So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God,
you will receive what he has promised.Hebrews 10:35-36
Today we have a short video message based on our key verse. I recorded this message to encourage and equip you as we begin our Confident Heart journey! In my video message I share how we can stop throwing away our confidence and start throwing away our doubts instead! I also show you how to replace your uncertainties with the certainty and security of God’s promises – every day! Please click the arrow below to watch. [If you’re reading this via email, CLICK HEREto find the video on my website.]
- Don’t Throw Away Your Confidence PRINTABLE (click here)
- Message Notes: Although the bideo and message notes say Segment 3, I decided to make this Segment 1 for us, so just ignore that little detail. You can download my video “Message Notes” in a PDF format here or in a MSWord doc here. I encourage you to watch the message once and let God just speak to your heart. Then watch it again and follow along with the message notes (if you want to) which include parts of the message, verses and blanks to fill in. 🙂
- This Week’s Assignments: Please watch today’s video today and finish reading (or start reviewing) Chapter One. Then when you have time, answer the questions at the end of the chapter. I’ll post a PDF to download with our word and verse of the week here later today. (Heading out the door to a Dr appt this morning.) Then on Friday we’ll have another post where we’ll share/discuss our answers and get to know each other a little better.
- Connecting in Community: Ok friends, let’s talk. What are your thoughts about today’s video message? Are you going to take the 7-day challenge and actually write down your doubts? What about printing the download? Where will you put a copy or two so that you have it with you to help you identify your doubts and replace them with God’s truth?
{Remember, if you’re reading this via email, CLICK HERE to find the video and share your thoughts on my website.}
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I just LOVE this! It’s so refreshing to be able to throw away these awful feelings of inadequacy and failure and replace them with God’s truth. Thank you for helping me to clear out some nasty mind clutter and refocus on Him! Now off to memorize these verses!
So I listened to the video on my way 2 work. And I walked into work with confidence & prayed that the lord would walk in with me. I was going 2 take hold of my doubts & trust in the lord. But then i got hit, when I sat down next 2 my coworkers they were whispering & all I heard was, “She’s sweet but dump as dirt”. Now I don’t khow if they were talking about me but the doubts started rushing in & the rest of the day I was doubting every decision I made or any conversation I was part of b/c I was worried about what they were thinking of me. I was so afraid they WERE talking about me that I didn’t have the courage 2 ask them. How do I take hold of those doubts?
Hi sd
Someone once told me to get over myself, not everything is about me. I want to say that to you with kindness. If you’re doing this study you are NOT dumb. Far from it. I’ve always felt not quite good enough and yet 9 years ago God loved me enough to connect me with a woman who was a Christian who invited me to church and bible study. I never even knew there were bible studies and I hadn’t been to church since I was in grade school. I know I didn’t have anything to do about meeting this woman now. At the time I was just happy to meet someone I could share my love for dogs with and do rescue. I can see now God was directing my every move. He loved me enough to give me this gift even when I was at my lowest. If He did this wonderful thing for me He will do the same for you. You’re worth it.
Wow. I am so excited that I obeyed God’s nudging me to watch this video tonight. His timing is always so perfect. I’ve been feeling “out of sorts” today, starting a new job, and feeling very unconfident and “like a failure.” All those negative messages about not being good enough and this won’t work out have been running through my mind all afternoon. Thank you for the encouragement and especially for the wonderful chart to use as a quick “go to” for reminders of God’s truths.
Your video ministered to my heart and self doubt can creep in a lot. It’s what we do with it, I loved the exercise u gave. Im a visual person and this really is a great way to physically, not only mentally, throw those doubts of self confidence away, and then to meditate on Phil 4:8-9. Think about only those things that are true and lovely, things from the Lord. I was talking with a friend the other and she reminded me to count my blessings, name them one by one. If u go straight to a bad thought and staying there not trusting the Lord….then u r doubting what God has or says to you. I am so blessed to be doing this study, it’s refining, refreshing and so encouraging. Thank you so much!
God bless you sister!
I love the printout, it will be so helpful to me when those horrible doubts start coming into my head, which they do all day long. Lol, I confess though I feel bad throwing away as much paper as it would take for me to throw away each doubt I have! However, I am going to make a page on my computer to write the doubt down on, and then trash it on the computer 🙂 For me it will have the same affect, making me aware of my doubts, and negative thoughts, and throwing away them away, both literally and figuratively, and replacing them with truth of God’s promises. Hope that’s an OK way of doing it still!
I also liked the message about how easily we throw away our confidence. I know I have trashed my confidence so much that I was pretty sure that it had long ago been sent to the dump 🙁 With Renee’s gift of presenting me with God’s promises though, I am starting to think that perhaps it my confidence didn’t make it to the dump, but rather it is just sitting in a dark place in the attic, with lots of dust on it. With help from this book, and most of all God’s promises, I can bring it out of the attic though, and into God’s light, polishing it until it shines through me for all to see!
Already I am feeling so positive compared to when I first started. I know there will be the bad days still, and I wont always be able to cast out my doubt, but I am human and not perfect, and as long as I have God, I know that I will eventually be able to come back to this new place of feeling hopeful. Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t made a 360 degree change. I am still a doubting Thomasita (since I’m a girl I changed it from Thomas ;), and will probably to some extent always be. I just feel hope creeping in that as long as I pray about my doubt, God will bring me back to His promises eventually, and what I am learning here, and restore me.
Thanks for the sheet, and the video Renee. It was a blessing!
Thank you for this study and for the video. I am going to take up the challenge. I have always suffered from self doubt but did not fully realize the impact that this lack of confidence has had on my life. I have been paralyzed by this for years. Looking foward to overcoming this.
I wasn’t sure I needed this study, because I was confident that I believed in God and I believed God, for everyone else, that is. Surely his promises don’t apply to me, right? Well, I have to say that after just one chapter, and answering all the questions and being completely honest with myself, I know this is exactly what I need. Becuase the truth is that my confidence in God’s promises for me doesn’t even register. The pain that has been allowed in my life has only intensified those doubts, even if, through it all, I have leaned more and more on God to bring me through my suffering. If he can get me through the worst of things (the bare minimum of what he can do) how much more could he have in store for me that I have been missing out on?
I have been deeply moved by reading everyone’s stories that have knocked down their confidence and those who have failed to develop it completely, like me. I was taken aback by the question about my earliest memory of doubt. I seriously can’t remember. I have always been like this and nothing sticks out. My goal in this study is to get unstuck from that cycle of doubt and non-action. I know that it isn’t Gods plan. Not for me, and not for anyone. I am blessed to know that I am not alone in this!
I also will be writing down and throwing away my doubt. My biggest struggle will be recognizing it and stopping it. I plan to memorize the verses that help me the most with my doubt and use them as a shield. I want to be secure in my faith- Secure enough to stop the doubt in it’s tracks! I want to claim God’s promises that I have been missing out on!
I will take you suggestions and remove my feeling of doubt, I love throwing away stuff I no longer need!!
Jan from Hancock
Great to have you here, Jill! God has a plan for your life. So thrilling to see that you are willing to do His will!
Wow, your video message was conformation for me of what my counselor said to me just this very afternoon. She wanted me to become more aware of the doubts that go through my brain and ask myself why I believe it and to replace it with truth. I struggle with not only the doubts in my head but also with knowing where in God’s Word to find the truth to battle the doubt. I am a struggling single mom of three (although one currently lives with his dad). I am trying to figure out who God wants me to be. I went from being a daughter to a girlfriend to a wife to a mother in a very short amount of time and never really figured out who I was. I am praying that through this study I will not just know that God loves me but actually believe that he loves me and that I can figure out what he wants for me. So thank you very much Renee for this video.
I am enjoying this study so much! It has been eye opening to see scriptures that point to God’s love for us and how He wants us to walk in confidence. Thank you! Can’t wait for the rest:)
I need this, and will listen to the video again. Thanks for doing the study.
Oh thank you for the video. I want to throw the doubt away!! I will have a printout at work at home and in my purse. When I go to my bad place I can pull them out and go over and over God’s Word. May I allow it to speak to my heart and change me!!
Thanks so much for the study and video! Have been dealing with self-doubt and confidence issues since my pre-teen years, and feel like God brought me to this study. Bless you in all you do to help women!
I too have dealt with confidence and doubt since I was a teen. I pray God will use this study to help you overcome both of those! God bless!
Looking through all of this comments really made my day. It is awesome to read about how each of you are doing and what you are learning from this study! I wish that I could get to know each and every one of you! If anyone would like to talk more about this study I welcome e-mails: [email protected]. Or if anyone is looking for an accountability partner I would love one! I would love to get to know anyone and see how God is working in your lives. God bless!
I have lived with doubt my entire life. I never felt good enough. Even now, I don’t feel good enough. I have been asking God to get His promises out of my head and into my heart. It’s time to start throwing away those doubts!
I too have lived with doubt my whole life. So i Understand how you feel. I pray God will use this study to help us both! God bless!
I love when I see others struggling with the same things I’m struggling with. It helps me to realize that I am not alone in my struggles!
How encouraging was the video you posted. I too struggle deeply with doubting myself. I am committing to the 7 day challenge and throwing my doubts away!
Renee, thank You so much! This week i have had so many doubts creep up and in… I needed to hear this and be reminded!! I love the trash picture and the free resources!! God Bless your ministry and thank you so much!!
Through this study, I’m learning to identify doubts I didn’t even know I had! Like “God doesn’t really love me or want to help me unless I do this and this and this.” I commit to writing my doubts down for 7 days and trashing them! I printed out the download and will keep it in my purse to refer to as needed, whether at work or at home. At work, I often struggle with “I feel overwhelmed” and “I’m not strong enough”…I’m thankful for the resource to help me replace those thoughts.
I really enjoyed your video. I also, love the idea about writing down my doubts. I think it will help me to start loving my self and to really get closer to the Lord.
Thank you for making this affordable and doable. I love that I am sitting in my kitchen after a long day at work and feel like all these ladies are sharing a cup of coffee or tea and sharing such wonderful insights……I have allowed myself to miss so much by listening to the many voices of insecurity and am so excited about the scripture and study. Good luck to everyone and I hope we all finish with verses to guide us etched in our brains and CONFIDENCE strengthening and freeing our hearts to be persevering warrior woman for God.