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Renee Swope

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

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Lord, I Want to Know You {and a GiveAway!}

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!

And, we just found out about an amazing deal on my book, (more details after the video) and we’ve got a Contagious Confidence GiveAway you don’t want to miss! {But first, click the arrow for today’s  message.}

Message Notes
Download video “Message Notes” in a notes in a PDF or in a Word doc here.

BIG NEWS
A Confident Heart Ebook for Kindle is on sale for $2.99 through March 25th! And it’s now #1 in Theology and #1 in Women’s studies on Amazon Ebooks! We’re blown away by how God is carrying this message into so many more hearts and lives. We’d love for you to share the news – and guess what? Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a FREE Kindle App on your computer, cell phone and other electronic devices here!

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.

Contagious Confidence Giveaway

Enter to WIN

  • Click “Share Your Thoughts” below this post and do just that!
    Share what     challenged or encouraged you in today’s video message or devotion.
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Let the fun begin! I’ll be reading your thoughts and praying for you all day!

Comments

  1. Thanks so much for willing to be an instrument for God to teach us these principles. It always comes at the right time I need to hear it.

  2. Renee, I gave A Confident Heart to my daughter. I had been praying for God to heal our relationship. I read the book first and God healed my heart after 40yrs of brokenness. I can now PRAISE God and feel His love!!

  3. Hi Renee, Thanks again for writing the book! I have been soo blest!! Want you said about being dpendent on God!! God has been helping me realize that i have to be totality dependant upon Him!1 I’m very thankful that God is patience with me! I like it when you said God is not looking for a women who is perfect He is looking for a women who wants to walk with Jesus, and that is what I want to do!! It Is amazing to me that i have sooo many sisters on line— i do not have any sisters— so that this Bible study is soo wonderful to have sister all over the world praying and studing the Bible with me!! Joyce

  4. Renee,

    Your book and your online study has helped me sooooo sooo sooo much!!!! One, I am diving into the word of God on a daily basis and have noticed a difference in my attitude on life and God and have developed more of a biblical perspective on WHO I have been called to be. I cannot thank you enough for your encouragement, inspiration, and Love!

  5. On Sunday before beginning chapter I had asked the question: how frustrating is it for God when He speaks us and we pretend not to hear or just flat out ignore him? I was reminded that God has loves us and has patience that we can never comprehend. As I started reading on Monday and began reading our prayer for the week I was so pleasantly greeted with Emmanuel becausey God IS always with me even when I fail… El Shaddai truly is sufficient enough for me because in ALL things when I take the time to seek him WOW do I ever SEE Him and how He is working in my life and putting the pieces together…thank you for such a great guide and reminder in A Confident Heart!

  6. Oh how I need You Lord! You never desert those who seek your help (Ps. 9:10) – I seek Him now as I face many obstacles in my career. My letter of intent is due in 2 days – are my obstacles a sign to leave, or a sign to lean on Him for His strength and carry on.

    Thank you for sharing this timely message.

  7. A already subscribe to the email updates and I just signed up again for the study that starts on April 23.

  8. Thank you Renee for taking the time to share these videos. I am learning so much from the book and your videos. I am learning to trust God more and that he is there for me in all situations. I really related to your story about when you blew it and kept beating yourself up – that is me – And you call yourself a Christian? I don’t know how many times my one son as told me this – and my confidence goes right out the door – Chapter 10 helped me to realize that no matter how many times we fail, God is right there to pick us back up when we seek him. Thank God for his grace. I will be at the seminar this weekend. Cannot wait to see you. Blessings, Elaine

  12. The Names! So powerful!!! That list alone should make us confident women because God has left nothing undone! He is all encompassing! If we just turn it over to Him and trust Him, there is NOTHING that He won’t or can’t take care of. I’m going to hang that list on my fridge and in my bedroom, so that when I’m worrying or doubting, or just feeling at my wit’s end, I can see it and rest assured that my God can and will take care of me!

  13. I have fallen so far behind in this study that I am going to continue with all I am doing, but also plan to join the next study also. I know that I have got to get really close with some specific Bible studies as I have no doubt that I will be coming under attack for the next few months. I just found out that I have been accepted to go on a mission trip to work in a Malnutrition Center for Children (babies to 10 yrs.). This is in San Juan, Guatemala. I will be leaving June 23, 2012 and would appreciate prayers for God to prepare my hands to work with these babies. I absolutely adore children and am really excited. But I have some fear creeping in also, as it has hit me this evening that I am not going with anyone from my church as I did the 2 times I went to Africa. I will know no one and it looks like I may be flying out of the Houston area alone as well. Thank you for all that you do, Renee. I am still working through this study, and will see you again in a few weeks for the second time.
    Ronda

  16. I am so like you (or like you were) and I beat myself up for any failure. I’m a perfectionist which has taken me far at work and other areas of my life but this does not give me peace or joy. My peace and joy comes from God when I reflect on who He is and have my confidence in him. Thank you for your devotional today and having us put our names into Psalm 37:23-24. It touched my heart to read itwith my name in it and God’s promise that He delights in my way and holds me up when I fall. Thank you, sweet sister. God bless you!

  17. The righteous shall fall 7 times…relating that to the days of the week is a great way to remember God’s faithfulness to us. God is good!

  18. I love when God reaches down and takes my hand, and lifts me up! I found a wooden cross at a
    Christain store with all of God’s names. It’s beautiful and I can look at it every day and priase our heavenly father. Thank you Renee for sharing this study with all of us.

  19. When I heard you read the scripture what resonated with me was the righteous shall fall 7 times. I equate that with the seven days of the weeks so I read it again and said the righteous shall fall daily, but we will rise up again. That means to me that each day is a battle to live confidently and to follow the plans God has for us, but he promises to bring hope to our doubt, and strength to our weakness.

  20. I find reading this book and listening to any video that comes my way just guides my heart into feeling confident. After losing my parents in the last 19 months (not at the same time), studying God’s Word has brought me so much healing. I need the confidence to keep moving forward in my healing and living as an inspiration to my family (who do not believe). It is so frustrating; but prayer and study keep me going. Thank you for this book and this study.

  21. I think knowing God’s many names brings us closer to him. It helps us to know what He is about, where He is from, and where He can take us! This past Christmas we made a paper chain to decorate our entryway. Each strip of paper had one of His many names written on it. It is so wonderful/meaningful, I have it hanging in my daughter’s play room.

  22. Great video too! I must say I always like to check out your decor, clothes, and jewelry…..even though I KNOW that’s not what it’s all about….fun to see. Always looks great. Content was awesome though. :-):-):-)

  23. Amazing chapter. Praying using the names of God was powerful & intimate between God and me! I have pretty recently known him as my deliverer when over and over he told me to stand still and do nothing-he would deliver me. It was AMAZING. As I prayed these names specifically tears began to flow and I believe God was revealing his heart to me. I have always loved and been drawn to the names of Jesus….corner stone…bright morning star…lilly of the valley….rock of ages! Now these names to experience God as I am very much looking forward to!

  24. Love this study, I am gaining confidence!! Especially love learning the names of God. I plan to post them in various places to use for prayer.

  25. I appreciate the video because it serves as a reminder that I don’t have to be perfect. I am the oldest child in my family and high expectations were placed on me as I grew up. I always felt I had to do things perfectly and needed to be a good example. So when I failed at different things during my life, I felt I was a failure and God was disappointed with me. As I’ve gotten older I’ve learned that it’s ok to make mistakes, and the Lord is there to help you get up again not to mention He’s forgiving.

  26. I already receive your e-mail updates and look forward to opening my e-mail everyday to see what you have sent. You have been such a true blessing to me on a daily basis. I haven’t been able to follow the study exactly the way that I would have liked, so I am going to sign up the one in the Spring. i also receive devotions everyday that I read from Proverbs 31.org. I have ordered several books that have been a true blessing to me from there. I also love your radio program. Thanks so much Renee. You have given me a whole new understanding of the direction that I need to take to have peace and confidence in myself. I want to give it all to God.

  27. Renee and staff:

    Thank you for your diligence in bringing the studies to us week by week and day by day. Letting God work in and through you. I will miss it. I like the name of God: El Roi, The God Who Sees Me. God knows everything about us and still loves us. Thank you again for sharing your walk with us.

  28. It feels like lately that things in life are spinning out of control…tension at work, stress everywhere, dreams that aren’t coming true in the time I wished they would, sickness…just one thing after another. It’s easy, really easy to get frustrated and doubt God, doubt myself and doubt those around me. But, being in this study and making a conscious decision each day to praise God, to turn to God’s word and to feed myself with God’s promises, is making such a difference. What I mentioned above is still happening but I am trying to turn my focus from those things to God and live in what He promises.
    So grateful for this study and the blessing it has become!

  29. I bought the 3book when it was $10.00 but it is worth soooo much more. I would love to have a hard copy for study. I have been touched each week. But this week is right where I am. I will be reading this chapter a lot!!

  30. I am new to this website but I subscribe the the Proverbs 31 daily devotional. I was so blessed by today’s reading which was a small piece from your Confident Heart book. I too struggle with not being confident and feeling a bit disconnected in my relationships. I see my walk with the Lord as one day at a time and just pray for the guidance that will be needed. I am learning not to worry so much about what others think and just concentrate on living sacrificially to the Lord. I realize that in doing this I will love others far more than I would in my own strength. I am also learning to put people before tasks. I am very tasks oriented and sometimes this means I forfeit time spent in conversation with others. I have sometimes done this because I am more confident in my work ability than my relational ability. I know that God is very relational and so I am slowly trusting the guidance that sometimes I just need to listen and not have a perfect answer for everyone. I have signed up for your Confident Heart study and I am so looking forward to it.

  31. What encouraged me while watching your video is even though we will fall down and fail, God will always help us up. It reminds me of the song whose words are even if I fall, I’ll rise again for you are my God.

  32. I loved the story of Gideon, but I think the teaching you had about failing was utterly inspired. I think so many of us who are A type people, think when we fail we have let down God. We made the wrong choices, we werent listening etc. Its so easy to beat ourselves up. I think failing is apart of God’s plan for us because it brings us back to Him. Its a reproof and a way for God to teach us something very important. I love also the names of God that you have put together. I think there are a few things that are important to know by heart- the Lords prayer is one and I would like to add these too. I would like to spend sometime each day thinking of the names of God. I think its a good way to know Him more. I liked your idea of carrying these in my purse. Im going to put a copy in my prayer journal. Thanks. (Ive signed up for your comments and shared this on FB and with my mops group. Its so awesome this book is only 2.99. Im going through the study again. It gave me a lot of hope. Thanks for all you do through your ministry. Thanks!)

  33. This chapter was so encouraging to me. It seems that I fail more than I succeed some days. The busyness of work follows me home then I have to take care of dogs & hubby, before having my quiet time. Unfortunately, by that time I’m exhausted & I fall asleep. But just reading your words of reassurance has really helped me be more positive this week. Praise God. We may soon be finished with this study, but this is one book that will not be put away on a shelf. I plan to read it again and make more notes in my journal. Blessings to all my sisters in this study. I will also share on facebook.

  34. Continually thanking God for you, Renee.
    You have become a sister and best friend in my heart even though we have never meet.
    God knew your guidance and wisdom would help me climb out of a very deep pit.
    You have led me to so many amazing woman trusting in Jesus.
    Most days I am speechless when God tells me exactly what I need to hear through you.

    In God’s Amazing Unconditional Love ~ Wanda

  37. Even though I have the ebook, I really want to win a copy for my best friend who moved last year.

  42. I was soooo happy to find out about the Kindle ebook of “A Confident Heart” for 2.99. I bought immediately. I’ve been wantiing to do a study with you for a while, now I can! I’m so excited about getting to know the Lord Jesus Christ better any way that I can. God bless you!

  43. What really touched me was the part about rising up again after falling. Too many times I’m guilty of staying ‘down’ and allowing my circumstances to get in the way of God’s work.

  44. Dear Renee, through your book and God’s word, we have sweet fellowship in our Sat. morning Bible study at our volunteer fire station in our small town. We finally have a safe place to share deeply, and we are reaching out to other women. God’s perfect timing…. I love it that we are discovering who we are in Christ and what God really says about us. We have been praying for our new sister in Christ, “C”, who will leave for Mayo Clinic on Monday. Praying for God’s total healing on her life. God bless you for paving the way for us women to open up to other women. God loves you and so do we!

  45. I too have allowed my failures to define me. I focus on my weaknesses and fill my thoughts with AM thoughts. I have been struggling with this for years. I am working on filling my mind with the FM thoughts. Mind you, it takes an old lady a long time to get it all together. Growing up in a Christian home I still always felt my shortcomings. Instead of focusing on my growth I think I worried about what others would think, etc. Thank you for the opportunity to take this journey with you. Thank you for your words of encouragement and continually lifting us up.
    Through this study, along with the Beth Moore Bible study of Paul that I am going through at my church I am beginning to feel the changes slowly happening. As I go through this “Amazing Race,” I am daily reminded of God’s “Amazing Grace.”

  46. …just thanking God…using you Renee..and thanking you..for being obedient!
    Have a wonderful evening with your precious family.

  48. I’ve only read a few pages of the first chapter of your book and the information that was included in the email that I received from Proverbs 31 Ministries today. I feel very confident that your book will help me to overcome my doubt struggles. Thank you so much 🙂 Just in time–I have some life altering events coming along in the near future. I’ll appreciate your prayers for my family being unified and my children to be safe from all evil that is currently present in their lives.

  49. I am so Thankful to the insight that you have shown me through your videos reading this amazing Book and just the Assurance through your testimoneys in your own life.In Chapter 10 it talks about God’s Mercy and His Amazing Grace.iI Love all the chapters in A Confident heart they have all spoke to me in many areas of My own Life.I Love the part where you say God is not looking for a woman who is Perfect.He is looking for a woman who wants to walk with Jesus and find her confidence through Her daily dependence on Him.I Pray that I show God daily that I am well able to accomplish every task that is set before me.I Thank God for no matter how many times I fail Him in areas of my Life because I am still in Growing Grace with Him that He never stops Forgiving me and showing Compasion on me.I so much wiser now from this online study and have gained so much Wisdom and Knowledge from the Lord.I will not let the devil whisper lies into my ears any longer I will tell him my ears are not trash cans.I will say my Heart rejoices in Jesus and no one can take that away from me.I ask God for forgiveness in the areas of my Life that I was not putting my Full Trust in Him and His Promises. I make this Declaration of Faith.I have a Spirit different from the World.I am Loyal to the Lord and I will follow Him Wholeheartedly I shall Posses the Land for His Glory.I will seek to give Him my time which is due Him I will not let the cares of this Life shorten my time with Him And I will draw Strength in The Name of God.Thank you again for helping us woman all over the world conquer and Win through our Obedience in our walk with God.