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!
Message Notes
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Knowing God By Name – printable
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What did you learn in today’s video message about the importance of knowing God intimately and experiencing aspects of His character to build your trust in Him?
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From this video, I am reminded that I am too hard on myself. That He has forgiven me of all those big mistakes I’ve made, and that I need to do the same. I’m reading and journaling and praying daily and still struggling with feeling His presence in an intimate way.
We all fall short, yet we are too hard on ourselves. We need to remember that He is for us not against us. His grace is sufficient and extends unconditionally. Thank you for the reminders that life isn’t about us, but rather turning towards Him.
I loved your enthusiasm and obvious joy, Renee, in knowing the names of our God. I am going to set the goal of learning those special names of God, so that I can have that same confidence and joy in my Saviour!! I will be making several copies of the list you provided and placing it where I will see it, read it, and be able to start memorizing it! Thank you!!
It is good to be encouraged to know God by name and to call Him by name. Learning His names, like learning His promises to us, and calling on Him by name and repeating and praying those promises keeps me on a more even keel, because I am relying on His words, not mine and not allowing my emotions to overwhelm me and knowing that through Him, I am an overcomer and I am His beautiful, cherished child. His love trumps my emotions every time!
Learning to replace doubt with the names of God will remind me of all the times he was with me and providing for me in the past. He is the same yesterday, today, and always. I love this book. Thank you for sharing your heart with us. I am learning so much. To God be the glory!
good morning…I love when you shared, ” satan will do all that he can to keep us from becoming confident women in Christ. We don’t need to be afraid but we do need to be aware and prepared for his strategies! ”
For me, if I can remember it is not the person, place or thing I am struggling against, it is in fact the devil himself, I think I would be less likely to try and take him on alone. I would be much quicker to turn to God for His help. You reminded me that it is not about trying harder, it is about turning sooner!!! WOW…That is my prayer and challenge for this week. I get moving through life, hit road blocks, attempt to take them on in my own understanding and the next thing I know I’ve become DEPENDENT on my own strengths. Please God help me to become more IN-DEPENDENT upon YOU!!! Thank you again Renee for sharing a message I needed to be reminded of.
This was an amazingly powerful message. Just last night at a women’s ministry meeting we talked about having a love affair with God. Putting Him first in our lives and seeking after Him above all others. Learning what to call God has to be the most empowering thing for me right now. I call my son Caleb. He knows when to answer to His name. How much more can we call out the name of God and have Him draw near. Psalm 9:10 really spoke to me today. I am learning to trust God more and now I know His name. He has never deserted me and I am so thankful for that. Thank you Renee for your heart felt words today. god is using them to do mighty things.
Thanks for the video! I have been withdrawing from God lately and this was a good reminder that no matter what I do, He still loves me. I printed out the Names of God and will carry them with me as a reminder that He is holding me up and will see me through the happy times and the tough times.
Renee, thank you for being so faithful to His speaking to you so you can share with us.
Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you for this video. I needed it this morning. Was doubting myself over the way I handled a situation this morning, not sure if I let God lead or if I stepped in His way. While you were speaking I had this picture of a child on the ground & Jesus reaching down to help her up. Thanks for reminding me that God is with me, He is there for me & I can trust Him with my life – even if I do step in the way.
What have I learned from this message? I learned that I CAN get back up – that I don’t have to live in fear, that I don’t have to live in doubt, and the way to do this is to become closer to God, to rely on him, to TRUST HIM.
I have had a lot of doubt these past couple of years. There was a time that if anyone would have asked me if there was one thing I didn’t doubt, what would it be – my answer would have been that God truly existed. However, 2-1/2 yrs ago, I lost my son. He was 27 years old. Two and one half weeks later, my other son ( The identical twin brother of the son I lost) was in a car accident in which he fractured his first 2 vertebrae in 5 places. He was on life support, and I almost lost him too. Nine months later after doing surgery on my sons 2nd and 3rd vertebrae (to put a plate in and align the two), he was lifelined back to the hospital (2 days after the surgery – they let him out the day after the surgery) and again, he was on life support, this time for 11 days, and again, I almost lost him too.
In between all of this, I lost my job and was nearly homeless. I still struggle today with they “why’s” and with doubt, but lately, I have been fighting my way back to Jesus – and when I say fighting, that is what it has been – a fight. I am determined to run the course – to fight the good fight, to no longer doubt, to once again rely and trust in The One who can help me with these struggles.
I found this website not too long ago, and have been reading some of the Bible verses, the Bible studies, and watching the video’s. I hope to be able to order the book “The Confident Heart” soon. This has truly been a blessing for me.
Thank you.
Tami
As I watched the video this morning, I kept being taken back to diffferent lessons we have had through out this study. Not only is Ch 10 about knowing who God is, He has been using this whole study to reveal Himself to me. For example, in Ch 4, He didn’t have me focusing on things that happened to me when I was little or newly married, but focusing on how my love and trust in Him had been misconstrued.
Every page has been about learning to see Him differently, seeing Him for who He is, seeing how the enemy had twisted my perception of Him.
So thankful that I am finally getting to know my Father and even more thankful in knowing He loves and accepts me just the way I am!!
I love the list of names and am looking forward to getting to know Him more intimately as He reveals Himself in each one of them!
Oh how this Chapter has touched the deepest part of me!
I am so thankful that God lead you, Renee, to reveal this angle of study on Gideon.
God knew what Gideon needed & at each step graciously and patiently provided! YEAH! As I shout praises to GOD…YEAH. At every step…GOD graciously and patiently provided & not once made Gideon feel inadequate, like a failure or grew tired of the lack of trust in Him. INSTEAD, He walked with him to the point of confidence and unwavering trust. God knew that His works, and actions would bring glory to Him through Gideon! …And today the Living Word of God continue to reminds of His amazing works.
God settled me to read this chapter during the lengthy absence required to care for my mother. It was with GREAT confidence that we all acknowledge(d) God’s work in bringing my parents here with my family during illness. When the task became more daunting than expected (loosing my father, repeat hospitalizations for mom, as well as my own family) I have questioned MY abilities…NEVER God’s plan. I have felt so inadequate to fulfill the roles that He’s called me to. My tank has been so depleted that even getting a reserve is a struggle. Yet, He is faithful. He placed me upon the heart of a friend and she called me today! Because she did – He sent confirmation that HE IS ALWAYS NEAR!
Because the solution is outside help…doesn’t mean that I have failed. What it means is – be smarter and recognize the blessings aren’t always wrapped as expected. I will not be the wife, mother, daughter God has purposed me to be trying to balance it all on my own. As I get in place for in home non-medical care for my mom and daily programs for my children, please lift in your prayers for the $$ to provide the care that is needed for each family member in our home – until God brings us to that next place. And the big reward…thanks to her, my husband and I will get a date night on Friday.
I am so amazed at the continuous blessings God showers over my life.
God’s Grace Given to1… and so thankful.
I am learning that we need to depend more on GOD, trust more in HIM… and quit the worry trap… I know it sounds like I got it down… but I just typed it… now I have to convince myself and really believe it… God’s plan for us really is easy… we make it difficult… but I like the parts about getting to know Him in a more intimate way… really getting close… i just love the videos….
Me too Jules. I sound like I have it down – head knowledge. Actually putting it into action,even semi-consistently is a challenge for me. Two steps forward, one step back! So glad God is patient & loving
I think the God who sees me…is a great one for me. There are times I feel like I am invisible…and then times I am alllllll about me, not noticing anything around me. So silly;) no matter what …God loves, and sees me, and the more I spend time with Him, i think I’ll worry about others and myself a lot less;)
It is so awesome that God met me right where I am this last week.Everything was so spot on where I am right now It’s like you were looking into my heart and knew my exact struggles. Obviously it is God Who sees my heart and Who led me to this study. He knows me inside and out and I need to take time to get to know Him better. I need to stop trying to do things on my own and just trust what He says and what He’s already proven Himself to be in my life. I am going to go back and read this book again and again as many times as it takes. for these truths to sink in.
Hi Renee, what struck me was when you talked about knowing God as in knowing Him from reading the Bible about Him~~~but knowing Him as He works in your life is knowing Him intimately~~~trusting Him to help you through the day~trusting and praying to HIm to help you as you watch someone go through cancer~~~going to Him before anyone else~~~knowing He is in control of events happening good or bad~~~and through all of this thanking Him for the good and bad in your life. As I go through helping my son recover from surgery from crohns/colitis and get off drugs that are addicting and try infusion after infusion that dont work and knowing God is with us as we move forward and knowing He does have a plan and thank Him for the way He has moved in our trials, sometimes not our way but knowing He knows more than us and can see the future we know it is His way. He shows us His loving side as we move through our trials and hold us in the palm of His hand, because He is our help we sing in the shadow of His wings~~~all He wants is us. Thanks for the list of names~they also are in my purse to read.
I’ve realized that nothing makes sense if I don’t KNOW God. I am unlearning so much because I’ve had wrong assumptions and images of God. Getting to know Him makes me thirst to know Him more and see how He truly sees me and what He wants for me. It is life-changing!
This video really spoke to my heart tonight. We had a service tonight at church… and I was asked to sing. I love singing, but in front of lots of people… not so much. Tonight I hadn’t practiced this song at all before service that God had laid on my heart. I hadn’t practiced it with the woman who plays the piano, and in fact didn’t know if she even knew how to play it. But God showed me tonight, that just like you said… when I put my trust in Him… his strength is made perfect in my weaknesses. I was a nervous wreck, but I know that God was my source of help and strength tonight… and I am learning to start boasting and glorying in my weaknesses… for the power of Christ will rest upon me. I will glory in my infirmities, my weaknesses… cause that’s when God’s strength and power is made known even more to me. I give God all the glory. I thank Him for this chapter… and for this video.
Sometimes doing God’s work isn’t always convenient or comfortable… we just have to be willing… and step out of the boat and let God do the rest. I thank God that he is so much greater than me. I pray he rids me of myself… and let’s his glory and light shine bright through me!
Thank you for the prayer that you close with in your video, “Lord, I want to know You for who You really are. So I can learn to trust You and follow You more and more each day” Thank you also for the ‘names of God’
Unfortunately I’m at a point the last week or so that what I am reading is not sticking. After watching your video 3 times I still can’t retain what I read. Like you have shared in parts of your book, sometimes I feel like I am losing my mind!
The last month or so I’ve also been struggling with my faith, I’ve been praying and have other people praying for Healing in my almost 7 year old niece. She has already had an operation to remove a tumor in her left ovary, now the oncologists want to remove the entire ovary and tube. This is my brothers oldest daughter and he and his family are not believers; I live 3 provinces away. Some days I fear that my faith is not strong enough to heal my precious little niece.
Hi Karen-
Hang in there sister! You’ve helped me in my not so bright days- and if I were near I would reach out and give you a geat big hug! Father God, I pray that Karen lean on you Lord- help her to realize that you will provide for her every need, and that your healing hands will lay upon her niece & shed light to her brothers family-help lighten the burden Karen is feeling- replace these feelings with love & happiness and awareness of your kind loving heart. I ask this in your precious son’s name Jesus Christ. Amen
KAREN DRAW CLOSE – DON’T GIVE UP…you are precious and you are loved.
Aloha from Hawaii xoxoxox
Thank you Donna
For your encouragement and your prayers:)
Karen
Thank you for the words of encouragement that I needed to hear. Even though I have been a redeemed Christian for over 30 years I still struggle with knowing God and trusting Him completely. I want to do things in the flesh and I cannot seem to be able to seek Him first in all aspects of my life. People may see the outward appearance of a Christian woman,but I know my life is not totalling how it needs to be. I deal with so much doubt each day as a wife andmother. Thank you for your book where I can find some hope in becoming a confident woman.
Vivian
I too have been a Christian for over 30 years. I feel like I am just now getting to know God for who He really is. I also have difficulty in trusting Him completely & seeking Him first in every aspect of my life. Thank you for sharing from your heart. It touched mine.