WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.340 All right, welcome, welcome, welcome, ladies. 2 00:00:05.340 --> 00:00:08.500 So fun when you get on early and we have a minute to chat. 3 00:00:08.500 --> 00:00:11.940 There's so much juicy stuff that comes up even before we start. 4 00:00:11.940 --> 00:00:15.900 For those of you who are here live, welcome, thank you. 5 00:00:15.900 --> 00:00:21.600 I think there's so much power in being there live and in community and holding the energy. 6 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:23.740 So, so glad that you're here. 7 00:00:23.740 --> 00:00:28.500 Those of you that I know have a reason and a lot of you do, you've got events and kids 8 00:00:28.500 --> 00:00:31.360 and all kinds of stuff going on that you want to do the replay. 9 00:00:31.360 --> 00:00:35.520 So this is by grace being recorded. 10 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:38.540 So I'm super excited. 11 00:00:38.540 --> 00:00:41.760 This of course is the Prosper Power Hour. 12 00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:44.080 It's part of the Prosper Leader membership. 13 00:00:44.080 --> 00:00:49.400 It's what we do every Wednesday, 8am Pacific Standard Time. 14 00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:55.260 It is the heaven side of the heaven and earth combination. 15 00:00:55.260 --> 00:00:58.840 So it's the prayer, the promise, the praise, the practice. 16 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:05.140 It's the spiritual side of our relationship and our business. 17 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:10.160 And of course, I think it's all spiritual, but this is where we get to focus exclusively 18 00:01:10.160 --> 00:01:11.160 on that. 19 00:01:11.160 --> 00:01:18.140 Thursdays, office hours, that's when we get into the earth side, the strategy, the structure, 20 00:01:18.140 --> 00:01:19.140 all of that. 21 00:01:19.140 --> 00:01:23.720 So super excited today. 22 00:01:23.720 --> 00:01:32.320 The theme and the promise is something God put on my heart that I think is so needed 23 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:34.480 in this season. 24 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:42.760 And that is the promise of peace, the promise of peace, because who knows, there's a lot 25 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:44.840 of people lacking that right now. 26 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:48.360 Who knows that it's important. 27 00:01:48.580 --> 00:01:52.580 Do you know, I'm going to teach a lot about this and we're going to pray about it, but 28 00:01:52.580 --> 00:02:00.780 do you know that we not only can carry peace, which is incredible for our health, our brain, 29 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:09.919 our body, our mind, heart connection, coherence, all of that, but scripturally we're called 30 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:13.260 to actually release peace. 31 00:02:13.260 --> 00:02:17.500 Scripture says we can go into a place and actually release peace. 32 00:02:17.640 --> 00:02:24.160 So how important is what we're doing today as we really embody this and know we can release 33 00:02:24.160 --> 00:02:35.840 peace in our home, for our children and grandchildren, in our communities, in our business environment. 34 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:40.920 What a beautiful thing when you think about that, what a beautiful thing. 35 00:02:40.920 --> 00:02:48.520 And you know, peace is not the absence of pressure, right? 36 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:53.820 It's not the absence of demands that are coming from life. 37 00:02:53.820 --> 00:02:56.860 I mean, I think Jesus had more demands than anybody. 38 00:02:56.860 --> 00:03:02.060 They were pulling on him from all directions, but he could carry that peace. 39 00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:10.340 And so peace is actually a state, it's a frequency, and it's the presence of God governing our 40 00:03:10.340 --> 00:03:12.760 mind. 41 00:03:12.760 --> 00:03:15.600 And so here's the fun thing. 42 00:03:15.600 --> 00:03:23.200 When you think about peace, peace is a promise. 43 00:03:23.200 --> 00:03:24.900 We're going to see that today. 44 00:03:24.900 --> 00:03:28.600 It's a promise from God, from Jesus. 45 00:03:28.600 --> 00:03:34.040 It's a gift from Jesus, so it's a promise, it's a gift. 46 00:03:34.040 --> 00:03:43.980 It's also a choice, a choice, and it's a birthright, not a reward for good behavior. 47 00:03:43.980 --> 00:03:46.740 So look at the depths of peace. 48 00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:54.100 You know, it affects so much of our life, our relationships, our finances, our business, 49 00:03:54.100 --> 00:03:56.180 our health. 50 00:03:56.180 --> 00:04:00.320 It just affects so much, and it's got all these dimensions. 51 00:04:00.320 --> 00:04:07.460 It's a promise, it's a practice, it's a choice, it's a gift, it's a birthright. 52 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:09.980 Like I just felt so led. 53 00:04:09.980 --> 00:04:12.660 Yes, I love that. 54 00:04:12.660 --> 00:04:14.620 Be amongst the peacemakers. 55 00:04:14.620 --> 00:04:16.180 Blessed are the peacemakers. 56 00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:17.779 I didn't even think about that. 57 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:18.779 Thank you, Andrea. 58 00:04:18.779 --> 00:04:20.300 I love that. 59 00:04:20.300 --> 00:04:21.300 Okay. 60 00:04:21.300 --> 00:04:28.100 So today we're not really talking about like the typical conversation of managing stress. 61 00:04:28.100 --> 00:04:32.400 We're talking about reclaiming peace as a promise, right? 62 00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:38.360 Because we do one promise a week, and we get that stored up so that we've got such a treasure. 63 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:43.920 Remember, Jesus said that out of the heart flow the issues of life. 64 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:47.960 Jesus said that our mouth speaks out of the treasures in the heart. 65 00:04:47.960 --> 00:04:52.060 And so we want to be storing up treasures in our heart. 66 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:57.480 And so these promises are amongst the treasures that we're storing. 67 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:59.860 And so we started with praise. 68 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.280 and prayer requests. 69 00:05:02.280 --> 00:05:07.280 So if there's any I missed, put those in the chat. 70 00:05:08.200 --> 00:05:13.200 But I'm super excited to see where God is working. 71 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:18.600 I'm praising and celebrating. 72 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:21.440 And one of our sisters, she's not on right now 73 00:05:21.440 --> 00:05:25.840 because she's got an event here coming up, right? 74 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:27.360 After this call. 75 00:05:27.400 --> 00:05:30.440 And I'm so excited to watch her. 76 00:05:30.440 --> 00:05:34.120 She started from zero, zero leads, right? 77 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:36.400 Not even knowing where to find people 78 00:05:36.400 --> 00:05:38.800 or even what her niche was. 79 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:43.800 And so I'm celebrating Sarah, those of you who know her. 80 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.720 And so I was sharing before the call started 81 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:49.640 that here now she's got, 82 00:05:49.640 --> 00:05:54.360 we got her getting a newsletter subscription on LinkedIn. 83 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:56.040 We've got her going on Substack 84 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:57.800 and we've got her doing live events. 85 00:05:57.800 --> 00:05:59.640 And her first event is today. 86 00:05:59.640 --> 00:06:01.800 She's got 15 people confirmed. 87 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:03.240 So I'll keep you posted, 88 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:07.640 but this is something to just be praising 89 00:06:07.640 --> 00:06:10.640 that women are moving forward 90 00:06:10.640 --> 00:06:13.400 because that means impact to the people. 91 00:06:13.400 --> 00:06:16.240 They're called to touch, they're in their divine purpose. 92 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:18.920 It means income, it means fulfillment, it means joy. 93 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:21.440 So I'm praising about that. 94 00:06:21.440 --> 00:06:23.440 Like when my clients like rise, 95 00:06:23.440 --> 00:06:25.520 like I celebrate and I praise. 96 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:27.400 So I'm praising about that. 97 00:06:27.400 --> 00:06:30.600 I'm, and I'm praising, you know, 98 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:34.320 Andrea's coming up and she's getting her schedule in line. 99 00:06:34.320 --> 00:06:37.960 So we're going to see something similar for her very soon. 100 00:06:37.960 --> 00:06:41.080 And then we'll continue to pray during our prayer time. 101 00:06:41.080 --> 00:06:43.640 Don't forget to pray for Elen. 102 00:06:43.640 --> 00:06:45.760 And actually we're all teaming up 103 00:06:45.760 --> 00:06:48.760 and just visualizing the scar tissue melting. 104 00:06:48.760 --> 00:06:51.320 She's been doing that since that was brought up last week. 105 00:06:51.320 --> 00:06:55.360 And so we're going to continue that. 106 00:06:56.200 --> 00:06:59.600 So as we go forward, 107 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:05.560 I want you to think about the places 108 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:07.680 that we're going to claim the promise 109 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:12.680 and we're going to just breathe and receive new peace. 110 00:07:14.640 --> 00:07:17.320 So are there areas in your life 111 00:07:17.320 --> 00:07:19.280 where there's been lack of peace? 112 00:07:19.280 --> 00:07:22.760 Are there areas in your life where there's been anxiety 113 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:25.920 or uncertainty or health challenges 114 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:28.680 or decision-making fatigue 115 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:31.840 or financial pressure, relational pressure? 116 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:35.160 These are the things, I mean, this is real life, 117 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:38.120 what we're talking about when Jesus promises peace. 118 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:40.880 And when we look at what scripture says about peace, 119 00:07:40.880 --> 00:07:42.680 this is very practical. 120 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:47.000 It's like super important and praying it for our world 121 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:48.760 when you look at the turmoil 122 00:07:48.760 --> 00:07:50.760 and that turmoil in the world 123 00:07:50.760 --> 00:07:53.960 is a reflection of collectively what each of us, 124 00:07:53.960 --> 00:07:57.280 when each of us are not being the light 125 00:07:57.280 --> 00:08:00.640 that Jesus said that we are called to be, 126 00:08:00.640 --> 00:08:02.800 when we're not walking in the peace, 127 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:05.080 collectively that translates to the world. 128 00:08:05.080 --> 00:08:06.280 It's not the opposite. 129 00:08:06.280 --> 00:08:08.680 It's not that the world is out of peace 130 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.440 and that's affecting us. 131 00:08:10.440 --> 00:08:12.840 It's each one of us stepping into the peace 132 00:08:12.840 --> 00:08:16.760 that God has given us to be able to create that. 133 00:08:16.760 --> 00:08:18.640 So really powerful. 134 00:08:18.640 --> 00:08:21.240 So our scripture today, 135 00:08:22.200 --> 00:08:27.200 the first scripture is Isaiah 26, three. 136 00:08:28.200 --> 00:08:31.640 Isaiah 26, three. 137 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:36.520 Isaiah 26, three. 138 00:08:36.520 --> 00:08:38.679 And so I'm gonna do one Old Testament. 139 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:41.159 I'm gonna do one New Testament. 140 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:45.520 Now this scripture is particularly dear to me. 141 00:08:45.520 --> 00:08:49.120 Isaiah 26, three is particularly dear to me 142 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:54.120 because when I found Christ, Christ found me. 143 00:08:56.280 --> 00:08:58.480 I was a very lost 17 year old 144 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:02.160 coming from a very troubled background, right? 145 00:09:02.160 --> 00:09:06.120 Just absolute insanity, the background I grew up in. 146 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:11.120 And I stumbled into this revival meeting 147 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:13.160 in this tiny country church. 148 00:09:13.160 --> 00:09:15.600 I've shared this with some of you. 149 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:18.320 And the pastor, of course, when you're 17, 150 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:19.840 people look so old, 151 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:24.440 but I really guess he was maybe 70, maybe 80, 152 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:26.360 but he was up there. 153 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:30.160 And he had been diagnosed with terminal, terminal cancer, 154 00:09:30.160 --> 00:09:32.840 like decades before that. 155 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:37.120 And God had healed him and he was preaching. 156 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:39.240 And he had, as he repeated, 157 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:42.160 it was like five nights, I think, every night, 158 00:09:42.160 --> 00:09:46.480 he repeated this scripture, Isaiah 26, three. 159 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:49.440 And so it was actually one of the very first scriptures 160 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:50.480 I ever memorized. 161 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:52.800 So it's very dear to my heart. 162 00:09:52.800 --> 00:09:57.800 And so it says that he, God will keep us in perfect peace. 163 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:05.920 I want you to think about that. What would it be like in your life that you're in perfect peace? 164 00:10:05.920 --> 00:10:11.680 It means that the circumstances don't take you out of your peace because there's always 165 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:17.680 conditions, there's always circumstances, but God can keep us in perfect peace. This is really 166 00:10:18.400 --> 00:10:24.800 a phenomenon to think about. That is such an awesome, awesome gift, you know, that 167 00:10:24.800 --> 00:10:33.120 the mountains in life don't move us, but we speak to the mountains. So, Isaiah 26 3 says, 168 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:43.520 He will keep you in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because He trusts in thee. So, 169 00:10:43.520 --> 00:10:52.880 God will keep us in perfect peace when we keep our mind fixed on Him. So, peace is a byproduct 170 00:10:52.880 --> 00:11:02.160 of a choice where we place our thoughts, where we place our mind. So, what a beautiful, beautiful, 171 00:11:02.160 --> 00:11:08.720 and it goes on to say because they trust in you. So, you will keep in perfect peace those whose 172 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:18.480 mind are steadfast because they trust in you. So, this is a trust issue that allows us. So, 173 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:24.400 perfect peace, when you think about it, it's like peace upon peace, right? It's not fragile, 174 00:11:24.400 --> 00:11:31.920 it's not partial, it's not conditional, it's not based on circumstances. The condition 175 00:11:31.920 --> 00:11:43.600 is where the mind rests, not the circumstances, right? So, the condition is where the mind rests, 176 00:11:44.560 --> 00:11:55.120 not the circumstances. So, God does not say, I'll give you peace when things settle, right? 177 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:03.760 God does not say, I'll give you peace when things settle. That's not, it's not conditional, 178 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:13.760 right? He says, I will keep you in peace when your mind stays with me. It's a really important 179 00:12:13.760 --> 00:12:23.440 distinction. I think our God-given ability to choose is so much bigger than we ever give it 180 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:31.040 credit. So, the second scripture we're going to pair with that is John 14, 27. So, we've got Old 181 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:41.360 Testament, Isaiah 26, 3, New Testament with Jesus, John 14, 27. And Jesus, if you think about 182 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:51.280 when he said this, John 14 is like Jesus' final speech, John's 14 through 16, as he's telling 183 00:12:51.280 --> 00:13:00.080 them, I'm leaving, which was the most devastating news they could have heard. You know, if you think 184 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:08.560 about it, they had a mindset that a Messiah was going to come and rescue them. A Messiah was going 185 00:13:08.560 --> 00:13:14.800 to come, deal with these Romans that were oppressing them, get the Romans off their back, 186 00:13:14.800 --> 00:13:22.240 establish, you know, Jerusalem, establish them. And, you know, everything was going to be hunky 187 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:30.960 dory. And so, when Jesus met all of that of the Messiah, like all of their hope was in that vision 188 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:40.240 that they had. And then Jesus breaks the hard news. I'm going away. What? Where are you going? 189 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:47.440 What do you mean you're going away? And then he breaks it to them that he's going to be crucified, 190 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:54.240 that he's going to die. Like, you couldn't have given worse news. Imagine having a guru hero, 191 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.640 which we should not have, but imagine that you did, someone you were putting your full 192 00:13:59.280 --> 00:14:08.480 faith and trust in, and he tells you, I'm dying, I'm out of here. Like, devastating. And in that, 193 00:14:09.040 --> 00:14:16.720 those difficult words, those worst possible case scenario of the worst possible thing that can 194 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:26.400 happen, he's telling that. And that's where this verse is. I mean, just put it in context, right? 195 00:14:26.400 --> 00:14:40.160 Context. And so, Jesus says, peace, I leave with you. My peace, I give you. I do not give as the 196 00:14:40.160 --> 00:14:50.000 world gives. So let that sink in as we as we just kind of get into the whole, you know, teaching of 197 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:59.360 this, right? This peace is not circumstantial. If you're waiting for your circumstances to change, 198 00:14:59.360 --> 00:14:59.920 for you to be 199 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:05.200 happy, healthy, prosperous, for you to be peaceful. That's not the scriptural truth. 200 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:11.440 The truth is in the midst of the storm, like Jesus did to the literal storm, he could say, 201 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:21.680 peace be still. To our storms, he has equipped us to carry peace and say to that, peace be still. 202 00:15:21.680 --> 00:15:28.400 We have authority over the conditions that are trying to take us off our game. 203 00:15:28.400 --> 00:15:38.080 We're so trained to think that conditions need to change. This is an external mindset that is 204 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:44.240 is not biblical and it really creates a lot of pain. So it's not circumstantial, it's not earned, 205 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:52.000 it's not fragile, it's not given or taken. You don't get good enough to get this peace. 206 00:15:52.960 --> 00:16:00.960 It's Jesus's very own peace transferred to us. Just think about that for a moment. 207 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:11.600 You carry the peace of God. What a gift to you. What if we model that? What if we release that? 208 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:19.760 What if we teach that? What if we bring that to the storms in our life? So really hitting home 209 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:25.600 on these distinctions. The world offers peace. Now, this is why it's not the peace that the 210 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:34.320 world promises. The world offers peace after problems are solved. As soon as we tackle this 211 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:40.160 dictator, as soon as we get this country out, as soon as we get a new president, as soon as we 212 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:46.000 get a new law, then we can have peace. That's not what scripture's teaching here. 213 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:55.440 Do you see the beauty of this? The world offers peace after the problems are solved. 214 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:58.880 Jesus offered peace before the problems even move. 215 00:17:01.680 --> 00:17:11.680 And so here's the key principle of how the peace actually works. Here's the scriptural principle. 216 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:21.359 First of all, peace is both a gift. Jesus gives it. It's a gift. Remember, I opened saying that 217 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:31.280 one of the things that God is really teaching me is we have to learn to be in a receptive mode. 218 00:17:33.280 --> 00:17:38.160 This, by the way, those of you that are local, I'm teaching in the upcoming His View 219 00:17:39.120 --> 00:17:48.160 event. I'm super excited. February 7th. It's understanding biblically the feminine and the 220 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:54.560 masculine. Do you know there's many things in scripture that are feminine. The Spirit of 221 00:17:54.560 --> 00:18:02.160 Wisdom in Proverbs is called a she, right? The Spirit in the creation is called a she. 222 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:13.600 And so there is this Spirit hovering over the water. There is this feminine receptive that 223 00:18:13.600 --> 00:18:22.960 many of us who are female have lost that feminine ability to be open and receptive. 224 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:31.280 And, you know, we carry the womb, right? We carry where things are birthed, not just our physical 225 00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:38.320 children, but we carry vision. Things are birthed in our womb. There's so much scripture to this. 226 00:18:38.320 --> 00:18:46.320 I'm going to be teaching it coming forward. But to understand that the masculine energy in 227 00:18:46.320 --> 00:18:56.320 scripture came after, and it's the doing. And yet we as women have somehow come convinced that we're 228 00:18:56.320 --> 00:19:02.240 supposed to be doing, doing, doing, doing. And that we have to make it happen. And it's up to us. 229 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:10.160 And so therefore, this openness and this receptivity is lost. And so this ability to carry 230 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:17.680 peace and to receive is missing. And so what I'm sharing with you, I'm hoping you're getting the 231 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:24.480 drift of this because this is so transformational. And so it's a gift. It's also a discipline. It's 232 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:31.520 a choice. And it's a practice. And it's a discipline that it says he grants us perfect 233 00:19:31.520 --> 00:19:37.360 peace whose mind is stayed. You could also go to Philippians that talks about whatsoever is 234 00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:43.840 lovely, whatsoever is beautiful. If there be any virtue, if there be any praise, fix your mind 235 00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:50.960 on these things. These are high frequency things. So fixing our mind is a choice and it's a discipline. 236 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:59.840 And so peace is not passive. So being in this feminine energy 237 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:03.640 is not passive. It's not being a doormat. It's not doing 238 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:13.680 nothing. Peace is partnered. Peace is partnered. And so if 239 00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:18.760 you think about this, let's talk for health for a second. When 240 00:20:18.760 --> 00:20:22.440 peace governs the nervous system, we move from the 241 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:28.200 sympathetic, the fight or flight, fright system into the 242 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:33.560 parasympathetic, right? What happens when we move into the 243 00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:40.680 parasympathetic? Creativity increases. Decision making 244 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:48.160 improves. Immune function strengthens. Emotional 245 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:55.920 regulation stabilizes. Discernment sharpens. Stress and 246 00:20:55.920 --> 00:21:01.360 anxiety. You know, when you're walking in the sympathetic, the 247 00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:06.760 fight flight, right? When you're walking in that stress and 248 00:21:06.760 --> 00:21:12.000 anxiety that is so natural to our culture, it narrows your 249 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:19.560 ability to see and hear and feel it narrows your perception. You 250 00:21:19.560 --> 00:21:22.920 know, Paul prayed that the eyes of our heart would be opened. 251 00:21:23.520 --> 00:21:29.040 And this is the stress narrows that and it reduces our access 252 00:21:29.040 --> 00:21:33.440 to wisdom. Scripture says, she wisdom is crying out in the 253 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:40.600 streets. And the stress and the shutdown reduces access to that 254 00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:46.520 wisdom. We're in a reactionary mode. And the reactionary mode 255 00:21:46.520 --> 00:21:49.640 is not good for our health or our decisions or our creativity 256 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:55.040 or our relationships. This is why learning to just pause and 257 00:21:55.080 --> 00:21:59.600 get out of the reactionary mode that you immediately need to fix 258 00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:02.760 something we want. You know, we're driven by the desire for 259 00:22:02.760 --> 00:22:06.800 pleasure and the desire to avoid pain. And so as soon as 260 00:22:06.800 --> 00:22:10.640 something feels painful, our reactionary nature wants to 261 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:14.400 solve it immediately get into a solvent mode, we get into a do 262 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:17.880 it, do it, do it, do it mode. And it's opposite of what we're 263 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:22.640 talking about here. And so we end up triggering these 264 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:27.480 reactionary decisions that often don't work out so good. So peace 265 00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:35.240 expands our perception. Peace restores access to insight, sight 266 00:22:35.280 --> 00:22:40.280 on the inside, it removes access, it ties in our access 267 00:22:40.280 --> 00:22:46.240 to it restores it to intuition to insight, it creates space to 268 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:58.160 hear God clearly, hear God clearly. Hear God clearly. I was 269 00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:03.480 tempted last night. I'm in the middle of looking at a possible 270 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:08.160 retreat when I'm in Texas going over to Belize and I found the 271 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:12.840 most perfect place you guys it's just amazing. And just tempted 272 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:16.080 just okay, just do it. Just take action. Just reserve it. Let's 273 00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:24.200 go. And I'm teaching myself to just pause. Take a breath and 274 00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:27.920 let the Holy Spirit speak sleep on it. But what if it's gone? 275 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:32.240 What if somebody takes it that's lack thinking what's meant for 276 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:38.160 me can't be taken away. Pause so that this morning I could hear 277 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:44.200 clearly. And so, so peace is is not just spiritual. I want you 278 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:46.800 to understand that it's functional. This is your life. 279 00:23:46.800 --> 00:23:50.080 This is your business. What would your business be like if 280 00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:52.440 you were? What would your business be like if you were 281 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:56.640 making more peace based decisions? And if you were 282 00:23:56.640 --> 00:24:02.280 living less reactionary, and reactionary is always fear based 283 00:24:02.280 --> 00:24:05.840 not love based. So when we're in reactionary, we're believing 284 00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:09.760 that we don't have enough or we're not enough. Or it's fear 285 00:24:09.760 --> 00:24:13.800 based and that we're in a what if kind of scenario and we want 286 00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:18.720 to fix it and we want to avoid pain. And so this is not the 287 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:24.320 Spirit led. And I've talked to you many times about dancing. If 288 00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:28.160 I'm in a reactionary mode and partner dancing, which is such 289 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:32.400 a visual of, of keeping in step with the Spirit of being led by 290 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:36.760 the Spirit. Salsa dancing is such an example of that. If I 291 00:24:36.760 --> 00:24:40.280 get reactionary, and I anticipate and I think I know 292 00:24:40.280 --> 00:24:45.520 the next moves and I take over control and I stop being led. 293 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:53.320 And I miss the most amazing gift of what it's like to be led. And 294 00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:55.960 this is true. I think that the Holy Spirit is calling us 295 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:59.960 sisters. He's calling us to rise in this feminine of 296 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:07.600 that he's created us to. He's calling us to rise in this ability to receive, in this ability to hear, 297 00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:15.360 in this ability to pause, in this ability to carry vision, in this ability to release peace. 298 00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:19.760 We've got to release peace to our children and our grandchildren. They're really freaked out. 299 00:25:19.760 --> 00:25:25.280 They're getting so many messages. If we don't release peace into their life and we keep... 300 00:25:25.280 --> 00:25:28.800 I know when I was a mom, I was like, hurry up, you got to get there, hurry up, you're missing. 301 00:25:28.800 --> 00:25:34.320 Why'd you do that? You didn't get that done. You need to, you know. And it's this reactionary 302 00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:42.880 that's tearing down a fiber of our family, of our health, of our relationship with God. So 303 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:50.800 this peace isn't just functional. It's not just spiritual. It's so functional as to how it 304 00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:59.680 impacts us. And so what steals peace the most often is not crisis. Actually, it's mental drift. 305 00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:09.440 It's not keeping our mind fixed like Isaiah 26.3. Mental drift looks like replaying conversations, 306 00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:17.760 rehashing the past over and over and over, rehashing, replaying. It looks like using our 307 00:26:17.760 --> 00:26:23.680 God-given imagination in worst-case outcomes. What if I run out of money? What if no clients 308 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:29.840 show up? What if I get cancer? What if this cancer doesn't heal? What if I, you know, am 309 00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:36.240 unable to take care of myself? What if this happens to my loved ones? What if we use our 310 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:43.680 God-given image maker in reverse, the opposite of faith, right? Fear is opposite of faith. 311 00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:51.200 And so, or we just anticipate, like I just talked about in dancing, so that we're living like three 312 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:58.240 steps ahead of grace. We're like ahead of God. We're ahead of the move of God. We're trying to 313 00:26:58.240 --> 00:27:04.640 solve tomorrow's problems with today's strength. And God told us that tomorrow has enough troubles 314 00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:13.360 of its own. It told us stay today, right? And so, Isaiah doesn't say that peace will come to 315 00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:18.800 those whose circumstances are perfect. He says it comes to those whose mind is stayed. 316 00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:29.680 Do you get this? Stayed. That means anchored. It means returned. It means re-centered, 317 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:40.320 right? So, let's take some time for prayer, and then we'll come back for practice, right? And so, 318 00:27:41.040 --> 00:27:52.880 let's pray for the prayer requests, but let's pray about this very thing of keeping our mind 319 00:27:53.120 --> 00:28:00.400 fixed, about receiving peace, holding peace, releasing peace. Scripture says, Jesus says, 320 00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:08.480 that you can release peace into a room. You can come in. And of course, the Jewish word for peace, 321 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:15.120 shalom, right? It's nothing missing, nothing broken. It's like releasing this divine 322 00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:21.600 perfection, releasing this peace over your body. How often do you say to the storm in your own body, 323 00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:28.960 peace? Be still. Do you see that? Do you see the beauty of this gift, the power? 324 00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:39.920 How often are we releasing peace to our clients? So, let's really pray this in, that this is such 325 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:47.440 a deepening experience that carries, that we're going to have a lot of praise reports next time. 326 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:51.760 Is this hitting you guys where you are? Are you getting something really? Yes. 327 00:28:53.440 --> 00:29:00.240 Awesome. Awesome. All right. Whoever wants to pray first, let's just pray, and then I will, 328 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:05.920 I'll bring it back around, and then we'll go into some powerful practice. Okay. 329 00:29:07.520 --> 00:29:09.120 Anybody that wants to pray? 330 00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:18.400 Lord, all week, I have been, actually, for several weeks, been asking you, why do I get so, 331 00:29:21.760 --> 00:29:31.680 I guess, frustrated when I'm under pressure? And for me, when I get under pressure, and yet, 332 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:39.520 I get under pressure, and yet, I'm still working or mentoring somebody else. They feel that, Lord, 333 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:47.280 and I've been coming to you and asking you, what is missing in me? And it's this Jesus peace. 334 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:54.000 And the funny thing is, I have my salutations on letters and stuff that doesn't just say peace, 335 00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:59.680 but Jesus peace, because there's a huge difference, I believe. So, Father, 336 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:06.000 thank you that this morning you revealed to me that i don't have jesus peace 337 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:13.440 um in those times like brenda was saying it's always it's not just whenever and 338 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:20.880 you it's not circumstantial so i just thank you and praise you for that um showing me that this 339 00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:38.160 morning father god i just thank you for this word um bringing over andrea and that frustration 340 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:46.400 lord you know that i am right there with her or that i see so many things in life right now 341 00:30:47.040 --> 00:30:55.360 and have fallen away from your perfect peace lord um i pray with this and thank you thank you 342 00:30:55.360 --> 00:31:04.720 thank you lord for having brenda bring this into perspective for us um and that we see you 343 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:12.640 in such a light lord that we see you in such femininity um to receive this gift that you have 344 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:19.200 so graciously given to us father um just praying father god for each and every one of us in this 345 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:28.080 room and beyond father that you would um bring about a reclamation of peace into our lives 346 00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:34.160 like jesus peace father like peace like no other father that it would cover us 347 00:31:35.040 --> 00:31:41.120 for every corner of the earth father that this world would be covered that we would be 348 00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:50.000 the peacemakers lord that we would be the cultivators of your gift father for not only 349 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:59.200 our own lives lord that we would be an example to those that equally and even greater need this 350 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:06.800 jesus peace father when i see the world right now and hear the words that brenda so eloquently 351 00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:15.040 brought before us father through you then i know that this is part of your kingdom building 352 00:32:15.040 --> 00:32:21.440 lord and i just pray for these things father god in your incredible name father 353 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:30.000 let your glory cover the earth with jesus peace father i just thank you thank you father 354 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:41.120 jesus i just want to thank you so much for brenda and all the beautiful ladies in this bible study 355 00:32:41.760 --> 00:32:48.720 i want to thank you for their transparency to lay it all on the line to be better leaders 356 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:57.760 better mothers better women lord so many of our children of the light are reactionary 357 00:32:58.560 --> 00:33:09.760 in all that they do and so many of them are smoking pot alcohol whatever the drug of choice is 358 00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:18.560 it's so that they can get peace in their being and i pray lord that men and women of god will 359 00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:29.040 come to these children and show them the way that true peace is with you jesus it's through you 360 00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:38.000 that all the storms in our lives those are opportunities of growth for us and all that we 361 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:44.320 need to do is we need to focus on you focus on bringing peace into our hearts bringing peace 362 00:33:44.320 --> 00:33:53.520 into the room god you give us so many gifts and we're still here we're still showing up 363 00:33:54.480 --> 00:34:01.920 and we still screw up but yet your gifts keep coming we love you jesus 364 00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:09.600 we love you with all of our hearts and thank you for all that you do for us in jesus name amen 365 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:14.800 you 366 00:34:29.600 --> 00:34:31.360 mother god i just thank you for 367 00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.400 these beautiful women 368 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:39.840 for this community 369 00:34:40.080 --> 00:34:44.480 for the work that you're doing in and through us 370 00:34:47.120 --> 00:34:50.960 god i just thank you for your promise 371 00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:59.360 that you leave us peace and that is described as the peace that passes 372 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:16.600 is all understanding and that you've been speaking to me about be still and know that 373 00:35:16.600 --> 00:35:30.400 I am God the ability to pause and no matter what is happening to be able to pause and 374 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:37.640 even say thank you what a gift because in Romans 8 28 you've said every single thing 375 00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:47.680 is working together for our good so thank you that we can move from reactionary constant 376 00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:55.080 doing doing that robs us of our energy and our peace and thank you that we can move into 377 00:35:55.080 --> 00:36:03.760 a receptive to receive your gifts the gifts of the spirit love joy peace the fruits of 378 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:17.080 the spirit and thank you Lord that that this piece is often tied with breath so that we 379 00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:26.280 scripture says we can breathe out peace and that we can speak peace and that we can breathe 380 00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:40.040 in peace and that we can receive peace and blessed Jesus said blessed are the peacemakers 381 00:36:40.040 --> 00:36:49.920 that we can make peace by your grace because of what you're doing so Lord I pray I pray 382 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:57.960 peace to the storms in every life of every woman represented and to their children and 383 00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:10.200 their children's children I pray your perfect peace the peace that passes all understanding 384 00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:24.760 to be with them to be in them to be through them we receive your gift today we say thank 385 00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:34.680 you and we choose to fix our mind on you that you God are bigger than any problem 386 00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:46.920 that you God know our needs so often the stress and the pressure is because we think we need 387 00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:57.080 something but scripture actually says we have all we have Christ in us we have the mind of 388 00:37:57.080 --> 00:38:03.320 Christ we're the temple of the Holy Spirit we contain you Christ in me the hope of glory if 389 00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:12.840 I have you I have all and when I can come from that place of having this and that place of 390 00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:26.240 beingness I'm able to show up and release your presence thank you for that gift I pray that this 391 00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:36.320 will be such a line in the sand such a pivotal moment for everyone listening live and going 392 00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:46.880 forward that this will be the beginning of a new season of peace within and peace through us peace 393 00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:59.160 through our words peace through our action peace through our thoughts and we will truly grab ahold 394 00:38:59.160 --> 00:39:10.840 of this promise and live it I ask in Jesus name amen amen amen amen a beautiful beautiful 395 00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:25.560 okay good so so so good so so good um I'm gonna share a practice but before I do anybody want 396 00:39:25.560 --> 00:39:30.440 to share anything is God speaking anything to you are you getting a word as we're praying or 397 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:43.400 in this study uh anything you want to share I think he was perfectly speaking his peace over 398 00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:55.880 me praise God how he just so gracefully interjects at the perfect time it's God I'm so he's the 399 00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:59.880 Kim you're so rich 400 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:05.000 you're so pregnant with goodness, so much to share. 401 00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:16.420 And so when we think that we lack or we need something 402 00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:20.620 or we're missing something, this is where peace leaves. 403 00:40:20.620 --> 00:40:23.380 But that's lie-based, it's fear-based. 404 00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:27.660 And so standing in the truth and same thing, 405 00:40:27.660 --> 00:40:31.560 I mean, Andrea, my goodness, like what you bring to a room 406 00:40:31.560 --> 00:40:34.460 with your worship and the gifts, your leadership, 407 00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:35.780 your coach. 408 00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:39.260 So this is so important. 409 00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:42.220 I mean, Elen, you've been such an influence in my life 410 00:40:42.220 --> 00:40:44.700 and you've been such a blessing in my life, right? 411 00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:47.860 So each of us, right? 412 00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:50.500 This is so true. 413 00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:55.500 So when we think about the practice, 414 00:40:56.380 --> 00:41:01.380 this practice of living stayed, 415 00:41:03.700 --> 00:41:06.220 living stayed, not scattered. 416 00:41:09.100 --> 00:41:10.860 Think about that. 417 00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:14.180 See, the peace leaves when we try to do too many things, 418 00:41:14.180 --> 00:41:18.260 when our whole energy is scattered all over. 419 00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:21.540 And so your practice this week, 420 00:41:21.540 --> 00:41:25.420 the first one is gonna be called the stayed mind reset, 421 00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:28.980 remember Isaiah 26 three, whose mind is stayed, right? 422 00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:33.420 So practice number one is the stayed mind reset. 423 00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:37.000 This is gonna be a daily tool. 424 00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:43.500 So you're gonna notice if your peace is leaking, 425 00:41:45.520 --> 00:41:47.100 got a peace leak, right? 426 00:41:48.560 --> 00:41:53.560 You're going to name, so notice name, 427 00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:57.400 if you're carrying something that's not yours to carry, 428 00:41:59.080 --> 00:42:00.480 cause we do that a lot. 429 00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:08.840 And we're going to return, Jesus, 430 00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:13.840 I placed my mind back on you and we're going to receive, 431 00:42:14.520 --> 00:42:16.360 we're gonna practice. 432 00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:20.960 I've been sharing that I think one of the most important 433 00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:23.440 practices right now is one of my words 434 00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:28.960 for the year is the ability to increase our capacity. 435 00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:32.960 And there's so many capacities, right? 436 00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:34.760 Increase our capacity to love, 437 00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:37.240 increase our capacity to forgive, 438 00:42:37.240 --> 00:42:40.000 increase our capacity, you know, 439 00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:42.560 to teach all of these things, right? 440 00:42:42.560 --> 00:42:46.820 But increase our capacity in this case to receive. 441 00:42:47.020 --> 00:42:52.020 So we've got to switch things around 442 00:42:52.020 --> 00:42:56.420 from the do, do, do, do to the open receptive. 443 00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:58.500 I'm here, Lord. 444 00:42:58.500 --> 00:43:01.620 I'm open, I'm receptive. 445 00:43:01.620 --> 00:43:06.260 I'm still, my mind is stayed on you 446 00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:09.660 and I'm open to receive this peace 447 00:43:09.660 --> 00:43:13.760 so that I can very naturally release this peace. 448 00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:18.720 And doing this, I'm telling you, 449 00:43:18.720 --> 00:43:22.520 your peace goes through the roof, that prayer. 450 00:43:22.520 --> 00:43:27.200 And when things hit you, just promise yourself 451 00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:29.880 you will not be in a reactionary mode. 452 00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:34.560 Pause, what a gift and receive 453 00:43:35.600 --> 00:43:38.460 what God is saying for this, right? 454 00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:40.920 So practice number one, the stayed mind reset. 455 00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:43.020 Notice, where's your peace leaking? 456 00:43:44.560 --> 00:43:47.800 What are you carrying that's not yours? 457 00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:52.280 Jesus, I place my mind back on you 458 00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:54.760 and then sit in stillness at least 60 seconds 459 00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:57.680 and just practice receiving, practice being still. 460 00:43:59.120 --> 00:44:04.120 The second practice is an anchoring question 461 00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:08.080 that you can use all week. 462 00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:13.300 What does peace require of me right now? 463 00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:18.960 What does peace require of me right now? 464 00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:20.720 Not what should I fix? 465 00:44:20.720 --> 00:44:22.800 Not what should I push? 466 00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:25.960 What does peace require? 467 00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:28.020 Not what should I worry about? 468 00:44:28.020 --> 00:44:31.000 What does peace require of me right now? 469 00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:37.200 And so as I close, as you go home 470 00:44:37.200 --> 00:44:39.840 and just meditate on this all week, 471 00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:43.800 look up scriptures, do a concordance search on peace, 472 00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:47.760 speak it, sing it, meditate on it, 473 00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:50.560 write it, journal about it. 474 00:44:50.560 --> 00:44:53.560 Remember, peace is not weakness, right? 475 00:44:56.160 --> 00:45:01.160 Peace is not avoidance, peace is not weakness. 476 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:01.520 This is governing authority. 477 00:45:04.600 --> 00:45:08.360 So you don't protect peace after life calms down. 478 00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:11.120 You protect peace so life can come into order. 479 00:45:14.800 --> 00:45:16.440 I always say this. 480 00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:20.880 If it costs my peace, it's too expensive. 481 00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:26.400 Anything that costs my peace is too high of a price tag. 482 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:35.920 So I pray, as we leave this, that the Lord just 483 00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:38.840 blesses you with peace in your mind, peace in your body, 484 00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:41.920 peace in your home, peace in your businesses, 485 00:45:41.920 --> 00:45:45.560 peace in the decisions that you're making. 486 00:45:45.560 --> 00:45:49.720 Be blessed with God's perfect peace. 487 00:45:49.720 --> 00:45:53.920 In Jesus' name, see you all later.