1 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:15,400 What's up, guys? My name's Alexis, your host of 2 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,080 Phrases in the Pod. And I'm going to be honest today 3 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:21,560 while I'm filming this, it's my 31st birthday period. 4 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,720 Pop off 31 sounds a little weird, but we're not going to 5 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,560 dwell on that too long. I've never really been crazy 6 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:34,160 about like, the number of a birthday, but 31 just sounds 7 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:35,960 like it's getting up now, you know? 8 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,120 Anyway, we're not going to talk about that today, but I just 9 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,600 wanted to say like, how exciting I have been spending the day 10 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,480 with Greg and just like, doing odd and in things, Laid in bed 11 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:50,040 half the day, worked on a few graphics, like took the day off. 12 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:53,880 And yeah. And then as I was out and about, 13 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,760 I was like, you know what? I really want to do a life 14 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:00,400 update of everything that's been going on because honestly, it's 15 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,800 been a lot. OK, a lot. 16 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,880 So we're going to start off in prayer and we're going to jump 17 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:06,720 right in. OK? 18 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,760 So let's do that. Lord Heavenly Father, thank you. 19 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,160 Thank you for your goodness and your faithfulness, for your 20 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,120 grace and your mercy. Lord God, I have made so many 21 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,480 mistakes. I have went before you. 22 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:24,920 I have thought I was in your will. 23 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:29,640 I didn't use discernment and I just made choices and I just did 24 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:34,000 things that I thought was in your will for me. 25 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,840 But Lord, as as time has went on, I have just realized like 26 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,680 what you're calling me to do. And I just know that there is 27 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:45,080 just so much purpose with my life and I need to stop trying 28 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,760 to do anything and everything, Lord God, and, and I just pray 29 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:52,040 that I surrender to your will. I, I surrender to what you want 30 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,920 and what you have for me, because we know that all things 31 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,520 work together for your good and you have good plans. 32 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,400 You have such good plans for each and every one of us, Lord 33 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,920 God, and I pray that I walk in that. 34 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,960 So thank you for who you are and what you've done in Jesus name, 35 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,080 I pray, I pray that you speak to me and through me and in your 36 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:16,120 name I pray Amen, Amen, guys. So a little update. 37 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,040 I don't know, like what was the last thing that we talked about? 38 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:22,960 I think it was when I joined the network, right? 39 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:27,640 So you're like, here she goes again talking about doing 40 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,320 something without the Lord's approval. 41 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,680 This is not that type of episode. 42 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,480 This is more of like a happier maybe. 43 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,920 I don't know. So God has just been moving 44 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:43,560 MPITP and for the past like several months I have felt that. 45 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,480 I've seen it, I've seen the spiritual warfare that's coming 46 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,720 from it. I've seen just the attacks and 47 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,600 the good things and just like, I just know that there's good 48 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,240 things going on, right? God is really using praises in 49 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:02,720 the pod and so back in January, let's not jump there yet. 50 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,880 Let's not jump there yet. Y'all know how I am about these 51 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,440 monologue episodes. It's hard to have a full on 52 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,080 conversation with yourself and keep it in order. 53 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:16,680 So let's start out by saying I did my very first event praises 54 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,720 in the pod by itself and it was incredible. 55 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,200 Incredible. This was just an idea that 56 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,680 popped up in my head at like 1:00 in the morning and then 57 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,080 everything fell into place for this event to happen. 58 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,400 Like it was absolutely beautiful to see that happen. 59 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,280 It was garden worship. So we got together at a local 60 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,320 flower farm and worshiped in the garden, right? 61 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,600 So like we had worship. I did a devotion about worry and 62 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,640 stress and how fitting was that? Because in the middle of all of 63 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,920 this, I'm so worried. I'm so stressed. 64 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,160 I literally like I heard this one time that most of your best 65 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,440 messages and like sermons and all that is for yourself. 66 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,680 And I truly believe that like I see it first hand now. 67 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,560 So we did garden worship. It was an incredible time. 68 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,960 I'm talking about I announced it and we only had 125 slots for 69 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,279 women to come and within four days, I think the event sold out 70 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,800 and then we had like a waiting list of like 50 women. 71 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:28,800 And y'all when I tell you that just did like it just made me so 72 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:35,840 emotional because I could see the way our community truly 73 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:39,080 truly needed. Like we need gatherings. 74 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,360 Like I know most of the listeners here are not local, 75 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,120 but try to find something in your community. 76 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,520 Like I know there are women's events here, but like at my 77 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,360 church specifically, we don't really have like a women's 78 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,960 ministry. We really push like life groups 79 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,720 and stuff like that. And I kind of like have been 80 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,440 voicing different things and talking to different people and 81 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:07,720 like it just felt like it wasn't moving as quickly. 82 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,760 Not as quickly because it sounds like I'm trying to get ahead of 83 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,320 the Lord again, which I'll know I'll be doing that. 84 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,120 But like it just wasn't, it just wasn't in the focus right now. 85 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,800 And my heart just broke because I really want to have women 86 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,400 gather. I keep seeing gatherings of 87 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,000 women and just what it's going, what's going on. 88 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,560 And I just see how much women want to do that, right? 89 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,640 And so God really did place it in my spirit. 90 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,920 Why are you waiting for someone else to do this when you are 91 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,040 perfectly more than capable of doing it? 92 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,760 Like you have your own ministry, you have the resources, you have 93 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,560 the ideas. Why are you waiting for someone 94 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,280 else to do it? And it really clocked me 95 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,840 honestly, because why was I waiting? 96 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:58,480 Like why does praises in the pod only have to be online ministry? 97 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,040 Like a why can't it be in the in in person ministry? 98 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,080 Why can't I just do this? So we planned this event and 99 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,880 ended up being incredible. And it sparks like something 100 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,040 inside of me where I realized like this is it. 101 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,120 This is this is something that I really want to add into praises 102 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,000 in the pod, not just allowing it to be digital. 103 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:24,280 So then I started planning. I started getting a little ahead 104 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:26,600 of myself. Y'all know me y'all know me. 105 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:29,760 So I tell myself I'm like I'm thinking I'm going to do like 106 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:34,440 every other month like a big event every other month girl, 107 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,600 when when do you think you have time? 108 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,600 When do you when, when, how come on now? 109 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,840 So the Lord really did clock me on that. 110 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:50,600 He was like, let let's you know, let's let's do things slow. 111 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,120 We ain't got to do it all at once. 112 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:56,000 And I was like, OK, OK. And so I did go ahead and plan 113 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,080 our of it in September, which is born to to praise. 114 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,080 It is our 2nd birthday of praises in the pod. 115 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,080 And y'all it's in Perry, GA. I'm so sorry if you are not 116 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,440 local again, but this is just a huge shout out for that event. 117 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,240 If you are local, if you know people that are in middle 118 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,000 Georgia, this is going to be an event that they want to come to. 119 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,560 Tickets are $30. They are on sale on my website. 120 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,120 You can go to praisesinthepod.com and grab 121 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,360 those those spots. I think we can have 200 women at 122 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:31,840 this event and we're already like 100 or more tickets already 123 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,360 sold. So we're over half full already. 124 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,360 And I just announced it last week, which mind you, when you 125 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,400 hear this, it will be probably June, whatever. 126 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:48,080 So yeah, go check it out. I just, I like that is something 127 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:49,880 that God has really put on my heart to do. 128 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,640 And I'm going to continue to do it as long as he is leading me 129 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,200 and giving me the ideas. Because like literally all of 130 00:07:56,200 --> 00:08:00,360 this just like falls into my mind, right? 131 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,880 Like that's how I know that God is leading a lot of these 132 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,720 things, all of these things because I'm not having to force 133 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,040 anything. Like with garden worship. 134 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:16,080 I think about it, I had all, I had everything that I literally 135 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:20,320 needed to do Garden worship sponsors came out of the 136 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:24,000 woodwork supporting this and like jumping on board and 137 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,200 partnering with us. The venue was amazing. 138 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:33,400 Sam at Arena Acres was amazing. And just like then with Born to 139 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,559 Praise, the same thing, like the venue ends up being donated to 140 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,200 us for the day. And what a blessing that is. 141 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:42,840 Like truly what a blessing that is. 142 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,480 And just sponsors already, I haven't even advertised for 143 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,520 sponsors. And people are like, hey, we 144 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,680 want to be in on this. We want to help you bring this 145 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:54,840 to life and all this stuff. And just I'm just pumped. 146 00:08:55,080 --> 00:09:02,720 OK, Now with all of that positivity being said, I have 147 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:07,160 also been struggling, OK, mentally, physically, 148 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:11,320 emotionally struggling for probably the last month or more. 149 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:16,920 And it started back in February. I know that for a fact. 150 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:22,400 Back in February, I took a different job at my church. 151 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,320 I was still doing media. And let me preface, if there is 152 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:31,520 anybody from my church listening to this episode, I am not saying 153 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,320 I hated my job. I'm not saying that like I was 154 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,560 mad and like all this other stuff. 155 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,200 I'm just saying like I was overwhelmed by my job. 156 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:44,160 I think anybody listening to this can understand no matter if 157 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:49,000 they work at a church, a corporate position, real estate, 158 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,000 you know, like self-employed type stuff, at some point you 159 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,720 get very overwhelmed with your job no matter where you are. 160 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,840 OK, so just because I work at the church does not mean that I 161 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,000 can't get overwhelmed or that I'm talking negatively about my 162 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,720 job because that is far from what I'm doing. 163 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:09,040 OK, Back in January I took a new position. 164 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,360 I was still over my old stuff, but I got added to a whole new 165 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,840 department, like being over guest services and stuff like 166 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,160 that. And like, I love to do that. 167 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:22,640 Like I love to make people feel welcome and sane and I see the 168 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,360 good in me moving to guest services. 169 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:32,560 But that made me like extremely, extremely busy, stressed and 170 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:38,800 just overwhelmed by my job. Because y'all, I don't think 171 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,480 people realize how much goes into praises in the pod. 172 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:44,920 Truly. I do not think. 173 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,920 I think people think I just walk into this room, sit down and 174 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:52,160 record and like call it a day. Like there is so much that 175 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,320 people do not see behind the scenes. 176 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:58,360 And that's one of the reasons why I try to start vlogging is 177 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,000 because I was like, you know what? 178 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,680 Like let me show people what I do on a daily basis. 179 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:04,760 Let me show them like going through my day. 180 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,440 I suck at vlogging. I truly do. 181 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,320 I forget. Like today I said I was going to 182 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,640 vlog all day. I literally showed getting a 183 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,960 coffee and I forgot the rest. Probably should record something 184 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,880 right now. But anyway, I was just super 185 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,680 overwhelmed and I kind of started noticing really in 186 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:26,800 February. So about a month, six weeks into 187 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:33,880 the job, I'm like, oh, this ain't this ain't going well, 188 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,800 this ain't going well. So I'm like at the beginning of 189 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,280 something, right? It usually is harder because 190 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,920 you're trying to, you know, develop things, figure things 191 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,200 out. So I was like, let let me give 192 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,400 myself more time to adjust and acclimate to this new 193 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:54,720 responsibility to this like larger workload and just see how 194 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:59,840 it goes. Well, I'm telling you, it it 195 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:04,560 started really wearing on me. It started wearing on me to the 196 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:11,400 point where I was just like emotionally drained because I 197 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:16,200 just was like, when I get overwhelmed, I will cry about 198 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,360 anything. Like can I get an Amen? 199 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:22,040 You know, a lot of women feel, you know, like once you get like 200 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,720 over stimulated, overwhelmed, it's just like, I could 201 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,400 literally just like barely tap this table or something and just 202 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:35,440 start crying. So I ended up going to talk to 203 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:40,240 my boss about this and I was just like, hey, I've tried, I've 204 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,160 truly tried. And I started like crying about 205 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,440 it, like, Lord, like show me what I need to do. 206 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:51,280 Show me how I need to move because obviously I've seen how 207 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:56,000 I've moved ahead of you before and how it's not it. 208 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,200 And I know that sometimes you call some not sometimes all the 209 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,520 time you call us to be uncomfortable because in the 210 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,080 crushing and the pressing, that's where new wine is formed. 211 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,760 Like is this where I'm going to learn XYZ? 212 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,920 And just like as I just kept reading my devotions and the 213 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:17,360 Bible and just praying and just seeking the Lord, I just started 214 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:22,000 realizing that like most of the things that I have added onto my 215 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:27,640 plate was self. Like I listened to this 216 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:32,440 Christian Kane, Christian Kristen, Chris Christine Kane. 217 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,200 I don't know why I just went blank. 218 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,680 Christine Kane episode with The Perrys, right? 219 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:42,600 And she's just talking about like how God has given you a 220 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,640 purpose. And sometimes at the beginning, 221 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,520 like you're saying yes to all of these things because like you 222 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,080 think this is part of your purpose. 223 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:51,720 Like you're, you're doing ministry. 224 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,240 So that means you're called to like all ministry. 225 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,920 You're just like, you're just doing everything and anything. 226 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:04,160 And eventually you start to see like, that is not part of my 227 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,720 purpose. That is not part of God's plan 228 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,440 for my life. Yes, it's ministry and I'm in 229 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,280 ministry, but that's not the ministry that He's called me to 230 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,880 do. And I finally got to that point, 231 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,480 honestly probably in the last like 2 weeks. 232 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:25,160 I don't even plan where I'm like, I am doing too much. 233 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:31,000 And people have been telling me that for about 2-3 years now and 234 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,360 I didn't really see it, right? I didn't see it because I enjoy 235 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,120 doing ministry. So all ministry. 236 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:41,960 I love doing all, all things that glorify God and are serving 237 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:43,560 God. I want to do it. 238 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,240 But then I started realizing that I was so stretched then and 239 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,640 so, so just spread out on all things. 240 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:55,920 I couldn't do one thing well, I couldn't do one thing great. 241 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:00,680 I was doing everything OK, not I'm not even going to say good. 242 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:06,320 Like it was just bare minimum. And I just started to realize 243 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:12,400 like in that how is this what God has called me to do when I 244 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,360 don't even do the things that I'm passionate about? 245 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,240 I'm not even doing the things that I know that he's called me 246 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,600 to do. Well, if I have everything else 247 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,240 on my plate, I've talked about this before. 248 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:27,760 You know, I work at the church full time. 249 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,520 I have praises in the pod. I am a creative game day 250 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,520 creative at a university here, Mercer University. 251 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:39,080 I do freelance work. And I also took on an big 252 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,080 women's conference that I'm also speaking at in Macon, GA in 253 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,560 August. So check it out. 254 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,600 OK? It's July 31st and August 1st 255 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,080 I'm doing a live podcast recording. 256 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:55,280 So yeah, go check that out. It's a bad 2026.com, but I'm 257 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,280 doing all the marketing for that. 258 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:02,800 Well, in January, I'd say January, February, I really 259 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:09,120 started like pulling back some. Like I started seeing what I was 260 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,320 doing and I was overwhelming myself. 261 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,200 I was putting too much on my plate and I started peeling 262 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,280 things back 1 by 1. So I stopped doing a little 263 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,560 freelance work. I stopped this freelance 264 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:19,760 account. I stopped doing this. 265 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:25,960 And then Mercer, I've gotten to the point where I'm like, OK, I 266 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,960 really don't have to shoot that much right now. 267 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,760 Like I love it. And I only stayed with it 268 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,040 because that was a creative outlet for me. 269 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:38,720 Because now in my new role at Southside, it was becoming more 270 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,400 administrative and there was a lot of administrative work. 271 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:48,800 And I'm, I'm y'all, when I tell y'all it the administration just 272 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:54,240 I like whoever does like data entry and like that type of 273 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,360 stuff. You go girl, you go. 274 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,240 My mind cannot comprehend it. I was making a lot of mistakes, 275 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,440 like all this stuff. And so in that Mercer allowed me 276 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,720 to be creative. It let me go and take photos and 277 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:10,480 enjoy those moments and not have all this like wait on me. 278 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,920 And so I started kind of pulling back on that just because, you 279 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,480 know, there's just a lot going on. 280 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:22,920 But then in this, I started learning that I was chasing all 281 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:27,800 of these things, all these outlets because I wanted success 282 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,840 and it wasn't really to glorify God. 283 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,840 One of the reasons why I'm be honest, I took the job for guest 284 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,320 services. I really didn't know it was an 285 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:38,640 option. Like do y'all know that's an 286 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,240 option? Like if someone like comes to 287 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,040 you at your place of work and says like, hey, we want to move 288 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,320 you into this position. I thought like that was 289 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:50,000 mandatory. I had no idea anyway when they 290 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,160 brought it to me, you know, I'm like here, yes, like this is 291 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:54,800 going to give me more responsibility. 292 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,640 This is going to like help me like elevate, you know, I don't 293 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,360 know, like grow on a ladder or something like, and we don't 294 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:05,520 even really have a ladder at the church, you know, like so I 295 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,080 don't know what I was thinking, but at the end of the day, I was 296 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:13,960 setting all of these goals to to be successful in my life. 297 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:18,160 I was picking all of these things up to make it seem like, 298 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,920 hey, like I'm rocking, I'm rolling, like I'm doing 299 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,640 entrepreneurship, I'm I'm working corporate, but I'm also 300 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:29,440 like, I was doing all this stuff for myself and just to be 301 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,800 successful. And then through this, the past 302 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:38,960 few weeks, I had garden worship. I went to Kentucky for a women's 303 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,840 ministry event, a women's conference. 304 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:48,680 And y'all like the messages that I literally wrote and like spoke 305 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:53,120 on while I was in Kentucky hit me because I was talking about 306 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:57,880 purpose and like stepping out in faith and, and how the crushing 307 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,840 and the pressing brings new wine and you understand different 308 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,160 things and how you move into a new mindset. 309 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:08,680 And like truly I did move into a new mindset because I realized 310 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:14,440 my calling is to be a wife. It is to do what God has placed, 311 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,520 you know, put in my life to steward and I know that praises 312 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,200 in the pot is it like I know that without a shadow of a doubt 313 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,720 that I'm called to steward this ministry and I see the good in 314 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,520 it right, Like I've made mistakes. 315 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,840 Truly, you know, I joined the podcast network. 316 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,000 We're not going back there and like I thought about doing these 317 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,200 things to grow and for the money and like the aspects of this 318 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:42,000 that and the other. And at the end of the day, if 319 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:47,920 I'm never make a dollar, who cares if I minister to one 320 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,640 person on here that says you have pushed me closer to Jesus 321 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,760 Christ. I surrendered my life to Christ 322 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,200 because of an episode or something that you said. 323 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,520 I God revealed himself. That's all that matters and 324 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,760 that's all that has really truly mattered since day one. 325 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:07,680 But some some way along the line, like it started getting 326 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,720 blurry, right, like I started like being like, Oh well, 327 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,000 praises and the body isn't enough. 328 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,160 I got to do this. I got to do that. 329 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,640 I got to. But God sat me down, then he 330 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,560 corrected me and put me back on a path that like, I clearly, 331 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,960 clearly see what I'm supposed to do. 332 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,760 Have I been rambling? I tend to do that, sorry. 333 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:34,600 So with all of that being said, I went and talked to my bosses 334 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:39,240 and I just basically said like, I can't, I can't continue to do 335 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,520 this. I like, I can't continue on with 336 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:46,920 this job and I am moving back pretty much to my old role, 337 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,240 which I'm super, super thankful for. 338 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:54,840 It is a very just creative role and there's just not, there's 339 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,920 more flexibility and where I'm able to pour back into praises 340 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,000 in the pod because y'all, in the past like 6 months, I really do 341 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,440 feel like I've been doing the bare minimum with praises in the 342 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,680 pod, even though it's been a lot like I still have to make all 343 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,080 the graphics. I have to reach out to people, I 344 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,040 have to talk to people, I have to like XY and Z. 345 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:17,000 There's so much more that I could be doing to fuel, not 346 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,840 fuel, but like there's so much more I could be doing to give 347 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,080 this more attention that it deserves and to nurture it. 348 00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:30,480 Is that the right word? And yeah, so I'm really looking 349 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:37,080 forward to knowing what I know now and seeing what I've seen. 350 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,120 Like, is that vague? Like, I don't mean to be vague. 351 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:44,240 I'm just like, I'm thankful to have went through the last five 352 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,040 months because it really has brought me to a place of being 353 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:51,840 content in my life. I have never been good with 354 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,960 contentment. I've always wanted more. 355 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:59,160 I've always wanted success. I've always wanted this, that 356 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,280 and the other. Just so people look in and say, 357 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,000 wow, look at what all she's doing. 358 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:08,720 Look at the her and it's not about me, it's about him. 359 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:10,800 This. That's why I'm doing all of 360 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,000 this. It's not for me. 361 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,360 It's not for self glorification. It's for God and his 362 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:19,000 glorification and to show who He is and what he's delivered me 363 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,400 from. Because what he's delivered me 364 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:25,160 from, He can deliver you from. He can literally do anything in 365 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,160 your life, but you have to surrender and you have to do it 366 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,480 for Him. That time then goes and takes me 367 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:38,720 into my next point. One of the things that God has 368 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,840 also revealed to me more recently. 369 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,520 I don't know, can y'all hear my rain jacket? 370 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:47,720 Like sorry if so. One of the things that God has 371 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:53,920 revealed to me in the past few months is I started, I've talked 372 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:58,440 about this, I think on the on not the podcast on TikTok, and 373 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,560 it was very vague. It was after I finished a fast 374 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,880 and I just was saying like, Hey, bring come along with me as I do 375 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,600 a three day fast, as I prepare to go speak somewhere. 376 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,240 And one of the things that I've done since I started speaking 377 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:16,240 places and doing certain things is I always fast. 378 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,880 I do a three day, no food, just water fast. 379 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:27,280 And that was that's what I kind of like was taught in the most 380 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:31,320 gentle way possible. It's not like I was taught that, 381 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,960 but like if you want strength from the Lord, if you want you 382 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,520 know this, if you want to hear from him clearly and move 383 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,040 distractions and everything fast 100%. 384 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,920 I am not I am not going against fasting whatsoever. 385 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,840 Y'all know, I've talked about fasting a good bit on here and 386 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,320 Miss Cherie Bertishaw is also coming into the studio to record 387 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,680 a recording about fasting. So I'm super excited about that. 388 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:02,720 But I always just fasted because that is what I thought I was 389 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,680 supposed to do before I go and speak somewhere before I go and 390 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:10,880 get on a stage and share my story and share a message and 391 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,080 I'm devotional that was placed on my heart and all this stuff. 392 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:17,840 I thought that I was supposed to fast and it just became where it 393 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,440 was something that I did every time I got on the stage. 394 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,000 Like I was going to be fasting for three days and I was going 395 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,800 to be so hungry right before I got off the stage. 396 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,320 But listen, that's just what I did. 397 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:33,640 Well, as I was preparing to do one of my speaking engagements 398 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:39,120 one night, it was like day 2 of my fast and I already didn't 399 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:44,520 really feel called to fast. Like I hadn't ever felt like 400 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:51,000 this about a fast before. I just felt like I didn't 401 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,640 really, I wasn't really bought in to the fast as much as you 402 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,120 can buy into a fast. And my mom was also fasting with 403 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:02,160 me because she was going to be up on the stage with me that 404 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,120 night. And she came in there. 405 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:05,640 She was like, I think I'm going to break my fast. 406 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:07,720 And like I really bragged on her. 407 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,160 I was like, what? Absolutely, absolutely not. 408 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:16,200 You cannot do that. And she was like, no, I am. 409 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:21,200 I don't feel called to fast. It feels like I am like there's 410 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,480 no reason for me to. And one of my Co workers that he 411 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,280 pipes up and he was like, what are you doing it for? 412 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,200 And my mom's like, well, I was doing it, you know, to hear from 413 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,120 the Lord and blah, blah, blah. And I do it before I speak. 414 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:34,440 And he was like, well, don't make it legalistic. 415 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,320 It's about the relationship. It's about why you're doing it. 416 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,400 And it's doing it with a joyful heart. 417 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,040 So if you're nagging and complaining about it, you 418 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,600 shouldn't be doing it because you're not doing it with a 419 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,400 joyful heart. Like the Lord loves joyful 420 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:53,880 givers, not complainers. And my mom's like, exactly like, 421 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,600 I'm done. Yeah, I'm done. 422 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,600 Well, she walks out and she leaves in. 423 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,120 That made me spiral that that whole conversation made me 424 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,680 spiral for about a week. I had to go talk to my pastor 425 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:09,280 about it honestly, because I started realizing that it was a 426 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,520 very legalistic of me to do that. 427 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:19,760 I had made it a routine. I had made it a ritual, like if 428 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,760 I fast, God is going to bless me with a good message. 429 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,840 He's going to bless me with a good word to give a woman. 430 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,240 He's going to do this, this, and this for me because I've done 431 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:36,280 this. If you have read my book 432 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:40,680 Suddenly God Restored Our Marriage, you know that I talked 433 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:46,280 about transactional relationships in there when I 434 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,080 was a kid. I thought of God as very 435 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,960 transactional. If I do this, He will do that. 436 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:56,800 And I caught myself doing it again, unintentionally, truly, 437 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,840 because some things start out good. 438 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:03,360 Some things start out pure. Things start out good, and over 439 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:07,160 time it warps into something that it was never supposed to 440 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,920 be. And that's what it did for me. 441 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:15,480 I started thinking of this as transactional. 442 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,680 If I do this for the Lord, he's going to bless this situation, 443 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,040 He's going to bless this speaking, He's going to do XY 444 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,760 and Z. And it was never even about the 445 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,920 relationship or hearing from God anymore. 446 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:32,800 It was just let me starve myself, read the word. 447 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,760 I was praying more, I was reading more. 448 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,360 I was, you know, like trying to seek the Lord in those things, 449 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:44,760 but it was take I don't know, I like I had to go talk it out 450 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:48,000 because that spiraled more for me. 451 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,680 That spiraled more for me because I started thinking about 452 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:56,400 other things that I do in my life, like am I making it? 453 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,120 I read my Bible every day because I want to like this is 454 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:02,800 this is how crazy I started getting y'all which we're called 455 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,400 to read our Bible. We're supposed to spend time 456 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,160 with the Lord, but I was like, am I reading my Bible every day 457 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:13,560 just because like I, I feel like God, you know, like I got to be 458 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,840 doing what I got to do because I have a plat platform, You know, 459 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,400 I hate those words, but like, I have this platform, so I have to 460 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,120 read every single day. I have to read every single day. 461 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,880 And as time went on, I started realizing there's things that 462 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:31,680 like I have made into if I do this, God will do that. 463 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,320 And it's never, it should never be about that. 464 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,240 It's about getting to know him. It's about having a relationship 465 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,360 with him, being intimate with him and growing in this 466 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,360 relationship, not just what he can do for me. 467 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,800 If I'm doing spiritual, what's it called? 468 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:55,920 Like spiritual habits? So that was something I really, 469 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:00,160 I really, you know, learned a lot in the past few months. 470 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:06,440 I feel like God has been preparing me for this and really 471 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:15,440 moving and doing certain things. And so yeah, I just, I feel like 472 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:21,880 there's been a lot of positives and a lot of negatives and a lot 473 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,960 of good times and bad times and just like learning more and more 474 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,320 obviously as you go. But like in the past few months 475 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:35,720 specifically, I just feel like I've my frontal lobe developed 476 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:40,960 more in the spiritual realm. Like I just see things a little 477 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,880 bit differently. Not that I'm trying to see like 478 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,440 the future or whatever. Like I don't know what that 479 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,520 holds. I, I still trust God. 480 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,600 I still know that he's going to move into my way. 481 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,160 He still has good plans like all this. 482 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,480 I'm not trying to figure those things out. 483 00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:00,400 I'm just trying to be obedient. And so that's, that's what's 484 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:01,760 been going on. Y'all. 485 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:06,360 I am super excited to say that there has just been like this 486 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:10,760 big, huge weight lifted. Oh, and I guess I never 487 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,400 finished, but I went and talked to my pastor about all the like 488 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,600 legalistic things that I was feeling. 489 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:22,000 And it comes down to my, it comes down to my personality 490 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,400 too, because I'm a very checklist person. 491 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:30,080 And if you're not careful, that checklist can just become a 492 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,160 routine and a ritual and stuff like that. 493 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,920 And I just need to be more intentional about the things I'm 494 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:40,600 doing and just be very cautious about those things because I've 495 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:45,920 seen how that can turn. So yeah, I just encourage you 496 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:50,440 that if you feel like you do this for that and you are doing 497 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:55,560 this for this outcome, like really like reflect on that 498 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,800 because it's not about what he can do for you. 499 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,400 Because what if he never did another thing? 500 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,160 Oh, oh, I just thought about it. That song. 501 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,280 What is it? Is it what a God? 502 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,400 It's like if the highest place I ever reach is at your feet, then 503 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:20,080 I've done it all in that he says if I never see your hand, if I 504 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:24,000 never feel, if I never see your hand, but I feel your heart and 505 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,560 I've seen it all. I think that's I think that's 506 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,640 how it goes. But basically, like if you know 507 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,480 God's heart, you know that he died on the cross, right? 508 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,680 Like Jesus died on the cross for your sins, Rose three days later 509 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,000 so that he can spend the eternity with you. 510 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,320 But you never saw any goodness out of your life. 511 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,880 But you know that he did that then you've seen it all. 512 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,760 Like you don't have to have any anything else because he's 513 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,040 already paid the ultimate price. He's already giving you the 514 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:58,280 ultimate gift. So, you know, maybe through it, 515 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:03,200 but even it even in that we do see his goodness and mercy every 516 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,320 single day. We do see his goodness and 517 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,480 faithfulness every single day. The things that we've prayed 518 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,920 for, the answered prayers, the unanswered prayers that there's 519 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,200 really no ever unanswered prayer. 520 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,520 It's a yes, no or wait. But sometimes that no, sometimes 521 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:23,440 that way is so much better than that yes, because you think that 522 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,280 this answered prayer is going to make your life 10 times better. 523 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,840 I just gave a message at the Kentucky Women's Conference 524 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:36,280 about Joseph and how, you know, in that season of desperation 525 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:40,520 where like, he's betrayed by his family, he goes into slavery. 526 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,120 And then it gets worse and he gets sent into prison. 527 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,800 And then it gets worse. And like all these things he's 528 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:49,240 forgotten for two years. But then then in a snap of a 529 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:53,000 finger, they remember him and he's brought out and he becomes 530 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:57,840 like the second in command of Israel and like his whole life 531 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,120 gets turned around. So like even through all of the 532 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:05,240 desperation, all of the terrible things that he went through, God 533 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,960 was still using all of that for good. 534 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:12,600 And so that goes to one of my favorite scriptures is like what 535 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:16,080 the enemy meant for evil, like you meant to harm me. 536 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,200 But God, why can I never remember? 537 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,920 It's literally one of my favorite verses and I literally 538 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:26,680 can't remember it. You meant to harm me, but this 539 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,680 is the save of many lives. Yeah. 540 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,720 Anyway, Genesis 5020, we actually have bracelets now on 541 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,560 the website and they're so cutie. 542 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:37,360 They're little beaded bracelets. We partnered with a Living Truth 543 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:42,720 Collective and they're so cute and they have Genesis 5020 on. 544 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,800 That's why I'm saying, I guess one of my favorite, favorite 545 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,720 verses. I just did a whole message on 546 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,040 this. I got bracelets made about it, 547 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,760 all this, but I can't even think of how it goes right now. 548 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,640 I'm just real, just being real with you. 549 00:33:55,840 --> 00:34:01,040 So yeah, I think 31 'cause like I said, today is my birthday. 550 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,680 Not today when you listen to this, but today, the day that 551 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,880 I'm recording it is my birthday. And I'm just very hopeful for 552 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,920 31. I am. 553 00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:13,239 I don't really have goals. I just want to be closer to 554 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:17,800 Jesus Christ when I turn 32. I pray that this year is just 555 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:22,760 full of growth. Lord, please. 556 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,679 Not a whole lot of crushing and pressing, but a whole lot of 557 00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:27,920 growth. I know in growth there is 558 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:32,880 crushing in there is pressing, but still please be gentle with 559 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:38,239 me. And I just really pray that I 560 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:43,840 continue to minister to different women and grow my 561 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:48,960 relationship above all else, but also help y'all like help y'all 562 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,560 see that you are seeing you are loved, you are worthy, that God 563 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:56,040 has good plans for your life, that he is going to take care of 564 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:57,600 it. All you have to do is surrender 565 00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:59,200 and all you have to do is trust him. 566 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,840 So if you have questions, if you have comments, if you have 567 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,520 things that you want to talk about, things that you want to 568 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:11,720 hear on the podcast, you know, just hitch girl up. 569 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:16,880 Let me know send me an e-mail praisesinthepod@gmail.com and on 570 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:20,000 Instagram and Facebook TikTok, all praises in the pod. 571 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,720 That's about it That is about it. 572 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,680 Just a reminder. This is the this is the part 573 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,840 that I hate talking about, but just a reminder. 574 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:34,920 We are A5O1C3 now it does cost money for this ministry to run. 575 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:39,320 If you feel led to give, if you feel led to reach out and say, 576 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:43,560 hey, I, I personally can't give, but I know like this business 577 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:47,520 maybe would or this person maybe would love to please just 578 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,960 please, whatever it is. But above that, above the 579 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,680 financial giving, if you can just give your time in praying 580 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:59,360 and really just spend time praying for this podcast, for a 581 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,560 lives to be changed for people to meet Jesus through it, for 582 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,840 people to experience and encounter him. 583 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,720 That beats the tithing it or not tithing. 584 00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:14,600 I guess it is whatever the financial giving above anything. 585 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:20,200 So thank you guys so much. I truly do love this ministry 586 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,400 and what God is doing through it. 587 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,000 I love each and everyone of you for listening to this. 588 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:28,640 Like I'm just so grateful. I'm not even going to start 589 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,960 crying right now anyway. Anyway, anyway, stay tuned, stay 590 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:33,360 blessed, and we'll see you guys later. 591 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:34,000 Bye.