May 19, 2025 • 16 mins
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or like you're your own worst enemy sometimes? You're not alone—and not crazy. In this power-packed episode of It’s a Single Mom Thing, we’re exposing the top success saboteurs that keep single moms stuck: from isolation and self-sufficiency to waiting for a man to fix it and letting your past write your future.
We’ll show you how to flip the script, rewire the lies, and walk in fierce, faith-filled freedom. Because you don’t have to be a prisoner of your past or a puppet to your pressure. You were created for more—and success starts when you stop what’s been silently stopping you.
Whether you're navigating single parenting, trying to heal from trauma, or chasing your next breakthrough—this episode is your wake-up call and your strategy for single mom success.
🎯 Power Phrases
📖 Scripture-based truth
📝 Journal prompts to rewrite your future
Listen now and let’s kick those saboteurs to the curb—together.
It's a Single Mom Thing, Not the Single Thing That Stops You!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to it's a Single Mom Thing, the show for
single moms by single moms.
This is Sherri, your host, andI am happy you are here today.
Remember it's a single momthing and not the single thing
that stops you.
Hello, my single peeps, andwelcome back to another episode
of it's a Single Mom Thing.
(00:20):
So I'm going to come outswinging hard.
I got a question for you,ladies, so I'm going to come out
swinging hard.
I got a question for you,ladies.
Now listen, I'm going to askyou this what if the biggest
thing standing between you andyour breakthrough is you?
Yep, I said it.
Now wait, don't go walk out onyour success and leave this
podcast.
There is something here for you.
(00:48):
You see, this episode is forevery single mom who's doing all
the things but yet she stillfeels stuck, frustrated or
low-key self-sabotaging.
You're showing up, but you'realso shutting down.
You're dreaming big butdoubting even bigger.
You're praying for change butstill clinging to old habits.
Toxic thoughts and survivalmode patterns Sound familiar?
(01:10):
Oh, I know, because I canrelate too.
So today we're calling outthose sneaky success saboteurs
that hide out in our shadow self, the lies, the behaviors and
mindset traps that keep you fromwalking in the freedom,
confidence and power that keepyou from holding your head up
(01:31):
straight, shoulders back andyour crown on your head.
These, my dear God's alreadygiven these to you.
Yeah, I see you spirit ofsabotage and soon will the soul
of mama listening, whose successyou are stealing.
And listen, sis.
It is time to take back whatwas stolen and it is time to
(01:52):
flip that script, because here'swhat I know.
You, like me, may be a productof your past, oh, yes, okay, but
you are not a prisoner of it.
Uh-huh, we went there.
You don't have to rinse andrepeat cycles just because
that's what you were handed, andyou sure as heaven don't need a
man or a mood to tell you whatyour next move should be.
(02:16):
This episode, this podcast, isabout your success, your growth
and your healing.
Are you ready to own it, likethe woman of worth that you are
Product of the past, but not aprisoner of it?
Where you came from doesn't getto dictate where you're going.
It's time to do an about face,sister.
(02:39):
Now listen, I know firsthand.
Your story may have startedwith trauma, betrayal, rejection
or a heartbreak that knockedthe wind out of you, but listen,
girl, you are not bound to thatbeginning.
You don't have to walk aroundwearing shame like a second skin
.
Yes, you made choices.
(03:01):
Yes, someone also made choicesthat hurt you, but grace, oh
grace says that doesn't get todefine you anymore.
And I do realize that I may notbe talking about the other
co-parent, I may be talkingabout your parent, but what I
want to let you in on, thesecret that I have learned, is
(03:23):
this when you are his meaningGod's, he doesn't just erase
your past, he replaces it withpurpose.
And it says here in Isaiah 43,18 through 19,.
And it says forget the formerthings, do not dwell on the past
.
See, I am doing a new thing.
(03:44):
That new thing, it might starttoday.
It may start with finallyrealizing you don't need to drag
every regret, every mistake,every X and every failure into
your future.
That baggage, it doesn't matchyour outfit anymore.
(04:05):
Boo, can you say wardrobechange?
So here's a little pep talkthat you can have with yourself
when that saboteur shows up andit goes like this I may be a
product of my past, but I refuseto be a prisoner of it.
You see, you know, girl, justlike I do, that Jesus freed you
(04:25):
from those things.
So why are you still holdingyourself hostage to them?
You need to think about that.
Feelings are real, but theydon't rule you.
So let's be real.
Most of us, yeah we makedecisions based on pressure,
pain, panic, pleasure or evenpride.
We're reacting instead ofresponding, acting instead of
(04:48):
responding, surviving instead ofstewarding.
And that, mama, is sabotage.
Just because something feelsurgent doesn't mean it's wise.
Just because you're mad, sad orhormonal doesn't mean you burn
it all down or even closeyourself off.
(05:08):
You are allowed to feel it, yes, but you are not obligated to
obey it.
Feelings are not facts.
Feelings can be used as signalsor signposts, even that
something is going on that youneed to get a pulse on, but they
don't always indicate whatyou're feeling is true.
(05:30):
The reality is is that asituation may have triggered a
response from the past that isrunning in the background, the
saying what is fired is wired Ifyou keep letting it go on and
you aren't aware of it.
Well, now, that is going tocontinue to fire off in your
brain and is now is wired aswhat you believe is a true
thought, because it feels acertain way.
(05:52):
Now I'll give you an examplefrom my own life.
Okay, when I started to takenotice that my single mom friend
group that I rolled withstarted to change into a single
mom now married group, and I wasnow the only single mom in that
group.
I started to think to myself,these kinds of crazy thoughts,
like something was wrong with me.
That was, let's just say, thatone thought there.
(06:15):
That was the match that lit thefire of emotions and the soon
to be uncontrolled burn thatraged on from there and it
sounded like this oh, now Idon't fit in, I can't relate to
them anymore.
Now we can't do things together.
Oh, they will forget about me.
You see, that feeling andthat's, those are the I'm not
(06:35):
going into all the down anddirty things I used to say, but
listen, the one match, that onefeeling fueled the flame in my
fiery furnace to burn down allthose relationships down to the
ground, walking away from thatgroup all together.
Now, mind you, not one, not oneof these women ever said,
suggested or did any of thesethings that derailed my train of
(06:58):
thought.
Oh, no, but my feelings, yeah,that's what certainly did it.
Feelings that stem from, maybe,an anxious attachment I had, or
past hurts from past people thatwasn't even my single peeps.
Now, mind you, as I now amhealed and I'm healed of those
hurts, those friendships,thankfully, through prayer and a
(07:20):
lot of work from God, are nowhealed too.
So here's a little pep talkthat maybe you need to have with
yourself today, and it goeslike this I lead with faith, not
feelings.
Emotions may ride with me, butthey don't drive me, or even go
to Proverbs 3, 5.
That says it this way Trust inthe Lord with all your heart and
(07:43):
lean not on your ownunderstanding, which may be, do
not lean on your feelings, solean into faith when your
feelings try to make a fool ofyou.
Okay, so now we're going tomove on to four silent saboteurs
, the ones that we don't evertalk about, and here's where it
(08:03):
gets real.
Let's talk about the sneakysaboteurs that steal our success
quietly, the ones that aresitting there back in the
background, background, justwaiting for an open door to come
in and slam it in our face.
Number one isolation.
And isolation says I don't needanyone.
Girl, yeah, you do.
You're not meant to solo parentyour faith walk either.
(08:27):
Did you hear me?
You may be a solo parent, butyour faith walk doesn't need you
to walk it out as a solo parenteither.
Did you hear me?
You may be a solo parent, butyour faith walk doesn't need you
to walk it out as a solo parenteither.
Healing grows, and I havelearned this from my own life.
Healing grows.
I grew in community.
Success does too, and so don'tgo this alone and remember if
(08:48):
you do.
Don't go this alone andremember if you do.
It is a choice.
Number two self-sufficiency.
Self-sufficiency says help.
Oh, that's right, I don't askfor help.
That's pride in disguise.
Girl, god created us forinterdependence with him.
It's funny.
I remember the day when Istarted rolling with God and he
(09:09):
started to do a work in my life,as I had been codependent on a
lot of people in my life.
I remember the day that I said,oh Lord, I'm becoming dependent
on you.
And then I was like I heardthis, like little silent.
Yeah, well, yeah, that's kindof supposed to go that way.
You're supposed to become alittle interdependent with me.
Just a little funny there, as Isegue and get us back on course
(09:33):
.
How about number threeunforgiveness.
Bitterness is sabotage dressedin control.
It drains your peace, yourpatience and your ability to
parent from wholeness.
Hebrews 12, 15 says it this waysee to it that no bitter root
grows up to cause trouble.
Now, mind you, yourunforgiveness may even be,
(09:58):
shockingly, with God.
How many of you listening aresecretly mad at God for your
situation or continuedcircumstance that maybe, I don't
know, is caused by isolationand self-sufficiency that is
controlling you?
And let me let you in on thesecret that unforgiveness gives
(10:18):
the saboteur in the shadows.
It gives that spirit ofsaboteur shadow access to come
and steal your success.
You see, the enemy doesn't comeas a thief in the night to
steal things.
He also, which you know, hecomes to destroy.
Sin, by the way, which isunforgiveness, may just be
(10:38):
sabotaging you and you may justbe unaware of it.
But now you can't unsee it.
Maybe you need to look at someareas in your life where there
is some unforgiveness.
So next is another, and we'regoing to close with our four
saboteurs.
We're moving on to number four,and this is another single mom
saboteur that I have seen listenin my own life, as well as
(11:00):
other single moms that I workwith.
And this is the waiting for aman to fix it.
Saboteur Girl, listen, andwe've talked about this before.
Another relationship won'trescue your purpose.
A man, yeah, he can complimentyour life most definitely, but
he's not your comeback plan.
So what is your comeback plan,though?
(11:22):
Is a focus on God's plan foryour life.
And then, girl, listen, godwill bring the man for your life
.
So here's your pep talk.
I'm not waiting for a rescue,I'm walking in revival.
That's some good stuff.
Flip the script and fuel yourfuture.
You see, doing the same thingand expecting a different result
(11:43):
, that's not faith, that'sburnout in disguise.
It's like doing donut circlesin your mind, going around and
around, kind of almost like amerry-go-round, to upsetting not
only your stomach but yourpresent moments too.
You see, we've got to dosomething different, and
sometimes that difference startswith calling out the lie and
speaking the truth.
(12:03):
Now, you know, I'm not going tolet you go through a podcast
without your Thriving 25 journal, so I hope you have it handy,
and I need you to write thisdown in your journal the lie I
have been believing, and then,once you start working through
that, then I want you to work onto the next page, which is the
truth I am choosing instead, andI'll give you some examples.
(12:25):
Then I want you to work on tothe next page, which is the
truth.
I am choosing instead, and I'llgive you some examples.
And you've heard this onebefore I'm not enough, which now
becomes he is more than enoughin me.
Or the saboteur of it's too latefor me to the truth, which is
God's timing is still on time.
Or the if I don't fix this,it'll all fall apart.
Well, how about the truth ofI'm not the Savior, he is, can I
get an amen?
Or the?
If I don't fix this, it'll allfall apart.
Well, how about the truth ofI'm not the savior, he is?
(12:45):
Can I get an amen?
Or the?
This time I'm not doing a rinseand repeat, I am writing a
reboot.
So, as I close, girl, listen, ifyou saw yourself in this
episode, know this.
There is no shame in the pause,only power in the pivot.
So, like the episode, pivot,pivot, pivot.
(13:08):
Today.
Flip the script and flip thosefeelings off like a light switch
, not with a universal wave.
Okay, call out the saboteur andhand it over to your savior.
And listen, ladies, you weremeant for more.
You just may not feel it rightnow.
And remember what we said aboutfeelings.
So remember you are God'sgreatest creation and he loves
(13:32):
you so much.
You need to receive that, don'tblock that blessing.
Now, said differently, I willclose with this analogy that
will make sense in a minute.
So hang in there like a loosehair in a biscuit, because at
first it's not going to makesense.
And it's this phrase don'treject the winter coat that was
given to you as a summer present.
(13:53):
Just this week I saw, Iwitnessed this, and it's funny
because I have seen this in myown life.
So this is why it's funny to me.
Just this week I witnessedsomeone who really really got
bent out of shape and went allsideways just straight, dripping
over a precious winter coatthat was given as a gift to her
(14:16):
two-year-old, as a birthdaypresent.
Yes, it's Florida and yes, itis hot this time of year, but
listen, this gift it was givenout of the kindness and
obedience of a sweet 80-year-oldwoman's heart who's living on a
fixed income, much like thatsingle mom who was being
(14:36):
obedient to the command the Lordhad put on her heart and who
just wanted to show the love ofJesus to a single mom who maybe
just needed it.
She may not have needed thatcoat this time of year, I agree,
but she maybe just needed toopen both of her hands in the
simple act of just receiving.
(14:57):
From my experience sometimes Ihave learned that Jesus gives
gifts in strange wrapping paperthat to us seems silly,
pointless and downright painfulat times, and we stand there
with our arms crossed and fistsclenched, unwilling to receive
it.
Instead, we block a blessing,sabotage a lesson, a healing, a
provision and even a blessing.
I wonder how many times thissingle mom has blocked the
(15:21):
gracious and great plans God hasfor her Because the saboteur,
the spirit of isolation andself-sufficiency and
unforgiveness got in the way ofher healing as her present
moment is lived in the past,need prayer and need to let go
of some unforgiveness.
Call our 24-hour prayer line at855-822-PRAY.
(15:43):
You're not alone and we arehere to help you.
And hey, subscribe on AppleSpotify or iHeartRadio so you
never miss your dose of truthand tea.
So next weekend I'm going to beoff.
It is Memorial Day weekend andI hope you all have a wonderful
time with your family andfriends.
Remember, it's a single momthing and not the single thing
(16:04):
that stops you, and we will beback here.
My goodness, it's going to beJune.
Take care, my ladies.
Thanks for listening to.
It's a Single Mom Thing.
I hope you enjoyed our timetogether.
If you have more questions onhow to have a relationship with
Jesus or need prayer, visit usat wwwshepherdsvillagecom.
Backslash prayer.
(16:25):
For more information andresources, check out our show
notes.
Welcome to it's a Single Mom Thing, the show for
single moms by single moms.
This is Sherri, your host, andI am happy you are here today.
Remember it's a single momthing and not the single thing
that stops you.
Hello, my single peeps, andwelcome back to another episode
of it's a Single Mom Thing.
(00:20):
So I'm going to come outswinging hard.
I got a question for you,ladies, so I'm going to come out
swinging hard.
I got a question for you,ladies.
Now listen, I'm going to askyou this what if the biggest
thing standing between you andyour breakthrough is you?
Yep, I said it.
Now wait, don't go walk out onyour success and leave this
podcast.
There is something here for you.
(00:48):
You see, this episode is forevery single mom who's doing all
the things but yet she stillfeels stuck, frustrated or
low-key self-sabotaging.
You're showing up, but you'realso shutting down.
You're dreaming big butdoubting even bigger.
You're praying for change butstill clinging to old habits.
Toxic thoughts and survivalmode patterns Sound familiar?
(01:10):
Oh, I know, because I canrelate too.
So today we're calling outthose sneaky success saboteurs
that hide out in our shadow self, the lies, the behaviors and
mindset traps that keep you fromwalking in the freedom,
confidence and power that keepyou from holding your head up
(01:31):
straight, shoulders back andyour crown on your head.
These, my dear God's alreadygiven these to you.
Yeah, I see you spirit ofsabotage and soon will the soul
of mama listening, whose successyou are stealing.
And listen, sis.
It is time to take back whatwas stolen and it is time to
(01:52):
flip that script, because here'swhat I know.
You, like me, may be a productof your past, oh, yes, okay, but
you are not a prisoner of it.
Uh-huh, we went there.
You don't have to rinse andrepeat cycles just because
that's what you were handed, andyou sure as heaven don't need a
man or a mood to tell you whatyour next move should be.
(02:16):
This episode, this podcast, isabout your success, your growth
and your healing.
Are you ready to own it, likethe woman of worth that you are
Product of the past, but not aprisoner of it?
Where you came from doesn't getto dictate where you're going.
It's time to do an about face,sister.
(02:39):
Now listen, I know firsthand.
Your story may have startedwith trauma, betrayal, rejection
or a heartbreak that knockedthe wind out of you, but listen,
girl, you are not bound to thatbeginning.
You don't have to walk aroundwearing shame like a second skin
.
Yes, you made choices.
(03:01):
Yes, someone also made choicesthat hurt you, but grace, oh
grace says that doesn't get todefine you anymore.
And I do realize that I may notbe talking about the other
co-parent, I may be talkingabout your parent, but what I
want to let you in on, thesecret that I have learned, is
(03:23):
this when you are his meaningGod's, he doesn't just erase
your past, he replaces it withpurpose.
And it says here in Isaiah 43,18 through 19,.
And it says forget the formerthings, do not dwell on the past
.
See, I am doing a new thing.
(03:44):
That new thing, it might starttoday.
It may start with finallyrealizing you don't need to drag
every regret, every mistake,every X and every failure into
your future.
That baggage, it doesn't matchyour outfit anymore.
(04:05):
Boo, can you say wardrobechange?
So here's a little pep talkthat you can have with yourself
when that saboteur shows up andit goes like this I may be a
product of my past, but I refuseto be a prisoner of it.
You see, you know, girl, justlike I do, that Jesus freed you
(04:25):
from those things.
So why are you still holdingyourself hostage to them?
You need to think about that.
Feelings are real, but theydon't rule you.
So let's be real.
Most of us, yeah we makedecisions based on pressure,
pain, panic, pleasure or evenpride.
We're reacting instead ofresponding, acting instead of
(04:48):
responding, surviving instead ofstewarding.
And that, mama, is sabotage.
Just because something feelsurgent doesn't mean it's wise.
Just because you're mad, sad orhormonal doesn't mean you burn
it all down or even closeyourself off.
(05:08):
You are allowed to feel it, yes, but you are not obligated to
obey it.
Feelings are not facts.
Feelings can be used as signalsor signposts, even that
something is going on that youneed to get a pulse on, but they
don't always indicate whatyou're feeling is true.
(05:30):
The reality is is that asituation may have triggered a
response from the past that isrunning in the background, the
saying what is fired is wired Ifyou keep letting it go on and
you aren't aware of it.
Well, now, that is going tocontinue to fire off in your
brain and is now is wired aswhat you believe is a true
thought, because it feels acertain way.
(05:52):
Now I'll give you an examplefrom my own life.
Okay, when I started to takenotice that my single mom friend
group that I rolled withstarted to change into a single
mom now married group, and I wasnow the only single mom in that
group.
I started to think to myself,these kinds of crazy thoughts,
like something was wrong with me.
That was, let's just say, thatone thought there.
(06:15):
That was the match that lit thefire of emotions and the soon
to be uncontrolled burn thatraged on from there and it
sounded like this oh, now Idon't fit in, I can't relate to
them anymore.
Now we can't do things together.
Oh, they will forget about me.
You see, that feeling andthat's, those are the I'm not
(06:35):
going into all the down anddirty things I used to say, but
listen, the one match, that onefeeling fueled the flame in my
fiery furnace to burn down allthose relationships down to the
ground, walking away from thatgroup all together.
Now, mind you, not one, not oneof these women ever said,
suggested or did any of thesethings that derailed my train of
(06:58):
thought.
Oh, no, but my feelings, yeah,that's what certainly did it.
Feelings that stem from, maybe,an anxious attachment I had, or
past hurts from past people thatwasn't even my single peeps.
Now, mind you, as I now amhealed and I'm healed of those
hurts, those friendships,thankfully, through prayer and a
(07:20):
lot of work from God, are nowhealed too.
So here's a little pep talkthat maybe you need to have with
yourself today, and it goeslike this I lead with faith, not
feelings.
Emotions may ride with me, butthey don't drive me, or even go
to Proverbs 3, 5.
That says it this way Trust inthe Lord with all your heart and
(07:43):
lean not on your ownunderstanding, which may be, do
not lean on your feelings, solean into faith when your
feelings try to make a fool ofyou.
Okay, so now we're going tomove on to four silent saboteurs
, the ones that we don't evertalk about, and here's where it
(08:03):
gets real.
Let's talk about the sneakysaboteurs that steal our success
quietly, the ones that aresitting there back in the
background, background, justwaiting for an open door to come
in and slam it in our face.
Number one isolation.
And isolation says I don't needanyone.
Girl, yeah, you do.
You're not meant to solo parentyour faith walk either.
(08:27):
Did you hear me?
You may be a solo parent, butyour faith walk doesn't need you
to walk it out as a solo parenteither.
Did you hear me?
You may be a solo parent, butyour faith walk doesn't need you
to walk it out as a solo parenteither.
Healing grows, and I havelearned this from my own life.
Healing grows.
I grew in community.
Success does too, and so don'tgo this alone and remember if
(08:48):
you do.
Don't go this alone andremember if you do.
It is a choice.
Number two self-sufficiency.
Self-sufficiency says help.
Oh, that's right, I don't askfor help.
That's pride in disguise.
Girl, god created us forinterdependence with him.
It's funny.
I remember the day when Istarted rolling with God and he
(09:09):
started to do a work in my life,as I had been codependent on a
lot of people in my life.
I remember the day that I said,oh Lord, I'm becoming dependent
on you.
And then I was like I heardthis, like little silent.
Yeah, well, yeah, that's kindof supposed to go that way.
You're supposed to become alittle interdependent with me.
Just a little funny there, as Isegue and get us back on course
(09:33):
.
How about number threeunforgiveness.
Bitterness is sabotage dressedin control.
It drains your peace, yourpatience and your ability to
parent from wholeness.
Hebrews 12, 15 says it this waysee to it that no bitter root
grows up to cause trouble.
Now, mind you, yourunforgiveness may even be,
(09:58):
shockingly, with God.
How many of you listening aresecretly mad at God for your
situation or continuedcircumstance that maybe, I don't
know, is caused by isolationand self-sufficiency that is
controlling you?
And let me let you in on thesecret that unforgiveness gives
(10:18):
the saboteur in the shadows.
It gives that spirit ofsaboteur shadow access to come
and steal your success.
You see, the enemy doesn't comeas a thief in the night to
steal things.
He also, which you know, hecomes to destroy.
Sin, by the way, which isunforgiveness, may just be
(10:38):
sabotaging you and you may justbe unaware of it.
But now you can't unsee it.
Maybe you need to look at someareas in your life where there
is some unforgiveness.
So next is another, and we'regoing to close with our four
saboteurs.
We're moving on to number four,and this is another single mom
saboteur that I have seen listenin my own life, as well as
(11:00):
other single moms that I workwith.
And this is the waiting for aman to fix it.
Saboteur Girl, listen, andwe've talked about this before.
Another relationship won'trescue your purpose.
A man, yeah, he can complimentyour life most definitely, but
he's not your comeback plan.
So what is your comeback plan,though?
(11:22):
Is a focus on God's plan foryour life.
And then, girl, listen, godwill bring the man for your life
.
So here's your pep talk.
I'm not waiting for a rescue,I'm walking in revival.
That's some good stuff.
Flip the script and fuel yourfuture.
You see, doing the same thingand expecting a different result
(11:43):
, that's not faith, that'sburnout in disguise.
It's like doing donut circlesin your mind, going around and
around, kind of almost like amerry-go-round, to upsetting not
only your stomach but yourpresent moments too.
You see, we've got to dosomething different, and
sometimes that difference startswith calling out the lie and
speaking the truth.
(12:03):
Now, you know, I'm not going tolet you go through a podcast
without your Thriving 25 journal, so I hope you have it handy,
and I need you to write thisdown in your journal the lie I
have been believing, and then,once you start working through
that, then I want you to work onto the next page, which is the
truth I am choosing instead, andI'll give you some examples.
(12:25):
Then I want you to work on tothe next page, which is the
truth.
I am choosing instead, and I'llgive you some examples.
And you've heard this onebefore I'm not enough, which now
becomes he is more than enoughin me.
Or the saboteur of it's too latefor me to the truth, which is
God's timing is still on time.
Or the if I don't fix this,it'll all fall apart.
Well, how about the truth ofI'm not the Savior, he is, can I
get an amen?
Or the?
If I don't fix this, it'll allfall apart.
Well, how about the truth ofI'm not the savior, he is?
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Can I get an amen?
Or the?
This time I'm not doing a rinseand repeat, I am writing a
reboot.
So, as I close, girl, listen, ifyou saw yourself in this
episode, know this.
There is no shame in the pause,only power in the pivot.
So, like the episode, pivot,pivot, pivot.
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Today.
Flip the script and flip thosefeelings off like a light switch
, not with a universal wave.
Okay, call out the saboteur andhand it over to your savior.
And listen, ladies, you weremeant for more.
You just may not feel it rightnow.
And remember what we said aboutfeelings.
So remember you are God'sgreatest creation and he loves
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you so much.
You need to receive that, don'tblock that blessing.
Now, said differently, I willclose with this analogy that
will make sense in a minute.
So hang in there like a loosehair in a biscuit, because at
first it's not going to makesense.
And it's this phrase don'treject the winter coat that was
given to you as a summer present.
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Just this week I saw, Iwitnessed this, and it's funny
because I have seen this in myown life.
So this is why it's funny to me.
Just this week I witnessedsomeone who really really got
bent out of shape and went allsideways just straight, dripping
over a precious winter coatthat was given as a gift to her
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two-year-old, as a birthdaypresent.
Yes, it's Florida and yes, itis hot this time of year, but
listen, this gift it was givenout of the kindness and
obedience of a sweet 80-year-oldwoman's heart who's living on a
fixed income, much like thatsingle mom who was being
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obedient to the command the Lordhad put on her heart and who
just wanted to show the love ofJesus to a single mom who maybe
just needed it.
She may not have needed thatcoat this time of year, I agree,
but she maybe just needed toopen both of her hands in the
simple act of just receiving.
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From my experience sometimes Ihave learned that Jesus gives
gifts in strange wrapping paperthat to us seems silly,
pointless and downright painfulat times, and we stand there
with our arms crossed and fistsclenched, unwilling to receive
it.
Instead, we block a blessing,sabotage a lesson, a healing, a
provision and even a blessing.
I wonder how many times thissingle mom has blocked the
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gracious and great plans God hasfor her Because the saboteur,
the spirit of isolation andself-sufficiency and
unforgiveness got in the way ofher healing as her present
moment is lived in the past,need prayer and need to let go
of some unforgiveness.
Call our 24-hour prayer line at855-822-PRAY.
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You're not alone and we arehere to help you.
And hey, subscribe on AppleSpotify or iHeartRadio so you
never miss your dose of truthand tea.
So next weekend I'm going to beoff.
It is Memorial Day weekend andI hope you all have a wonderful
time with your family andfriends.
Remember, it's a single momthing and not the single thing
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that stops you, and we will beback here.
My goodness, it's going to beJune.
Take care, my ladies.
Thanks for listening to.
It's a Single Mom Thing.
I hope you enjoyed our timetogether.
If you have more questions onhow to have a relationship with
Jesus or need prayer, visit usat wwwshepherdsvillagecom.
Backslash prayer.
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For more information andresources, check out our show
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