WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.720 Welcome, welcome, welcome, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, welcome to the Prosper 2 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:09.720 Power Hour. 3 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:17.720 Of course, this is where we are every Wednesday, 8 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, and it is part 4 00:00:17.720 --> 00:00:21.000 of the entire Prosper Leader membership. 5 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:29.520 This is where we lay the scriptural foundation for what we're doing this weekend, each and 6 00:00:29.520 --> 00:00:37.160 every week, and so God gave me the vision originally for this that it would be a time 7 00:00:37.160 --> 00:00:43.680 when we would look at promises of God, we would look at biblical principles, and we 8 00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:50.080 would pray with and for each other, and so we do that every Wednesday. 9 00:00:50.080 --> 00:00:56.720 It's tied in with what we're doing on Thursdays, so Thursday mornings at 8 a.m. for the next 10 00:00:56.720 --> 00:01:07.680 12 or 13 weeks, we are doing a really powerful series, and it's called Build Like Jesus. 11 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:13.880 So what would your business and your life and your marriage, you can apply it anywhere, 12 00:01:13.880 --> 00:01:17.800 look like if you built like Jesus? 13 00:01:17.800 --> 00:01:22.320 Not just sprinkling some prayer on it and calling it Christian and then building like 14 00:01:22.320 --> 00:01:28.640 the world builds, but truly in every dimension, build like Jesus. 15 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:33.000 And then of course, 9 a.m. on Thursdays, we do office hours, and that's where we roll 16 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:36.280 up our sleeves and actually work on whatever. 17 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:41.480 We're going to work on it during Build Like Jesus as well, but it's when you can ask questions, 18 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:43.420 get feedback, show me stuff. 19 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:46.360 So it's all designed to tie together. 20 00:01:46.360 --> 00:01:51.360 If you miss any as a Prosper Leader member, of course, you have full access to the Prosper 21 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:58.000 Leader member vault, which is at membership.prosperandallthings.com. 22 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:01.640 And so you can always go back and listen again or catch anything. 23 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:05.260 But of course, being here live is so much more powerful. 24 00:02:05.260 --> 00:02:09.880 And so I'm so glad to see each and every one of you this morning. 25 00:02:09.880 --> 00:02:19.120 I always love, in fact, I always love doing a quick snapshot to remember these times. 26 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:26.440 So everybody put your camera on and smile and let me know if everybody is on. 27 00:02:26.440 --> 00:02:27.440 And here we go. 28 00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:28.440 One, two, three. 29 00:02:28.440 --> 00:02:29.440 One, two, three. 30 00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:30.440 Okay. 31 00:02:30.440 --> 00:02:31.440 I got it. 32 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:32.440 We are ready. 33 00:02:32.440 --> 00:02:33.440 You guys are so beautiful. 34 00:02:33.440 --> 00:02:34.440 Okay. 35 00:02:34.440 --> 00:02:46.960 Now, let me, I want to do a deep dive today, laying this foundation, let me go back to 36 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:54.800 pinning me and viewing it that way. 37 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:55.800 Okay. 38 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:56.800 All right. 39 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:57.800 There we go. 40 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:00.560 So here's the concept. 41 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:08.120 Today is not just preparation for this new, this whole new series. 42 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:12.920 What we're going to be asking God to show us something really foundational as we start 43 00:03:12.920 --> 00:03:15.200 to lay the foundation. 44 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:22.720 The foundation is who has God entrusted to us? 45 00:03:22.720 --> 00:03:28.320 Who is God entrusted to us and what do they need from us this season? 46 00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:29.320 Okay. 47 00:03:29.320 --> 00:03:35.120 So Jesus, when we're talking about how did Jesus build, Jesus did not build by chasing 48 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:36.400 crowds. 49 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.160 He was not about scaling the crowds. 50 00:03:39.160 --> 00:03:43.840 He knew his sheep. 51 00:03:43.880 --> 00:03:49.600 Jesus knew his sheep. 52 00:03:49.600 --> 00:03:53.560 He saw people that others overlooked. 53 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:57.680 He listened beneath their words. 54 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:04.720 He understood what they needed and he offered them a clear path forward. 55 00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:12.560 So before we can build like Jesus, we have to learn to see people like Jesus. 56 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:14.880 All right. 57 00:04:14.880 --> 00:04:24.680 So we're going to start, we always start with a promise and we're going to, it's kind of, 58 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.800 in this case, we're doing some combination of promises and principles. 59 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:29.800 Okay. 60 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:37.720 So the first one that we're going to look at is Proverbs from the wisest King in history, 61 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:49.640 Solomon, Proverbs 27, 23, Proverbs 27, 23. 62 00:04:49.640 --> 00:04:55.400 And let's get a couple different translations so we can just get the richness of it. 63 00:04:55.400 --> 00:05:00.000 So anybody that has it and wants to read it and then. 64 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.600 Tell us what translation you're reading from. 65 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:07.680 Proverbs 27, 23. 66 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:09.560 Lord, we just ask that you open our hearts 67 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:11.660 to receive your word today. 68 00:05:13.400 --> 00:05:14.720 I have the NIV. 69 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:15.560 Okay. 70 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:21.600 It says, be sure to know the condition of your flocks. 71 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:27.360 Give careful attention to your herds. 72 00:05:27.640 --> 00:05:30.100 Beautiful, beautiful. 73 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:32.920 So Jesus was the good shepherd 74 00:05:33.960 --> 00:05:38.640 and we're called to shepherd those that, 75 00:05:38.640 --> 00:05:42.600 and steward the relationships that he brings in our life. 76 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:46.880 And so it starts with this diligence. 77 00:05:46.880 --> 00:05:48.400 Like we're not sloppy about this. 78 00:05:48.400 --> 00:05:51.140 We're not haphazard, right? 79 00:05:51.140 --> 00:05:52.720 Be careful, be diligent. 80 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:54.580 Who's got a different translation? 81 00:05:55.580 --> 00:05:58.100 I have the NLV. 82 00:05:58.100 --> 00:05:58.940 Okay. 83 00:06:00.340 --> 00:06:03.740 Know the state of your flocks 84 00:06:03.740 --> 00:06:07.260 and put your heart into caring for your herds. 85 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:09.960 I like that word state. 86 00:06:09.960 --> 00:06:12.220 Like we're not gonna take any action 87 00:06:12.220 --> 00:06:14.180 until we really hear where they're at. 88 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:16.060 Nice. 89 00:06:16.060 --> 00:06:19.100 You know, let's not give our formulas and our plans 90 00:06:19.100 --> 00:06:22.740 and our coaching issue or things that we've created. 91 00:06:22.740 --> 00:06:26.100 Let's really see what kind of state they're in. 92 00:06:26.100 --> 00:06:27.820 Nice. 93 00:06:27.820 --> 00:06:31.780 Thank you for sharing that dimension of it. 94 00:06:31.780 --> 00:06:34.500 It's like we said, you know, 95 00:06:34.500 --> 00:06:38.300 talking at people in posts is not the same thing 96 00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:42.980 and reach does not mean relationship, right? 97 00:06:42.980 --> 00:06:44.980 So I love that. 98 00:06:44.980 --> 00:06:45.820 Okay. 99 00:06:47.140 --> 00:06:52.140 So be diligent to know the state of your flocks. 100 00:06:52.140 --> 00:06:53.660 Attend to your herds. 101 00:06:53.660 --> 00:06:54.500 I love yours. 102 00:06:54.500 --> 00:06:57.060 Just put your heart into that. 103 00:06:57.060 --> 00:07:02.060 Now let's go to the New Testament to John chapter 10. 104 00:07:02.220 --> 00:07:04.340 Let's hear from the good shepherd. 105 00:07:04.340 --> 00:07:06.340 John chapter 10. 106 00:07:06.340 --> 00:07:09.580 And we're gonna read a few different verses here. 107 00:07:09.580 --> 00:07:12.100 John chapter 10. 108 00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:16.180 So in the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, 109 00:07:16.180 --> 00:07:17.480 the fourth gospel. 110 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:20.680 John chapter 10. 111 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:25.560 Let's start with verses three and four 112 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:29.280 and then also 14 and 27. 113 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:31.720 So let's start with three and four. 114 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:36.840 I have the NIV again. 115 00:07:36.840 --> 00:07:37.680 Okay. 116 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:38.520 If you want me to read that. 117 00:07:38.520 --> 00:07:39.520 Yes. 118 00:07:39.520 --> 00:07:43.360 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him. 119 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:45.880 Jeep listened to his voice. 120 00:07:46.880 --> 00:07:51.880 He calls his own sheep name and it leads them out. 121 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:54.840 Nice. 122 00:07:54.840 --> 00:07:58.820 And what about verse 14 and verse 27? 123 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:07.040 Is that still? 124 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:09.080 Still John chapter. 125 00:08:09.080 --> 00:08:09.920 Oh, okay. 126 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:11.000 I can read down a little bit. 127 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:12.720 A few more verses to verse 14. 128 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:14.120 I'm just saving a little time. 129 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:15.560 You guys can read the whole chapter. 130 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:17.120 I recommend you do. 131 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:18.340 Okay. 132 00:08:18.340 --> 00:08:20.440 I am the shepherd. 133 00:08:20.440 --> 00:08:24.560 I know my sheep and sheep know me. 134 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:25.400 Yeah. 135 00:08:25.400 --> 00:08:26.220 Okay. 136 00:08:26.220 --> 00:08:27.060 And 27. 137 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:37.679 My sheep listened to my voice. 138 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.640 I know them and they follow me. 139 00:08:41.640 --> 00:08:43.120 Love it. 140 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:44.600 What jumps out at you? 141 00:08:46.800 --> 00:08:51.800 That he knows his sheep, knows their voice. 142 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:57.000 He listens to their voice, that they listen to voice 143 00:08:59.400 --> 00:09:02.180 and that they follow him. 144 00:09:02.180 --> 00:09:03.020 Yeah. 145 00:09:04.060 --> 00:09:04.900 Nice. 146 00:09:04.900 --> 00:09:05.720 Thank you. 147 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:07.240 Who's got a different translation? 148 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:12.240 Brenda, for 27. 149 00:09:15.800 --> 00:09:16.640 Okay. 150 00:09:16.640 --> 00:09:20.560 No, for three, four, 14 and 27. 151 00:09:20.560 --> 00:09:21.400 Okay. 152 00:09:22.640 --> 00:09:27.640 So for three and four is, let's see here. 153 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:32.280 But my, oh, I'm sorry. 154 00:09:32.280 --> 00:09:36.600 And because the gatekeeper knows who he is, 155 00:09:36.640 --> 00:09:39.440 he opens the gate to let in 156 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.800 and the sheep recognize the voice of the true shepherd 157 00:09:43.800 --> 00:09:48.800 for he calls his own by name and leads them out 158 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:51.920 for they belong to him. 159 00:09:51.920 --> 00:09:54.360 Ooh, so beautiful. 160 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:55.360 14. 161 00:09:55.360 --> 00:10:00.360 And then 14 is, I alone, 162 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:08.840 I'm the Good Shepherd, and I know those whose hearts are mine, for they recognize me and 163 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:09.840 know me." 164 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:10.840 Nice. 165 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:11.840 27? 166 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:12.840 Yeah, 27. 167 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:24.720 And then 27 is, my own sheep will hear my voice, and I know each one, and they will 168 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:27.720 follow me. 169 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:30.880 What jumps out for you? 170 00:10:30.880 --> 00:10:36.760 You know, I think, more than anything, it's just, gosh, I always think of, like, He will 171 00:10:36.760 --> 00:10:47.560 just leave the 99 for us, that He is always just guiding us independently, and that it 172 00:10:47.560 --> 00:10:53.920 is the instruction, it seems, in all of these, that we just need to be hearing Him. 173 00:10:53.920 --> 00:11:01.360 We need to be aware and open, you know, to know that He keeps us safe. 174 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:03.520 He keeps us with Him at all times. 175 00:11:03.520 --> 00:11:08.960 That's really kind of what jumps out to me, in that, you know, Good Shepherd, you know, 176 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:13.600 they protect, you know, the promises, right? 177 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:20.800 They protect, they make sure that we're cared for, that we're fed, right, like, our daily 178 00:11:20.800 --> 00:11:29.560 needs are met through Him, but it is the instruction for us to hear, and to be obedient 179 00:11:29.560 --> 00:11:30.560 in that. 180 00:11:30.560 --> 00:11:31.560 Yeah. 181 00:11:31.560 --> 00:11:37.400 We get to, we get to step into both roles in these beautiful scriptures, right? 182 00:11:37.400 --> 00:11:45.400 So we get to step in the role of being the sheep, and He's our Good Shepherd, right? 183 00:11:45.400 --> 00:11:54.720 And so, you know, Psalms 23, David was both a shepherd, and he understood God as the shepherd, 184 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:55.720 right? 185 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:58.280 So it's both roles. 186 00:11:58.280 --> 00:12:07.120 So when we're shepherding, when we're leading, right, we are looking at these things. 187 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:14.680 And when we are understanding our role with the Good Shepherd, then, like, I pray on my 188 00:12:14.680 --> 00:12:18.480 walks every morning, I pray Psalms 23. 189 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:26.520 And so, here's David, who is the shepherd, who wrote Psalms 23, saying, the Lord is my 190 00:12:26.520 --> 00:12:34.280 shepherd, I shall not lack, right? 191 00:12:34.280 --> 00:12:39.480 He makes me lie down in creeping pastures, He leads me beside still waters, right? 192 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:45.880 And so, you get this visual, He understood so well, because that was His love for the 193 00:12:45.880 --> 00:12:46.880 sheep. 194 00:12:46.880 --> 00:12:47.880 Every sheep mattered. 195 00:12:47.880 --> 00:12:51.720 Like you said, Kim, leave the 99 to go after the one that strayed. 196 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:55.280 And so, there's this deep relationship. 197 00:12:55.280 --> 00:12:59.840 They know His voice when He calls, you know? 198 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:04.080 And we, you know, we, as the sheep, know His voice. 199 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:11.440 So you get to see this, I'm thinking for a second in a different metaphor, as a dancer, 200 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:14.280 you get to see this as both the lead and the follow. 201 00:13:14.280 --> 00:13:17.960 In partner dancing, there's a leader, and there's a follower. 202 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:25.360 And in life, right, as we are a leader, where we are a shepherd to people that God entrusts 203 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:33.560 to us, and as a follower of Christ, we get to be under the care and the love of the Good 204 00:13:33.560 --> 00:13:35.360 Shepherd. 205 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:38.960 How beautiful is that to think about? 206 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:44.360 In college, I read a book, I think it was by Philip Keller, and it was, I think it was 207 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:47.800 called The Lord is My Shepherd, I mean, we're going way, way back. 208 00:13:47.800 --> 00:13:54.880 And it went to every aspect of how sheep behave, how, I always remember, it's all the way back 209 00:13:54.880 --> 00:13:59.680 from college, and the visuals were so incredible, because I think he was, like, from New Zealand 210 00:13:59.680 --> 00:14:04.400 or Australia in The Shepherd or something, and talking about how the sheep get stuck 211 00:14:04.400 --> 00:14:09.240 upside down, and they'll die if the shepherd doesn't come and relax them. 212 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:14.360 They can't get back up themselves, and talk about how they'll wander after stuff and get 213 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:20.000 in trouble, and talk about, like, just going through the nature and the characteristics 214 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.720 of the sheep and the shepherd. 215 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:29.200 And as we go into build, like, Jesus, it's really worth getting that picture in our mind, 216 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:33.920 both as we follow the Good Shepherd and as we lead at Shepherd. 217 00:14:33.920 --> 00:14:41.760 And so I really believe in this season, God's not asking us to shout more loudly at more 218 00:14:41.760 --> 00:14:42.760 people. 219 00:14:42.760 --> 00:14:45.840 That's the noise out there. 220 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:51.120 You know, you gotta just post a zillion times, you gotta show up live a zillion times, you 221 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:54.400 gotta talk at them, talk at them, talk at them. 222 00:14:54.400 --> 00:14:59.760 He's teaching us to know the people we're called to serve. 223 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:03.360 This will change everything. 224 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:04.880 This will change everything. 225 00:15:04.880 --> 00:15:07.080 This applies to every area of your life. 226 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:09.680 Those of you in business, I speak a lot to business 227 00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:14.680 because I'm a business coaching consultant and mentor. 228 00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:18.280 But it applies to life. 229 00:15:18.280 --> 00:15:20.640 It applies to life. 230 00:15:20.640 --> 00:15:26.600 Knowing our children, knowing our life partner, our husband. 231 00:15:26.760 --> 00:15:30.080 And I could really get into some deep stuff about that. 232 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:34.440 I'll probably do a teaching sometime on Ezra Canedo 233 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:37.800 and who God's called us to be in the man's life. 234 00:15:37.800 --> 00:15:40.600 I digress, but it just reminds me, 235 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:42.800 we can't do that unless we know. 236 00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:43.880 We know their heart. 237 00:15:43.880 --> 00:15:45.360 We know their vision. 238 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:46.720 We know their pains. 239 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:51.720 We know like how we can, we're called to stand in the gap. 240 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:56.280 And we can't stand in the gap if we don't know them. 241 00:15:56.280 --> 00:15:58.920 So a shepherd knows which sheep are strong 242 00:15:58.920 --> 00:16:02.240 and which ones are struggling, right? 243 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:04.720 And a shepherd knows which ones wandered. 244 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:08.360 We just talked about, he'll leave the 99 for the one. 245 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:11.320 He knows which are wounded. 246 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:13.480 They get stuck in the barbed wire fences 247 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:16.120 or in thickets or all of that. 248 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:19.400 He knows which ones need protection. 249 00:16:19.400 --> 00:16:21.320 The little youngins coming out, 250 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:24.280 their prey, if they get separated, 251 00:16:24.280 --> 00:16:28.280 he knows which ones are ready to move. 252 00:16:28.280 --> 00:16:31.280 He knows each one, right? 253 00:16:31.280 --> 00:16:35.360 Like what they need next. 254 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:40.080 And this is so powerful because many business owners 255 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:44.040 are busy trying to clarify their marketing 256 00:16:44.040 --> 00:16:46.240 before they've clarified their people. 257 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:48.240 So this is why, 258 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:50.680 like when I do a business breakthrough intensive 259 00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:52.720 and we're gonna do a lot of this as a group 260 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:54.880 and build like Jesus, 261 00:16:54.880 --> 00:16:56.200 this is one of the first steps. 262 00:16:56.200 --> 00:17:00.480 Once we know who we are and the foundation and the vision, 263 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:02.720 we have to know who we serve. 264 00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:06.880 We can't be building marketing in an empty container, 265 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.920 which most people do. 266 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:10.520 I wanna teach this, you know? 267 00:17:10.520 --> 00:17:15.040 And it's isolated, not knowing, right? 268 00:17:15.040 --> 00:17:16.720 Kim, did you raise your hand? 269 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:20.440 You're muted. 270 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:22.599 Yeah, now in this, 271 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:27.560 I just keep hearing going back to the first two commandments 272 00:17:27.560 --> 00:17:31.840 like just wrapping that into that most majestic gift 273 00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:36.040 that we are to love him, to hear him, right? 274 00:17:36.040 --> 00:17:38.200 To be shepherded by him. 275 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:41.400 And then in return, like you said, Brenda, 276 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.880 we're to do that for others. 277 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:45.120 And man, I just, 278 00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:49.000 I think I was saying last week about relationship wealth. 279 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:51.320 And I have just really, 280 00:17:51.320 --> 00:17:56.320 that is really where I feel like I'm just being so led to. 281 00:17:56.920 --> 00:18:00.680 And I am so excited, like no agenda. 282 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:03.240 Just who are you? 283 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:04.480 What's your story? 284 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:06.080 How can I shepherd you? 285 00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:06.920 Yes. 286 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:09.520 Like what do I have that I can share with you? 287 00:18:09.520 --> 00:18:10.360 Yes. 288 00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:12.480 So that I can like, you always say, Brenda, 289 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:14.840 speak through him, love through him, 290 00:18:14.840 --> 00:18:18.720 hear through him, write through him, all the things. 291 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:23.320 And I think if we just simplify our lives around that, 292 00:18:23.320 --> 00:18:26.320 how could it impact, right? 293 00:18:26.320 --> 00:18:27.520 So beautiful. 294 00:18:27.520 --> 00:18:28.360 Yeah. 295 00:18:28.360 --> 00:18:30.000 Thank you for sharing that. 296 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:34.400 We have these wonderful, you know, opportunities. 297 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:37.440 You know, I'm just looking in the room 298 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:42.320 and you know, the different roles that you all have. 299 00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:45.400 You know, some of you are coaching 300 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.600 and some of you have teams. 301 00:18:49.520 --> 00:18:53.360 Network marketing or direct selling or something. 302 00:18:53.360 --> 00:18:57.560 Such a beautiful opportunity to shepherd. 303 00:18:57.560 --> 00:19:02.280 Some of you are in places of influence. 304 00:19:02.280 --> 00:19:04.720 You know, I look like at Natalie. 305 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:08.960 She's shepherding the shepherds, really, right? 306 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:13.480 She's influencing people that are influencers. 307 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:15.440 I'm looking at people like Lindsay 308 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:19.240 and what you're doing for people with diabetes, right? 309 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:24.240 So you start to know your sheep. 310 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:29.880 And so let's see, Collette just put something in here. 311 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:32.360 Oh, she said, it's been so long. 312 00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:35.960 I had someone say to me yesterday, 313 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:37.520 I'm interested, it's been so long 314 00:19:37.520 --> 00:19:39.240 since I heard someone say that to me, 315 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:43.600 meaning that they were interested in me and my life. 316 00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:48.600 Yes, and the more we carry the light of Christ, 317 00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:52.240 the Bible says we're salt and we're light. 318 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:56.040 And the more that that light is radiating, 319 00:19:56.040 --> 00:19:59.120 the more people are gonna be drawn to it. 320 00:19:59.120 --> 00:19:59.960 Jesus said, if I. 321 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:06.880 you lift it up, I'll draw all men to me. When you radiate that light, there is an attractive 322 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:15.440 force of people coming to you. So, you know, most business owners are trying to clarify their 323 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:23.520 marketing before they've clarified their people, right? They're clarifying their marketing before 324 00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:28.720 they're clarifying their people. So they're building these sophisticated funnels, right? 325 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:35.760 And they're building all of this advertising and this marketing and this copy and these posts and 326 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:45.040 they're talking at and they're creating a system without knowing the heart of their people, 327 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:50.000 of the sheep that they're called to serve. So in Build Like Jesus, we're going to look at that 328 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:58.480 completely different, right? And not build out of context. Jesus began with people. 329 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:07.680 Jesus began with people. He knew their names. He noticed their condition. He understood what they 330 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:16.720 needed. And you can't clearly communicate an offer to someone that you don't understand. 331 00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:27.040 Okay, I'm going to say that again. You cannot communicate an offer, an offering, a product, 332 00:21:27.040 --> 00:21:35.120 a service to people that you do not understand. Now, I'm not saying you can't and people aren't 333 00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:43.760 doing it all day. I'm saying if you want to build like Jesus, we cannot be putting out an offer 334 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:48.880 before we understand the people that we're offering it to. 335 00:21:51.040 --> 00:21:57.440 Jesus knew how to ask questions. He knew how to understand. 336 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:10.560 And when we try to just reach everybody, like so much marketing does, 337 00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:19.680 then the people that you're truly called to serve, who most need what you carry, they can't 338 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:26.400 recognize what you're speaking to. There's like big debates out in the marketplace, people 339 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:32.400 making money by being contrarian. Some say you need a niche and it needs to be, you know, hyper 340 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:38.400 narrow. And some are out there arguing, you know, niche, peace, you don't need a niche, okay? 341 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:50.080 I've been coaching since 2012. Every time I coach a woman or a company, in a company, 342 00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:58.320 we call it a target market, in coaching a man or a woman, your niche, everything changes. 343 00:22:58.320 --> 00:23:06.000 Because when you understand who you serve, you know their desires, you know their pains, 344 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:13.840 you know their strengths, you know their weaknesses, and you know the now problem 345 00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:18.400 that they have, we're going to work on this tomorrow and build like Jesus, that now problem 346 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:25.360 they have, that God has equipped you to solve. So now your messaging actually hits. 347 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:32.960 And I always say, you know, even people that go really vague and they go, I serve Christian women. 348 00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:40.400 At first they'll say, I serve women, or I serve women over 50. Okay, that's half the population, 349 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:47.600 okay? That's not knowing your sheep. A woman over 50 in Zimbabwe is different than, you know, 350 00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:56.960 a woman over 50 in downtown LA with 12 kids is different than a CFO over 50, you know? 351 00:23:56.960 --> 00:24:01.120 Like, I could go on and on. They don't speak the same language, they don't hang out in the same 352 00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:07.760 places, they don't have the same desires, they don't have the same needs. So as soon as we get 353 00:24:07.760 --> 00:24:16.480 clear, all of a sudden their marketing starts working. So you can't serve everyone personally. 354 00:24:17.520 --> 00:24:24.720 When you attempt to reach everyone, you don't really reach anyone. So here's a key truth, 355 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:30.960 we'll go deeper on this tomorrow. Your niche is not merely a marketing category. 356 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:42.080 It's a stewardship decision. Say that again. Your niche, we're not just talking a marketing 357 00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:52.960 category. It's a stewardship decision. Who am I called? We're called to steward. Life is about 358 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:59.920 stewardship. Faithfulness is about stewardship. Who am I called to steward right now? 359 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:02.600 right now. 360 00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:05.280 See, we're called to steward our bodies. 361 00:25:05.280 --> 00:25:08.440 We're called to steward our time, our health. 362 00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:10.680 We're called to steward our money. 363 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:12.720 And like Kim's been talking about, 364 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:15.960 we're called to steward our relationships. 365 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:18.880 And that includes business relationships. 366 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:21.720 So it's not just a marketing decision. 367 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.680 It's stewardship decision. 368 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:26.560 It answers the question, who am I 369 00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:31.600 going to take personal responsibility to understand? 370 00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:36.240 Whose problems am I willing and equipped to help solve? 371 00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:48.160 Where have my experience, my gifts, my education, 372 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:53.640 my training prepared me to serve? 373 00:25:57.000 --> 00:26:01.880 Who's God repeatedly bringing across my path? 374 00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:09.560 So this doesn't mean that you never can help anyone else. 375 00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:16.480 I've absolutely been called to serve, to steward, to equip, 376 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:21.240 to empower female faith-based entrepreneurs. 377 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.480 That's my calling. 378 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.120 I love it. 379 00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:25.600 I've done it since day one. 380 00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:30.040 I've been doing it since 2012, and I did it before. 381 00:26:30.040 --> 00:26:33.160 And yeah, it doesn't mean that's all. 382 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:34.080 Linda knows. 383 00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:37.960 I just invited her to do her graphical magic, which 384 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:41.320 she's just beautiful, what God does through her. 385 00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:46.840 I've got a company that is three male partners that I consult. 386 00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:48.720 So it doesn't mean that you're always 387 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:51.080 like put into like a little hole. 388 00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:54.120 God may bring you someone else to steward. 389 00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:57.400 But you are overall reaching out, messaging. 390 00:26:57.400 --> 00:27:00.280 There's certain people that we know, that we love, 391 00:27:00.280 --> 00:27:03.520 that we understand, that we have a passion for, 392 00:27:03.520 --> 00:27:05.920 that we're equipped to steward and serve. 393 00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:09.120 Does that make sense? 394 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:13.520 So Jesus loved the multitudes. 395 00:27:13.520 --> 00:27:16.160 There's no doubt he loved everyone. 396 00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:23.560 But he did not relate to everyone in the same way. 397 00:27:23.560 --> 00:27:27.400 Look at all the interactions. 398 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:30.360 How he related to blind Bartimaeus 399 00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:34.080 was different than Nicodemus, was different than the woman 400 00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:36.960 at the well, was different than the Pharisee. 401 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:38.840 Start going through. 402 00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:43.680 He did not have a single formula and relate to everyone. 403 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:45.920 He related differently. 404 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:50.360 And he had crowds that he treated one way. 405 00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:52.080 He had the 70. 406 00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:53.720 He had the 12. 407 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:55.800 He had the three. 408 00:27:55.800 --> 00:28:02.840 So when we get clearer about who God has entrusted to us, 409 00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:07.960 then the message gets clearer. 410 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:12.080 The more you understand, then when you write, 411 00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:15.920 you get them saying, wow, did you read my mail? 412 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.360 Like, you're talking to me. 413 00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:20.640 And they have this feeling like this 414 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:24.000 is the coach or the leader or the consultant 415 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.200 or whatever you do. 416 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.160 For me, they understand me. 417 00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:29.600 They get me. 418 00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:31.440 They speak my language. 419 00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:34.320 Now your offer becomes stronger. 420 00:28:34.320 --> 00:28:37.440 Now your decisions become simpler. 421 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:39.240 The right people recognize. 422 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:41.880 And this is true for ministry. 423 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:44.080 This is true for so many things, whatever 424 00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:45.120 you're being called to. 425 00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:47.640 It's not just business. 426 00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:49.680 So here's the principle. 427 00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:55.200 Jesus asked before he answered. 428 00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.040 Write that down. 429 00:28:56.040 --> 00:29:01.240 Jesus asked before he answered. 430 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:07.480 Will somebody open your Bible and read Matthew 9 36? 431 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:10.040 Matthew 9 36. 432 00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:22.120 Matthew 9 36. 433 00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:23.400 I have it, Brenda. 434 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:25.200 Thank you. 435 00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:29.920 When he saw the clouds, he had compassion on them 436 00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:34.160 because they were harassed and helpless, 437 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:38.520 like sheep without a shepherd. 438 00:29:38.520 --> 00:29:39.240 Wow. 439 00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.520 Somebody else want to read it? 440 00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:45.320 Matthew 9 36. 441 00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:56.240 When he saw the clouds, he had compassion on them because they 442 00:29:56.240 --> 00:30:02.120 were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd. 443 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:25.560 The translation that I have is, when he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because 444 00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.600 Wow. 445 00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.960 Somebody else want to read it? 446 00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:36.040 they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 447 00:30:36.040 --> 00:30:38.140 You think that fits today? 448 00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:42.640 When you look on the crowds, are we having compassion? 449 00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.320 Do we see they're confused? 450 00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:45.800 Do we see they're helpless? 451 00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:47.720 Do we see that they're scared? 452 00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:50.560 Do we see they're like sheep without a shepherd? 453 00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:52.920 You see, Jesus saw more than a crowd. 454 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:59.640 He didn't go, oh wow, we had 10,000 today, oh wow, we hit 15,000, we just beat, oh wow, 455 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:04.000 we just grew by another 40%. 456 00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:08.200 He looked at the crowd and he saw their condition. 457 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:19.520 And then in Mark 10, 51, he said, he would often ask, what do you want me to do for you? 458 00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:22.700 What do you desire? 459 00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:25.420 He would always ask that. 460 00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.420 What do you desire? 461 00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:32.660 You see, Jesus could see Bartimaeus was blind, he was begging outside the temple, it was 462 00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:39.700 clear he was blind, and yet he still asked the question, what do you want me to do for 463 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.700 you? 464 00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.700 Why? 465 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.700 Why? 466 00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:48.500 I want you to catch this, we're going deep for a minute. 467 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:52.220 He could see he's blind. 468 00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:59.900 Why did he ask him, what do you want me to do for you? 469 00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:05.140 First thing I do when I have call with new people, tell me about your vision. 470 00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:06.260 What do you desire? 471 00:32:06.260 --> 00:32:07.260 What's working? 472 00:32:07.260 --> 00:32:08.260 What's not working? 473 00:32:08.260 --> 00:32:09.260 What do you desire? 474 00:32:09.260 --> 00:32:11.060 I don't like the word want. 475 00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:15.620 Want means extreme lack, so our modern translations use the word want. 476 00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:17.620 But Jesus could see he was blind. 477 00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:20.580 Why did he ask the question? 478 00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:22.500 Write this down. 479 00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:25.380 It's a life principle. 480 00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:28.700 Because love does not assume. 481 00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:33.460 I'm going to say that again. 482 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.460 This is deep. 483 00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:37.340 If we stopped here, we could just end the lesson. 484 00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:43.740 Because love does not assume. 485 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:47.220 In this day and age, we assume we know what they need. 486 00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:49.660 We assume we know the path they should take. 487 00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:51.980 We assume they should work with us. 488 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:57.180 We have not tapped into their heart. 489 00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:59.620 Love sees. 490 00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.620 Love listens. 491 00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.860 Love asks. 492 00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:11.580 Love allows people to name what they desire. 493 00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:17.620 It's one of my favorite principles that we're going to practice and build like Jesus. 494 00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.620 Here it is. 495 00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:23.940 Do not create an offer based only on what you want to teach. 496 00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:27.260 Oh, I got this idea and I want to teach this. 497 00:33:27.260 --> 00:33:28.260 Oh, I stayed up all night. 498 00:33:28.260 --> 00:33:32.460 God gave me this and I wrote this and I want to put it out there. 499 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:36.860 Don't create an offer based on what you want to teach. 500 00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:39.940 Create a pathway. 501 00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:50.620 Create a pathway based on what the person is experiencing, asking for, and ready to 502 00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:54.880 receive. 503 00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:56.980 You know, this goes into parenting as well. 504 00:33:56.980 --> 00:34:03.880 I'm telling you, this applies everywhere, especially you have older children. 505 00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:09.139 I have such a desire to like pour wisdom into my kids, but you know what I've learned? 506 00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:12.900 They don't want to hear it like that. 507 00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:18.820 If they don't ask and they're not ready, you're just talking at them. 508 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:21.699 It's true for kids, for spouse. 509 00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:26.340 So we have to distinguish between what we know they need. 510 00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:34.420 I want you to get this, what we know they need and what they know they need right now. 511 00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:40.460 In other words, an old insurance that I learned probably 30 years ago that said, give them 512 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:46.100 what they want or desire so you can give them what they need. 513 00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:53.179 So I don't think Jesus, you know, came to earth to have the largest food distribution 514 00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:58.700 network, but he understood they were hungry. 515 00:34:58.700 --> 00:35:00.020 And if he, if he fed them. 516 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.080 physical food, he could feed them what they really need was spiritual food. 517 00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:12.480 I don't think he came to have the largest healing ministry in the world, but he understood if he 518 00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:20.880 could heal, he could heal their soul. Do you understand? We give them what they desire, 519 00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:24.320 what they want, what they desire, so we can give them what they need 520 00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:30.800 and what they're prepared to act on. Are they even ready? 521 00:35:32.560 --> 00:35:35.840 Some of you try to push people to join you before they're ready. 522 00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:42.720 What result do they value enough to invest in? 523 00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:55.600 They may ultimately need identity or healing or stronger systems or a deeper faith or better 524 00:35:55.600 --> 00:36:02.720 boundaries or a completely new business altogether. I have someone who's just rocking it. 525 00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:10.880 She's on Substack now, but she came to me and I worked with her. I coached her and did intensive 526 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:17.440 and she came as a network marketer. She had a heart to be a coach 527 00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:25.520 and it was the coaching and the clarity that gave her courage. I'm not saying this is applied to 528 00:36:25.520 --> 00:36:30.560 everybody. It was her case. Some of you belong exactly where you are in network marketing. 529 00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:39.280 She didn't and she still thanks me to this day. 10 years later, she'll say it's because of what 530 00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:46.160 you shared with me that I made the transition to what I'm doing right now because love sees the 531 00:36:46.160 --> 00:36:56.640 heart and where they're at and what they need. They might be saying what they want. They might 532 00:36:56.640 --> 00:37:03.200 be saying, I need more clients. That's super common or my membership's not growing or I have 533 00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:11.040 too many offers and too many ideas and no clear offer. I'm exhausted from I've tried everything 534 00:37:11.040 --> 00:37:18.080 and I'm completely exhausted or I don't know how to talk about what I do or I'm afraid to sell or 535 00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:25.360 I don't want to be a salesperson or money's not coming in. I can't survive doing that. 536 00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:33.440 These words are clues. They're clues and I also want you real quick before we go into prayer, 537 00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:46.400 we'll go deeper tomorrow on this. We have our amygdala that recognizes what's important. It 538 00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:52.880 filters what's important to us, what feels relevant, what feels immediate. That's how people, 539 00:37:52.880 --> 00:38:00.800 their brains work. If people cannot quickly recognize themselves and quickly recognize how 540 00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:09.760 this solves their problem, how it'll give them the result that they desire, their attention moves on 541 00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:14.800 and you're like, it's crickets in my group. I'm talking all day and it's crickets. I'm posting and 542 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:22.080 it's crickets. It's clarity, not manipulation. Clarity is kindness. A clear message tells the 543 00:38:22.080 --> 00:38:30.000 right person, I see what you're facing. I understand what you desire. Here's what I recommend. 544 00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:38.640 Okay, so it's super important. We're gonna go into prayer, but as you're even 545 00:38:38.640 --> 00:38:46.160 praying personally, some prayer prompts is like, show me the person. 546 00:38:47.040 --> 00:38:50.240 Show me what they need. Show me the pathway. 547 00:38:52.400 --> 00:39:00.640 And we'll go deeper tomorrow in Build Like Jesus. If you're not yet a Prosper Leader member, 548 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:09.200 I recommend that you do that. I am on Substack at the official Brenda Byers. And if you go 549 00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:19.120 there to Substack, the official brendabyers.substack.com forward slash subscribe, 550 00:39:19.120 --> 00:39:27.280 I'm offering a really powerful position. We just had someone new join. Lindsay was our first. 551 00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:36.240 We've got him coming in now as Founder Prosper Leaders. So check that out. It is really a 552 00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:44.160 complete surrounding you for a year to be living this out. If you're already a Prosper Leader 553 00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:48.720 member and you're doing the monthly, you're here, you're great. We're gonna dive deep 554 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:57.360 Wednesdays and Thursdays. I'm doing special things for Founder Leaders. Like I'm doing a deep dive 555 00:39:57.360 --> 00:40:00.000 on Saturday, looking exactly at their business. 556 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:05.760 us where they're stuck and where they need support. So if you have any questions reach out to me right 557 00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:12.080 now. I want to take time to just pray this in because this is one of the most important 558 00:40:12.080 --> 00:40:18.880 distinctions. Jesus understood his sheep. If we can have that shepherd's heart for the people that God 559 00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:25.600 is bringing, if we can, if we can, as I've taught us to pray, if we can say Jesus love through us, 560 00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:31.680 shepherd through us, teach through us, coach through us, serve through us, everything else 561 00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:39.040 is going to fall into place. This is foundational. So let's pray. Everybody can jump in and pray and 562 00:40:39.040 --> 00:40:46.240 then I'll come around and close the prayer, okay? And it can even be short popcorn prayer. It can be 563 00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:53.680 whatever God's putting on your heart. Just let's just bring this to the Father and remembering the 564 00:40:53.680 --> 00:41:07.760 prayer requests that were brought up at the beginning. Just unmute and pray anybody that 565 00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:18.640 wants to pray. Father God, I thank you again for 566 00:41:19.120 --> 00:41:28.720 renewing my spirit this morning and using Brenda as a vessel to speak to us because sometimes we 567 00:41:28.720 --> 00:41:34.560 forget these things. I know that I do. But as you were speaking through her, things were welling up 568 00:41:34.560 --> 00:41:41.360 within me. And I'm so grateful for that because really it comes down to being a ministry of 569 00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:50.800 presence first before all of what you have, of how we can listen and prepare our hearts and not even 570 00:41:51.680 --> 00:41:57.120 know what to say because really that's not even what you're wanting at times as well. It's just 571 00:41:57.120 --> 00:42:02.960 really a listening heart. And then you teach us to take the next step. And then you teach us to 572 00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:11.120 reach out and how to reach out. So I am so thankful for the beginning stages again here this morning. 573 00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:17.600 On how we're to steward our time and our words and our heart with people again, Father. 574 00:42:18.560 --> 00:42:23.920 And it just brings me joy and it brings me tears as I'm just kind of praying this out. 575 00:42:25.680 --> 00:42:30.960 So I'm thankful for that today, Lord. Prepare us for what you have for the rest of the week. 576 00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:38.240 Help us to even slow down even more. Even if there's a setback and maybe in health like my 577 00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:46.160 own right now. Use that, Father, to train me up to listen to your heart. 578 00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:52.640 Not get discouraged because I know you're going to heal me. 579 00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:57.680 Maybe this is just a little bit of a setback, Father, to just 580 00:43:00.720 --> 00:43:02.560 listen a little more intentionally. 581 00:43:03.040 --> 00:43:07.920 So I thank you and I praise you that today, Father, and what you have for us. 582 00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:17.120 Thank you again. I just lift everyone up today for renewal in their spirit as well, Father. 583 00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:25.920 Do what only you can do. We're just your daughters and you are well pleased with us. 584 00:43:33.200 --> 00:43:52.000 Lord, I praise you for this time together to just really to reset, Lord. I praise you for 585 00:43:52.400 --> 00:44:04.480 just the wisdom and the direction that you've given, Brenda, to help us all just really align 586 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:15.040 in your desire for us to carry out your work, Lord, whatever that looks like, whether it's 587 00:44:15.120 --> 00:44:23.040 relationships or personal relationships or work or how we spend our time or how we 588 00:44:24.240 --> 00:44:32.720 connect with loved ones or strangers, Lord. I just praise you that I'm reminded yet again that 589 00:44:33.600 --> 00:44:41.520 nothing's by accident. You're such a good author and we hold true to that. You can use all things. 590 00:44:41.600 --> 00:44:53.520 Our experiences, our life lessons, our connections with your human connection that you've created 591 00:44:53.520 --> 00:44:59.920 such a powerful piece, but also a challenging piece. I pray for anyone who's helping now. 592 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:09.840 conflict within families or co-workers or just in their lives, Lord. I pray for 593 00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:14.520 unspoken prayers as well as those that lift it up specifically and I just thank 594 00:45:14.520 --> 00:45:19.560 you again that you're our firm foundation and our Good Shepherd. We 595 00:45:19.560 --> 00:45:23.040 thank you and we praise you for that. 596 00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:42.480 Lord, I just lift up every single beautiful woman of God that you've 597 00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:54.480 gathered here and Lord it's with humble gratitude that I am privileged to be 598 00:45:54.480 --> 00:46:09.520 able to lead this group and shepherd and Lord I just adore every one of them. I 599 00:46:09.520 --> 00:46:18.080 pray that today what they needed to receive, the spiritual nourishment that 600 00:46:18.080 --> 00:46:24.240 they needed, the word, the rhema word that you had for them, Lord, that it'll go 601 00:46:24.240 --> 00:46:34.200 deep into good soil, that it'll be planted in their heart to heal, to raise 602 00:46:34.200 --> 00:46:44.520 up and empower and to multiply and bless the people they are called to shepherd. I 603 00:46:44.520 --> 00:46:52.600 pray you give us insight, revelation, understanding on your word that you've 604 00:46:52.600 --> 00:47:03.040 released today, that we will, as scripture says, we will be faithful to rightly 605 00:47:03.040 --> 00:47:09.360 divide the word of truth, that we will know your word and we will soak 606 00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:14.400 in your word and we will love your word and your word will wash us and transform 607 00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:27.120 us and renew our minds. I ask for healing, physical healing. I ask for just a safe 608 00:47:27.120 --> 00:47:35.800 and beautiful healing for Elen's eyes and continued healing for her wrist. I 609 00:47:36.240 --> 00:47:46.480 pray a healing for Jackie's neck and spine and that she will feel your 610 00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:54.160 presence. You've said in scripture that you straighten the crooked paths and I 611 00:47:54.160 --> 00:48:00.920 see that as relevant for her spine, that you will do a straightening work, Lord 612 00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:11.760 God. Thank you for your healing power flowing from the tip of her feet to the 613 00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:16.800 tip of her head. Thank you that you're bringing everything into alignment with 614 00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:20.520 the kingdom of God where there is no sickness and there is no crookedness and 615 00:48:20.520 --> 00:48:24.800 there is no pain and there is no suffering. Thank you, Lord. We call the 616 00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:32.320 power of the kingdom of God into the power of the name of Jesus into her life 617 00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:37.960 and body that you quicken every single cell and nerve and fiber in her being to 618 00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:45.640 bring total restoration and healing, not just pain relief but total healing. Lord, 619 00:48:45.640 --> 00:48:50.280 I pray for the ministries you've entrusted to each and every woman that 620 00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:56.120 you'll get them eyes that see and a heart that loves and shepherds. I pray 621 00:48:56.120 --> 00:49:02.080 that you bless the work of their hands and you prosper them spiritually, 622 00:49:02.080 --> 00:49:10.520 physically, financially, relationally in all their ways. We love you, Jesus. We 623 00:49:10.520 --> 00:49:15.800 celebrate the wins and the prayers that have been answered. You are a covenant 624 00:49:15.800 --> 00:49:23.320 keeping God. You are a faithful, loving, good God and we honor you here in this 625 00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:29.960 place and we just invite, Lord, an outpouring of your Holy Spirit into 626 00:49:29.960 --> 00:49:34.440 every single woman and we call to the north and the south and the east and the 627 00:49:34.440 --> 00:49:40.960 west the women that are called to be in this community and loved by these women. 628 00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:46.240 We call them in as we start Build Like Jesus. We just pray your presence to just 629 00:49:46.240 --> 00:49:54.720 flood every aspect of this. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. 630 00:49:54.720 --> 00:49:59.920 Alright, blessings to you, sisters. I'm late for another call. Love you. We'll see you 631 00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:01.960 tomorrow. 632 00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:01.280 Tomorrow 8 a.m.