
I hope I win this devotional, I love Renée Swoopes devotions on Proverbs 31.
Sometimes I am stricken with insecurity. Being the leader of a pretty spirit-filled small group, being an instructor, and pretty successful that on the outside it appears that I have it all but that doesn’t mean I do. There’s some old insecurity and old past hurts that try to rise up when I’m not edified. Perhaps your devotional can help me on my quest to become the bold confident free woman I say that I am but that truly I am struggling to become.
I have struggled lately in many areas of my personal and spiritual life. I would appreciate the encouragement and assurance I need daily through this devotional. It would mean so much to me to feel and live confidently when lately, I don’t feel much confidence! I would give the second copy to either my sister, who has had some very challenging valleys in her life lately, or to my good friend Chris, who was just diagnosed with lung cancer, and her faith and hope are an inspiration to many!
I could really use this devotional for a daily reminder of what I read in the book! I am going through empty nest and a hubby who is on the road a lot for work. I have some physical issues that have kept me from going back to work!! Thank you for your awesome ministry! You have been a blessing in my life!
I’m looking forward to reading this book!
I think Confident Heart is a book is filled with God’s powerful Truth and I believe every woman should read it! So excited that you are offering the DVD and devotional along with it! Would love to win the Devotional especially to share with a friend!