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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 {printable + giveaway}

1.KnowingGod


I used to be afraid to trust God. And it bothered me.

I wanted to slip my hand in His and let Him lead.

I wanted to put my concerns in His capable arms 

and believe He could take better care of them than I could. 

I wanted to have more faith.

But I didn’t. And one day I realized why.

It’s hard to trust someone we don’t really know.

Therein was the reason for my hearts hesitancy to fully rely on God.

You see, I knew a lot about God but I didn’t really know God.

So I decided to start spending time with Him like a friend, getting to know Him.

Talking to Him with simple-sentence and conversational prayers

listening to Him through promises in His Word

depending on Him in different circumstances

relying on Him in faith as I struggled with different fears.

Over time my “knowing” and trusting God got stronger and stronger.

And my depth of dependence grew as I depended on Him and found He is dependable. 

What about you? Do you ever struggle with trusting God, like really trusting Him and fully relying on Him to meet your needs like I have? One thing that has really helped me get to know God and push through my fear of dependence is remembering the names of God and giving Him a chance to show me the faithfulness of His character through the power of His names.

The truth is we can’t know God as Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, if we aren’t in need. And when we are, we can learn to trust Him as we depend on Him to meet ours needs. The more we do this, the more our trust will deepen and our relationship with Christ with be strengthened.

Our confidence in Him will grow as we live in the powerful promise of this beautiful verse: “Those who know your name trust you, O LORD, because you have never deserted those who seek your help” (Psalm 9:10). Let’s pray: Lord, I want to know You for who You really are. I desire to trust and follow You more and more each day.

Psalm9.10

Knowing God By Name – printable
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ENTER TO WIN: I Know His Name by Wendy Blight

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My friend, Wendy Blight, has written a five-session Bible study about discovering power in the names of God. This study is for any woman who wants to move beyond simply knowing about God to really knowing God in a very personal way. This study will help women to:

  •  Realize their infinite worth as they explore the nature of the God who created and formed them.
  •  Live with bold assurance that their God is a personal God who sees them, hears them, and knows them by name.
  •  Walk confidently in knowing both who they are and Whose they are.
  •  Arm themselves with seven tools to pray more confidently and effectively in any situation or circumstance.
  •  Transform their walk with Jesus as they discover how He fulfills the Old Testament names of God.

ENTER TO WIN by sharing why you’d like to study this topic and have a copy of Wendy’s new book. Simply click SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS below. One winner will be randomly selected on Friday and notified via email.

Comments

  1. I am including the names of God in the praise part of my prayer time. I would love to know more about each name.

  2. I decided to join this study because I desire to spend more time with God and be able to call Him by name. I have always thought if you wanted to know God, salvation is all that matters. If you need a scripture to help you in a time of need, you can always google it. It was not as a grew up that I discovered, we need to learn the Bible daily, arm ourselves with the word of God so when we face trials and tribulations we don’t need to rely on google but on the Holy Spirit to bring to mind and to our heart what we need at the right time. As your morning devotional said earlier today, we need to spend time with God to be able to trust him. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. As a child, my family had a frame/portrait in our home of all God’s names including the ones that are really hard to pronounce. I felt it a challenge to memorize the difficult ones just because. The one that comes to memory is Jehovah-Tsidkenu, the Lord our Righteousness. When I saw Wendy Blight was offering a bible study class to learn these, I was excited because I get to delve into the names of God. I quickly signed up for the study, I am not a fun of facebook groups but I just joined the group this morning. What was previously just a decoration on the wall in my home, will now become a useful tool in my heart. I’m excited for this BIble class and hoping I could bless someone else if I won this book.

  3. I find that the more I dwell on who God is the less anxiety plagues me. I also would like a good bible study to reestablish a good devotional time.

  4. I have always known about God but I yearn to trust Him more and share WHO He is with others.

  5. Learned a lot about the different names of God when I was younger but to me then, I only wanted to know the interpretation of His different names. I’m older now and desire to truly grasp the depth beneath those names, as part of my journey to knowing Him more and spending time with Him.

  6. Lord, I need to know you more deeply. You have a name for every season in my life. Teach me how to live this life as you have called me to live………AMEN

  7. I forget what different names mean, so having a study on them would be so helpful.

  8. I am going through a dry and thirsty season and need more of God in my life. I am praying that this study will help me to understand and fully embrace God more.

  9. I would love to know more about the names of God. I want more to learn more about him and want more of him.

  10. Yearning to know how the names of God – how His character is meant for me personally…

  11. I would love to learn more about the names of God. There is power in his name. Thank you for your postings.

  12. Want to know more of Him and His names. Loved Wendy’s living so that and can’t wait to see what is in store with her new study

  13. I would like to study this topic because I would like to know more about our God, and a good start of that would be knowing all His names, and why He is called as He is called. I am just now truly beginning my walk with Christ and eager to know as much as I can and share that knowledge with my middle school aged daughter.

  14. I am excited to learn more about the names of God so I can use them as another way to worship Him and express my thankfulness! We can’t put God in a box – He is So Much More!!! He continually blesses us with grace so undeserved and I love learning and sharing more about him every day!

  15. Hi! Good Mornig Renee!
    If I am blessed with this book I will read it and pass it on to someone else who needs it.
    God Bless!

  19. I’ve always wanted to learn more about the different names that describes our God. I know that each name describes a different attribute of God.

  20. I always thought I knew God at least I had heard His name and knew He had created the universe. I also thought I knew His Son. For 45 years I lived my life saying I knew Jesus but I didn’t. I had prayed a prayer, introduced myself to Him, telling HIm I was a sinner and was sorry for what I had done and asked Him to forgive me. I believed He would and did forgive me. I then went on living my life the way I wanted. I didn’t seek His guidance or approval before making decisions. Finally 45 years later I realized I didn’t know Jesus at all. I had always wanted a big brother. I didn’t have a very good earthly father. Now I had the opportunity to have both. I decided on June 8, 2015 to have that personal relationship with Jesus. I am so hungry for God’s Word and it’s like I’m trying to make up for lost time. I can’t find enough time to be in His Word and in prayer talking with Him, sharing my day – whether it be things of joy that happened or times of sadness He is always there to greet me and waiting to hear how my day went. After He has heard about my day He puts His arms around me to let me know that He is glad I came to Him. He is ready to wipe away the tears or to laugh and celebrate with me. He is eager to show me in His Word how to solve a problem I might have, or help in making a decision. He is ready to give me the best there is to offer.

  21. I want to know God more personally and know that He is in control. Everything happens for a reason and I need not take life for granted. As I stood on my front porch. I praise God for my senses as I looked out and saw the sunrise peeking through the clouds. Feeling the coolness in the air, smelling the freshness of the morning , reaching up in praise and been fulfilled by the Holy Spirit. I want to gain a stronger insight of God as I look forward to the study “I Know His Name.”

  22. even though I know the names of God, somehow reading them today in your devotional helps me to feel even closer to Him. even when I can not rely on anyone else, I know that He will always be there no matter what I go through in life. I would really enjoy getting to know Him even better than I do now. May God bless you and your ministry now and for many years to come.

  24. I am growing with knowing God more and more through prayer and word. I am hungry to Know God by Name and soak it up more and more and know all I can know!
    I feel this book will teach me God by name and make me grow stronger n stronger with my relationship with the Lord.

    thank you for all your wonderful Blogs and inspiration!

    Have a Blessed week!
    Tina Kirby

  25. Good morning, ma’am. I simply want to thank my Heavenly Father for this post this particular morning, with the place that He has brought me to in Him–this prayerful, seeking place. I know Him, ma’am, I do; but there is a drive, a thirst to know him deeper, and I KNOW I will be satisfied with NOTHING less. This day, at this point in time, for such a time as this, He encourages my heart through your post. I thank Him, and I thank you. Be blessed.

  26. I’d like to use s study of God’s names to go deeper with Him. I’d like to share it with a group that I teach on a weekly basis to draw them closer to an intimate relationship with God.

  27. I am desperately longing to “know” God by name. I am walking through a valley right now and need a reminder that I am not walking this alone.

  29. My goal for the past years have been to get to know God. Today I am not also learning about God but to love His only Son, Jesus. I never thought that to know about God I have to go through Jesus and love him too. I would love to have Wendy Blight’s book and to know all His holy name. Thanks.

  30. I would love to know God more by knowing His names. Learning about His character through His names is something that I am very interested in.

  32. I have always enjoyed and been blessed in learning of the names of Jesus. I would like to know them more deeply and personally. God is so very good!

  33. I read one book about God and the meaning of His names some years ago. I am interested in this book and study, for deeper confidence and more effective living. Thank you

  34. I want to know God more intimately. I want God to be my everything, to know him more and have a more personal relationship with him! As I learn his names, I will know he is everything I need and desire.

  36. I have learned several of God’s names, and they are so helpful in understanding His character and nature. As we learn more about who God is, it really helps us to fully trust Him, and grow closer to Him!

  37. I need to learn the names of God to give me a more personal daily time of worship in my life

  38. I’ve been a Christian for years but lately have been feeling out of touch with God. I’ve had some eye trouble that has prevented me from studying God’s word as I should but thanks be to God that is getting better. I feel that through this study I can open my heart and mind back up to the power of God in my life and refocus my attention on his purpose for my life and quit feeling sorry for myself.

    • Thank you for stopping by. Praying now for Jehovah Rapha, God the Healer, to fully heal your eyes!! And I pray that He will help you lift your eyes off your circumstances to His sweet face and His faithful promises!!

      Blessings,

      Wendy

  39. My family is going thru tough times concerning two of my grandchildren. They were raised in church, but they have moved out and are doing things we thought we would never have to worry about. But satan wished to destroy their lives. I am 65 and I’ve been young and I’ve been old but I”ve never seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging for bread. I just seem to be struggling with this. I want to know GOD more personally, and I know I can trust Him, but sometimes do not believe I am worthy. I would love this book. I pray protection over our grandsons, because they are so blinded right now.

    • Oh, sweet Ruthie. YOU ARE WORTHY!! I talk about this in Chapter One of the book. YOU are created in the image of God and that alone makes you worthy, along with the truth that God loves you and created you with a purpose to live out on this earth, And one of those purposes is to be a grandmother. How blessed those grandchildren are to have you praying for them.

      I join you in praying for God to turn their hearts back to Him. May they sense a longing … something in their lives … an emptiness … that draws them back to Him. May God bring harvesters across their paths to lead them back.

      And if you are looking for a way to grow closer to God and to pray for your grandchildren, I know “I Know His Name” would bless, encourage and equip you. So many names we study in the book would apply to your situation right now.

      Thank you for sharing your story and allowing me to pray for you and your grandkids today.

      Blessings,

      Wendy Blight

  40. I am interested in teaching a class to better acquaint my brothers and sisters in Christ more intimately with God.
    It is true that many know about God yet haven’t experienced the peace and joy of really knowing Him. In this chaotic world we live in, we all need to know that God is so many things to us!

    • “I Know His Name” is a perfect tool to use to draw others closer to the heart of God and who He is. I think it’s wonderful that you want to lead others closer to God.

      Blessings,

      Wendy Blight

  41. Knowing God’s names and applying them to my life and others around me, would help my trust in Him to grow deeper.

    • Chelsi, you are so right. We cannot trust a God we don’t know. And by knowing His names, we come to know His attributes, His character and all the truths and promises that go along with each of His names.

      Blessings,

      Wendy

  42. Knowing more about how big, bold, and beautiful my God is, and how many names and their meanings is exactly what I need right now.

  43. I have never done a study on the names of God. I think this could help me to learn more about who God really is and his love for me.

    • Your relationship will definitely go deeper as you meet God in His names. You will also learn so much about yourself because YOU are created in His image! Thank you for stopping by today.

      Blessings,

      Wendy Blight

  44. I’ve gone back to work and since doing so, am not in a bible study. Fond of he names of God study I did in the past and this being a shorter study of 5 weeks, maybe I’m to lead this at work?

    • You are already familiar with the power and blessings that come as we know the names of God. You would be a wonderful teacher to introduce others to God’s names. We would love for you to lead a group. It’s only five weeks. It has DVD teachings to go with each week that are about 15-18 minutes long. Perfect lunch hour study! Let us know if you are interested.

      Mostly, I love that you want to share your faith at work. I pray God will continue to bless the work of your hands and your heart at work as you serve Him.

      Blessings,

      Wendy Blight

  45. My family has very recently undergone a great upheaval in our trust toward each other & alot of hurt & offence was taken by us from our sons due to a long time lie & tons of deception. I didnt think I could ever forgive, but the Lord brought me to forgiveness. I don’t however know how to give him this deep hurt, & I believe this book could help me learn how & help me work with God to rebuild my family.

    • Praying for you this morning Lulss, that Jesus would wrap you up in the strength of His love and comfort. Praying for you to know how to give Him your deep hurt and ask Him to rebuild your trust and your family over time.

    • Luiss, I join Renee in her prayer for you. She and I have both walked through difficult family times and God has healed and restored many relationships. God will be faithful as you surrender your family to Him.

      Knowing God’s names reminds us that He sees all the we are going through (El Roi – The God Who Sees Us) and provides for us (Jehovah Jireh – The One Who Provides for Us) and He also heals (Jehovah Rapha – God the Healer).

      Blessings,

      Wendy Blight

  46. I would love a Copy of Wendy’s new book so I can get even closer to God, learn to be better in prayer, and just be a better Christian all together. I Love my coffee and Jesus time!

    • Me too, Courtney. I love my morning time with the Lord!! Thank you for stopping by. Knowing His names is the best way to get to know our God more intimately and know ourselves better because He created us in His image!

      Blessings,

      Wendy Blight

    • Linda, thanks for stopping by. And when we know God’s names, we not only know Him better, we know ourselves better because we have been created in HIS image. 🙂

      Blessings,

      Wendy Blight

  48. I would like to get to know God more personally by learning & studying His great names!

  49. There is so much to learn about our Infinite God. I love to study about His character and enjoy doing it through the study of His names.

    • Julie,

      This book studies 8 names of God. You sound like you would be great to lead this study with friends since you are already familiar with not only His names, but what they mean for our lives!!

      Blessings,

      Wendy Blight