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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I did the 7 day doubt diet, I loved it, I’m doing it again and again. Life changing ideas to lay the doubt down and find our worth in who God made us to be. Just started the book and loving it. I bought/passed along your book to 3 friends so we can do a study together while we read it. Can’t wait to see what God will do!!
I have totally loved this book! I learned so much last week about my personality and why I do what I do. My next step is to get my Time Out For Mom group to study this book during our fall semester! THANK YOU!
Thanks for sharing so much of yourself with us, and for teaching these simple truths. Of course I KNOW these things, but certainly need the encouragement and help that you share. I always try to end my day on a thankful prayer, but need to remember to trust and obey throughout my day as well.
My worries are out of control – dear Jesus I need your help!
I will be praying for you dear. God is our help and our shield. He will help you!
Your worries may be out of control, but God is the one in CONTROL. He will take care of you!
Dear Lord,
I ask that you be with Kim, and that you strengthen her. Lord, help her to cast all her cares upon you, for you care for her. Lord, you say in your Word… “Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for you are meek and lowly in heart. You say if we shall do this, we will have and find rest for our souls. Lord, help Kim to rest in you… to rest in you and know that you are in control of every situation and circumstance she is facing in this life. Help her Lord, replace any doubt with confidence in you. In Jesus name I pray, Amen! To God be the glory for ever and ever!
Through Christ those worries will be stripped from you and he will take the wheel! I am praying for you sister!
BELIEVE!!!
WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!!
Serving Him vs Seeking Him – whoa!! Through this week’s study God put this old hymn on my heart. “God will take care of you. Through every day, o’er all the way. He will take care of you, God will take care of you.”
Thank you for reminding me to click the pause button on my worries and when I do that to start to pray -thanking God for all that he has already given me. What a wonderful reminder on how to claim God’s promises of peace!
My husband and I are raising two girls and my oldest just turned 16 in April. Needless to say that she thinks she is grown now. We have recently started having arguments about several different things and I have become very weary from it already. I am trying to just give it to the Lord but we all know that’s easier said than done. Thank you for your words of wisdom today. It truly helps to reflect on the understanding that others have been through some of the same things I am facing today.
This is just what I needed today…very endearing and great wisdom shared. Thank you for that….I like the idea of the indestructible cards……hope to share these steps with my children, family and many to come….blessings to all xo
I waste so much time worrying! I make things into a huge deal before they happen, freak out as they’re happening, and then obsess about them after the fact. I’m exhausted just typing that! : ) so much wasted time…thank you for opening my eyes to this, Renee! I find such comfort in thinking about “let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in Him”…I am moving onward now to apply it to my life! Thanks for your work!
I love the easy 3 steps process. When I’m in the middle of the business and worry it’s hard to find a way out. This will be the follow up from my go to verse, which helps to stop slipping down the slope of worry and begin to gain footing and focus on God. Renee, Thank you for all you do. Keep up the good work!
I can definitely relate to this message. I reallly appreciate the three practical aids. Time to kick worry to the curb and totally rest in the Lord. I appreciate your ministry so much!
Perfect chapter, devo, etc. for me this week. It’s so easy to feel overwhelmed and anxious as I hear about the problems of people in my ministry. So many times their circumstances are beyond anybody’s control. I as well as they need to just let go and lay them before God — He is the only one who can help them. I need to pause more and seek Him, truly casting everything before Him, and not trying to meet needs before my needs are met by Him.
Dear Sister,
I’m 39 weeks and 1 day pregnant…planning a vbac. Please remember us in your prayers.
Thank you for all you do.
Thank you for reminding me who to turn to instead of worrying and wondering why I feel so burdened.
I love your articles! I get the Proverbs 31 devotion everyday on my work email. I open it up first thing in the morning to give me good start to the day……
Just today I have spent a good deal of time worrying about some rather minor situations at work. Because I am not physically in the office today, I had to rely on others to take care of a couple of things for me and that required several emails back and forth. Instead of just trusting that others could take care of the situations (which they did with a little guidance) and letting them have the chance to show what they could do, I felt this heavy burden to do it all myself even though I couldn’t actually travel there today.
This message was just what I needed. So often, when I am worrying and feeling overwhelmed, it is because I feel like I have to be in control of everything instead of really turning it over to God. I know I can actually control very little, but the temptation to take all these burdens on myself is strong. Thanks for the reminder to “cast my cares” to Him instead.
Dear Renee,
What a timely reminder. Tuesday I was worrying about something, and then it didn’t happen. Wednesday I started worrying about something else, and it did happen, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. I try to stop worrying and give my cares and concerns to God, but I need to remember to pray about EVERYTHING and then thank Him. He is always faithful time and time again. Even when my worst fears happen, He is there with me.
This was just what I need to hear/read today. I need to be reminded about worry — it is so sneaky!
Similar to your index cards, I set up a “God box”, a simple decorative box, where I can figuratively or literally put my worries and concerns. Sometimes just seeing or touching the box and praying will “deposit” that concern in God’s hands, and sometimes I need to write it out and physically put it there. Whatever it takes to remember to take all my concerns to the One who loves and renews me the most.
Dear Renee,
The story of Martha and Mary has been the story of my life. I want to try to chose to do what Mary did, but it seems hard to do when life gets very complicated. I pray that by practising these 3 steps I will be able to trust and receive the Lord’s peace for my ever wonder mind, and that I can take time to rest without feeling guilty.
Wow, I’m glad to know that I’m not alone here, but sorry that this is such a common stress-load! In our home, we frequently stop to “count our blessings” when things get bumpy, but I have noticed that I tend to let the load of this world pile up on my lap rather than “giving it to God.” Worse yet, even after handing it all over to Him, I seem to want to take it back. How crazy is that??? Can I do a better job than my maker-certainly not! Thank you for pointing out that time wasted on worry is simply time wasted. My motto for the month (after I make that list!) will be “Let go, let God, get going!” 🙂