So excited to start this “Confident Heart” journey with you!
The first thing I want you to remember: This is YOUR journey. You’ll be reading the chapters, listening to God speak to your heart, highlighting sentences, promises and quotes you want to remember and apply. You’ll be answering reflection questions and interacting with the group.
You’ll be doing the work of believing God!
I’ll be shepherding, leading, encouraging, connecting and pacing us. I’ll be sharing my heart and more of my story…because I want you to see you are not alone and give you courage to see and share yours. I’ll be praying for you and challenging you – but you’ll only get out as much as you put in.
Today, I asked the Lord what I needed to give up – so I can give more to Him – and this study. I immediately sensed Him whispering “work.” And I knew it was Him. I love my job and I’ve been working too many late night hours after the kids go to bed. So I’m cutting back the next several weeks to consecrate more of me TO HIM and to you!
What will you cut back on to make time for Him and yourself these next several weeks? I’m really going to challenge you and give you permission to block out at least a little bit of time each day to concentrate on replacing the OLD with the NEW He has for you! Ready? Here we go:
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A Confident Heart Online Study (Day 1)
Read the Acknowledgements (I’ll explain tomorrow why I wanted you to do this).
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, or in a journal/notebook that you’ll use throughout this study.
A video message from my heart to yours is coming later tonight. I’ll post it on my website later since I’m not quite ready to post it yet. But I wanted to go ahead get this loaded so you can get started!
I’ll send an email and post on our Confident Heart Facebook page to let you know when the video is up and ready for viewing.
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GROUP CHAT: What sentences in Chapter 1 resonate with you or tug at your heart?
Click “Share Your Thoughts” below (or click here and scroll to the bottom of this post) if you’re reading this via email).
Also, please share one or two on our Confident Heart Facebook Page or on Twitter (@reneesswope) using the hashtag #AConfidentHeart.
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I just started the book too and am joining late.
A couple of things that stood out to me: Regarding the voices of insecurity, how they have cast shadows of doubt over our perspective and kept us from becoming the women we want to be-the woman God created us to be. Self doubt blocks the promise of God’s power and truth to change us from the inside out so that we can live with a confident heart. That is so true in my life. Self doubt has limited me at so many turns. When I first graduated from college 25 years ago, I lacked the self confidence to really promote myself in a career, skewed my ability to make decisions with confidence, so many things. Becoming a christian at age 30 brought about a turning point as I accepted that the Lord truly loved me and had a plan for me. In some ways through him I have become more confident, yet in other ways I am still pummeled by the voices of insecurity.
I am in the middle of a career change. I have been a stay at home mom, and a homeschool mom. We have been done homeschooling since 2008 and in the years since I have struggled finding something of equal “worth” to do. After a few different jobs, I returned to school to pursue Nursing. I just finished the last of my science prerequisites and begin the Nursing program in August. I have finished with A’s. This is huge for me as I never thought of myself as smart, but I believe the Lord has really helped with that! And I am hoping through this on-line study that I”ll learn more about what God says is true.
Discussion question #4: Describe what happens in your heart when you read God’s Word. My answer HOPE! Isaiah 43:19 especially speaks to me, “See, I am doing a new thing!” I love this. It is applicable to my life right now and I want Him at work changing me from the inside out.
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I know this started on April 1st and I’m very late but I just started the book yesterday. I can say that I’ve wrestled for many years with my self confidence. As a student, as a mother, as a wife and even as an employee all of these points in my life I have questioned myself. I’ve been afraid to show my work as a very skilled artist and to this day no one has ever really seen my artwork .
What I was able to relate to in this first chapter is the fact I have been paralyzed by my insecurities throughout my entire life. I have been praying everyday since I acquired a new job that God would give me more confidence and everyday, I still struggle. I do feel that this book will help me understand why I feel this way daily. But I know that God is my true help in my time of need. I look forward to letting you know of my progress.
Looking forward to what God is going to do in each of our lives during this study. Thank you, Renee, for hosting this study and allowing God to speak through you in order to build up the women of His church. He wants us to have confident hearts and I trust that the Holy Spirit will build that up in each of us through this study.
I was particularly moved this week by answering the reflection questions. It took me a while to recall my earliest memories of insecurity…which is a very good thing, but whoa! When I did see that my insecurities took root, they were really deep. Thankfully, I know the love of Christ and those insecurities are being uprooted and replaced by His promises. What a wonderful exchange!
God bless!
I have just started reading chapter one, i know you ladies are already ahead of me so I hope you will be reading this. What immediately struck me was that I was chosen and picked by God. It reminded me of the times I was in elementary school and they picked you for a team. I was always last and sometimes only picked because they had to pick ya. But God Wow, He chose me first before i was even born. I had to stop and really think – And PRAISE God because to him I’m not an after though … Just that thought alone made me smile and realize – things can change.
At last your book has arrived from USA :-). I have been saving the emails so as to be able to follow them through. I have been a bit shocked to find that my self doubt has had such a control over my life. God has been showing me this whilst I have been waiting.
So many of your posts are bright and encouraging. Right now I feel tired and discouraged. I know that some of this is lack of sleep. But hey! I am glad that the book has arrived and I will be able to follow them. Praise God.
My insecurities begin in childhood anumber of things contributing- as with most kids you have to fit in and you want o be with the in crowd- also I remember a comment an aunt made to me as a child which I still remember today- a lot of my childhood memories are gone-not this one. The statement which jumped out at me was Self-doubt blocks the promise of God’s power and truth to change us from the inside out so we can live with a confident heart. I don’t want to willingly let anything block God’s truth and power to change me from the inside out. when I saw you were going to do this study I didn’t have the book and searching online decided I couldn’t afford it – Yesterday I went into the bookstore to purchase a gift and found the book on sale for $5.00. I think that is a clear message from God I need to be here. Looking forward to it.
Ok I must Confess I am already behind but I am trusting God that I will get everything he wants me to get out of this study!! Here is a quote that stood out to me on week 1: “You can only see the shadow because you have turned away from the, light. Turn back toward the light.
I have spend so many years feeling alone and useless, like God has forgotten about me but I am starting to see that it was me who had forgotten God in my life, God hasm’t forgotten about me.
Sorry for joining in with everyone so late in the week. Such a supportive group already!!
The things that stood out to me so far are that I have the power to CHOOSE whether or not to “dwell in the assurance of Whose I am and who I am in Him”, that “self doubt is blocking me from His promise of His power and truth to change me from the inside out so I can live with a confident heart”, I need to KNOW and BELIEVE change is possible and that “doubt and hope cannot live in our hearts at the same time”.
So much to reflect upon and learn from! I could so relate to the statement on page 21 where it says “Or maybe you’ve sensed God calling you to serve Him in a way that requires steps of faith, but insecurity has convinced you that you’re not smart enough or gifted enough.” Really struck home!
Looking forward to this study and the positive changes it will bring!
Hi Judy: You are not alone. I also started late but better late than never. Had a lot of things going on in my everyday life but I am ready to do this. LETS DO IT.
“You can only see the shadow because you have turned away from the light”. This, as with so many others resonated in my heart. I have been a believer for as long as I can remember so “I know” what I need to do… In my human-ness, busy-ness (you name the excuse) I have turned away. It has been a gradual turning, really unnoticeable, until one day (now!) I am shocked to find myself where I am – alone and floundering around in shadows…groping at anything that will keep me afloat. I am thrilled for this study and am really ready for God to work in my life, turning me once again into who He desires for me to be.