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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Hi Renee,
I’m a 29 year old worrier! and so I am so sure that you have blessed so many through your blog today. My message though is in response to one of your chapters in ‘A Confident Heart’. God told me today as I was reading about how your dad used to buy you gifts when you were good, (which is what my dad used to do), if I mis-behaved after my dad had bought me something, my dad would say ‘after me buying that for you this is the way you behave?’ Or ‘I’m going to take that … back then, you ungrateful …’ So I have always felt guilty and ashamed when good things come my way, not feeling that they are deserved. This has helped me realise why I have pushed so many good things away. I know that God doesn’t give us what we deserve, but out of the overflow of His goodness and love.
Also God revealed to me that I have always believed that who I am, comes from what I can do. I realised today that that’s not true, but who I am is a child of the king, I don’t have to be successful in the eyes of the world for me to remain his child, I just have to be His. God spoke to me through your testimony. Thank you for allowing him to use you. I hope message in response to your book, encourages others.
Dear Renee,
Thank you for sharing as this has found me at a time when too much worry has made me so weary that I am not confident of my ability to function as a human being. Your idea of writing your worries on a card and giving it to God has made me realize that this is something I can do and must do, not just because I do not know what else to do but because I do believe in my heart that God loves me and wants me to be at peace.
This is God’s way of helping me to hear him when I have thought that he was not listening to my prays.
Thank you again
Jenny
Renee
Sometimes, I hold on to the P31 devotional emails because I feel like I don’t have time to digest them. However, when I admit that I have cut God from my daily schedule for the sake of my to do list, I find myself longing for something. Crazy thing is I still have trouble recognizing that I am spiritually empty because I have not spent time with the Lord. I just opened this devotional, and it was perfect timing! I was in a panic this morning, almost unable to move because of the weight of all my responsibilities. I have felt the prayers of friends and family who know what I am facing; and God led me to this devotional. He never ceases to amaze me. I am thankful he pursues me tirelessly! And thank you for sharing your own testimony and insight to encourage me and help me renew my mind!
Amber
Its 2:30 am and I can’t sleep. I decided to empty out my personal e-mail…searching for some comfort and peace and I came across your post this many days later…thank you. Chaos and maham seem to be surrounding me but I will prevail with God. This post was what I needed to be able to lay my head down and try to sleep. Thank you.
Pamela
I’m a few days behind in reading this devotional as well, but I believe it was meant for me this morning! Thank you for encouraging me today through God’s word.
Thank you for this devotional! I am a few days behind on reading, but I believe God intended for me to read it today. I am a single foster mom, and I am considering adopting a 4 yr old that I have been fostering. His case and life have been a mess so far and he comes with a lot of emotional baggage. The last few weeks I have Definately been weary in worry! Your devotional spoke so much to me today, and I realized I need to make some changes in myself and let God take control of the situation! I truly appreciate the Proverbs31 ministry and all the work you ladies put into it! It is definately a blessing to me!!
Hi there Renee! So my stepmom sent this to me, probably because she knows that I am like, the super supreme queen of worry. I read it and totally loved point #3…the index card thing under the table cross. So neat and definitely something I have to try. I am SO on the go all the time these days and never have a moment to myself it seems. Sometimes the stress level that I feel is just SUPER huge and I end up worrying! Worrying about a new roof, worrying about my mom’s cancer, worrying about the kids, worrying about money. Worry-worry-worry! Maybe if I say it enough, it will slowly leave me 🙂 Ha-ha, anyways, haven’t ever been to your blog but will bookmark it and try to make a point to read your posts when I get a chance. Thanks Renee!