April 17, 2025 • 27 mins
Listeners are invited to pause and ask a deeply personal question. Are you broken? Not in a way that defines your worth, but in recognizing the spaces where pain, anger, heartbreak, or disappointment may still linger. Whether the wounds are recent or long buried, we explore how so many unknowingly operate from a place of brokenness-shaping how we show up in relationships, at work, and even with ourselves.
But this episode is not about staying stuck. It's a call to healing. With compassion and spiritual insight, we share how surrendering those hidden hurts to God can open the door to freedom, peace, and a life lived whole. Through reflection and encouragement, this episode reminds you that you are not alone-and that brokenness doesn't have to be the end of the story. It can be the beginning of something beautiful in cultivating a relationship with God.
Scripture references (KJV)
Psalm 34:18; 56:8; 40:1
Joshua 1:9
2nd Timothy 1:7
Revelation 19:6
Luke 10:19
Genesis 1:26-27
James 2:26
Psalm 139
Matthew 11:28
2nd Chronicles 20:15
Matthew 17:20
Luke 17:6
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Welcome to a Dash of Life podcast, where every
episode brings you a touch ofspirit, a pinch of passion, and
a zest for life.
Hello, welcome back, y'all.
I thank you for tuning in today.
And what today's episode isgoing to be about is asking the
(00:20):
question, are you broken?
I think I think we can all saythat we are broken in some way,
to a degree.
A lot of us out here may havedone some work where we feel
like we are whole and we areoperating in our whole self and,
(00:42):
you know, that we have healedand we have overcome our
brokenness, right?
But, There is still quite a fewpeople out here who are
operating in brokenness.
(01:02):
And that is not what Godintended for us when he created
us.
That is not our normal statethat we should be in, in
brokenness.
God creates us to be whole andwe have the ability to be whole
in him.
Wherever we are weak, that iswhere he kicks in and that's
(01:24):
where the Holy Spirit kicks into give us what we need to
accomplish the task.
So I just want you to pause fora second.
Just take, you know, maybe 30seconds to think about whether
or not You are broken or whetheror not you are operating from a
(01:48):
broken state.
And you can pause it here.
I'm not going to hold for 30seconds, but it's really just to
give you the time to reflect.
on how you think and feel thatyou are showing up to the world.
All right, so let's get intothis.
(02:08):
I'm excited for this episode.
I would say that I am nowoperating from a place of
wholeness.
I have not always been this wayand it's taken quite a bit of
time and quite a bit of work toget here.
Am I complete?
(02:32):
I would say I am complete forwhere I am right now.
And I will always say thatthere's always opportunities to
learn more.
There's always opportunities toexpand our horizons.
And so that exploration in turnmay indicate or may also reveal
(02:58):
that I too may be showing upfrom a broken place, but I'm
hoping that is not the case formy current state right now.
I feel like I've done a lot ofwork.
Oh boy, you know, it's ajourney.
Life is a journey.
No one said that we have all therules.
(03:19):
No one said that it would beeasy.
No one said that we would haveall the answers, right?
And so, yeah, Let's take asecond to talk about maybe what
you may have felt or what youmay have seen.
And you may not even feel likeyou're operating from a broken
(03:42):
place.
It requires some deep digging.
And in some previous episodes, Ispeak about whether or not You
are allowing, whether or notyour soil, if you will, whether
(04:02):
or not your soil has all thesepebbles of offense in it and
maybe some rocks ofdisappointment and things like
that.
And so if you have not watchedthat or listened to that
episode, I encourage you to goback and listen to it.
(04:23):
I don't remember what episode itis.
It was one of the early ones,maybe like four or five.
So just check that out.
If you go to YouTube, I have allthe descriptions for each
individual episode lined upalso.
So you'll be able to find itquickly there.
(04:43):
But that episode I feel is veryinstrumental in giving us a
starting point And maybe avisual representation of how we
carry offenses and how we carrydisappointments and
brokenheartedness.
(05:04):
So start there.
But anyway, all right.
So are you operating from aplace of brokenness?
God never intended for us tooperate in that fashion.
And so he can and will...
heal you.
He will allow you to be completeand be whole within him.
(05:27):
You just have to allow him to dothe work.
You have to reach out to him.
You have to create thatrelationship with him so that
you can start that work, havethat wisdom to know, wait a
minute, I am operating from aplace of brokenness.
(05:48):
And, you know, I, What do theysay?
Hurt people hurt people.
Are our lives perfect?
No, you will never hear me saythat.
I am a big proponent of ourenvironments when we are rearing
(06:14):
and when we are growing up arevery much instrumental in who we
become as adults.
However, that doesn't mean thatyou stay there.
That doesn't mean that you staythere in that brokenness.
Brokenhearted, God is near tothe brokenhearted.
(06:36):
And if you lean on him, you willunderstand and you will know
that he sees every tear.
He hears every cry.
He understands you.
And I encourage you to not beafraid to go inside and find
(07:02):
those pebbles, those rocks, andallow God to work that out
within you.
Now, is it easy?
No.
It is not easy.
It may take some time.
And you have the opportunitiesto do different, to create
(07:29):
different, to love differently,to be different, to accept
different, to display andexhibit different.
You have that ability.
And so if you, I say it all thetime, but if you are carrying
something that happened to youyears ago, you need to put it
(07:50):
down.
It is time.
It is time for you to be able tolive free.
Not everyone is your enemy.
And you do.
I'm not going to say you don'tneed discernment.
You need discernment because asyou start to do this work, you
will find that the enemy doesn'twant you operating in a state of
(08:17):
wholeness because he has theupper hand on you.
If you are operating from astate of brokenness, maybe you
go to substances.
Maybe you smoke, maybe youdrink, you know, maybe you do
something heavier.
All of that is due tobrokenness.
(08:39):
People who are whole do not goto substances to help them get
through the day.
They go to God.
And that's the key.
You have to go to God.
You have to bring it to God.
And all those other things, allthey do is just mask the
brokenness.
(08:59):
God has not given us a spirit offear.
And too, while I'm thinking ofit, on YouTube, I am referencing
the scriptures.
I'm not saying them because thatwould take entirely too much
time for me.
I am not there, y'all.
I'm trying to get there, but Iam not there where I can just
(09:22):
pull it out of my brain.
But I know how to reference it,right?
And I know where it is and howto...
incorporate that into theconversation so that's my goal
right now i am not a preacherand uh but i can tell you where
to go and so on youtube i amputting the scriptures on the
(09:44):
screen but also if you'relistening to this on a podcast I
do also have it in my shownotes.
So hopefully there are somenotes that come across when you
click on it and the scriptureswill be referenced there.
Also on YouTube, I have the listof the scriptures that I've
(10:04):
referenced.
in the description for the videoas well so just keep that in
mind i am using the word uh forthese for these references for
scripture and for thisconversation i'm just not
calling it out if that makessense all right so thank you um
(10:25):
but anyway god does not give usa spirit of fear and so If you
feel like you are one of thosepeople who is operating in a
state of brokenness, eithersomething broke your heart when
you were younger, or you knowthat you lash out on people,
(10:46):
that is indicative of beingbroken.
If you are whole, then you won'tdo that.
You won't carry an argument withsomebody you are whole and and
what i mean by that is youunderstand that you're coming
(11:10):
from a place of love you are notcoming from a place of despair
shame hurt anger you are notcoming from that place so if you
are receiving that you're goingto respond with love and as i
was mentioning the enemy He'svery crafty, y'all.
(11:31):
He's very crafty, very clever,and so much so that he does not
want me to put these videos out,but I'm going to continue.
He doesn't want you operatingfrom a place of wholeness
because then he has no powerbecause you then operate with
the understanding that God isall powerful.
(11:52):
Jesus came to the earth whole.
to defeat the enemy and providethat way and provide the way for
us to be authoritative over ourlives and declare that the enemy
has no power.
So if you are operating from astate of brokenness, then he has
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the upper hand on you,completely has the upper hand.
And he's going to fight to keepyou in that state.
He doesn't want you operatingfrom a place of wholeness.
And I will say that, yes,whatever the offense was, was it
fair?
No.
(12:35):
Could you have prevented, didyou deserve it?
No.
However, at some point in youradult life, you have to let it
go.
You have to release it.
You have to release the energythat is attached to it.
You have to release the emotionsthat are attached to it, whether
(12:57):
they're negative or not.
And when you carry all of that,that stuff is heavy.
It affects you physiologically.
It affects you mentally.
It affects you emotionally.
And so I encourage you that ifyou are one of those broken
people or that you you areoperating in a state of
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brokenness, that you start tocultivate that relationship with
God with Jesus, and weunderstand that no one can come
to the Father but through theSon, Jesus, Yeshua.
And I didn't say this on theprevious episode, but I will say
(13:40):
it here.
Yes, we know that Jesus, thatword did not exist initially
when this first came out.
So if you wanna call him Yeshua,that's completely fine.
Yeshua is fine.
for all intents and purposes inmy conversations because i say
(14:01):
his name every single day i'mgonna call him jesus but yes we
do and acknowledge that thatword was not around back in the
day, okay?
Back when he roamed the earth.
But anyway, what I was talkingabout was the enemy does not
want you operating in a state ofwholeness and don't be ashamed
(14:28):
that you are operating from astate of brokenness.
A lot of times we do stuff justout of ignorance.
We just don't know.
And it's like, oh, when we findout and we understand that we
are ignorant to something and wereally don't know something,
(14:48):
then that's when we figure outand understand that it's time to
do better.
And so what I'm helping you tomaybe relate to or understand is
that at one point in our lives,every one of us has operated
from a state of brokenness.
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It's recognizing it sometimesthat can be a little
challenging.
But once you recognize it, thenit's time to take action on
that.
So the call to action for youfor this is, one, identify
whether or not you are operatingfrom a state of brokenness.
Do you lash out at people?
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Are you quick to anger?
Do you have a point to prove?
Are you operating from a stateof hurt, brokenheartedness?
It can be anything y'all.
Are you leaning on substances toget through the day?
Why are you doing that?
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That's the next question.
So that's the next call toaction.
Identify why.
And you might need to get ajournal or something or a little
notebook to write some of thesequestions down and then go back
and look at the verses that Iwill post.
Look at your reasoning for whyyou're doing something.
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And the enemy loves to have astronghold on your mind.
And so I challenge you, Ichallenge you to not let
negative thoughts in, to notallow negative commentary to
rule your life.
You are so worthy.
(16:37):
It doesn't matter where you'vebeen, what you've done.
God loves you as you are.
You are his child.
You are here.
He created you in his own image.
And he knew you before you weredeveloped in the womb.
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He brought you here for apurpose.
Please understand that yourexistence is not coincidental.
There are so many differentthings that needed to line up in
order for you to get here.
And God knows how to orchestrateall of that.
Each one of us is sent here fora purpose.
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In the larger grand scheme ofthings, in the larger picture,
in the larger operation, if youwill, you have been sent here
for a purpose.
And so I want you to keep thatin mind.
If you're feeling broken, ifyou're feeling like you're
unworthy Understand that you areworthy.
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That is a lie that the enemywants you to hold on to, that
the enemy wants you to attach toand agree with because that's
how he controls you.
So keep that in mind as you aretrying to just even contemplate.
where you are, why you are, andhow you are.
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It's very important tounderstand that, that God makes
no mistakes.
God makes no mistakes.
And despite your circumstances,God knows how to get you up out
of there.
But you have to ask him, youhave to pray to him, and you
(18:27):
have to do the work.
God meets us.
He carries us when we need himto, but he also expects
something from you, from yourside.
He expects some work on yourside.
You can have the faith, but ifyou don't do the work, I mean,
(18:49):
what are you expecting that isgoing to happen?
God is a father.
He's not an enabler.
He's expectant of you.
to do what you were supposed to,to be obedient, to listen, to
pray, to talk to him.
And if you don't know how topray, I would just say, start
with a conversation.
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God, I have been apart from youfor such a long time.
I don't even know how to talk toyou.
It's that simple.
And I guarantee you that he islistening.
So we talked about Are youbroken?
(19:30):
We've asked ourselves why.
And I'm not going to say thatyou're going to get this in the
next 10 minutes or something.
You know, just even the lengthof this podcast, I'm not going
to sit here and tell you thatyou're going to have it all
figured out in 20 minutes.
Sometimes this stuff takesyears, you know.
(19:53):
but at least acknowledge.
The point of this right now isto have you at least acknowledge
that, oh, maybe I am operatingfrom a state of brokenness and I
need to do something to fixthis.
And our mental health, we knowour mental health resources are
(20:17):
very minimal in the UnitedStates and You know, there's
obviously some opportunitiesthere.
But I don't know.
Everything that you're going toneed to talk about is in here.
All your problems that you face.
(20:38):
And I said in the last episode,everything that's happening
right now, everything that we gothrough is nothing new to God.
He knows what we're going to gothrough.
He is all-knowing, right?
omniscient, it's all powerful,all knowing.
And he knows what happened toyou.
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He knows why you are coming fromwhere you're coming from.
He knows, he understands, butwhat he wants from you is for
you to stop carrying it and giveit to him.
Just give it to him all wrappedup.
(21:22):
Nice and neat.
With a little bow on the top.
Give it to him.
He wants that from you so thatyou can be free and stop letting
whatever it is.
It doesn't matter what it is.
If it was an offense, if it wasa disappointment, a broken
heart, whatever it is.
Not understanding his ways andhis plan.
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God knows we get mad.
Listen.
If you read my book, BecomingDependent on God, me and God had
a Duke It Out session in theOuter Banks last year, okay?
He understands that.
And he loves you that much towhere he's like, give it to me,
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child.
Give it to me.
That's all he wants you to do isjust give it to him and stop
carrying it.
Stop fighting a battle that isnot yours.
Just give it to him.
And when you do, don't go backthere and pick it back up.
Leave it.
(22:29):
We're teaching the dog how toleave it.
Leave something alone.
Get away from it.
Leave it.
Don't go back for it.
Because then you aren't trustingGod to take care of it.
And you're just saying basicallylike, God, I can do this.
Even though maybe years down theline, you have proven to
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yourself that it's somethingthat you cannot deal with.
It is not in your wheelhouse.
It's not a battle for you tofight.
So keep that in mind.
Understand that God loves you asyou are.
The enemy will do anything inhis power to ensure that you
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remain in that broken state.
So I encourage you to befearless.
Have faith.
You only need faith the size ofa mustard seed.
And if you know how big amustard seed is, you know that
it's very, very, very tiny.
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it's very tiny it's not it's nota big seed and it might be just
a little bigger than like someuncooked quinoa or maybe like
some of the flower seeds youknow some of the smaller ones
that's how big a mustard seed isand so you only need that little
(24:01):
bit of faith to understand andknow that god will work it out
Don't beat yourself up.
Each one of us is on a journeyand we have our own reasons and
we have our own rationales forwhy we are in the states that we
(24:22):
are in.
But just know that you don'thave to carry that any longer.
God loves you and he created youand brought you into this world
for a reason.
It wasn't coincidental.
(24:43):
Despite the circumstance,because I'm just gonna challenge
you to think about this.
Even if you were a child who wasbrought into this world under
unloving circumstances, right?
(25:04):
Your mother still got pregnantwith you.
Your mother still went to termwith you.
Your mother still had you.
So despite whatevercircumstances brought you here,
God was the one ultimately whodecides whether or not that
pregnancy moves forward.
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How many miscarriages havepeople had?
That to me means God's like,nope, there's something not
correct with this one, so let metake it.
How many mothers struggle to getpregnant, but then God steps in
and they're able to get pregnantand carry a baby to term?
(25:47):
How many pregnancies did nothappen?
So keep that in mind if you feellike, oh, maybe your parents
weren't sufficient for what youneeded or your parents don't
love you.
That's okay.
It's not okay, but it is okaybecause you have a Father who
loves you unconditionally andyou have a Trinity at work for
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you.
So I encourage you to just takesome time, reflect on this, give
yourself some grace, some love,give yourself some love, hug
yourself and know that this workis required by you and you only.
(26:37):
No one else, no one else, no oneelse can dictate anything in
your life unless you allow it.
So keep that in mind.
I hope you join on the nextepisode.
Please like, share, subscribe tothe channel, click the
notification button so that youknow when the next episode comes
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out.
And I am grateful to you forjoining me on this journey of A
Dash of Life, where we aretouching on the spirit for the
remainder of season one.
All right.
Take care.
God bless.
Thank you.
Thank you for joining us on thisepisode of A Dash of Life
(27:20):
podcast.
I hope today's conversationadded a touch of spirit, a pinch
of passion, and a zest for lifeto your day.
Welcome to a Dash of Life podcast, where every
episode brings you a touch ofspirit, a pinch of passion, and
a zest for life.
Hello, welcome back, y'all.
I thank you for tuning in today.
And what today's episode isgoing to be about is asking the
(00:20):
question, are you broken?
I think I think we can all saythat we are broken in some way,
to a degree.
A lot of us out here may havedone some work where we feel
like we are whole and we areoperating in our whole self and,
(00:42):
you know, that we have healedand we have overcome our
brokenness, right?
But, There is still quite a fewpeople out here who are
operating in brokenness.
(01:02):
And that is not what Godintended for us when he created
us.
That is not our normal statethat we should be in, in
brokenness.
God creates us to be whole andwe have the ability to be whole
in him.
Wherever we are weak, that iswhere he kicks in and that's
(01:24):
where the Holy Spirit kicks into give us what we need to
accomplish the task.
So I just want you to pause fora second.
Just take, you know, maybe 30seconds to think about whether
or not You are broken or whetheror not you are operating from a
(01:48):
broken state.
And you can pause it here.
I'm not going to hold for 30seconds, but it's really just to
give you the time to reflect.
on how you think and feel thatyou are showing up to the world.
All right, so let's get intothis.
(02:08):
I'm excited for this episode.
I would say that I am nowoperating from a place of
wholeness.
I have not always been this wayand it's taken quite a bit of
time and quite a bit of work toget here.
Am I complete?
(02:32):
I would say I am complete forwhere I am right now.
And I will always say thatthere's always opportunities to
learn more.
There's always opportunities toexpand our horizons.
And so that exploration in turnmay indicate or may also reveal
(02:58):
that I too may be showing upfrom a broken place, but I'm
hoping that is not the case formy current state right now.
I feel like I've done a lot ofwork.
Oh boy, you know, it's ajourney.
Life is a journey.
No one said that we have all therules.
(03:19):
No one said that it would beeasy.
No one said that we would haveall the answers, right?
And so, yeah, Let's take asecond to talk about maybe what
you may have felt or what youmay have seen.
And you may not even feel likeyou're operating from a broken
(03:42):
place.
It requires some deep digging.
And in some previous episodes, Ispeak about whether or not You
are allowing, whether or notyour soil, if you will, whether
(04:02):
or not your soil has all thesepebbles of offense in it and
maybe some rocks ofdisappointment and things like
that.
And so if you have not watchedthat or listened to that
episode, I encourage you to goback and listen to it.
(04:23):
I don't remember what episode itis.
It was one of the early ones,maybe like four or five.
So just check that out.
If you go to YouTube, I have allthe descriptions for each
individual episode lined upalso.
So you'll be able to find itquickly there.
(04:43):
But that episode I feel is veryinstrumental in giving us a
starting point And maybe avisual representation of how we
carry offenses and how we carrydisappointments and
brokenheartedness.
(05:04):
So start there.
But anyway, all right.
So are you operating from aplace of brokenness?
God never intended for us tooperate in that fashion.
And so he can and will...
heal you.
He will allow you to be completeand be whole within him.
(05:27):
You just have to allow him to dothe work.
You have to reach out to him.
You have to create thatrelationship with him so that
you can start that work, havethat wisdom to know, wait a
minute, I am operating from aplace of brokenness.
(05:48):
And, you know, I, What do theysay?
Hurt people hurt people.
Are our lives perfect?
No, you will never hear me saythat.
I am a big proponent of ourenvironments when we are rearing
(06:14):
and when we are growing up arevery much instrumental in who we
become as adults.
However, that doesn't mean thatyou stay there.
That doesn't mean that you staythere in that brokenness.
Brokenhearted, God is near tothe brokenhearted.
(06:36):
And if you lean on him, you willunderstand and you will know
that he sees every tear.
He hears every cry.
He understands you.
And I encourage you to not beafraid to go inside and find
(07:02):
those pebbles, those rocks, andallow God to work that out
within you.
Now, is it easy?
No.
It is not easy.
It may take some time.
And you have the opportunitiesto do different, to create
(07:29):
different, to love differently,to be different, to accept
different, to display andexhibit different.
You have that ability.
And so if you, I say it all thetime, but if you are carrying
something that happened to youyears ago, you need to put it
(07:50):
down.
It is time.
It is time for you to be able tolive free.
Not everyone is your enemy.
And you do.
I'm not going to say you don'tneed discernment.
You need discernment because asyou start to do this work, you
will find that the enemy doesn'twant you operating in a state of
(08:17):
wholeness because he has theupper hand on you.
If you are operating from astate of brokenness, maybe you
go to substances.
Maybe you smoke, maybe youdrink, you know, maybe you do
something heavier.
All of that is due tobrokenness.
(08:39):
People who are whole do not goto substances to help them get
through the day.
They go to God.
And that's the key.
You have to go to God.
You have to bring it to God.
And all those other things, allthey do is just mask the
brokenness.
(08:59):
God has not given us a spirit offear.
And too, while I'm thinking ofit, on YouTube, I am referencing
the scriptures.
I'm not saying them because thatwould take entirely too much
time for me.
I am not there, y'all.
I'm trying to get there, but Iam not there where I can just
(09:22):
pull it out of my brain.
But I know how to reference it,right?
And I know where it is and howto...
incorporate that into theconversation so that's my goal
right now i am not a preacherand uh but i can tell you where
to go and so on youtube i amputting the scriptures on the
(09:44):
screen but also if you'relistening to this on a podcast I
do also have it in my shownotes.
So hopefully there are somenotes that come across when you
click on it and the scriptureswill be referenced there.
Also on YouTube, I have the listof the scriptures that I've
(10:04):
referenced.
in the description for the videoas well so just keep that in
mind i am using the word uh forthese for these references for
scripture and for thisconversation i'm just not
calling it out if that makessense all right so thank you um
(10:25):
but anyway god does not give usa spirit of fear and so If you
feel like you are one of thosepeople who is operating in a
state of brokenness, eithersomething broke your heart when
you were younger, or you knowthat you lash out on people,
(10:46):
that is indicative of beingbroken.
If you are whole, then you won'tdo that.
You won't carry an argument withsomebody you are whole and and
what i mean by that is youunderstand that you're coming
(11:10):
from a place of love you are notcoming from a place of despair
shame hurt anger you are notcoming from that place so if you
are receiving that you're goingto respond with love and as i
was mentioning the enemy He'svery crafty, y'all.
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He's very crafty, very clever,and so much so that he does not
want me to put these videos out,but I'm going to continue.
He doesn't want you operatingfrom a place of wholeness
because then he has no powerbecause you then operate with
the understanding that God isall powerful.
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Jesus came to the earth whole.
to defeat the enemy and providethat way and provide the way for
us to be authoritative over ourlives and declare that the enemy
has no power.
So if you are operating from astate of brokenness, then he has
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the upper hand on you,completely has the upper hand.
And he's going to fight to keepyou in that state.
He doesn't want you operatingfrom a place of wholeness.
And I will say that, yes,whatever the offense was, was it
fair?
No.
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Could you have prevented, didyou deserve it?
No.
However, at some point in youradult life, you have to let it
go.
You have to release it.
You have to release the energythat is attached to it.
You have to release the emotionsthat are attached to it, whether
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they're negative or not.
And when you carry all of that,that stuff is heavy.
It affects you physiologically.
It affects you mentally.
It affects you emotionally.
And so I encourage you that ifyou are one of those broken
people or that you you areoperating in a state of
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brokenness, that you start tocultivate that relationship with
God with Jesus, and weunderstand that no one can come
to the Father but through theSon, Jesus, Yeshua.
And I didn't say this on theprevious episode, but I will say
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it here.
Yes, we know that Jesus, thatword did not exist initially
when this first came out.
So if you wanna call him Yeshua,that's completely fine.
Yeshua is fine.
for all intents and purposes inmy conversations because i say
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his name every single day i'mgonna call him jesus but yes we
do and acknowledge that thatword was not around back in the
day, okay?
Back when he roamed the earth.
But anyway, what I was talkingabout was the enemy does not
want you operating in a state ofwholeness and don't be ashamed
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that you are operating from astate of brokenness.
A lot of times we do stuff justout of ignorance.
We just don't know.
And it's like, oh, when we findout and we understand that we
are ignorant to something and wereally don't know something,
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then that's when we figure outand understand that it's time to
do better.
And so what I'm helping you tomaybe relate to or understand is
that at one point in our lives,every one of us has operated
from a state of brokenness.
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It's recognizing it sometimesthat can be a little
challenging.
But once you recognize it, thenit's time to take action on
that.
So the call to action for youfor this is, one, identify
whether or not you are operatingfrom a state of brokenness.
Do you lash out at people?
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Are you quick to anger?
Do you have a point to prove?
Are you operating from a stateof hurt, brokenheartedness?
It can be anything y'all.
Are you leaning on substances toget through the day?
Why are you doing that?
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That's the next question.
So that's the next call toaction.
Identify why.
And you might need to get ajournal or something or a little
notebook to write some of thesequestions down and then go back
and look at the verses that Iwill post.
Look at your reasoning for whyyou're doing something.
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And the enemy loves to have astronghold on your mind.
And so I challenge you, Ichallenge you to not let
negative thoughts in, to notallow negative commentary to
rule your life.
You are so worthy.
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It doesn't matter where you'vebeen, what you've done.
God loves you as you are.
You are his child.
You are here.
He created you in his own image.
And he knew you before you weredeveloped in the womb.
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He brought you here for apurpose.
Please understand that yourexistence is not coincidental.
There are so many differentthings that needed to line up in
order for you to get here.
And God knows how to orchestrateall of that.
Each one of us is sent here fora purpose.
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In the larger grand scheme ofthings, in the larger picture,
in the larger operation, if youwill, you have been sent here
for a purpose.
And so I want you to keep thatin mind.
If you're feeling broken, ifyou're feeling like you're
unworthy Understand that you areworthy.
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That is a lie that the enemywants you to hold on to, that
the enemy wants you to attach toand agree with because that's
how he controls you.
So keep that in mind as you aretrying to just even contemplate.
where you are, why you are, andhow you are.
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It's very important tounderstand that, that God makes
no mistakes.
God makes no mistakes.
And despite your circumstances,God knows how to get you up out
of there.
But you have to ask him, youhave to pray to him, and you
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have to do the work.
God meets us.
He carries us when we need himto, but he also expects
something from you, from yourside.
He expects some work on yourside.
You can have the faith, but ifyou don't do the work, I mean,
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what are you expecting that isgoing to happen?
God is a father.
He's not an enabler.
He's expectant of you.
to do what you were supposed to,to be obedient, to listen, to
pray, to talk to him.
And if you don't know how topray, I would just say, start
with a conversation.
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God, I have been apart from youfor such a long time.
I don't even know how to talk toyou.
It's that simple.
And I guarantee you that he islistening.
So we talked about Are youbroken?
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We've asked ourselves why.
And I'm not going to say thatyou're going to get this in the
next 10 minutes or something.
You know, just even the lengthof this podcast, I'm not going
to sit here and tell you thatyou're going to have it all
figured out in 20 minutes.
Sometimes this stuff takesyears, you know.
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but at least acknowledge.
The point of this right now isto have you at least acknowledge
that, oh, maybe I am operatingfrom a state of brokenness and I
need to do something to fixthis.
And our mental health, we knowour mental health resources are
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very minimal in the UnitedStates and You know, there's
obviously some opportunitiesthere.
But I don't know.
Everything that you're going toneed to talk about is in here.
All your problems that you face.
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And I said in the last episode,everything that's happening
right now, everything that we gothrough is nothing new to God.
He knows what we're going to gothrough.
He is all-knowing, right?
omniscient, it's all powerful,all knowing.
And he knows what happened toyou.
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He knows why you are coming fromwhere you're coming from.
He knows, he understands, butwhat he wants from you is for
you to stop carrying it and giveit to him.
Just give it to him all wrappedup.
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Nice and neat.
With a little bow on the top.
Give it to him.
He wants that from you so thatyou can be free and stop letting
whatever it is.
It doesn't matter what it is.
If it was an offense, if it wasa disappointment, a broken
heart, whatever it is.
Not understanding his ways andhis plan.
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God knows we get mad.
Listen.
If you read my book, BecomingDependent on God, me and God had
a Duke It Out session in theOuter Banks last year, okay?
He understands that.
And he loves you that much towhere he's like, give it to me,
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child.
Give it to me.
That's all he wants you to do isjust give it to him and stop
carrying it.
Stop fighting a battle that isnot yours.
Just give it to him.
And when you do, don't go backthere and pick it back up.
Leave it.
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We're teaching the dog how toleave it.
Leave something alone.
Get away from it.
Leave it.
Don't go back for it.
Because then you aren't trustingGod to take care of it.
And you're just saying basicallylike, God, I can do this.
Even though maybe years down theline, you have proven to
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yourself that it's somethingthat you cannot deal with.
It is not in your wheelhouse.
It's not a battle for you tofight.
So keep that in mind.
Understand that God loves you asyou are.
The enemy will do anything inhis power to ensure that you
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remain in that broken state.
So I encourage you to befearless.
Have faith.
You only need faith the size ofa mustard seed.
And if you know how big amustard seed is, you know that
it's very, very, very tiny.
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it's very tiny it's not it's nota big seed and it might be just
a little bigger than like someuncooked quinoa or maybe like
some of the flower seeds youknow some of the smaller ones
that's how big a mustard seed isand so you only need that little
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bit of faith to understand andknow that god will work it out
Don't beat yourself up.
Each one of us is on a journeyand we have our own reasons and
we have our own rationales forwhy we are in the states that we
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are in.
But just know that you don'thave to carry that any longer.
God loves you and he created youand brought you into this world
for a reason.
It wasn't coincidental.
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Despite the circumstance,because I'm just gonna challenge
you to think about this.
Even if you were a child who wasbrought into this world under
unloving circumstances, right?
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Your mother still got pregnantwith you.
Your mother still went to termwith you.
Your mother still had you.
So despite whatevercircumstances brought you here,
God was the one ultimately whodecides whether or not that
pregnancy moves forward.
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How many miscarriages havepeople had?
That to me means God's like,nope, there's something not
correct with this one, so let metake it.
How many mothers struggle to getpregnant, but then God steps in
and they're able to get pregnantand carry a baby to term?
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How many pregnancies did nothappen?
So keep that in mind if you feellike, oh, maybe your parents
weren't sufficient for what youneeded or your parents don't
love you.
That's okay.
It's not okay, but it is okaybecause you have a Father who
loves you unconditionally andyou have a Trinity at work for
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you.
So I encourage you to just takesome time, reflect on this, give
yourself some grace, some love,give yourself some love, hug
yourself and know that this workis required by you and you only.
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No one else, no one else, no oneelse can dictate anything in
your life unless you allow it.
So keep that in mind.
I hope you join on the nextepisode.
Please like, share, subscribe tothe channel, click the
notification button so that youknow when the next episode comes
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out.
And I am grateful to you forjoining me on this journey of A
Dash of Life, where we aretouching on the spirit for the
remainder of season one.
All right.
Take care.
God bless.
Thank you.
Thank you for joining us on thisepisode of A Dash of Life
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podcast.
I hope today's conversationadded a touch of spirit, a pinch
of passion, and a zest for lifeto your day.
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