Hi my friends, welcome back to Launch Your Big Dream Course, I'm Jennifer Miller and
this week we're talking about conquering your limitations.
You see, these limitations get in our way of us pursuing our big dreams with God.
It might be the fears or limiting beliefs or the insecurities that we have to take action.
So this week it's so important because week one we talked about dreaming with God and
it's really safe and comfortable sitting on your couch or in your prayer room or going
for a walk and dreaming with God.
But once you start taking action, man, that's when the fear starts coming in and so that's
why this week it's so important.
So for our topics today, we're going to talk about breaking free from limitations, walking
in God's unlimitedness and abundance, and the power of believing it's possible.
Mark 9, 23 says, If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.
There's such power in believing.
So breaking free from limitations, Mary Kay Ash, the founder of Mary Kay says, Don't limit
yourself.
Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do.
You can go as far as your mind lets you.
What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
So what are some common limitations?
Well, some of these are mine and you can probably relate to some of them, but feeling unworthy
or not valuable, you know, having your identity linked to something externally, whether that
in a career, actually in fulfilling your dream, in relationships, into what you look like,
the number in your bank account.
I mean, man, so often we can link who we are to what we do, but see, in God's kingdom,
our identity is linked into being a child of God, because God has the abundance, God
has the wealth, God is valuable, and therefore, as part of his family, we are too.
And then one of my common lies is not being good enough, like comparing myself to others
and feeling like I don't measure up.
And then self doubt or insecurity of like, well, what if they know I don't really know
what I'm doing, or maybe I don't know how to do this, or maybe this is too difficult.
And then this common lie of I'm just a fill in the blank, right?
I'm just a, you know, my previous career, I'm just an accountant, or I'm just a mom,
or I'm just a woman.
I mean, man, these lies can come and hinder us from taking action.
And imposter syndrome, right?
Like some of the biggest successful people in the world still say they struggle with
imposter syndrome, getting on that stage or going out in public or launching their company,
they still have this lie of like, oh, no, what if people find out I'm an imposter?
And then our inner judge and saboteur.
I mean, man, like so often, right?
We have this little like internal critic that beats us up, but it's like, well, that's not
good enough.
Or what if they don't like it?
Or, you know, you could have done a better job.
And those are not from God.
Those are lies of the enemy.
So how do you shift your limiting beliefs?
Well, there's four steps.
Identify the limiting beliefs.
So take time and actually like write them down, which will be one of our exercises this
week.
Ask God for the root and the lie, like it's always kind of connected to fear, but there
can be something underneath that fear.
And then ask for God's perspective.
What is his truth?
And then create an empowering affirmation or use a Bible verse so that when that thought
comes into your mind, you have something right away to conquer it.
So here's a couple examples of mine.
Number one, it's hard for me to finish things.
Maybe I'm just a dreamer and not a doer.
Wow.
Like this happens so often because I love to dream big and I start things and honestly,
I get things like 90% of the way complete.
And then taking that last 10% step to complete something and get it from the finish line
is so difficult.
Like I procrastinate, I go into perfectionist mode and I think I need to redo the whole
thing.
I actually did that in some ways with this course.
I had a version one and I'm like, oh, I thought good enough.
I want to do it again.
And those things can just pop into our mind and hinder us from taking action.
Okay, well, what's the root or the lie?
Fear of failure.
You know, I start something new and I avoided if it feels hard or I think I'm going to fail,
but the truth is we don't learn how to grow and get better unless we're willing to fail
and willing to take action.
You think about learning to ride your bike.
You probably didn't start off a hundred percent perfect, like get on the bike and go your
first time when you were a kid, you actually had to like, first of all, have your parents
helping you and pushing you or a sibling, and then you probably fell a couple of times
and had a.
his knee or elbow, you know, thankfully and hopefully you had a helmet on, but either
way you had to kind of get back up and be willing to try, be willing to fail.
Well, what's God's truth? He said, I have finished, you know, we have the finishing
power through Jesus Christ and we are created to be fruitful and multiply.
I say that so often, like, God, give me the finishing power of Jesus on the cross.
Give me, you know, the fruit of the spirit to help me be disciplined and have a sound mind
and to, you know, be able to do hard things.
And then our affirmation, I love this Bible verse, I can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me.
And I have to say this all the time.
Another one of mine is that I have to work hard for blessings or financial provision.
You don't have to quote unquote, kill myself for work.
And I realized it was rooted in my value and identity was in how hard I was working, that
I felt like if I was like slaving away, then I justified my income, especially in my previous
role as a CFO and part of the executive team.
I worked a crazy amount of hours to kind of justify that income.
And the truth is my value and worth come from being a beloved child of God.
You know, his provision and resources and blessings for you are out of relationship,
not because of what you do for him.
And then my affirmation is I am valuable, worthy, and enough just being me.
So I'd encourage you this week as you go through these exercises to really dive deep.
Like what is a limiting belief preventing you from stepping into your dream?
Okay, point number two, walk in God's unlimitedness.
I love going to the ocean.
So much of my life with my dad stationed in the military and our family is good memories,
like in the beaches of Virginia, North Carolina.
We actually were stationed in Hawaii.
And I got to spend so much time at the ocean.
And I miss that living in Ohio now.
But like every time I walk by the beach, like looking out in that deep water,
the sand, the sky, it just speaks to the unlimitedness of God.
Jeremy Lopez wrote this or has this quote,
break out of the box of limitations and into the unlimitedness of God.
And so often when we step into our dream, we get hindered because of our limitations,
because we see ourselves of like, oh, maybe I don't have the best public speaking,
or I'm not as good at social media, or I don't know how to run a business
or technology is difficult.
We start making all these excuses.
But really, that comes from a limitation, lack, poverty mindset.
You see, as adopted co-heirs with Christ, we don't lack for anything.
And granted, we have to take time and learn and grow and things might feel uncomfortable.
But when we have the power of the Holy Spirit, we have everything that we need.
And so what is God's unlimited?
God's love, mercy, faith, peace, like all of who God is, is at our disposal
and his power in his anointing, our spiritual inheritance.
I always think of this as like, I got a spiritual trust fund in heaven,
and it unlocks by trusting God that we have to have this trust that he will provide.
Wisdom and understanding the scripture is full of verses about asking for wisdom,
the fullness of Jesus that we have, like all of who he is, is available to us now,
not just at eternity.
And then the fruit and the gifts of the spirit.
So I love this idea again, of going back to the ocean.
And when we go after our dreams, it's like leaving the safety of the shore,
getting in this little boat.
And at first, it's like, oh, this is fine.
And then we get into deep waters and our boat seems really small
and the waves seem really big.
But see, the truth is, God, Jesus is calling us to step out of the boat,
the boat being the limitations or own skills and experiences
and be willing to walk on deep water with him, which is scary.
You think of the story of Peter, and he's like, oh, there's Jesus walking the water.
Tell me to come to you.
And Jesus goes, come, like, get out of the boat.
And he starts like walking on the water.
And then he turns away from Jesus and starts looking up the waves.
And all of a sudden, he starts sinking.
And what does Jesus say?
First of all, if it were me, I would have hoped that Jesus was like, great job.
You did such a good job.
He started walking on water.
And it's OK that you sound like you're doing a great job.
But he doesn't say that to Peter.
He actually says, why did you doubt?
You have little faith.
Why?
I'm here.
I'm Jesus.
You were OK.
And it was his faith in Jesus, accessing the spirit, the miracles
that allowed him to build the solidity of the water with his faith.
Ephesians 3, 16 through 17 in the Passion Translation, which is,
I love the Passion Translation, says,
And I pray that he would unveil within you the unlimited riches of his glory and favor
until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with his divine might.
an explosive power. Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released
deep inside of you and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root
of your life. My friends, you have unlimited access to who God is through adoption into
his family, through Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. And so I listed just a few
of those things below. You have access to divine health because Jesus conquered sin
and the greed and sickness. You have access to love and favor and provision and resources,
wisdom, your true identity, your value, your giftings, your self-worth, your power, your
inheritance, your riches. I mean, this list honestly is unlimited. I couldn't even fit
everything on here. And when you pursue your dreams, you have to stop putting yourself
and God in a box. You have to be willing to just say like, okay, Holy Spirit, show
me where I have a lack mindset and help me to see you as unlimited and partner with me
in this journey.
Number three, believe it's possible. David Schwartz wrote a book called The Power of
Thinking Big or The Magic of Thinking Big. Excuse me. I love this book. It's old. I don't
even know what year he wrote it, but it's an old book. And he has a quote. It says,
When you believe something can be done, really believe. Your mind will find the ways to do
it. Believing a solution paves the way to the solution. Believing it's possible paves
the way to the solution. Okay, so believe all things are possible and believe you are
possible. You know, again, we talked about Mark at the beginning that says like, you
know, if you believe all things are possible with God, but you also have to believe that
you're possible, that you can do hard things. Think even bigger. I think sometimes the reason
why we don't achieve something is actually our mindset is too small and God wants us
to dream a bigger dream with him. And then embrace the power of your weakness. Okay,
I love this. My weaknesses are honestly, I love I'm hungry. Like I love to eat like it's
you know, comfort of mind is like eating comfort food. But the truth is like, that's actually
one of my strengths. Because in addition to being hungry in the natural and sometimes
turning to food for comfort. I also love spiritual food. And I love ideas. And I love to share
with people this spiritual food. You know, I love hosting dinner parties and feeding
my friend. But I really love hosting like parties like this, like courses, and getting
to share like the truth of God's Word and have people just be satisfied and filled up
by the goodness. And so sometimes the thing that we think disqualifies us, or a weakness
is actually our greatest strength, we need to press into it and believe there's a reason
that God can use it for his purposes. And then visualize your success. If we talked
about it on day one, like what is perfect day look like, but actually visualize like
maybe it's a daily exercise, like, okay, God, I want to get this one thing done today. And
then visualize, like actually achieving it and actually how you're going to feel like
step into the mental vision of it, but also the emotion. And when you do that, it actually
creates the path to achieving it. And then something else I love is like this idea of
what if now I don't know about you, but so often I can do these negative what if scenarios
in my mind, where I start to be like, what if I fail? But if no one wants to buy my course,
like what if I just, you know, can't do something? What if I messed up? Like, what if this happens,
I go down a negative path. And I have to just quickly like, catch myself and be like, okay,
what is like the best it can happen? I have this sign up in my room, and it says, what's
the best that can happen? And I have to look at it all the time and remind myself of like,
what if it works? Like, what if I succeed? Like, what if it's like, exceeds my expectations?
Ephesians 320? What if like, it's there to prosper me? What if this difficult thing is
actually a blessing? And then most importantly, expressed gratitude. I mean, be thankful ahead
of time. Thank God for where you at. Thank him for the difficulties and thank him for
your future. So again, going back to this idea of believing that it creates a bridge
to your future. I love this. You have your now and you have your future. And believing
actually creates the way to bring your future to the now but it also helps you to know the
path to take forward. And so believing creates a bridge from your now to your future. That's
something that God has shown me. And Mark 11 23 says, truly I say to you, what whoever
says in this mountain be removed and be cast into the sea and does not doubt in his heart
but believes that those things he says will be done. He will have whatever he says. Now
I didn't write this in the points. But one of the things I want to talk about is the
power of our words to create our bright future to create our dreams.
that we have to be willing to speak words of life,
speak words of believing,
speak words that break the limitations.
And we go back to the beginning
where we talked about affirmations.
Like I can do hard things.
Like I am, you know, creating the life of my dreams.
I, you know, am able to work with technology
or it's easy for me to see the path forward
or it's easy for me to connect with friends.
It's easy for me to write this book.
It's easy for me to exercise.
Like start to write a list
of those things that can trip you up
and then have God and partner with him
with our Bible verses or decrees or powerful affirmation.
And honestly, sometimes it's like telling that mountain
to be removed, the thing in front of you.
And for me, one of my fears and difficulties
is actually like posting on social media.
As much as, you know, I'm comfortable on Zoom
and in front of a camera,
actually going on social media is uncomfortable for me
because it's not something that I've done a lot regularly.
I've done a ton of Zoom and presenting as my career.
And so that's something that God has wanted me to,
you know, move forward in and to be more proactive in.
But I also have to say like, okay,
this fear and this lie that I'm believing
that I'm just not good at this,
like go in the name of Jesus.
Like, you know, get down, like just remove from me.
And it's also this idea of walls of Jericho
that, you know, the thing that we want to pursue,
like we talked about it before
or we're talking about it in the next weeks,
that it's this wall that stands in front of you.
And so often your provision and blessings and resources
are on the other side of just like shouting for this wall
to be gone in your life.
Okay, I love recommending books.
I'm a huge reader.
And so these are some of the books I recommend.
Steven De Silva, one of my favorite people in the world.
He had been a mentor of mine for the last few years.
I had the privilege of coaching with him
and he wrote a book called Money and the Prosperous Soul.
He's an ex-CFO of Bethel Church out in California.
And what I love about this book is he talks about
our like going from kind of an orphan poverty spirit
to being adopted into the kingdom of God.
We have a similar heart that we love seeing people prosper
and such a good book.
If you ever feel like you have money blocks
or the ability to just walk in like taking dominion
and walking in your God calling.
Joyce Marder wrote a book called Financial Mindset Fix.
There's actually a free workbook on her website
that you can download that goes with it.
Not a Christian book, but at the same time, it is great.
She's a therapist to go through any blocks
that you might have with money.
So often why we struggle in pursuing our dreams
is that the money isn't there as provision
or we feel guilty charging for services
or the things that we do.
And so we need to get our mindset around money
in the abundance of God.
Believe It is a good inspirational book
from Jamie Curran Lima.
She's the founder of It Cosmetics.
And I love that she took something that was her weakness.
Like she struggled with rosacea in her face
and wanted to create a product
that was able to just help women feel beautiful.
And she just shares her honest story of the challenges,
but believing in her dream.
Paul Ballas wrote a book, I love it.
It's one of my favorite books, If You Can Believe.
And it's just a daily book with the Holy Spirit
of like walking in believing bigger.
He talks about his ministry
and how God's called them to do difficult things.
And it's a source of huge encouragement for me.
And then the book again, I recommended before,
The Magic of Thinking Big,
just talking about like breaking up with excuses,
believing that you can do things
and how those work to bring about your dreams.
Okay, so our exercises for this week.
I am so excited for you.
These are great exercises.
Number one, shifting your limiting beliefs.
We talked about that.
Number two, embracing your true value.
Like where does your value and worth come from?
And then number three,
like these are maybe more like action steps,
but like how to believe that you're possible.
And like, there's a lot packed into this week.
So feel free to take the time to dive deeper.
If you don't wanna go through every exercise,
especially the last one, like pick a couple.
And they're not meant to be overwhelming,
but these are exercises that like do the work.
Like these aren't just like mental exercises
or feel good exercises.
These are heart and spirit and emotion exercises
to bring you freedom.
And so my friends, I am so excited.
I wanna pray for you for this week.
And I just pray that God would bless you.
So Lord, I just pray that you'd pour out
on my friends this week as we conquer limitations.
Lord, that every lie of the enemy would be broken
in the name of Jesus.
God, that they would have powerful affirmations
in who you are and who they are in your kingdom.
God, I pray for the power to believe,
to be raised up within them for bold faith
as we go into the next weeks of setting a strategic plan
and courageously taking action.
God, I pray for encouragement.
My friend that any of the weights or lies or limitations that they've held on to god would just be removed in the name of jesus
I speak breakthrough over my friends this day and I pray god that they would wake up to their true identity
Value worth and just faith of who they are in jesus name. Amen. Okay. Bye my friends
I can't wait to see you again next week