All right, welcome to, this is the Prosper Leader member kickoff call.
We usually do it the first Tuesday of the month, but I was in New York City, so we're
delayed and I think this has thrown off everybody's schedule, but I'm glad you guys are here and
I feel a lot in my spirit to share with you.
I'm super excited about this time and I feel like it's going to be a really nurturing time
together, so I was opening with a story before, but I'll come back because I don't want to
leave those of you watching the recording out, so I'll come back to the story, but I'd
like to open with prayer.
I have something from scripture that God laid on my heart to share, and also I was sharing
a story that I think it all ties together, or I believe God will tie it all together.
So let's just open with prayer.
So let's just take a couple deep breaths.
It's quiet.
Scripture says to be still and know that he is God.
That's really a couple parts.
You really can't know.
You can't know his presence.
You can't know what he's saying, what the Holy Spirit is speaking, until we're still.
And so we come and we quiet ourselves and we're still, knowing that you are God and
that you are good and that you are love and that you are always with us and you never
leave us and you never forsake us.
So we just invite your presence to speak, to comfort, to replenish.
So many people are going through so much right now.
There's no one that I've talked to that isn't going through so much.
And so Lord, there's nothing that we go through that you are not there.
And Romans 8, 28, that you are not working together for our good.
So I pray that you'll help us to see through the lens of gratitude, through the lens of
connection and unity with you, through the lens of wholeness, of shalom, of nothing missing,
nothing broken, through the abundant life lens that you've promised, the Zoe life of
purpose, of divine health, of presence, of joy, of peace that you've promised.
So as we're still, we call in that peace, the perfect peace that passes all understanding,
that guards our heart and mind in Christ Jesus.
We call in wisdom.
James 2, when we don't know what to do, you've told us to ask and you give us wisdom.
We call in joy.
Nehemiah 8, 10, the joy of the Lord is our strength.
We call in love.
We call in light.
And we give so much thanks.
Let the words of our mouth, the meditation of our heart be pleasing in your sight.
In Jesus name, amen.
So two of the powerful tools in our toolbox, one is gratitude and that gratitude that is
not based on things necessarily being perfect because they're not, and actually the greatest
gifts are in things not perfect.
And the gratitude is based on faith and certainty.
And scripture says that we walk by faith and not by sight.
So we have a choice to.
live and move from a place of faith, which says, Romans 828,
that every single thing in my life is good, every single thing
in my life is working together for good. Or sight, which looks
at what's missing, what's broken, what's lacking, what's
chaotic. And it is a choice to live from the inner to the
outer, or live from the outer to the inner. So is the world of
circumstances and appearances and all of that, is that
shaping me? Or is the faith and certainty and love and
everything that God has placed in me, shaping the world around
me? And it's a moment by moment choice. A moment by moment
choice. So walking with this faith and certainty that makes
everything so powerful. And so I was telling a story right
before I started the recording, that I was on a coaching call
with David Guillaume. And he did a workshop, he'll bring
someone on and just talk through like coach on the spot. And he
had called someone not necessarily the coach, but he'd
gotten this email or letter and he reads his emails. And he was
so touched by the beauty of this letter, but he didn't know
anything about this person. And so he called him on and just
started to learn about him. And he was a good looking guy. And
he had glasses. And the first thing the guy opened with, I
could tell took David back and all of us back just watching it.
He said, Well, what most people can't tell looking at me, is
that I'm completely blind. And David said, Do you mean you
can't see? And he said, I have 1% sight, I cannot see. And he
said that he had gone to David's events in Los Angeles
years ago, and that he had begun to change his perspective. That
everything that happens to us is good. And that in it, this is
where faith is born. This is where God grows us. This is
where God shapes us into the fullness of who we are. And so
he'd come to see his blindness as an absolute gift. And David
was so touched, you know, as he was just sharing what a gift his
blindness was, and that as he changed his perspective, and
here's what's interesting, he comes from a family that has
this genetic disorder. So his mom had it, his sister had it.
So he had grown up watching them go blind, and watching how they
it, which was negativity, and, you know, bitterness and anger
and depression, and they just handled that was what was
modeled for him. So for him to choose differently, based on
what he was learning, from the scriptures, and so on that David
wish had shared years ago, in the seminars, he made a shift to
believe, which I call Romans 828, that every single thing is
working together for my good. And so when we can't see the
good, what's the good here that I'm not seeing? So we begin to
say, okay, everything is a gift. This is good. And that's
especially the hard things. And most of us that have been
through hard things that have taken this perspective, have
begun to see that everything happened for a reason and made
us through we are I mean, I'm, I'm looking at you guys, I'm
looking at Karen, the gift of you going down into alcoholism
and addiction and coming out the other side was actually part of
your divine purpose that allows you to serve at this beautiful
level, and entered you into the world of personal development
that you could renew your mind and you could start growing to
your fullness of your spiritual potential, right? So same thing
for me, I come out of domestic violence and alcoholism and
addiction, and you know, all of that. And I can see it as a
gift, I would not be doing what I'm doing, even even being in,
you know, an emotionally abusive marriage for 27 years, you can
see everything as a gift. And so when this man that David was
talking to began to see everything as a gift, his whole
life changed. And he met his wife, and he's super happily
married. And he and so David said, What do you do? What do
you what's your work?
And he said, I'm a coach.
And so here he is, taking what has happened
and what he's learned, just like you, Karen,
taking what you've learned and now making
a difference in the world, he's working
with people that have especially new disabilities
to come to peace and come to see the gift
and come to be able to walk through them.
So what a gift to take the gifts that's in us and share that.
And so it was so beautiful listening to this.
And David actually asked the question,
if you could have anything from the creator
and you could have your sight back,
would you want it right now?
And the answer was stunning.
He said, no, I would not.
So you come to such a peace that what the world considers
an accident or an illness or a disease or a relationship
problem or a financial crisis or whatever,
and you're able to walk in faith and certainty,
and you're able to see the gift in it and hold that energy,
then what you attract is so amazing.
And the life that you get to live is so full.
And I think it's the book of James that says,
count it all joy, my brethren, when
you enter into diverse trials.
In other words, the variety of trials.
I've read that since I became a Christian at 17.
I've been reading that.
And I used to think, what is wrong with him?
Is he's on drugs?
It's like you're going through hard times.
Is count it all joy?
Like, yeah, let's have a party.
I'm going through this trial.
Woo-hoo.
Whip out the balloons, right?
But you come to this perspective that I'm sharing right now,
count it all joy.
And then, like I said, you actually look for the good.
So when you can't see the good, if every single thing
is working together for my good and I can't see it,
show me the good here that I'm not seeing.
And so you walk in this place of faith and certainty.
And so this morning, when I was asking God and praying,
what do you want me to share this morning?
God had me.
And this was yesterday, even before I knew
I was going to be sharing it here.
God told me when I was doing my morning spiritual practice
that he wanted me to be in Mark 16, Mark chapter 16.
And I have a number of translations.
I'll read a chapter in.
And the passion translation, I always
look at kind of like God's love letter.
It's just so touching, the passion translation.
It brings both the Greek, Hebrew, and the Aramaic.
And it brings a rich, modern language that's accurate,
but just so touching.
So I read, again, yesterday I read Mark 16.
And I read it again today.
That's what I got.
So I'm going to open with that.
And then we'll just talk about how
that translates into where we are in business
and what God's calling us to do right now.
But I think the message will come clear for you
as I read this.
So as we're going through these things,
and we're talking about living from within, outward,
and shaping our world, and releasing our gifts,
and using what we go through for good, or being oppressed,
let's just say, tormented by circumstances,
and allowing it to impact us so that we shrink, we play safe,
we play smaller.
So there's two ways of living, expansive living
or contracted living.
Love expands, fear contracts.
And so always looking, how am I feeling?
Am I contracted?
Am I tight?
Am I tight in my body?
Is my breathing short?
Is my heart tight?
Am I closed?
Am I guard?
This is a contracted state.
Just check.
Your body doesn't lie.
Or am I in an expansive state?
Am I open?
Am I receptive to what God's going to do?
Am I faith and certainty?
Am I expectant of a miracle?
And so we're either living, love, expanded, or.
fear contracted and fear not only contracts us which it actually physically contracts our body
it constricts our arteries it literally contracts us physically fear contracts us financially
fear contracts us um just in all ways honestly right and so we begin to withhold
we're we're giving and we're sowing or we're withholding so whenever you feel a contraction
in your finances a contraction in your health a contraction in relationships what i've learned
to do that's so powerful is to first look because everything happens within first the bible teaches
that out of the heart flows the issues of life guard your heart for out of it flows your heart
the issues of life out of the heart the mouth speaks the bible so everything starts in the
heart biblically and so you look at where am i withholding because i'm afraid of being hurt
because i'm afraid of being rejected because i'm scared because where am i withholding
look at the biggest contraction that we see right now is a recession what is that it's withholding
nobody spend everybody gets scared everybody tighten up and we create the reality of a
recession right so we're either in an expanded state which god has called us to we're light
we're loved we're called to live expansively or we're in a contracted state does that make sense
and so when you're in a contracted state the question is what am i withholding where am i
withholding love if i'm feeling tight in the money where am i withholding how's how's my giving
right now how's my how's my sewing going on right now how's my tithing going on how am i the o
open the flow in the prosperous system the o where am i withholding and and and and you
look at the scriptural examples when people were in contracted states and withholding
you look at the widow that only had a little oil and a little bread and she was going to make the
last meal for her and her son to die and elijah comes and he says give me something to eat and
she says you don't understand i've only got enough corn to make a little cake i'm making it for my
and i and then we're going to die and elijah basically said feed me first and so she had to
get out of the contracted start activate the flow and give and so she does and then the miracle
happens same with the woman in oil her kids are about to be taken uh she's in deep debt and elijah
comes what do you have well just a little oil i'm she's in a contracted state i'm saving my last
little bit of oil this is all i have and he's got to get her in a faith and certainty place gather
the vessels start pouring because until you start pouring until you start giving you're going to stay
in your fear-based contracted state so whether you're giving appreciation whether you're giving
love i mean giving it comes in all kinds of forms withholding comes in all kinds of forms
whether you're giving money whether you're giving kindness we've got to activate the flow when you
feel contracted does that make sense so so mark 16 i'm just going to summarize it and we'll open
for a little bit of conversation and we'll open as this applies to business because this 100
applies to business where have you been withholding in business where have you been activating flow
and what do you need to do right now to activate flow today if you're short on clients you're short
on cash you're short on where where if you're feeling lonely and alone i've got i've got some
people right now i a lot of people have come to me in the last two days i mean freak accidents
you know tracy you're talking the accident what happened with your son and what that
contraction that can cause um one of my clients she she was actually doing um like a sound she
does the the bowls and the sound and the gongs and all of that and the wind blew and knocked
the gong off and hit her on the head so please pay pray for a prosperous sister um bethany she
has a concussion like these freak things are trying to get us right
right now. And the question is, will you walk through that, you know, book of Psalms? Will
you walk through, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil. Even in the deepest, that's the deepest, even though I walk, Psalms 23,
right? Same thing, Psalms 23, one, the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not lack. Declaration,
right? So it's this constant, am I going to withhold and contract, or am I going to expand
and sow and give and all of that? And it's a choice, moment by moment by moment. So Mark
16, watch this, it's very fascinating. Mark 16, Jesus has died to set this setting, right?
He's gone through the crucifixion. He's in the tomb. The stone is closed. And early on
they're going to take anointing oils. They're going to go in there and they're hoping someone
can help roll the stone and they're going to prepare his body with anointing oils and
everything that they did. They come and the stone is already rolled away and they walk
in and an angel in a white robe is there and starts talking to him and says, the one you're
looking for, he's not here. He's alive. And the angel in verse 7 says, run and tell his
disciples, even Peter, who walked in contracted, right? Fear and doubt and so on, run and tell
his disciples. So first of all, who's first? Who is God using? Because I believe this is
happening in our world right now too. Who's there? Who goes to the tomb? It's Mary Magdalene,
who was closest to Jesus, right? Mary, the mother of Jesus, right? And I don't know how to pronounce
it. Salome. S-A-L-O-M-E. Salome or Salome. I don't know how to say that.
Salome.
Salome?
Salome.
There's no N. So it's S-A-L-O-M-E.
Salome.
Salome. Salome. Okay. So these are the, thank you. These are the three women that go to the tomb and
they have an angelic encounter. And the angel says, okay, I just gave you what looked most
devastating in your life. What looks like the worst possible scenario, the one you put all your
faith and hope in, the one you thought was going to be the coming King, the one you thought was
Messiah, the one that you gave everything to follow, the one that you loved the most has been
brutally crucified and all your dreams are shot. You got to remember the trauma they just came for.
They watched a brutal crucifixion of the one they loved the most. You talk about trauma.
You got to remember where they're coming from. They've lost hope. They're just going to do the
angelic encounter. And an angel talks to them and the angel says, he's alive. Run, run and tell his
disciples. The women get to be the messenger to the men here. The women get the first news, which
happened many times in scripture. Run and tell his disciples he's risen. And verse eight in the,
in the Passion Translation says, they staggered out of the tomb, awestruck with their minds swirling.
When all of a sudden what you thought was the worst thing, it's actually maybe the best thing,
but you couldn't see it. You were in absolute despair. You've been crying for three days.
You've been depressed. You thought the world had fallen apart. All your dreams had been crushed
and their minds are swirling. So they ran to tell the disciples, but look at this,
but they were so afraid they said nothing to anyone.
How interesting. They had the best news in the whole world. They had an angelic encounter
and it says that they said nothing. Fear, fear can tricks us so that our message is not getting
out. We're not showing up on social media. We're not telling what we really believe. We're not
reaching out to everyone. We're not being instruments of hope. We're not being instruments
of good news because of fear. Then verse nine, Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene. So first it was
the angel. Now Jesus appears. Second chance. God always is a God of second chances. They did not
respond to the angel. Fear took over and they kept quiet. They constricted. Verse nine, Jesus appeared
to Mary Magdalene. So verse 10,
After she'd seen Jesus, then she ran to tell the disciples and excitedly she
told them, he's alive, I've seen him. But it says, but even after hearing, they did
not believe her. Doubt. First, we have fear constricting. Second, constricting
fact, doubt. Even if you say that, I don't believe. Doubt. Because we walk by faith
and not by sight. They were walking by sight. No. I saw. He's dead. I saw. I know
what happened. I don't believe. I'm choosing to believe my eyes instead of
my inner eyes, the eyes of my heart. So then in verse 12, then Jesus appears to
two of the disciples and it says they didn't recognize him or believe it was
him. Doubt. So here is the Most High, the greatest love, reaching out, bringing
angelic visitations, bringing himself, the risen Christ, showing up and they're
not recognizing that he's there. They're not believing that he's there. And then
verse 14, Jesus appears before the 11 disciples. Of course, Judas is missing,
but the 11 are eating a meal. And it says in the Passion Translation, so Jesus
appeared while they're eating and it says he corrected them for having such
hard, unbelieving hearts because they did not believe those who he had sent to
them. So where are all the miracles that have happened in your life? Where are all
the times that God has showed up? And are we speaking that good news? Are we giving
boldly? Or is fear or doubt causing us to constrict and we are quiet? And then, of
course, in verse 15, he says, as you go into the world, the Great Commission,
preach openly the wonderful news of the gospel to the entire human race. And I'll
These signs will accompany or will follow those who believe. So he sends them out
with the Great Commission, go. And he says, if you walk in faith, those who believe
there's going to be signs and wonders that follow you, signs and wonders that
accompany your message. And it says you'll be able to drive out demons, speak
in tongues. And it says you'll be supernaturally protected from snakes and
poison, and you'll lay hands on the sick and heal them. This is what we've been sent
forth. This is what we've been commissioned with. And very interesting
when you look at the Aramaic of this story, the snakes and the poison are actually
very common idioms of that time. And so the snake represents overcoming enemies,
overcoming enemies. And you saw Jesus use those like he what he said to the
Pharisees, you brewed on vipers, he called them snakes, this was a common. So
as an attack on your character, so when you are attacked, so summarizing all of
that, where are we in business right now? We are in a place of the world
have a recession, and we have a trust recession, that people are not trusting
quickly. And so what we're finding is that the amount of touches 1215 touches
for someone to make a buying decision. Now, there's a way to shorten that so
that it's two to three touches.
instead of 12, 15, 20.
And that is if they are able to experience
something with you.
So if you can invite them into an experience,
whether you're doing a masterclass,
whether you're doing lives,
whether you're sending them recordings,
whether you're giving them gifts
of something you've taught in the past,
if they can experience whether you're doing calls,
it reduces down to two to three.
So it is all right now,
100% about being top of mind and visibility.
It is 100% about showing up and giving
and not withholding and not walking in fear or doubt.
It is about being the light.
Jesus said, we're the light.
So, and it's about consistency and frequency,
which really means every day or a couple times a day.
And this does not need to be hard.
It can take a minute.
Karen watched me.
She goes, oh, I was beautifully with Karen
for the last few days.
I got to stay in their home.
She gave me an amazing,
we were in New York City together for a couple of days.
She gave me a tour of New Jersey that was just amazing.
And we went and hiked up a little mountain.
And so I got to the top of the mountain
and just really quick, I pushed record and I did a live.
There was nothing, there was no editing.
There was no nothing.
I put a quick description underneath.
She watched me, it was under five minutes and boom,
something powerful was out there that was fresh.
And she goes, oh, I didn't know, like you just showed me.
This doesn't have to be hard.
And so part of what we have to let go of
is the perfectionism that causes us to withhold.
That's fear-based, right?
They don't need perfect right now.
They need raw, they need real, they need consistent, okay?
And so being top of mind.
And so when they do buy,
it's going to be from the last two or three people
that they've seen most frequently, most recently.
That's who they're going to buy from.
Okay, so it's all about visibility right now.
Now, there's some fun things I learned in New York City,
and I will be sharing that and uncovering some of that.
Today, I felt that what was most important
was to take a look at where are you at?
Are you living from the inside?
Are you living from the outside?
Are you withholding or are you abundantly sowing, right?
Are you withholding and where are you withholding?
That we can make that correction.
Where is life shaping you as opposed to you shaping life?
And so remember who you are.
You're the temple of the Holy Spirit,
Christ in you, the hope of glory.
You're hidden in Christ.
You have all power, you have all authority.
You have the mind of Christ, right?
So being willing right now to choose
no matter what you're going through,
and especially in the middle of going through,
especially in the middle of going through
is the time to share that
and coming from a place of faith and expectancy.
So when we come from that place of faith and expectancy,
God will show up and God will deliver.
Now, it's listening to, you know,
scripture says, my sheep hear my voice
and the voice of another, they will not follow.
It's listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
It's listening to the divine prompting,
those nudges to know what to do next.
And it's acting on those nudges.
So most of you know, I really felt led
to go to this conference in New York City.
It's one of my coaches, Sarah Canal.
She's been one of my book coaches
and I felt so led to go,
but everything in my circumstances, it was the wrong time.
And by faith, I pushed the button to go.
And then everything about me
wanted to contract and withhold.
The only flights were the overnight flights.
I was going to be flying all night
and arriving there and having to be at the conference.
I'll arrive just in time.
And actually I arrived late for the conference.
The hotel where it was being held,
where I would normally stay, the rooms were $900 a night.
I was not willing to invest that in this.
So I was about to contract.
I was about to withhold because my circumstances,
where am I going to stay at this late of notice,
this flight?
I mean, I have no business running around New York. You got things here. Who's gonna take care of your dog? Yada
Yada, I wanted to contract everything in me wanted to contract. I'm real. I'm just like you guys
I thought I'll just take a hit. It was non-refundable. I'll just take a hit and not go
But I kept praying Lord. What was that nudge? Are you sure you're telling me to go and
He said I'm telling you and I got you covered and everything's working together for good
Well, most of you probably know the story little did I know that Karen and her beautiful husband Barry lived 15 minutes from the airport
I was flying into because I felt led to fly into New Jersey and not New York and
How beautiful they picked me up at the airport. I got to stay in their home
she's the hostess with the mostess and got to meet her dog Frisco and
She
Grew up in New York the subways and the trains don't scare her. They would have taken me out
I'm a country girl
like I I don't do all these trains planes and running multiple blocks and all that we did the
She just led she led God provided an angel
When you're called to do something the provision always follows the vision if God gives you a vision
The provision always follows so we do that two days running running running and then
She came up and she said what if we don't go on the third day?
What if I show you New Jersey and so beautiful countryside most of you may not know
New Jersey is very beautiful in the countryside. We had a wonderful time and
Flying on the plane on the way home
said Lord
I'm not exactly sure still why I went but I'm open for what you did. I'm open for divine appointments
Little do I know I sit down next to a beautiful woman who is a
Pediatrician who is starting speaking and consulting on the side
turns out we even went to the same church her parents go to the church where I was ordained and
She's from Sacramento
she was moving back to Sacramento coming from New Jersey and
I instead of withholding
Gave I actually began coaching her. She was so
blessed and
We actually
Talked non-stop for six hours
In fact, we were talking so much the first hour and then all of a sudden we felt the plane take off
We had actually been stuck on the runway for an hour and neither one of us noticed. That's how engaged we were
We've been texting back and forth. She's got an appointment Wednesday. She'll probably be a client
Look what the Lord does and that's my encouragement to you
look at where you're withholding and
And just open the flow open the flow. So let's take the last few minutes and and share
Talk to me what hits you and what I share what's God speaking to you?
That's part of activating the flow you sharing right now
Yeah, well I
Know Tracy's here too, but if I could jump on yeah, I feel like my personal life and my business life
Are like so it matched in a good way. Yes
I'm giving back to women. But yeah thing, you know, I always say I'm a grateful alcoholic
so a lot of the stuff that you're saying resonates and luckily I'm grateful because I
Shared today at a meeting. I said
Because I'm an alcoholic
I have to get my act together a little quicker because I have like a loaded gun if I if I don't stay on a certain
Path, I could go back to drink. Okay, like I always have the gift that causes you to stay in personal development
So I like the blind person like really resonated like I'm very grateful for a lot of things that I've gone through
So yeah, no
So fear. Yeah that that you know, I was in a tired place, you know after our running and stuff and
Depleted and then Barry had bad news about biopsy and you know fear overtook me and last night
I was going down the drain. I wasn't gonna pick up drink, but I knew like fear was raining and
Negativity and it was just spiraling and I just knew it and this morning
I just broke down in tears and I'm telling Barry I'm like the worst wife
like and I'm like and I just looked at him and I'm like and he's like you're not and I'm like
Get to a meeting and you know, I spoke a bit that you know
God, you know
I went down to the basement and I'm preparing to go to the car and I'm like, thank you God for my husband
Thank you God for my blood, you know, and by the time I got to the car, you know, I have the tools to boot
move through it. But business-wise, I have to pick myself up further. So what you were saying,
like, what I'm doing, and I was thinking of Christ. He had the disciples. He had 12 people
around him that were very positive and supportive. And that's what I told you at the beginning of
our meeting today, is that I'm going through my contacts, and I'm looking up the people that
really are going to nurture me, that I can connect with, so that I fill myself and keep the prayer
in the front, and God, but nurture myself so that I can go out again. Getting depleted was not a
good thing, you know, but it's a lesson. And, you know, I hit down a little bit, but I'm coming back
up, and this really helps quite a bit. I love that. I love that. Tracy, before you run, can you,
one minute, share? She said she has to run. Yeah, real quick, love to hear.
I do, too. I got to be off straight at eight, but I'd love to hear. And thank you, Karen. Thank you
for everything. Thank you for sharing. It's just a very interesting thing to me, and continues to be
how, you know, I mentioned earlier my son's motorcycle accident, and how we can be in
these situations that are difficult, and we can see the difficulties in the world,
and it feels incongruous to feel joy and feel hope. But that's exactly what that,
what Christ offers, and that did, you know, talking about from the inside out. Inside, we can
always have peace. He said, I give you peace. Peace that passeth understanding. In other words,
it makes no sense, and it really does make no sense, but it's very real. I love that. I love
that. You're choosing. You're choosing, right? All right. I know we all have an eight o'clock,
and we've got to run. We have Thursday night. We're not doing office hours this week.
Thursday night, we're going to do, we're going to pick up on this conversation and go deeper
from the business and the application side, what I've started here, and what has started in the
Until then, rest up, fill up, fuel up.