Alright, this is the time. I'm glad you guys had breakout. Make sure you mute after that.
Welcome to all of you joining. Of course, on these calls, I don't record the community
time or the private, but I do record the teaching so that you get to be part of it if you weren't
able to be here. So I welcome you. Going to start with prayer and then I'm going to share
a few thoughts as we wind down this year and launch into a new year. So Father, I just
thank you for this new day. This is the day you have made and we rejoice and are glad
in it. I thank you that your mercies are new every morning. I thank you that you order
our steps and that you create the seasons, seed time and harvest. Lord, thank you for
every bit of it. I just invite your presence to be so, so clear, so apparent. May it be
felt by every prosper leader here. May she be touched where she needs to be touched,
healed where she needs to be healed. Blessed Lord, I pray she's blessed in her coming,
blessed in her going, blessed in her rising, blessed in her laying down. Whatever she
touches, I pray that it prosper. Let the words of my mouth, the meditation of my heart be
pleasing in your sight. We give you the glory in Jesus name. Amen. All right, let me share
my screen and we will go over to here and let's see here if we can do this. Let's see.
There we go. All right. Hopefully y'all can see the screen. So what we're talking about
is releasing and receiving. This is a ritual that I have had for many, many years. I strongly
believe in the power of habit, in the power of rituals. We are creatures of habit. All you have
to do is think about that you tie your shoes the same way, brush your teeth the same way,
sleep on the same side of the bed, sit in the same pew, sit at the same place at the table,
same place on the couch. We are mostly driven by habits. And so when you can change your habits,
you change your life with ease and with grace. Whenever I want something to change in my life,
I know I just need to create a new habit. And I also believe strongly in the power of rituals
that I do. Could be rituals that I do every week. It can be rituals that I do every year.
So these are some of the rituals that I do every year. I believe that December, for those of you
listening live, you could do this any time. But in particular, I believe December is a wonderful
time to focus on what is it that we want to leave in the current year, like you did in your breakout
rooms. What do I want to stop here? When December closes, this stays here. This goes in the annals
of history. And what do I want to receive and add and create in the new? We want to create,
co-create with God intentionally. And so December is a wonderful time.
You know, the weather changes and often, you know, you might be kind of, you know, staying more
indoors with the fire crackling. Not you in Florida, but, you know, a lot of the country.
You know, things slow down a little bit. It's a wonderful time to create space for God's best.
So I'm going to share some of my tips. We'll get back together in community time and share some more.
I often think of the story in scripture of Christ's birth. And I think of the scenario,
and in particular, the words that says, there was no room. There was no room. There was no room
at the end. There was no place. And so here you had love, infinite love.
Showing up God's best showing up the light of the world showing up.
And there was no space.
And I often think of that very metaphorically of our life. What is trying to show up in our life that we don't have space because we're too busy, you know, running and doing this and busyness and, you know, many of us being Martha's instead of Mary
sitting at Jesus feet many of us Martha's are are hurrying and scurrying and, you know, just busy, busy being busy, and we don't create space we don't create space to to be still and know that I am right.
Be still and know that I am God, we don't take time to know God we don't take time to know the I am presence inside of us. We don't take time to hear his voice, it says my sheep, hear my voice God meant for us to communicate he meant for us to co
create. He meant for us to work in partnership to co labor to work intentionally and knowingly, and yet too often we're just running about and not doing things intentionally and so the idea of reflecting and releasing, and, you know, receiving
is, is a powerful way. And so we can choose to be intentional about releasing the past and boldly stepping into our divine passion and purpose. And so I sent this to you in advance so you'd have some time to reflect.
And I'm going to share some of the things that I do, just to come to mind, and, you know, I was reflecting this morning in the shower that everything around us is this way, you know, you look at the trees, and they're, they're releasing, they can't
to their leaves unless it's an evergreen design for that. I'm during the change in the season and so the tree, literally, you know, closes off, and the leaf falls down, and it's prepared to go through this next season and then of course in the spring, it's prepared
to, to come again right with new leaves with fresh life, and our bodies, you know our cells are regenerating I was thinking about a woman's uterus when she is still in her childbearing years how every month, the uterus, you know, you know, releases all the
cells and prepares a new place for a child this happens inside of us, you know we're constantly our skin is constantly, you know, sloughing. So, so this, you can see this all over nature, right, that, that this idea of releasing and receiving.
And so we can do some things first in our thoughts to just take a minute and say what did I love about this past year and what answered prayers what miracles, what am I super grateful for what lessons did I learn, what was my most exciting adventure.
This, by the way, I believe is one of the best ways to deal with what we call the past, you know in reality there's only now, and God is timeless right. He was and is and is to come and so time is a human construct it's on this plane it's an ego construct.
And the reality is that there's only now, right so there, there, there is in reality no past.
It doesn't exist except as a memory in in our mind right and so I believe that it's too often that we get stuck in the past or the future. And so to be totally free to walk in peace to, to be present to be mindful to be aware of the season to be aware of what
the number one secret I found is to stay in the now to continuously release the past, and not get stuck in the past. And so, um, one of the ways you can do this is you can just look at anything in the past and and and jot down in your mind in your journal, the lessons
the lessons the miracles the blessings like glean it like a, like a gleaner would in a field to glean what's left you know a gleaner comes behind and all the fruit that didn't get picked that's left.
still there, comes behind and gleans it. And then you leave it. You leave it. And this is, you know,
a really key to our freedom. Because whenever we get stuck in the past, it's usually low frequency
emotions, regret or blame, or, you know, all of those type of things. And same with the future.
None of us know the future. It's a fantasy, right? We don't know. None of us knew COVID was going to
come. None of us knew lockdowns. None of us know what is coming next. And so we can do our best to
create the now. And if we worry about this present moment, then the future will take care of itself.
This is what Jesus said, you know, take care of today. Tomorrow has enough troubles of its own.
And so Jesus really understood. He was always very, very present. And we can really learn
from that. If we spend too much time in the future, then either, you know, we can often
get into fear or anxiety or worry or, you know, any of those type of things. And so being very,
very present. And so this releasing kind of ceremony can be a physical expression. And a lot
of times I even take these things, write them on little pieces of paper and burn them as an
incense, offer them back to God, release them. You can shred them. You can, you know, put a red
line through them. You can do all kinds of things. And so you learn from the past, you let it be a
stepping stone for the now. And so you could say, you know, what do I wish I had done more of? What
do I wish I'd done less of? How did I stretch myself and grow? What kind of healing did I
experience? What kind of new habits do I now have? And then this just gives you a wonderful reflection
to, you know, just seal that up and let it be. And so I gave you things that you can
release, you know, beliefs that have held you back, fears that have kept you from taking action,
unforgiveness, hurt or offense. This probably holds more people back and causes more dis-ease,
more physical symptoms than anything else. So is there a person or a thing that you need to
release? One of my favorite books, I keep it as a desk reference, you know, feelings buried
alive, never die. Of course, when you're having symptoms, you can go in the back and it really
lets you know the body is just revealing what's going on in your unconscious. But there's also
just this wonderful way to let go and to just say, you know, let go of blame
and judgment, of force and control, forgiving completely, loving unconditionally, accepting
challenges with gratitude, giving thanks for all things. And so there's this wonderful way of saying,
you know, I forgive you, I release you, I bless you. And I want you to remember
that when you understand scripture and the last prayer of Jesus, that we're all one.
He really wanted us to understand that. He said, Father, may they really understand that they are
one and that I am in you, you are in me, I am in them, that they're all one. May they learn to
understand. And this is why the boomerang effect in scripture, right? You know, judge not lest you
be judged, give and you'll receive, bless and you'll be blessed. There's this, you know, because we're one,
whatever you're doing for another, you're doing for yourself. So when you release another and
you bless them, you're blessing yourself and you're setting yourself free. Unforgiveness is like
a poison you drink trying to hurt someone else, right? But you drank the poison and it's you that
ends up with the dis-ease in your body and the lack of freedom emotionally. So, you know, releasing that,
releasing habits that are not, you know, habits or addictions that are hurting your body.
You know, sugar that's shutting down your immune system for an entire day, you know. Fat,
the things that are hurting you and not making you more of what you want to be. And you can
always ask whatever you're watching, thinking, reading, eating. You can ask some questions, like if I
really loved myself, would I do this? If I really loved myself, would I eat this?
If I really loved myself, would I think this, if I really love myself, would I allow this,
you know, it's a really great way to look at it. Right. And so I remember my kids,
they, they would always use like, if they wanted to watch something, we didn't have TV. And so,
you know, if we ever went to a hotel traveling, that was always a big deal that there was a TV
in there and they wanted to watch stuff. Right. And, and they would say something like, mom,
it's not that bad. It's not that bad. And I used to say, we're not looking for not that bad.
The question is, is it making you more or less of the person you want to be? Is it that good?
We don't want to live our life. Well, it's not that bad. Right. So what are some of the things
you've been doing that aren't working? What is some of the clutter that's keeping you from being
free? And, and, and what really feels heavy when you walk in a room and you see something, or when
you think something, or when you do something, you know, if it feels heavy, it's a good sign that it's
out, you're out of alignment. When it feels light, when the energy is high frequency, there's a good
chance you're being in integrity and in alignment. So what are the things that I need to let go? And
so I pray you keep working on this. I gave you a few days to work on it, but I want you to have it
before today, and then do something symbolically to release it. You can do this with a friend
and pray. I used to do these as events, and I may add a little bit of this to our January event,
where we can do some physical things to, to really let that go and prepare for the future.
You can, you can take communion. You could, you could write the list and then draw a line
through it, a red line signifying to your brain that it's over. If you could mute your mic, please.
So you could put a line through it to, you know, to show that it's over. You could burn it. You
could shred it. All kinds of things that you could do to realize and tell your brain, hey,
we're starting fresh. We're resetting. And then you can replace it. So one of the things that I
do often is, one of the first things I do is to, let me just see who needs to be muted.
Somebody needs to be muted. Okay. Here we go. There you go. Thank you. Okay. So, so one of the
first things that I do is I clear things. So I take everything off my desktop and I spend,
you know, significant time at my desk on the days that I work and I take everything off of it and I
clean it. And I only put back that which I really want to go into the new season. So I love books. I
tend to have a lot of books and journals and things here. And I take all those off and put just the
ones I want sitting next to me. Some of the, like I said, that I consider like desktop references
that I want to be able to grab all the time. So, you know, like feelings buried alive or like the
abundance book or, you know, I keep these things where I can just grab them. And then I, I get a new
calendar and thanks for the heart, Trina. I get a new calendar. I have, you know, the online
calendaring. I, you all know, you can schedule with me and I automate everything that's possible to
automate, but I also like a physical calendar that I can be looking at. And I get the ones with the
really big squares. And I think I've shared this with you all before, and I use multiple colors.
So you can, with the big box, with the lines, with, with multiple colors. Okay. And I use, you know,
pink, anything to do with love, friendship, family, joy, that kind of thing. I use green, anything to do
with money. I use red, just if I need to remind myself of some big bills. Purple, anything to do
with the Lord and anything that's not habit that, you know, has to do with the Lord. I have a
spiritual practice that I've had for 20 years. So I don't have to write that on my calendar. It's just
my first few hours of the day. My first fruits are gods. So I don't write that in the calendar, but
if you're new to it, you really want to calendar it, right? If you're creating a new habit. So I clear
my calendar. I clear my desktop on my, on my, on my computer. Get everything moved over into Google
drive. You know, I have a tendency to leave stuff on my desktop that I'm working on and it can get
pretty full. It can look like a real desk. And so I,
I take that stuff and I transferred into Google Drive.
That way, if anything ever happened to my laptop,
everything is online.
And I make folders in Google Drive,
which by the way,
we're gonna be talking about how to organize.
I have a guest you're gonna love in January.
I'm gonna help you organize your business.
We're gonna talk about the Profit First system
for your money.
We're gonna talk about organizing your files.
We're gonna give you really some really great tips
to organize, what do you do with your receipt,
all kinds of stuff like that.
So if you love that, give me a big heart.
Let me know that that's exciting and useful for you.
I'm super excited to give you tools to really help you.
Thanks for the hearts.
Okay, so yeah, the other thing that I do
that's really powerful is, of course I journal a lot
and I've shared with you that my way of journaling
is it's a conversation with God.
It's really a form of meditation.
I really believe in communion and working knowingly with God,
working intentionally with God.
And so I journal and I write my questions to God
or what I'm working on or what I'm thinking about.
And I write that in pink.
I love gel pens.
So I use purple and I use pink of gel pens.
And so I write in pink the question
and then I just pray and I just trust God.
And it's just a thing I've developed over the years
where I just write and write and write and I don't judge it.
And God, the Holy Spirit just writes through me.
And it's the most beautiful thing I've done
for a very long time.
And I've taught many of you.
In fact, I know like Trina,
you shared how much that changed your life many years ago.
So I go through, at the end of the year,
I go through my journals and I go through
with a highlighter and it's so beautiful
to remember what God revealed, what God shared.
And in fact, I was really thrilled.
I'm gonna go right now to January,
the beginning of this year.
And this relates to you just as an example
of how beautiful it is to keep this.
And this is what God shared that,
of course, you're all a part of.
And it said, this is an important year for you.
I'm bringing together women.
And he goes on to talk about the Prosper Leader membership,
where you will be my instrument of love and abundant grace.
You will be my voice and anchor stability and hope.
So just remember that.
Anchor stability and hope.
So just beautiful to go back over
and see what the Lord revealed.
And then to look one year later,
look what the Lord has done.
Look what he's doing with each of you
and the amazing relationships and the businesses
that are being born, the prayer times that is being born,
the accountability, the support,
look what the Lord has done.
So being able to go back through your journals.
And if you haven't started journaling,
well, that might be one of the new things you wanna add.
And it doesn't take long,
even if you take a few minutes every morning,
just to see what the Lord is doing.
So I'll be sharing more tips like this.
I go ahead and clean my entire office
and it doesn't take long because I do do it every year
and it doesn't get out of control.
But I like adding something special as well.
And this year, God's been really talking to me
about beauty and about beauty in the home.
And I have to tell you that for a lot of years,
I just didn't really pay attention to that.
I mean, my house was fine, but I just,
I didn't look at it like, wow, God's sanctuary,
a place of beauty.
I just didn't look at it like that.
And I do now.
And so I bought a beautiful rug.
You should see the rug in my office.
It just makes me so happy walking in.
And I wish I could show it to you,
but I don't want to have the computer go blink.
But anyway, these are things that you can do.
Where can you add?
When we say add, where can you add beauty?
Can you add a beautiful picture?
Can you add like plants?
Can you add like what?
But what can you add that really enriches your life
and what can you let go of?
You all know if you've listened to Jumpstart,
which by the way, I'm not feeling led
to teach Jumpstart this year.
And so, because I'm gonna be doing some other things
like I'm doing on the 16th and so on.
So it is a perfect time at the end of December,
beginning of January to do the Jumpstart series
right there on the membership site
because it's very valid.
It really walks you through opening the flow.
It walks you through decluttering.
It walks you through a lot of things.
So it's a wonderful time to go through
the five day Jumpstart.
I usually do that between Christmas and New Year's.
So like the day after Christmas to New Year's.
So go in there and do the Jumpstart again
and enjoy that and if you haven't done it,
I think you'll be very, very blessed by that.
So for those of you live that are listening online,
I hope that gives you a few tips
and we'll see you at the next event.
We're now gonna go into community time
for those of you that are live.