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
Download video “Message Notes” in a notes in a PDF or in a Word doc here.
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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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?
{Be sure to ask God to help you, and look for promises that assure you of His faithfulness. Journal how your confidence grows as you depend on Him more each.}
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I would love to get a copy of this beautiful peace to be able to learn the names of God,or maybe share w/ a friend!!
There is a big difference between knowing God… and really knowing Him. What I mean by that is… as a young child, I knew there was a God. I even knew that He loved me… but I didn’t know Him. It wasn’t until I was in my 30s that I truly began to seek God, to know Him and love Him. I still have rough patches, times when I’m not sure which direction to turn, but knowing that He is allsufficient, my provider, my redeemer, the Great I AM… makes all the difference.
I took away from this not only the importance of being specific with my prayers, but calling out to God specifically His name. I also learned to pray my doubts to the Lord and where I am struggling. That He loves me and the fact I am coming to Him when I am uncertain and asking Him to show himself and the way. It reminds me how concerned He is with every detail of my life and how much He loves me and loves me seeking His will.
I loved learning about these names of God. How powerful! I think my favorite is Jehovah Shalom – The Lord My Peace, but also love El Shaddai (there is a beautiful song with that name, maybe by Amy Grant?). I have always loved Abba Father. I learned this week to continue to count my failures as joy, because God is using them in my life to teach me and mold me.
No Matter what the circumstance, God is always near. He hears your prayers and answers. It may not be in your time, but He will answer. It may not be the answer you want, but He answers. We need to always trust that God knows best and He will always see you through whatever the circumstance. And when you trust Him, He will surely give you the disires of your heart.
That verse from Proverbs? That though the righteous fall they will rise again? I haven’t noticed it before. Lately I’ve been feeling like I’ve fallen but that I can’t rise. I know it’s a lie but my confidence in who I am in Christ seems to be escaping. I have your book now and I’m looking forward to sinking my teeth into it soon! So important to know God’s word so that when these lies come I’m able to fend them off by His Word and the power of the Holy Spirit. I’m thankful for your post today.
I learned that knowledge AND trust go hand in hand. You can have all the knowledge in the world but w/out trust those words won’t have the same impact!! I took a terrible fall several years ago and I can STILL remember what it felt like to be hurling headlong over the sidewalk and onto the pavement below. So, when I read the passage in Proverbs from the NAS I had a visual image of that fall. I appreciate that verse all the more. I’m thankful that I don’t have to stay down on the pavement because my El Roi and Jehovah Shammah are there and will help me get back up!! PTL!! That He is there in all of my paths of life!!
Thanks again Renee! I have been a Christian my whole life and I thought I knew God from all the religion classes, memory work, and homework through 12 years of parochial school. How awesome in this season of my life I have begun to start really knowing my God. You hit the nail on the head that to begin really experiencing God is to see God come alive in my life. To see Him as the God who healed me through medical problems. To see Him when I feel alone and feel His presence. When I feel fearful and full of doubt to pray and feel Him giving me confidence!
I have so far to go but to see the depth my faith has grown over the last 6 month is nothing start of His presence! I’m almost giddy with excitement to see where He wil take me as we walk hand in hand!
Renee, thanks for your video message. Trust in the Lord with all my heart, and not seeking my understanding has helped me calm my fears and struggles with the challenges of life …. Teenagers,work,ect…. But God is good and he will bring me what I need as I pray for his help .
I am a little delayed in adding to the comments for your video session this week. I have watched it four times because i felt the message you gave was so important, for me, but also that I could absorb the truths you shared to pass on to others. In my life i have learned the hard way, ‘ even though I may fall seven times, I will rise again’. The love and grace of God have never ever failed me. Just as you said, the struggles that I have experienced in life have helped me to be stronger and conifidence is growing. The list of the Names of God have truly blessed me over these last few days, the sense of who God really is and how this can impact my life as I get to know Him more. Thanks for your faithfilled video message.
Renee: This study has been such a blessing to me in this season of rejection, conflict and change. The names of God are a tremendous help to me and I have been incorporating them into my prayers regularly. I feel that God wants me to meditate on His names. He brought me this message of His names through your message and then from a radio message from a pastor I listen to while exercising. I am going to print out the names and keep them with me and share with other. I’d love to have the artwork to put at my desk in my home office to remind me of who He is. May God continue to bless your ministry.
I was struck by Gideon’s story. Gideon was afraid and in hiding yet God said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” It hit me that God saw way more in Gideon than he saw in himself. I’m in the midst of some major transitions and find myself afraid to continue on. God sees the same in me….I’m afraid, I don’t want to continue through this journey of change, yet God tells me He is with me and sees way more in me than I see in myself.
I’ve also been trying to find some magic formula to help me during this transition. If I just prepare myself more for moving or getting married…this change won’t affect me as much. I felt like God told me this morning, through Chapter 10, that the formula is a deep dependence on Him. Meeting with him daily, telling him I’m scared, and letting Him guide me through this next season of life. I don’t have to have it all together, He’ll have it together for me. He’s patient with my doubts and will be with me today like He has been in the past.
What resonated most with me as I watched the video was the feeling that God is always with me and I don’t have to do it (whatever “it” is ) alone. He is there. I limit my power and abilities by trying to do everything myself. If I would just relax into God’s strength and power, things would be so much better, easier, etc. I need to trust him more and more…walk by faith & trust. It is easily said…but carrying it out is not a one time statement. It is lived and worked out continuously moment by moment. Please God help me to rely and depend on you always.
Wow, powerful like always. So much here. Guess if I pick one thing it would be that victory comes through dependence on Him. Facing my fears is not something I am good at, but with God’s help I will allow Him to use my doubts & fears to make me into the confident woman He intended me to be.
God is with me every step of the way. I can depend on Him to guide me, to help me up when I fall. His promises and His grace build my trust in Him. By learning His names I see again all the wonderful ways God is with me always. He sees me, He is my strength, my provider,my banner, He is faithful and graciuos. God is really all things. I want to live in dependence on Him.
So timely for me…Especially the Biblical Scripture the Righteousness will fall seven up and will rise again. That is totally how I feel lately. Something good happens then another obstacle. Boy also asking “why God can’t just put it in right in front of my face. On top of being laid off twice, dislocating my elbow, now yesterday got a speeding ticket going to therapy. I just feel everything is falling apart but with the righteousness will fall 7 seven time and get up..It has helped. On a brighter note I’m allowed to Zumba again but of course take it easy on the arms. Furthermore, I went to about 20 minutes of Zumba last night in the hallway. They have this devotion and here is a video on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8FUV9nS4 it’s called they Money tree. It means when life seems drowning to you. Dig deep and look for blessing. Cultivating a Heart of Gratitude. Sometimes we are blind to see the blessing in front of our eyes.
God is such a wonderful God and it makes me feel so great to know that I can go to Him at any time about anything. He is ALWAYS there for me. Because of who He is, I don’t have to be afraid of anything. I love the fact that whenever I make a mistake God is faithful and will forgive me for whatever I have done. God uses ordinary people just like Gideon everyday and like Gideon I want to be used by the Master, after all I am God’s unique work of art still in progress.
I just completed writing a goodbye letter to someone I was in an unhealthy relationship with and immediately afterwards I opened the word doc of the message notes with the words of ‘getting up again’ and how the righteous will rise again. This gave me so much TIMELY comfort and reassurance from Christ that I made the right decision and although it was painful to say goodbye and I feel like I fell down…that God is holding my hand and if I press into Him; I will stand again!!!
I have been thinking about all the different names for God lately. It is a great reminder of all the different ways that He is there for me!
I like the statement in Chapter 10 that said, “God used Gideon’s “why” question to draw Gideon closer to Him, because His answer shifted Gideon’s focus from hard things that had happened in his past to what God was about to do in his future.” God has used my “why” question this year to draw me into a stronger relationship with Him. A year ago, I allow satan to cause me to doubt God’s healing power and place my focus on the problems at hand… BUT GOD brought me through pain and doubt into a stronger faith/confidence in Him.