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Hi, Friend! Happy Friday! Today’s Guest Post and Giveaway is wonderful… for so many reasons. My special friend WENDY BLIGHT is sharing from her new Bible study on 1 John, I Am Loved: Walking in the Fullness of God’s Love. {Plus she’s giving away TWO copies of the book!} When I say that Wendy’s a special friend, I mean it. We’ve ministered along side of each other for over a decade, we’ve hung out on cold bleachers together as our sons played travel basketball on the same team, and when my house was struck by lightning and caught fire last year, she rallied her friends in prayer and support. See? Special. So when I say that this woman loves Jesus and others well, I bear personal witness. I LOVE Wendy Blight… and you will too. Enjoy this excerpt from her new Bible study and be sure to leave a comment so you qualify for the giveaway!!
WALK IN VICTORY
My husband and I began our marriage in a difficult place. Eleven months before we walked down the aisle, I was the victim of a horrific crime. For years, I lived in a prison of fear. It consumed my every waking moment. I avoided being alone at all costs.
Monty became my safe place. Being home alone terrified me. So, I never wanted him to leave me. When he chose to play basketball, or go to dinner with friends, I pouted, whining and complaining that he wasn’t putting me first.
This fractured our marriage. Days were hard and nights were long. Soon I began to imagine Monty looking elsewhere for the companionship he lacked with me. I demanded to know when and where he was at all times. When I couldn’t get a hold of him, I panicked.
Jealousy infiltrated my heart.
I knew these feelings were wrong. Even destructive.
But I didn’t know how to overcome them.
As jealous thoughts took root, they became a mental obsession that fed me lies.
I felt my marriage, and my husband, slipping away. Completely at a loss to know what to do, I dropped to my knees and begged God to help me.
Thankfully, God made a way to release jealousy’s grip on me – and it was through loving Him. As I came to know God more intimately, my jealousy subsided.
God opened my eyes to see Christ in a new way … as my Savior and my “first love.” Until that time, I had found that love and security in my husband. I had confused love and need. I needed Monty so desperately that he became my savior. He was my defender and my protector from the evil in the world. I needed him more than anything else. If I was with him, I felt safe.
Monty sat on the throne of my heart; not God.
This, sister, is the perfect recipe for an unhealthy, destructive relationship. We should never “need” our husbands, our children, or anyone else more than Christ.
We should have only one Savior, and His name is Jesus.
We should have only one first love, and His name is Jesus.
This knowledge put my marriage in perspective. Jesus replaced Monty as my “first love.” Jesus is now my Defender, my Refuge and my Strong Tower. It was in Him and Him alone that I overcame all my fears.
And, Monty became the gift God had given me on this earth to reveal His perfect love to me. As God took His rightful place on the throne of my heart, Monty took his rightful place too.
God’s love left an indelible mark on my heart. His is a distinctive love that, when allowed to blossom and mature, becomes a driving force that nothing can contain.
Through it, God equips us to live distinctively different lives. First, by eradicating our old self through Jesus’ death on the cross. Second, by bestowing upon us a new self through His resurrection.
We express our appreciation for God’s abundant blessings most beautifully when we love others and live a life marked by love.
Some may be loveable people … those are the easy ones to love.
Some may be difficult people … those are the challenging ones to love.
Some may be invisible people … those are the uncomfortable ones to love. Who are the invisible? The disenfranchised. The voiceless. The forgotten. The rejected. The unpopular.
Friend, as you seek to live out the love God has implanted in you, remember these truths:
You have been born of God.
God loves you.
You love God.
You are a child of God.
In Christ, you have blood-bought brothers and sisters in Christ.
Knowing and believing these truths equips you to live loved and spill that love into this dark world.
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Congratulations to our giveaway winners: Jacqueline & Diane L!
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I Am Loved: Walking in the Fullness of God’s Love is for every woman who craves to truly understand, walk confidently in, and live out God’s unconditional, extravagant, lavish love because His love truly changes everything. Watch a sneak peek of the Bible study and download a sample week’s lesson for free here.
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An invitation for you!
Join us for our Online Bible Study of #IAmLoved at Proverbs 31 Ministries. It kicks off January 22 and you can sign up here.
Wendy Blight is a wife, mother, author, Bible teacher, attorney, and writer for Proverbs 31 Ministry’s First 5 app. Her desire is to help every woman know with confidence she can tackle any problem life presents through God’s Word. Wendy is the author of I Am Loved, I Know His Name, and Living So That Bible studies, and Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner. She lives with her husband, Monty, in Charlotte, North Carolina and loves most when her two children, Lauren (24) and Bo (19), come home to visit and fill their home with lots of love and laughter!
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I am building a fence around my heart for you Lord
Would love to read this book
I have a dear friend struggling in her marriage. She could really use the guidance of this book. Her husband drinks a lot and stays gone a lot even when he’s home they’re very distant. She has turned to smoking pot to deal with it. They have children. They need help and prayer.
Would love to read more of this! Thank you for sh
This was is the same problem am faing in !y marriage n indeed its dreadfully!
You’re such an inspiration. I’d love to win this. Have a blessed day!
Outrageous indescribable
Just reading this small portion of the book was such an eye opener to me. I think it’s stuff I already knew, like needing to put God above all but seeing it put into writing and hearing someone else’s story just drives it home that much more. ❤️
Just reading this small portion of the book was such an eye opener to me. I think it’s stuff I already knew, like needing to put God above all but seeing put into writing and hearing someone else’s story just drives it home that much more. ❤️
I AM walking in God’s abundant love. It is wonderful!
God will love me through my hopelessness.
After fighting, praying and pleading with God for years to heal and restore me, I need to remember that I am loved.
Thank you for sharing your story.
This book is something i could use for refreshing my soul
Thank you for your inspiring words this morning. Great way to start the day!
Would love to win this book
Sometimes i get so caught up in doing everything from cooking, cleaning, tending to grandchildren or fellowship with other believers in Christ that i myself have a need to feel loved not only by my husband but by my Heavenly Father.
After seventeen years of marriage to an alcoholic, I found myself as a single parent. After almost five years I though I had met my knight in shining armor….not! After finally turning over all to Him and putting Him on the throne of my life I am now retired and married for almost 27 years. It took a long time but worth it! Trust Him. He never fails1
It seems like it would be interesting and I could learn a lot from it.
I am enjoying “Trusting God” right and bought “I want it all” for my daughters. I would love to read “I Am Loved” also. God bless.
You are an amazing woman with an amazing story that you share. Thank you.
I think this is a good study
I would love the opportunity to read this.
I would love the chance to read your book by winning the giveaway! 🙂
We get so caught up in the day to day struggles that we forget the we were created by Him for His glory and we need to be reminded. We are important to our Daddy!
Yes, I need to feel God’s love. I need to realize His unconditional love to make me whole and bring back the confidence I lost being married to an unbeliever.
I would love to win a copy of this book please add my name.
Thank you for the devotionals!
I am so excited about this Bible Study. Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
Sounds like a great book! This is something I struggle with!!! Would like to do the Proverbs31 online study, but can’t afford the book right now.
Great Job Ladies! (Wendy and Gwen) I would love to win a copy of both of your Books! I know you Ladies are loved! God Bless!
Thank you for this article. I have purchased the book and am signed up for the Bible Study.
This book sounds amazing. I love the first 5 app and what you share on there thank you for the opportunity.
I enjoyed your words of encouragement and would love to read more in your study! God’s Word is the only answer to life’s hardships.
This was like reading a chapter out of my life when I married my first husband and moved across the country. Unfortunately, I was not surrounded by friends and/or family whose beliefs were the strength I needed leaving me to the worst thoughts I could conjure up. After a dozen years of marriage and two awesome girls those thoughts weren’t just thoughts. So my belief system shaken and in needed of friends and my God it has taken many years and the Lord’s patience I’m finding the love that I was promised just decades behind. I believe your book may just point me in the right direction .Thank you for writing
The message speaks to my situation
This book sounds awesome and life giving. Hope I win.
I’m so thankful for the healing that comes through Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior!
Thank you so much for your ministry and studies. I have learned so much from so many women of Christ. I came through time of divorce that I did not choose. Godly women and men, put in my path by Christ, taught me how much God loves me and my Kids then 11,17 & 21. He provided for us financially, spiritually and emotionally. Putting my family in a wonderful place. We have Emmaus friends, church friends, school friends, neighbors and work friends that love Christ as we do. After having to move from the only home my youngest son, ever knew. God orchestrated a chain of events that allowed me to buy back my parents retirement home 8 years after selling it when my brother and I closed their estate. Now he has brought a wonderful Christian man and his kids to our family. I just want to say… YES I learned to give God my first time, first love, first service and trust him to love me back. And he has provided way more than I ever can dreamed.
I am a widow so God has to be everything to me. I live alone so I depend on him to protect me at all times.
Dear Mrs. Clemens, I am sorry for you loss. I too suffered a tragic loss. My wonderful adult son went to be with the Lord 3 years ago on New Years day. My Lord is my everything. I too live alone and I know that it is our Most High God who sustains us. May you be renewed daily in your love for Him and in His unspeakable Blessings!
I would like to learn to love as Christ loves. I am hoping this book discusses this all-important matter.
Hi Wendy, at times when life feels overwhelming, sometimes it’s easy to forget who it is that loves us unconditionally and knows our circumstances better than anyone else. I am learning to trust and lean on God because ultimately we are loved by God! Thank you for the opportunity to be entered into this draw! Blessings, Mary-Ann
My husband has dementia and it is God’s love that gives me the strength to continue my journey as he is non emotional at this stage of his life. God’s love is my driving force. Doris Yeomans
Happy Sunday to all! Blessings
Thank you for such encouraging words! I would love to read your book as I struggle with placing God as the love of my life after losing my husband.
Hi Wendy!
Any girlfriend in God friend is a friend of mine! I loved the excerpt from your book and would love to read all of it. Our women’s study group at church is in 1 John now and what a beautiful book! It’s amazing to me how God draws nearer and nearer to us when we make even the smallest move toward Him. Thank you for sharing!
I would love to win one of these books. thank you for the opportunity.
#IAmLoved
Thank you! The concept of being loved by God has helped me so much since my divorce. Knowing that God is the lover of my soul and that He will fulfill all my longings has helped me to heal from the brokenness that came during that time. I look forward to reading your perspective about He loves us!
I think this will help me and my marriage.
As a normal human, sometimes it is so easy to feel inadequate and unworthy of God’s love. This Bible study sounds like just what I need.
I desire a deeper walk and relationship with Ny Jesus. Your book will help me to understand the love he has for me.
Jesus lives me this I know….
This is an area I have struggled in. Would love to win.
Your devotional was inspiring. Because many times, I find myself putting things and people before God. I am not there yet,but God is helping me to put him first. and make him my security . God bless You.
Patricia Thebeaup
My husband has terminal cancer. We have been married 33 years. I’m terrified of being alone. I need this book. I’m so afraid. Please help me get through this difficult time.
Oh how true in many ways we put unhealthy things before our true and loving God. Thanks for your blessings.
-The need for Christ to be number one in my life is now a priority. My marriage has completely fallen apart, and mygrown children have suffered because of it. I thought I could “Fix it”. Now I know that I can’t. Please pray for me that I will know my worth in Christ- no matter the outcome of my marriage.
I would love to win a copy of your book-
Thank you for reassuring me of God’s love for me, I so needed to hear it today. I wear a shirt with the words “live loved” on it. I also love using the word “love” in so many ways in my life. I call my sweet nieces “love”. Again most importantly need to always be reminded from wonderful woman like yourself that we are loved by and awesome God.
Head vs heart, what we know versus what we feel. I think everyone can relate to this struggle.
This sounds amazing. Am struggling in a rocky marriahe and feel lost and alone. I am trying to get back to being close with the Lord. I feel this book and study will help me and other women I know. THank you for sharing.
I am hoping this book can help a friend. I have a friend really struggling right now. She is struggling with depression and I am trying to figure out how to help her. God is good!
I enjoy all the stories that you share and this one will be a great addition.
What an inspiration this book will be to so many marriages, even mine. Each marriage has those “speed bumps” that keep us from fully enjoying the spouse that God has given us, or not enjoying the abundant life that He has promised to those who believe in Him.
Really enjoyed reading the excerpt out of your book. I feel it would be a real blessing to read all of the book. So of course I hope I win!
Wonderful courageous testimony of Gods love, thank you for sharing.
Wonderful story. Thank you so much.
God is good!
I would love one of these books !
Thank you this was a much needed word. I was abandoned by my husband and the fear of losing some one again became by strong hold. It was only through Jesus Christ that my four children and I can overcome those fears. If we rest in his then we lack nothing.
I too have struggled with these same problems in my marriage. I’d love to have this book to help me through this valley.
Your story is an exact replica of my story. Thank you for the encouragement.
Would love to win. Love that it’s on the book of John. See stay blessed
This is what I constantly try to instill in my friends and family. If we get God out of that little box and let him get as big as HE is and be our everything……our Lord and savior and redeemer, and refuge and strong tower and Prince of peace and healer and sanctifier,etc etc etc then and only then this world and all of the worries and problems become so small and you can see so clear……out of the darkness and into the light…Amen…..He was meant to be our everything….
Amen sister
I Am Loved sounds amazing!!!! It reminds me of one of my fave verses, we love because He first loved us.❤️1 John 4:19
Each marriage has it’s unique struggles. Putting God first is the only way ours survived
Awesome excerpt…I would definately be blessed and encouraged reading your book! God bless!
My heart has a need. Though God has his plan I find myself absorbed in your bible study. It has and will lift me thru a trying time.
Thank you for your story. So many times I know how things should work but it is just so hard to get there. It helps to here someone’s story.
I have always believed in God . But in the last few years I have realized that I have to have a relationship with Jesus. I’m working very hard at that. I am putting him first in my life. I feel joy in my life like I’ve never felt before. I constantly pray that the Lord will show me what he wants me to do. I constantly try to be still so I can hear his voice and know what he wants me to do. But nothing. I pray now for direction .
Wow! Amazing how this has lined up with what I have been dealing with as a single mom, a widow and seeking my happiness through my children. God has been showing me how I need to put Him first in all things and live through Him, not through others or through things. And it is changing me, slowly, but surely as I release those who I appointed to make me happy and allow God to do the work He has been patiently waiting to do. Thank you for sharing this powerful excerpt. I cannot wait to read more! God bless you!
I would Love to have this to read with my daughter
I am really going through a tough time so this book would be a blessing!
Amen! I know this story oh so well, it was me too. Thank you. God bless you. I love God hidden treasures in darkness. Thank you Jesus.
I would love to read this book!!!
What a wonderful message about the love we so desperately long for!
This year is a year of spiritual and emotional growth for me
Thank you for the reminder to put Jesus first. I too, put too much emphasis on my husband, when we first got married. It was unhealthy. I needed this reminde
I’ d love to have your book.
Terri
It is my desire to fully understand Gods love for me or how God loves me.
I AM loved! What sweet words for all women to remember. Thank you for the devotion, it really resonated with me. God bless you!
Talk about convicted! I got up this morning and harum-scarum like grabbed my InTouch Magazine and flipped open and it went to overcoming jealousy… I thought wow… I never really realized that I might be jealous of somebody and yes, the Lord laid of my heart that I was. Then, I checked my email and saw an email with a devotion from Henry Blackaby addressing the fact that the word of God is living and you will be convicted… He gave examples of when you hear a sermon or teaching, and you think to yourself that’s me and that is meant for you! It is just proof that the word is living and will convict us of sin. Finished that, and saw the email with your excerpt and giveaway. I read what you had to say and was like… Lord, you must be speaking to me about jealousy. I think it is so awesome how the Holy Spirit puts all these little things together and they’re not happenstance… No, They were meant for me! I’ve asked God to forgive me and to help me… Show me how to overcome this. It’s hard to admit to others that you’re jealous of someone. Thanks for sharing and for this wonderful giveaway of your book! God bless!
This book sounds just like what I need at this time of my life. My husband and I are experiencing the worst trial of our 40 years of marriage. I need this book.
Love it.
I need to be reminded to put God first, family second! Thanks for the chance to win.
Gods good all the time❤
Sounds like good teaching
Would love a copy
I am excited about starting this new study and experiencing a deeper, more intimate relationship with Jesus.
It is early in the morning and I have just read the part of your book. These is what I needed to read today. It has helped in in ways you will never know. Thank You.
I can so relate to this!!! I need to replace my husband with God as my protector and Father………thank you for helping me see the light. I would love to do this study.
Thank you for your insight! I would love to go deeper in this area! God bless ❤️
This book is about what I have been learning, turn to Jesus for your fulfillment, not others.
God bless
Oh how Ok needed needed this, I got sick with Parkinson’s and my husband abandoned me, dropped me off in the “ghetto, as much as hate using that word, he did. He was abusive and seeing prostitutes. Now that my disease has progressed, he is trying to come around. I believe God’s perfect plan is for 2 people should work their marriage if at all that’s possible. I told my husband it’s God first, no matter what. He’s starting to come around, maybe put of obligation, I don’t know, but time will tell. I know he is trying, that’s all I can ask for.
This book sounds like something I need to read
I struggle every day with this.
Love that you are giving away 2. Would be a great addition for me and my clients to read 🙏❤
I know that this book would help me to keep me focused on God first and foremost before anyone else. Thanks for offering it as a giveaway!
This sounds like a fantastic book. When i got the end of the preview i just wanted to keep reading.
For 16 years I struggled with my marriage, because I didn’t know how to love, even Jesus. As I have been learning what love is through Him, I have been able to learn how to lay my marriage before Him and how to love my husband. This post really touched my heart. Thank you for sharing.
Rebecca, I’m so thankful this devotion ministered to your heart and met you just where you needed in your marriage prayers. Answered prayer for Gwen and me. I pray for healing and restoration in your hearts and your marriage as you move forward with God.
Blessings,
Wendy
Thank you for talking about your jealously and having the Lord help you through it. I too struggle with this and like you, it consumes me. I desire victory so much but I have never figured out just ‘how’ to brake free from it. Yes, I pray earnestly yet it’s still overwhelming me. If you have any way of explaining how it took place for you I would be open to listening.
Penny, it took a long time. It truly came as I dug deeply into God’s Word. As I began to realize that my identity is in God and NOT in my husband. Even if I lost him, I would still have God. God would care for me, provide for me and give purpose to my life. But, it only came as I spent much time in Bible study and prayer. I would love for you to join us for the Proverbs 31 Online study beginning 1/22 that studies 1 John through my book “I Am Loved” and is where this story comes from. But, if you don’t study with us, I encourage you to be in a study if you aren’t already. As we learn to know the truth, it’s easier to live the truth. And as we live the truth, God changes everything for us!!!
Blessings,
Wendy
Very timely and beautiful! It really is a huge difference when we put God first place in our lives. Everything just seems to be in order. Had the same encounter of being so scared of the future, until God reminded me to let Him be in control. Im unsure of the future, but im sure of the One Who holds my future! Thank you Gwen and Wendy for this book. Im sure it will be a blessing to millions. I can’t wait to grab a copy as we all need to be reminded of putting God at the center of our lives and allow Him to sit on the throne of our hearts. God bless you most as you bless others more!
Thanks for doing a giveaway. I would really love to win. It sounds like a book that would be very helpful for me to read and learn from.
I know God is my savior and is on the throne of my heart but sadly I still search and crave love from my separated husband. I believe this book would help me to stop seeking my self worth in humanly realms.
Lovely encouraging story😊! My husband and I have been living in Australia for the past 7 years and with our family living overseas and a difficult situation tht struck our relationship about 2 years ago I started feeling just like Wendy. This tough situation brought to life ghost from my childhood, which made things even worst. My only fully happy moments, when I felt secure and complete in my marriage were when we went on holidays and we were together 24/7. I knew anynothing about this was right, despite knowing Jesus I felt I needed to be in control. But our God is awesome he has put beutiful women from church to help me, a Christian therapist and the beautiful devotions from Girlfrinds in God to help me through this and hear Him talking to my troubled heart. This is my story and God is working on me and my marriage and I am pretty sure it was no coincidence I read Wendy’s story today. Thank you. GOD BLESS!
Sounds like a good book
I too became too dependant on one person. I felt lost, helpless and unloved. Then I came too realize that there was only one person that I could depend on too love me and who I could trust too see me through anything life could throw at me. I knew that God was the only one I could trust with my life. He has brought me through so much during my life,mostly the loss of loved ones. so, no one is gonna tell me there isn’t a God. I know better. He’s a good, good Father.
I love that story….I only pray some of the stories I read would reach my daughters heart & she could love me again.
I’ve loved reading Wendy’s First 5 devotionals, and I’m sure the Lord would also use this study to teach me something, too!
I know I am loved by God because if He didn’t love me He would have quit me a long time ago. His love gets stronger as well as our relationship every day.
This sounds very interesting and I think I can identify with her.
I loved the title of this book, “I am Loved,” and would really love to have a copy.
Would love to read this!
Looking forward to a winning, vet inspirational. Thank you!!
This is a great give away thank you for a chance to win
Love the rawness of the excerpt. Too often we seek love, acceptance and happiness in others. This is why we are so often left unhappy, discouraged and overly burdened with earthly things. I am intrigued and excited to read this book for encouragement and guidance alongside my quest to loving the Lord first!
Sounds fascinating! Open and honest!
Very touching and inspirational.
So inspirational!
Thank you for this teaching.
In a broken marriage. I learned to rely on God. He sustains me. I have set the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Divorced x2 .God is now my savior and he will never leave me. I’m never alone with God by my side. Would love to read your book.
This would be awesome for me in my life right now.
Thanks for your encouragement!
I would love to win the book.
What an awesome way to start the New Years
I would love
This book and study
It is a good thing to be reminded that we are loved daily and I would personally love to win this book. It was great being reminded also who loves us the most and who we should love the most. Thank-you for the message.
I would love to read your books.
Sounds like a great book.
Thanks for the reminder that I am loved by God. I struggle almost daily believing God could love someone like me, abused, broken, worthless.
What an awesome testimony of the strength of our precious Savior!! He is really is all we need.
I am blessed and loved 🙌
I would love to read your book😊
Great job Wendy and Gwen!! You are loved!! I would so love to win a copy of “I Am Loved: book. Please!!
I find that I often do this as well, putting others as my saving grace instead of Jesus. Every time I seek someone other than Him first; be it to call a friend and pour out my troubles or asking someone else what they think I should do. I have a habit (as I am sure many of us do) of seeking the approval or direction from others when the BFF we should be chatting with first is Jesus. I feel it has a lot to do with the fact of things seen vs unseen. I mean I know Jesus is with me always but he is not a visible presence and as humans I think we seek that which we can see. Even though we know beyond a shadow of a doubt, it’s the one whom we cannot see that is our greatest help. Thanks for sharing your story today Wendy. May you continue to be a blessing to all those you come in contact with!
Amazing! God speaks to us in so many ways. I’m dealing with a difficult family member and have been for several years. My husband and I have tried over the years with no success to have a relationship with the family member. Finally, I decided that it just isn’t worth the trouble, but after reading your devotional, I know it is I who needs to change my heart and put God on that throne. All along I thought I could solve the problem myself, but reading your devotional is leading me down the path that I think that Christ would have me go.
I would love this we are empty nesters and we found ourselves knit picking
I am right now doing my best to be in the fullness of god. I too have been through jealousy and tragics in my life. God is my protector and love. I would enjoy every moment reading your book.
Hey! I’d love to read your book!
Would love to have this book to do with my Bible study ladies. We call our selves selves the GIG’s 💗
I am loved!!
Every one needs to know they are loved~some days you know are loved and other days you just don’t feel you are loved~I would love to win your book.
I am so glad God has helped you overcome. I’m sure your book will bless others.
I am so glad God has helped you overcome. I’m sure your book will bless others.
This would be excellent for my Daughter..hugs xo
It’s hard for me to imagine or know that God loves me as you say….i will read this excerpt over and over till it sinks in! I would like to read the whole book so I hope I win!
It’s great when you and Jesus have a relationship, everything else seems to fall in line. He is the brother I always wished for……
I’ve never done a bible study and I would love to get a copy of Wendy’s book. I can tell god is using her in powerful ways and I can’t wait to hear from her.
So excited for this opportunity and this study! Thank you Wendy!!!
This is one of the things that I struggle with myself – after being in a marriage full of infidelity for seven years. My 2nd husband is a gift! Looking forward to this bible study for many reasons!
Sounds like an awesome book!
This sounds like a great study.
look forward to reading and exploring this
To Live Loved by Jesus is always enough. Looking forward to doing the Bible Study.
I really enjoyed your writing. What got to my heart was your honesty about your problems, that helped me connect to you. Thank you
I never realized till i read today that i was putting others on Gods throne in my heart. Thank you for this insight.
I need this in my life!
I can related to Wendy’s excerpt. Thank you for sharing!
I always knew something was missing in my life. I’m 60 years old and just realized it was love. I had loving parents, I have a loving husband and family, but I didn’t “feel” loved. Now, I’m realizing how much God loves me and I need to love myself. I am “feeling” the love of my family now and I think I’m showing more love to everyone. All praise to Father God!
It sounds good!
I have been under great conviction because I was putting my rebellious daughter in front of Jesus. I am learning to let her go to fall into my Saviors arms.
Blessings! I am thankful for all of you righteous women of God who follow God’s guidance to help other women in need of a one powerful word to lift up them in difficult times and more. Really Thankful. (Yes, I want the book)
Just reading the brief summary of your book really touched my heart. God bless you.
I can tell wait to start the study. There is such peace in knowing that the God of the universe loves me.
Your ministry is amazing and I look forward to your Godly words daily.
I would be honored to win this book. Thank you.
I can relate to this same mistake of ‘needing’ my husband early in our marriage, rather than placing God first, who provides what I need. He has done amazing transformative work in my life and in our marriage of 37 years now! I am looking forward to learning more from Wendy about how to live loved!
Hi Gwen I can relate on certain things about your story. I used to have this uncertainty about past relationships and not trusting that jealousy played role in my life. I used to give my spouse first place in the relationship and it was overwhelming. I now find myself wanting to have a personal relationship with God. This book would be a great gift for me right now. Thank you for sharing your story.
Oh I want to add this to my TBR pile.
Wendy I loved your transparency as you revealed how total dependency on Jesus’ love for you freed you ultimately from the fear of abandonment and the jealousy that threatened your marriage. Thank you for your vulnerability and honesty.
I love Wendy and her teaching
You’re such an inspiration. I’d love to win your book.
Thankful to be a child of God!
I enjoyed reading this devotion and would love to have a copy of the book.
Thank you for this study. I’ve been married now 20 years. I live wit guilt that makes me feel like I can’t say no ever. The need to have Jesus be my husband and have that uncondition I will never leave you loving feeling is what I long for. Even if I don’t win the giveaway, I will make the investment. Jesus needs to be my bridegroom and I need to be his church. Thank you
If I were to win this I would gift it to a friend of mine who is a single mom and who just dedicated her life to christ.
If I win this I would give a copy to a single mom that I help support through her journey of becoming a new follower of Christ.
How wonderful to know that you’ve opened your heart and displayed the tortures of fear. And even more wonderful how you have laid those fears at His feet. Abiding in Christ is a daily choice and I thank you for sharing your testimony.
I’d love to be gifted a book. It would just be a nice thing to get something for free, especially something that could be so helpful spiritually.
I can’t wait to read what knowledge and wisdom this book has in store!
I often have to remind myself that God is someone that loves me just as I am and that because I am His child, nothing can break that bond.
Thank you for this devotional and upcoming study. I expect it to be a blessing to my soul in 2018 and definitely needed.
Yes when I started putting more faith in things and certain people, it did not go well. A life without God front and center is empty and dark. My faith carries me through rough times and I am glad I am a sister in Christ.
What a blessing you are! Your writing is profound. I was just diagnosed with breast cancer. You along with Jesus give me hope.
I am in a relationship and like making my boyfriend as the no. 1 priority of my heart. I love him very much and expect him to be the source of my joy and peace, but when he fails to give me the attention I needed, I began to get disappointed on him. From there the enemy will have his way to tell me that I’m worthless, useless, unloved and nothing! I started to believe him and have lost my confidence and trust in myself,
But God told me that I’m His daughter and precious in His eyes, that i need to make Him my top priority not anything nor anyone else. That if I will allow Him to rule my heart and my relationship, I will be able to feel then the true love, peace and joy that only comes from Him.
I would like 2018 to be my victory year. I desire to walk with the Lord.
I am working on breaking through so many fears right now. With God’s strength, I can overcome them!
Being a child of God makes me feel complete!
That’s awesome! I would love this book! Thank you!
Jesus is my savior and best friend
It is so hard to understand sometimes what exactly God has for us to do. I have been dealing with so much, Ive lost do much. I know that God is my defender, I do but when things happen in my life its hard to understand why. I truly need prayer.
This resonated deeply within me as I read my life in yourwords. Thank you for sharing your journey of love with and in Christ. He has taught me so much about walking and living From a place of love rather than fear. Fear and jealous are prisons and so many are imprisoned. Time to set others free. Thank you again. Love in Christ, Olana
Looks like a good study!?
I’d like to read this book. I can definitely relate to your experiences.
Jesus Christ is Our Savior! For big things, small thing-ALL THINGS!
I know God is my defender, refuge and strong tower, but I find it hard to love people who act if they don’t like me. Even the people in the church who have never met me before. I would like to live the love God has implanted in me.
This is very similar to a relationship I had too. When you put the other person above God is exactly when God makes you reevaluate the relationship. GOD IS ALWAYS FIRST.
Just receiving this email shows me I am loved
I truly want to break out of my fears. Looking forward to this study’s. Thanks.
Being alone is one of the hardest things to do in life but with God has our Redeemer we are so blessed.
We often place our. Acceptance and security in people and things that we can. see and feel.he often brings us to a place where we make him the most important.
We often place our security in. the wrong person or place. He brings us to a place where he becomes the most important
Looking forward to this study. I am thankful my dear friend shared the announcement of this study!
Sounds like a wonderful study.
I would love to read your book and get so much spiritual insight out of your writings!
Awesome…first class ..greatness in Jesus name. Amen
I would love to do this study!
I need to be reminded of Christ love for me!
In different stages of life we still need to know/ hear this!
Hi, Gwen!
What struck me the most was the part about Jesus being our first love. It’s so true because He knew us before we were formed in the womb. He knew when we would be born and He knew us by name. He knows the day we will leave this earth, whether it be by death or in the rapture. He knew about all of our mistakes and our sins but He loved us anyway and He still does. Thank you for calling this to my attention!
I can’t wait to read the book. 😊
Blessings to you in The Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
I find myself in this New year hungry for more and more material to go deeper in my growth of knowing how deep and how wide truly is the Love of Our Savior. In this Love walk I truly desire to love more in those relationships that I daily deal with, with loving them in His Great Love!! I hope to claim this study to help further me along in this quest! Thank you for the opportunity (:
Looking forward to this study!b
Sounds good!
It’s always a toss about for me God is always in the center of my heart. There always those with their advice, string you along if allowed to the troubles of this world. Keeping faith and knowing God Grace is right there to help you thru, always a reassuring feeling.
Quite and insightful devotional. Fear is deadly and not of God. I remind myself of that truth daily, but Satan keeps trying to persuade me. Thanks for your testimony.
You have been born of God.
God loves you.
You love God.
You are a child of God.
In Christ, you have blood-bought brothers and sisters in Christ.
Knowing and believing these truths equips you to live loved and spill that love into this dark world.
***Thank you! I have taken the following words, printed them off and hung them on my bathroom mirror for me too look at and read everyday, all day.
Wendy, thanks for this post and the reminders about God’s love!
Thanks for the lovely, honest and vulnerable post. I would love to do this study!
I would love to have a copy of the book”I am loved”.
I feel I have been in a very similar place as Wendy Blight.
God bless you!
Thank you for the contest. This would be great to read.
Thanks for the reminder that we are loved even when we feel invisible. And then to give love to those we ‘don’t see’.
A great perspective! I really enjoyed it.
Jesus first, Jesus always, Jesus ONLY!
Oh, and I’d love to have this book! Thank you.
Wow just reading this excerpt from your book makes me want to read more!! It touches my heart in a special way I recently went through a panic attack. I’ve depended on my husband so much through this. While im thankful for how much he’s been there I know my source needs to be my saviour. Reading your story puts things in perspective. It truly makes me have the desire to put God where he needs to be. Thank you for sharing. God Bless
Would love to win a copy. <3
I’m familiar with losing touch with TheOne who counts and even losing myself. I struggled with inadequacy and discontent throughout my marriage and when my husband left me after 25 years, I felt even more rejected. It’s then that I really found a way to see myself through God’s eyes. I learned to value myself. I also learned that throughout my marriage I had looked to my husband to satisfy needs that only God can fulfill. That was an unfair burden on him. As I go through this journey of singleness, I’m trying to remember that God is the one that counts and that I am wholly and completely loved by Him and my life is forever changed through Christ.
WOW!!! This hit home. I’m not a victim of violence, but a victim of a chronic illness that has made me very depentent on my husband. I put him first not God. This book would be great to learn from. I need God FIRST in my life, just don’t know how to let go.
I am looking forward to this study. I also have been keeping other things above God’s love…God needs to be the strong tower in my life in all things (good and bad), in all struggles..He loved me first..He chose me…
This sounds like an amazing book and I hope every woman struggling and feeling un-loved will be able to read it as well as those of us that may need to know we were never alone in our suffering and mental anguish and that we have a savoir, We are our beloved’s and and our beloved is ours! I lived in an emotional and verbally abusive marriage for many years but when I surrendered my husband and his ways to God and came to know Jesus as my best friend, comforter and “husband”. Things began to change are still changing – all for the better, gradually he is seeking God for himself and wanting to trust Him with his life. <3 If I should win this book I know a dear friend I am going to give it to.
I was first introduced to Wendy Blight years ago via the Proverbs 31 OBS for Hidden Joy. My daughter (24) and I are looking forward to this next P31 OBS with Wendy and her I Am Loved on 1 John!
I enjoyed what I read. Thanks for reminding me about God’s love for me.
Would love to have this!!!
Thank you for the reminder. Even if I don’t win, I enjoyed and needed the story.
I need Jesus to be my first love!
I really need this book right now!!! Amen!!!
I saw my old self in your story, even though I wasn’t the victim of a crime. Thank you for sharing your heart and your journey. God IS my refuge and tower of strength. Married 36+ years now, and looking forward to the rest of my life with the husband God so graciously gave to me.
I’m so stinking excited about this.
I want to do a Bible study on this book! Would love to win!!😊
Thank you for writing this study. I was looking at doing it but can’t afford the book so I another time. As a single mom I find myself sometimes drifting away from God. Putting other things on a pedestal when I should be looking to God. To rely on God. To fully let him lead. Surrendering to Him. For the sake of my soul and my children.
Thank you for your courage in writing this book. As many have commented we often allow our men to become or god and that is not right but it can be so hard! I just started reading 1 John this morning and it is a beautiful book so I look forward to reading the insights and studying this book more in depth
I forget sometimes that I am loved unconditionally by my Lord. I need his assurance at all times.
I am SO there with you on that! My husband is an alcoholic & there is NO trust between us. It breaks my heart after 28 years of marriage.
Wow! What an amazing testimony of God’s power and grace! I love this!!
I NEED TO KNOW THAT I AM INCLUDED, PREDESTINED, ADOPTED INTO GOD’S FAMILY, THAT HE LOVES AND WANTS ME. (I am so very tired of feeling like I don’t fit, of feeling worthless, unaccepted, without assurance.)
I want to know “I am Loved” from my head to my heart. It would be a total game changer for me.
I’d rather be loved by God than anybody else. 🙂
Please enter me in the contest.
I would love to have this book.
Thank you and God bless.
This story could have been written by me! I could substitute my husband’s name for Monty and the story would have been mine. Talk about de ja vu! Satan still likes to poke his nose in every so often and remind me of my past and sometimes I start to doubt my worth but I’m still fighting him. I need this book.
I would love to win this Bible study!!! I am loved by my Heavenly Father but sometimes I forget when my past comes back into my mind.
I am a devoted fan and follower of Christ. I enjoy and love to grow with you in your blogs emails and books. I am excited to read your newest book and study, I AM LOVED, is one of my affirmations I tell my self daily. Thank you for being a wonderful inspiration.
Wow so awesome and so true. I have found myself in that same place many times and I must step back and remember that My Lord and Savior is Jesus Christ and Him only! I would love the opportunity to read your book and share it with others. Thank you and God bless❤
I loved reading the story in this post. Thank you so much for sharing.
Awesome Word!
I would like a copy of this book, going through a divorce and trying to continue to live by God’s faith and trust.
Thank you, Wendy! Can’t wait for the online study!
I would love to understand as well as walk confidently in God’s Love.
So thankful that I am loved!! ❤️
I am glad I serve a God of love!
I would love to win! Thank you Gwen and Wendy. I have been following Wendy for years and have learned so much from her writing, I’m sure this book will be great too!
Yes, we are loved…..loved so much by God that He will not leave us where we are….He cannot leave us there because the heart of a Father cannot abandon His children.
So thankful that I am loved!! ❤️
This really spoke to me today. Thank you!
I have been a First5 studies for about a year. It and Proverbs 31 have changed my life. Thank you
I really needed to read this today. I struggle with the same heart attitude towards a very close friend of mine, and it was only recently that I realized I was putting all of my hope and trust in her and not God. It isn’t fair to expect so much from her, and it certainly isn’t fair to think so little of God. It hurts to know how I’ve let that happen, and the journey towards getting my heart right with God and putting my friend back in her proper place is painful too, but God is always faithful to see us through our struggles.
Thank you for this devotion and sharing your heart with us. I know I’m not the only one who needed to see this today.
I am an avid reader and would love to read this book to share with my coffee and conversation group. I grew up unloved so I should be able to relate.
I too put my husband on the throne,after loosing our youngest son, instead of asking for God’s help I went to others to take the pain away. My ex left me after 30 years of marriage. Everyday I remind myself of God’s love.
Gwen,
I left out the reason I am blessed by the thoughts you shared today. I too was a wife who “needed” my husband always and was haunted by “jealousy.” I ministered and brought others to Jesus and encouraged and built others, but missed the mark by the “needing” and “jealousy.” In this latter quarter of my life, God’s Written Word and several unfavorable experiences have given me clarity to the greatness and sufficiency and reality of Christ’s Love for me. I am secure and complete and free in the Lord!!! Glory to God!!
So true thanks for your insight
God meet me right where I was. He showed me that I was loved and special.
After years away from God, I am trying to get back to him. I would love to win I am Loved. I believe it will help me
That was so wonderful I think a lot of us have someone in Gods place I know I have my husband who passed away in 2012 since then I’ve been dealing with lonleyness One of my sons who has brain cancer was able to come before that every Thur and I trusted in him but now I’ve seen how God has worked. I know He will take care of me. So much peace He has given me.
Love the truth in this
Love it! I am going to get this book!!!
Keeping my eyes on Christ, i had trials over pitting my daughter first…thank you
Would love to get this
I struggle, at times, putting God to the forefront. However, when we realize the depth and breadth of His love, we should be totally devoted to Him. He should be in every breathe we take, meal we eat, walk we take, conversation we have.
Would gift this to my god-daughter
Wow how kind of you! This would be a blessing to us and many others! Who ever wins the give away bless you in your marriage and relationships with man and God.
Hi Gwen,
Thank you for sharing your story. I have lived 58 years and have been active in youth and women’s ministry (as a pastor’s wife and on my own) for most of my life. Now, I’m in involved in the Admin side of a church org. I enjoy your writings and am blessed by the thoughts you share. Your way of saying in writing what God’s Word means and who God is to you, encourages me to continue me to share written thoughts within my small circle of family and friends.
Thanks for the offer to win your friend, Wendy’s, book! Please continue to write regardless of what happens or doesn’t happen.
In Christ’s Love!
Just got a wake up call from your book excerpt about loving ‘invisible’ people! “In Christ, you have blood-bought brothers and sisters in Christ.”
God Bless You!!
I would greatly appreciate it
Please, I am a woman who bury their head in the sand when I don’t want to face the challenges in my life.
Pick me, pick me!
Ps…beautiful cover!
Reading through all these comments of women in similar situations just breaks my heart. I pray that God will touch each and every one of these women with a new revelation of Himself.
Luke 22:32 tells us: But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.
Yes, it was tough for you to experience life as you did. But now you can strengthen all your sisters in the Lord. JESUS IS THE WAY. He always was and always will be.
I am still struggling with needing my husband before I need God. Even before we were married I was guilty of this. We have been together almost 6 years and married for almost 1 year. In Him is who I need to trust. Trust is what I struggle with most. Before I can trust others I must trust in Jesus. With His love I am made complete.
Your words ring true… I lost my husband last August after a 6 year battle with a heart related illness. We had our difficult time before his heart attack and through God’s grace survived it. I am glad that we were able to both see that God must be our “first love” because it helped us to get through those last 6 years together in a much better place!
I can’t wait to be a part of this Bible Study!
Thank you for sharing your story with us.
I always thought I needed a husband to take care of me and the sad thing is I really feared him. He wasn’t physically abuse but emotionally and verbally abusive. I realized after 20 years of marriage that it was time to end it as it was causing physical and emotional problems for our youngest daughter who was almost 12. I know God hates divorce and that was not my intention when I married. But there comes a time when you know it’s time. I can’t tell you the load that was lifted off not only my shoulders and my daughter’s! God became my husband and in the years since I’ve grown closer to Him!!
I was jealous for the first time of a man who is single I do ministry with in Celebrate Recovery in a Prison ministry! Another couple helps us and they are married!, she is smitten with the single man! I had said something to the man! He said she is married and I know that is where I have to leave it! I have turned it over to God and told my sponsor! But it was the first time that I have admitted that I was jealous and cared about this single man! I am 72 and he is 60 years old! I know That I am too old! We have become great friends!
Amazing & uplifting story. God bless you for sharing.
I am going to do this study with some precious gals who, like me, really need to know that they are loved by our Heavenly Father. If I win the books, they will be gifted to the ones who really need help getting theirs. I am so excited to help them with this study.
Thank you for your message to me .I am feeling so unlovable and such a waste of an existence! I would love to win your book. I am unemployed at the moment and can’t afford to buy your book. God bless you for your words of encouragement and hope in a hopeless society Thank you . Deborah
Live love!
I lived life dependant on my first husband also, until life crashed down on me because he found another younger woman. This article is right on target with who our dependency needs to be centered on. I’m single again and needed to hear this. Thanks for sharing.
I’m praying for God to give you comfort and peace Glenda
I could really use this Bible study right now. Have a hard time with love.
This is truly going to be a best seller. My ladies at the detention center will Love it.
I am the person that always gets left out. Mainly by family.
I’m just learning this, every night before I go to bed and usually a million thoughts run through my head I say to myself ,” God loves me” ” God got this ” and fall asleep.
Its very peaceful. This book would be great enhancement to me.
I have read you other bo0ks and very much like them.
Thanks- Gloria
So excited for this study and to read what God laid on Wendy’s heart to share and teach about His love and letting it settle in my heart.
This study sounds so good. I need to realize how much God loves me.
This really spoke to me. God is good.
I have had the opportunity to have had a career working with the disenfranchised-knowing that we are all loved by God because we are all children of God has been the light that kept me on the path in this difficult profession.
Wow! This spoke directly to me. I am not married, but this resonates in my heart for all relationships. God needs to be first in every aspect of my life, so that everything else will fall into place especially my relationships with my sons.
This is exactly what I have been facing I want to love the way God loves.
I want to love conditionally, and experience that love I have never had .
I really enjoyed this excerpt from”I Am Loved”. I too feel like The Lord has put my husband into my life so as to love me through him. I feel so blessed by this and am very thankful the Lord saved me😊
I’m excited to read the book!
We need only to rely on our Father’s unfailing love
That was good encouragement and exactly the reminder I needed!
Thank you. I’m anxious to read this book.
This sounds amazing! God bless you
Thank you for sharing your heart. I pray that your book touches lives who are in torment and need to know there is a way. God bkess you as you serve.
Can’t wait to dig in!
I need to read these words of wisdom!
Thank you for that poignant message! Coming to that realization transformed me, and my marriage. I’m praying, now, for my daughters who are in that season of life where they are getting close to choosing that life-partner. I already see tendencies in them to look for that “one to fulfill them.” My words are just that, words at this point. I’ thinking this book might be a great gift for them.
Would love to read your book!!
This is something I – along with many, many other women – really need to read! Would love to win a copy and then pass it on!! God bless you!!
Gwen, I loved reading the introduction today. I’m so thankful God crossed our paths all those years ago! For the memories we have. Thankful for the tears we’ve cried and the prayers we’ve prayed for each other and our children. Thankful for the Bible studies we’ve done together. For the worship you have blessed me and my Bible study girls with. Your books have taught me so much.
Thank you for sharing “I Am Loved” with your friends today. The comments have blessed me beyond measure.
Love you, friend!!
Author
Wendy, GURL… thank YOU! Your friendship is a treasure that I esteem highly. I’m grateful for our shared love with Christ and with one another. The way you and your friends reached out to my family after the fire was seared on the lining of my heart and will be remembered always. I’m also deeply grateful for the loving wisdom and tenderness you are pouring into my readers as you respond to comments. It truly is an honor to host this post! Can’t wait to see how the LORD uses this study to set the hearts of women FREE and bring HEALING to wounded places.
Let’s grab lunch soon! I promise to show up this time. 😉 #epic
Hugs and Blessings,
GWEN
I love your writing style, I could feel God’s presence throughout my reading of the excerpt. I believe this is a book that needs to be shared with EVERYONE! God has blessed you with the GIFT of writing. I know many people who need to read this.
Praise!!! So excited!!!
That is an amazing story. It is the motivation and the path “back to God” that I need in my life at this time
I know that Jesus is my defender and friend. My Husband Steve is away 80% of the time for his job.
It makes it very hard on me and I look to Jesus for everything.
My bible study group is looking for a new study! I think this one would be perfect!
I so understand , the first few lines felt like I had written them. Thank you for writing this book. I am lookimy forward to the Bible study!
Sounds familiar, the past 6 years each year has been one walk away from God every year 2012 was in a wreck Thank God my husband and Grandaughter wasn’t hurt just me, 2013 surgery to put my sternum back together which made my husband scared to touch me. 2014 our 23 year old daughter past away, 2015 my father passed away, 2016 my oldest daughter and her husband separated uprooting my two grand-daughters life’s and 2017 I thought losing my daughter was the worst thing not sure my husband of 38 years left me for someone younger and I never even had a clue. each year it has been harder to feel God’s presence. I have not went through blaming God for any of it. But its so hard to believe he is close. your book sounds like it might shed some lite on my feelings of him been absent.
I would love to Win a copy it sounds so good
My daughter is in a relationship in which she puts the boyfriend first and is no longer the young lady I knew. I believe this book would be great for her.
Great read!!
I have a married girlfriend I would love to give this to! Thank you for your ministry!
Praise the Lord in every situation good or bad..I know it is hard to do that sometime when you dont feel like praising the Lord in the mis of a bad time…but do it anyway because it makes the devil real mad ..because he thought you were weak and unsure …of the situation..so Praise God even in the bad times and lets make the devil fail at what he thought would upset you….lol Glory be to God!!!! Whoooohoooooo!
Always have faith in your situation..Just say I will not be moved by what I see, hear or feel my trust is in the Lord!
Praise God for your talent
I am SO EXCITED to read this book/study. ❤️🙏🏻
I would love a copy of this book.
Would love to read your book.
We are loved
God loves me
What an on-time word!
Lord, thank You for lovingly opening my eyes to see that Jesus is the One I need.
No man will ever be able to fill the void in my heart.
It is only when I fall in love with Jesus that I will experience wholeness and be ready to love the man of God You have chosen to be my husband.
I would like to have your copy please put me down
Love to have your book!
AMEN! Thank you for the reminder. Oh how easy it is to let someone or something get ahead of Christ. 👍
We are SO Loved!
I am looking forward to reading this book as well as the online bible study!
Blessed and thankful for you sharing!
I need this!!!!
Looking forward to this study, thank you!
So wish I had had Wendy’s book when my marriage began 49 years ago!! I almost ruined our life with lack of self-worth, jealousy, and a forgotten faith. Thank God He never forgot me!!
Wow I would love to have this book
I love reading the email from gwen daily they really help and lift me up when I need it. But your really spoke to me today I would a copy of you book.
This excerpt really spoke to me. My marriage is in a difficult place right now. We’ve been riding this rollercoaster for a year and a half now. But God is faithful! Even though we’re in a low right now, I know with certainty that He will pull us through.
That is exactly what I have to do now cuz my husband wants a divorce
My son went to be with the Lord April 15, 2013 and 2 yrs ago my husband confessed years ago he’d had an affair and struggled with pornography. I was so intimate with God until my husbands revelation and would share in my testimony that God is enough. Since my husband’s confession, I feel myself becoming more fear based and feeing safe only when he and I are together. My trust issues have invaded all areas of my life including my relationship with God. When I read this devotion I knew I needed this book bc I have given my husband an unnatural position and taken God from his rightful position. My husband has repented and we’ve been seeing a marriage counselor for those 2 years. I love him but al the things you talked about I am living. Thank you for your honesty and your words
Beautiful devotion today….I struggled with that for years until I learned to rely on God first.
As a woman who is on a path on life now trying to live without my children, no they’re not gone, but are living their own lives… and I have really felt lost. What a good perspective Gwen’s post from Wendy’s bible study put on my situation! Thank you
This is an awesome giveaway! Yay! 💕
I am blessed by reading GIG email daily. God gives me the strength as a single mom of three to persevere and trust. I start my day with you!
God Bless andThanks
What a wonderful testimony. So true. Jesus First.
Would love to read your book. Enjoyed the post today very much. Thank you.
This study sounds fascinating! I would love to learn to put Christ first in my life.
Beautifil devotion. Not feeling loved is something I struggle with because of my abusive childhood. I am in therapy.
Thank you for writing the devotional
Deb, I’m so sorry for the abuse you suffered as a child. God’s love is a healing balm for those wounds. His love washes over us and cleanses us from the stains left by sexual abuse. I was raped just days after I graduated from college. It was God’s Word and His love that healed me and made me whole again. So much so my passion now is to share that healing Word with others. I’m praying now for God to draw you close as you meet Him in His Word and with your therapist. He is our ultimate Healer. Though we walk through trials in our lives and people hurt us deeply, God promises in Romans 8 that NOTHING we ever walk through will separate us from His love and we will be MORE THAN CONQUERORS through Christ who lives in us!!
Thank you for taking the time to share. I’m praying for you right now.
Blessings,
wendy
A very good read, I have been and still am to a small extent, in this jealous grip but it’s my husband who needs to know where I am. I am growing closer to Jesus each day and ask him to reach my husband so we can grow together. Thank you for the opportunity to win your book.
Janet, I’m praying right now for God to tender your husband’s heart to your feelings. For God to open doors to good, healthy conversation. And, also praying that God will free you from any hold jealousy has on you and allow you to release that fear to Him. He will be faithful.
Blessings,
Wendy
What an exciting giveaway!
So excited to do a study by Wendy❤️ Her writing touches my heart❤️
Sheryl, thank you for your kind words! They give me much encouragement as “I Am Loved” goes out into the market. 🙂
Blessings,
Wendy
Thanks for sharing!
Learnng to pick myself back up from the bottom. To put my faith back to where it belongs. This book I think would be a blessing.
What a great reminder! Life gets busy, time with our Heavenly Father is sacrificed. It doesn’t happen all at once. Little by little we try to fit God in this box or tell Him how to answer our prayers! Thankfully God guides us back to Him!!!
Thanks for giving us a chance to win what looks like a really good book.
Looking forward to the study!
I am currently going through a divorce and your message really spoke to me! I would love to read this!
Rikki, I’m so sorry for your current circumstances. But, I’m so thankful the Lord met you in this devotion. Answered prayer for Gwen and me.
Wendy
Our past always affects our future in some way, positive or negative. I pray that what I do today will not harm anyone, or myself, negatively in the future. We must always stay very close to Jesus. Thank you for the reminder.
Amen. What a beautiful prayer to pray … to always be a blessing. Thank you for sharing.
Wendy
How many times in life do I have to be reminded that God with a big G, should be my
only God, My husband was my god with a little g., Now he has left, GOD has NOT, I thank him for that every day, a constant that is ALWAYS there, faithful in everyway.
Oh, yes! I love this Cathy … the big G and little g. What a wonderful reminder today that our God is ALWAYS faithful. It is who He is.
Blessings,
Wendy
Love this!
How many times in life do I have to be reminded that God with a big G, should be my
only God, My husband was my god with a little g., Now he has left, GOD has NOT, I thank him for that every day, a constant that is ALWAYS there, faithful in everyway.
Wow, this really spoke to me! I have struggled with fear and brokenness for most of my life due to multiple traumas and abuse. I turned it all over to God a few months ago. My life has become so much more peaceful but I still struggle with fear (especially of the unknown) often. Putting it in God’s hands and continue to turn it over to Him each day.
Nicole, so thankful today’s devotion spoke to your heart! After I was raped (just a few days after I graduated from college), I struggled with fear for over a decade. In my book “Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner,” I share how God helped me overcome my fear. The link below takes you to that chapter in the book. I pray it ministers to you and equips you with tools to help you overcome your fear. The biggest weapon we have is God’s Word and praying His Word back to our fear!!
http://wendyblight.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Hidden_Joy07.pdf
Thank you for sharing your story today!
Blessings,
Wendy
Hello.
I have this exact problem. Learning to love CHRIST JESUS my personal saviour 1st. If been so dependant on my husband for love safety and my security. Tried 2x and was hospitalised for taking pills not feeling loved good enough or wanted. My last hospital trip I asked for my bible. I’m on a new journey now but still struggle. I know I am God’s daughter I’m saved cherished and loved by God and his amazing Grace. I am lonely learning to fully rely of God first for ALL things. God is good all of the time. I know it in my head,I just need to feel it in my heart. 💔
Amy, my heart aches for you, but I LOVE that you have turned to God’s Word. Medicine is one of the ways God uses to heal broken and wounded hearts. But, HIS LOVE AND HIS WORD heal us forever and always. His Word is health to our bodies and healing to our bones. His name is Jehovah Rapha, God our Healer. God promises in His Word that when we seek Him, we will find Him, when we seek Him with all our heart. I have no doubt God will continue to carry you on this journey and soon you will truly walk in the FULLNESS of His amazing, lavish love for You. Just keep pressing into TRUTH to combat the lies satan tries to feed you. Below is a link to a declaration I have written about your identity in Christ. I encourage you to not only read it but look up the Scriptures and pray it over yourself often!!
http://wendyblight.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Faith-Declaration.pdf
Blessings to you!
Wendy
Going through a difficult break up in my life right now, after 11 years, and would benefit from this giveaway. Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I think many of us get so caught up in worrying about ours needs and others and we often forget to seek God first and our needs will be met. I’m so guilty of this.
Thanks again for sharing, I so needed this reminder today!
Unfortunately, for some of us we tend to make our mates our gods instead of the Savior. Thank God for grace, unmerited favor, His redemptive power, and restoration. He always comes through for us and washes us as white as snow. What a wonderful Master He is, and, all is forgiven and resorted. Blessings
Thank you now I realized the missing linki in my life wish is Jesus
I am loved. I need to remind myself of this constantly. Thank you for your outreach to ladies
Psalm 17:7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Virginia, thank you for sharing God’s Word with us today. Such a good word for our lesson today.
Wendy
Thank you for the opportunity to win your book, I Am Loved. I am looking forward to reading it. God bless you and your family, Wendy.
Thank you for sending blessings my way today, Jan!
Wendy
It is so hard to give our power completely away, but if we do God will work out every situation we face!
I can so remember that horrible feeling of being so jealous. It is so hard to learn that Jesus can be your everything. I need to learn how to make him my all and all.
Sounds like a great study and step into unlocking the God given freedom inside ourselves
Your story mirrors my life, I can identify…..
What an important and insightful message. I imagine so many go through similar situation without even realizing what is happening. Thank you for shining a light for clarity.
Loved this excerpt!! Excited about diving into this book!!
This revelation is priceless! It has completely changed my whole life, as I have learned to see myself as I really am, the beloved daughter of my Abba Father.
Amen and amen!! Oh, that we all would walk in this beautiful truth. Thank you for sharing today.
Blessings,
Wendy
I need to realize that God is my safe place and not my husband. Thank you Wendy.
After a long difficult relations With my mother, she passed away. Never being good enough, or the “right one”. She passed with an unresolved relationship I told her and said many times I love you Mom, but never heard it back! I know that my God loves me!
Oh, friend. Your story is so close to mine. Yes, we can only do what we can do … and take comfort that your loving words to your mama pleased the Lord. You honored her. Though our hearts ache for a return of affection, God truly is enough!! It takes time to get there, but I feel like you are there. You are a dearly loved child of God. Your acceptance in Him is perfect and complete.
Blessings to you today,
Wendy
Would be so blessed to win a copy!
Would love this!
Hi Wendy I can’t wait for your bible study. For years I didn’t think I was loved. When I was a young girl I was molested so I felt dirty and worthless but when I ask Jesus to come into my life I started feeling loved. I thank you for this study and can’t wait to get started.
Beverly, thank you for your enthusiasm about starting the study! I’m so excited too. And thank you for sharing your story. I know it will encourage many hurting women who are seeking freedom from their shame. God’s love cleanses and frees us from that unworthiness and shame!!! We have value and worth and beauty in His eyes. We are beloved daughters of the One True God. Hallelujah!!
Blessings,
Wendy
I remember living in those days. We are now living in a world with our God, and trust in him for everything. We love each other, praise each other, and trust in each other.
Such a great way to start the day! My exhusand had an affair and ultimately married one of my defeat friends. It took a few years but through ththe grace of God I have learned to love her and him again and we have th blessing of a beautiful blended family we would never have if not for God’s work on my heart to forgive. Because of this our kids have four parents!
Wow, Lisa, THIS is a powerful witness to God’s love coming alive in your heart. What a beautiful testimony. Thank you for sharing.
Blessings,
wendy
This is so true! How many times do we intentionally say our spouse (or friend or family, or even home or job) is first in our hearts! We really need to keep Jesus first. He will never leave or forsake us! Thanks for this beautiful insight!
Thank You Wendy for an awesome morning devotional. Thank You for shedding light on a issue most women have. I’ve been there, it’s not a good place. Thank God for his blessings, grace, protection and peace.
God is first in my life, the only one I trust, and the only one who can provide for me. Thank You Lord!!
May God Continue To Bless You Wendy!
The hardest thing for me when I became a Christian was to believe that God could love me after all I had done but now I know He does! Sometimes I still wonder how He could love especially when I mess up! That is why I am super excited about this book and study!
This touched my heart today. Thank you for sharing.
Yes, I would like to read more about the freedom that comes with knowing we are loved!
Amazing! Most NEED to KNOW our Father’s love in our heart NOT just our mind.
Would love to read this book!!
enjoyed the reading today. I would love to receive the book. Thanks for the opportunity.
As I read through this post, I began to identify how I have in fact being switching my children and grandchildren on the throne of my heart…all the time wondering where God was in all of this. See He was standing patiently by waiting for me to have that AHA moment…. I have not allowed Him full reign in my heart. But I am so grateful for His loving me through it all.
Just reading this has helped me tremendously, I am experiencing something similar and trying to get to that place of knowing God is my first love.
If it is the Lord’s will, I will win.
I enjoyed reading your email. I think this applies to everyone in a relationship. And I would be honored to win a copy of the book!
Yes I believe you are right God comes first before husband , children , family & friends . If you want to succeed in this world today.
Just what I needed this morning, would love to win a copy of this book. Thank you for the opportunity.
Enjoyed this read, can relate very well. Would enjoy reading your book!
Be loved be blessed~Sherie
Great devotional. God always comes first. In the beginning of my marriage, I would put my husband above everything and everyone. Thankfully, I have wonderful, Godly parents who sat me down and put me straight.
Thank you for the reminder that:
I have been born of God. God loves me. I love God. I am a child of God.
In Christ, Ihave blood-bought brothers and sisters in Christ. And knowing and believing these truths equips me to live loved and spill that love into this dark world.
Again-thank you! Excited to read more of this book.
I’m going through a dark period right now grieving the loss of a relationship, lots of tears being shed, feelings of not unworthiness, along with feelings of abandonment and rejection in other areas of my life. Your devotion touched my heart and reminded me who my real “TRUE LOVE” and who my “TRUE COMFORTER” is. Thank you for turning on the bright light in my heart! Blessings to you!
Diane, thank you for taking time to share from your heart. I’m so sorry for your loss and how hurt has overwhelmed your heart. God knows the cry of your heart. He knows your pain. He brought you to Gwen’s post today to speak into your hurt and your heart. He is so faithful that way. I pray you will continue to press into Him. Never forget, your worth is found ONLY in Him. You are valuable, created with purpose, loved by the God of the Universe!! Below is a faith declaration. I encourage you to read it, look up the verses and pray the truths over your heart and mind!!
http://wendyblight.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Faith-Declaration.pdf
Blessings to you,
Wendy
Sounds interesting!
This was an encouraging devotional and great reminder!
It is so easy to put our trust into people we can physically see and touch. Thanks for reminding us that Christ is our Defender, our Refuge, and our Strong Tower.
Thank you for God’s Truths that help us love the unloveable.
I have the same struggles. I believe God sent my husband to save me from my former life. This past year secrets from my past life came to the surface and now my husband feels the first 15 years of our marriage he was the only one putting forth effort towards love and he is mostly right. I have been trying to make up to my husband for 15 years of not appreciating him and really loving him for the great man he is. But I am convicted because I put my husband first before God. It’s a struggle to put God first. So I understand your struggle especially since we feel we owe everything to our husbands who saved us.
To grow closer to God and to loose all worry.
Reading your devotional, I realized anew that God is my First Love, and my husband Jim is God’s gift to me! Heart & mind.changing! Thank.you’for sharing!
Nice
I am always telling other girlfriends of mine. The first thing we put before God, before our Saviour… Is the first thing we will lose! It is sad, but I have seen it, lived it…
Great writing before me this morning. You have the gift of communication. I will be hopeful to win a copy.
I am enjoying reading your blog!
Great devotional today !
God is good. The email I read was a great testimony. Something that really touches home with me. I would love to read the book regardless if I win or not.
I really enjoyed reading your devotion. Sometimes I want more out of friendships and then realize that Jesus is my one true friend and go to for security. Thank you for your honesty.
The Truth of God’s love for me is a Truth which we need to believe and share.
I would love to have this book Prayers for me going thru alot . I just went thru a divorce after 37 years of marriage.My husband wanted a younger woman..I know God is by my side .I trust in him and he’s the only one that can help me thru this difficult time..
We often make so many other people or things our “Savior”. Thank you Wendy for the reminder that the one true King is our defender, healer, Savior!!!
Hi! I would love to win this.
Thanks for sharing this with us. Unfortunately, I think we all have times in our lives where we look to others for “saving” and it destroys those relationships. Thank you for reminding us that we HAVE to put GOD FIRST.
I have struggled with this so much; “needing” a man’s love because I never had it. I can see where it has hurt my marriage already. It is so hard to be content with the spiritual when all you want is someone to hold you and tell you it will be ok.
Looking forward to the study!
This passage could have been written by me. I left a 30 year marriage, because
my husband was not fulfilling my needs (or so I thought). When I realized that Jesus,
was the only one who could fulfill my needs, my heart opened up to a new day. Today,
I know Jesus as my redeemer and my husband.
I need this book. This is what I’ wanting to learn for years. How to feel loves by God.
Wow. Needed to hear this today….I need to put God on the throne, not my husband…I struggle with this and I would very much love to win a free copy of this book! Thank you!
I would love to read this book! Your description talked right to my heart! Think god is telling me I need this book in my life 💗
What an amazing testimony to use for this book to help others find there worth only in Jesus
Amen and I have been thru a similar situation with my thoughts. I have already bought your book, but would like to win to share your book with a friend
Gwen and Wendy, thank you for sharing “I Am Loved”. It is right on time, sometimes we place others before God without even realizing it and let jealousy consume us when we think we are not loved. I believe we all at point in our lives have been in that place. I would love to read your book!
Thank you!
I love this ministry, I have learned so much and now I would Love to know exactly how much God loves me. Taking me thru my cancer diagnosis was touch, but, with Gods love for me I intend to have complete healing so I can help others ❣️
I would love a copy
I would love to receive a copy of I Am Loved. I love reading Girlfriends In God. They are an inspiration to me every day.
I too put my husband in God’s rightful place and it didn’t work out for good. God revealed this to me thankfully, the roles were switched and life is so much better now. More peace and joy.
I really enjoyed your insightful and you very well written article. Thank you for making me realize how important and essential it is to my spiritual and emotional well being to have Jesus as my focus and the center of my life. I would love to read your entire book. Thank you and God Bless you. Nona
Thank you for the great reminder of having no one in Gods place!!
A lot of the time I find it hard to remember that I am loved.
I know God loves me and that I am His beloved, but I crave human love and even touch again. It’s been 4 years since the devastating demise of my 20-year marriage that resulted in an online affair, then his marriage to her. At age 53, of course my sons are grown and married; I’ve never felt so alone. Starting my life over at this age has proven exhaustingly difficult. I know God is there, but I do year to be loved again. I would like to have a copy of Wendy’s book.
Aha moment! I was doing the same thing to my husband until about 1 year ago when I realized the same thing and have been working on making God my “First Love.” Since then, I have been released from so many fears and have felt more independent and even more joy in my life. It’s so amazing!
God will provide, He does love me…thank you Lord!
Thank you for sharing a portion of your story on making Jesus your first love. That is an area I struggle with and would love to win a copy of your book.
Thanks for sharing your story.
What a POWERFUL testimony Gwen! Your blog is amazing. From where you were to where you are NOW (totally God!) I am struggling with a lot internal feelings and would love to study this book as I constantly need to remind myself #IAmLoved
Thank you, Wendy, for these refreshing words. They were a great reminder of who is “first” in our lives. My son, Luther, has been in the hospital since December 7th and I have been with him every day. Today’s message has uplifted my heart. God bless you and your written and shared words.
Thank you Gwen for sharing how special your friend its. This reminded me to evaluate my friend circle and acknowledge the beautiful acts of kindness I receive from friends. On another note, I wanted to share I opened up a book club in my church “Calvary Chapel Miami Beach” for women. We just finished “Uninvited” and are on our 2nd book “ANYTHING” books are an amazing way to share Gods love with one another. It’s a sweet, safe way to open up with other women. I will pray that your friend Wendy will continue her journey on writing more books! Your Sister From Miami Beach Florida Maria Saylor
Love this and can so identify! Thank you Wendy❤️
Thank you for your inspiration. GOD gave me a second chance when he sent my husband to save me. I sometimes think that I have let HIM down when I am not always a good steward and have made lots of mistakes. It seems that I am always praying for HIS forgiveness. For each moment of life I am trying to live for HIM.
Thank you Gwen for sharing how special your friend its. This reminded me to evaluate my friend circle and acknowledge the beautiful acts of kindness I receive from friends.
On another note, I wanted to share I opened up a book club in my church “Calvary Chapel Miami Beach” for women. We just finished “Uninvited” and are on our 2nd book “ANYTHING” books are an amazing way to share Gods love with one another. It’s a sweet, safe way to open up with other women. I will pray that your friend Wendy will continue her journey on writing more books! Your Sister From Miami Beach Florida Maria Saylor
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the lord with all your heart ♥
Keeping up God’s work sometimes gets challenging , but we persevere through it and come out so blessed. Thank you for your talent and blessing us with it. God bless you!!
Grew up feeling unloved by my mom, when I came to know Jesus as my Lord and Savior that is when I was so amazed that One could love me so much He died for me <3
I was in the same place in my first marriage and still struggle with jealousy – and I hate it . I want this to be the year I am released from this.
God always knows what I’m needing and I needed this today. To think I almost deleted it, but His is always the best plan.
My sister and I would love to have a copy of your books.
We are encouraging each other this year to take care of ourselves and to feel loved by God. thank you
I have been in that spot. This is a new author for me. I think this is a book I need to read. Thank you for sharing.
God bless you! You put words to how I feel.
Love love love reading of God’s amazing Grace he has for us. Thank you for sharing.
Looks like a great read and an inspiring message.
Jesus thank you for loving me
I have always love Jesus and my husband both, but I have never thought of it this way. Thank you for this offer. Also, if you would, please say a prayer for my husband as he is fighting a battle with cancer. I know our God is healing God as he fully healed me of kidney disease and I know he will heal my husband too.
We so need to believe that God loves us, not the lies of the enemy that we are worthless and useless. With Jesus we are daughters of the King, loved, made with and for a purpose. When we accept His love, only then can we love others.
I’m so excited about this book! God Loves us so far beyond our understanding it’s hard for any of us to fathom most of the time. I lead a ladies bible study and know that this would be a huge blessing to them as well. God bless you a whole bunch. May all who read John come to fully receive the Love of the Lord!
I would love a free copy of this book, I long to know more about the Lord and feel him in my life in all that I do.
I had a crisis in my life just a couple of years ago. It’s not that I didn’t believe in God but it took me to finding, depending on and trusting God again. My eyes were open to the miracles and the power of prayer. I now pray and read devotions on a daily basis. He truly is an AMAZING GOD. This book would be a plus in my life
these daily devotions are so inspiring
I was in that same situation with my relationships. And now alone with my Jesus praying through change!
I am doing the Bible study. I want one pretty please.
Wendy writes so that everyone can understand. She certainly is a gift of God.
I too went through a tragedy, my husband committed suicide and I am in a relationship now and I feel like he also is going to leave me. I feel angry, and also jealous and insecure I feel this book will help me see that I need to put God first in my life, because he is the only one that won’t let me down
I passed through a similar storm in my marriage. Even knowing that it’s your own feelings that created the problem, yet not being able to have any impact on turning it around in your own strength. As it spirals down you feel the loss of control and it becomes a black hole. It will never change until you give control to God. This book appears to be a wonderful resource to helping anyone who has experienced that. Definitely one to pray over for our women’s study
Your testimony alone has given me strength to rethink walking away from my marriage. Although my circumstances are a little different, still need to surrender and redirect my energy, time, trust, and love to God. Thank you so much. There truly is power in ones testimony
I would love to be winner of this book
What a might God we serve!
What an inspiring story!! And something all wives and mommies need to hear!! Thank you for sharing your story with us!! God bless you!!
Google morning, Reading is a fulfilling thing for. I love reading inspirational books they fill my soul.
Reading this blog after a bad day and meeting with the boss, lets me know that yes only defender that I need is Jesus and yes I am a child of God and yes He most definitely loves me.
Thank you for the chance to win the book. I’ve read most of Wendy’s books – Living So That being one of my favorites.
Reading this blog after a bad day and meeting with the boss, lets me know that yes only defender that I need and yes I am a child of God and yes most definitely loves me.
This is me…my story as well. This past year has been one of revelation with the Lord showing me how much I cling to others instead of him. Neediness is my middle name. How has he revealed this to me? By stripping away almost every relationship except for some family. My neediness walked closely alongside best buddy anger. And this is where I currently am. Stuck. Hopeful, but stuck. This bible study sounds like a gift of healing for myself, and others as well. God bless.
Thank you for reminding me that although I do not feel loved by my husband, I am always loved by God and he is the one that matters. My husband is in the “difficult to love” category and it has been very challenging throughout our 23 years of marriage. I know that only with God’s help could I handle this challenge. He reminds me daily that he is with me every step of the way through ministries like daily devotionals such as this one.
Google morning, I pray that you are having a blessed day. I love reading. I get and enjoyment out of reading how people have mature.
I am just beginning to really know that God loves me-not just the world-but me individually, too! He answered my prayer in church in such an amazing way to show me His deeper love! Life is deeper since then!
Looks like a great book and study.
There will always be those times and events that we just don’t understand the “WHY” but as a Christian I know the “Who” that will see me through.
It is so true…..we cannot allow any other relationship take the place of God! God is always with us and does not have human faults. With any other relationship, it cannot be the same as he/she is human and at some point will falter. God is the only guarantee!
Fear is an evil master. It grips our hearts so there is no room for anything or anyone else. Thank you for sharing part of your story.
I had also put my husband on a throne as god. I really didn’t know I had done it until on our 45th Anniversary he told me that he loved the girl he was playing music with. I was crushed, I thought we were a strong, loving couple. He said he loved her like a sister but he had to talk to her every day, she brightened his day, he cried that she was hurting. Well I found out he was not my god! I am thankful that I put Jesus back on His throne in my life. Thank you for sharing your story. God is good we are together and working through this. I’m keeping God first.
I know God loves me as unlovable as I am. Things in my life keep haunting me….seems I can’t love myself. I need this!
Thank you for sharing this gift with us
We all want to be loved. And I am so thankful that
I have a Heavenly Father that loves me so much
I just want to grow that love to a greater. Deeper love
May God bless your journey as you share with others
I just did part 1 of the bible study Radical. This goes right along with what David Platt said about loving God more. Thanks!
WOWSER……..I would love to give this book to a very special friend of mine…..
I️ found Jesus a little before I️ found out my husband of 30 years was having an affair or rather an entire relationship with another woman for 28 of those years. I️ know God knew I️ would need Him. That shows His love for me.
Would love a copy of “I Am Loved”. This is an area God has been dealing with me about.
Sometimes the most simple truths are the hardest to truly comprehend.
‘Loved’/’Beloved’/’Cherished’ is a dear friend’s formative word for 2018. I would LOVE to pass along my copy of this book, should I be a winner.
Knowing how you are loved by God is such a beautiful truth!
I would love to receive a copy of this book:)
Thank you, Wendy, for teaching that realigning priorities is more about ranking the WHO, than prioritizing the WHAT.
If we loved as Jesus loved, it would be a different world.
I look so forward to starting my day off with the devotional. For the last year and half, I know longer turn the news on in the morning. I don’t read my emails other than 3 devotionals, read bible verses and then I meditate. This has changed my life. Thank you
What an amazing story. I would love to read your book and continue my journey of love.
I was so jealous of Rusty when we got married I sure needed God in my life and I believe in God but I didn’t go to Church and I guess I was letting jealousy get the best of me. when all I needed was God in my life sure needed prayers for me and Rusty to help me overcome being so possessive and jealous ,
I have always struggled with loving myself or that people and God do love me!
Would love to have a copy of the book
Can’t wait to read this book.
Winning a copy of this book could not call at a more appropriate and desperate time in my life.
I was inspired and encouraged to remember my first Love. Jesus. Thank you for sharing how God hears us and wants the very best for us.
My best friend and I have been wanting to start a new study together. This one would be perfect. We both struggle, me as a single Mom, and she as a Pastors wife in knowing we can walk in Gods FULL love
Thank you for your words of wisdom. Have a blessed day!!
I can relate to this! My husband and family were my idols but now Jesus on throne in my heart😍
Thanks for sharing part of your story. I would love to read your book.
Your story of your husband sounds like me. Thank you for your willingness to share.
This book is going to be amazing!! I can feel it!
Awesome and God bless you!
Thank you. As women, we often offer live to others freely but never to ourselves. Thank you for reminding us to love ourselves and the ultimate lover of my soul is Jesus.
I had similar experiences of jealousy and control in past relationships. I am working on casting all my fears and insecurities on Him and making God my first love.
I can relate to what you have written about I have gone through the same thing.
This book sounds just like what I need! I struggle with this issue every single day. Thanks for having the courage to write this book and for your candid honesty.
What an inspiration!
We overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony… Thank you for your testimony!!
ow very important to understand how much God loves you and should be firt in your life. I struggle with this all the time, because my love language is ‘words of affirmation,’ which can leave me vulnerable to overtures of other men. (Thankfully, that has never been an issue, but I did find myself attracted to a man who didn’t criticize my every word and deed like my husband does, but he was only visiting a few days and I never saw him again. It woke me up to my need to keep my eyes open to resist and flee from such temptations. I need to look to God for affirmation and part of that is knowing how much I am loved and valued.
wonderful bible study-
I have always felt I was unable to love or be loved. I know the verse We love because He first loved us. Does this book speak to this
Making God the first love in your heart is sometimes a difficult lesson to learn. I know that it took me years to reach that point. But when we do, the joy is unsurmountable and spills over into every area of our lives. Thank you for reminding me of this.
Oh! Wendy how excited. This has to be perhaps the most touching story to write a book about the Love of Christ for us. Indeed, this would be a good read to enjoy and to embrace while dealing insecurities, performance and believing “nobody loves me”. Lack of love, from Christ, leads to all these and many others feelings. I pray this is just the beginning! Blessings.
I would love to win this and share it with my daughter as well. 🙂
Wow! I had similar experiences of jealousy and control in past relationships. I am working on overcoming my past fears and failures and making God my first love!
Would love to do this bible study!
I Want To Fall In Love With GOD
simply blessed
I was in an abusive marriage and felt that if I could do everything perfect he would love me. It took me many years to realize that God is the only one that will truly love me unconditionally even though I am not perfect. In my heart, I was no one if I did not have love from my husband. But all praise to God, He opened my eyes that He is the One and Only love that I need. Unfortunately , my marriage ended but my relationship with God is stronger than ever.
This is wonderful true life in the works. I need to give this to my daughter.
It is so easy to place people we can see and touch above our Lord. Thank you for sharing your (as I call them) God Story.
I want to feel loved!
A beautiful reminder.
Oh how often i need to be reminded of this…THANK YOU!
I can SO relate to what you said. Marriage is so much better when two people
put God first in their lives.! I love this quote: “When Jesus is all you have, you realize He is all you NEED!” God Bless! 😀
This is such a true struggle for so many! Thank you for sharing your journey and for the chance to win your book!
Thank you. Tears stream down my face as I type this. In so much need of this message!! Would LOVE a copy of this book!! God bless you!
Looks interesting!
Wendy,
That was beautiful and what a beautiful read on a gloomy Friday morning.
Thank you.
This books sounds like it’s exactly what I am needing to hear. I would love to read more. Hopefully, I may be one of the lucky winners! Thank you
I have a small group of ladies that meet at my house! Our age range is from 32 to 76! This bible study sounds perfect for our group! Would love to get a first hand look at it!
To be totally honest, I hope in God I can win a copy of this book. I’ve been really confused lately about my value and love according to God’s love and I want to get in the right track and learn to replace all the lies of the enemy with Gods everlasting truths. Hopefully I can get a copy of this book. Yet i will be very glad if anyone else wins it. Blessings!
This sounds like a great help study.
Would Lve to read this book. Then i would share it with someone else and then they would pass it on. It would be interesting where the book traveled and who read it in the course of one year. Maybe each person could note a comment on the impact of book in their own life,
Thank you for your inspiration. It’s help me dealing with life and my God. I come at night ready to read Loop and get away from my day and rest with my God.
P.,S, I wish Loop can send email out everyday
Again thank you for Loop and all the wonderful feeling I get when I read Loop.
I am Loved, Jesus is my Lord and Savior!! Would love a copy of this book. Thanks for the opportunity to have one Free. Most marriages today need the Lord to be the first and foremost part of their everyday life.
What an inspiring testimony. Putting God first is what I strive to do but is not always easy. I am striving to do this more and this book seems to be a great guide for acheiving that goal.
I was sexually abused as a child by my step father. I have carried this hurt, anger, and hatred with me for decades.My 2018 word is “Love” but what exactly is love? How does one learn to trust and love when been hurt so bad? I have been a Christian for not even three years and I am having a really hard time putting my full trust and love into Christ. I want to, as I have read the promises I know they are for me-but how?
Rea!oh enjoyed the excerpt I read from the book.
Looking forward to start this study
Wendy,
Thank you for reminding me : “Friend, as you seek to live out the love God has implanted in you, remember these truths:
You have been born of God.
God loves you.
You love God.
You are a child of God.
In Christ, you have blood-bought brothers and sisters in Christ.”
I lost my dad in August 2014. It was rather sudden; unexpected. Shortly after, I began having anxiety attacks. My pastor husband was bi-vocational at the time which means he worked outside of our home 3 days a week. Those days were the hardest. I, too, moved him up to the #1 spot. I couldn’t do anything unless he was home due to anxiety. If I took a shower, he had to be in the bathroom. I couldn’t go places alone. I was depending on him and not God. I knew (know) my sweet daddy is in heaven. He loved Jesus! So, I began praying for God to help me. And He did. Things are different now. It is easy to replace God with people or things. Realizing our error in doing so and going before the throne is the answer in solving this. God is #1 in my life now. And life is great!
I want to be loved
Thank you for sharing! As someone who was abused at an early age, I can relate to this so well. God bless!
I have been stuck in that place since childhood. I am a 34 year old mother of 3 boys. I live in constant fear and worry every day. My 8 year relationship is suffering majorly because I don’t know how to communicate with him. Trust is a big issue. My biggest issue is my faith. Reading this excerpt let’s m know I’m on the right track. I desire to be free.
My husband is presently serving time in prison and I have realized through that experience that God is the first and foremost presence in my life. I don’t think that I ever held my husband in that regard, but this has helped me re-affirm that in my heart and in my life. God is good and He reigns forever in My heart.
I love reading and getting to know God in a deeper way at the same time! I would love a cope of this study!
Such practical advice, yet we forget this in the chaos of life.
Thank you
This reached right down into my heart and spoke like it was meant just for me. Thank you.
I so enjoyed your excerpt from the book. You instill much hope and much truth! I would love your book and my daughter needs it too! I think I could pass out many copies! Thank you for your transparency and allowing yourself to be vulnerable.
Great reminder…putting God first in all of our life…so easy to let circumstances drive us.
What a good word from Wendy. It spoke to my heart this morning.
Would love to read the book! I have had a rough couple marriages/widow&divorced. I didn’t ever want to love again, I was a black hole. I came back from it all thru God’s love and mercy and I found joy and happiness. Now, alone for 7 yrs I find myself low again at times thinking I can never find love again and I will be alone forever. I have to remind myself that God loves me and that is more important. It is still hard since God wants us to love one another. Funny how my view had changed with healing and now wanting to share my life rather than hide from it. Thank you!
I would love to have this book.
I would love to be one of the recipients. A new bible study on a specific topic and book is exactly what I need!
I loved the sneak peak and I know I will love the book. This insert spoke to me. God bless you!
I so need to read this book. I need change in my life .💖
I would love to receive a copy of I am loved.
Thank you for your precious and honest words.
Such a great reminder this morning. I’m excited for the Bible study!
Hello I’m open to all new things through God.
I am struggling through my son’s death. Lord, I need You every hour.
Thanks. I know that I am definitely loved by God.
A life changing truth portrayed in a fresh and new way. We all are broken and try to fill our love tank with different things that never satisfy. As we turn to Lord Jesus and start relying on Him to heal the broken places in our hearts , The Lord meets us and gives us the wholeness that we so desperately need .
Thank you so much for your daily encouragement.
Blessings.
Sunita Rodricks
I, too, have been consumed with fear and misplaced sovereignty. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Lord, for loving me when I don’t feel, look, behave very lovable. Romans 8:35-39.
I know I would love this book- I read Wendy’s book LIVING SO THAT in 2017 and loved it. Even without meeting Wendy, it was easy to see we have a kindred spirit. I am not sure if I can do the Bible study (I find out today if a surgery is before me) but I would enjoy the book.
This is profound! I’m sitting here reading this steeped in grief after just losing my Mom New Year’s Day and learning at her funeral of some very disturbing family issues. This just makes me realize that Jesus MUST take his rightful place on the throne of my heart and no one else!!!
Thank you for that post!
This sounds like it would be a good Bible study. Too often we put everything else and everyone else on the throne.
Thank you for the fresh perspective you have given me on my relationship with my husband.
Thank you for awakeningJesus love for me and for the devotions from Girlfriends in God.
The excerpt I just read touched the root of my insecurities thank you!
Can’t wait to read more!
God Bless you and your family. I would love to read this book. I have my own insecurities at times and in the past it has caused problems in my marriage, but I know that if I keep looking to God, I’ll get past the insecurities that sometimes hold me captive.
Such beautiful truth. When Jesus is my first love, all else is put into perspective!
I AM LOVED!
Thank you for the reminder.
Blessings to all!!
Praise God for his grace for all of us. I too endured a horrible incident that crippled me for many years. My husband of 40 years was very loving and patience.
I hope I am chosen for your book.
What a wonderful resource this would be to have!💕
Loved reading the excerpt from Wendy’s book.
Wow! What a wonderful gift!!
My husband and I have been married 21 years. I often feel like we are just roommates, never really connecting, never totally present for each other. We barely talk, yet he can talk to strangers for hours on end. I cant help feeling that its my fault, something that is part of my depression.
It is wonderful that we can support each other through our spiritual journey. Thank you for sharing your story👼🙏Gods Blessings
I would love a chance to receive a copy of I am loved! <3 <3
I desperately want to receive God’s love, from my head, to my heart!
Good Morning from Pennsylvania. I am looking forward to doing this book study with Wendy. Mi am charge if the single Mom conference we will have in May at our church and feel this book atudybwill give a lot of insight for these moms to see that they are loved by a God who gives us grace and mercy. Can’t wait to get started. Thank you for all you do to keep women connected to the word of God. You are all a blessing
I am reminded that I have to surrender my selfish self every morning to Jesus and put Him in His rightful place on the throne of my heart. My victory each day comes only from Him. I’m more than a conqueror. He already won the victory on the Cross. . Thank You, Jesus!
Good reminder, Jan! Thank you very much. Have a blessed day.
I would love to have this study to do at home since I am having to stay at home a lot to take care of my parents.
Thank you for your sharing from the heart.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I am glad you were able to feel secure in your marriage with Gods love overcoming your fear. What a tremendous gift you’ve given everyone for sharing your story of fear and the struggles Satan uses but then the triumph from God always comes through!
I love Girlfriends in God. Thank you all for your inspiration!
Living loved has been so important to me. I would not have made it through losing my husband at a young age and raising two children by myself and the ensuing battles for a drug addicted son without KNOWING the love of God. So many women need to KNOW they are loved!
Interesting how easily we as humans put others on the throne instead of Jesus. He alone deserves that spot. His incredible love will heal and protect us.
I truly appreciate this reading…I am finally getting to a place in my life where I truly know that God is Enough. The devotional reminded me of His incredibly generous 💙 filled with love for me…thank you Wendy!
I am in a new relationship and would love to have this book as a guide for along the way!
Always put you trust in God. He will never leave you or forsake you.
Thank you Wendy!!! Wonderful reminder of all God is to us!
“Some may be difficult people … those are the challenging ones to love.” This is my most difficult challenge, thanks for the reminder to love even those who frustrate me. S
Would love to win this book!
In today’s daily life we often forget to love as Christ loves us. I teach a small group of women of various stages of growth as well as life circumstances. What a wonderful study to provide perspective on where God needs to be in our life daily, no matter the circumstance!
A lot of us have that inner struggle… Am I truly loved?? Is this right? Will this last??
I would love this book!
Most of my life I have put men ahead of God as being the one I “need”. I am now putting God first as my savior, my refuge and first love ❤️ 🙏
Wow Wendy your story really inspired me – sounds a lot like my life – please pray for me 🙂
I’ve been trying to make Jesus my first love again, but struggling to do so. I was inspired after reading what the author had to share about what she went through. I would love to receive the book to help me draw closer to the Lord, putting Him first.
WOW – didn’t that just pull up and park in front of my heart! I have been living in the grip of jealousy for so many years… fear of not being enough, fear of being compared with other women, fear of my husband leaving me for someone else, for looking at someone else… I know only God can release me from this grip of pain and suffering.
Thank you!
What Wendy shared here is a mirror image if myself and my life experience. Thank you for confirming “I was not the only one” and my new found love in Jesus!
Looks awesome and will be such a blessing to read and receive. God bless!
Thank you for the reminder that God needs to be my first love! 💞 Have a blessed day!
I am trying to grow in Christ. Would love a copy of your book.
A very enlightening article and a reminder that Jesus is our First Love, our Rock and our Redeemer
This book sound so inspiring to me as I am learning that went Christ is the center of our marriage everything turns out as it should. Thank you for this offer
Greetings in Jesus’ Name! Praise God for You! This seems to go well with my One Word for 2018 – Audacious – Like Jesus. Audacious can have negative meanings, but it means fearless and brave among other things. I think truly knowing the love of God for me, my value to Him, will help me in being audacious. There are other things I am reading that are pointing to this, too. Praise God! I believe a deep inner healing is happening, and I am so in need of that. This could only help. 🙂 Thank you for this offer and for sharing with us. May God continue to richly bless you!
I’m trying to help my “difficult” family member to forgive and love her “difficult” daughter without losing a relationship with both of them. I pray that sharing this devotion with them might help them see themselves more clearly.
Thank you for sharing so transparently Gwen!
Wouldn’t it be awesome if every woman were to walk down the aisle and marry God before she ever marries any earthly man to truly understand agape love! I walked down the aisle twice with earthly men before I discovered this and married my TRUE LOVE, Jesus! Thank you Lord for the gift of my second husband and lifelong friend!
I feel BLESSED and wish you a BLESSED day!
Thank you for the exerpt! What a great message.
THIS IS SO AWESOME AND IT IS SO EASY TO HAPPEN.I FOUND OUT ONLY THE LORD SATIFIES!
Looking for a new bible study as leader of a woman’s small group.
I can so relate to this excerpt. For years my daughters took position on the throne of my heart. I tried to be what I couldn’t. I couldn’t win, couldn’t say the right thing, do the right thing. The unhealthy relationships began to swallow me. Jesus stepped in and plucked me from the muck and mire. It has been a slow and steady climb to who ai was created to be ever since. Jesus is now on the throne of my heart teaching me His love. My daughters and I are estranged, but I love them with a new heart and am confident that in His time there will be healing.
This book sounds wonderful! I would love to win a copy! 🙂
Thank you for sharing your words with us.
Thank you for this reminder. It can be so easy to forget some days. I AM LOVED!
Gwen,
Thank you for sharing this! His timing is always perfect and just what I need!
And thank YOU for Girlfriends In God. I’ve learned so much.
❤️ Claudia
This book would be really useful for me. Jealousy takes hold of my heart everyday because my husband has taken comfort with others, even though I was loving and caring toward him. So I’m constantly wondering where he is and what he’s doing. I’m trying to draw closer to Jesus, but I’m struggling right now.
I am a child of God!
Love how inspiring you are! Yes, if we really put God first we can give our fears and anxiety to Him so we can be more like He wants us to be..
Thank you for sharing!
I read this everyday. I would love to receive this. God bless.
It looks like great read!❤️
I love being able to know there are others who have struggles, but with Christ can overcome them!
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love today’s devotional by Wendy. We all must remember Jesus first no matter how much we love family. God bless you both and your continuing ministries.
I thought that my husband could make me happy but found out that a relationship with Jesus Christ is where peace and contentment comes from.
Love today’s devotional by Wendy. We all must remember Jesus first no matter how much we love family. God bless your continuing ministries.
I love all the Proverbs 31 ministries’ women!!
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This tidbit makes we want to read the book. Thank you for sharing your story.
Would love to have “I am loved”!
Your message was just what I needed. Another example of God present in my life. I have a similar situation with my marriage, and God is still working on me. Thank you for sharing this-very helpful and leaves me hopeful that God will get us there in his time ( if I let him) 😊
Thank you for reaffirming God’s love for me & reminding me to ALWAYS keep & love God first!
Sorry, you had to go through as much pain and suffering as you did. So blessed that you found Jesus and put your Everything in Him, so you could get on with life!He is always there for you and me! All we need to do, is ask and be willing to receive Him!
I would be blessed to have this copy, so I may read and pass on to others, to give the Light and Hope of Jesus! Thank you!
I love how you over came your fear and jealousy through trusting and putting your faith in our Lord. We can do anything when we believe and have faith in our Lord. I had a awful childhood and I know without our Lord being right there beside me, I would not of survived. Thank you for your courage to tell us your story.
Very inspiring words. I would love to have a copy of this book.
Oh Gwen. Thank you for being so transparent and sharing exactly what I needed.
That void that no one…even a husband of 41 years can fill…must be filled by Christ.
Lord help us to recognize this trap when we fall into it.
I surrender all. Again. And will never give up on surrendering all to you.
Blessed to know Him.
MarySue
It’s nice that yu guys do the giveaways that we enjoy.
I would love to win.
Wendy is always insightful & refreshing on First five. Just this glimpse of her book proves she has another redeeming treasure to share.
Those were such beautiful inspiring words. Others are important but the most important person should be God. Making him the the most important will help you face any fears you have. Thanks for reminding us. We tend to forget. Jealousy is bad. But agains thanks for sharing this. ❤️
God bless you Woman of God.
Being able to Accept God’s love is so important.
I Am Loved just blew me away with that excerpt. I relate to her story almost identically about fear and jealousy because of someone’s wrongdoing. In my case the wrong doing resulted in my mother’s death so fear consumes me when I love someone. I have to pray off the fear of loss and insecurities my lack of control causes. That’s the biggest issue of all, control. There’s a difference between only accepting God is in control, but rejoicing. Thank you for the opportunity to score such a gem.
Thank you for sharing truth!
I I am impressed with your life and how you have lived it and changed it. God has truly blessed you. He also blesses me continuously and I am so happy that I can realize that.
Looking forward to reading your book! Thank you and God bless, Amy
Leaving a comment….weird, even if I don’t win, I will have to get the book. My husbands name is monte and I put him before God and I don’t feel loved. We also started out with a hard marriage, but totally different reasons.
I want to know and experience the love of Jesus like never before
Thanks for the chance ❤
From a very early age, God has shown His love for me and His plan for my life all along. But, it was not until I developed a relationship with the Lord that my first sentence above became very clear and in all my triumphs and trials His Hand was in the midst of it all!!! We hear this phrase all of the time: “We serve an awesome God”, well, when we believers truly know the Lord, we do see His awesomeness in everything He’s ever made, including me, an imperfect human but by His Grace, I can do ALL things through HIM!! Hallelujah 🙏
Love you gwen
Encouraging and hopeful!
Wonderful enlightening read!
Continue sharing!😊
My word for 2018 is Fierce. I want to live with Fierce Love, Fierce Faith. And Fierce Determination. I want to truly receive God’s love, forgiveness and mercy. Believe in my salvation and know when it’s Him talking to me. I want to KNOW I’m truly loved by Him.
Thank you for the love of our father with out his faithfulness life would not go on keep god first.
I have been married for 43 years. The truth you have so beautifully expressed here is one that has made a huge difference in our lives as well. It took me a few years to realize that I was not looking to the Lord as the true lover of my soul, but when I did, it sure did bring peace to our marriage. Thank you for your ministry.
I am loved…unconditionally by God my father!
this is my challenge this year — to remember always that God loves me and I am His child.
Your story is very enlightening and I am happy that you were able to overcome your jealousy and fears.
Love Wendy! And would love getting a free copy of her latest Bible Study
I would love to have this book!
I love bible studies and anything that bring me closer to the Lord! !!
I am from Canada and enjoy reading Proverbs 31 devotionals. So looking forward to doing this study with y’all! 🙂
OH my!… Jealousy is a big root of destruction. Seeing couples in church and families sitting on pews together. Satan puts a big spotlight on them for me so I will think about how empty my pew is without my husband or children attending with me on Sunday a.m. This study sounds wonderful and what a way to start the new year!
God Bless You!
Thank you for your message and your ministry. I am trying every day to put God first.
Our marriage is in trouble. I’m in an abusive relationship, we have been apart for 3 months there was a protection order until recently. We back together to work out our problems We tried to see a marriage counselor and we were told because he is on probation he could not see us. I am in counseling by myself. I thank God for being there for me thru all of this. I would love to have your book. Thank You
I signed up for this bible study a short time ago, and I cannot wait to start it. I’ve been floundering lately and I’m anxious to get back in a study !
We all have a different version of feeling unloved which is the enemy’s plan. That is not God’s plan for our lives. I pray that everyone that reads this will have a fresh perspective on what “living loved” really is. Thanks Wendy for this opportunity.
This story is a mirror for me, when I read it. I also placed my husband in such a position, and I also did not want to go or do anything without him, I became co-dependent on him. I can relate indeed.
I love to read. I love to read a good book. I love Christian books. I love to hold books in my hands
I want to grow in my walk this year and live fully loved
Thank you Gwenn…have been going thru a difficult season and needing that affirmation of His Love and His All Sufficiency…your encouragement to keep leaning on Him helps.God Bless you
Thank you for sharing so openly. God Bless.
I love the daily devotions. Well said! I was searching for my true love, until I finally gave God ‘ my full release” then my husband came into my life. God is good!
I to have lived in fear when my mother in law was killed and again when my husband died. I have learned that Jesus is my best friend.
God is wonderful
there are times when I do not feel his presence. I often do not feel worthy but God is forgiving and he blesses me daily even if I do not feel blessed when it feels as if everything is against me
Live loved!! Such a simple statement but so powerful. We are all loved by God but we tend to let shame and guilt for past sins and hurts convince us that we are not worthy of His love. He gives this magnificent love, freely!!! Embrace His love for you and then, in turn, learn to love yourself. Then, love others as God loves you and as you love yourself. If you don’t love yourself, how can you expect to love others, which is something the Lord commands. Love. We make it way too complicated and conditional. Just live loved.
God bless you for your daily Devotionals and encouragement. Thank you for helping me grow deeper into a personal relationship with Jesus.
I am always seeking more, and this book would be greatly appreciated.
I totally understand this jealousy and savior mindset, it had root in my marriage at one time also. Thankfully we both turned it over to God 36 years ago and we are celebrating 48 years this year. Jesus is in the restoration business still! Thank you for sharing.
The love of God is so amazing!
Great read for me this morning! I depended on my husband for too long and too much! God will see us thru! Thankyou!
God is ALWAYS our greatest strength and stronghold. Instead of
fearing and worrying, we ALL need to learn that OUR GOD is in control
and HE ALONE can and will handle all areas of our lives. We all must
learn to turn every area of our lives over to HIM!
I am loved!
I️ am sure the book will be a blessing
Love reading and applying your publications.
What a revealing story. We all need to be reminded to put God first in our lives.
Jesus always.
My husband died almost 5 years ago. But I have been so blessed.
We would begin each day by reading our Bible and some short stories. Many times this was at 4:30am. I treasured those times and now my memories.
I still start my day the same way.
I, too, have a difficult person to love in my life. This could really help me.
Thank you
Looking forward to this bible study! I need a renewed and refreshed spirit!
This is a story close to my heart. I too find myself filling.areaa of unrest with uncertainty, concern and desperation, These areas of my heart and soul are Gods space! This is an amazing reminder where priorities lie and love can be shared. This is also a focus on who our protector and Savior is. Thank you for this keen reminder of where I get my strength. My focus is placed on the one first love
I’m in!
I can relate very much to your message about loving your husband first before God. My story is similar to yours in the sense that my husband is my savior from my past life. I feel I need him always. Especially to tell me I’m loved. I know I should put God first but it is so hard. He also puts me first before God and I feel our marriage hurting. Some days are good some are bad but I think the bad days wouldn’t be so bad if we looked for God to fill our hearts instead of each other. But I struggle with that and I think my husband does too. At least I know we are not the only ones facing this, but I will continue to try to put God as my first love, not my husband. Thank you for the message and hope that it can happen.
I totally enjoyed the devotion this morning. I am reading it in the ICU sitting by my husband’s hospital bed. The words written were for me. It reminded me to trust the savior and look to him. Whatever happens I know God will walk with me through this difficult trial.
Wow, Tam! Thank you for sharing. May you know the peace of God that passes all understanding during this different time in your live. Praying for wholeness for your husband, along with his peace, and wisdom for all involved in caring for/treating him. In Jesus’ Name, Amen! Love, hugs and prayers, Because of Jesus!
As a 67 yr. pastor’s wife / FACS teacher (God still lets me be in the classroom!) – I love starting my day with various women of faith sharing their insights. Today’s devotional especially helped me to know I am loved – I have a privilege to still serve the coming leaders of our lives– and HE loves me.
Bless you, I needed to hear this today, I can so relate to your story .
Thank you for sharing your beautiful story, it touched me because I have been there with my anxiety and feared being alone because of it, I still at times feel this way, I figure if I keep myself busy it will all go away!!! It’s not the best feeling in the world but I try to get through it!!!!
Thank you for your message about love.
Bless you, I needed to hear this today, I’ve been struggling with jealousy most of my life. And walking in fear. This opened my eyes to see .
I want to know God’s love more.
Thank you Wendy…for letting God change your heart and then for having the courage to share your story to help other women!
Thanks for sharing Wendy. As I was reading your story, I remember a time as well when my fear about a certain situation had a grip on me. It was only through God’s deliverance that I was able to get past that difficult time. He is truly the only One we can trust to carry us through this life.
Would love to read your study,
I Am Loved!
Hi Wendy Happy Friday!
I would love a copy of your
Book. Thank you have a great day
Dorothy St George
I loved reading the intro to your book! Amen to how hard it is to constantly put, and LEAVE Jesus as our number one!
I look forward to this study.thank you
Your devotional was what I needed to hear. Thank you and God Bless!
Such an important lesson to know we are all loved by God.
Loved today’s message. Love Jesus first and all else will fall in place.
I believe in God but I feel as though my prayers only goes to the ceiling and not to God! I would love to read this book. I want to reach God and I feel the more I read inspirational things it will
Help
Me to feel attached and Put God in first place in my life.
Thank you for this opportunity.
What a great message. God’s love really puts everything into perspection. He is an Awesome God!!!!
Pick me please!
Thank you for this and all your inspiration. When I was married I did not put God first and as a result I eventually divorced my husband after 25 years of marriage. When I look back now I realize how little I appreciated my husband and how my perspective on marriage was flawed. I now realize that he was a gift from God but I didn’t see my husband in that light. We remained friends after the divorce mainly because our children were important to us and always with hopes of reconciling our marital relationship. Unfortunately my husband passed on in 2009.
So be it! 🙂
Thanks Wendy for sharing your story. I think I have also been doing the same.
Thank for such a beautiful and encouraging testimony. Looking forward to this study.
I would love to have a copy of your book. It’s helps to share/relate real life drama with sisters in Christ. God bless you Wendy. 💕
So very true.Put God first in your life see where he takes you!
I want Jesus Christ to be my first love and protector.
I love the word picture of God on the throne of our heart. ♥️
Wow! Powerful truths. Looking forward to the study.
I would love to win a copy of this, so could share it with the bible study class, all any of us ladies want is to be closer to God. Love reading my GIG everyday, thanks for all the encouragement.
I love how God uses others to show us we aren’t “crazy” or alone in our struggles! I too had the jealousy problem & reacted in some of the same ways you reacted. Through much self inflicted heartache, brought on by myself & Satan of course, I finally realized I had to become totally dependent on God & fall in love with Him. This changed my life & my marriage! I would love to WIN a copy to give to my daughter who has similar issues!
I would love to learn more about how I am Loved
A beautiful story of the love of our savior I was in a place too likes yours but unfaithfulness but my savior Jesus saved me too to trust forgive and love
Thanks for your beautiful words
I find as I get older, I need to depend more on Christ our Savior, and much less on others. Our Savior will be there for us, no matter what. Humans are humans, and no matter what…they are going to hurt each other. My God will not forsake me, though, and I will hold my head high, each and every battle that comes my way. Thank you, Wendy, for sharing your story, your truths, your heart. I’d love the opportunity to win your book!
I Am Loved! Thank you!
I can relate in some ways to the story and I want to draw closer to God, feel his love so I can then, ” love them like Jesus.”
I would love to be the recipient of this wonderful book set, as I lost my 22 year old daughter 7 years ago and she members leaves my mind. I have custody of her daughter and would love to share it with her.
Your book sounds like just what I need. I go to a christian counselor and she is always telling me about the love of God. But, I don’t think I quite get it, Maybe your book would help me to understand.
Sounds just like what I need to read
God Bless!
So glad I finally have a chance to understand what been going on in my life….I can’t take my focus off my husband it seems everything is a lies or a secret so that the way it looks to me and I destroying our marriage after 22 yrs. Reading this I am love helps put my Lord first and let God work in my life because truly I didn’t know how much longer I could continue this way. Thank you so much I pray when I start to feel this way again I will talk to the Lord instead
This sounds like a book with helpful advice I could use.
Winning this would truly be a blessing to me.
I would love to read this book and gain a better understanding of God’s love for me.
The message that was sent this morning was such a blessing.
I would love to win this for one of my daughters who struggles to believe she is loved.
I love the reminder that the Lord is our first love! It’s so easy to get caught up in the people and situations I encounter each day,and to temporarily forget Who is my true first priority. Life is so much better when we put God first. Thanks for your courage in sharing your story!
God’s amazing light shines through sharing your beautifully written testimony of faith. This blessed me as I am learning to have faith, hope, love, peace, strength, courage, and wisdom in my continuous spiritual growth with our Father God and Jesus. Blessings to you and your family!
Wow. This is such a timely reminder to me — I am loved BY GOD! During my first few weeks after giving birth I experienced the baby blues. I looked to my husband for everything. But he couldn’t take away the sadness, he didn’t have the answer to everything, and he could not help me understand what I was feeling. It was when I shifted my focus back to the Lord that I realized that if I trust Him, He will never fail me. He has the answer to everything but even if He doesn’t give that to me, I can trust His heart. It was then that I started to live in victory.
Thank you for this devotional. May God continue to bless your ministry.
Would love to have this!
Wow! Now I want to finish it.
I need all the inspiration I can get right now. This would be a true blessing.
I enjoyed reading the excerpt from this book and I can certainly relate!
Our minds are an incredible gift that God gave us. It has a power like nothing else. Our minds can lead us to destruction or to a joy filled place of love, security, and comfort. I’ve been to both places and it is true that we must turn to our loving God with all that we have in order to find that joy filled place. When He is truly loved and trusted above all else He will lead us there. I am so grateful for my God. ❤️😊
Thank you for sharing. Regardless of the gift or not, I mostly needed to hear this. I’ve suffered years of abuse from my father, then abandoned to the streets of Miami when the cocaine era was strong. I have had several sexual assaults and have had to fight a lot to survive which grew to a constant desire to end my life. (that was YEARs ago…I’m healed now.lol) I went from a silly, witty little girl to angry woman who could become so violent, hurt people and not feel a thing. When I got saved at 28, His love took the suicidal spirit and depression away. I cried for years just in awe that He loved me!!! I didn’t have to give him sex, I didn’t have to sell drugs for Him and/or do a hit on someone to gain His acceptance. Sounds crazy but back then, that was my life. Now here we are years later, at 46, and back single again after being married twice. One committed suicide because of the schizophrenia (he got diagnosed 2 years after we married) and after he passed away I lost everything and accepted an offer to stay with my neighbor which also was my son’s best friend’s dad. Which later developed into a relationship and I eventually married him. Not because I wanted to because the plan was that I would move out once I got back on my feet again but he started to threatened that he would kill himself too if I left. So I basically married out of fear and he turned out to be very violent. Unfortunately for him, I could defend myself. That marriage ended quickly and made up my mind to stay by myself and got healed from codependency. However, although I’ve been on my own since 2009, I find myself really needing to focus on His love once again. Somewhere…somehow, I found myself not feeling loved and just feeling edgy. Of course, I blamed it on the menopause which I know does not help. But reading this story was such a powerful yet simple push back to where I need to go. Don’t get me wrong…I’ve been reading stuff and I stay close to the Lord but inside me just didn’t seem to be buying it. lol I read you story this morning and the “aha” moment came. It was your story that helped usher me to the “aha” moment and the great reminder of His love!!!
Thank you for being so transparent!!
Seeing only the good in people and their god given potential is loving god!😊
I an struggling so much with this topic that there is actually have a site saved on my laptop this week called “How to overcome feeling unloved.” I would love to be the recipient of this book!
Your story was so powerful. Thank you for sharing it
Thank you.
I want to win this
Thank you so much for your testimony, it is so powerful and uplifting. I have been craving a stronger relationship with God and I feel as if God is telling me there is something I need to do in order to go to the next level. After reading your testimony, I reread the bottom section (starting at God opened my eyes to see Christ in a new way) and the light bulb came on, I need to have Christ as my first love. I am very excited to read your book and participate in the bible study, see you on Jan 22!!! Thanks again and may God continue to open your eyes with blessings.
Love the eloquent way she uses her words… could feel her love for the Lord jump off the page!
Your book sounds amazing!
You’re an overcomes! We all are through Christ!
Thank you for sharing. I can relate. Can’t wait to read the book.
Really putting God first above all that touch this life is hard. You do it without realizing that you do. Once you trust God and consciencely keep moving him to the top of your list then your life changes.
Can’t wait to read I Am Loved!
I am in this situation now with my husband except he is the one who can’t be alone without me! I am not sure if it is control or fear! If I am home all is good or with him!
I am inundated with love at the invisible, your article is so inspiring! All the way from Kenya, East Africa, your stories refresh me as much as they instruct me. Thank you very much and God bless you.
Good reminder to keep Jesus my first love! His perfect love never fails!
I thank God for loving me unconditionally and through all my mess. If it had not for God’s Love for me I don’t know where I’d be.
I have struggled with putting my husband beforehand God also. Making Jesus my Lord and 1st love changed my marriage.
Very good! Making God the one we love more than anything else makes our lives so much easier!
Thank you for your bog- it is so encouraging
Thank you for this great reminder and for allowing God to work through you after a traumatic event. In times of depression and darkness it is easy to look elsewhere for security but God is the one we should turn to first
Thank you for this great reminder and for allowing God to work through you after a traumatic event. In times of depression and darkness it is easy to look elsewhere for security but God is the one we should turn to first
I FEEL THAT I NEED TO READ THIS SO I CAN LET GO OF THE FEELING THAT MY HUSBAND IS GOD ALSO AS DO FEEL THAT MY HUSBAND IS LIKE GOD. THOUGH DO PRAY AND HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT I FEEL THAT I PUT TO MUCH IN THE LOVE AND BEING WITH MY HUSBAND AT TIMES. I MUST LET GO AND LET JESUS BE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND LET JESUS TO LEAD ME IN PRAYER AND IN MY LIFE TO BE WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO BE AMEN
Amen to keeping Jesus as my first love! His love never fails!
To know and feel unconditional love. A place we all need to experience. Thank you.
Thank you! This is exactly what I needed to read today:)
Wendy, my name is Brandi. I think you and I are similar but I have been told I have a mental illness called BPD we are known as Borderlines. You having fear of abandonment, fear of being alone and having pouty sessions cause you thought he loved his friends more than you…. I KNOW THESE FEELINGS and think your book would Help Me. I WANT to be Confident and Extravagant in GODS LOVE!!! Hope to Win❤️‼️
I can relate to both the fear and the hope. God has always been my one constant, but my husband and children – as my touchable, seeable, hearable reality have become so much of my life on Earth that I worry. I look forward to this study and refocusing my balance….
It is awesome when you finally realize how much God truly loves you.
Thanks for your transparency and speaking truth to power. I can relate to allowing my significant other to be my god, and I am thankful God opened my eyes, as God is now frst in my life.
I know tgis will be a great book.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
AMEN. Thank you, I sure do need the reassurance that YES I am loved by God
God is my strong hold. My help who always on time!
Sneak peak made me want more! Would love to have a copy of this book!
I truly desire to walk in the fullness of God’s amazing love!!
This book looks like an amazing read!
My heart has always been to encourage women, especially women in the church, to know how precious they are to their Savior. I know his heart is for us. But when it gets quiet, and when I am lonely, the doubt creeps in and wraps around my own heart. How can He love me? I know He does, yet I fear He cannot. To break free from these doubts….what joy.
This was a very good read. We all need to make sure that Christ comes first in our lives. Some days are good and some are not so good, but they are both days that need Christ at the center of the day. We can sometimes forget in this world or be distracted by fear, or family, or even work but start each day with HIM first. I listen to worship music and sing along to it, reading my Bible and devotions and of course with prayer asking HIM to be with me throughout my day.
Enjoyed your transparency and speaking truth to power. I have too had to realize how I was allowing my significant other to take place of God, and I am thankful, God revealed that to me, and now God is first in my life. Thanks for reminding us about God’s never ending love. I know this will be a great book.
Hope I win we serve a mighty God who knows all about us their is nothing to hard for our God
AWESOME!!!!!!!
What an insightful and thought=provoking look at who we really are when fear is our friend and not our enemy. Thank you Gwen and Wendy for bringing this to a world who needs to hear this message!
GOD has gotten me through so much, and HE is constant in HIS love for us all!
Just what my heart needed to hear.
The message about your marriage was just what I needed to read
Please?
My heart longs to serve Him and His hurting daughters through coaching and writing, but I realized I have places in my past that I’ve carried into my present where I don’t feel He could love me. Doubts that often times are on the throne instead of Christ. I’ve signed up for the bible study because I truly want Christ and Him alone on my hearts throne in every area. Thank you for the willingness to share your heart in what had to be a most painful time. Looking forward to truly learning about His love for me in the fullness.
Thank you for reminding me of this wonderful truth – only my Heavenly Father can give me “perfect love”!
WALK IN VICTORY! I AM LOVED! Can’t Wait to read!
Going through something very similar. Would love the book to help me reach that point.
Sounds like some thing I really need to read right now!
This is exactly what I need to read this morning as I am struggling with how to help a friend in her marriage. The circumstances a different but he Truth remains, Jesus MUST be first above anyone or anything else. Blessings today!
Thank you for the reminder to put God’s love first. I would love to read the rest of your book. Hope I win!
Your story touched my heart in so many ways, I have been afraid of losing the one person I love to the point of radical behavior when all I need is to look to Jesus. Thank you so much.
So excited to study with this book! The message of truly realizing that God is our first love is so important and puts everything else in perspective! If only I can learn to really live in this and remember it every day!! Thank you for the opportunity!
I have been fortunate to not have jealousy but I see it so often in marriages. On the other hand, I do not have a close friend like Wendy is to you. I pray that God puts that person in my life. Your devotions are so wonderful!
me please
I, too, for many years put my husband on the throne of my heart with expectations he could never meet. I also took upon myself to grow my husband up into my knowledge of the Lord, that too was destined to fail. What happened? The Lord grew me up to realize I needed to free my husband from my expectations and allow Jesus his place on the throne of my heart. When that happened I then released my husband into God’s power and out of my grasp.
Touched by these words.
Touched by these words that reveal how often we exchange God’s PERFECT Love and the damages that follow. Thank God that HE CAN intervene with His PERFECT Love!
I would really appreciate receiving a copy of her book.
That was a wonderful sharing from the book! I’ll be doing a study of this book with P31 shortly and would love a copy. Thank you for sharing these words today!
We all need the reminder of how loved we are my God. 🙂
I am loved, even though at times being a single mom I don’t feel it. I know God loves me though! I’m looking forward to this study as feeling alone is hard. Not even feeling I am.
Would love win. Thanks.
Good word. Jealously and possession of a partner is one of the destructive forces that erodes and destroy a marriage or any relationship. The central focus as mentioned should be our focus on God. I am aware that we all have challenges and hurts in our life in which at times leads us to take our eyes off of God and place it elsewhere. Will us remember the sustainer and giver of our lives in whom ww should put all our trust in.
Wendy, I am so excited about this study. I have found myself putting so many other things in God’s place. Seeking love draws us like moths to light but I have learned just because something is sparkling with illumination doesn’t mean it’s the way out of the darkness of fear. Jesus is the one true source for love and freedom and I look forward to delving deeper into studying his magnificence in your book! Thank you!
Total can relate. I built my marriage on my husband. All my insecurities where gone when he was around, when he was not around it turned into negative emotions and feelings and the day he walked out on me I had no one and felt that God abandoned me. I wondered how can a God love if he allows hurts into peoples lives? I wrestled with his love and if it actually even existed. Over the last 6 years of my life I have to realize I did not know what it meant to love. Whether that be to love someone else, to love God and even to love myself. I learned that Gods love is real, it tangible it’s there for anyone who wants to partake in it. His love comes when we first realize we are broken and in need of healing and forgiveness. I can go on lol. God is love and no other can give the love that God has for you. Your book will be such a blessing to the broken. Thank you for stepping up to the call on your life and writting this book.
2018 is the year I focus fully on me. Feeding my soul & filling my cup
Thank you.
I have seen this book and have wanted to know more about it. After reading this excerpt, I think it’s the perfect book for me! Hope I win!
What a great reminder that nothing or no one on earth can give us what we long for except God. Once I figured that out, I finally found peace and hope.
It would be lovely to receive this wonderful teaching I struggle a lot in this area of love. It would be blessings for me. God bless you always. Thank you for your teachings.
God is love in so many ways, and it fits perfectly to so many different individuals. God knows me and loves me! Thank you for the opportunity of the giveaway.
What a great reminder that nothing or no one on earth can give us what we long for except God. Once I figured that out, I finally found peace and hope.
I am learning to seek God’s Love more than the attention of man. God fulfills every part of me. He is the One in everlasting covenant with me. I wish my desire was more consistency for Him. I’m also working on accepting my identity in Him this year. Not just knowing what He says about me to me but for me to have full acceptance and understanding of His love which blows my mind sometimes to think about!
Someone already commented that many of us have these very same feelings. As I read this it was almost as if I was looking into my own life. I too spent many years of trying to survive in pent up jealousy, fear and a life lacking in the joy and love that comes only from God. I’m so thankful He never gave up on me. FAITH over fear! Thank you for sharing.
WOW! Can’t wait to use this as a study in my faith-based women’s ministry. I’ll definitely need to stock kleenex, in advance. Amazing testimony with the power to break long overdue strongholds that are preventing purpose-driven paths from being revealed due to various fears. We’ll have to buckle our seatbelts for this one. Thanks for sharing.
I Love You Gwen Smith and Wendy Blight bible studies. I Love doing Bible studies as a New Christian as well as the devotionals and bible readings….I can definitely relate to this as well as many others. Looking forward to reading more, Would love to get Wendy’s book….
Thank you!! ☺
I Love You Gwen Smith and Wendy Blight… I Love doing Bible studies as a New Christian as well as the devotionals and bible readings….I can definitely relate to this as well as many others. Looking forward to reading more, Would love to get Wendy’s book….
I can relate to some of the things you mentioned in your story. Thank you for sharing with us today ! God Bless !!
Praise The Lord. Sometimes I forget I’m not the only one feeling these ways & I’m gently reminded there are others & a way to overcome. I’m especially blessed & inspired to live my fullest life every time I read an article. Thank you for you all are truly God Sent. Much Blessings.
I enjoy reading your story.
I love the story.
This sounds amazing! Can’t wait to dive into it 😊 I love knowing other women who overcame great pain through God. Thank you!
Was a great way that you used the word “needed”….thank you
Praising God for the ways in which you are being such a blessing to so many other women struggling with the common hurdles we face throughout this journey. This book would be a beautiful gift for my daughter who’s getting married this Spring that I feel struggles in this area and pray she finds a connection in your story that may help her discover the peace she so desperately needs. God is so good!
I have been born of God.
God loves me.
I love God.
I am a child of God.
Ahhh, I relate! I feel as though God has been taking me on a journey of understanding I am fully loved by the One who created me.
I love it. Looking forward to reading more.
I believe there are so many of us who put our spouses before Jesus. Loving Jesus first will always put things into perspective!
I was very drawn to the statement about how God’s love will come into your heart and change you. I say, yes, yes, yes come into my heart and change whatever is not of God. Thank you for this inspiration so message.
God bless you and thank you!
I was in tears reading this because it is so very similar to my own story. So many women can relate to your story, Wendy!
Awesome testimony, thanks for sharing. Little is much when we put it in the masters hands. Just the little you shared blessed me this morning.💕💕💕💕🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
This is very interesting because I know people that are very jealous and I’m gonna copy this and send it to a few people this will be very helpful thanks so much
This is wonderful! Would love to have one. Blessings
WHAT A STORY!! So many women can relate to this…Look forward to reading more..
Thank you
I would love to be considered for the giveaway. This is an area that I want to learn so much in. I want to grow deeper in my identity of being loved so that I can love others.
This is a true testimony of faith.i would love this
The best giveaways are the ones with God’s hand all over it.
I ,too, discovered this truth many years ago and have had a peaceful heart ever since ( at least related to this)🤗
This is wonderful!!!!
I so need this
Thank you
Everyone loves a meaningful giveaway.
Many women including christians are prisoners to their fears & think it’s normal Thank you for being vulnerable & sharing not just the emotions but the answer God bless you
God Bless You
This excerpt was a wonderful read. My late husband went through a period of jealousy, that you described, and it nearly destroyed me and our marriage.
This would be an amazing book to have. 🙂