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Renee Swope

Encouraging and equipping moms to parent with God's grace and confidence.

{Week 9} Is Worry Making You Weary?


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.}

Let’s Connect & A Giveaway: I’d love to hear your thoughts and one thing you want to apply after reading today’s devotion and hearing the video message. Click “share your thoughts” right below this post and do just that. 🙂

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Comments

  1. Thank you so much for your devotion on worry. I was a little behind on my readings and as I was trying to catch up, I found this devotional. You always share things that put sunshine and joy into my day and I thank you for sharing these words of encouragement with me. I too tend to worry, but I have finally come to a point that I have decided that I will turn all my worries over to the Lord, which is what I should have been doing all along. Once again, thank you so much. You are such an inspiration.

  3. I needed today’s message! Thank you for your video. It really made me think about what I can do when I worry.

  4. I was going thru a ton of e-mails from the last 10 days from being on vacation in the mountains! How
    ironic I too was begging my husband for us “not” to go back home because of all the stress .Your devotion was the last e-mail I read,and the tears flowed.I worry entirely to much and it was
    very encouraging to read your words and words of so many other christian women across the country
    who do the same thing.
    bless you all for all you are thru all your struggles each day..God hears you and me.Keep looking
    up and seeing the light even in the darkest moments.

  5. I try to not let worry take over me … but boy it takes sheer willpower when you are working 3 part-time jobs, finishing off coursework for a certification exam, & barely keeping up with the day-to-day expenses.

    I always just have to remind myself of Philippians 4:13 which says: “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” and Philippians 4:19 which says: “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory which is in Christ Jesus.”

  6. Thanks so much for this chapter Renee. In a week, I’m moving back to the US after living abroad for four years. I’m getting married in a month and am starting graduate school at the end of August. I’ve found myself worrying about everything. From the details of our wedding to fitting my belongings into two suitcases to spending quality time with my fiancé, I’ve found myself burdened down.

    I read this chapter today and cried. I wrote my worries down on one side of a paper and went through and put God’s promises on the other side. It felt so good to hear God say, “Turn your burdens over to the Lord and He will care for you.” In Isaiah I found “As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will God rejoice over you.” Such sweet reminders during this transition.

    Even though I have a ton of packing to do today, I felt God nudging me to just spend a few hours with him and rest. It was so worth it.

    Thanks for your encouragement.

  7. I’m late reading this but I believe that God’s timing is always perfect. Tonight I have more things to do than I have time; ministry commitments, personal commitments, business commitments……. what I really want to do is go home and crawl up on my sofa and read my book.

  8. Wow, thanks for the awesome video. I have had worries all my life specifically from my dad who was a worrier at heart and put the worry on me. I never trusted God whole heartily and I want to do that right now. I am a Christian and been one all my life, but I do let those worries get the best of me on a daily basis. I will try some of the ideas you gave and start giving my worries over to God and let him handle them and take care of them for me. Thanks again for the video.

  9. do not fret (R) —it leads only to evil. Fret reminds me of worry. Ps37 speaks so much on how we can trust the the Lord. Thank you so much for this study.
    Billie

  10. Renee,

    Just got a chance to watch the video today. All I can say is Thank You! I sincerely hope, no pray that you can feel all the love and gratitude that I send with those two words.

    daria

  11. Thank you for all the great tips you give and for the time you devote to us.. your readers.. 🙂 We appreciate you and all you do !

  12. Hi Renee,

    My email said there is a brand new video devotional but when I check your blog it is the same as the one you posted on Wednesday, June 20. I am scared something might be wrong with my computer and the latest message is not showing up for some reason. In my email I cannot see the images or the video. I can only read the encouraging blog message and beautiful prayer.

    Blessings,

    Anna

  13. Thank you for these practical tips to learn how to lean into God in our everyday life. When worries come up, I’ll press “pause” and start talking to God!

  14. Thank you SO much for your devotions. I am finding myself in a state of worry often, and your message was a perfect reminder that I need to redirect my thinking. GOD has always provided for me and my family, I simply need to trust him. I can’t wait to study for your advice more!

  15. Thank you Renee just what I needed. Thank you for your faithfulness & prayers .

  16. I would appreciate prayer support for an important and potentially difficult conversation with my employer tomorrow. Please pray for my husband too who is looking for work, that he would sense God’s guidance. Finally, please pray for a confident heart throughout all this. I remain grateful for this study and your prayers for us Renee. –Grace

  17. After reading these posts I feel less alone. I too struggle with worry and anxiety. Just knowing that others feel this way and are also struggling with giving their worries to God, helps me. I think I need to read this chapter again… or maybe a few times. Just need to continue praying and thanking God for his blessings. Thank you everyone for sharing.

  18. Thank you Renee, for the email prayer. I was feeling like I was falling behind w/ my reading and wanting to keep up w/ the study. I had maintained my routine through chapt. 6 but found myself lagging for ch 7 & again w/ 8 which i still haven’t completed. I attended a Restoration Retreat June 1-3, and came home w/ such a new sense of freedom. Everything has had a new approach since. Chapter 8 was a recap of the teachings from the retreat and then some.

    Before the retreat I found time to do what I wanted, but I was shutting out my husband and not being truly involved or available. Now I find it difficult to juggle all that I want to get done and have found myself not able to keep up w/ the study. My pastor has taught on ” relationship is more important than rules ” this week, so I am trying to apply flexibility to my thinking and application for this study as well. The people in my life are more important than a self-imposed deadline to keep in a book study. However, this study was my purposed goal of maintaining me and not getting lost in the process. I pray for the balance and wisdom for application of time to achieve what is to be done and when.

    Thank you for the encouragement regardless of where we are in the book. I REALLY NEEDED it. Several events over the last couple of weeks have presented a growing financial need in various areas for us. I allowed discouragement to creep in and level out my high from the retreat and lost my focus. I know that GOD IS IN CONTROL and HE WILL PROVIDE IN HIS TIMING. I pray for peace while I wait on Him.

    Thank you Lord for the work You are doing in each one of our lives and for the leadership and obedience of Renee. Blessings upon her, her family, and Your ministry.

  19. Thank you so much Renee
    Right at this very moment as I was just feeling so terribly alone, sad, with a feeling of total dispair your email popped up egzactly as I needed it, thank You for your prayers and your book, thank you for reminding me that I am not alone and I am not lost, thank you for praying Gods word, thank you for reminding me to stay in that place❤ Psalm 91, SHELTERED, God Bless You ❤

  20. This post hits me right where I’ve been for several years. I have been blindsided by one serious life event after another. I don’t feel angry with God, but I feel extremely disappointed. I feel as if I’ve been left on my own to struggle and tread water. My head is going further down and he doesn’t seem to care. I’ve been barely hanging on to my faith, and what’s left is more like going through the motions than faith. I can’t keep going on like this. I don’t know how I could go from being so close to God during cancer treatment several years ago, to being at my lowest point spiritually. I just want someone to take care of me, and I feel as if he’s left me alone to struggle. I’m behind in the study, but I’ve been saving every e-mail and hope to catch up as soon as I can. I don’t know what made me look at this one today, but I’m going to jump ahead and read Chapter 9. I so need to sense his presence and his healing again. I’ve been struggling with chronic pain after the treatment and it’s all I can do to work my full time job. I don’t have the energy or motivation for much else. But, I’m afraid if I don’t get back on track soon, it will be too late.