All right, good evening, ladies, prosper leader members, those of you that are present and
those of you that are going to listen to the recording, you'll miss a lot, you'll miss
the mastermind, but I'm glad at least I'm recording the teaching part to share with
you.
So I'm super excited, God put a word on my heart to share tonight that I think it's going
to be very important for your business and your personal life.
So I'm excited to share it.
I'm excited to talk about it afterwards.
So I'm going to, I'm going to let some people come in.
So there we go.
All right.
So let's start with prayer.
And then I'm going to dive right in, Father, I just give thanks for this day, for the gift
of life for this season, whatever season you have each one of us in as well as collectively.
Lord, you've said that the sons of Issachar understood the times and the seasons and they
knew what to do.
I ask that you will give us supernatural wisdom, discernment, clarity, understanding for our
lives, for our business, to understand the season you have us in and what you have us
do.
And I ask that in Jesus mighty name.
So excited to share with you tonight.
So what came to me and let me ask you, you could just, this is don't have to answer,
just think about this and it'll lead into our mastermind afterwards.
But have you felt shifting happening in your business?
For example, did things work really well and all of a sudden they're not working?
Did you change like maybe you were really active and all of a sudden it just like it
dried up or maybe it dried up and all of a sudden it's super active and things aren't
just really changing.
Now for me, in real time, we just passed the beginning of the Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashanah,
the Jewish New Year's and well, ancestry.com says I've got a lot of Jewish in me and that
might explain whenever I get near these holidays, something in me just lights up.
Like my world, just lots of change, some not so exciting, but lots of growth, lots
of expansion, lots of possibility.
And so this has been fresh on my mind that we're entering into a new season and I'm seeing
it in my business.
I'm seeing it in all of the thought leaders that I'm around and exposed to and they are
regrouping, they're doing things different, they're looking at things fresh.
Of course, all kinds of changes in business, right?
We've all changed.
We've gone through a pandemic and now we're going through a technology revolution with
AI, which is completely changing how business is done in so many ways.
So lots and lots of changes.
So have you felt that?
And the truth is that on a regular basis, we're growing and we're changing as individuals
and as a society.
And so to keep doing the same thing, you will find it becomes ineffective.
And so the true thought leaders, the true people that are the disruptors and not the
ones being disrupted are staying ahead of this.
And they're being mindful with God about seasons.
And like the sons of Issachar, they are knowing the season and not only knowing the season,
but knowing what to do.
And there's quite a few verses I loved in Daniel 221, where it says that God changes
the times and the seasons.
He disposes kings.
He raises others and he gives wisdom.
And so I love that, that there's changes of season, but we have access to the God of wisdom,
which is so powerful.
So I'm going to talk afterwards how to apply this, but I'm going to share a story when
it comes to changing of seasons and knowing your season and how to respond to your season.
So I'm going to start in 1 Kings.
And it's the story of Elijah.
And many of you know the story that Elijah was by the brook.
And the brook's name was Cherith,
which I always look up names.
It has a lot of significance.
He was by the brook.
He was drinking from the brook.
The ravens were feeding him.
And then the story says that one day the brook dried up.
The brook dried up.
And so I looked up.
I thought, huh, curious minds want to know.
What does the word Cherith mean?
He was by the brook Cherith.
What does Cherith mean?
Curious minds want to know.
So it's the place.
Listen to this carefully and see if you can relate to this.
It's the place God hides you.
And he holds you back.
Cherith is the place he hides you.
He holds you back from what you want to do.
So you've got ants in your pants.
You're excited.
You want to go.
You want to build.
You want to do this.
And Cherith, the brook, is the place that God says,
uh-uh, hold you back.
And you actually go into a period of hiding.
Elijah was in a period of hiding.
Now, sometimes we beat ourselves up and I go,
I got to stop hiding.
But sometimes God has you purposefully
hiding for a season.
Now, you don't stay there forever,
but he has you hiding.
And we see that all the way through scriptures.
Joseph hid in prison before he launched
as the second in command to the largest world power.
Moses hid in the desert before he led the multitude
to the promised land.
And it goes on and on.
David, even Paul, hid in Arabia.
So there is this period of hiding.
And during this period, you're really fed by God.
There's this period of divine provision.
There's this period of divine solitude.
And God is preparing you for the next season.
And I think for a lot of us that went through the pandemic,
we were at the river Cherith.
And what happens in this time of hiding and solitude
and depending on God is that we go back
and we say, what really matters?
And this is the place where you go back
and you look at your values, okay?
I've done exercises with you because our values drive us.
So our values are what's important
and it's what makes us do what's really important to us.
And if we have a value conflict, there's a challenge.
So if you go back during this time of Cherith
and you look at what really matters,
what's really important.
And a lot of us did that during the pandemic.
It's a place of restoring your vision
and looking back and what is that vision
and does it still light you up?
Is it still true today?
Are you still desiring that vision?
Fresh word, fresh manna.
What is God saying to you as you're there in hiding?
It's a time for God to reveal more of who you are
and what he's calling you to do.
And so what is God saying to you?
And so part of what you can look at
is if you've been in that season
and even not, if you're going through changes
is say, how have I changed?
Because unless you've just been stagnant,
there's chances that you've really gone through experiences.
You've gone through lessons.
Maybe some of them are really challenging.
Maybe some of them are a huge blessing.
I mean, they're all meant to be a blessing.
God is working everything together for good.
So what's changed in you?
And the worst thing you can do is keep living this past life
when you're completely different.
Every cell in your body has changed, right?
You're a completely different being.
And if your mind is being renewed,
your way of thinking has changed.
Your skill sets may have changed.
Your circumstance, like all things have changed.
And so what has changed?
And here's the big one.
What have you learned?
So what's the blessing that you can be grateful for?
But what have you learned?
Because those nuggets are so important to share.
You're gonna take that, what you've got,
into the next season.
And here's another really big one.
How have your clients changed?
Are you still talking to your clients of today
the way you talked five years and 10 years ago?
When it comes to marketing,
I can tell you that doesn't even work anymore, okay?
It's just a completely different conversation
in the marketplace.
And so how have your clients changed?
Are you even aware?
How are their-
needs different right now?
And what are the gaps that this is creating?
And are you one that is filling those gaps?
Are you relevant for this season?
So all of this, as Elijah is by that river,
chariot that he's in hiding, and the ravens
are coming and feeding him.
So maybe there's just provision that's just been coming.
And the water, he's drinking fresh water.
There's provision coming.
And then one day, boom, the river dries up.
And I'll tell you, even the largest coaches,
many coaches are really experiencing that right now.
And what people are saying about a recession,
I don't think in God's kingdom we have to have a recession.
I think we can prosper in all seasons.
Scripture's clear on that.
But I do think that many people are being affected by that.
And so the river dries up.
And so what happens?
Finally, he has to get up and move.
He has to come out of hiding.
So maybe you've been happy in hiding for a while.
You love the birdies feeding you and the water feeding you.
And maybe you've been really happy in hiding.
And now God's going, no, no.
Time for you to show up now.
Time for you to show up.
And so Elijah goes to Zarephath, Zarephath.
And that's in 1 Kings 17.
And so curious minds want to know, what is Zarephath?
And this is powerful.
This was a place of refinement and purification.
Actually, there was metal working and fire
and purifying silver.
So there was a literal thing happening in that town,
purification by fire.
But this, if you look at Elijah, there's
something really beautiful that happens at Zarephath.
And that's where he meets the widow.
And the widow is desperate.
She's on her last oil or her last flower, her last grain.
Elijah is now coming.
He's hungry.
And this is where there's connection in the body,
where in the body, we meet each other's needs.
And so Elijah brings miracles to the widow's life
and the miracle of multiplication.
And the widow brings literal food.
And so Zarephath is this place of reconnecting with the body.
And God has really been speaking to me
a lot about that, about the need for us to super connect.
It's the purpose of the Prosper Leader membership.
I've seen arms just linking and crossing the finish line.
I spoke at an event.
And at the end, I was just shocked.
They linked arms.
And I thought, I've seen this.
I've been saying this.
And it's representative of what God is calling.
And you're going to see a lot of that happening right now.
There's a new sense of community.
It's a season of understanding the body.
And so it's a place of unexpected blessings
and a place of divine appointments,
a lot of divine positioning where you unexpectedly meet.
For me, I'm suddenly being asked to speak.
I'm suddenly on a lot of podcasts.
I'm suddenly in a lot of communities
where God says, OK, that's done.
Now, this is the time for the body.
And so he has that beautiful season
of interacting and unexpected blessings
and divine appointments.
And then he goes to Mount Carmel.
And that's in 1 Kings 18.
And this, of course, if you remember the story,
is where he really triumphs over the false,
the false prophets, over evil.
This is the time where your faith triumphs,
where good overtakes evil.
This is the time where you fully step in
from the power of God.
And then we see him go to Horeb.
He goes to Horeb, which is also Mount Sinai.
And so Elijah goes to Horeb.
And if you remember that story, you Bible scholars,
that's where he encounters a God in a totally different way.
So over on Carmel, there was fire
and all that was happening there.
And in Horeb, it says he couldn't find God in the fire.
He couldn't find God in the wind.
He couldn't find God in the drama.
He was looking for the drama God.
And he found God in the still, small voice.
He found God in the still, small voice.
So Horeb or Mount Sinai,
this is the season in your business for divine revelation.
This is where you're really getting the download.
and experiencing divine revelation from God, okay?
And then, so we're looking at these seasons
that our business goes through.
So maybe it was the first season with Cherith
and God's got you in this season of hiding.
And then maybe you're in Zarephath
where you're being refined, you're being purified
and you're relying on others and you're forming community
and you're understanding the importance of that.
Maybe you're in Mount Carmel
where your faith has to triumph now,
where you're gonna go boldly and you're not going to hide.
Or maybe you're at Sinai
where God just starts giving you downloads
and you're coming from a place of divine revelation.
And then he goes to Damascus if you follow the story.
Go ahead and mute your sound, please.
It's okay, it's okay.
I need you to mute, please.
So then he goes to Damascus.
He goes to Damascus, which is the capital of Syria, okay?
And this is now the season.
And if you just think about this in your life,
where did God have me just in hiding?
Where was I just being fed by God,
figuring out who I am, what I'm called to do,
what's my vision, what's my values, what's my skills,
where was I in hiding?
And then where did he put me through some trials
and where did I have to really refine my skills?
I had to refine my speaking skills, how I showed up,
refine my confidence, refine my sales skills,
refine maybe my technology skills.
So there's all this refining.
And also where did I learn to collaborate?
Where did I learn to collaborate
and operate as a body, okay?
And then where did I just have to walk by faith
and not by sight?
And now where do I just encounter God
and I'm following his voice and I'm listening to his voice
and now Damascus, this is where now your work,
God's work extends past borders.
You get out of your little community, you cross cultures,
you cross all kinds of things.
I think for me and probably for many of you,
before the pandemic,
I was primarily in the United States and Canada
and a lot of local.
And after the pandemic, I've got clients all over the world
and I've got clients from so many faiths
and in so many parts of the world.
And so this is where Damascus,
where God starts expanding your message
to go beyond just that small.
And then of course, finally, the whirlwind
where he is taken up in the chariots of fire
and he passes on the mantle of leadership, right?
And from Elijah to Elisha.
And this is super important to think about
the season in your business, are you prepared?
Are you building something that is bigger than you?
Are you building a legacy that will go further than you?
Are you preparing a transition leadership?
Are you able to pass on the mantle?
Are you mentoring the next generation
so that what you're doing goes far beyond you?
And so that's what we saw there.
And so I really want you to consider and be mindful.
So here we are in real time,
we're in the last few months of the year
and we're in the Jewish new year.
I find this season incredibly important.
It's what you do in these few months
that is going to position yourself for the new year.
Many people wait for the new year, it's too late, okay?
This, what you're doing right now.
And so part of what you're doing right now
is to go back and reinvestigate.
Is this time to rebrand, relaunch, reinvent yourself?
For many, many of you, the answer is yes.
I'm in a very high-end coaching program
for reinvention and relaunching,
because I just found from where I started,
things have changed so much over the 11 years.
And I suspect that's true for you.
So knowing what season that your business is in
and like the sons of Issachar,
go ahead and turn your camera off for just a second, Tammy.
So, like the sons of Issachar, knowing, understanding the seasons and knowing what to do.
So, this is where you look very carefully, okay, are you in alignment with your values?
This is super important, some questions to ask yourself.
Are you in alignment with your values?
If you're not, why not?
And what do you need to do to get back into alignment with your values, okay?
Does your business, does it represent those things that you're so passionate about, that
you believe in so much, that God has called you to, or are you just working for money?
Which is the worst reason, you'll burn out, okay?
So, during the season, go back and do the values clarification, any of you that need
that again, I'll make it available to you, okay?
And your vision, when's the last time you put your vision in writing, okay?
Habakkuk 2.2 says, write the vision and make it plain that those who see it may run with
it.
The first person to see the vision is you.
So, if you don't have a vision that when you look at it, like I've had some clients say,
I've just lost my spark, I'm just burned out, I don't know if I want to do this anymore.
And that's happening a lot, coaches are dropping like flies right now, because they're using
old strategies that are out of alignment with their value, they're not catching up with
the time, they're not relaunching, rebranding, they're not, they've changed, but they're
not changing their business, okay?
And they're not on fire anymore, they've lost that fire.
And so, are you still on fire when you look at your vision, does it light you up?
For a lot of clients, once we look at that vision and refine it, like they get giggly,
they actually get all excited again, they get giggly looking at their vision.
And that's what we want, it should inspire you, it should inspire your clients.
People will follow a vision more than a person.
Do you communicate your vision?
And finally, those people that will support you, there's people that all they want to
do, they're called to be helpers, they're called to support, people will donate more
toward a vision, they will donate their time, their services.
I've had people just drop six figures and say, this is for the vision, okay?
And so, it's very important that that motivates you, motivates your clients, and motivates
those people that are called to serve and come alongside of you, because it aligns with
their vision, okay?
And so, as you're going through these changes, you've got to look at, are you in alignment
with your values?
Are you in alignment with your vision?
And are you in alignment with the times?
Are you up to date, okay?
And are you teaching current?
Are you marketing current?
Is your business current, or is your brand old and stale?
Is your teaching old and stale?
And so, this is a beautiful season, as we wrap up one year, we enter a Jewish New Year,
and we wrap up one year, this is the season that can be the springboard so that you launch
into the new year, and I'll be teaching more about that, but today, it's more about awareness.
Awareness is the first step of transformation, so how have you changed?
What are you doing that you didn't used to do?
What are you thinking that you didn't used to think?
What are you not doing that you used to do?
Are you teaching those things?
How are your clients changing?
What are they doing that they didn't used to do?
What have they stopped doing?
And being aware of that, and even being mindful, like a very powerful thing to do is to talk
to some of your ideal clients, so I just spoke at a large, at the Unstoppable Conference,
and there was a lot of my ideal clients in the room, and I asked them, and I asked them
to put it in writing for some, I said, could you do me a favor and tell me what is really
important to you right now?
Obviously, I'm a coach.
What is really important to you right now?
What do you most need support, help, what really matters to you right now?
And the answer was really powerful, and you start looking at what's the same.
Now, this will allow you to stay relevant, you see, so that your message is coming from
your market and not from your mind, so that's always another really powerful thing.
So lessons from Elijah about knowing your season.
I hope this has gotten you thinking.
Let's get together in the mastermind and talk about it, all right?