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What a wonderful way to demonstrate God’s unconditional love for us and how only He can fill our empty places. As much as our husbands, children, friends & families love us they can never fill the void that only a deep loving relationship with God can provide. Since I have discovered & realized what you have shown us in this video, my life is definitely full & I am happy & content. Thanks Renee!
Renee, Thank you so much for this beautiful illustration of how only God can fill us. I believe Him and know that only he can fill my empty places. He can fill the empty spot where my dad made me feel unworthy Jesus will make me fill worthy. Only He can fill the unfailing love I desire from a husband. Only He can feel my longing desire to connect with fellow men and women of Him fellow Christ followers, He has made this possible through this study Renee you are truly a blessed women of God, thank you for following Him and believing Him. I know that only Jesus Himself can satisfy me and He is all I want and need everything else will fall in place like the bible tells me in Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. To all of us going through this study I know we will become SATISFIED in JESUS I love you ladies and I too wished we all could meet. Thank you again Renee God Bless You!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5unzXXC0k
If anyone gets a chance this song i feel goes right along with our study I just wanted to share this with you all.
The name is The Well it is by Casting Crowns.
Wow Amanda. I’ve never heard this song before- I LOVE it! Thank you for sharing!!!
What a beautiful visual Renee. A fantastic reminder of what every person needs to dwell upon. There is nothing on earth that can fill our empty longings and yet how simple it can be if we just come to the well and let him fill us with his living water. Love it.
Blessings to everyone!
Cindy
Cindy you are welcome I am happy to share the Lord anytime I can. I pray all us ladies are filled by Him!
Bless you
Amanda
Amanda, Thank you so much for posting! I’ve never heard this song either.
Incredible! May we all go to the Well (Jesus) and thirst no more!
Blessings!
Emily I can feel your excitement through the computer!! I am so happy the Lord is blessing, I must say I never thought an online study could have this much power BUT its in the God we serve that it is only possible!! To Him be the Glory!! May we ALL Blessed in HIM!!!
Thank you Amanda for sharing this amazing song with us!! Yes, it does fit perfectly with Renee’s message! And thank you Renee for sharing your awesome insight and love with us all!
Let us all drink deeply from the WELL! It occurred to me that so many of the people I have spent years trying to please and fit in with are also filling their jars with the same “stuff”, in their own attempt to be filled. I pray this lesson will help strengthen me to be a testimony to the power of LIVING WATER.
WOW Amen!!! So glad you enjoyed the song, and thank you for sharing, I too pray to for strength to be a testament to others and lead them to HIM!! God Bless You!
Thank you for posting that song, I too have not heard this song b4 today. So nice, and very fitting indeed. God bless you. May God continue to heal you and restore your confidence in HIM I pray. This is my prayer for myself also. Blessings to you my sister. Enjoy the study. Let’s ALL of us…. continue to pray for Renee during this trying time of her life–her mom beings sick etc.
I love that song! It really spoke to my heart and it really goes with this lesson. “Leave it all behind and come to the well”. Thanks Amanda!
Thank you Renee for your illustration and your wonderful book. You are such a good writer! I have held out my empty jar, waiting for others to fill it, only to find that no one could fill it, except Jesus.
Perfect for this study. Thanks for sharing.
This song is perfect for the words that Renee spoke in her video. Thanks for sharing.
For so long I sought love/approval/acceptance from my mom or husband only to be met with critism and disapproval. My self worth had no value in my eyes. But praise God, He has given me the strength and courage to change my thought process and allow HiM to fill me with His love and His truths and His promises. This study is another way that I am submerging myself and reprogramming my mind in God’s love.
Carrie I can relate to what you are saying after reading this chapter I realized that for so many years I have allowed my husband to determine my self worth and felt I could only be fulfilled by him I now realize that all I need is God’s unfailing love and the damage mentally I have done to myself by allowing others to determine my self worth. I am also on a journey to reprogramming my mind and becoming that woman GOD meant me to be I am sure it will be hard but I now realize and believe all things are possible through Christ.
I love the illustration of filling up our hearts with things that don’t last. However, in order to fill up The Lord, we have to me empty ourselves first before we can fully receive. We can’t just pour God’s love on top of everything we already have and hope it all works out. We have to let go in order to receive. The old must to make room for the new. Amen!
AMEN Julie!!!
Yes, wouldn’t it be easier if we could just pour God on all our “stuff” through prayer and have it be fixed. But He does not promise it will be easy, He promises we won’t do it alone.
Such a wonderful message. Thank you, Renee ~
Your illustration was amazing. It really spoke to my heart. My biggest struggle aside from fear which is probably related is doubt. I am a beliiever but I find myself doubting God’s love for me. I am one of those double minded people James talks about. I have been struggling for 15 years with physical issues and my hope has been faltering. I hope this will be my time of break through. If not physically at least spiritually.
Last night God showed me that i was making an idol out of my prayer for marriage restoration and then your video this morning confirm that God was speaking to me last night. Thank you for confirming that God is in control and all I have to do is REALLY believe he is in control.
For several years after my divorce (& even before), I looked to men to be found attractive, desired & pursued. What an amazing day it was not long ago when I asked God to show me & help me change that thought process. Thank you for sharing this message. I love how you showed the jar still had empty spaces with the things and the statement about them having priority but not preeminence.
Great video. I find myself looking to items to fulfil the emptiness within me. The one statement resonates with me: “Put these gifts back in a place of priority in our life, but not in a place of preeminence.” I am going to add that to my daily affirmations.
Great illustration and plenty of thought provoking Word. I could see the things that I run to and who I run to o be the somebody that I wanted to e. The seed Word that I have been planting the last few days is that He, who has begun a good work shall complete it. That jar will remain a constant reminder to me. Just now, the Holy Spirit told me that the biggest space of my jar is filled with fear. Just like Sam, that which I long for, I am also afraid to have. His promises were meant for me.
Yes I have been so guilty of looking for other things & people to fill me. I am praying for God do this now.
I am enjoying the bible study. Thanks!!
I am so guilty of this, trying to find “things” to fill my jar instead of looking to Jesus , thank you so much for this reminder.
Only Jesus can fill those empty places. I know this is truth yet daily, I struggle just as your illustration suggested. Thank you for your sweet heart for God. Your love for the Father exudes through you. And thank you for loving us enough to speak God’s truth. We can only be filled by him. Fill us Lord Jesus!
Thank you for the beautiful reminder. Reallyneeded that today!
Good Morning.
This is a blessing…I am so glad I joined this…I am doing a group study , what happens when women say yes to God, by Lysa T…
This , I am doing alone…it is helping me to be confident in what I am doing as a group, as with your teaching Renee is allowing me to search the things that hold me back…dealing with stuff and be confident…in my saying yes…
It has brought a Joy within that has been lost for awhile now….Thank you! And may our Lord continue to shine on your life with his love and his word….
Patty
Help me, Lord, to find YOU; fill my emptiness with your light and love and acceptance of who I am at this very moment.
Oh, Mary that is my prayer too! Beautifully stated. Amen.
I think sometimes God holds back gifts and rewards just like a parent holding back rewards until their child begins to grasp thankfulness for what they already have. Sometimes I get a glimpse of myself acting like a spoiled brat. Thank you for this reminder that God wants to grace us with gifts whether we feel like we deserve them or not. <3
I am so glad I signed up to participate in this study. Your video visual sums up the message perfectly. Reading your book has hit home and helps me see I am not the only one who has felt the way I have. Thank you!
Beautiful. I have seen this illustration before, but with a different representation of God and what we are to fill the jar with. However, I love the purity and satisfying fulfillment of our thirst represented by the water. Just beautiful.
Good Morning Renee , thanks I needed that word this morning . I reminded of the song looking for love in all the wrongs places , I have been divorce for 5 years and I know i am not alone . I want God to fill my empty jars and put me with the right people . I long to be loved by partner but most of all be loved my God. I am excited about what God is doing in my life . Thanks Renee .