I’ve got so many fun things to share with you today!! First, I have a special video message – just for you – from Chapter 10 of A Confident Heart. In it I share about the power of knowing God by His Names and learning to living in the security of who HE is! Praying it will really encourage and inspire you today!
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Message Notes
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Online Study
I would love for you to join my Confident Heart online Bible/Book study that starts again April 23rd. It’s been incredible to read through the book with thousands of women around the world so I’m going to do it again this Spring. You can find all the info you need in my right sidebar–>
Knowing God By Name – printable
Download and print an list of the Names of God – the ones I shared in the video and more from Chapter 10 in A Confident Heart.
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can’t watch the video right now (something happened to my downloader, internet too slow to watch instantly, so I have to figure something out.)
Anyway – haven’t got to Chapter 10 yet. I know you said if you are behind, just skip ahead and get into chp 10 now and go back later, but I still haven’t been able to sit and read yet. I think as a church we are still grieving well I know we are, and it’s hard to get back into a routine.
I am still holding onto a promise that something will change as I read this book and God’s word however, and won’t quit.
I am so thankful I can pray to God and that he hears me!
I just wanted to share how my insecurity, worry and doubt are impacting me in a situation currently. I have two whispers happening one saying ‘quit, stop, rest’ and one saying ‘dont quit, work harder, what will people think if you stop, your closing the door on this career, what if you regret it later…etc’. I have been praying for Gods direction and yesterday read your devotion on Proverbs 31 ministries and read your blog. This is me – full of self doubt and in my particular situation currently it is self doubt that if I leave this career behind that the identity and worth I found in it will go, the future I was planning goes, the defining myself by what I do, what I accomplish will go, and I fear disappointing others, I fear not being able to help my son, I fear needing to seek help from others and looking silly, I fear letting go of job security. And when I read the devotion and chapter one of your book together with seeking God this week I am hearing that my self doubt, my fears, my pride, my insecurity is me leaning on my understanding, me putting my trust in me, my work and my abilities. I need to repent and receive afresh the grace of God and trust Him with everything. I will fail, I will fall, I will disappoint people, I will need help at times and in all these I have a great God is there for me and wants me to glow and shine in His light. For too long I have tried so hard to make everything happen but I was standing in a shadow by myself, today my hope and trust are in God.
Rachel,
Did I read correctly that you are you just starting this book study? Girl, if so, get excited at what’s to come! You’re going to love it! Keep trusting Him! Blessings to you!
I just read your message on Proverbs 31 ministries email. I ordered Confident Heart book and signed up for the study—thank you! I asked God for MORE—I wanted to know more about HIM and He is so wonderful, I’m finding out more ways to learn about Him!!
Get excited! Invite other women to go through this study with you. Each and every one of you will be so happy you did. Enjoy! Blessings.
Hi Renee,
Thank you so much for being available to God. He works through you at just the right time to bring encouragement. The message of getting up, trying again and learning from our mistakes is so good. It was so good to watch your video right after I reminded myself about failing forward. How awesome that Jesus empowers us to get up again. Such love.
I let my friends know about your uipcoming study since it is so helpful. Every woman needs to do this study. I am so glad God led me to it.
I just love the names of God thank you so much for including those in your study! One year I wrote all the names of Christ on a beautiful ribbon and wrapped it around my Christmas tree as a decoration. We liked it so much it went around the tree for about five years! I
I also have really enjoyed your video. We all fail sometimes and fall throughout our journey with Christ. Our pastor frequently reminds us that we need the Gospel every day and he is so right our failures remind us that we are always in need of a Savior. Our God is a God of second chances and “do overs” and he gives us lots of chances to mature and grow through our weaknesses. I loved reading the honesty in these posts. Thank you ladies for sharing!
PS I am already signed up to recieve emails and LOVE it. Thanks for being so encouraging.
It was very comforting to hear that the righteous will fall. Not if they fall or maybe they will fall, but WHEN they fall. I have fallen so many times and God has always been there to pick me and love me. I do not know what I would do without my loving Father. When I fall and everything around is falling, He is there to pick me up and reassure me that He will never leave me.
I LOVE the list of God’s names. I can not wait to print it off and have a copy hanging on my bathroom mirror where my husband and I can see it and reflect on it daily.
The devotion (Getting Back Up Again) from yesterday was the bullseye to my target need. A woman has two major decisions to make in her life: to follow Christ, and to choose who to marry. Because I chose poorly on that second decision, I live with the consequences daily, as do my children. There will likely be generational repercussions.
I have such a self-loathing for my failure that it is hard to keep getting back up. Please pray that God will help me.
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Well here I am again and have read Chapter 10 what a great refresher on Gideon, he was so much like many others in the scriptures who felt uncertain in how much they could trust God. Sounds a little familiar to modern times. More like a lot right? Today is the beginning of the rest of my life and learning to come back to the word so I learn more of God’s faithfulness and remembering He has forgiven me, all he wants now is for me to come to Him to fill my heart with his words of comfort, encouragement, remembrance, and being his obedient servant. I can approach his Throne of grace in full knowledge of obtaining mercy and receiving grace from Him as promised in Heb 4:16.
Thank you Renee for your teachings, I am thoroughly enjoying them, and learning to not be so hard on myself and be willing to be a part of the solution rather than expecting a magic wand to be waved and all is well.
Have a blessed day.
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I’m sort of disappointed how my life has turned out and that I have not reached the goals i have set for my self,:marriage, business, career, etc, and this chapter served as a reminder that I might not be where I want to be, but I am not wherfe I used to be…I’ve mature, , and I am grateful for what He’s giving so far, and that he is my provider and friend and I can go to him any time and he will listen. Great chapter!
Have you thought about how you are right where God wants you to be right now? Push that disappointment aside, Sister! Praying for you.
Thank you for the list of God’s names all together on a page. I am going to do as you and keep a list of these in my purse and journal to reflect upon. I love how His names describe His character and reflect his promises to us. I hadn’t really thought of it in that way before.
The parts that have really resonated w/ me in Ch 10 are:
-“Gideon didn’t yet trust God. It’s hard to trust someone you don’t know.” How simple and true this is. More proof that spending time w/ God is sooo necessary, so fulfilling, so wonderful. Otherwise how will you get to know him?
-“Our depth of knowing God comes when we depend on Him and discover that He is dependable.” Sometimes we have to hit our heads HARD on the rocks before we begin to realize God really is dependable. It is a journey, definitely a process, but why not enjoy the process too? Realizing the journey is normal and expected and as hard as it seems, we’re never back at square one…you may take 5 steps and go back a couple when difficulty things happen, but never back to square one bc that’s not where God means for us to be! Woooooot!
There are times when I need to remember that God is always with me. Reading over His names on your Knowing God By Name list has given me a lift that I have needed for so long. Emmanuel: My God with Me is the first one on the list. I have been saying Emmanuel over and over in my head since I read the list and I feel His peace growing. I thank you for helping me remember His names are really who He is. I thank God daily that He place A Confident Heart in my life. Thank you for allowing God to use you in such a huge way in lives of so many thousands of women. I email your articles to many friends and co workers. One is involved in a prison ministry and she is printing the articles and sending them to inmates. She reports that many of them have told her that they look forward to the articles and that they are helping them to grow in their faith. Thank you for being so real!
This bible study has been an inspiration to me as I struggle through this journey called life. Each chapter has revealed to me truths I had no knowledge of and the ah ha moments have been many. I iplan to do the program over again in April because I know there is so much more for me to learn. Today’s video is the perfect example. Thank you for allowing Him to use you in such a meaningful way. Your openness and honesty makes it so much easier to see our own mistake and issues and face them head on instead of hiding from them and denyng them. God bless you and thanks!
Your devotion was such a good reminder of who God is. I have been reading a book on the names of God and it has been so comforting in my walk.
tHANK YOU FOR THE NAMES OF GOD. i PRINTED IT OFF AND AM GOING TO LOOK UP ALL THE VERSES NOW. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. I HAVE BEEN SO DISCOURAGED. I KNOW THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL BUT I FEEL SO DEFEATED BY LIFE’S CIRCUMSTANCES