When nothing is certain, anything is possible.
I'm going to say that again, because I can't tell if there's a delay in the camera.
When nothing is certain, anything is possible.
That is a quote by Mandy Hale.
Hi, Brenda Byers, founder of Prosper in All Things and Prosper by Design Coach Certification Program.
And today in the light of craziness, fear, panic, the wide range of emotions that I see all around me,
I decided to bring forth a short video with some positive thoughts,
some prayers, and some things you can do to have this really be actually a time of opportunity
and not one of discouragement or fear or anxiety or any of the low frequency emotions.
So I'm going to give you three positive thoughts from scripture,
and I'm going to give you three things that you can do, and I'm going to close with prayer.
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You're going to want to get a reprint of those.
So let's jump right into it.
The thing that jumped out at me this morning in prayer was a scripture found in Revelation 19.10,
and it says the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
And where my mind went with that is the power of us sharing testimonies,
the power that actually turns it into a prophecy.
It releases the word. It releases power. It releases change.
So when we hear others' testimony, our faith goes up.
When we share our testimony, it releases power.
And I thought back of a time when a woman that had been coming to my weekly Bible study
had been in a bicycle accident, and she had mangled her ankle.
And the infection and the problems had spread neurologically up her leg.
There was all kinds of fear and uncertainty.
She hadn't been able to walk in a long time, and she reached out, and she said,
Would you pray?
Well, it happened. I had several of the kids down at my house visiting from Bethel,
and, of course, they walk in the supernatural and miraculous as easy as, you know,
taking a drink of water.
And so I said, Let's go over. Let's pray for her.
And so we went over to her house, and we gathered around.
And interestingly enough, the first thing that one of the Bethel kids did
is he showed some videos from Bethel of healings that had happened when he was up there.
And I thought, You know, this is brilliant, because what was he doing?
He was stirring up her faith to begin to say,
Wow, if God could do this for this and this and this person,
maybe he could do it for me.
And so what happens, and that's number two.
So the first thing that I share with you is, you know, share our testimony.
And they naturally did the second thing, which is stir up the gifts inside,
stir up the faith inside of you.
That's found in 2 Timothy 1, 6 and 7.
So they did that, and I could see her faith rising.
And, you know, you could look at it from a scientific standpoint,
a spiritual standpoint, however you want.
When the vibration, when the frequency of what we're believing and thinking
and holding to is high, our entire state changes.
And what begins to happen is we begin to create an atmosphere for miracles.
We begin to open a pathway for miracles to happen.
And also what begins to happen is that this faith and these gifts that are
stirred up drives out fear.
See, I want you to remember something.
You could write this down.
Faith and fear cannot coexist.
Write that down.
Maybe even put it in the comments below.
Faith and fear cannot coexist.
Well, we know that from another scripture, that perfect love casts fear out the door.
and fear will not coexist as well and so what I began to see is that all that she
had been fearing and all the negative reports she'd gotten from the doctors
and all the anxiety began to dissipate and then something really amazing
happened as we were holding her leg in our hands right before my very eyes this
ankle was swollen I don't know three four five times black and blue and
yellow and red and every color and ankle should not have been it looked terrible
and as we prayed as her faith was released as we all touched and agreed I
watched that ankle just go down to normal size right before my eyes I've
been privileged I believe the supernatural is natural I've been
privileged to see a lot of it be part of a lot of it and so I watched this and
I got a call later that night and she called me from the grocery store she was
grocery shopping for the first time in I don't know weeks maybe a month and she
was so excited and she showed up at the next Bible study over the weeks to come
and she was in cute little heels little hand sandals with heels and later she
went back to running and biking and racing why do I share that story because
right now you are going to have a choice you're going to have a choice what you
allow in your gates in your eye gates your ear gates what you allow to fill
you because what I know as a coach is that what you focus on expands what you
focus on expands so what's the action you can take what what do you want to do
with all of this we've covered a couple verses number one revelation 1910 that
the spirit of prophecy our testimony is the spirit of prophecy so number one
when you share your testimony you're prophesying you are speaking into your
future you're speaking into other people's future so let's counter some of
this fear I'm not saying don't be prepared I'm not saying that this is not
a real situation I'm not saying that the markets aren't crashing crashing hey I
watched I watched my numbers drop in half in my investments I get it I get it
I'm not saying it's not real I am saying what we do during this time is what's
going to distinguish how we come through it so number one from that verse
is start sharing your testimony write it down in fact I'm going to ask you to be
bold and write it below this video in this post share something that God has
done for you recently share a miracle share some encouragement has God
provided for you in supernatural ways has he protected you has you know has
he has he led you guided you he is your shepherd so what has God done for you
has he healed you as he provided for you as he protected you is he just guarding
your mind and giving you perfect peace right now through all of this share your
testimony release the spirit of prophecy share it here let everybody else
watching this be encouraged that's number one number two guard your gates
guard your eye gates your heart get you know get the news real quick stay on
touch but don't dwell on it make sure the things going in your mind are
encouraging they're positive they're raising you up they're giving you
positive suggestions and ways to go you know a third verse is found in the
passion translation James 1 3 it says when our faith is tested and that's
going to happen right now there's going to be some testing when our faith is
tested it stirs up the power within so number three number one share your
testimony number two guard your gates number three look for the opportunity
right now okay the Chinese word for crisis is also opportunity so I'm going
to ask you to pray and look and be observant and say where's the
opportunity right now where can I be of encouragement to others where can I
invest right now where can I serve right now what can I create right now what can
I learn right now how can I grow right now you know I I'm a coach to coaches
and I have a coach certification program and I have been encouraging those to
finish people in it or new people to get that because we're gonna need more
coaches
got more leads to give to Prosper coaches
as they complete the Prosper by Design.
And so look, what's the opportunity right now?
How can you take your gifts, your knowledge,
and how can you use it?
This is an opportunity to learn and grow your skillset.
And if you're not sure how to go about that,
hey, do a free coaching session with me.
Go to prosperinallthings.com,
prosperinallthings, plural, .com.
Schedule a free call with me.
And I look forward to sharing with you in the future.
I love you, I bless you.
I'm gonna close with prayer.
And I see that I'm getting some comments,
so that's awesome, I love your comments.
Leave your comments below,
how God has really provided, protected.
Share your testimony, let that empower you and others.
So let's just close right now.
Father, I just thank you that in every crisis,
there is an opportunity.
Father, I thank you that perfect love
as well as faith casts out all fear.
So I pray that your perfect peace
that passes all understanding
will guard the heart and mind of everybody listening to this,
everyone within the sound of my voice.
I pray that faith will replace fear.
I pray that they will look for new ways to bless,
to serve, to prosper.
And I pray that they will keep the sound mind.
You said that you have not given us a spirit of fear,
but you have given us a sound mind of love and power.
So thank you for being here.
I pray these ideas bless you.
Leave your testimony below.
Encourage yourself, encourage others.
Guard your heart, guard your gates, all right?
Guard what you let coming in and seize the opportunity,
seize the moment to be a blessing, to grow and to prosper.
Until next time, I pray that you prosper in all things
and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
God bless you.
Signing off, Brenda Byers, prosperinallthings.com.
Prosper by design.
Love you all.