Happy Valentines Day! I hope you know just how much…
You are LOVED
Welcome online study sisters and new friends hopping over from my Encouragement for Today devotion. I’m so glad you are here! In my devotion, Because You are His, I talk about the love of a mom watching over her children – and how God says He watches over us just like that. Not only does He watch over us – HE DELIGHTS IN US!!{ Zeph. 3:17}
And with His love, He calms our concerns, quiets our fears and speak promises of assurance to our hearts! Scripture says He sings over us, too. I have a feeling the song He sings over you today is written just for YOU, describing the beautiful woman He’s created you to be, while gently leading your heart to know and rely on His love more and more each day.
Oh how I want to know and rely on His love…His unconditional, unfailing, patient and kind Love. How about you? In this short video m message today, I share one of the most important truths I’ve ever learned about God’s love. I’d love to share it with you. Maybe we can connect over lunch or coffee right here at my kitchen table. 🙂
“Message Notes” are 1to download in a PDF format here or in a MSWord doc here.
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Let these truths sink into your heart today…
You are CHOSEN. You are LOVED. You are ACCEPTED.
(Download His Promises and print them for keeps!?)
Although God may not send His love covered in chocolate or delivered in satin covered boxes, let’s remember today how He left Himself as a Love letter nailed to the cross of Calvary, declaring the depth of HIS unfailing love for us – forever! I pray that you will live in HIS love today today…bringing the empty well of your heart to Jesus – so He can fill it!
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Thank you lord for my beautiful heart. My heart that died thousands of years ago nailed to a cross so that I may be forgiven by Gods Grace and your love to know.
A heart that was tortchured and torn. A heart filled with pain. Thank you lord for my heart nailed to the cross so many thousands of years ago so your love I may know.
Thank you Lord for my heart nailed to that cross so many thousand years ago. Today Lord I hold my heart so close and near because it is so dear.
I love my heart that was nailed to that cross so many thousands of years ago. My heart was your heart Lord tortchurd , torn and filled with pain. All this you did for me all those Thousand of years ago.
Thank you lord for being my heart so many thousands of years ago. Thank you for the grace and forgiveness that came with you my heart so many thousands of years ago.
I love you now and forever. I am grateful that your heart lives on Now instead of so many thousands of years ago.
All day long the scripture that kept coming to me was ” beloved, let us love one another for love comes from God”. We have to be agents of God’s love so others can experience the light and fill the empty spaces of their hearts.
I needed to hear this today, Thank you Renee.
Unfailing love…It’s a love like no other!
Happy Valentine’s Day Sisters! Feel the warmth of His embrace as we face our day, night, and each moment. His tender touch reaching the inner most caverns of our soul. We are loved, we are blessed, and we are created in love, to love! Valentine’s Day should be every day in our hearts.
Blessings
Thank you for reminding me of His unfailing love!
Thankyou Renee for your inspiration for us, yhoung & old who are broken, or in any other state. I am so digging into the truths in this book. Thankyou.
The video was timed perfectly for where I am today. Thanks for the illustration with the water. Thinking of His perfect filling this way helps me to chase away the lies that I’m not good enough today. Praying for all my sisters that you may know the power in God’s amazing love today and every day through the truths shared today.
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you.
Thank you for that wonderful visual…I know this lesson will stick with me for a long time and give me something to aim for, with God’s help!
HE IS LOVE ! …. and His Love is there unconditionally. I had a hard time accepting His Love but He kept pursuing me and with the help of wonderful people writing as Renee has, I have learned in my mind and have and do feel in my heart His Love. And all I can say is Thank you God for bringing this wonderful people in our loves where we can grow deeper and deeper in Your Love ….. and most of all God thank You for loving me.
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In August of 2011, my husband of almost 20 years decided he wanted a divorce. We have always had problems…and there are several “issues” that have plagued our relationship (which I prayed for through out our time together). In spite of the “junk” in our marriage…my husband would always do something on Valentine’s Day…but I knew that this year would be different. I knew I would spend this day alone. Which I was really o.k. with. However, God often sends little angels to show me His love for me! I got a knock on my door and I looked out the peep hole wondering who was at my door. (Honestly, I was kind of scared that it was the police showing up with divorce papers). I didn’t see anybody and opened the door. I saw my best friend’s nephew running to her car at the end of the drive way. She had delivered a chocolate heart and a cookie that said “I love you”.
For the last 20 years I had this idea…this misconception of what I thought was confidence and security. That all came crashing down in the past few months and my world felt like it was falling apart. However, just as I thought that I couldn’t make it…that I couldn’t go on….that my world was completely undone, God began to speak to my heart the word CONFIDENCE! Shortly after I found Renee’s book “A Confident Heart” I am currently on week three (the hardest one so far). I truly believe that God is going to rebuild those places in me that have laid in ruins all these years (even though I didn’t think they were). He is building me back up, laying the foundation of His love for me one day at a time.
Renee, thank you for writing this book! I can’t say that IT has changed my life….but God is using your book and your story to change my heart! Thank you for being an obedient vessel!!
I struggle every day to be enough, do enough, work out enough, attend to enough, pray enough, be thankful enough, and so on. I find comfort and solace in God’s unfailing love… when I remember to seek it, reach for it, accept it, believe it and share it. I so appreciate your words and encouragement. I am 44 and still most days, feel like a shy, scared little girl that is awkward in her own skin. I get up every morning, breathe in and out, put one foot and then another on the floor and ask God to cover me up in His love and fill my heart with His strength and help me to make the day good. Thank you Renee. I look forward to reading your book.
Thanks Renee. I loved the message and the way the living water of Christ filled up the jar. The other’s barely fit in the jar and still left so many gaps. Great imagery.
I have spent my whole life searching for someone to love me. Then I found out the whole time I was searching Jesus was waiting for me.
I am so wanting to grow closer to the Lord,and strengthen my sisterhood with others. This would be such a blessing to me right now. As my boyfriend and i are going to start going to church together this Sunday. Praise God.
We are truly blessed to be a part of this womans drive and desire to show other women that we are God given, blessed and are able to grow in so many ways…I love a great prayer warrior, and I feel that we are all connected to one! 🙂
I had to smile today, reading your email, I too sneak into my kids’ room to just be totally amazed by the wonders that God has entrusted to me…they are such blessings in our lives…
May God keep you on track, growing daily. Thanks for your encouragement, prayers. 🙂
Lisa
I am grateful to be a part of this study…I am learning and realizing new things about myself and the lies I have bought into. On this Valentine’s Day I want to remember to accept that God is the ONE who loves me ost and that I shouold not look to any other to fill me as ONLY He can!
Renee, I do not know how to do those other things however, just what i read today in the “His Promise” sheet was a blessing for me. I pray you have a great turn out of those that know how to do those postings
Blessings, Tera
Renee-thank you for the reminder of how much GOD loves me, today on Valentine’s Day and everyday, 24/7/365!! I don’t have a special mate in my life, nor no children to shower me with valentines, candy, flowers, etc. and love, but through your blog thoughts and emails from my Bible Study women, I was reminded of GOD’S love, unconditional, for me, Karen. No flowers here as I sit at work from a sweetie, but I feel His presence and His touch of love today in my heart and surrounding my being.
SO, because I don’t have a sweetie, I did NOT sit around and mull the day away. This year, I spread and shared God’s love within me to my neighbors and some coworkers. I made cupcakes and stuck a store-bought heart on a pick in each one…had Valentine napkins and little valentine paper plates and delivered a cupcake to each one in my apt. bldg. and brought the rest to work to share with second shift coworkers. I am not anyone special for doing this, but to put a smile and bring sunshine and love to someone else’s heart and day..that was just a warm fuzzy to soul seeing their faces light up as they answered their door!
God is so precious to take us outside of our own little selves and push us to spread His love around!! Sharing His love one cupcake at a time. Something so simple and cost-less, yet warms a lonely heart.
God’s blessings continued on your ministry Renee and the women who are being reached by the online study A Confident Heart…loving this book!!!!!!!!!!!
Today is Valentine’s Day! This is a day where couples show how much they love each other. I however, slept most of the day because i knew what was instore for me…. nothing. Then i decided to get up and find out what was new in my email from you today about our study. i printed off the “His Promises” sheet and the words “You are Loved” jumped out at me! under it said ” You are precious and honored in my sight, and I love you.” Isaiah 43:4 Today on Valentine’s Day the Lord thru this has reminded me that He loves me and that I am special! I can barely see what i am typing for the tears. God is awesome! He knew my heart! I am loved!
I’m changing directions in my career. Your lessons on planning your future came at the perfect time! Thank you
I am in the process of looking back, creating a timeline and going to those painful memories that fed me lies that have scared my heart. It is hard but really freeing. Thank you for your encouragement to do this!
Thanks for the reminder of God’s great love for us!
I am so thankful to be a part of your online Bible study. I am learning so much and feel like I am understanding some of the verses for the very first time.
I really needed this reminder today, I’m having one of those everything gone wrong, no-one cares days, so it’s a timely reminder that God loves me so much, no matter what. Praise Him that He is so constant, and not subject to mood changes and ups and downs like we are!
Praise the Lord for His great love, unending grace, and mercies that are new each day! We are so very loved!
Thank you! Recognize that this idea of matching God’s Truth with a feeling–and sometimes it is mis-matching–or replacing–I am beginning to see a change–living and breathing more from a confident heart. I shared a bit of my journey thus far today here at http://www.jgirlsjourney.blogspot.com. Would love for you to connect with me here too 🙂
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Feburary, 14. 2012
Happy Valentine’s Day to all the online’ sister. Hope your day is full of love,happiness and kisses.
Let us remember that God is love, and He love us so much that H gave His only begotten Son,that
we might be free.So trust God and be happy because love conquers all.
God bless
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“YOU ARE CHOSEN”
Great message in your video today Renee. Thanks for sharing it and for offering the give away. You are such a blessing to so many people.
I loved the devotional for today and I too remember sneaking into my boys room, just watching them sleep, and thinking how much I loved them. I did not know a greater love until I met God and His love. I just pray that His love will over flow from me and touch someones life so they can know Him too.
Thanks for always being so encouraging.
AWESOME message….loved the visual. I too have tried in so many ways to fill the empty places in my life. That’s just it….”I”….when it should have been “HIM”. He is the only one who can fill my empty spaces. That is really an eye opener. It’s not going to be easy, but GOD! 🙂
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God literally brought tears to my eyes just today when he gave me just the words that I needed to hear thru the email of a friend. His love reminds me that even though I’ve been rejected by two husbands, I am never alone because Christ lives in me and He’s given me beautiful blessings and wonderful friends.
I know a husband and children can’t “fill me up” the way God can, but I still desire to have them. So, I struggle with this a lot! I just keep giving it to God. Thank you for your teacihing.
I, like so many others needed the reminder about God’s perfect love. I think “love” is so cheapened in society, that I am priviledged to have a God that loves me so much. I can only love a portion to what he loves his creation!
Happy Valentine’s Day Renee, 🙂
Thank you for this “on time” Devotion. I spoke to my heart. What a perfect sentiment and timely Word.
Renee, I just couldn’t stop there, so I sent it out to my daughter and granddaughter promptly.
I also sent out Promises to Pray & Print to them, as well asto my son… I asked him to substitute *man, etc in place of where he found female, woman , etc.
I wanted them to know that they are not only love deeply by me, but by God Himself.
Thank you again,
God’s Blessings to you and your family,
Loretta
Thank you, Renee, for reminding me that God loves me unconditionally! I praise Him for that every day, and wonder at his mercy to me. Thanks & God Bless!
God’s unconditional love is amazing!!
Hi! I wanted to say thank you for all you do! You are an amazing person! I feel very blessed to have discovered you!!
Thank you – this is just the truth I needed to hear today.
I pinned your book/Bible study today on my Books worth Reading!
Exactly what I needed to hear today….so many times we look for love and acceptance from all the wrong people….The only one we need to accept and love us has and always will.
Valentine’s Day — if I allowed myself to dwell on past Feb.14ths, it would be like welcoming the stumble next to the pit. I am learning how to not fall in the pit, yet at times, I stumble. Yesterday, I spent two wonderful hours on a comfy couch at a lovely, new Stardbuck’s around the corner from me. The music was fabulous, but the READING was indescribably amazing!! I was catching up with A Confident Heart. (The coffee was pretty good, too!) Jesus gave me such a gift in finding this book and study. I am headed back to that Starbuck’s to finish through chapter five–might not be able to put it down, though! Long, long story short: I’ve been a Christian since 1977 –35 years, divorced now two years -was my only marriage- no kids, five shelties, first year retired from 25 yrs of teaching third grade, and I find myself wanting to know specifically what I need to do to get that LOVE relationship with Jesus. Loneliness is my biggest enemy when I allow it to be. Sometimes I don’t allow it, but I stumble into it anyway. I decided on that couch yesterday that I am going to trust that Jesus will show me what I need to do to KNOW that love relationship with HIM; I know I HAVE it, but I want to KNOW it or feel it more. That might not make sense, but that is what I am seeking. It’s like seeking a confident heart. I want to be in a committed relationship with Jesus. HE is my Valentine! I can relate to so much in your book, Renee. Please know Jesus is speaking to me and teaching me through it.
God Bless you, Mary, as you endeavor to find your true love relationship with Jesus! When you are finished with A Confident Heart, go to LOTE.org, and order Chip Ingram’s study of Romans 12 – Living on the Edge. I am in a group bible study with this book right now, and it is awesome!!! We are learning how to be a Romans 12 christian, to truly be who God wants us to be, to be the body of Christ as a church, and learning what our spiritual gifts are. Let me know what you think! Blessings!
Thank you, Dori! I will look into this! God bless you.
I am with you Mary this book has been an awesome gift from Jesus for me as well, It has been so enlightening and encouraging as well. Happy Valentine’s Day and may God be with you an your journey through out the rest of this study.
God fills all those holes and emptiness that lies in our hearts; thank you so much for teaching me this!
Thank you for your words and writings, they are a huge help!
I love how accepting that I am loved by Jesus can not only comfort me, but bring a huge comfort to my spouse. If I realize and accept that God can fill all my needs, I will (hopefully) be less demanding of my spouse and cut him a break more often. Looking to my dear husband to fulfill all my needs leaves both me and him unhappy and worn-out. Only God can fill that void and HE WANTS to! Thank you for the reminder.
This message…you just can’t get enough of it. It has helped me each time I’ve seen it. I have been like so many of the others ladies trying to rely on my husband to fill and fulfill all my needs. I have felt he wasn’t doing his part (and thanks to a wonderful friend who sent me your link) and it was tearing our marriage apart. But now I see things differently. I’m not saying that everything is OK but I am saying with Gods help everything is getting better. I look to God more now instead of my husband. I know that my husband was a gift from God and we love each other very much but the stress of life sure puts a burden on your marriage when you aren’t looking for guidance in the right places.
Thanks so much for all you do.