25. And so God gave me a whole heap of stuff about numerology
and how fives and 25s and the grace and the favour and all
that kind of stuff. So I claimed it. So on Sunday, we got the
blessing, or I got the blessing of laying hands on a couple of
people, actually about four people, just in our services.
And he delivered one from the weight of her ex-husband that
she was carrying, just wrecked her and cleared it. And then
another one, another lovely lady from her mum, she was carrying
her mum, like literally physically, you could almost see
her mum on her shoulders. And so boof, release that. So it was
just, it was just amazing to what and they cried out like as
they were crying, it was just being released from them just
that weight, it was nuts. And then I went for lunch. And then
we were meant to go and help some friends do their, clean up
their house because they were moving. So that was my birthday
present to myself was to go and help them. And I arrived and
her, the husband of the house was the colour of those walls.
And it was holding his chest. And I'm like, you don't look
too good. And his wife goes, no, he's got chest pain. I'm like,
she said, I don't know what to do. I said, call the ambulance.
Like, he's that colour. Like what's going on? Anyway, I went
over to him and just what's going on. And he said, I've got
pain. And he was just so clammy, like his whole body was clammy
sweaty. It was like, oh, this is nuts. So I just laid hands on
his shoulders from behind. And I just said, just breathe. Just
breathe. Yahweh. Yahweh. Because every time we breathe, we're
breathing Jesus. I said, just breathe Jesus. Just Yahweh. Just
breathe. And then declared that he was healed, declared to peace.
He needed peace and rest in that moment. So I just declared peace
and rest over him. And whatever. Anyway, got off the phone from
the ambulance. Everyone's flitting around. I'm like, right,
okay, my job's done. I just need to go and clean those windows
that need to be done. So I saw the ambulance come. And so I
directed them back in. And by the time I walked back into the
sitting room where he was, colour was back. Clamminess had
gone. Pain had gone. And I didn't click until Monday
morning, the following day when God said I healed him in the
sitting room. But I didn't click at the time. Anyway, they did
all the scans and the ECGs. And he was fine. He was all good.
But they went and they took him to hospital to have his checks
done. He was all clear. And the following morning, God said,
yeah, we didn't need that because I'd already done it in
the sitting room. I'm like, what? I was just nuts. So it's
not directly from the training here. And then yesterday, we're
in City Prayer. And I could hear in the street something kicking
off. So there's a man and a woman and she's given it
something horrendous. And I'm like, there's no point standing
here in City Prayer when there's stuff going on out there. We
need to do what God's called us to do. So I went down to the
window to see what was going on. And this guy was moving away.
And this woman was giving it and she was kicking stuff and
smashing stuff. I'm like, oh, here we go. Out we go onto the
street. And so I called out to her, are you okay? I don't want
your help. She's a Maori lady. And I'm a white chick. And you
know, really kind of what can a white chick do for her? Anyway,
I carried on walking, walked over there. And she said, I
said, Look, are you okay? I'm just he's psychotic. I'm trying
to look he's got this spear. He was going to kill people. And
anyway, I'm like, can I give you a hug? What? I said, Can I give
you a hug? And so she let me give her a hug. And I just said,
Jesus loves you. And she just dropped like just dropped her
whole weight on me. And just burst into tears. And I loved
it because the atmosphere changed in that moment. And all
I had to do was speak his name. It's nuts. This is this is the
craziest journey on the planet. And it's flipping brilliant. And
so just spoken. Yeah, but he doesn't I said, No, he doesn't
want you. But Jesus does. But he doesn't. Yeah, but Jesus loves
you. And just within two minutes, all of her anxiety
gone, all of her stress had gone. She was weeping. Then she
was back in the car. She was going to go home. She can drive
home, get herself cleaned up and get into the wood. Nuts. So
sorry, it's probably got nothing to do with tribe social at all.
But I just like he is just and then I got to deliver 21
prophecies to 18 year old boys yesterday, who all received
them. Like, it's just crazy. Anyway, so just grateful to be
on this journey. Whatever it is, I'm Jennifer bless her heart
because I'm completely useless on the tick. I said, I will help
you get your stuff on tribe. So that's our next step. And we
catch up tomorrow because I just have done nothing in this
space other than show up to this call. That's it. Anyway,
glad you're here. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. What a
way to kick it off. I turn 38 on the 25th of June. So I'm going
to take a little bit of your testimony and say do it again,
Lord. I would like my birthday week to kick off.
Well, and congratulations for being so young. But the 25th, so
the 20 we're in 2025. Yeah. And your you know, your birthday's
on the 25th. So I'll I'll copy and it's quite long, but I'll
copy and paste if I can into the chat there. And I've tweaked
it is stuff from a like it is stuff from Google is stuff from
AI. So there's a little bit in it that I'm like, oh, yeah, you
can have that back. But I've just read it through the Holy
Spirit. And there is so much grace and so much favor on
every one of us because it's 20 and 25. So, you know, whether
we're born on the 25th, or whatever the score is, it's just
like there is next level favor this year. And we need to start
claiming it. That was all. So happy birthday. 25th and claim
it. Yeah.
Love it. Who else has a win?
I recorded my testimony this past week, and I was just
editing it before we're gonna get out. So yeah, I was gonna
start sharing that and just felt like I needed to start,
you know, coming into the light sort of I haven't really shared
anything with, you know, friends or family even, you know, about
the past few years of my life. And so that's kind of why we
joined tribe to to kind of like, also in a broader perspective,
find their tribe. But anyway, so that was a that's a step I've
that I've been sharing stuff in like, I'm brilliant with the
church, but it was, it wasn't quite different to share it
or in public. I haven't haven't posted it yet. But I will
definitely do that. But it was different experience to record
it. So
yeah, post it. That's awesome. And post it into the tribe
group so we can all see it. Yeah, we'd love to see that.
That's huge.
Yeah. Cool.
Who else?
Finishing up a 30 day challenge that has been a lot of fun. So
everything is done, recorded, scheduled. So that was a huge
thing to get done before the weekend. And it's been
interesting to just feel like finding my who in terms of my
followers and the people that are like starting to follow my
my views. I've had 27,000 views on Instagram in the last 30
days. He's not in like one video by any means, but just
collectively. And, you know, just starting to feel like
through all of that posting, just God's kind of redirecting
or just kind of showing me like what's next and just getting
confident with all the tech side of things in scheduling and
kind of automation there. And I think I've like had, like
doubled my social media following in the last 30 days,
which has just been fun, because I feel like that was
something where I've just stuck at, you know, like, you know,
and I think, you know, what Brad talked about last week is like,
are you an educator versus entertainer? I think was really
huge, just because, you know, I'm more comfortable, like a
talking head, you know, sitting at my desk, sharing
PowerPoints and content. And there was a lot of permission or
just, like not having to be like the world or having to follow
all the Tick Tock dances or just trying to get the views like we
can be authentically ourselves. But as you know, I've had
people who are, you know, appreciating it. And then, you
know, the comments like here and there, of like, you know, I just
needed to hear this today, or, you know, wow, this, you know,
was really like special, or I like this was like, perfect, or
please, you know, keep posting or just those small little
comments of people you don't know that are being encouraged
and touched. I think, you know, just your words matter. And
like each of us, even if it's on a social media platform,
I think, you know, just your words matter. And like each of
us, even if it's on a small scale, like it's making a
difference. And, you know, you never know, like, who needs to
hear what you have to say. And so it might not be the millions
of followers or like big influence, but it's the one, you
know, that that matters. So I think that's been encouraging.
That's awesome. Well done. For the consistency, that's huge.
And I think to guys, like something in my journey of
content creation, when it came to the consistency and getting
the reps in, that I wish I had paid more attention to when I
was in it, and I'll be in it again someday soon, is not just
the output and what that was doing for the outside world and
the impact I was making, which is huge. But also, I wish I
would have been paying attention more, more aware of what was
happening within me. To do the consistent showing up, you know,
talking about just even the the confidence, the boldness, the
courage to post and put it out there. Yes.
that definitely influences others but there was also something the Lord was doing with me as I
was becoming so and I know Marcella did that recently as well 30 day declaration challenge
which is awesome so thank you so much for sharing I'm really proud that is not a small task
not at all anyone else want to share any wins before we kind of jump in today
okay going once going twice Marcella I saw it I saw
um just um you know like you're saying just um reflecting on you know when God gives us
something to do and then how it impacts us and so like for me just balancing all of the
things that I have like in this season it's just like I've ate so much and he's just really been
urging me to like produce out of what he what I've learned and gained and how he's just putting
it together and um so while I did the 30 day challenge and then I shifted and I had to focus
on something else and I was like oh my gosh Lord I feel like I in a moment I felt like oh I failed
I dropped off again but only for a few days and so the Lord was just so kind and so gentle and
he was like Marcella you have enough content now you can now go back and repurpose something
that you have posted so I just like just very casually it felt haphazard to me like just take
a clip of this put it up there and then to like you know like Jennifer you you don't it just does
something you're like I didn't even try so hard I just obeyed and so that's what I'm learning is
like just really yielding myself to what he's calling me to do without overthinking it and
though I'm not doing it for views it the views do does help you know it does kind of really
hurt you too yeah eyeballs are people it's not just a number yeah you know to get you know to
do something like that and to get like 80 comments was just like okay all right Lord I see that this
is where you called me I can settle here and keep going and so I'm learning to just allow him to do
that and not feel um that what he's given me is because what he has given me is a lot and I could
feel that but to know that he that I can walk with him in partnership and steward it and I
gotta do it every day I don't have to like hustle it up I can just settle into it so that's that's
all I wanted to say that's such a great segue into what I feel led to share today and I'm gonna
break some rules because the people tell you when you show up to coaching calls when you show up to
public speaking events you don't want to admit any hesitancy any nerves any because that's not fair to
the audience you don't put that on the audience but this is a coaching group this is a learning
group and so the best way we learn is we we're vulnerable right and we model and we go the way
just so we can show the way so I'm just gonna say I was a little hesitant to do today's call
okay because it's been a while now some of you have been with me for a while and you know I've
been on the a um I don't even it's not really sabbatical it's just a different a season shift
at a major season shift became a mother three years ago felt uh led to really step back was
very humbled by it because I thought I was going to be able to keep on keeping on and doing all the
things because um some people can and they do a good job but for me I couldn't do all the things
at once and so I I needed to prioritize and I chose family and um became more home-centric
and um it's been a wonderful journey but when Bruce said hey I really I really think it'd be
great if you jumped on a call and did some coaching my first initial reaction was I don't have anything
to give that was my first initial reaction and I felt like the holy spirit stopped me in that
moment and said I don't like that way of thinking because it's not true number one
and it wasn't a matter of you know feeling pressured like I have to do it
but I felt like there was an invitation to step into doing this again uh in in a new way
meaning not a new me necessarily or new version of me but an expanded version of myself because
that's what's happened over the last three years it's happened to all of you I'm sure as well in
your own spheres of influence and industries and in your home life and what God has been showing
you is there is a ever-increasing expansion of the awareness of who you are and who you're becoming
in God and so um one of the reasons I was hesitant and felt like I didn't have anything to give is
because I've been out of it for a little bit so I didn't really feel like I had the latest strategy
or tactic to share that would help you grow your channels or your business or bring in more income
or revenue and so I felt a bit intimidated of like well then I don't have anything to give but
Then I kind of had a Peter moment where it was like gold and silver, I have none.
Strategies and tactics, I have none, but what I do have, I'm going to give you
today, what I do have, I'm going to share.
And so, um, for those of you who don't know me, I'm Lindsay, I'm Bruce's wife,
proud, proudly carrying that title and that role, love being Bruce's wife.
And, um, we are on a journey together of pioneering.
We've, um, done business together for, well, I would, I would probably say
we've just celebrated 14 years of marriage.
When we got married, I, before we got married, I should say, I told people I
would never marry an entrepreneur, never.
And then I did because I fell in love with entrepreneur and his entrepreneurial
spirit and all that that entails.
So I said, okay, I'm going to marry an entrepreneur, but I'm not going
to ever become an entrepreneur.
And so I was like, I will have the safe nine to five.
I will have the benefits.
I will have, you know, the office and the stability, and you can go
and do the entrepreneurial thing.
And then we just, we'll, we'll have a plan B in case it doesn't work out.
You know, I'll be bringing in the, the nine to five secure,
you know, paycheck and stuff.
And then through a series of events, we don't have time to get into today.
I lost that secure, safe, stable nine to five job.
And in 2019, and Bruce came to me and he said, because I didn't
know what I was going to do.
Like I was pretty much burnout.
I didn't really feel motivated to do it again.
You know, do the interview thing, do all that.
And Bruce said, what if we do something together?
Because at that, up until that time, we were pretty much doing a lot of similar
things, me and my nine to five and him and his entrepreneurial business, which by
the way, was extremely successful and stable and secure for the most part.
You know, it is entrepreneurship.
So there's way, you know, ebbs and flows, but by no means was either,
you know, the only secure one.
What if we do something together?
And what my yes, which was very hesitant.
I would say at the time I was a very reluctant pioneer.
My yes changed the trajectory of our marriage, of our family, of our business.
Um, and it doesn't happen for everyone that way.
You're not saying that every couple has to do it that way, but what was important
was I stepped into an identity that was always meant for me, that I was reluctant
and hesitant to take on because it didn't feel secure enough.
And so I want to talk a little bit about that today.
Um, and all that to say in my entrepreneur journey over the last, I don't know, do
the math, was it 14 years all along?
Was it even before that?
What did it start in 2019?
We could probably argue all those angles, but what I have found is that strategy
and tactics are wonderful, but they're ever changing because they're never
changing and, you know, so it's great for now and then you'll have to kind of keep
up with it, but what has, what sticks often is mindset, how we think, what we
think, what we believe is pretty permanent.
And that's what really makes or breaks a lot of entrepreneurial pioneering journeys.
So I'm going to talk about some mindset stuff today.
And, um, it's one of the things I kind of want to talk about today is
it's one of the things I kind of, I'll launch into it this way.
Back in April, I did something I had never done before.
I read the Bible all the way through in 30 days and it was incredible.
And before you're impressed by that, I've been on, I've been in love
with Jesus for a really long time.
It was long overdue that I do something like that.
I think I've only read through the Bible through in a year.
One time I did one of those yearly plans, which was wonderful.
I think that was back in 2017, but, um, I, there's some women at church that
said, Hey, we're going to do the, read the Bible through in 30 days.
And I was like, before I could say no, I said yes.
And it was amazing.
It was amazing to do that.
Anyone, any one of you can do that.
I would recommend it.
I would recommend using the Bible app.
I read and I listened, which was incredible.
Um, but the point is not that I did it.
What I wanted to share was after that 30 days, there was one scripture that
stood out to me above all the rest that I had read in 30 days and has followed me
every single day since finishing that 30 day journey.
And I want to share that with you today.
I thought that would be a good tee up because it's, I thought it'd be a little
bit more intriguing than, Hey, there's scripture means a lot to me, but it's
like, no, out of everything I read for 30 days, straight in the Bible, cover to
cover, this is the one thing that has followed me and has become deeply
implanted in my thinking and the way that I think and how I think about things.
So a little bit of context, it's in Isaiah, so up until this point, you know, we're reading
through Genesis and Exodus and all that the Israelites are facing and Kings and Chronicles
and all of the failure and all of the sin and all of the idolatry and all of the stupidity
of these people who were chosen by God and yet could not, could not keep it together.
They just kept rebelling and failing and sinning and finding other gods and thinking
they were better than the one true God. And so up, you know, and so maybe it's been 15 days in
and I've just read through all of that and I'm, I'm wearied by the journey of these Israelites
and it's like, I don't even, I don't want to read anymore because it's not just reading that,
it's also reading the judgments of what they've done and what the consequences are for that.
And it's just heavy and it's like hard not to relate it to what's happening in the nations
today and all of that. So I get to Isaiah 43 and I read these words and it's the Lord speaking to
his people and he says, but Jacob, you have not called on me because Israel, you've become weary
of me. You've not called on me because you've become weary of me. And that stopped me in my
tracks. And I don't think I can really portray the intensity of, you know, I'm trying to, but
reading through all of the failure and, and all of the faithfulness of God, the failure of the
people and the faithfulness of God. And it's just this continual journey for, you know, years and
years and years and generations and generations. And I'm feeling the weight and the pressure and
the heaviness of just that burden of separation between God and his people that they continue to
choose. It's not even something that he has put on them. It's what they've chosen. They've chosen
this over relationship with the one true God. And the words of God to them is, but you've not
called on me. What a difference that would make if you just call on me. And why haven't you called
on me? Because you've grown weary of me. And so I looked up that word weary. Cause when I first
read it, I'm like, oh wow. I mean, it's, it's still even emotional sometimes to think about like
growing weary of the Lord, growing tired of him. I dove in a little bit deeper to that word
and it's yaga and it means toil.
Where do we see toil show up in scripture at the first Genesis three, all the way in the beginning.
So I'm going to take us there.
And this is after even Adam and Eve have eaten of the fruit and the Lord is speaking to the curse
that is now enacted because of that, because of sin, because of separation. And he said to the
woman, I will intensify your labor pains. You will bear children with painful effort. Your desire
will be for your husband, yet he will rule over you. And then he said to the man, because you've
listened to your wife and ate from the tree, which I've commanded you not to eat from the ground is
cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor. Now I'm reading from the
Christian standard Bible, that translation. So they actually do a pretty good job of, of using,
cause it's the same word, that painful labor, painful effort and painful labor. And earlier
translations like King James, they talk about the woman will give pain in, in sorrow. Some
translations say in pain. And then when they're talking to Adam, the translation will talk about
toil. When you work with the ground, there'll be toil, but it's the same word. It's the same word.
And we'll talk a little bit about that in a second. Let me finish reading this. It says it
will produce thorns and thistles for you. And you will eat the plants of the field. You will eat
bread by the sweat of your own brow until you return to the ground since you were taken from
it for you are dust and you return to dust. Okay. So this was really interesting. Probably
stuff that you already know. Adam and Eve were not cursed. He didn't curse Adam and Eve, but
curse entered into the work of their hands. And it was toil that became entangled in their work.
Work was not curse. Hard work is not a curse. It's doing it by the sweat of your own brow.
The curse is that toil enters into the work, which is really separation because the curse
is doing it by the sweat of your own brow. No longer doing it in partnership with the Lord,
but operating out of a place of separation from the Lord.
Lord because of sin. Toil. And it's the same for the woman and the same for man. So I don't know
if that messes with your theology. I probably doesn't because we've got a good group here,
but way back when it was all about, you know, pain for the woman, sorrow for the woman,
toil for the man. It's the same thing. Toil and toil. What you're going to produce,
what you're going to try to bring life to, bring life, you know, through birth or through the
ground, through cultivating the earth. When you try to bring life, there's going to be toil
attached to it. That's the curse. Then we go to Isaiah. It's not the same word, but it's still
toil. It's not the same word in the Hebrew. That would be really cool if it was, but it's still
toil. So the word in Genesis that's used is kapio. I'm probably not saying that right.
The word that's in Isaiah is yaga, but it's meaning the same thing.
Weariness, exhaustion related to burden, grief, or toil.
So as I'm rereading that, that scripture in Isaiah,
Jacob, you're not called on me because you've likened relationship with me. You've likened
communion with me. You've likened talking to me to toil.
You've made it like toil, like painful labor to call on me, to talk to me, to relate with me.
And wasn't that the issue all along with the Israelites? They were offered relationship.
They're at the base of the mountain in Exodus, and the Lord is offering them relationship,
and they say, no, Moses, you go. Just tell us what to do, and we'll do it.
It's too scary. This feels too much. Moses, you do it for us and just come tell us what to do.
And then the law was created. In God's goodness and his faithfulness and his kindness to the
people, he gave them the law as a means to help protect them from themselves, from the elements,
from a broken world, from a cursed ground, because he's that good.
The good news is we're not stuck in that toil anymore, right? Because of Jesus,
because of Christ. And so a scripture that many of you are probably very familiar with,
Matthew 11, weariness kind of comes up again. And what does Jesus say?
Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and
learn from me, because I'm lowly. Other translations say gentle and humble in heart,
and you'll find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
I think what's key here is though he's speaking of rest, he's not necessarily speaking of
inactivity, because there's still a yoke, right? There's still connection.
There's still work being done. There's still partnership. There's things being produced.
But the difference is toil has been released from all of that. And now it's easy and light again.
Because if you remember back in the garden, it wasn't like there wasn't any work being done.
The Lord was creating, Adam was naming, there was partnership. And work was actually
a way of bringing life and a way of bringing communion between man and the Lord. It was a
really beautiful thing, work, producing, creating, partnering, building.
When you're in the entrepreneurial journey, there's a real temptation to believe again in
that separation life, because I'm like on my own doing this, and I'm feeling solo.
And so then it's really easy to believe that toil is once again entangled with the work of my hands.
And it has to be hard and painful and burdensome.
It has to be hard and painful and burdensome. And then we adopt things like hustle culture
and girl bossing it. And we create an identity out of our work,
instead of letting work come from our identity and spring forth.
And so this is a little bit about the journey that I've even been on in the last three years,
stepping away from the screen for a little bit, being more in the hiddenness,
and is learning the cadence of this restful work, restful production.
A question might be, does that mean if it's painful that it's bad or that toil has entered it?
Not necessarily. I speak from experience having just birthed my second daughter.
That just because it's painful does not necessarily mean it's done in toil.
What's different is how we relate to pain, how we see pain.
We're not led by the pain, we lead the pain to a place and a purpose.
This is not me saying it has to be painful, but just because it's painful, because it will feel
painful at times. This entrepreneurial journey, the pioneering journey will feel painful at times
because it's new and it's different and it's unfamiliar. Often what we
call pain is really just because we lack a different word or language for it, but maybe
it's unfamiliar and therefore it's uncomfortable and therefore it might feel stretching. It might
feel pressurized and therefore we call it pain. That's okay. We don't maybe have the word for it,
but how we relate to it is much different. I want to take us to Romans 8. Romans 8,
I feel like is just, I go there a lot. It's like the crown jewel of scripture. I'm sure
there's many crown jewels, so don't fight me on that. Don't debate me, but I love Romans 8 because
it's our new identity on display. It's life and the spirit on display.
I'm not going to read the whole thing. I could, but I'm not going to. I would encourage you to
though, but I'll start in Romans 8.18 and read a little bit. It says, for I consider that the
sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing to the glory that is going to be
revealed to us. Some translations, I think, say it more accurately, be revealed in us,
the glory that will be revealed in us. This one says to us, that's okay. For the creation
eagerly, I would say, yeah, for creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God's sons, that's
you and me, even if you're a girl, to be revealed. For creation was subjected to futility, not
willingly, but because of him who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be set free
from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God's children. For we know that
the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains, toil, travail, is this word,
Sanadino, I'm probably saying that wrong. If there's any Greek scholars, please forgive me,
until now. So, how we relate to pain might need to look different. I think how we
think about work might need to change. If you're feeling stuck, if it's feeling
like toil, if it's feeling like painful labor all the time,
we might have to change how we think about work. And I'll just read a little bit more of
Romans 8, because I just think this is actually a little bit funny. We read this a lot in
seriousness, which is fine, that's appropriate, but also I think it's a little bit of Paul being
funny. So, towards the end, he's talking about who can separate us from the love of Christ. This is
what I just wanted to just highlight. Again, you already know this stuff, but it's important to
rehear it, the soil of our hearts to once again have the seeds of our identity in Christ,
continually be planted and cultivated in our lives. So, we know that we are released from toil,
not because of anything that we've done, but because of Christ. We've been released from all
of that. Toil has been released from our work. That is just the truth. It might not feel that way.
It might not be expressed in that way right now as we're learning and we're growing and we're
practicing things into permanency, but it is the truth. Toil does not belong in your work anymore.
It's because we can no longer be separated, because toil was really an expression of
separation that sin brought into the world. It was never God's design. It was man's choice
again and again and again, but God is faithful to his word. He's faithful to his plan. Jesus came
and solidified our unity in him and with the three, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Once again, so what can separate us from that? Can affliction? Sounds like toil. No. Can distress? No.
Sounds like toil. Can persecution? Can famine or nakedness or sword? This is where I kind of
think it's funny, because Paul says, as it's written, because of you, we are being put to death
all day long. My pages are sticking together. We are counted as sheep to be slaughtered and Paul goes,
no. I just find it really funny. Almost just like a parenting moment where the kids are just
out of, you know, they're just like, just like we're being thrown as sheep to the slaughter.
like that a little bit can you just admit it's okay if that's not you i can say there were times
there have been times my entrepreneurial journey where the head has literally hit the desk and it's
like lord why me why me i'm a sheep being brought to slaughter and paul you know holy spirit you
know those words no no no in all these things
we are more than conquerors through him who loved us
so if pain hits if it's feeling like toil we have to remind ourselves that we've it's conquered
it's done
and it's time to before we do anything differently think differently about this work about this
journey about this business about what might feel like a failure what might feel slow or sluggish
and we need to relate to even the pain of that differently
and what we can do i always feel like we need an anchor in those moments because you're not
going to remember a dissertation you're not going to remember a sermon you're not gonna
remember everything i said on this call is i want to remember one thing we need to be at rest
and all that rest is is trust rest is trust and trust is rest and so we need to and what are we
trusting not necessarily our own abilities not necessarily the next strategy the strategies are
good they're not bad tactics tactics are good our abilities are not bad okay i don't want us to
abandon ourselves because that's sometimes where we go with this type of preach you know it's like
okay well i'm just i'm nothing you know not none of me and more of you god it's like no that's an
old prayer it no longer relates because we're in christ so all of me lord because it's all of you
because because if it's true about jesus it's true about me now because as he is so am i in
this world so are you in this world okay so we're not going to abandon ourselves we're not going to
reap shame and condemnation on ourselves and call it wisdom or call it humility
we're not going to do any of that what we are we are going to do is we're going to trust
that we're living in unfinished work that god wants us to succeed
that we exist for such a time as this and he is who he says he is so if i'm experiencing
what feels like lack perhaps what it is is some unbelief and some distrust that needs to be
okay i've done a lot of talking does anybody does that resonating is it not resonating does
anybody want to debate me
xavier are you able to unmute i saw you in the chat
you do not know how many times it's in the past four days okay i've been talking to you
know how many times it's in the past four days okay different people have said for such a time
as this okay oh yeah it's a good one yeah you know and the the first and that's not including
the holy spirit who's been telling me for such a time as this these were just confirmations
so um yeah so this was you know very very timely for me i'm sure it is for others others too but
you really have no idea just just how much resonance what you've shared you know as as
what a difference it's made so thank you i'm so thankful i'm so thankful i guess we're in this
together yeah we are in this together and the the first such a time as this like that's not just a
cute saying obviously we know it's straight scripture but for real because there's a real
temptation right now in the greater globe for okay so should i dive into this i think it's
important i think it's important because we're all leading communities try to keep it short
so some of the early church fathers write about the early day martyrs and they talk about how it
was a sign and a wonder to those who did not believe in christ yet because the martyrs did
not fear death and up until that point in the ancient world like people feared death they did
not know what was going to happen on the other side of death and there was a lot of you know
from mythology and theology and all this stuff there was a lot of uh theories on what was going
to happen but people didn't really know and so think about this in like ancient roman times
these people are willingly going to the slaughter and not afraid because they believe in jesus so
deeply and that was a sign in the wonder the early church fathers write about how it was a sign in
the wonder to the secular world that these people didn't
fear death. I would like to propose that we're in a new era and what's going to be a sign and
a wonder to people is the sons of God not fearing life. Because when things get hard, and they're
hard right now, the world's a crazy place. I would argue it's not as crazy, you know, people are like
it's just getting worse and worse and worse. No, like go to Rome, look at Pompeii, like people
were always crazy, right? Read the Old Testament, people did weird things. They threw their children
to the fire, you know. So I think there's an exposure, I think there's a greater awareness
because of the information age and we know too much. Tree of knowledge was never supposed to be
embedded in our innocent hearts, okay? I'm trying to keep this short, there's a lot of
trails I can go on, but this is what's important. There is, I think, in the secular world
within the younger generations, almost a welcome of death because life is hard.
It's true. And I think what's going to be a sign and a wonder to them is those who do not fear life.
So why did I get on that trail? Oh, because for such a time as this, right? And what we can trust,
what we can be at rest in, okay, in these times when the news stories are crazy and, you know,
this prophet is saying it's going to be, something's coming next, it's going to be worse
than COVID and it's going to take people out and whatever. And all of the swirl, okay,
is we can be reminded that we exist literally for such a time as this, because God, our creator,
who knows all things and sees all things, thought it best that Xavier live in today.
That Sally's birthday would be May 25 and that she'd be turning 50, 55 did you say?
This year. It was on his timeline. We can trust that. So when it's feeling heavy,
when it's feeling like, oh my goodness, like, do I have what it takes?
We can be reminded that we were born for such a time as this and we can welcome life.
Okay, Holly, I saw you have your hand raised.
Hi, Lindsay.
Hello.
Well, that was before you went on your little thing. That was really good, too.
Bring us back, Holly, bring us back.
Well, now I forget because that was really good, too. But maybe to Xavier's point,
I've been hearing that as well. And we definitely are in a new era. And what I've been hearing over
and over and over from everyone, from prophetic people to, you know, to, you know, to, you know,
over and over and over from everyone, from prophetic people to all over the place,
is that we're living in one of the most significant times ever in the history of the world.
So that is amazing that we're alive right now. And, you know, I think that we are corporately,
finally understanding what you said about the union, that we're in perfect union with God,
with Jesus, with the Holy Spirit, there is no separation. And I think we haven't been
functioning like that, really. But now we are starting to understand that, like everything we
do is in union with the whole Trinity, and we're actually a physical expression of them. And so
when we're walking around, when we're talking, when we're whatever we're doing, there's no
difference between us and the Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit, we're one in the same. So that's a
really great responsibility. But then to be able to do that in rest and trust, where 99.9% of it
is done for us, and we just have to show up and be who we're created to be, then that takes all
the pressure off. It's a lot easier. So I love that. Yeah. Yeah, yes. Amen. I mean, we're born
for such a time as this. I hear I would agree. Personally, I would agree that I think we are
living in one of the most significant times in history. If it's not true, it's most significant
to us because we're here. This is it, you know? Right, to us. Yeah, I mean, it's either way,
either way. So I think what's, you know, because there is also, and I want to say this well,
but you know, I kind of grew up in like rapture culture, where it was like, just like, let's just
wait it out. Like, let's just get out of here, right? And I'm not going to get into all of that
eschatology and stuff. But I think what's important is that we're still here. We have today.
And so what has happened maybe even in the past with that, with me even saying that is like,
we're still here, we're still today as we put so much pressure on ourselves of like, oh my gosh,
I have to do.
everything right and I have to do it well and I can't mess up and again that is toil
because we get stuck on a gold star we get stuck on a pass fail we get stuck on a destination
that's always somewhere out here somewhere and we're not enjoying the life and the communion
that today's work is cultivating the partnership that we have in the Lord with the Lord today
and this is why the fruit of the spirit is so important things like joy and peace but also
patience and self-control because with patience we actually can sit in today and not feel so
restless and realize well I'm not where I necessarily would love to be with my revenue
or I wish really wish this project was over with or I'll be so glad when I hit these markers
or these follower numbers or whatever but we can actually enjoy and soak in today and then the
self-control of actually staying in today doesn't mean that we can't plan for the future and that's
what I'm saying but so often we manufacture toil by not enjoying the journey of what we're on with
the Lord whether it's an entrepreneurship or in parenthood or in our marriage or in our
friendships or in our community or the church that we're at all those things so yes Sally I see
your hand I've just got a bit of an action to share an image I've put some of the image on
there that he showed me for New Zealand so and it just supports what you're saying about and
where we are and the sector time is this is Christ's church so Christ's church is in the
South Island of the New Zealand and it's the city that is furthest away from Jerusalem
and Hastings where I live is actually the name for first fruits so there is a massive massive shift
that's happening here and it's happening all over the world and each one of us so he keeps he's
shown me this for years but each one of us is a lampstand and as more of us gather and connect
it's like us it's like an electrical current of the Holy Spirit that sparks and arcs and so
I've got AI to do this image but what I see is when God's looking down as we all connect because
we are the church we not the building the people and as the people the gospel the people us cover
the earth all he sees is white light of the Holy Spirit and it's the white light of the Holy Spirit
that covers New Zealand but will cover the whole earth and right now we are international we are
covering the earth with our connections of the Holy Spirit and as we're sharing
and I just I can't tell you how convicted I am that we are in such a time of grace
and of favor and of blessing and he is here absolutely to take ground but we do it together
because together everyone achieves more and that's how he wanted it he wanted it in relationship and
family and when I stepped out yesterday there was no fear as that woman was kicking off and
the spears and there's daggers and there's also there was nothing all I saw was his love for that
woman and I believe that his love is going to cover the earth in this season and each one of us
if we just do the one thing that he's called us to do and we all do our one thing we're going to
cover the whole earth just like that and he's going to come back that's my sense thank you sally
how do I practice this practically how do you practice trust um graham cook I know some of
you know who that is um I want to give him credit for this but he always says you know pick a truth
and be true to it just pick a truth and be true to it because there's many there's there's so much
truth there's so much truth so it feels a little overwhelming of like I have to trust all things
but like pick a truth and be true to it how do you identify like a truth to pick maybe identify a
place where it's feeling like toil and ask the holy spirit or maybe something will pop into your
mind immediately a verse to anchor yourself in for the next week and whenever there's a thought
when you're thinking maybe it's a project it's like man anytime I think about it just feels like
laborious pain you know it just feels like toil think differently like for me this coaching call
so I had five seconds when bruce asked me like a month ago hey like I think it'd be great I had
the I had you know the quick like I don't really know if I had something to share okay that's a
that's a place of toil in my life that's a perceived lack perceived separation I don't
have anything to give what a lie what an absolute lie I'm literally Romans 8
says, the same spirit who raised Christ from the dead lives in me. I don't have anything to give.
What a lie. Okay, so I had five seconds to just identify the toil and then for the next month,
what would have been, you know, every time I thought about this call, you know, maybe that
pit in my stomach, the dread, the nervousness, oh my gosh, what am I going to talk about?
I just decided it was going to be great. I'm going to enjoy this. Not just like,
oh, it's going to be great. I'm going to share something profound. I'm going to come and I'm
going to enjoy this. I'm going to have fun. There's going to be life and there's going to
be communion. And that's what I did. Not necessarily a scripture, just a thought, a belief.
And so that's what, that's something you guys can do to practice, whether it's big or small.
Another thing that I'm practicing, because again, what would happen to me, just this is me,
everyone's different, is I would hear a testimony like Sally's, that would feel like toil to me.
Because I think, well, my interactions with people aren't necessarily like that right now.
And then I would feel the weight of like, should I go find some like chaos and some crazy and bring
some order to it? I'm just being real. Or like someone gives a testimony, like I laid hands on
this person who was in a wheelchair at the mall. I went up to them. I felt like the Lord said,
you're going to go to the mall. You're going to see someone with a yellow sweater. They're going
to be in a wheelchair. You're going to go, their name's going to be Kennedy. You're going to say
Kennedy, rise up and walk. And I know people that that's happened to. It's amazing. But instead of
always rejoicing in that, it would feel like another task on my to-do list of like, no,
I have to go to the mall and rise above my social anxiety, not my social anxiety,
rise above social anxiety. It's not mine, but it sometimes comes. And it's like, no,
that's not, maybe one day that's the journey I'll be on. I'll be at the mall and I'll see
someone. I'll feel the Holy Spirit. Absolutely obey that. But often it's in the small things at
first where we're creating a habit and a reflex of trust and of rest. So for me, when I'm taking
walks around my neighborhood, I think about Romans eight and I think about how it says,
creation is longing for the revealing of the glory that is in me to unlock it from frustration.
So it doesn't have to be weird, guys. It might sound weird to you, but I walk around my neighborhood
and I see myself as a son of God, which is accurate and the glory in me being revealed
to a frustrated creation. I see brown grass. I think that's frustrated creation. That's not
glorified grass. That's frustrated grass. It's dead. And so I just think to myself as I walk by,
I'm releasing you from frustration.
I'm speaking life to my neighborhood. I live here. So my neighbors should feel whether they
attribute it to me or not, the peace of the atmosphere of my home, the glory being revealed
to me. These are just thoughts. I'm not necessarily doing anything with it yet, right? I'm not laying
hands on the grass, but I have to think differently about who I am based on who God is
and who he says I am in him, right? So it's accurate. It's not wishful thinking. It's not
optimism. This is full on faith and trust based on scripture, which is true. That's one way I practice.
I do that sometimes walking through cities and there's homeless people.
I don't always necessarily feel that I need to go lay hands on them or approach them.
Not necessarily, but I know by just my presence being there, if I'm there, that means Jesus is
there. And I just think and see a difference being made in the streets as I'm walking.
And I'm at rest and I watch. So what would have typically have happened in the past before I
believed the truth is I would have felt really sorry for them. I would have felt really bogged
down by the sadness, which is not wrong unless it's talking you out of your identity and the
power of Jesus in you. I'm practicing this in my home. I'm practicing this in motherhood.
I'm not dreading the mundane of another day as a mom of littles. If you know, you know. It's like
every day is a little bit the same and you're like, am I making a difference? Especially when
people are like, so when are you going to do podcasting again? And I'm like, I probably should.
But actually I want my family to get the first fruit of my ministry. And this is how this is
being expressed right now is me being fully focused on these two girls. And it's going to
look the same maybe every day, but I'm trusting and I'm at rest that this is significant.
And I'm not less than, and I'm not behind, and I'm not disappointing God.
and I'm not wasting away my gifts, and so you'll find your thing, whatever it is.
Find a truth and be true to it. Let's practice that this week. I want to honor your time. I
know we've got like four minutes left. Macy, is there anything that you just keep me on track?
Is there anything that we need to do before I? No, we're good. I would really love to pray over
everyone, if that's okay. Pray over your endeavors, pray over the work of your hands,
pray over how the Lord is expanding you into a deeper awareness of your identity.
I want to make sure that I've said all that I wanted to say, if I didn't say anything. Oh,
I do want to say this. I thought this was really interesting. I'll keep it short. This is from
an Instagram account called The Faith-Filled Therapist. Her name is Jo, I think it's Hargraves,
and I think you guys would really enjoy some of the stuff that she puts out there, but she was
talking about renewing your mind, because we're talking about thinking and believing,
and this is all about renewing your mind. We know Romans 12 to be transformed by the
renewing of their mind. She says, neuroscience calls it neuroplasticity, your brain's ability
to rewire itself based on what you repeat, focus on, and believe. I'm sure Marcella knows all about
this. When we renew our minds, we're not just thinking better thoughts, we're rewiring our
brain's default mode network, DMN, default mode network. The DMN is part of the brain active
during mind-wandering and self-talk. Left unrenewed, it loops patterns of fear,
shames, and old stories, but when we meditate on truth, it reshapes. Renewing the mind reduces
rumination, increases emotional regulations, strengthens the prefrontal cortex, the part of
the brain that helps us choose wisely, respond calmly, and live with intention. She just said
some ways that you can renew your mind, reading scripture with expectancy, declaring who God says
we are, redirecting thoughts from old patterns, when old patterns show up, like, hey, you don't
have anything to give. No, we're just going to think a different thought, and then practicing
presence, prayer, and truth. Transformation is an instant, but every time you choose truth,
you're rewiring your brain and reshaping your life. We're renewing our minds this week.
I want to leave you with one thing, and then I'll pray really quick. What's really interesting
about this verse back in Isaiah 43 that I just thought was really intriguing for all of us
pioneers, Isaiah 43 is right, so this is verse 22, but when we go up to verse 18, it says,
do not remember the past events. Pay no attention to things of old. Behold, look, I'm doing something
new. Even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert, wild animals, jackals, ostriches will honor me because I provide water
in the wilderness and rivers in the deserts to give drink to my chosen people. The people I form
for myself will declare my praise, but Jacob, you have not called out to me because you become weary
of me. We're doing new things. We're pioneering with the Lord, with the pioneer himself, Jesus,
the author and perfecter of our faith. Firstborn among many brethren, the chief cornerstone,
head of our church, right? He has preeminence. We have what it takes. If it's true about Jesus,
it's true about you. You're seated in heavenly places with him. So Lord, we thank you. Father,
we thank you for this truth. Jesus, we thank you for who you are, for what you came and did
before the foundations of the world, the lamb was chosen. Lord, you knew and you did it. You said,
I will create my people, a people for myself. They're not going to choose me, but I will choose
them. And when they don't choose me, I've already hit the plan in place. The lamb is already
slain. Jesus came willingly. Holy spirit was then released as our guarantee, sealed it like an
engagement ring. And here we are. If it's true about Jesus, it's now true about us.
I speak to the nervous systems right now of everyone on this call. And I say, be aligned
with the truth. I speak to your bodies and your souls, your mind, your will, and emotions.
And I honor you. Many of our bodies, many of our souls, we've been carrying so much burden,
so much toil with this belief that we're separated. This belief that it's all up to us
to make it happen, to advance the kingdom, to succeed, to build the business, to have a healthy
family, to have a healthy marriage. It's all up to us. Our bodies have been carrying the weight
of that. Some of our bodies, some of our souls have been carrying the weight of that. Our
emotions are all mixed up. Our nervous systems are dysregulated. We call it into alignment
because just like Romans 8 says, we are not led by the flesh. So bodies and souls,
you do not have to lead.
I call up the Spirit, who is one with Christ, the Spirit in each and every one of us on
this call, and I say, rewrite the DNA, make a new record, behold, the new has come, the
old has passed.
We speak peace, we speak joy.
We thank you that our lives are marked by beauty, joy, and praise.
The glory in us is coming up to be revealed, and that will be being expressed through our
lives and even the work of our hands.
Lord, I pray that you would set right and rewire our brains to think differently about
work, that you would release us from any pressure of toil, any belief, which is really unbelief,
that what we're doing always is going to fail, or it's not going to measure up, or it's not
going to produce, it's not going to bring life like it should.
We cancel all of that unbelief, and we call up the Spirit right now, who knows the truth
and always believes the truth, and we say, write a new record.
Holy Spirit, you are our helper, lead us and guide us in this truth this week.
Give us a truth that we can be true to.
I thank you for the testimonies that will come forth from this call, from the practice
of truth and rest.
I declare, Father, we trust you.
If you said it, we believe it.
And I pray these things with the authority that was given to me by Jesus Christ, and
I say, amen.
Let it be so.
All right.
Thank you so much.
We went a little bit over.
This was so fun.
I'll be back.
We'll do this again.
But I hope this was helpful.
Bruce and I are praying for you guys.
We believe in you and all that you're pioneering, and we're here for you if you need help.
So have a wonderful week.
You just have to end the call on your side, Lindsey.
I'm trying to find the end button.
It's at the bottom right.