I have a P31 devotion today and want to say hello and “welcome” if you found your way here through it! I’m so glad you stopped by!
I wish we could sit in a coffee shop and chat today.
I’d love to talk with you about things that are weighing you down or worries that are making you weary. They always seem to lighten when shared with a friend.
I’d tell you about the year I let my problems pile up and how all that pressure almost took me down. It’s all in chapter 9 of my book including the story about how I accidentally took my dogs medicine one morning.
In my devotion, I shared how God has been changing me and rearranging me. I also promised to share three steps to overcome worry and a practical way to physically give God your concerns! Since we can’t chat in a coffee shop today, I decided to share my heart in a short video post.
Message Notes: You can download my “Video Message Notes” in a PDF here or in a Word doc here. They include the points of my message, verses and blanks to fill in. {If you’d like to watch more FREE Confident Heart videos based on my book, click here.}
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Thanx for reminding me to “choose the best” and pray about everything.
Thank you for your insight today on worries. Its crazy how God works, always on time and never late. My husband and I have been going through some issues lately in our marriage and as I tell him the things I’m needing as a wife and him telling me how many things are going on outside of our home etc. I start to worry about all the little things that I feel I need to do more of or not enough of. And with one child and being a stay at home mom I am sure he is feeling the pressure but so am i by not having that quality time and him not being home much. But I loved your idea of writing all the worries down on a card and praying about them and I’m excited to see what God will say to me through that process. With all the stress I’m so glad and grateful I have a God that knows what I’m going through at all times. Thank you for your devotional.
Some days it’s just so hard to take time for yourself and to find the stop button on Worry. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I am really enjoying the Confident Heart book and encouraging emails! I used to worry about everything also, but have gotten much better at replacing my worriers with prayers! I like the idea of writing them on an index card and putting them at the cross. I often write out verses that speak to me, and have a card on the table with names of people to pray for.
thanks for the encouragement today – I’ve printed out the 2 verses towards the end of the Prov 31 devotion today and am posting them near my computer! work has got me a little buried and there’s “no time” for rest. need to remember that God does offer that in the midst of any storm.
Sister Renee,
What a great reminder of what we need to do when we are feeling worried and overwhellmed. As a busy Christian women. I haver often fallen into satan’s trap of worry, sel-doubt and being overwhelmed. God always brings me through when I remember to cast my cares on him. What an awesome God we have.
Thanks for the reminder to pray and seek his peace.
God’s Blessings,
Jill Schultz
With the difficult circumstances in my life I am definitely a worry wort. Your words have lightened my spirit and helped to focus on the lord when I do become worried.
Just last night for me to calm my nerves and the tightness in my chest I prayed and talked to the lord about my worries and he gave me such peace so that I could enjoy the moment I finally had alone without craziness in my schedule and trying to remember my 3 children’s schedule as well.
Thank you and God bless!
Thank you for sharing the things God is teaching you! God has definitely led me to His message through you! TODAY, I am going to stop talking to myself and start talking to God! I’m also going to MEMORIZE His Word so the Holy Spirit will REMIND me of HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, PROTECTION AND PROVISION!!!
I love you! Have a WONDERFUL day!!!
I thank The Lord that He answered my prayer. I was just running around the house, realizing how much I had to do today. As I was making lists, cleaning the bathroom, getting dressed to go to the bank for my daughter who does not have a car, then taking her and me food shopping, still thinking of all I had to do when I got home. I have just recently had 2 surgeries, 1 of them leaving me with a ileostomy, which also leaves me tired. As I was doing all of this, I was praying on the run, “Lord, please help me to learn how to not get so stressed out. I realized, also that instead of praying as I ran around, I should stop and spend some time with The Lord, but did I? No! For some reason, I got the thought to check my email, something I just didn’t think I had time for and found an email from this website on worry!!! I Thank God for Answering my prayer so soon. Reading all that I have read here shows me what my priorities should be. I am going now, into my “prayer closet” and spend some time with My Lord. The bank and the groceries can wait. I am sure my daughter will understand. Thank You!!
When I read this I thought man oh man is she talking about me. I can run down the list of all my commitments but that isn’t necessary. Today I am letting it all go and remembering each time my neck tightens or I just want to scream from the pressure to take a breath and give it to the One who will make it all alright.
Thank you for the reminder.
It is so easy to worry and not remember to first seek the Lord and tell Him first what is bothering you
but when we do He does give us that peace that is beyond our own understanding. Philippians 4:6-8
has long been my favorite scripture in the bible but along with those I think one of the key verses
in the whole bible is “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all these things
will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 God is so good and He loves us and wants the very best for
us but we need to learn to seek that relationship with Him above everything else.
Thank you so much Renee, I will be using all of your suggestions but especially writing the cards to Jesus. I worry so much it is starting to imbobilize me. I often feel I cant doing anything right especially in my relationship with god and I find myself in deep despair and ready to give up. I know this is where Satan wants me to be, not God, but I get so tired of fighting it. I need yo physically do something to get out pf my own head and give it to God! Thanks agai! Juli
I have a lot on my plate also, and this is just what I needed to read today. I had never heard the term “mental mayhem” before, but feel it often. What a great idea to list all that I “worry” about and ask God if I am doing too much.
Thank you for the perspective.
hugs,
Julie
Renee, I know exactly what you are talking about. We just adopted two baby boys (8 and 10 months) from Ethiopia. They have been home 2 months and I’m still trying to figure it all out. We have five children. All WONDERFUL, but they take a ton of energy…and often I feel drained. Thank you for this entry. I think I’m going to order your book!
Blessings; Micah
Micah, I want you to know my heart is with you! I will be praying for you today and everytime the Holy Spirit brings you to mind. God loves you!!! I recently started reading a book called “How to really love your child” and it’s been an eye opener for me. I pray right now that God would wrap His loving, gentle, firm, joyful, peaceful, strong arms around you! He loves you so much!!!
Wow! It’s like this was written just for me. Like you’d had a bird’s eye view of my life and saw how I was responding. Thank you so much for the words of encouragement and fresh perspective. I need to go to God, lay this crazy life at his feet and thank Him!!
I have been a subscriber for quite some time, but never posted a comment. But, I must post today. I am a worrier, and this particular weekend, I allowed satan to consume me with worry, and fear. I was almost paralyzed emotionally. I even stayed home from church Sunday (which I never do due to ministries I am involved in), and used the time to catch up on some devotions that had accummulated, and pulled out some Proverbs 31 devotionals I had saved, and spent the time with the Lord. I felt like God gave me just what I needed, and this devotional today, was the icing on the cake!! I have done something similar in the past like your index cards and the cross (which I like the cross idea better); but what I have done is put a basket by my bedside, and wrote across the handle “God’s Basket to Carry”, and wrote my worries and concerns on a card and put in that basket. It was a visual to me to let God carry the load. Sad to say, many times I mentally picked the basket up and carried it myself. Again, your devotional was more of what I needed these past few days; I seem to always need a booster shot to my issue of worry. Thanks very much!
Renee,
A friend sent this to me with the message that it spoke to her – little did she know that your words were exactly what I needed to hear as well! Thank you!
this is very awersome message now i can say i will case all my burden to God for I know he cares from me. i always keep praying and stop the worrying.
Renee, you always seem to write about EXACTLY what is on my mind! I thank God for bringing me to your website, book and Pro31.
Thank you for your message. Prayer is the key to letting go of our worry. God is faithful.