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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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  2. Hi! I wanted to say thank you for all you do! You are an amazing person! I feel very blessed to have discovered you!!

  5. 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.

  6. 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!

    • 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.

  7. God fills all those holes and emptiness that lies in our hearts; thank you so much for teaching me this!

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. I am in awe of God, the creator of the Universe, that he seduces us with His creation, that He loves us so much and just wants our love and obedience. And then to be reminded the “he delights in me”. Thank you for this reminder on this Valentine’s Day.

  14. God’s love is unfailing, YES, but is it unconditional? In Hebrews 10:36 He says, ‘You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.” So we will receive his promises under the condition that we believe and do the will of God? Same being that my marriage has conditions….one being that my husband and I are lovers to each other only. If that condition is broken, problems happen.

    Renee, I needed to hear that video message again!!! The visual really helps to explain why and how we need to fill our empty spaces with God’s Love!!!! Then everything else will come into place.

  15. I am LOVED! I am finally believing that I am LOVED and that He rejoices and sings over me. Thanks Renee.

  17. i greatly long to grow closer to go each and every day!!! This study has me moving in that direction and I am excited to share this study with others eventually. Thank you Renee for your heart to help women to become all God has desired us to be. God bless

  18. The Lord showed me Zephaniah 3:17 as well as Psalms 23:1-3 as a word of encouragement last week to share with the ladies that I’m leading through this study! What an encouragement to find it as my devotion this morning and a reminder that the Lord “quiets” us with his love!

    The Lord had me focus on the word “quiet” in each of these verses. As I meditated on it, and read it in different versions, I was wondering where David was in his life when the Lord brought him to the quiet waters to restore his soul. He may have been in battle, running for his life, or dealing with his own fears. The Lord showed me that in that quiet place is where he restores, renews, refreshes and calms our fears. As He quiets us with His love He brings rest, refreshes, brings new life and calms our fears in that place, and doesn’t bring an accusation against us.

    The Lord gave me a picture of how I calm my child when he’s upset. Maybe it’s a bad dream and he wakes up in the middle of the night. Over the years whenever this has happened I will go into his room, sit by his bed and hold him and just rock and say “shhh, shhh” over and over again. When I start to do this he calms down or I will go in and stroke his forehead softly and after a little while he calms down and goes back to sleep. It’s in that quiet place there is the calming of our fears. He hovers over us, restores us, rejoices and dances over us and it’s in that quiet place where He doesn’t bring accusation but only showers His love on us. Zephaniah says “He is mighty enough to save you. He will take great delight in you. The quietness of his love will calm you down. He will sing with joy because of you.” What a promise to hold onto! 🙂

    • Suzanne – thanks for your post. This is what I am needing to hear, I need to meet Him there in the quiet place and let him calm me from all that is going on.

      • Kim,

        We all need to find that time to come away and spend time in the quiet place with the Lord. 🙂 In the rush and busyness of life, and all the other things that we deal with, it’s so easy to be overcome by it all! I pray that today you will feel the presence of the Lord hovering over you, loving you, restoring and refreshing you as you fix your heart and mind on Him. In this there is perfect peace! 🙂 Blessings to you today!