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The 7day Doubt Diet – A Day to Catch Up! Giveaways! Updated!

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Some of you have communicated that you had gotten behind over the weekend and needed to get caught up.  So today, we are not going to post a new devotion.  If you haven’t signed up for your free copy of the 7-day Doubt Diet click here.
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Listed Below are the Links to Each Day’s Devotion:

 Giveaways!  A New Giveaway Added Every Day!  We are giving away 4 copies of Renee’s book, “A Confident Heart,” $50 Southwest Airlines Gift Card, $25 Kroger Gift Card, and a $20 Target Gift Card.  Plus we’ve added 4 packs of coupon holders (10 per pack).

How to Enter:
  •  Leave a comment – What’s the first doubt or insecurity that pops into your mind.below
  • Join T2$ and a A Confident Heart on fb (Earn an entry for each) .
  • Follow T2$ on Twitter .
  • Follow Renee Swope on Twitter

How to Enter:

  • Post the following on your fb wall: http://tinyurl.com/3ue2dgt
  • Tweet the following – #giveaways on @time2save A Confident Heart by @reneeswope or a #giftcard @target, @southwestairlines, @Kroger. http://tinyurl.com/3ue2dgt
  • Leave a comment on any of the devotions in the series click here
Reminder: We don’t want to miss any of your entries, please leave a comment for each.
The giveaway is open until Sunday, September 18th at 11:59 PST to US residents only. Winners will be notified by email. After 48hours if there is no response a new winner will be chosen.

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September 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment

7-day Doubt Diet: Don’t Throw Away Your Confidence

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Winner of a copy of A Confident Heart – melissa SAVINGMONEY09@LIVE.COM
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Before we get started delving into our own doubts and insecurities together – I want you to know I’m just like you.”  I know I mentioned yesterday but if this is your first day joining this is meant to be a “sharing thing.”  So, before everyone runs off to your prayer closet to read by yourselves hang around for a while and fellowship.  Yesterday we laid down the foundation we’re going to build from.  Here’s day one, Are you ready to take God’s hand and trust His heart?

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Day 1: Don’t Throw Away Your Confidence
Taken in part from Chapter 1 and 61 1

Did ya’ll totally relate to Renee’s story?  (Get your free devotion here.) I can totally relate.  Several years ago, a friend was helping me clean out the playroom.  We were on a serious mission to get rid of junk – if anything looked like a Happy Meal Toy, part of a toy we coudn’t find or something totally random it was going in the trash.  Fast forward a couple of weeks, we have a blow up bed that we set up when our families visit.  Guess what?  One of those “totally random” pieces that we threw away.  Well, not so much……..it was the valve.  (We had to buy a new one)  Much like Renee’s example, I thought that little piece was insignificant and threw it away without a second thought.  It may have been small compared to the size of the rest of the bed however that valve determines the beds future.  Without it, the blow up bed was just a flat rubber rectangle.
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Renee heard God speak to her that she tosses her confidence away the same way she tossed that piece of rubber away without a second thought….. What about you?  Ouch…..Guilty as charged.  I too, have thrown away my confidence more times than I can count without realizing what was happening.  If you haven’t received day one yet of the devotion, the rubber piece was the power button to the remote control.
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It doesn’t take much, it could be one word from a loved one that triggers insecurity.  Everything Renee listed – the worry the creeps in and says I’m not good enough, no matter what I do I’ll never measure up. Then worry changes to fear – fear of the disappointment that is sure to follow, fear that I’m going to mess up, never finish what I started or lose something   Fear, worry, disappointment, insecurity they all lead me to one place, the road of self-doubt.1
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Then, when Renee said,” I see a pattern in my thinking that led to the pattern of my doubting.”  It hit me, I do the same thing every time I go to Chattanooga, or Georgia to visit my mom.  I usually take the same route without thinking  about it.  I just hit autopilot and go.  Sure there are other ways, but they aren’t familiar as least I KNOW what to expect.  I do the same when fear, insecurity,worry, disappointment whatever you want to call it begins to creep.  When someone says something that hurts me, or I feel rejected what do I do?
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What about if I make up my mind one morning determined that I’m going to change everyone’s sheets and somehow life happened and I never got started.  I know what emotions are coming.   Do you?  I know that even though I home schooled my kids, washed a load of clothes AND put them away, worked, then cooked dinner it’s not those accomplishments that my mind surrenders to – it’s the one thing I didn’t do.  I’ll tell myself I’ll do better tomorrow, why can’t I be more organized, if I would just stay focused then I’d get everything done.
I know myself well enough that - no matter how much I do I always think I can do it better next time.1
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The Challenge:  Recognize when we start turning down that familiar path of self doubt to TURN AROUND!  Just like a GPS God is whispering in our ears Recalculating turn right in .8miles on Promise Lane follow it to your destination, A Confident Heart.
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  1. Recognize the power I give self doubt.
  2. Stand up to it and claim the confidence God has already given me.
  3. Pray and ask God to show me when I turn around to toss my confidence in the can.
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The following is an excerpt from The 7-day Doubt Diet:
When you start a diet or physical training plan, experts recommend you complete a Body Mass Index analysis to determine if you are overweight, underweight, or in a healthy weight range.
Food for thought: So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. Hebrews 10:35-36, (NIV)
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“I’ve created a FREE “Doubt Index Analysis” to help you identify your most common doubts, see how they affect you and determine just how much self-doubt could be weighing you down by. There is a link to download here.”  Renee Swope

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A Message from Renee:
“Please don’t get discouraged if your score reveals that self-doubt is weighing you down more than you realized. I used to check “always” on all of them. But I didn’t want to stay there, and I don’t want you to either. That is why I wrote my book A Confident Heart , and why I’m offering “The 7-day Doubt Diet”- a week’s worth of devotions from my book for FREE.”
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By the way I scored 146 on the Doubt Index Analysis.  How did you do?
154 – 110: Self-doubt comes and goes for you. When it’s present, it keeps you from all God has for you.

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A Personal Prayer Request from Kasey
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God is calling me to walk this journey out, please keep my family in your prayers today.  My husband is a pharmaceutical rep and his main drug just went generic.  To make a long story short – we’re waiting on a phone call today to find out his job will be eliminated.  My heart screams with doubt – we’ve already been through this twice in the last 8 years, you have got to be kidding me.  At the same time, I’ve heard God gently whisper in my ear all day – remember where I’ve brought you from.  I did not forsake you then and I won’t now.  He’s calling me to take HIS hand and trust His heart.
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I hear you God, I really do……..but to be 100% honest I’d rather you just answer my prayer that he won’t lose his job.  Why do I automatically trust more in the security of a job, than the security of God’s promises?
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September 9, 2011 by 7 Comments

It’s almost here! The day we’ve been waiting for.

 

Girls, I’m so excited it’s finally here. We will start our 7 day Doubt Diet Devotion series tomorrow,  Thursday September 8th.

We aren’t talking about diet as in food, we are talking about replacing our lack of self-confidence with lasting God-confidence as we learn how to live in the power of His promises every day. Click here to get your free copy of the 7 day Doubt Diet Devotion.  Don’t forget to set your timer on your coffee maker.  The first days devotion will be waiting for you in the morning.

Giveaway Reminder:

Don’t forget about the early giveaway for a free copy of Renee’s book, A Confident Heart.
Have you entered yet?  No worries, the giveaway is open until Wednesday Sept 7th at 11:59pm
Click here to enter.

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September 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Giveaway & Reminder: New Devotion Series Begins 9/8

Girls, I am so excited that this week is finally here. We were planning on starting our 7 day Doubt Diet Devotion series tomorrow but have postponed until Thursday September 8th.

Renee emailed me today, to give us another copy of her book to give to one of our readers before we start our devotion together.   I think she’s as excited as we are:)

How to enter:

  • Go to Renee’s website here and sign up to receive the free 7-day Doubt Diet devotion.
  • Leave a comment below letting us know that you signed up.
  • Already signed up? No problem leave us a comment letting us know.

The giveaway will end Wednesday night at 11:59pm est.  Open to residents of the US.  The winner will have 48 hours to respond after the announcement before a new winner is chosen.

Dates to Remember:

  • Thursday, September 8th - The first day of our devotion series, we’ll start with an overview of ch1)
  • Friday, September 9th – Giveaway opens up for entries. (details later this week)
  • Wednesday, September 14th at 9:30pm – Live facebook chatt with the Renee Swope,  author of A Confident Heart.
  • Friday, September 16th – 4 Winners Announced copy of A Confident Heart.

Join us as we share our hearts and encourage one another.  Don’t forget to sign up here to receive the free devotion and chapter 1.  Then, leave a comment for your entry in the giveaway.

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September 5, 2011 by 29 Comments