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Welcome to this week's Power Hour, Prosper Power Hour.

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I love this.

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This is where we are every Wednesday, 8 a.m., PST.

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And this is where we lay the scriptural foundation for the week.

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What we're working on, especially right now, because we're in the Bill like Jesus series,

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which are Thursday mornings at 8.

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And so we're laying the foundation, we're laying the foundation with God's Word, with

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the promises, with the biblical principles, and of course, time to pray.

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And usually before I start the recording, those of us that are here live, we do prayer

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requests and also praise reports, so fun to see answered prayers and just to, I wouldn't

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say just the beauty of having community, of knowing that there are other sisters who

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are thinking about you praying for you during the week.

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Those of you know this morning, Alen is having her second eye surgery.

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So having people from the mind that love you, that do life together, that grow together,

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that celebrate together, that pray together.

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And so I, for one, absolutely adore each and every one of you, love this time together

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and love growing together.

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So yay, so Father, we just ask as we begin this call that your spirit just descends powerfully

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into every space represented here, every home, every mind, every heart.

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Let your Word drop into good soil and produce a harvest of fruit.

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We welcome you Holy Spirit.

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May the words of my mouth, the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your side, I ask

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in Jesus, name, amen, amen, okay, this is a fun week as we are, I think they're all fun,

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but fun as we're working our way through the pillars in build like Jesus.

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And so we're laying that foundation.

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And so we are talking about how Jesus communicated and not just through teachings or like propositions,

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but he consistently entered into their world, the things that were familiar to them through

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stories and parables and questions and imagery that they understood.

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And this is so important as we think about businesses.

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Most of you are in some form of business.

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And so the people we talked in the past about know your sheep, right?

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And Jesus recognized his sheep and this is next level.

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The people that God entrusts to you, being able to communicate well is a part of stewardship,

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learning to communicate in a way that they're able to, you know, pick up what you're putting

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on.

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And so tomorrow we're going to really get into communication and storytelling in our business.

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So we've got some really immersive exercises to help you get better at that.

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I personally have learned a lot in this area.

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So I'm a teacher in the body of Christ, teaching is one of my gifts.

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I've been teaching forever since I was like 17.

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I was teaching in one form or another.

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So I like teaching and teaching is fun.

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And I went to write my books.

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It was Brenda teaching, teaching, teaching, teaching. Honestly, I taught the entire content,

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Total Soul Prosperity, a couple times in 5, 6, 7 day series, did that a few times till it was

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absolutely refined. Pulled that into a book, cleaned it up, and voila, we have total soul

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prosperity. Wow, a couple things very much changed. I had a publisher with 40 years experience.

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She said, "I want you to take that 300 if you don't want it just to be shelf help and you want

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it to truly be self help and you want it to sell and you want people to read it and read it again

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and give you reviews. I need you to get it to about 100 pages." And then I'm like,

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"All that work is little thing." So we did a lot of reducing. But then I started remembering

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I worked together with a writing coach for a couple of years, Kelly Morgan, she's incredibly.

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And she would constantly say, "Brenda, show me, don't tell me, show me, don't tell me."

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And I realized there was very little story in here. So I had to go back through every chapter.

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And instead of just tell, how can I show through the use of stories and examples?

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So that was a rewrite. And then, of course, I opened fortunately with a story, a true story about

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what God spoke to me in that little country church about the inner slave woman.

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And I could see the contrast. Wow. Chapter one really pulls you in. And Linda was part of

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editing and on this whole thing with me. So she knows the journey. We went through

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umpteen edits, right? And we call Linda Eagle Eye because she doesn't miss a thing. She's not

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only a great writer, but she's a great editor. And so, you know, I went, "Wow, that was really exciting."

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And you start to where you can hear yourself and the teaching just after a while sounds like

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blah, blah, blah in a book, nonstop. So I had to begin reworking it again. I had gotten a story

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all the way through. And then I thought, you know what, this slave woman belongs in every chapter,

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had to rework it. So I don't want you to think you're alone if things need to get reworked.

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But as I looked at this, I thought, wow, what Kelly's teaching show, don't tell. Jesus was a master

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at that. So we're going to look at examples of that today. And I want you to begin to think about

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everything you're doing, posts, notes on sub stack, emails, you know, all of these things that you're

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writing. Are you just talk, talk, talk, teach, teach, teach? Or are you entering their world and

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pulling them in to actually experience and feel this? And so here's the first

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scripture that I want to go over with you. It is Mark chapter 4 verse 33 and 34. Mark

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4, 33 and 34. Maybe let's read it from a couple translations. Tell me what translation you're

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reading from. Let's take a look at this. Mark 4, 33, 34. I have it Brenda.

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It's an IV and it's with many similar parables. Jesus spoke the word to them as much as they

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could understand. He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was

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alone with his own disciples, he explained everything. Okay, okay. Good. What jumps out of you?

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Yeah, but when they really were like alone, he went more into detail.

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With him with them.

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And we've talked about Jesus had different levels of proximity of intimacy, right?

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And communicated that at different levels.

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And, you know, in business, you probably understand a funnel, but if you don't,

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it's pretty simple to understand.

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There's top of funnel, middle of funnel, bottom of funnel.

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So when he spoke to everybody, that was top of funnel.

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Top of funnel is discoverability.

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People find you.

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Okay. And when they gathered, that was more, of course, getting them to gather

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would be middle of funnel.

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Middle of funnel is converting, moving them to be a free subscriber or a paid

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subscriber in sub stack, et cetera.

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And then bottom of funnel is they're buying their, your customers there.

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And that's that, that intimate.

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So we see that. And so I'm going to read it in the amplified.

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It's similar to what you said and just a part of it.

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Because I want you to catch one part of it.

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It says with many parables, he was speaking the word to them.

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So far as they were able to hear and understand, I want you to catch

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that for what we're talking about here as they were able to hear and understand.

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That's super significant.

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That's super, you know, kind of, um,

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here you have Jesus who possesses ultimate truth.

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He's got it all he's bringing.

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He is the truth, right?

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He's the way the truth and the life.

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So Jesus is truth, he's speaking truth.

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And yet he paid attention to the capacity of the here.

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This goes right along what we've been talking about with no year sheep, right?

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What is the capacity of your here?

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And so often we speak in jargon and technical language and advanced language.

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But he was paying attention to the capacity.

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So get the difference.

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Jesus didn't just think, what truth do I want to communicate?

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Because that's often where we start, if we're honest.

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OK, what's the point I want to make today?

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OK, what am I going to write about?

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What do I want my audience to get, right?

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Like we we're focused on the truth.

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We want to get out there.

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That's how it's our perspective.

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What do we want them?

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What do we want to say?

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His reflected something a little different.

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How can I get these people to receive it?

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You know, as a side note, when you think about the parable of the sower

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and the seed and when he explains it later, the seed is the word.

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It fell on different kinds of ground.

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And our goal, of course, is for our seed to penetrate the soil, which is the

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heart and produce fruit.

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And so how can we do that?

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How can people receive it?

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And so look at the world of his stories.

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Look at everything that Jesus taught.

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He was talking about seed, just gave you an example, talking about soil,

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just gave you an example, talking about sheep.

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We've looked at that, talking about bread, talking about fish,

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talking about coins.

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These weren't abstract theological issues.

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He would tie them.

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But he taught them to things that were everyday things all around them that they

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knew they understood.

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In other words, he got into their everyday world that they would understand.

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You guys get this?

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It's so, it's so significant of a perspective.

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And I think spending a couple of years studying with Kelly and all her

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classes of just constantly show don't tell got in.

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powerful when it becomes understandable. Sometimes we confuse like complexity, right? We confuse

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like I'm being deep when it's really complex. I sound smart, deep theology, right? But think

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about it. Jesus could communicate profound, profound kingdom ideas. These were revolutionary

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way of thinking and teaching and looking at profound kingdom realities through everyday items.

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The seed disappearing into dirt. So I want you to think about that as we go forward as you apply

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this to your ministry, your business. If we started with know your sheep, we talked about know your

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sheep, the shepherd knows his sheep. If we know the people God has entrusted to us, and this is why

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I take voracious notes and I have a note taker going every call. If you can know the words they

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use, would your audience say that? If you can speak back to them in their words, that's the most

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powerful, right? So if I know my sheep, I should increasingly understand where they at. What are

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they carrying? I often ask this question, what keeps them up at night? What would they Google?

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What are they most afraid of? What do they most desire? What are they hoping for? What language do

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they use? What situations are they talking about around their kitchen table? So knowing our sheep

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now challenges us to speak to our sheep. So I want to go to another scripture. Let's go to Matthew

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chapter 13, Matthew 13, 34, and 35.

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So we looked at Mark, we're also looking at Matthew 13, and he shares a similar idea,

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34 and 35. Somebody want to read that.

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Who's got it? Tell us what translation. I've got it. Okay. I've got it in the NLT.

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Uh, Jesus always used stories and illustrations like these when speaking to the crowds. In fact,

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he never spoke to them without using such parables. Wow. Like I just think of simplicity there, like,

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it's almost like he has no agenda, but he has an agenda. Does that make sense? Yes.

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He does the point that he's wanted. He knows his sheep. He knows the truth. He's trying to

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communicate to the sheep. And he knows the best way to get it to him. Yeah. Simplicity. I just see

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simplicity. So he used parables to disclose things that were hidden, right? And this is one of the

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beauties of using story at metaphor that I've learned over the years. Okay. Think about this.

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Let's just take something really abstract, like kingdom of God. Let's just talk about the kingdom

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of God. How many words would you need to try to explain to them the kingdom of God? You ever

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tried to explain that to someone? Let me tell you, let me teach you. Like just pretend you're in

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front of a group right now. Let me teach you about the kingdom of God. Can you feel that?

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But Jesus would say things like, it's like a mustard seed. He'd say, it's like yeast working

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through dough. You're like, okay, yeah, I can picture that. He'd say,

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Okay, it's like a merchant searching for a pearl.

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He takes something unseen like the kingdom of God and connects it to something we see and we know.

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So to begin to think like that, what story could I use to teach this?

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And here's what I want you to really get. I desire you to get from this.

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The ordinary, do you see how this was very ordinary?

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Very, very, very ordinary. We're talking about dough and yeast and fields and seeds and dirt.

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Like very ordinary can become the doorway to the eternal.

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And it wasn't just parables, he would do it every opportunity.

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I mean, he meets the woman at the well, who's coming to draw water and he starts talking to her

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about living water. This is how he was going to explain the Holy Spirit and life with God right there.

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And right there, what's in front of them pulling water? What do we understand that water does?

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And he talks, that's how he teaches her about living water.

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Like just think about that for a minute.

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He feeds hungry people and he starts talking about the bread of life.

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He, he meets fishermen and he starts talking about being a fisher of man.

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He, he's in the field speaking and he starts teaching about harvest.

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Is this, is this new to you? Is this, um, is this something you're doing you thought about or

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wow, Brenda, you're making me think? Let me know. You know, put it in the chat. Number one,

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I do this all the time. Number two, I do this a little. Number three, wow, this is really getting

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me thinking, put a number in the chat. Okay. So yes, Jackie, you do it all the time. Okay.

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Amanda, I do it a little. Okay. Um, okay, good. Okay. Collette, um, it's new to think about Kim

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one. Okay. So Kim, you're doing this a lot speaking in stories, parables. Good. You guys are ahead.

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Linda, I know Linda, you're rich at it. Very good. Okay. So, so Jesus, let's just, I want you to

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write this in your notes. He would go from familiar, familiar to deeper. Take him from familiar to

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deeper. And Linda, you know, working on this website, we need to think if we're using enough

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metaphor, if we're using examples in stories, you know, um, just hit me as I'm talking. Okay. So,

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familiar to deeper, visible to invisible, natural to spiritual.

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I learned something very early on in my twenties, my first network marketing experience with a

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Canadian company, I learned that facts tell and stories sell.

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Facts tell. We're talking to the mind. The mind justifies a decision. The mind doesn't make the

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first decision. The emotions make the first decision usually for buying. The stories touch the heart,

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the emotions that desires, the pains, the stories touch that, then the mind goes,

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oh yeah, that's a good idea. Okay. So, it goes from familiar to deeper, from visible to invisible,

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from natural to spiritual. Okay. Let's go to a couple more. Let's go to Psalms 107 verse two.

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Let's take it as another level of deeper. Psalms 107 two. And I have that marked in my Bible. I

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I want to grab it. 1-0-7.

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Who's got it?

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I have it Brenda.

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Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His love endures forever.

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Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.

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Who's He redeemed from the hand of the foe?

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Beautiful, beautiful.

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What jumps out at you?

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His love is everlasting.

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He's always good.

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Verse one and verse two which jumps out at you.

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Tell the goodness of your story.

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Love that.

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If I read it in the Amplified, this is give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His mercy

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and loving kindness endure forever, verse one, verse two.

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Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.

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Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.

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You see, God can take and use what He's done in your life to strengthen someone else's

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faith.

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And He is basically here.

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Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, open your mouth and tell.

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So there is this repeated biblical pattern of both remembering and recounting speaking

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what God has done.

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So God does something in your life, hopefully you're journaling it.

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We overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony.

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So these stories become stories of God's goodness in his life.

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How he helped you, how he healed you, how he taught you, how he led you, how he blessed

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you.

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These things not only strengthen your own faith but someone can look at it and say, Oh, he

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did that for her.

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Maybe he can do that for me.

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Take a look at Psalms 78 and verse 4, 78 and verse 4.

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There's a there's a there's a there's a popular thing out there before you read it.

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There's a popular, any of you here, I just keep my faith private.

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I just, you know, hopefully people know what I believe.

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I just, I just keep my, this is my personal business is my, my faith is my private business.

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That's popular right now.

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I think it's the enemy's tool to shut us up because the power of a word spoken.

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So this does not say that.

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Let's go tell it.

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Let's tell me 78 who was going to read I interrupted you.

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I was.

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Great.

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We will not hide them from their descendants.

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We will tell the next generation the praise words worthy deeds of the Lord, his power and

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the wonders he has done.

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Now you're dealing with couple generations actually above the envelope.

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We've got like four generations happening in your life.

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What do you, what do you get from this?

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What I get from this is we have to tell our story.

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They're not going to ask.

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Yeah, but we are still, we are still it is still, yeah, it's still what's the word I'm

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looking for.

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It's still our obligation, our purpose part of our purpose is to talk about what God has

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brought us through, and what he has done for us that we far above and beyond what we ask

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for.

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When we do that, it grows faith.

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that came before us that were like, "Yes, she gets it!" You know? Yeah, the cloud,

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even the ones that have passed on, the cloud of witnesses that Hebrews talks about,

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that's so good. I'm just grabbing a couple sentences, Psalm 78 in the amplified. Verse 2 says,

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"I will open my mouth in a parable." Verse 3 says, "That which we have heard and known

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and our fathers have told us, then, verse 4, we will not hide them from their children. We will

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tell to the generations to come the praise were the deeds of the Lord and his might and his wonderful

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works that he has performed so much for being quiet and private with your faith." So, you know,

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when you think about Scripture and all that God did, our experience can bear witness to what

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Scripture has taught about God. So, I want to share a few principles really quick then,

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I want to get to prayer. Principle number one, story creates identification. Story creates

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identification. You know, I recently worked with somebody, I'll keep it anonymous for this moment,

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unless otherwise they choose. I was working with someone on their book, and this beautiful woman was

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highly educated, extremely intelligent, and has something extremely meaningful she wants

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people to understand about God. But as we talked, I realized something. She had essentially written

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the book the same way you might write a thesis or a dissertation.

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There's so much truth in it, it was just rich in truth. There was information like crazy,

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but I asked her, "Where are the stories? Where are the stories?" We started talking about Jesus,

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and I said, "How much did he use story in metaphor and parables?" And then I asked her the question

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that I asked you today, "Have people changed since the time of Jesus, or do they still need stories

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from their world that help them recognize themselves inside of the truth?" And she knew immediately,

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they still need stories. So here's the key I want you to get from this. The goal is not to talk about

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yourself. The goal is not to tell your story. The goal is glorify God, but also here's the most

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important goal when you're writing. You want to tell a story in the way that they can paint

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themselves into the story. You want to tell a story in a way that they say, "Oh, that's me.

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That's me. Wow, I'm going through that too." This is what happened in my writing. After I put all

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the story into it, the testimonies I got were so moving, they would set things like I couldn't

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put it down. It made me cry. I thought to myself, "Wow, I don't think it would have made them cry

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if I hadn't used story." And they'd say, "That's me. You were telling my story." They would repeat

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that so much. And I think one of the greatest compliments is they said I put it down and I had

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to go back and read it again. So the greatest compliment is not only did your story be used

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by God, but it helped them recognize themselves. That's me. That's what I'm going through. That's what

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I desire. That's what I'm struggling with. Principle number two. So number one,

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identification number two. The story is not the destination.

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The story is not a destination, it's a bridge.

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So the last thing we want is look at me,

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look how terrible my life was and look how vulnerable I can be.

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And people do this so much.

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They just like throw up on you with their story.

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That's the opposite extreme.

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And it's hard stuff to even listen to.

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So I want to say be spirit led on this, OK?

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You don't need to expose every wound publicly.

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It may not be the timing yet.

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You may not be healed yet.

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Some stories you may need to protect the people.

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Some stories are sacred.

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Some belong just between you and God.

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up on everybody is also not where we're going.

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So here's the question to ask yourself, right?

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What has God redeemed or taught or revealed or transformed

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in me that can now really help someone else?

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What has God redeemed, taught, revealed, transformed,

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in a way that can really help someone else?

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We really learn from each other, good or bad.

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We really learn.

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We really mimic.

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We even have a part of our brain that mirrors and mimics, OK?

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So to this day, I still learn.

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I hear the stories of somebody that

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has entered into covenant with a woman

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and is building God's way and covenant way.

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I'm not in a relationship right now.

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I just vicariously just soak up that story,

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like, wow, what's possible?

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This is what we can create.

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Can we build after a divorce?

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That was a lot of my story.

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Can we find God in the pain?

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That was part of my story.

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and what God has taught, what he's transformed,

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and sharing that, that stewardship,

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we're stewarding what God has done in us.

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And you guys can look this up on your own.

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Second Corinthians 1, verses 3 and 4.

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It says that God comforts us in our troubles

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so we can comfort others with the comfort

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we ourselves have received.

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We can turn around and help someone.

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God helps us through a sickness.

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We can turn around and help someone.

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God helps us through a relationship issue.

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We can turn around and help.

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God helps us through a business financial issue.

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You see, it becomes this beautiful stewardship.

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Does it work in us?

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We can use to serve others.

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So that what comes to us doesn't just end or land on us.

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So I want to take time to pray.

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I'd love for you to leave this,

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doing a few things and we'll go deep tomorrow.

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One of the things I've taught those of you

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that I've coached is to have a story bank,

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a story bank.

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This is, it can be like in my case,

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it's just a Google folder, okay?

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or every time something happens, you can dictate it.

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in that folder with a good title.

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So later, when you get ready to write

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and you're not looking at a blank paper,

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but you're like, "What story in my life?"

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You can look at biographies.

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If you're reading, you can look at stories in history.

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Having a story bank will be something

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that really helps you become a better storyteller

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and start to notice story

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and start to notice really good storytelling, right?

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called to serve may need to hear? Did he help you through a chronic illness? Did he help you

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through a bankruptcy? You know, even your story of salvation, did he help you? Raising your kid?

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I mean, there's a million examples. Did he help? Did you learn a lot when you first started planning

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a garden and you begin to understand weeds and this and that. You see me? I use what I know

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and I use what's in my life most right now, which is dance. And not everybody's a dancer,

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but I tell the story in a way they can relate. You might be a tennis player, you might be a

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golfer, whatever, you're a horseback rider. So what can I take to share? And one of the things

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as you gather testimonies and you tell your own testimony and people start giving you testimonies

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for your website and things, there's always a before and you really want to be able to describe

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that. What was life like? Go back to that. And that's often frankly hard for me to go back and really

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go what was I feeling? What was I doing? What was I most afraid of? What was I most confused about?

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What had I lost? You know, where was I starting over? Where was I overworking or feeling invisible?

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Like go back. What was life like before? And then you've got a turning point. You've got a story

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arc, right? And you've got a turning point. So what happened? What happened? Was it a prayer? Was it

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a scripture that jumped out at you? Were you at an event? Was it a conversation? Was it an internal

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decision? Was it like a realization or awareness? Did God give you a dream? Like what happened?

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So you were here. What happened? And then after. What changed? What changed?

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Not necessarily a perfect ending. You might be in the messy middle when you're telling the story.

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That's okay. You don't have to. I kept writing books. I have so many books on my desktop and I

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kept writing books. And back then I kept on thinking, well, this story's not finished. I can't write it

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yet. So I never published it. I probably got a dozen of those because I kept on thinking because I

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didn't understand. You don't have to be at the end. You could tell the story in this part, right?

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And so then, you know, when you understand now that you didn't understand then what changed? What

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changed in your relationship to God or to others in your business? Don't write the Polish story yet.

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Just identify the three moments that before the defining moment and the now. And start practicing

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this. Just practice. Where was I? Now, the next thing that Kelly taught me was to use all five senses.

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And honestly, that was a switch. I'll tell you, I can be pretty oblivious. I focus on what's

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interesting to me. This is the honest to God truth. I don't notice a lot of things. I can walk in a

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room and I can either be in my head about dance or watching a certain dancer or think about a song.

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And I don't know the people around me. I don't even have so Kelly, I'd say. I remember one time in

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class with Kelly, I said, I was at the Macy's restaurant, the high restaurant in San Francisco

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overlooking the city. And she said, what was the table top like? What kind of table did you have?

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I was like, don't remember. And she said, what were the people all around you? Who was sitting

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around you described to people? I was like, I don't think I looked around, frankly. I couldn't

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answer it. Well, what was the floor? What kind of floor was it? I don't know what kind of floor

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was. I just walked on the floor. I was focusing on what food I wanted and the person I was talking to

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maybe a little bit about the view. What was the weather? What did the air feel like on your skin?

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What did the tabletop touch feel like? What were the conversations? What did you hear? What was the

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noise? What were the smells? What did the sunlight feel like? I didn't used to think like that. I have

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to tell you, I'm just focused on what I'm focused on and I tune everything else out.

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I've learned it's actually writing has time.

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I now am very conscious of these things.

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I make a choice to be.

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And for you to become an even greater communicator

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of God's grace, learn to feel all five senses,

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learn to observe, you look at your environment.

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Okay, let's pray.

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I've got a nine o'clock call.

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Let's pray.

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I really, really want to get into that.

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So whoever wants to start, you guys,

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let's, you can popcorn pray.

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You can pray whatever God puts on your heart.

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Let's just come before the Lord and the power of us

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gathered together in prayer.

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And I'll finish, I'll wrap us up.

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- Father God, I just thank you for this time together.

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This day at this moment in time, Lord,

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I'm so thankful for the community of these women

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that we could actually see, we get to hear,

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we get to develop one another for your glory.

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I thank you for the prayers that are being answered

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for healing in bodies of our friends, our family,

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and each and every one of us.

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I thank you for the praises of all the glorious things

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that you have done for us.

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In this past week and moving forward, Lord,

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I thank you for your word and the truth

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and Lord, how you are teaching us

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through glorifying you that we can enrich others' lives

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with impact because of the stories

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that you have presented before us, our life stories.

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Lord, I thank you for offering your luxurious love

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and tenderness and mercy upon each and every one of us,

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each and every moment and that Father

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that we become more aware of your goodness

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and everything, all the senses,

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like everything that you have given to us, Lord,

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and that we can in exchange,

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impact not only one another in the room

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that we're in at this time,

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that we can make a difference, we can be change makers,

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one person at a time, one story at a time,

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one heart, Lord, bringing an awareness

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and a transformation to another at a time, Lord,

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and we just thank you for your glorious riches,

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upon us, Lord, in your name.

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Amen. - Amen. - Amen.

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Father, I thank you for

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this privilege,

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not only of waking up today with life,

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with a day to see and feel and touch and hear

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and experience your presence,

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experience your word,

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experience your joy, your peace,

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your goodness, your faithfulness, your mercy,

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but also the privilege of gathering together

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or two or more are gathered there you are

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that we can meet here

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and we can celebrate each other

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and we can pray for each other

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and we can hold each other.

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We can love on each other.

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We can learn together.

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We can grow together.

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We can serve together.

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Thank you for that privilege

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and that you are here in this midst.

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Physically, may they walk in, divine supernatural health and peace.

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And internally, may they feel your presence, may they walk with the mind of Christ, may

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rivers of living water flow out of their belly, may they know the authority and the power

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you've given them, and may their words bring life and speak life.

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And so today, as you continue to teach us to love your people, every single person that

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you bring across our path that is your daughter, is your son, that has desires and goals and

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dreams and has fears and has scars and wounds and confusion and all of the bundle that makes

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us human, that we get the privilege to be your salt, your light, your hands, your feet,

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your love, and that as you grow us to be even better at communicating your grace and your

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goodness and your faithfulness and your mercy, that we will open our mouths and declare and

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that we will share the testimonies.

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We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony.

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The word of our testimony is part of us and others overcoming.

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We overcome by the word of our testimony.

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So I pray, Lord, that you open our mouths to speak life.

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You said the power of life and death is in the tongue, open our mouths to speak life

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to one another.

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You've said to speak in Psalms and songs and hymns and Lord, may we get better at speaking.

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May we get better at storytelling.

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May we know our sheep and speak in a way that they can hear and that they can be transformed

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by your love.

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Lord, I pray blessings on every sister here, the ones that aren't here today.

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I pray blessings.

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Michelle, having to work and couldn't be here, I pray, continued healing on the land.

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On her eye surgery this morning, I pray for Natalie, Lord, who's not here right now, Father.

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I pray for every prosperous sister here and in the community that they'll feel your touch,

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they'll hear your voice in a way that maybe they haven't heard before today.

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Just wrap your loving presence around them.

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Your banner over us is love to strengthen them with light in their inner woman.

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I ask in Jesus' name, amen, amen.

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Blessing sister, tomorrow is going to be so powerful, so immersive.

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We'll see you 8 a.m. for the build like Jesus.

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And those of you that are founding members, we've got a deep dive on Saturday.

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You do not want to miss.

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If you don't know about founder or you got questions, reach out to me and I love you.

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Be blessed.

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