November 24, 2023 • 26 mins
In this special episode, Sena reflects on the journey of the podcast's first season and shares personal insights about the importance of being an example of God's love to others. The episode also touches on her experiences with God's intentional wisdom and guidance in various aspects of life, including friendships, writing, and pursuing purpose. Looking ahead to the next season, Sena reveals exciting changes for the podcast, emphasizing a shift towards a personal journal format. The episode concludes with an inspiring message to embrace the season of thriving, stepping out with confidence in the purpose God has placed within each listener. Join her on this reflective and empowering episode as we bid farewell to Season 1 and anticipate a new beginning in Season 2!
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(00:00):
Hey friends.
Welcome back to episode 10.
I believe this is episode 10.
I am actually on my phone rightnow, trying to navigate.
To the podcast app to figureout.
What episode we are on, becauseapparently it seems like I don't
even know what I'm doing.
(00:20):
What life?
Yes.
So episode 10.
I thought it was episode 10,because this is going to be our
last episode for the season.
I felt led to record thisepisode yesterday.
Um, and if you're wondering thiskindly Friday, October 21st, I'm
hoping to get this episode out.
To nines before I go to sleep.
(00:43):
But.
Basically.
Yeah.
What I said before, this isgoing to be our last episode.
I wager this is going to be veryshort.
I know.
I always say that in a, wealways, almost always end up
going.
Way above.
Schedule, but fingers crossedthat we, uh, go into just chit
chat for some five minutes andthen I'll be out of your hair.
(01:06):
So.
Without further ado, let's go.
(01:52):
welcome everybody.
How have you guys been since thelast time we connected on here,
I hope that life has beentreating you well, I hope that.
You've begun to see the goodnessof God in your life.
If you were blind to it before.
And really, I just hope thatthings have been good for you,
you know?
(02:12):
October October has been good.
September into October has beenreally good for me by the grace
of God.
I'm really looking forward tojust continuing to enjoy his
presence throughout the rest ofthe year, and really seeking
clarity on where to take thispodcast next.
And I guess.
(02:32):
On today's episode.
I wanted to talk about.
The importance of having peoplearound you.
Who from time to time, dependingon the situation they go going
through, become an example ofGod's love to you.
I recently opened up to one ofmy really good friends.
(02:53):
She is my prophetic mama.
I really honor her respect her.
if you went to screen and Ghana,then you probably know the whole
system of like school mothers,school fathers, things like
that.
moving forward, I think I'mactually going to be mentioning
my friends names on thispodcast, because we're about to
get really personal on this pacefrom next year.
(03:16):
God willing we are.
I'm thinking you're going tolaunch season two.
Probably early February, Justbecause I do have to be a way
for a bed just to focus onmyself throughout the end of the
year until next year.
So really don't want to putpressure on myself and make a
commitment to showing up here inJanuary.
(03:38):
Because work is gonna be crazy.
I have a deadline first weekend,February, actually I think the
deadline is first February, sowe're working really hard
towards that.
And then also school starts.
Third week, I believe inJanuary.
So I really just want to pacemyself and not put too much on
my plate.
I updated the frequency of thisepisodes of biweekly on the
(04:02):
apple podcast thingy.
But it still has not reflectedon your end, so I'm not sure
what exactly is going on.
I tried to do a several timeswhen I go into the app, it shows
biweekly like the, the appwhere.
One or the app, like the websitewhere you update, you know, all
the metadata for the podcast.
(04:23):
It shows biweekly there, butwhen I come to the apple podcast
app, I think Spotify as well.
It still shows weekly.
So I'm not really sure what'sgoing on with that.
But.
A whole rebranding is coming.
Um, I'll be fine.
Jump into that.
I think I was saying somethingabout examples of God's law.
Yes.
(04:44):
So I recently opened up to.
My school mom slash.
Let's go ahead.
My school mom.
On this space.
Yeah.
Sorry.
Isn't he opened up to her aboutsomething I've been dealing with
for many years now.
And when I tell you that.
Her immediate reaction was tojust smile and look at me.
(05:06):
Like she, I feel like she waswaiting for me to get to the
worst part of what I was tellingher.
And I was like, I'm done.
Y, you know, ask me anything andshe's like, what'd you want me
to ask you?
And as I w I don't know, I justdumped all this on you, so.
What is that to say?
What are you thinking?
What do you want to know?
(05:27):
Let's talk about it.
Let's break it down.
And she really, really showed methe love of Christ in that
moment where.
Instead of questioning.
My decisions is sort ofquestioning why I did what I did
or instead of questioning why Ikept this to myself for so long.
One of the first things that shesaid to me was that I'm really
(05:50):
honored that you chose to sharethis with me.
And.
You know, she immediately wentinto an empathetic more like
just.
Very compassionate.
in that moment, I just startedto cry.
Because I was a bit scared ofsharing this with him because I
thought I would lose the bondthat we had created.
(06:12):
but I can happily report that wewere going to our strongest ever
a friendship is growing.
The purpose, why we are in eachother's life.
Is becoming much Clara and Godis really just.
Using our friendship, even inthis moment.
And I know that he's going tocontinue to use.
This friendship for the kingdom.
(06:33):
But I thought a very profound.
to know that there are stillpeople who.
Exhibit the love of Christ, notonly when it's convenient, not
only when.
They are excited aboutsomething.
Not only when whatever you havedone, pleases them.
But also when.
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You seem to have just hit yourface upon the ed, also in those
moments where they are notpleased where they may be
disappointed.
But then the first thing to dois to hug you and to say, Did
you know what.
I'm not here to judge you.
I can only sympathize with youin this moment.
And.
I really.
(07:14):
Go to experience God in adifferent way this week, where
it really became clear that Godis so intentional about me.
And he's.
He saw intentional to the extentthat he has literally hand
picked everybody who is in mylife at this particular moment,
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everyone who has been in my lifeand everybody who is going to be
in my life.
And I really started to justEverly, all my friends and just
seeing what a blessing that eachof them has been to me seeing
how all of them in one way orthe other have directly or
indirectly shown me theimportance of being an example
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of God's love to people.
what I want to encourage us totake with us through the end of
this year is.
How do I become an example ofGod's love to someone?
how do I exhibit compassion?
How do I exhibit kindness?
In what way?
Can I be a blessing to someone?
In what way can I be assured of,for someone to lean on?
(08:16):
In what way can I be a listeningear to someone.
And for once in your life, notmake it about you.
But make it about the passingand make it about the revelation
that you have of what Christ hasdone for you.
And.
I'm not sure if any of that madesense, because to be honest, I
never really planned how I wasgoing to just say this.
(08:37):
I'm really just speaking.
So.
I hope that this is blessingsomebody.
Um, if it's not too, thenCharlie, we move.
Yeah.
Because your girl is tired.
I I've, I've been up since about6 45.
47.
I don't remember, but sixsomething.
(08:58):
I couldn't go back to sleep.
And then I just, you know, wokeup, just kind of go to my day.
And go my assignments out of theway.
And it was, it was quiteproductive and I'm like, huh, I
should probably start waking upearly again because it's not
even 5:00 PM.
And I got so much done.
Of course it's a weekend, so Idon't have work, but.
(09:19):
Still.
Another thing that I've reallybeen seeing in God's intention
on to see about me is just howmuch of his wisdom I have been
experiencing at work.
Let me tell you guys that whenyou pray for something.
Yo.
I've had too many testing whenthese, this week, I don't even
know where to start, where toend, but I've had too many
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testimonies of just how God hascome through for me.
Got as come through for myfriends.
Things I prayed for, for them.
And I'm just like, wow.
God is so intentional.
And that is, I think that is myword going.
Going into next year.
God is so intentional about me.
And I hope that you can dig deepwithin yourself and begin to
(10:02):
find ways that.
He has shown you that, Hey, Ilove you.
I care about you.
I worry about you.
And I would literally leave the99 just to follow you to the
ends of the, uh, Just so that Ican bring you back to myself,
just so that you and I can livein harmony, just so that you and
(10:22):
I can have a relationship.
But with that being said, Um, Idid not mean for this episode to
be any sort of deep, whatever.
See if you're not getting that.
If you're not getting the usualSenna.
You know, just, just know lots.
This is not the woman's forthat.
Yeah.
Um, I really just wanted to see.
(10:43):
Goodbye.
For the next few months, we arenot going to be on the space.
I know that this first seasonhas sort of been all over the
place.
We kind of started a setting waythen the middle, when it sets in
way.
And then it sets in way.
I think this first season hasreally taken me on the journey
of getting to know myself.
(11:06):
Getting to know the specificthings that God has put in me
and also getting to know whichof those things he wants me to
be exhibiting to the world now.
Because I think when I initiallystarted this podcast and I
planned to see this in episodeone of season two, so I don't
know why I'm seeing it here, butwhen I officially started this
(11:27):
podcast, All my friends.
You know, I, I, when based onwhat.
The people I'm surrounded withwere seen.
Right.
Because I believe that I'msurrounded by many godly friends
who hear.
God who, you know, can, can seethings that I may be missing.
So I, I asked most of myfriends, who am I to you?
(11:48):
What do you come to me for?
And that is how I sort of bredthis podcast, but I'm quickly
realizing that.
That is not necessarily what Ienjoy doing on the podcast.
Like, yeah.
I love pistol development.
I love self-improvement.
I love everything.
Constantly advocating for.
people to be resourced with justtoday on my Snapchat private
(12:11):
story, I was running quite a biton.
You know, being a resourcefulwoman and things like that.
But I also realize that thosethings come in the moment when.
Perhaps someone asked me aquestion or a conversation comes
up and not necessarily inmoments where I get up to pick
the Mike and then I just starttalking.
(12:32):
I mean, I can do it, but I don'tthink that I quite enjoy it.
I think that the episodes I'vemost enjoyed are the ones where
I just come and just share withyou how my week has been and
random things.
When I first wanted to do apodcast, I wanted to do it in
the personal journals category.
I wanted to just share my life.
But because I'll not say editYouTube videos.
(12:53):
And I don't like what to my faceout there.
That's why I'm not on YouTube.
So I think it all podcast couldbe a way to do that.
I mean, I love talking, so Hey.
But then I also got a bitworried, like, ah, I don't know
if I kind of want to be puttingmy life out there.
Because still some of my friendswere here and it's like, okay,
they know this is an IB.
Hear me share some things.
How is that going to be?
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But the Lord has really taken meon some training and the last
couple of months.
And I've come to realize that.
Sometimes just because you havea setting gift does not mean
that you are supposed to beusing that particular gifts in
that particular moment.
What am I trying to say?
Just because my friends come tome for life advice, things like
(13:34):
that.
It's one of my friends justcalled me today.
Actually.
He said, So Nadia therapist,life, coach, and friend, all in
one.
And I was really on it.
to hear him see that.
But then I realized that it doesnot particularly once I want to
use this space for.
Like, yes, you can reach out tome, you know?
On the socials, whatever I cantalk.
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by the help of the holy spirit.
I speak some sense into you.
If you had the really, you.
You know, Whatever, but it's notquite what I want to use this
podcast for.
and so I find that I'm takingmyself back.
Into that place where I reallybegin to look with thing.
And begins to find myself inways that are different from how
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people see me now.
I'm not sure if any of thismakes sense.
Um, but I'm recording this forfuture me.
So.
That was the whole idea of thepodcast I wanted to start.
I wanted to, I wanted it to besomething where.
The future center could comeback and come and listen to and
see how much she had grown.
See what she was up to at acertain point in a certain week
(14:39):
at a certain time, the sameyear.
Um, so I'm going to go back tothat and.
Just.
A bit of this, which I believeI'm going to touch on quite a
bit in season two.
When I finally, I guess, Sharewhat the plan is for the rest of
the podcast, but sometimes it isdangerous to share.
(15:00):
Ideas and things like that withfriends, because no matter, even
if they are godly friends,because.
Sometimes what people think youshould do.
It's not necessarily what Godwants you to be doing.
Yeah.
And.
In setting ways, because whatyou wanted to do me, no half
directly seemed very.
(15:20):
Godly or there wasn't a directway that it was benefiting the
body of Christ.
You will tend to what had gone,where you wanted to do and then
go with what everyone else hasseen, because.
In many ways, that thing thatpeople are saying and seems to
be what brings more edificationto the body of Christ and not
necessarily what you wanted todo before.
(15:42):
Case in point, I used to write,I used to write a lot.
I used to write poetry, love,quotes, things like that.
I actually started the wholeromance novel.
I love writing.
I love everything.
Love everything, historicalromance.
That is me, that is sent on myfriends will tell you.
I can stay up 24 hours reading abook and Naga tight.
Yeah.
(16:02):
And I used to write endingpeople started making comments.
I know you're a child of God,you know, like, why are you
doing this?
And so I started to forcemyself.
To write.
Like Christian related.
Direct Christian related things.
I don't know how to say Nope,because I didn't, I mean, at the
end of the day, God is lovewrites about, of course the
kinds of things I was writingwas not coming from that direct
(16:25):
sphere.
And even though there were somedays that I could just pour my
heart out to the holy spirit,just like write love letters.
To God or whatever.
Uh, what is it is my.
Immediate go-to thing to do.
And so I started at four, so mysoul to try to do that right.
Maybe, you know, Christian.
Pieces.
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I don't know what you think.
I don't even know what to callit.
But it just wasn't working out.
It seemed like I was justforcing myself and stressing
myself out to do something thatjust was not coming to me
naturally.
And so I ended up just, Istopped writing all together
because I fear that if Icontinue to write the things
that I love, then maybe I wouldlet the devil use the gifts that
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God has given me to push hisagenda.
And.
I don't want to answer for that.
Okay.
I want my works to count.
I one, the things that I do toimpact people, I want to make
sure that whatever I'm doing aspart of God's plan for me, that
it is purposeful.
And so I stopped writing alltogether.
(17:26):
My recently.
Over the last few months I'vebeen getting prophecies and
things like that.
People just sending me.
You have to start writing again,go to senior.
Should rides, go to saying youshould write.
And so I've started.
Um, Trying to get back into thatspace for now.
I've just been writing, justbeen documenting a few of my
conversations with the holyspirit.
Here and there.
(17:47):
And no really delving back intomy hole.
Romance writing aspects ofthings, but really just
continuing to be in that placeof his presence in that place of
quite pneumonia.
And that place of just onenesswith him.
So this week, So.
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I know this is I'm looking atthe.
Editor.
And this episode is almost at 20minutes already and I'm like,
okay, I don't have time to editanything more than 25 minutes.
So I'm going to pump the brakeshere.
And I don't even think I've madeany sense because I kind of
started with.
Being an example of God's loveand then went into a bit into.
(18:30):
Peppers.
And what did they even see?
I don't even remember.
But the point is guys, is that.
This is the last episode I justwanted to come here.
Just share my voice.
Let you know that it's going tobe the last episode.
I'll be going on a mini breakwith hopes of starting up season
two and the February show isgoing to have a new name.
(18:51):
Um, I don't know yet, if I wantto say it here.
But we are really going torevamp this.
It's going to become a personaljournal somewhere where you can
just come here.
A fellow friend, someone, somegirl.
In the world somewhere.
Just talk about her life.
Talk about what God is doingwith health who had and had.
And just Sharon House school isliterally kicking my butt.
(19:14):
Yeah.
Cause.
School-based cooling.
Okay.
Life, life is lifeing butgoodness, helping us.
And.
I trust that as we go on thatnew journey together, that you
would find, you would findsomething on some days we would
have those deep conversations,because that is naturally me.
There is no data.
You come and talk to me that youknow him, you see something
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deep, you know, Even if we arelaughing, I will still find a
way to slide something deep.
And then, so we'll still havethose days of depth.
We will still have.
those days of just really going,maybe deep into scripture,
whatever it is.
However, the Lord leads.
That's how we're going to go.
Basically.
But for now, um, I'm thinkingthis is going to become a space
(19:55):
for us, a space.
Where I just documents my life.
Um, So then in five years, infour years, when I come back and
take a listen to it, I can seehow much God has helped me.
And I hope that even as I shareabout myself, you would.
Pick something from it that youwould find the light of Christ
here.
And that you would beencouraged.
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To pursue life.
God's way.
The word for this year has beenthrive.
Hence the name hiving gang.
but we're going to switch thatup a bit.
I think we're probably going tohave a word for every month or a
word for.
Every season.
I'm not sure yet.
I'm still speaking to the Lordon that because I feel like he's
(20:39):
given me so many, you know,Things when I definitely know
that one thing that he wants usto be doing in the next year is
to get up and thrive.
Literally, I have been thatphrase has been ringing in my
ears.
For the last month or so.
And I've just been asking God,what is this?
Get up and thrive.
What does that mean?
You know, Everywhere.
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I go, I see, go get upeverywhere I go.
I see.
Hi, everywhere I go.
I'm like, God, what are yousaying?
What's is the message.
And.
It really in some way, is thateven as we head into the end of
2023 and come into 2024, I thinkthat most people on this space
are going to be turning 25.
(21:22):
At least most people in myfriend circle, I know are going
to be turning 25 and most of ushave been dealing with this
quarter life crisis thing.
But the Lord is saying, get upand thrive.
That is the season we are in.
It is a season for us to get up.
And there's a season for us tostop questioning.
It is the season for us to stopdoubting that, which he has put
on the inside of us and for usto begin to walk in that light.
(21:47):
It is the season for you toliterally get up.
Wake up early.
I do the things, you know, Godhas been putting on your heart
to do.
Write that book start that.
Instagram page, whatever it is,start that tech talk.
You know, Um, accounts, stopposting scripture, stop posting
(22:10):
comedy, stop posting.
Whatever it is.
The word of the Lord is get upand thrive.
And.
As we do that.
We are going to see the Lord.
Move massively and our lives.
I'm really trusting God that aswe head into this new year, as
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we head into this new phase,this new season, that.
He is going to bless the work ofour hands, whatever we would do,
whatever we set out to do willbe established because we will
have the backing of God.
We will have the backing ofheaven.
And so I pray that you run withthis word.
It's personally going to be myphrase for 2024.
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Get up and thrive everywhere.
You see me.
That is it.
our way with depression, we aredone with that season.
We had done with those timeswhere we sit down and let the
devil sit on our happiness.
No, the word of God says that heis bringing you the oil of
gladness.
The oil of joy.
And that is your portion.
You are a child of God.
Your identity is in Christ.
(23:17):
You are not to relate toidentify as anything that is
outside of him.
You know, I was telling one ofmy friends.
Recently that.
When I look on myself, if I'm todefine myself, if I'm to explain
who I am.
I cannot be defined.
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Outside of Christ.
I do not wish to be definedoutside of Christ.
Everything that I am, everythingthat I have, everything that I
do.
Literally everything about me.
I should speak Christ.
If somebody sees me and theydon't see Christ, then I have
failed as a son of God.
Did you know, and one of thethings that I realized is really
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battling my generation is that alot of us, I.
In deep seated depression.
A lot of us are just cast itdown.
But no.
The season of mourning is over.
The season of sadness is, orwhat the season of anxiety is
over the season.
Why?
It seems like everything in yourlife is stagnant is over.
It is time for you to get up.
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And thrive.
Because the Lord has putsomething on the inside of you.
And nations are weeding to eatthat up.
People are waiting on you to getup and do something.
People are waiting on you to getup.
And when, or that thing that Godhas put in your hands.
And so friends.
I hope that.
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Until we meet again next year.
That you would have caught arevelation of this word and that
the Lord himself will reveal.
The things that he need you tobe doing.
For him for your generation toyou.
I pray that the light of God.
With a bond in your hearts.
I pray that that every step thatyou take, even through the end
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of the year, We'll be blessedthat everything that you do, you
will hear.
The Lord say that this is theway walking it.
That your steps will be ordered.
And that you would truly sink ofthe goodness of God come 2024.
Until next time.
Keep thriving.
Hey friends.
Welcome back to episode 10.
I believe this is episode 10.
I am actually on my phone rightnow, trying to navigate.
To the podcast app to figureout.
What episode we are on, becauseapparently it seems like I don't
even know what I'm doing.
(00:20):
What life?
Yes.
So episode 10.
I thought it was episode 10,because this is going to be our
last episode for the season.
I felt led to record thisepisode yesterday.
Um, and if you're wondering thiskindly Friday, October 21st, I'm
hoping to get this episode out.
To nines before I go to sleep.
(00:43):
But.
Basically.
Yeah.
What I said before, this isgoing to be our last episode.
I wager this is going to be veryshort.
I know.
I always say that in a, wealways, almost always end up
going.
Way above.
Schedule, but fingers crossedthat we, uh, go into just chit
chat for some five minutes andthen I'll be out of your hair.
(01:06):
So.
Without further ado, let's go.
(01:52):
welcome everybody.
How have you guys been since thelast time we connected on here,
I hope that life has beentreating you well, I hope that.
You've begun to see the goodnessof God in your life.
If you were blind to it before.
And really, I just hope thatthings have been good for you,
you know?
(02:12):
October October has been good.
September into October has beenreally good for me by the grace
of God.
I'm really looking forward tojust continuing to enjoy his
presence throughout the rest ofthe year, and really seeking
clarity on where to take thispodcast next.
And I guess.
(02:32):
On today's episode.
I wanted to talk about.
The importance of having peoplearound you.
Who from time to time, dependingon the situation they go going
through, become an example ofGod's love to you.
I recently opened up to one ofmy really good friends.
(02:53):
She is my prophetic mama.
I really honor her respect her.
if you went to screen and Ghana,then you probably know the whole
system of like school mothers,school fathers, things like
that.
moving forward, I think I'mactually going to be mentioning
my friends names on thispodcast, because we're about to
get really personal on this pacefrom next year.
(03:16):
God willing we are.
I'm thinking you're going tolaunch season two.
Probably early February, Justbecause I do have to be a way
for a bed just to focus onmyself throughout the end of the
year until next year.
So really don't want to putpressure on myself and make a
commitment to showing up here inJanuary.
(03:38):
Because work is gonna be crazy.
I have a deadline first weekend,February, actually I think the
deadline is first February, sowe're working really hard
towards that.
And then also school starts.
Third week, I believe inJanuary.
So I really just want to pacemyself and not put too much on
my plate.
I updated the frequency of thisepisodes of biweekly on the
(04:02):
apple podcast thingy.
But it still has not reflectedon your end, so I'm not sure
what exactly is going on.
I tried to do a several timeswhen I go into the app, it shows
biweekly like the, the appwhere.
One or the app, like the websitewhere you update, you know, all
the metadata for the podcast.
(04:23):
It shows biweekly there, butwhen I come to the apple podcast
app, I think Spotify as well.
It still shows weekly.
So I'm not really sure what'sgoing on with that.
But.
A whole rebranding is coming.
Um, I'll be fine.
Jump into that.
I think I was saying somethingabout examples of God's law.
Yes.
(04:44):
So I recently opened up to.
My school mom slash.
Let's go ahead.
My school mom.
On this space.
Yeah.
Sorry.
Isn't he opened up to her aboutsomething I've been dealing with
for many years now.
And when I tell you that.
Her immediate reaction was tojust smile and look at me.
(05:06):
Like she, I feel like she waswaiting for me to get to the
worst part of what I was tellingher.
And I was like, I'm done.
Y, you know, ask me anything andshe's like, what'd you want me
to ask you?
And as I w I don't know, I justdumped all this on you, so.
What is that to say?
What are you thinking?
What do you want to know?
(05:27):
Let's talk about it.
Let's break it down.
And she really, really showed methe love of Christ in that
moment where.
Instead of questioning.
My decisions is sort ofquestioning why I did what I did
or instead of questioning why Ikept this to myself for so long.
One of the first things that shesaid to me was that I'm really
(05:50):
honored that you chose to sharethis with me.
And.
You know, she immediately wentinto an empathetic more like
just.
Very compassionate.
in that moment, I just startedto cry.
Because I was a bit scared ofsharing this with him because I
thought I would lose the bondthat we had created.
(06:12):
but I can happily report that wewere going to our strongest ever
a friendship is growing.
The purpose, why we are in eachother's life.
Is becoming much Clara and Godis really just.
Using our friendship, even inthis moment.
And I know that he's going tocontinue to use.
This friendship for the kingdom.
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But I thought a very profound.
to know that there are stillpeople who.
Exhibit the love of Christ, notonly when it's convenient, not
only when.
They are excited aboutsomething.
Not only when whatever you havedone, pleases them.
But also when.
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You seem to have just hit yourface upon the ed, also in those
moments where they are notpleased where they may be
disappointed.
But then the first thing to dois to hug you and to say, Did
you know what.
I'm not here to judge you.
I can only sympathize with youin this moment.
And.
I really.
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Go to experience God in adifferent way this week, where
it really became clear that Godis so intentional about me.
And he's.
He saw intentional to the extentthat he has literally hand
picked everybody who is in mylife at this particular moment,
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everyone who has been in my lifeand everybody who is going to be
in my life.
And I really started to justEverly, all my friends and just
seeing what a blessing that eachof them has been to me seeing
how all of them in one way orthe other have directly or
indirectly shown me theimportance of being an example
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of God's love to people.
what I want to encourage us totake with us through the end of
this year is.
How do I become an example ofGod's love to someone?
how do I exhibit compassion?
How do I exhibit kindness?
In what way?
Can I be a blessing to someone?
In what way can I be assured of,for someone to lean on?
(08:16):
In what way can I be a listeningear to someone.
And for once in your life, notmake it about you.
But make it about the passingand make it about the revelation
that you have of what Christ hasdone for you.
And.
I'm not sure if any of that madesense, because to be honest, I
never really planned how I wasgoing to just say this.
(08:37):
I'm really just speaking.
So.
I hope that this is blessingsomebody.
Um, if it's not too, thenCharlie, we move.
Yeah.
Because your girl is tired.
I I've, I've been up since about6 45.
47.
I don't remember, but sixsomething.
(08:58):
I couldn't go back to sleep.
And then I just, you know, wokeup, just kind of go to my day.
And go my assignments out of theway.
And it was, it was quiteproductive and I'm like, huh, I
should probably start waking upearly again because it's not
even 5:00 PM.
And I got so much done.
Of course it's a weekend, so Idon't have work, but.
(09:19):
Still.
Another thing that I've reallybeen seeing in God's intention
on to see about me is just howmuch of his wisdom I have been
experiencing at work.
Let me tell you guys that whenyou pray for something.
Yo.
I've had too many testing whenthese, this week, I don't even
know where to start, where toend, but I've had too many
(09:40):
testimonies of just how God hascome through for me.
Got as come through for myfriends.
Things I prayed for, for them.
And I'm just like, wow.
God is so intentional.
And that is, I think that is myword going.
Going into next year.
God is so intentional about me.
And I hope that you can dig deepwithin yourself and begin to
(10:02):
find ways that.
He has shown you that, Hey, Ilove you.
I care about you.
I worry about you.
And I would literally leave the99 just to follow you to the
ends of the, uh, Just so that Ican bring you back to myself,
just so that you and I can livein harmony, just so that you and
(10:22):
I can have a relationship.
But with that being said, Um, Idid not mean for this episode to
be any sort of deep, whatever.
See if you're not getting that.
If you're not getting the usualSenna.
You know, just, just know lots.
This is not the woman's forthat.
Yeah.
Um, I really just wanted to see.
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Goodbye.
For the next few months, we arenot going to be on the space.
I know that this first seasonhas sort of been all over the
place.
We kind of started a setting waythen the middle, when it sets in
way.
And then it sets in way.
I think this first season hasreally taken me on the journey
of getting to know myself.
(11:06):
Getting to know the specificthings that God has put in me
and also getting to know whichof those things he wants me to
be exhibiting to the world now.
Because I think when I initiallystarted this podcast and I
planned to see this in episodeone of season two, so I don't
know why I'm seeing it here, butwhen I officially started this
(11:27):
podcast, All my friends.
You know, I, I, when based onwhat.
The people I'm surrounded withwere seen.
Right.
Because I believe that I'msurrounded by many godly friends
who hear.
God who, you know, can, can seethings that I may be missing.
So I, I asked most of myfriends, who am I to you?
(11:48):
What do you come to me for?
And that is how I sort of bredthis podcast, but I'm quickly
realizing that.
That is not necessarily what Ienjoy doing on the podcast.
Like, yeah.
I love pistol development.
I love self-improvement.
I love everything.
Constantly advocating for.
people to be resourced with justtoday on my Snapchat private
(12:11):
story, I was running quite a biton.
You know, being a resourcefulwoman and things like that.
But I also realize that thosethings come in the moment when.
Perhaps someone asked me aquestion or a conversation comes
up and not necessarily inmoments where I get up to pick
the Mike and then I just starttalking.
(12:32):
I mean, I can do it, but I don'tthink that I quite enjoy it.
I think that the episodes I'vemost enjoyed are the ones where
I just come and just share withyou how my week has been and
random things.
When I first wanted to do apodcast, I wanted to do it in
the personal journals category.
I wanted to just share my life.
But because I'll not say editYouTube videos.
(12:53):
And I don't like what to my faceout there.
That's why I'm not on YouTube.
So I think it all podcast couldbe a way to do that.
I mean, I love talking, so Hey.
But then I also got a bitworried, like, ah, I don't know
if I kind of want to be puttingmy life out there.
Because still some of my friendswere here and it's like, okay,
they know this is an IB.
Hear me share some things.
How is that going to be?
(13:13):
But the Lord has really taken meon some training and the last
couple of months.
And I've come to realize that.
Sometimes just because you havea setting gift does not mean
that you are supposed to beusing that particular gifts in
that particular moment.
What am I trying to say?
Just because my friends come tome for life advice, things like
(13:34):
that.
It's one of my friends justcalled me today.
Actually.
He said, So Nadia therapist,life, coach, and friend, all in
one.
And I was really on it.
to hear him see that.
But then I realized that it doesnot particularly once I want to
use this space for.
Like, yes, you can reach out tome, you know?
On the socials, whatever I cantalk.
(13:56):
by the help of the holy spirit.
I speak some sense into you.
If you had the really, you.
You know, Whatever, but it's notquite what I want to use this
podcast for.
and so I find that I'm takingmyself back.
Into that place where I reallybegin to look with thing.
And begins to find myself inways that are different from how
(14:16):
people see me now.
I'm not sure if any of thismakes sense.
Um, but I'm recording this forfuture me.
So.
That was the whole idea of thepodcast I wanted to start.
I wanted to, I wanted it to besomething where.
The future center could comeback and come and listen to and
see how much she had grown.
See what she was up to at acertain point in a certain week
(14:39):
at a certain time, the sameyear.
Um, so I'm going to go back tothat and.
Just.
A bit of this, which I believeI'm going to touch on quite a
bit in season two.
When I finally, I guess, Sharewhat the plan is for the rest of
the podcast, but sometimes it isdangerous to share.
(15:00):
Ideas and things like that withfriends, because no matter, even
if they are godly friends,because.
Sometimes what people think youshould do.
It's not necessarily what Godwants you to be doing.
Yeah.
And.
In setting ways, because whatyou wanted to do me, no half
directly seemed very.
(15:20):
Godly or there wasn't a directway that it was benefiting the
body of Christ.
You will tend to what had gone,where you wanted to do and then
go with what everyone else hasseen, because.
In many ways, that thing thatpeople are saying and seems to
be what brings more edificationto the body of Christ and not
necessarily what you wanted todo before.
(15:42):
Case in point, I used to write,I used to write a lot.
I used to write poetry, love,quotes, things like that.
I actually started the wholeromance novel.
I love writing.
I love everything.
Love everything, historicalromance.
That is me, that is sent on myfriends will tell you.
I can stay up 24 hours reading abook and Naga tight.
Yeah.
(16:02):
And I used to write endingpeople started making comments.
I know you're a child of God,you know, like, why are you
doing this?
And so I started to forcemyself.
To write.
Like Christian related.
Direct Christian related things.
I don't know how to say Nope,because I didn't, I mean, at the
end of the day, God is lovewrites about, of course the
kinds of things I was writingwas not coming from that direct
(16:25):
sphere.
And even though there were somedays that I could just pour my
heart out to the holy spirit,just like write love letters.
To God or whatever.
Uh, what is it is my.
Immediate go-to thing to do.
And so I started at four, so mysoul to try to do that right.
Maybe, you know, Christian.
Pieces.
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I don't know what you think.
I don't even know what to callit.
But it just wasn't working out.
It seemed like I was justforcing myself and stressing
myself out to do something thatjust was not coming to me
naturally.
And so I ended up just, Istopped writing all together
because I fear that if Icontinue to write the things
that I love, then maybe I wouldlet the devil use the gifts that
(17:06):
God has given me to push hisagenda.
And.
I don't want to answer for that.
Okay.
I want my works to count.
I one, the things that I do toimpact people, I want to make
sure that whatever I'm doing aspart of God's plan for me, that
it is purposeful.
And so I stopped writing alltogether.
(17:26):
My recently.
Over the last few months I'vebeen getting prophecies and
things like that.
People just sending me.
You have to start writing again,go to senior.
Should rides, go to saying youshould write.
And so I've started.
Um, Trying to get back into thatspace for now.
I've just been writing, justbeen documenting a few of my
conversations with the holyspirit.
Here and there.
(17:47):
And no really delving back intomy hole.
Romance writing aspects ofthings, but really just
continuing to be in that placeof his presence in that place of
quite pneumonia.
And that place of just onenesswith him.
So this week, So.
(18:08):
I know this is I'm looking atthe.
Editor.
And this episode is almost at 20minutes already and I'm like,
okay, I don't have time to editanything more than 25 minutes.
So I'm going to pump the brakeshere.
And I don't even think I've madeany sense because I kind of
started with.
Being an example of God's loveand then went into a bit into.
(18:30):
Peppers.
And what did they even see?
I don't even remember.
But the point is guys, is that.
This is the last episode I justwanted to come here.
Just share my voice.
Let you know that it's going tobe the last episode.
I'll be going on a mini breakwith hopes of starting up season
two and the February show isgoing to have a new name.
(18:51):
Um, I don't know yet, if I wantto say it here.
But we are really going torevamp this.
It's going to become a personaljournal somewhere where you can
just come here.
A fellow friend, someone, somegirl.
In the world somewhere.
Just talk about her life.
Talk about what God is doingwith health who had and had.
And just Sharon House school isliterally kicking my butt.
(19:14):
Yeah.
Cause.
School-based cooling.
Okay.
Life, life is lifeing butgoodness, helping us.
And.
I trust that as we go on thatnew journey together, that you
would find, you would findsomething on some days we would
have those deep conversations,because that is naturally me.
There is no data.
You come and talk to me that youknow him, you see something
(19:35):
deep, you know, Even if we arelaughing, I will still find a
way to slide something deep.
And then, so we'll still havethose days of depth.
We will still have.
those days of just really going,maybe deep into scripture,
whatever it is.
However, the Lord leads.
That's how we're going to go.
Basically.
But for now, um, I'm thinkingthis is going to become a space
(19:55):
for us, a space.
Where I just documents my life.
Um, So then in five years, infour years, when I come back and
take a listen to it, I can seehow much God has helped me.
And I hope that even as I shareabout myself, you would.
Pick something from it that youwould find the light of Christ
here.
And that you would beencouraged.
(20:17):
To pursue life.
God's way.
The word for this year has beenthrive.
Hence the name hiving gang.
but we're going to switch thatup a bit.
I think we're probably going tohave a word for every month or a
word for.
Every season.
I'm not sure yet.
I'm still speaking to the Lordon that because I feel like he's
(20:39):
given me so many, you know,Things when I definitely know
that one thing that he wants usto be doing in the next year is
to get up and thrive.
Literally, I have been thatphrase has been ringing in my
ears.
For the last month or so.
And I've just been asking God,what is this?
Get up and thrive.
What does that mean?
You know, Everywhere.
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I go, I see, go get upeverywhere I go.
I see.
Hi, everywhere I go.
I'm like, God, what are yousaying?
What's is the message.
And.
It really in some way, is thateven as we head into the end of
2023 and come into 2024, I thinkthat most people on this space
are going to be turning 25.
(21:22):
At least most people in myfriend circle, I know are going
to be turning 25 and most of ushave been dealing with this
quarter life crisis thing.
But the Lord is saying, get upand thrive.
That is the season we are in.
It is a season for us to get up.
And there's a season for us tostop questioning.
It is the season for us to stopdoubting that, which he has put
on the inside of us and for usto begin to walk in that light.
(21:47):
It is the season for you toliterally get up.
Wake up early.
I do the things, you know, Godhas been putting on your heart
to do.
Write that book start that.
Instagram page, whatever it is,start that tech talk.
You know, Um, accounts, stopposting scripture, stop posting
(22:10):
comedy, stop posting.
Whatever it is.
The word of the Lord is get upand thrive.
And.
As we do that.
We are going to see the Lord.
Move massively and our lives.
I'm really trusting God that aswe head into this new year, as
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we head into this new phase,this new season, that.
He is going to bless the work ofour hands, whatever we would do,
whatever we set out to do willbe established because we will
have the backing of God.
We will have the backing ofheaven.
And so I pray that you run withthis word.
It's personally going to be myphrase for 2024.
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Get up and thrive everywhere.
You see me.
That is it.
our way with depression, we aredone with that season.
We had done with those timeswhere we sit down and let the
devil sit on our happiness.
No, the word of God says that heis bringing you the oil of
gladness.
The oil of joy.
And that is your portion.
You are a child of God.
Your identity is in Christ.
(23:17):
You are not to relate toidentify as anything that is
outside of him.
You know, I was telling one ofmy friends.
Recently that.
When I look on myself, if I'm todefine myself, if I'm to explain
who I am.
I cannot be defined.
(23:38):
Outside of Christ.
I do not wish to be definedoutside of Christ.
Everything that I am, everythingthat I have, everything that I
do.
Literally everything about me.
I should speak Christ.
If somebody sees me and theydon't see Christ, then I have
failed as a son of God.
Did you know, and one of thethings that I realized is really
(23:59):
battling my generation is that alot of us, I.
In deep seated depression.
A lot of us are just cast itdown.
But no.
The season of mourning is over.
The season of sadness is, orwhat the season of anxiety is
over the season.
Why?
It seems like everything in yourlife is stagnant is over.
It is time for you to get up.
(24:19):
And thrive.
Because the Lord has putsomething on the inside of you.
And nations are weeding to eatthat up.
People are waiting on you to getup and do something.
People are waiting on you to getup.
And when, or that thing that Godhas put in your hands.
And so friends.
I hope that.
(24:40):
Until we meet again next year.
That you would have caught arevelation of this word and that
the Lord himself will reveal.
The things that he need you tobe doing.
For him for your generation toyou.
I pray that the light of God.
With a bond in your hearts.
I pray that that every step thatyou take, even through the end
(25:01):
of the year, We'll be blessedthat everything that you do, you
will hear.
The Lord say that this is theway walking it.
That your steps will be ordered.
And that you would truly sink ofthe goodness of God come 2024.
Until next time.
Keep thriving.
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