Hey everyone, we're just getting all the tech set up for tonight, so good to see you.
Kathy, I love your sweatshirt.
I am a sucker for a good sweatshirt, it's like my favorite piece of clothing to wear,
especially if it has a good saying on it.
All right, we're good, yep, we're good, Bruce just helped me get set up.
And he'll be watching on Facebook.
All right, well, you guys are welcome to unmute yourself during this call, of course, there'll
be some, you know, sharing and all that stuff.
I'm excited about tonight because as most things that I have been doing in this season,
it's a little bit of newness for me in the Lord, which is really fun.
So I don't know, I'm trying to decide if I should give it a few more minutes before
people arrive.
Just jump into it.
I have been enjoying, yeah, here comes some people, we'll give it just a few minutes before
we jump into it.
I have been enjoying watching people's homework.
I did a lot of catch up today because this past week was a little crazy.
But it was really encouraging to hear where everyone's at, and I'm excited for tomorrow's
call as well.
It's fun to see kind of how people are processing this question of what's next, what am I going
to be taking action on?
So thank you for everyone who has shared so far.
And if you haven't, let me let me just remind you, it doesn't have to be perfectly articulated
or perfectly planned out, like share where you're at in the process.
A lot of people did that.
And it was really good to just hear where they were in the middle of the process.
So yeah, okay.
So I was telling the ladies that were here a little bit early that, you know, I'm excited
for tonight, because it's a little bit new for me.
So I'm going to share a little bit of the process, which I like to do with you guys,
because we're all leaders here.
And I think sometimes hearing the process of another leader is just helpful.
Like how did you get to this place versus just being like, ta-da, here it is.
And so this morning, I woke up and I was just well, actually, it started last night.
And maybe you guys have had started the week, weeks like this before, where you go to bed
on Sunday night, and I was just angsty about the week ahead.
And for no good reason, like it wasn't like, I mean, this week is no more busy than the
other weeks I have walked through the last couple weeks, like, but I just felt like I
could not like, get settled, right.
And then I woke up, it wasn't like anxiety or anything, it was just like, not feeling
established, not feeling settled, and in myself or in the week.
And so I was asking the Lord about this morning.
And I have been kind of walking a journey with him about going into a deeper level of
rest.
Actually, Ashley Nicole's in this group, and she's running a rest intensive that I'm a
part of right now, which is really fascinating.
It's like, perfect timing for me in this advancement season.
And the Lord was like, kind of giving me this like, light bulb moment of a lot of my
unrest is tied to an unhealthy relationship with time.
So I, you know, and it's not a new revelation for me in that the world in general has a
negative relationship with time.
So Dan McCollum, if you don't know who he is, he's written a book, I think it's called
Bending Time.
I've heard him do teachings on it.
And he has an amazing revelation about our authority, essence of God over time, like,
we have dominion that includes time, the Lord is not bound by time, we don't have to be
subject to time either.
And so the Lord was reminding, it wasn't like a new revelation for me, but it was a fresh
one, it was kind of coming up fresh again.
And you know, you think about the language that the world uses for time, killing time,
wasting time, up against the clock.
What's another one?
We're running out of time, we deal with, you know, FOMO, the fear of missing out, we
deal with, you know, I've heard a lot in this group, like, oh, I'm just feeling so behind
right now.
And like, what makes us feel that way?
Well, time, not feeling we have enough time, you know, it's a scarce resource, all of those
things.
And it's a worldly way of thinking and relating to time.
And when we feel that we are here to serve time, or that time, you know, is dictating
to us, it's an upside down relationship, because time is here to serve us.
Time is a tool that the Lord has given us to serve us.
I believe time is a gift.
And if it's a gift, then am I relating to it that way?
So I'm having this conversation with the Lord, I'm like, this is wonderful, this is my little
personal time with the Lord.
And I felt like the Lord said,
this is what I want you to talk about tonight.
Because there was this invitational feel to the revelation.
Like there was something, it was like the Lord was saying,
like come step into something bigger, better,
brighter when it comes to your relationship with time.
And I felt like it was for us as a group.
Now, I had resistance because I'm a good church girl,
Christian leader, and I have been taught,
don't ever give out green fruit.
So I literally got the revelation this morning.
And the Lord's saying, I want you to share this tonight.
And I'm like, Lord, I am just learning about this myself.
Like I am just coming into it.
And the Lord says, are you telling me
that you haven't had enough time to sit with this
and learn it and mature in it and then be able to share it?
Now, of course, there is wisdom to that.
I don't mean to be sarcastic.
That's a solid piece of wisdom for most things in life.
Don't give out green fruit.
Sometimes the Lord is giving us stuff in a secret place
that needs to mature, like a fine wine in us
before we serve it to others.
But in this case, especially when
it came to my relationship with time,
the Lord says, there's so many things
that you have felt you've had to sit on,
you've had to wait on, you've not felt qualified for.
And it's had nothing to do about what
I've said to you or about you.
It's had everything to do about what you feel
like time is telling you to do.
And so I believe that the Lord is wanting us
in this advancement season to step
into a bigger, better, brighter relationship with time.
And so I want to wash us with the water of the word
around some things when it comes to time and seasons.
There's so much that is written in scripture
about time and seasons.
But a few things that stuck out to me
today as I was just marinating on this with the Lord.
In Ecclesiastes 3.1, it says, there
is a time for everything, a season for every activity
under the heavens.
This stuck out to me because, again, there's
such this worldly mindset that time is a scarce resource
and there's not enough time.
And the scripture says, there's a time for everything.
There is a season for every activity under the heavens.
That is not man-made.
That cannot be manufactured.
That cannot be time managed into a reality.
That is something that the Lord has created,
a season for everything, a time for everything.
In Daniel 2.20 through 22, Daniel
says, praise to the name of God forever and ever.
Wisdom and power are his.
He changes times and seasons.
He disposes kings and raises up others.
He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge of the discerning.
He reveals deep and hidden things.
He knows what lies in the darkness.
And light dwells with him.
This is such a beautiful passage of scripture
because how many times have we felt
like it's been an act of the enemy that
has moved us out of a season, has cut short a season,
has forced us into another season?
And Daniel says right here, it's God
who changes times and seasons.
He alone changes times and seasons.
Not your circumstances, not an attack of the enemy,
not spiritual warfare.
Now, some of those things, I think, come into play.
And I think that's where Romans 8.28 shines brightly, right?
Like he can take everything and change it for good.
But his plan remains.
He is faithful to complete his word.
And he is responsible in changing times and seasons.
Psalms 1, 1 through 3, and I'm going
to read the Passion Translation.
So it might sound, it's probably a familiar scripture
to many of you.
But it might sound a little bit differently
than what you've heard before, just different language.
What delight comes to the one who follows God's way?
He won't step with the wicked.
He won't walk and step with the wicked,
nor share in the sinner's way, nor be found
sitting in the scorner's seat.
His pleasure and passion is remaining
true to the word of I Am, meditating day and night
in the true revelation of light.
He, this is the person that doesn't
walk in the way of the wicked, that's
meditating on the ways of God, he or she
will be standing firm like a flourishing tree.
tree planted by God's design, deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss, bearing
fruit in every season of his life. He is never dry, never fainting, ever blessed,
ever prosperous. I find a lot of hope in that scripture. Similar is another one of
my favorites. This scripture has been an anchor for me for the last
four years. Jeremiah 17, 7 through 8 says, Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by the water that sends out
its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves
remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought or recession, for it does
not cease to bear fruit. So again, there's this theme of the Lord is
responsible for the changing of times and seasons. He created times and seasons.
Also, we are not bound to these worldly times and seasons. We can always be
bearing fruit, no matter what is happening around us. I think there's like
so much beauty in that, so much protection, so much safety, so much hope.
But tonight, and this is what the Lord has been teaching me today, let me see if I
can explain it this way without confusing anyone. I had this revelation
from the Lord this morning. He says, I want you to share it later tonight. I
have resistance because I'm like, I don't feel like I've even had enough time for
this revelation to mature in me. I'm so grateful for the revelation, because now
I'm about to walk into, like this is how I'm looking at it. I have this revelation.
I'm about to walk forward into the future with this revelation, and learn
what it takes to live this revelation. And the Lord's like, actually, you've been
living, I've been teaching you about this revelation for the last however long, but
the cherry on top is you're now just coming into, this is what you've been,
this is what I've been walking you in. Does that make sense? So today I woke up
and I'm like, I have an unhealthy relationship with time. Oh gosh, thank you
Lord for that revelation. Now I've got to go learn how to not have an unhealthy
relationship with time. And the Lord's like, actually, all this time, before today,
I've been teaching you about how to have a healthy relationship with time. Does that
make sense? It kind of blew my mind, because we think about time, we think
about it, so it's like linear. But the Lord's like, there's width, there's depth,
because I'm not bound by time. And there's things that He's been walking us
into, walking us through, that we might just be coming aware of now. Like, oh, this
is what it is. And all this time, this is what He's been walking us into. So tonight,
the focus is not time, it's about trust. This is what this all comes down to. Who
is responsible? And part of my unhealthy perspective of time was feeling solely
responsible for time. And the Lord's like, I want to remind you that I hold time,
and that you can trust me all the time, for all time. A couple different
scriptures I want to read. One of my favorites, Isaiah 26, three, I'm going to
read three, I'm going to read four, and then I want to read verse 12 from that
chapter. It says, You will keep in perfect peace those whose mind are steadfast
because they trust in you. Not because they're the most responsible people in
the world. Not because they're the most productive people in the world. Not
because they're most the most profound people in the world. None of those things
keep them in perfect peace. Not because they have the most wisdom, or the most
revelation, or their most articulate. They have perfect peace, because they
trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever. Oh, there's time again. Trust in the Lord
how long? When? Forever. For the Lord, the Lord himself, is the rock eternal. There's
time again. Lord, this is verse 12, Lord you establish peace for us. All that we
have accomplished
All that we have accomplished, you have done for us.
One more from the man himself, Jesus.
I'm going to go to Matthew 6.
I'm going to start in verse 25.
Jesus says, ''Therefore I tell you,
do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or drink,
or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more than food,
and the body more than clothes?
Look at the birds of the air.
They do not sow or reap or store away in barns,
and yet your heavenly father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?
Can any one of you, by worrying,
add a single hour to your life?''
There's time again.
''And why do you worry about clothes?
See how the flowers of the field grow?
They do not labor or spin,
yet I tell you that not even Solomon
in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field,
which is here today and tomorrow,
is thrown in the fire.''
There's time again.
''Will he not much more clothe you,
you of little faith?
So do not worry saying,
what shall we eat or what shall we drink
or what shall we wear?
For the pagans run after these things,
and your heavenly father knows that you need them.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these other things will be given to you as well.
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.''
It's not about time, it's about trust.
It's about trust.
And I feel like the invitation of the Lord tonight for us
is to redeem time.
And that's gonna look different for everyone.
What do we know that the Lord's capable of?
When we look to his word,
we see that he has accelerated time.
We see that he has stopped time.
He is not subject to time.
And therefore as sons of God,
we're not subject to time either.
And it's time for us to have a healthy relationship
with time.
And all that means, there's lots of things we could do.
There's lots of wisdom.
There's lots of productivity hacks.
There's lots of ways to manage time.
I think there's a better way.
I think it comes down to who do we trust?
Now, I had a really significant conversation
with the Lord a few weeks ago.
I think it was a few weeks, it was recent.
I think it was a few weeks ago, two or three weeks ago.
And I was talking to him about, you know,
the dreams in my heart, right?
Like we've been doing, all of us have been doing
these this last month, like, you know,
what is the vision, Lord?
What is it that we wanna partner together on?
And who am I becoming?
All of these things.
And I asked him a question,
or maybe I asked myself a question,
but it was one of those things where it was like,
just the thought came like,
Lord, do you trust me with this?
And the Lord said,
I don't know if I shared this with you guys already.
If I did, I apologize.
The Lord said, Lindsay, the issue is not my trust in you.
The issue is that you don't trust you.
I think we've all walked with the Lord
for many, many years.
And there's been relational trust,
I believe that we all carry with the Lord
and in Him towards us.
And I think that maybe kind of a missing piece
for some of us, not all of us,
I'm not prescribing this for everyone,
but is that we don't trust ourselves.
And I think part of the reason that is,
is because we feel solely responsible for the outcome.
We feel solely responsible for the process.
We feel solely responsible for the destination.
We feel solely responsible for the journey
to that destination.
And I think tonight, the Lord wants,
I don't think, but I believe tonight
that the Lord wants to redeem, trust, and love us.
And I think that's what the Lord wants us to do.
every which way, trust in him, us believing that he trusts us, us trusting
And I think that's what the Lord wants us to do.
ourselves in this partnership because we can trust him, like it all is connected.
And I feel like a way that's gonna manifest in this advancement season for
us is our relationship with time. Because I believe that, like me, maybe some
of you guys have been feeling the weight and the pressure that that time is kind
of putting on us, not feeling like we have enough time, not feeling like we're
managing time well, not feeling like, yeah. So all of that, so all that to say,
it's not about time. It is about time and that I think that's the thing
that has kind of been putting pressure. However, it's about moving into a deep
deep layer of trust in the Lord. So that we trust him so much. Okay, this is
gonna maybe sound weird, but like hear me, I'm gonna say it slow because I know I
talk fast sometimes. Coming to such a deep trust in him that we can trust
ourselves. Because resistance sometimes is formed there. We get to a place, Lord, I
trust you, I trust you, I trust you. And yet we hear, but then we sit and we feel
paralyzed. And we struggle to move forward and we struggle to break through
resistance. And we're like, but I'm, but I trust the Lord, but do we trust him
enough to trust ourselves in this partnership with him? This is not, you
guys know my heart, right? So I'm not leading you into some like new age
anything like, like, you know, the like, like, we are not God, right? Jesus is our
head, always. He has preeminence. But sometimes I think what we call obedience
is actually obligation. Because of this trust breakdown. And the Lord wants to
remove that. So I'm going to pray. And here's how here's how I would love for
us to walk into this right activate this within ourselves, it's gonna look
different for everyone. Some of you guys as I'm talking might be like, yes, that's
what it is. Some of you guys might be talking, you might be hearing me talking
and might be like, I don't actually know, like, what specifically the Lord wants to
redeem? Like, is it something from my childhood? Is it something from five
minutes ago, like, and it doesn't have to be necessarily a trauma or anything like
that. I think that there is just there's a right way. There's like a new mind that
he wants to give us about time. The enemy has, I feel like the enemy has made us put
us put our backs into the corners at certain seasons of our lives feeling like
time has been stolen from us. And so I think the Lord is like wanting to remind
us that like the enemy can't steal time from us, because we're not subject to
time and the Lord can accelerate time, he can stop time, he can slow down time. So
it will be a different scenario for all of us. So I'm going to let the Holy
Spirit minister to us and share his heart for us individually, like, Lord, are
there some things that you want? Or is there a mindset about time that you want
to redeem? Like, is there a way that I have been thinking about time that you
want to, you want to create a different a different neural pathway about how I
relate to time and how I think about time. So it could be a season of your
life where you felt like something was stolen, or you felt like something was
wasted, or you felt like you were behind, or you felt like you missed out. It
could just be how you think about time. It could be that you've always had that
maybe you've identified with, I'm not good with managing time, I'm not a highly
productive person, you know, anything like that. But I think the Lord that
like, tonight is a marker for a new way forward. But it's, it's about trust as
well. It is about trust. So, Lord, what are you building about? What is it about?
What is it about me that I don't trust? What is it that created that? It's not
about soul scraping. It's just about becoming aware, perhaps, of a new way
forward. I want us to leave behind if there's any, if there's any unbelief, any
old habits, old mindsets that we want to leave. Tonight, we can leave it, we can
just release it, right? We can, we can, it's, we can pick up an exchange, I want
something new. Like for me today, I realized I was letting time dictate my
emotions. I was letting this feeling of scarcity and lack and
feeling like for at least the last 19 months
since becoming a new mom,
that I'm no longer good with managing time.
Why can I not find enough time in my day
to do the things I wanna do?
You know, all of these things and people in the world
can kind of try to make you feel better and say,
oh, this is just a season, that's how it's supposed to be.
But I think that there is a bigger, better, brighter way
when it comes to our relationship with time
that a worldly mindset cannot bring me into.
Like there is no productivity in the world
that can bring this freedom of time
that the Lord wants to create with us,
bring this trust in Him.
So all those things are tools, we can use them,
they're helpful, but they're not our savior.
And guys, we have big visions.
There's things that we wanna do.
There's things that we wanna take on.
There's things that we wanna accomplish.
And I know some of you have even verbalized,
I don't know where I'm gonna find the time to do this.
Maybe it's not about finding time.
Maybe it's just about trusting.
Like what would happen if we just trusted the Lord
with the journey, with the destination?
And we stopped letting time dictate
how we feel about ourselves, how we feel about the Lord,
how we feel about our lives, how we feel about our legacy,
or maybe lack thereof, if we're feeling like that's a,
I haven't even, I don't feel,
I feel like I'm running out of time
and I feel like I'm not doing the things I wanna do.
And I feel like the Lord spoke 10 years ago
and I'm still sitting here,
not doing the thing that He spoke 10 years ago.
And I'm feeling shame and I'm feeling condemnation.
So Father, thank you for this invitation.
Thank you for this invitation, this revelation
that's an invitation to step into something bigger
and better and brighter.
Thank you, Lord, that we're not subject to time,
that time is a gift.
And it's a gift that you've entrusted us
to do the things that we wanna do.
It's a gift that you've entrusted us,
which means you trust us with it.
Thank you that you're redeeming time
for all of us right now,
for the seasons that have felt like time has been stolen,
time has been wasted.
We thank you, Lord, that you're accelerating time for us,
that you're giving back time and space, focus, energy.
Lord, for those of us that feel like
we've just been so behind,
that we're not where we want to be,
that we feel like it's taken so much time
to get to where we are
and we're still not where we wanna be.
Thank you, Lord, that you are inviting us
into a deeper level of trust with you.
Trusting you with the outcome,
trusting you with the journey,
trusting you with the process,
trusting you so deeply that we can actually trust ourselves
to walk in this process with you.
Lord, we see all throughout scripture
where you have proven to us that you're not bound by time.
And Lord, we trust you tonight with this revelation
that it's not about whether we feel it
or we can fully articulate it or we fully understand it.
We just know that you have said
that we can have a healthy relationship with time,
that we can trust you with the times
and seasons of our lives.
And your word is enough.
Lord, for any habits, any mindsets
where unhealthy relationship with time has been formed,
even from a good place,
the feeling that time is running short
and we've got to make the most of time
and Jesus is coming back soon.
And anything that, even from a good place,
anything that, even coming from a pure heart
that might've taken away our trust in you,
taken away our trust in ourselves in you,
taken away our sense of stability and security in you,
taken away the feeling that we didn't have permission
to learn slowly,
and anything that would have taken away our belief
that you are patience and you're patient with us
and you have patience for us.
Any teaching that we might've.
sat under, Lord, that wasn't of you,
that wasn't your heart towards us when it came to time,
when it came to space, when it came to our relationship
and our journey with you.
Or maybe there was comparisons made with other people,
or maybe elitism crept in, making us feel less than,
making us feel diminished, making us feel worthless,
less valuable than someone else who
might have been seeming to manage their time better.
Lord, we thank you that you're removing all of that
from our hearts and minds right now,
that you're healing the depths of our souls
that have taken on untrue behaviors,
untrue beliefs about time, about you,
about our time with you, our time on earth with you,
and what this time on earth was all about.
Holy Spirit, I thank you that you're gonna lead us
and guide us in truth, and you're gonna remove
any of those things that need to be removed.
And those places will not remain void.
They'll not remain empty.
They're going to be filled with your heart for us.
They're gonna be filled with your truth.
They're gonna be filled with your guidance
and your leadership and your peace.
They're gonna be filled with your comfort, with your help,
and we will move forward empowered
with renewed minds and healed hearts.
Lord, for anything that was done
under the guise of obedience,
but was actually this fearful obligation,
this feeling restricted or bound to time,
systems, rules, regulations, formulas,
religious patterns, rituals, all of those things,
we thank you that you're restoring what was lost,
you're restoring what was stolen,
and you're giving us a new mind.
You're giving us Christ's mind about obedience
and what obedience looks like and what obedience is,
and you're giving us the discernment to see it,
to see the truth and walk in it.
Father, bring the light where there's been dread.
Thank you that you are our place of rest,
that we can abide in you,
that your presence is our peace,
that we can move forward being present each and every day
and not worried about tomorrow, worried about the future,
that we can actually be fully present
in the day that you've given us,
that we can soak up and savor moments
with our families, with our friends, with you,
with the fun projects and partnerships
that you want to take on with us,
that you remove that worldly mindset
that everything is a pass and fail test.
We thank you that you never fail us,
you're always faithful, your mercies are new every morning,
that we can explore, we can discover, we can take risks,
we can be adventurous, we can have fun,
that that's actually kingdom, that that's actually godly.
Lord, anywhere where religion has just crept into our lives,
even the deep crevices of our day-to-day
and the task and the to-do list
and the things that we have felt dictated by,
and led by, and this tyranny of the urgent, Lord,
I just, I say yes and amen to your freedom
from all of those things.
Amy, I had a picture today, I was praying for you,
and by praying, I just mean I was just talking to the Lord.
Sometimes I feel like when we say praying,
it's like, I wasn't fasting for three hours,
but I was just talking to the Lord,
and I saw this vine, which, you know,
when I see the vine, I think about abiding,
just kind of, you know, when Jesus talks about in John 15
about I am the vine and you are the branches,
but I saw this vine, and it was creeping out of a window
and into the sunlight.
And I felt like the Lord in this season
is the things that have been, like, in the secret place,
you're abiding, the things that you've, you know,
this is not, like, prophetic,
you've mentioned writing as one of those things, right?
But I feel like that your conversations with him
and just your abiding,
hiding is like coming out into the light, meaning it's there's going to be more of a
public display. And as I saw that, I saw the branches on the vine just, you know, flourish
like bloom. It's like the sunlight hit it. And there was just this, it kind of felt like
this acceleration of time, if you will, like, all of a sudden, it was like, boom, there's
this like flirt. It wasn't that it wasn't flourishing before. It was just, it was like
now there was blossoms on the vine and, you know, fruit. And it was like something about
it's exposed, you know, so many people, when what's private comes to public, it's like
there's death, because it's not, it's not being sustained by the vine. It's superficial.
That's the word, right? But what you carry is so authentic. And these things in the secret
place that for decades and years, you've been learning and talking with the Lord about
and like, it was like when it came to public, it like flirt, it was like more flourishing
because it was like, tada. And so I see that in the season for you, like as things come
to light, meaning they come out into more public forms. Some of these things from the
secret place, there's going to be a flourishing, and it's going to feel like an acceleration
of time. And I feel like the, that's really cool. I feel like just a, not warning, that's
such a heavy word. It's not a warning. It's just something to disregard if the temptation
of the thought ever comes. Sometimes when we experience seasons of acceleration, we
think, oh my gosh, like, should this have happened sooner? Like if I had just done X,
Y, and Z, this could have happened 10 years ago. And the reminder is just what I've read
from the scripture. Like he changes the time and seasons and we can trust him with the
timing. It's not meant to be self-deprecating. Like, oh, I, if I had just been more whole
sooner or if I just done this, or if I just taken this step, or if I had been bolder here,
maybe I could have been doing this 10 years ago. We can trust him with the time and seasons.
His ways are perfect. He's not bound by time and neither are you. So this is a season of
celebration for you when that happens, not a season of, you know, self-deprecation or
self-analyzing. Like how, how could we have made this happen sooner? Just enjoy it. Just
soak it in. Just soak it in.
Thank you, Lindsay. I very much, you know, just received that into my heart. And I mean,
I'm already starting to see some of that, but it has been very much in the vine, in
the house.
Yes. Just like in the house and in the window, it's just, it's popping out the window. That's
what I saw. Yeah. It's loving the sunlight. Yeah. Bask in the sunlight. So we thank you
for that, Lord. So let's just take some time, guys. Let's like, just connect with the spirit
for ourselves. If you feel like you want to share something, this is open invitation to
do that, but we're just going to be taking some time connecting with the spirit. This,
this is what I love about these calls is we are taking our time, which is such a, isn't
it such a relief when someone's like, take your time. There's just like this, like beauty
to that. And this is a space where I want us to just take our time. There's not this
set agenda. It doesn't have to look how it's always looked. It doesn't have to look any
which way. I'm not trying to like manage it or anything like that, but I just want to
take some time for us to be encouraged. And so let's connect with the Holy spirit first.
We feel like we want to share like, Hey, maybe it's for somebody else. Maybe it's something
he's sharing with you. You don't have to share. There's no pressure to do that. So
Holy spirit, we just, we want to connect with you. So speak to us, lead us and guide us
you
other I feel like this is just significant it's something to speak out
just a revelation that you you've been developing in in me about about day and
night and that just that measurement of time was one of the first things that
you created and and that your Lord your Lord over the day and your Lord over the
night and most of us when we sleep it's dark and yet your glory burns bright and
your spirit is alive and I just had the thought as I was reading in Genesis about how you
like you hovered over the darkness like in a protective way and how protective you are
in the in our night seasons in our literal night Lord like good rest is where you restore
us where you literally in the in the soulish and physical realm like we're replenished
rejuvenated by that rest and that Lord it's like your glory in the night and the days
are bright and we can see so much to praise you for but Lord it like in the night you
are like you're doing deep work in us while we sleep while we rest you who are are fully
bright and alive you're you're you're establishing yourself in us in in relationship to what
we're talking about tonight I just know that you you want to do a work even even in in
our sleep in our rest but also just in the the dark things that Jesus talked about the
troubles and the things that this world stirs up around us Lord that especially in those
that's where you're establishing yourself and doing such a deep work and so I just asked
that I asked that for myself and for all of us for us to just have a fresh revelation
of how good you are to us in the night and in our night seasons I just praise you
not your hearts be troubled neither let it be afraid
you
Believe in God. Believe also in me. Time will not get away from you.
Everything that I purposed, it shall stand.
Come away with me and dream. I love to see you create. It brings me joy. You bring me joy.
Let not your hearts be troubled. Can I have the angst?
You're my sheep. You're in step with me.
Don't worry. I have my eye on you.
Don't worry.
Lord Jesus, I just confess before you and just lay down my anxieties about
did I miss my opportunity or am I just completely just out of the loop or just have too much on my
plate that I can't do the things that I believe you've placed in my heart to do.
I just confess that I'm yours and you're mine and that I'm in step with you.
I move to your heartbeat. I have my eye on my good shepherd.
I have my eye on you, Lord, just like you have your eyes on me.
And I won't break my glance.
I won't break that connection. And I thank you for visiting me and for visiting us
in those areas where we just need you to just give us that big hug and say, no, you can breathe.
It's going to be okay. I'm in charge. It's going to be okay. You're with me.
So thank you. Thank you for the release.
Thank you, Lord, that everything that you've purposed for each one of us, it shall be made
manifest. We believe you. We believe you. Not our biological clocks, not all the projects that we
have to do, not all the family things and events and the life things that goes on for all of us,
but we believe you. We believe you. We thank you for trusting us and wow, with your people,
oh, what an honor and privilege to deposit into your people in so many unique ways,
because every one of us on this call do it differently or do it in a unique way.
And it just speaks to who you are, how multifaceted you are. So thank you.
And I just proudly declare that I trust you, God, and I trust me. Amen.
When we, can I share something? Yeah, go for it.
When we started praying, I just had a picture of two people doing a three-legged race.
And I felt that it was the Lord is inviting us to tie ourselves with him. And when you do,
you know what a three-legged race is? Okay. Thought maybe it's a different word. When you
walk and you're doing that three-legged race, you have to be really close to one another and you
have to communicate all the time. Because if one goes at a different pace, then it can obviously
get your balance off. And I just felt an invitation from the Lord to come and bind ourselves to him
and to his rhythm and his timing, and to communicate with him and to take steps deliberately
with him in his rhythm and with his instructions. And it was just a really,
I got such a picture of a really
really fun, kind of a joyful race that could have been complicated,
but it was like they were laughing and talking together.
And I felt that was the invitation from the Lord just to enjoy our journey,
but to stay very close to him and to take those deliberate steps in his,
with his command, but it wasn't a forced command. It was like a, you do this,
I do that, you know? So I felt that it was just an encouragement around time.
That's a great picture. I love that.
Monica, I felt like there is a
invitation, um,
for you to believe that your worst time of day is going to become your best
time of day. So for me,
I think we all might, we could all relate to this in different ways.
Like for some of us, maybe mornings are really tough to like get started.
Maybe it's that afternoon slump where we're just like, I,
I need to catch a second wind. I'm so exhausted by 4 PM.
Or maybe for some of us and Amy kind of triggered this for me,
this testimony of like, you know, the night,
sometimes the night can be really tormenting. It's too still, it's too quiet.
And, um, you know,
years ago when I was battling kind of the height of my panicking anxiety nights
for me were absolute disasters.
I was totally tormented. It was too still,
too much time to think me alone,
feel isolated.
I would literally hit like 5 PM and I would know the night was coming.
And I would start to feel nauseous to my stomach. It's like,
here's another night that I need to get through. And, um,
wouldn't you know,
it's just like the Lord that he has taken what used to be when the worst time of
my day, and it's now the best time of my day.
I feel like it's time of rest and relaxation for me. I,
I just love the quiet. I savor the stillness and, um,
the fear, this is important, has been removed.
And so I don't know what it is for you, um, or what, what that looks like,
but I just feel like that there's like the Lord saying the worst time of day is
going to become the best time of day. And it's nothing you have to do.
Here's the thing. I did nothing to make that happen.
I did nothing to now, of course, like, you know, I went in,
when I was in the middle of my torment, I, I, I, at the time,
I wish I would have known it was, it, I was leaning into trust.
I just was doing what I knew to do. I'm going to listen to worship music.
I'm going to pray. Um,
but it felt like striving in the beginning cause I was just so afraid.
And I thought I was responsible for the outcome.
I was responsible for fixing this thing years in the making.
Now I feel like I can accelerate people's time with this wisdom.
It's not about you doing anything,
but it's just about leaning into what the Lord wants to do for you.
And the Lord wants to redeem time for you, Monica.
And I feel like the worst time of day is going to become the best time of day.
So it's just an invitation to watch and see and believe that this is not your
forever. It's not always going to be this way. Um,
and just be on the lookout for that shift.
Amen. I received that. I received that.
This has been such a, it's always timely. Isn't me so timely.
But this has been very timely because interestingly enough,
a few months back in prayer,
the Lord revealed to me how many days I'm actually going to be here on the
earth.
And I ended up putting a countdown timer.
I found an app and I ended up putting a countdown timer on my phone,
giving me the number of, you know, counting down the days, the hours,
the seconds.
And I had actually forgotten that I had done that until right now,
the Lord reminded me. And, um,
when I put it on there, it was never from a sense of fear.
It was always more a sense of opportunity.
I have this amount of time to, to get to know him better.
And as I get to know him better, I get to represent him here.
And he just kept saying, you know, start at the finish line,
start at the finish line. You can start there. The rest.
So this is just so perfect in just giving it that
release that, um, that I'm not behind that,
that things are perfectly placed and I can walk into that freely knowing.
And that's why, um, actually I've been in lots of such fearful,
what nor what most people would claim as a fearful situation.
I've walked into it boldly because I have that time where I know I'm like, Oh,
no, I'm not going to die. I'll just, I'll just go do this.
crazy thing. Isn't there like a movie? I think there's a movie like that where the guy knows
and so he just does all these like really risky things because he knows he's like safe.
I can't remember the name of the, I can't remember the name. I have to check it out but that's
basically what I've been living um these last months just like oh yeah like when I went to
the hospital because of my back and no it's fine I'll be fine you know that kind of it's such a
a switch in your mindset about knowing how he's got you and um and this whole time thing is very
very very significant for me just with my history of trying to control so this is beautiful it's
beautiful I feel such a release such a peace uh with with all of your prayers and insights and
um uh talking about abiding uh one of my employees today was telling me because she went through a
through a health issue last week and I had to fill in for her and I'm filling in for another
employee tonight here at the store and um but I told her during that time I said
look up abiding and spend some time in that and she came back today when I met her here we were
going to switch shifts and she said I did that and she said what he took me to was do you know
when they graft a tree do you know what tree grafting is where they take a limb right and then
they combine one like a pear tree and an apple tree and do these things and she was talking about
did you know that when when you graft it and it's all tied together it takes time but that limb ends
up being the strongest limb on the tree and it bears the best fruit it's amazing yes and so it was
the same thing as as soon as you said the three-legged race I said it's the exact same thing
it bears the best fruit when we are connected to the vine that's amazing I'm excited and that
that immediately took me to the and you will do greater things you will bear the best fruit so
so I am very excited today I feel so at peace but I also see just the forward
the forward that he's calling myself and all of us too exciting I love it I love it
so earlier in the summer God showed me something I was going out for a walk in a different town
and I wanted to get there but I wanted to go to the store for something and I was hurrying and all
of a sudden the thought came to me I don't have to rush I'm not in a hurry and as I repeated that
it's like God's presence dropped on me and I thought I realized he was talking to me and I
slowed down and I took my time going around the store I drove down to where I was going and his
presence was so strong I got there parked my car and I was going down to talk to him really anyway
I fell asleep I think I slept for three hours that was it that was my day but since then
it's like every time I feel myself speeding up I feel I've got to get these things done
I I stop myself and no I don't have to rush I'm not in a hurry because it's like what he showed
me was wherever you are whatever you're doing that is important you know it's not you have to
get this done to get something else done it's what you're doing is important to be present in the
moment and there's time and there's days when I have a lot of things to do and I'll sit down and
say look Lord this is all I have to do but I am not going to rush in and try to do it what is it
you want me to do I'll sit there and I'm thinking something in those things is what I want to do
and so I will go and do that and as I do that I find myself being able to take my time
and either the other things I have to do disappear or they just get done and it's it's
such a great place to be and if if they don't get done they don't get done I figure he's not
going to give us too much to do he's only going to give us what what we can do and so we don't
have to rush to do everything because very likely I've added some things to the list that I don't
need so that's I I am really finding such a difference in that there's things I've stopped
doing completely um and it's great and and it's like he's been leading me into things which I
thought all of these things are happening and I had nothing
thing to do with it. They're just happening. Yeah. Yeah. A
peaceful pace to life. Yeah. And that's another thing he taught
me. I'd go out for a walk and he'd kept telling me to slow
down. And I thought I'm not going very fast. You know,
because I wanted to get some exercise. And what he made me
realize was, if I'm going at his pace, I'm in the right place at
the right time. But if I'm going faster than his pace, when I get
there, what he wanted to do isn't there. Not where he is at
that time. And if I'm not going at his speed, I won't be where
I'm meant to be when I'm meant to be there. So for me, that's
like, okay, I can slow down. And it's okay.
It's okay. It's okay to slow down. Slow is not bad.
Yeah, there's a peaceful pace to life that he he wants to
journey with us on. And it is an affront to hustle culture, which
is very popular. And it will it it will feel foolish to the
world. And but to Marion's point, I've experienced the same
kind of testimony like, wow, things get done. It seems like
almost more time is created, more space is created. Focus,
things are removed that shouldn't have been there in the
first place. Like there's just this peaceful rhythm that
starts to take place when we're in this place of total trust. It
can feel reckless, irresponsible, even unwise at
times. And yet, it bears the most fruit. You know, there's
principles to the world when it comes to time management, when
it comes to success, when it comes to hustle culture, that
work. They do work. People find success. People make money,
people grow organizations, people become influential. But
it's not life giving. It eventually leads to breakdown,
burnout. It's not it's not sustained, because it's only
self sustained. It's not sustained by the source of life.
And so I think that's what confuses people Christians even
where they see people having success by doing these things,
they apply the principles, they work. But it's not it's, it's
not necessarily kingdom. It's not necessarily God's way of
doing things. Not that it's evil, even. It's just not the
best. It's not the bigger, better, brighter way. And
they're confused because it works. But it works for it works
for maybe a time it works for a season. But it's not that
sustaining life force that brings the peaceful pace, the
rest, the delight, the it's and it's not it when any when
things when this is where I was why I hate religion, I hate
religion so much. Because so much of it is built on self in
the name of self denial. Like, like a whole like it's, it's
corrupted, because it's like, self denial, when it comes to
your old creation, self is not bad, right? Because like, the
dead is gone. So yeah, let's like deny self. Let's like, get
that out of the way. Let's walk into our new creation. Now we're
now we're new creations in Christ. And we're still trying
to deny ourselves, which is denying this new creation being
from coming into fullness from walking in fullness, because
we're trying to deny self deny self, because we think
everything is, but it makes us so selfish. It makes us so
self centered. Because we're constantly analyzing ourself. Am
I trustworthy? Am I doing enough? Am I keeping up? Am I
behind? Am I ahead? Am I doing well? Does the Lord like me?
Does the Lord love me? Am I checking all the boxes? Am I not
sinning today? It's so self centered, which is a which leads
to death. And there's no life in it. And the Lord, what is so
encouraging to me, what I'm seeing kind of whipped through
the body of Christ at a more rapid speed, is this
understanding of kingdom, new creation, self partnership with
the Lord, total trust in in God, for the outcome, the destination,
the process, the journey, and that we get to, like literally
We tuck into Him, which is abiding.
Religion makes abiding a self-seeking something.
It's disgusting.
Abiding is actually literally tucking into who Christ is
and becoming Him, being made in the image and likeness
of our Father, just like Jesus, just like the beloved Son.
We are also beloved sons of God.
And we have dominion.
We have authority.
We are not subject to things of this world, including time.
And so it doesn't matter if we're 16, if we're 60,
if it's the winter, if it's the summer,
if it's a year of drought or recession,
if it's a year of favor and plentiful.
It doesn't matter because we're walking
in the fullness of Christ in all of those seasons.
It matters in that we show up in a way that
is so counter everything that's happening in the world
that the world has to take notice.
But and we'll talk more about this probably
in the next month.
But it doesn't negate our displaying
the power of God, which is a beautiful thing and so fun
and delightful.
That doesn't negate the power of God being displayed in us.
This is the internal territory that we've been talking about.
That never ends.
And sometimes I think we get to a place where
there's a lot of external fruit and we're like, this is it.
We've made it.
And there's still things forming in our hearts and minds,
more territory being taken.
And if we're not aware, we think, oh my gosh,
am I a fraud that I'm having all this external territory?
And there's still things the Lord is building in me
and things that might not be OK, things that need to be healed,
more things I need to walk into with the Lord.
And so there's that.
There's times where this is going so great that we just
totally ignore and we stop receiving.
That being in a place of receiving,
the power of God being displayed in us, not just through us.
We just kind of push pause on this
because, well, there's so much being displayed through us
right now.
We just got to keep it up.
We got to keep it up.
And this is where that peaceful pace is
such a protective layer for us because we
don't have to keep up anything.
It's the Lord's.
What we have accomplished, he has done for us.
And I think the Lord is very quickly
singing over the body of Christ this truth.
It's such a deep layer where it might even look messy.
Religion will hate it because there'll
be people like you and me, powerful ministers
of the gospel, sons of God, who are
bearing great external fruit while also walking
in a deeper layer of fruitfulness in the internal.
And that's going to require vulnerability.
That's going to require honesty.
That's going to require us to say, hey, this
is going so well, but there's some things in me
that still need to be healed.
There's some weaknesses where his power is being perfected.
There's places where I need his strength because I
don't have it in these areas.
And I think that's when the bride of Christ
is going to shine.
And religion is going to hate it because religion
is all about facade, keeping up with the Joneses,
keeping up the standard, self-denial, which is out
actually, self-denial, which is camouflage, self-reliance.
And I would love for us to start modeling this in this safe space
together.
And that's going to require deep amounts of trust,
trusting the Lord enough to trust ourselves,
to trust each other, to feel safe with him
so that we can feel safe anywhere and everywhere,
every season.
in every circle. It's going to require, you know, wisdom. It's going to require courage.
It's going to require a healthy relationship with time and creation.
And I am up for it.
I am up for it.
Kathy, I'm so drawn to your sweatshirt. I know I said something at the beginning of the call.
But I feel like there's something really full power. It says, if you guys can't read it,
it says dreamers on it. I'm reading that correctly, right? It says dreamer. Yeah.
Yeah, Kathy, you're going to be a leader of dreamers.
Yeah, the Lord's positioning you to be a leader of dreamers.
People of creativity, of course, but deeper than that, these are going to be people.
These are going to be very colorful people. They're going to have a colorful depth to them.
And they may be in many circles, might be misunderstood, misrepresented, misidentified.
And you are going to bring light and life to them. That sparks all that the Lord
always dreamed for them to come to fruition. You're going to be a safe space for them.
You're going to provide a place of discovery and exploration that they have always
dreamed of, but have never experienced. They have pursued it in worldly ways,
but it has always led to death. It's led to nothingness.
And you're going to be providing them with what they've always dreamed for.
And it's going to be this spark. It's going to be where the dreams of the Lord for them
and the dreams that they've carried deep in their heart converge and ignite.
And it's just going to be like fire. It's going to just be like, I see that happening.
So thank you, Lord, for that. The leader of dreamers, the lead dreamer. I love it.
Anybody else have anything to share before we close?
I just wanted to say this over you, Kathy. I just wanted to pray this. God bless her to know it.
Bless her to know it, to know on the inside that she's worthy of everything that has just
been spoken and so much more. She's worthy. She's qualified. And with you, she's going to do it.
So just bless her to know it in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you, Lindsay. I just, I received that and I just, so it's like, it's God's got to accomplish
it. And so it's just so good to have that confirmation and assurance that, that it's,
it'll be because him and, and I just get to be a willing vessel. But wow, who would have ever
thought he would have laid that on me tonight through you. So thank you. Kathy, I'm seeing
something as well. Have you ever seen like a sheep pen or something where there's a big gate?
And I see the gate being open and you going in. And it's like, I see you like a shining light and
there's crowds of people and they're the people that you're meant to be with. And it's like,
he's going to open the gate and you're going to walk in and it's, you'll be like a magnet
and they're going to converge on you. You're not going to have to go looking for them.
Wow. I just so much wanted to just, you know, it's like his life in us. That's,
that's everything. That is it. And that's so encouraging to me because, you know, it's like,
um, I know I'm in him and he's in me, but it's just, that's just a big, that's just a big thing
to see.
but he can do when we give him that place in our lives.
And that's what I want more than anything.
So thank you for that encouragement.
Thank you.
Of course, absolutely.
And Tamara, thank you too.
I did my first, posted my first TikTok today.
Wow.
So.
That's huge.
Yeah.
You guys might not know all of Kathy's story,
but there has been a lot of resistance
to that first TikTok being posted.
So we thank you, Lord, for that breakthrough.
We thank you.
Yeah, it's just the beginning, Kathy.
That's exciting.
I gotta go look for it.
I gotta go.
Yeah.
I had a tech call with Carolina
and she helped me like get it like ready to post.
And so after she hung up, I did it.
It didn't come through with the effects though.
I don't know why.
It showed it.
It showed it when I did the test run beforehand,
but then it didn't, but.
We'll hope you get that figured out.
Tell us who you are so we can go looking for you.
It's under Kathy Stoops
and it's got the like straight line in the middle.
And then it says, it's a heart life,
all one, all together, lower case.
Hold on, I'll see if I can find it.
And I could not figure out how to post it
like in the group you had suggested.
You guys had suggested to do that,
to get feedback before you actually,
put it out there in the world.
But I couldn't figure out how to do that
because once it's in created in TikTok.
So you should be able to,
you've got 1500 views by the way on this TikTok.
Hold on.
Yeah.
I'll put the link so people can follow your account
in the chat.
That's amazing, Kathy.
Yeah, I do.
Are you sure you found me?
Are you sure?
Yes, I did.
I actually, I told Lindsay this on like our call,
but I was actually working on this
the morning that my mom passed away.
And the word God had given me for the first TikTok
was for every ending, God has a new beginning.
And little did I know that,
within just three or four hours,
she wouldn't even be here anymore.
And I just thought it was so interesting
that that was the topic he gave me.
And that was the first day
I had actually started working on it.
So.
It's extremely significant.
Yeah.
So I probably wouldn't help.
If you look on, I'll show you this really quick.
This is for anyone who might be wondering this.
Just know that this is the desktop.
So it might look different in the app,
but I obviously am on a desktop right now.
So when you're on a, can you guys see that?
Oh, wait, hold on.
I'm doing this in a very small monitor right now.
Let me bring this down.
There we go.
So this is it on a desktop.
Like I went to your account,
like you can click on the link.
I clicked on the TikTok
and then you can copy the link right here
for that TikTok.
And then you can share that like into the group
or share that with anyone.
If I copy that and send it to my,
some friends who are on TikTok,
can they see it or do they have to sign up for it?
No, that's, so if you send this to anyone,
even if they don't have TikTok, they can watch this.
Okay.
That's what's made TikTok,
I believe one of the things that made TikTok grow
so quickly is because TikTok took off the barriers
of you needing to have an account to watch TikToks.
Whereas like other platforms,
you kind of had to like be signed in to see stuff.
So yeah.
So the good news is you can share that
even with people who don't have a TikTok.
Okay.
So there you go.
A little prophetic, a little tech call.
It's all kingdom messengers.
I love it.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah.
And my call with you really helped
because that was like, I was like, okay,
I got to put the net out there if I'm going to do anything.
So anyway, thank you for that,
like encouragement and that,
like a kind of gentle push, like do it.
just do it. Do it. It already has 1500 views. That's pretty
cool. Very exciting. Well, let me pray over you guys as we
close. I am really excited for this is a marking moment. We're
having a new relationship with time. We're going to deeper
levels of trust and this is going to be huge for ministers
of the gospel because this I believe this is one of the
breaking points that's becoming a breakthrough point
mismanagement of time unhealthy relationship with time. I think
has burnt out and broke down a lot of people when it comes to
ministry, and I think that Lord wants to make the very thing
that was breaking people. He wants to make it breakthrough
wants to make it the breakthrough point. So father
we thank you for that Lord. We thank you that you are the God
of our breakthrough and what we have accomplished you have
done for us. It is what kingdom partnership with you looks like
Lord you have gone before us. You hemmed us in you're coming
in behind us. We are so protected. We are so safe in
you. It's not about self-reliance. It's not about
self-focus. It's about seeing ourselves in you and seeing you
in ourselves because there is no separation. So Holy Spirit
we thank you that you are leading us and guiding us in
this truth even as we get off this call and as we go into
this new week in this new month of November and and going into
another holiday season. Thank you for that that what may have
been something that held us feeling bound to time that you
are breaking us free from that that there will be this this
peaceful pace to our holiday season to our relationships or
interactions with people both near and dear to us and people
who may be strangers Lord that you're setting us up with
divine appointments that you are ordering our steps that you
are speaking to us and we hear your voice and the voice of
another we do not follow. We love you Lord. We pray all of
these things in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Well, thank you so
much for joining us and I'm looking forward to tomorrow's
call. So I will see you then.
Bye.