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Renee Swope

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

Made to Crave Q&A with Renee & JJ Swope

Thank you for entrusting us with your “Made to Crave ” stories, struggles and questions. We are honored to pray this week for each of you and what you shared.

We had a hard time choosing between your great questions. So, we picked the most common ones this time. We didn’t go over our answers beforehand and I JJ surprised with his first one. I was thinking, “Wow, that’s not at all what I thought you were gonna say.” It’ll be fun to hear your thoughts. And your comments today (even if you don’t have time to watch them all) will be entered into the drawing for the “Made to Crave” bundle that includes a book, DVD set and participant’s guide. So, here we go. Welcome to our house!

We want this to be a conversation, so let us know your thoughts or questions. And let us know if you’d like to hear more answers to your questions. Again, today’s comments will be entered into the drawing for the “Made to Crave” bundle which includes abook, DVD set and participant’s guide. Winners announced Monday, January 31st.


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Comments

  1. Thank you so much for sharing. I appreciate the encouragement and look forward to reading MTC. Please post more videos!

    Paula

  2. Greetings from Canada:
    So that's JJ! I thought going through this with the hubby is a great idea, or maybe even a family event.
    Hope you enjoyed your time in Canada Renee, we realy enjoyed having you and looking forward to MBC in June.
    I still can't believe I picked my own name for the door prize!!

  3. The video blogs are great! Thank you, Renee & JJ, for sharing your thoughts and experiences. It was good to be reminded to encourage and respect my husband. It is so easy to become complacent and not voice my appreciation to him, esp. in the regular day-to-day things.

    I was successful in turning OFF my computer for a few days last week. Planning to do that more regularly in the future and spend the time with Jesus!
    Sharon Telfer [email protected]

  4. So glad to have these videos to watch and listen to. I haven't had a chance to watch them all yet but wanted to take time to thank you now. I know that I am probably too late to be entered in the drawing for the bundle, but I don't even care. I just had to say thank you for being willing to "step out on a limb" as it were and put yourselves out there.

    Love and blessings to you both!
    Kathryn

  5. My husband and I really enjoyed watching you both on the webcast this past week. Thank you so much for answering all the questions here on your blog:)
    About 2 years ago we started eating more healthier than we did before. As a family we plan our menus every 2weeks & read labels on everything. These last few months this mama fell off somewhat.The veggie cravings went out the door and those chocolate/latte cravings came back. I started feeling the nudge to get back to eating healthy.
    Looks putting that apple or fiber one bar will be back in my purse.

    Again thank you for sharing your heart. My husband says too that respect is one of the best things a wife can for her husband 🙂
    Blessings to you both

  7. Thank you for your advice and guidelines of how to seek God and not seeking for friends/approval/attention on Facebook, email etc. There are more ways to "fill up" besides running to food; I can replace that with other wrong things as well. We all need to run to God and His word to "be full" and to learn to hear His voice.

  8. LOVE these vlogs. Please keep doing them. It seems sometimes like a lonely island wanting to cherish God and your husband above all else. Our idols are everywhere and threaten us all day. I just got finished reading Timothey Keller's Counterfeit Idols and love that you guys are exposing the truth about idols in a big way. It is a constant battle and I'm thankful for frank conversations! Real people with real struggles is very refreshing! God is SO GOOD!

  9. It was so cool watching you guys on the webcast and even more cool that you took more time to answer more questions.
    Blessings,
    Kirsten

  10. Renee, What a great way to share things with your friends. Thank you for remining us about how much God enjoys me and not because of anything I do but just because I belong to Him.

  11. thanks so much for taking time to answer questions and share from your heart. I would love to read the made to crave book!

  12. Thanks so much to both of you for sharing what you are going through together. It is such encouragement to me and my family. Using the message from the webcast I talked with my oldest son regarding the overuse of video games, with the themes brought out in Made to Crave. This is not just about food — as you brought out it is anything that takes our focus away from God. Thanks again!

  13. Thank you both so much for sharing with us. I have had go gluten free, since August. My choices of food are much less, and so I find myself craving the things I can have, and enjoying them a little too much. I need to control that desire. Thankfully my weakness is not so much sweets, but more the carbs( potato chips, pasta) When I find something I can eat, it is hard. I think I have used that a crunch, and also when I am bored or down, I will "go to town". Thank you for sharing the truths from God's word.

  14. Thank you for being so open and honest about your relationship. I know there are suggestions that JJ made that I will be working on applying to my marriage.

  15. I haven't listen to all the vlogs yet but am enjoying them. Thank you both for encouraging me and others. You are a blessing!

  18. You guys are so GREAT together! What a beautiful couple! Thanks for sharing your perspectives. I love hearing both of them and I so appreciate your honesty.
    Blessings to you and your family!

  19. Thank you both for sharing. I have really enjoyed learning about your blog from the Made to Crave webcast. I have not bought the book yet, but plan to. I began my healthier eating / exercising right before Christmas (tough time to start) and I have lost 10 of the 20 pounds I have set out to lose. I'm half way there, and y'all have been an encouragement to keep on going!

    Stephanie
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