A Confident Heart: How to Stop Doubting Yourself & Live in the Security of God's Promises

I struggled with doubt and low self esteem for so long I am becoming a confident woman of God. So thankful for this Women to be used by God and for his Glory

It had some good ideas but I have not read it all the way through.

Exactly what my heart needed - real, raw, relatable, honest biblical encouragement. I’m so grateful to have found this book!

It's not everyday when you read a book that is at sharp as a scalpel. This book cut my chest right open and exposed my eyes to a lot of my heart issues that I was ignoring or never saw. Swope wastes no time and dives into the deep issues of doubt that every woman faces in her life. Her chapters are filled with scripture that help the reader get grounded in what God says over us and how to break the lies the enemy has planted in our heart. She hits hard on identity, but not in a way you would expect. Here is a snip it of chapter 6, "I'm Not Good Enough":"Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, "Where are you?"He answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraida because I was naked;b so I hid." And he said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?" Gen. 3:7-11God asked who had told them they were naked. In other words, "Who told you that something is wrong with you?" By asking this, He acknowledge that there was someone casting shame on them, and it wasn't Him. He wanted to know they had an enemy whispering lies into their hearts causing them to move away from Him and from each other......Rarely do we stop to ask, "Who is saying these things?" What is causing me to doubt myself? Is it me? Is there something from my past that led me to believe this? Or is it the enemy of my soul disguising his voice as my own?..."Throughout the book Swope drops these little thinking bombs and as you begin to process stuff with the Lord you can feel your heart being strengthened, or should I say becoming confident! If you want to dig even deeper into what Swope is teaching, she has reflection and discussion questions you can go through at the end of each chapter. Because of these questions in some ways I wish I did this book in a small group setting. Don't get me wrong I think this is a wonderful book to read on your own, but I think in a group you could really dig deep and get some fruitful discussion going. I went through most of the question and it made each chapter become more applicable.

Religious books are very hit or miss for me, and I wasn't really sure if I wanted to read this book. Did I really need another Southern Christian woman telling me my life is incomplete because I don't have a master husband and children to raise? So I began this book as a heavy skeptic.Swope is far from perfect. She calls her husband cuss words in front of her children. She is quick to quit and walk away from challenges. She suffers from anxiety and depression and has been medicated at moments in her life.She also believes that she is exactly the way God wants her to be. Women today are under a lot of pressure. To have the perfect family. To have the perfect career. To look a certain way. Act a certain way, and have it all at once. Swope claims that we don't have to be any of that. God created us to live our lives the best way we know how and to use our experiences to help each other. We can throw all of that other stuff out of the window and just say, "God is enough." That takes a lot of pressure off.And she admits that you will not perfectly live into that mantra every day. Anyone who seems to, well, you don't really know what is going on inside someone else's head. And anyone who says they do, is a liar. That also takes a lot of pressure off. We aren't going to be perfect. All that matters is that we focus on the gifts we have (because we all have them, and we should get to know them) to make our lives and the lives of others as amazing as possible.I also like that this book doesn't claim that if you just give everything over to God he will make you wealthy, or always happy, or anything like that. God doesn't promise those things, and Swope doesn't either. The simple message is that if we take the time to know ourselves and know God, we will have the confidence to tackle our passions, which is all we are meant to do in the first place.My favorite quote from the book,something I struggle with, page 138: "Isn't it easy to completely neglect our dreams and desires to meet the needs of everyone around us and call it self-sacrifice? It sounds godly, but in doing so we risk shutting down a place in our soul where God's dreams and gifts are waiting to be revealed. It's not self-seeking but God-seeking to intentionally get to know and become the woman God created you to be."

I have read many books on the theme of self-worth, and this book has become one of my favourites. Renee's writing style is warm, encouraging, and uplifting. I recommend this book to anyone who struggles with doubt and self esteem; who want to learn more about who they are in God's eyes.

This is not just a read through but a must do book. I had to actually live the words and apply the principles in the book and found total freedom. Having prayers at the end of each section create the feeling of sealing an agreement with Christ. Doing the devotional along side is beneficial to getting the whole jest of the book.

I bought this book to do an On-line Bible Study with Proverbs 31 and it has been eye opening and life affirming for myself and my Christian walk. It is so much more than I expected and good for anyone struggling with doubting yourself. I know will return to this book any time I need a reminder of who I am in Christ.

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the author speaks from her own experience and is very thorough- a very good read. Took time to get into, but its still good.