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Renee Swope

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

Living Loved (and a give-away!)

 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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Comments

  1. Thank you so much for the video. It really helps to understand. I’ve been going through alot of emotions & feelings recently that i’m trying to figure out, it seems in some way or another alot of people are leaving out of my life. I’ve been feeling really alone & lonely & overwhelmed. My husband passed 5 yrs ago. He left me with 3 children. Alot of times I still feel that I will never have the unconditional love & protection that I fealt from him. I’m feeling that people & things are being taken so I can learn to depend & trust on our lord. I’ve been spending alot of time in his word & some bible studys. GOD is showing me alot. It seems that alot of days he puts me right where I need to be, so I can hear what he wants me to, so I can learn & grow & live in his truth. Thats how I ended up here. Its a blessing. So good things do come out of bad circumstances. I’m on my way to fill my jar with everything from our heavenly father. God Bless Happy Valentines Day!!!!

  2. I feel like I’ve made some big mistakes in my life, some that have caused great amounts of guilt. I know God loves me but I often don’t love myself. I have great amounts of guilt and also worry, I can get paralyzed with fear by doing everyday things. It’s called OCD but I call it life altering. I need help today because I am so low. I hope for a confident heart.

  3. Reminders about UNconditional love are always timely – especially as I struggle with personal disappointments from those who I love so much…

  4. I have had to admit and realize that I am not in control, “God Is”… Its been a constant struggle day-to-day but I refuse to give up and let my enemies when… Im so thankful and grateful that he has lead me to this confident heart study and to all you ladies…. Thank you for your daily prayers and encouraging words and I am most grateful that you help keep me on the right path to his unfailing love… May God continue to Bless you and your families so that you can be a blessing to others… I want God to fill the empty places in my life and in my heart!

  6. Thank you for blessing me today. Because of some things in my past, it is hard for me to actually believe that God loves me as much as I know he does. My mind knows it and i’m working on my heart. Thanks again.

  7. Thank you for this online devotion. I am enjoying it tremendously and being stretched!

  9. I loved this teaching clip and have already told my daughter that she WILL be reading your book as soon as I’m done with it because I wonder if we were all able to apply these teachings to our teens, how their lives would be transformed moving forward. Thanks!

  10. On this day of Love…what better way to celebrate it…then to dwell in the love of our Heavenly Father. I am a single women BUT I KNOW ther is a man that loves me unconditionally and I love Him with all my heart, mind and soul. He has given me so much joy!! I never knew what TRUE love was until I met HIM!! There is no better love than the love of our Savior!! I am thankful for His grace and Mercy, for his forgiveness. This study is just confirming so much for me. I am learning to be confident in who the Lord says I am and this study has been helping me with things that I’ve been struggling with. Thank you Renee for leading this study.

  11. I really related to your analogy of the jar. All the stuff we want and need and yet we are not filled. This has showed me how I have been looking in the wrong places. First, I need Jesus and then what he desires for me will follow.

  13. “Although God may not send His love covered in chocolate or delivered in satin covered boxes” …I have to admit, this made me laugh, I absolutely love it! 🙂 How cool would it be if he did send chocolate just as he did the manna from the heavens…LOL..
    Truth is looking back in the past year Valentine’s Day, I thank God for everyone of them. In 30 years, this is my 1st Valentine’s Day as a wife! I turned 30 this past October and I was one who accepted the fact that I was going to live this life single and I had become perfectly fine with that! Looking back every Valentine became easier and easier as I grew closer to God and celebrated my singleness with the rememberance that I was truely never alone! I was excited that no one on earth could compare or give me the love I was experiencing through God. I was excited on Valentine’s Day a group of single girls could get together, go out to eat and talk about how God was moving in their life. Growing in my relationship with God made this day (Valentine’s) easier to cope with. Easier to lose the feeling of not being wanted, or thinking I wasn’t good enough or pretty enough.
    This past year, God blessed me with an amazing husband and I do thank him for that daily! However, when I woke this morning I still turned to my first true love and began my first conversation of the day with my first true love and Savior! So for all you single ladies, I completely understand how you’re feeling and where you’re coming from, but don’t lose hope. Celebrate your singleness with Jesus and long for his love to fill your heart completely! He WILL! 🙂 Happy Valentin’s Day to all! With Love!

  14. Thank you for your wonderful site. I am thankful to the Lord for the gift of love ~ unconditional love.

  15. For me, the most amazing gift God gives me each and every day is His unfailing grace. Without grace, I am nothing and because of His grace, I am able to love the people He brings into my life as He loves me. I know I am loved by my Abba, Father, and without question He smiles on me and sings over me daily. I am humbled by His love and thankful that even when I don’t see Him, He always sees me. I posted a few days ago on my blog about my love story with God and today I posted about the earthly love story He’s allowed me to be a part of. God’s kind of love is something I never want to take for granted.

  16. Thank you Lord for Your gift of unconditional love. Where would I be without it? You promised you would always hold my hand and never let me fall. You promised you would never leave me nor forsake me. You wrap your arms around me with your unconditional love that reaches down into the deepest part of me. Your Holy Spirit shouts phrases of love round about me. My heart overflows. You make my cup overflow on the darkest of days. I will sing of the greatness of the Lord forever for I am blessed beyond belief. I praise you my Lord and Savior forever, and ever amen.

  17. Sometimes I know this in my head…but my heart doesn’t always line up…Why is it we can know God loves us but still feel unloved. How do we make it tangible…something we can feel? I can say it to others and feel good about it…until I am alone and then feel empty…and a little scared…because I am wanted to feel close to God but don’t know how. (I think I’m believing a lie.) Looking for God to heal…make me whole. Praying that for others who are looking for that too.

  18. Thank you so much for this wonderful study. It has really helped me to understand how much God really does love me and wants only the best for me. His love & His will are perfect and all that I need is him. Puttin God first has made everything else fall into place. God Bless you & your family! Please keep up the great works in the Lord:)

  19. I am learning that God’s love is enough. That His unfailing love will and is filling the empty places in my life. This is my third year celebrating Valentine’s without my husband because of seperation which led to a divorce. After three years I am not sad but grateful that my Father has never stopped loving me and comforting me. My husband may have left but God never did. His love is unwaivering and satisfying. God is my Husband and I love Him for loving me. God is awesome and I know that His love fills me every morning, the holes of hurt and pain are filled by His love and the power of the Holy Spirit gives me the strength to move on and appreciate who He is in my life, husband or not. Thank you Lord for loving me!!

  20. Thank you for the reminder of how much He loves us! It’s so easy to forget in our daily living, with it’s challenges, disappointments, and hurts! Oh, how He loves us!!!