The Permission Slip You've Been Waiting For

A heartfelt message of encouragement for anyone going through challenging times, acknowledging your resilience and strength while reminding you that you're doing better than you think. This Saturday Faith Fuel offers permission to be proud of yourself and continue moving forward with faith.

• Affirmation that you're doing a phenomenal job despite the challenges you've faced
• Reminder to take time for yourself to recharge through stillness and personal hobbies
• Encouragement to let go of past mistakes and avoid dragging yesterday's errors into tomorrow
• Recognition that your perseverance and positive attitude inspire those around you
• Biblical reminder that you are "the head and not the tail" and should believe what God says about you

Keep showing up, stay focused on your path, and remember that even when it feels difficult, you're making progress every single day. You've got this!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 0 (00:00):
Hey y'all.
So for this Saturday Faith Fuel, I just wanted to do something
just a little bit different.
So just please come in a littlebit closer and all I want to do
is to tell you how proud I amof you.
A lot of you have had a prettyrough year, challenging times,
and I just want to tell you, ifyou haven't heard it from
anybody else, you're doing aphenomenal job.

(00:20):
You're doing a good job.
I am so proud of you.
Keep going, don't lose faith.
I know everything isn't workingout the way you think it should,
but I promise you all thingsare working together for your
good.
You are phenomenal.
You're awesome.
You're so blessed.
I just love how resilient youare.
I love to hear your laughter.
I love the joy in your heart.

(00:42):
Listen, we need you.
Your family needs you, yourfriend needs you.
But I want you to also make surethat you're taking time for
yourself.
Take time to just be still andsilent so that you can recharge
and be refreshed.
Pick up a hobby y'all.
You know it's okay to likelisten.
I'm a book reader, so I'mactually going to be going back
into my books today just tospend some time alone and

(01:05):
recharge that way.
But I just wanted to come on andtell you, if no one has said it
, if you're an adult or a childand no one has said it to you
that they are so proud of you.
We all make mistakes.
I'm so excited for your future.
I'm so excited for what's tocome.
Keep working hard.
I thank God for the wisdom thathe's giving you so you can make
the right decision.

(01:26):
It's okay if you see peoplebeing moved out of your life.
Remember that where you'regoing, everybody can't go.
So I want you to stay focused.
I want you to have disciplinethis year and you're killing it.
You're doing such a great jobEvery day.
You're making progress Everysingle day.
One step forward.
Listen, even if it looks like Idon't know how I'm going to do

(01:47):
this, you've got this.
Don't lose focus.
Don't let people convince youto go back to where you were.
Okay, keep moving forward.
I'm so incredibly proud of you.
You're resilient, you're sostrong, but you're also so soft.
You're that person that we youknow we can feel the rest of us
can feel vulnerable around.

(02:07):
You know, and we're gratefulfor you.
Take time for yourself and takecare of yourself.
And, like I said, if no onesays it to you the mistakes you
made.
The Lord God has alreadyforgiven you.
Stop beating yourself up overthe mistakes of the past.
You gotta let that stuff go sothat you can move forward.
Don't drag the mistakes ofyesterday into tomorrow.

(02:28):
Okay, we got work to do.
You've got an amazing liferight now and you've got an even
better one in front of you.
So I want you to stay focusedone day at a time, one foot
ahead, one foot at a time.
And just remember, if no onetells you, someone on the other
side, on the other side of thisworld, on the other side of this
screen, loves you.
I'm so proud of you.

(02:49):
I'm proud of what you'veaccomplished.
I'm proud of what you've gotcoming.
You're so cool, you're funny.
You know I love that about you,right?
So hang in there, keep doingwhat it is you started.
You're going to need to finishit, right?
So, yeah, listen, I'm just sograteful.
I'm grateful for every singleday that you show up.

(03:12):
I'm grateful.
People are watching yourprogress.
People are watching yourprogress.
You hear me, you areencouraging other people just by
you showing up, and it might bea small thing.
You know.
You might go on the job and youdon't feel like it, but you put
a smile on your face and youlight up the room when you walk

(03:33):
in.
People are watching you.
Your children are watching you,your grandchildren are watching
you.
You have such wisdom.
Oh listen, we want to hear morefrom you.
We want you to want to seesmile when you feel like it.
And you know what, if you don't, it's okay too.
We don't want you to fake ittill you make it.
We want you to believe it isyours and that you will take
that mantle.
Amen.
I want you to really trulyremember.

(03:55):
You have to have faith.
You have to believe what Godsays about you, that you're a
winner, you're not a loser.
You're the head and you're notthe tail.
Amen.
A loser, you're the head andyou're not the tail.
Amen.
Go back into Proverbs 31, ifthat's your jam, and encourage
yourself as the kind of women.
Go back into the word, as a manof God, and hear what he has to
say about you too.
So that's what I had to sharefor this awesome Saturday Faith

(04:17):
Fuel just to encourage you andlet you know oh man, you're
amazing.
Hang in there.
Thank you so much for watchingand have a great rest of your
day, amen.
All right, take care.