December 24, 2023 • 17 mins
In this unplanned episode, Sena shares candid thoughts on podcasting challenges, spiritual growth, and personal transformation. The episode reflects on the importance of staying true to one's calling amidst change while touching on the journey of rebranding the podcast. This episode is a heartfelt reminder of the power of faith, resilience, and the courage to embrace one's true path, especially as we approach the new year.
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Sena (00:00):
All right.
So it is currently November17th.
That's a Friday.
And I felt the need to.
Record an episode.
So here we are.
I actually have episode.
10.
Coming out next to me, it'salready edited, scheduled to go
(00:22):
live.
I believe I recorded it sometimein October, but I scheduled it
to go live next week,Thanksgiving.
bearing in mind that I was goingto be, you know, the last
episode.
So I figured I'll come on andspeak what the Lord had been
speaking to me.
And if it just felt quiteappropriate to put it out closer
to the end of the year.
(00:43):
So, yeah, that happened, butI've also been really feeling in
my spirit to start recordingagain.
I just sort of feel a birdthing.
And, you know, just having to gothrough the, set up, putting
everything together, grabbingthe mic.
It's not a long process.
Don't get me wrong, but becauseI don't have a stationary.
Situation.
Sometimes when I feel likerecording, it's just a hassle.
(01:05):
And then I just keep withspawning and all that.
So.
We're going to see, maybe I'mgoing to try to set up something
more permanent as the new yearrolls around.
I'm a need to create a space forthat.
But anyways, um, I'm not sure ifthat was a good intro, but how
are you doing?
I hope you're a fine whereveryou're listening from my hope.
(01:27):
You're doing good.
I hope your holidays are goinggreat.
I anticipate that I will putthis out.
Maybe around the Christmasholiday.
I personally would, would be onthe trip.
So I'm going to have a readingand a test scheduled to go out
on that day.
China's surprise a few people,so they don't know about the
trip.
So I'm going to make sure I amthere and passing before, you
(01:50):
know, I put this episode out.
But.
How are you?
I hope.
2023 has treated you.
Well, I hope that even thoughlife has been lifeing, you've
still found many reasons torejoice in, especially in the
season that we are in.
I hope that.
The sacrifice that Christ madefor you Has become even more
(02:11):
real to you in this, in thosemoments in the season.
I'm not sure if I'm soundingfunny just to my ears, but I do
feel like I sound a bit funny.
My throat is a bit congested, sobear with me.
the purpose of this episode, Idon't really know where we are
with Charles, the holy spirit asalways to speak something.
To us because he just promptingme.
(02:31):
To record these I'm like, okay.
I'm going to do it.
Um, and let's see, let's seewhat you have for us.
Yes.
So.
By way of an update.
The podcast is being rebranded.
Some of you have noticed thereare two work change have reached
all I girls going on and all ofthat.
So my closest I've shed.
With them, the website that I'mbuilding and everything like
(02:54):
thoughts.
I'm so trusting God.
To have everything sorted out,hopefully by the ending of
February, I have.
Uh, four to shoot scheduled andeverything.
Just to, you know, Make things abit more.
Professional.
Just just type things out alittle bit.
so, so we'll see how we'll seehow all that's going to go.
(03:16):
I didn't when it comes to thewebsite.
I, um, I'll say maybe.
60% where I wanted to be.
the only major missing piecesare the pictures that I'll be
uploading to kind of fill in afew of the slots.
I still don't know what I'mdoing with the domain name for.
Diving gang as the podcast nameis going to change, but I still
(03:39):
feel like that that having gang,you know, should still be
something that, I keep stillkeep that as like a.
community, but I, um, I'm notreally sure quite yet how
everything is going to pan outbecause in this new season, I
feel the Lord telling me it'stime to put yourself out there.
It's time to work on thepersonal branding.
(03:59):
And, you know, every other thingis going to grow through that.
And so that's what I'm trying tofocus on.
Prioritize.
And you're not a lot.
Hasn't prepared me for theseason cram minute.
Now I started this Sharon.
A day in my life thing on mySnapchat stories.
I believe in 2021.
If I'm not mistaking.
Probably around 2010, you won.
(04:21):
cause I got tired of telling myfriends the same stories on
different group chats.
All the time is like every size.
I want to ask you a question.
You have to just repeateverything.
And I figured, you know what,let me just create a space.
And I didn't want to do this onWhatsApp because WhatsApp
stresses me out.
Yeah.
even though I have the WhatsAppstatus filtered, you know, on
probably it used to be like 20people and then I add it to 30,
(04:45):
but now I think is, are like 50.
People I, um, that's how privateI am.
I hunt pig every, literallyeverything.
That I put out.
And handpick who was going tosee what I'm putting out,
because sometimes I just, I justdon't want to have certain
conversations with certainpeople.
People just don't know how totalk.
People do not respectthemselves.
People just, you know, You know,people, you live with people,
(05:07):
you interact with people.
There'll be people there a lot.
And sometimes I just don't wantto deal with all that.
And so the law has told me inthe season how to stay, heading,
how to remain hidden.
But also how to still undergotraining.
Even in those periods.
And so I started this privateSnapchat story thing.
Like I said likely in 2021 and Iwould just put my life on there.
(05:30):
Update.
My friends, um, I had somecousins on them or that
eventually I took some peopleoff it because you know,
sometimes when you begin toshare, people are just like to
just feel like they can justdictate things for you.
And it gets quite annoying causeit's like, But there is a place
for suggestions.
There's a place for healthycriticism.
(05:50):
There's a place for, you know,pointing out my flaws and
building with me how to grow,how to do better.
But I will give you no room, nomatter who you are.
To blatantly disrespect me toput me down and to make me feel
any less of myself than God hasmade me to be.
And so eventually I took somepeople off.
(06:11):
Sparingly I'll put them ondepending on what I gained,
gained, what I'm posting.
So I have different snap storiesthat, you know, different people
are on and.
Right now I'm just limited toposting on my very, very close
group of friends because youknow, school's in session
working session, I'm stressedabout a lot of things and I
don't want to hear.
Things that people outside ofthat very immediate group would
(06:34):
say, And so I'm still posting tothat group.
And then when the time is right,I'll get back on day.
Like my trip coming up yet, wegot to be posting on, you know,
we going to be posting on.
On the, on the travel speaksthat Africa that there, but
anyways, All that to see that.
The law has really been pushingme like, Hey, I prepared you
enough through this period.
(06:55):
I have shown you.
How to better guide your mouth,how to better watch what you
say, how to, you know, React tocriticism.
How to just take a gang?
What people see how to just takesometimes a trash talking.
How to just view.
With some of these things.
And so the law has really beenteaching me that and I think I'm
(07:16):
ready.
Um, I don't remember the lasttime I put something on
Instagram.
Does my personal Instagram.
Probably 20 17, 20 18.
You know, I had started writingon there.
Many people actually don't know,but I am.
I'm a huge writer.
I write a lot, actually.
I have so many books that I'vestarted so many book ideas, so
(07:37):
many.
I mean, I have, I have a lot ofthings that.
That age is, and I have beenworking on Ovadia as I started
writing.
I don't know if I've, I've just,I've been a writer my entire
life.
Yeah.
And I remember I startedwriting.
On Instagram, you know, the, thetime when we BRCA and all these
other people were blowing upyet, that was the time I
(07:57):
started.
And I was really gainingtraction.
Um, the growth was very quick.
It was very fast, but.
I allow people to kill thatdream, that gifting me because
you see, sometimes I feel like.
Christians.
We have a way of speakingsometimes.
And we don't realize that whenthe holy spirit is not in what
we are seeing, we arepotentially killing something
(08:18):
that he's putting someone and,you know, back then I was in so
much.
I was in Toledo.
This wasn't even a plan for thisepisode.
I think I'll probably have torecord something else.
Cause I definitely don't wantthis to be more than 20 minutes
and I already see the timer.
Is that like 10 minutes.
So.
We gone see.
But anyways.
And this is something that Iplanned to talk about at length.
I'm in.
(08:38):
Seizing too.
So I just touch on that a littlebit here, but sometimes we let
people kill the gifts and thevisions that God has given us,
because we've not yet come to aplace of maturity where we come
better.
God.
That thing where we can seethat.
Yes.
while you may disagree that as aChristian, maybe I don't have to
write about love as a Christian.
I don't have to write about thisparticular subject as a
Christian.
(08:59):
I don't have to sing any songthat, um, It's not directly
saying, I love you go about thescene.
I love you to my partner justbecause he does agree.
Does not mean that that is whatGod is saying.
You know?
So I let people kill that, thatpart of me, but recently, um,
glow, I guess a couple of monthsago, I think I'm probably
mentioned this in episode 10,but I've been getting a lot of
(09:21):
prophecies about.
You know, for mental coursing.
We're seeing God says, as youstart writing again, and I've
really been feeling the holyspirit leading me to start
writing in.
And so I started writing a gangof Southern getting back.
Into that place, but now I ambetter equipped to handle some
of the things that people aregoing to be saying, because now
I know more of what God hascalled me to do.
(09:43):
I know.
Better the things that he'scalled me to see and, you know,
At the end of the day, while weare called to many.
What matters is that I hear welldone from my father.
And so.
F.
People.
Just don't get it.
And you know, that's a thingthat, what does a sometimes.
You are not called to yourfamily members.
You are not cold.
To your friends.
(10:04):
most of the people who listenedto this podcast, I know my
friends and family, it sayschanges from.
It's changed as who actuallylistened to this, you know?
And I don't, I don't hate themfor it.
I don't dislike them for it, butI understand that I am not
called to them.
And so I cannot force them tolisten to what I have to say,
because that is when there wasthat trying to push me into the
(10:24):
corner of like, oh, you shoulddo this instead when that is not
necessarily what God has calledme to do.
In case of points.
That's what happened with seasonone of this podcast, because.
I really put myself in thelittle box that God wanted me to
do.
Much more than, Personaldevelopment, self improvement.
It is one part of me.
(10:44):
It is not always what peoplecome to me for, but I was really
just, I kept listening to peoplelike everyone is saying, oh, do
it this way, do it that way.
And just listening, listening,listening, and.
Really not honing in on thefact.
And I mean, I've got an old cakefrom God on it.
Right.
And so like, God, God is, he'shappy with what I'm doing, But
he keeps pushing me.
Like you are not there yet.
(11:04):
You have to do more because Idon't want you to talk about
just this thing.
I want you to branch out intodifferent things.
And again, that's why he'sbringing me to the point of the
personal branding bits of it,because it's like, no, it's the
totality of who you are thathave sense to people.
It is not just this aspect ofyou that have sent to people.
And so he's really taken methrough a season of just
equipping A season of juststaying in, hitting and really
(11:26):
honing in on who I am in Christfirst, so that when I step out,
so now when he announces me, Ican start truly.
And the office of what he'scalling me to do, and I will not
be sweet.
be, uh, whoever is speaking, youknow?
Yes.
There's a place for, advice.
yes, there's a place forsuggestions and you know, things
like that.
But.
Julie, we have to just learn.
(11:47):
To do what God has called us todo, and always making sure that
we go back to him and say, okay,God.
Your seventh came to tell methis other thing.
is this an area that you want meto explore or do you want me to
just stay on track?
Do you want me to just stay onthis thing that I know for sure
that you have spoken to me to dogreat.
So.
Anyways point is.
We are, we are dating a fewthings.
(12:08):
We are changing a few things.
Um, we are completelyoverhauling the podcast.
Um, so it's going to be goinginto.
I'm not quite sure yet.
I keep talking to HS about,they're like, okay, do we put it
under like the religioncategory?
Because you know, it's thefirst.
Category.
If you enter podcasters, thefirst category that you choose
that is going to be like, whatis the main theme of the pod?
(12:30):
But, Because again of what theLord is going to be leading me
to be sharing really about mylife and just how I'm doing
life.
So is basically God really justprepared me on Snapchat.
And now he's having me bringthat onto the podcast.
In a different way.
Right?
So like from the video form tothe audio form, and then
eventually we'll see where thattakes us.
(12:51):
So I'm like, okay, is it goingto be personal journals?
because personally that's thebest.
That's what I feel like.
Okay.
Maybe this should go into thepersonal journal, category, but.
I'm not quite sure enemies.
That's why I date stamp or theepisode so that when I come back
yes, from now I can be like,okay, on this day, other side,
this is what I was doing.
Pretty cool.
Huh?
But yeah.
(13:12):
So that's that on?
Um, yeah, I'm probably going toend this episode pretty soon,
but this was a bonus episode.
So no format, no plan.
I'm not even sure if I'm goingto put an intro and an outro.
We'll see what happens, but justwanted to pop in here.
Um, say hi.
I anticipate at this point thatI would probably put this out a
little before Christmas and thenmaybe put the episode that I'm
(13:36):
going to record right after thisone hour, maybe like at the
beginning of the year.
Maybe use that as a way to alsotalk more about where the
podcast is going.
But yeah, I hope it does makesome sense to you.
Um, just wanting to pupping sayhi, wish you a Merry Christmas,
wish you all the best.
And just really encourage you tocontinue to stay in the place of
(13:59):
Thanksgiving.
I'm going to speak more on that.
On the upcoming episode.
So stay tuned.
I hope you're blessed.
I hope that even as this newyear is coming, that you really
begin to look within yourselfand begin to ask questions.
Like, God, what is the plan fornext year?
What is the thing that you'reasking me to do?
What is the thing that you'recalling me to do?
(14:19):
Yes.
I know it's Christmas.
Yes.
I know.
I'm enjoying life.
I'm celebrating, you know, whoyou are celebrating.
The fact that you came, you diedfor me, I'm celebrating the fact
that you are born to even letall these other things happen.
But I also recognize.
That you came for a reason youcame so that I could be all that
you've called me to be.
And so Lord, what is the plan?
For the next year.
(14:40):
And as you begin to look intothat, whatever God is asking you
to do.
While I encourage you to listento godly counsel, godly advice.
I want to urge you fast to makesure that you are solid, the
fight.
On what God has told, you know,what God has told you and hold
on to that, no matter whatpeople say, no matter the
opinions people have as to howyou should do the ministry that
(15:03):
God has given you, justcontinuing to hold on to God.
I remember that one matters ishere in the world.
Done from your father.
And not pleasing people here onearth.
As long as you hear well donefrom God, then it means that
those that he sent you to youhave touch those people.
Then it means that those that hesent you to.
You have indeed.
Run the race.
And you did it in the bestpossible way to touch all the
(15:25):
lives that you needed to touch.
And so friend.
Let that be your focus.
Even as you, you, you celebratethe season even as you head into
the new year.
Let that be your focus.
And just come to a place.
Where you solidify your identityin Christ.
I pray that this blessed you insome way.
The whole point of this episodeis just.
(15:46):
I think in one, in one phrase,the whole, the whole point of
this episode is know all God hastold you.
And stand on that becausethere's going to be many voices
and don't get me wrong.
These voices mean, well, right.
There's going to be meaningfulchoices, but there's going to be
people who just never understandsometimes, especially for those
of us who are called to dothings that is sort of out of
the norm.
(16:07):
People sometimes, especiallyfriends and family who mean,
well, who are Christians whohear from God, some of who are
even, you know, Um, who may be,you may have giving some
reference as a, as a, as aspiritual authority of I you
sometimes immuno understand yetwhere God is taking you.
But, you know, you just, we justcontinue to pray that we, we
encounter people who, who canspeak the mind of God over us
(16:30):
and confirm that which God hastold us because you see.
We are not supposed to behearing from good.
Two people as our first point ofcommunication with called.
Men of God, sevens of God, asopposed to confirm what God is
telling you.
And for me, I've gotten manyconfirmations of what heard a
lot.
Tell me.
And what is to come for thispodcast.
(16:51):
And so stay tuned.
Um, I don't know yet if.
Owl on the veil, the new namefor the pod.
And the next one is episode, butwe'll see.
We'll see.
We'll see.
Merry Christmas.
This is all over the place.
Uh, so I think it's best tocategorize it as a bonus
episode.
Although I'm always all over theplace because I never really
(17:12):
come with a plan.
I just come in and sit and Isay, Hey, holy spirit, let's do
this.
You've been pushing me to talk.
So the speakers do this.
Um, I had a speaking engagementthis week.
I'll speak more.
That's on the next episode.
Merry Christmas guys.
I love you.
I pray that you experienced thelove of God, family, friends in
this season, and that you havesomething to celebrate even as
(17:34):
the year comes to an end.
God bless you and have a Merry,Merry, Merry Christmas.
All right.
So it is currently November17th.
That's a Friday.
And I felt the need to.
Record an episode.
So here we are.
I actually have episode.
10.
Coming out next to me, it'salready edited, scheduled to go
(00:22):
live.
I believe I recorded it sometimein October, but I scheduled it
to go live next week,Thanksgiving.
bearing in mind that I was goingto be, you know, the last
episode.
So I figured I'll come on andspeak what the Lord had been
speaking to me.
And if it just felt quiteappropriate to put it out closer
to the end of the year.
(00:43):
So, yeah, that happened, butI've also been really feeling in
my spirit to start recordingagain.
I just sort of feel a birdthing.
And, you know, just having to gothrough the, set up, putting
everything together, grabbingthe mic.
It's not a long process.
Don't get me wrong, but becauseI don't have a stationary.
Situation.
Sometimes when I feel likerecording, it's just a hassle.
(01:05):
And then I just keep withspawning and all that.
So.
We're going to see, maybe I'mgoing to try to set up something
more permanent as the new yearrolls around.
I'm a need to create a space forthat.
But anyways, um, I'm not sure ifthat was a good intro, but how
are you doing?
I hope you're a fine whereveryou're listening from my hope.
(01:27):
You're doing good.
I hope your holidays are goinggreat.
I anticipate that I will putthis out.
Maybe around the Christmasholiday.
I personally would, would be onthe trip.
So I'm going to have a readingand a test scheduled to go out
on that day.
China's surprise a few people,so they don't know about the
trip.
So I'm going to make sure I amthere and passing before, you
(01:50):
know, I put this episode out.
But.
How are you?
I hope.
2023 has treated you.
Well, I hope that even thoughlife has been lifeing, you've
still found many reasons torejoice in, especially in the
season that we are in.
I hope that.
The sacrifice that Christ madefor you Has become even more
(02:11):
real to you in this, in thosemoments in the season.
I'm not sure if I'm soundingfunny just to my ears, but I do
feel like I sound a bit funny.
My throat is a bit congested, sobear with me.
the purpose of this episode, Idon't really know where we are
with Charles, the holy spirit asalways to speak something.
To us because he just promptingme.
(02:31):
To record these I'm like, okay.
I'm going to do it.
Um, and let's see, let's seewhat you have for us.
Yes.
So.
By way of an update.
The podcast is being rebranded.
Some of you have noticed thereare two work change have reached
all I girls going on and all ofthat.
So my closest I've shed.
With them, the website that I'mbuilding and everything like
(02:54):
thoughts.
I'm so trusting God.
To have everything sorted out,hopefully by the ending of
February, I have.
Uh, four to shoot scheduled andeverything.
Just to, you know, Make things abit more.
Professional.
Just just type things out alittle bit.
so, so we'll see how we'll seehow all that's going to go.
(03:16):
I didn't when it comes to thewebsite.
I, um, I'll say maybe.
60% where I wanted to be.
the only major missing piecesare the pictures that I'll be
uploading to kind of fill in afew of the slots.
I still don't know what I'mdoing with the domain name for.
Diving gang as the podcast nameis going to change, but I still
(03:39):
feel like that that having gang,you know, should still be
something that, I keep stillkeep that as like a.
community, but I, um, I'm notreally sure quite yet how
everything is going to pan outbecause in this new season, I
feel the Lord telling me it'stime to put yourself out there.
It's time to work on thepersonal branding.
(03:59):
And, you know, every other thingis going to grow through that.
And so that's what I'm trying tofocus on.
Prioritize.
And you're not a lot.
Hasn't prepared me for theseason cram minute.
Now I started this Sharon.
A day in my life thing on mySnapchat stories.
I believe in 2021.
If I'm not mistaking.
Probably around 2010, you won.
(04:21):
cause I got tired of telling myfriends the same stories on
different group chats.
All the time is like every size.
I want to ask you a question.
You have to just repeateverything.
And I figured, you know what,let me just create a space.
And I didn't want to do this onWhatsApp because WhatsApp
stresses me out.
Yeah.
even though I have the WhatsAppstatus filtered, you know, on
probably it used to be like 20people and then I add it to 30,
(04:45):
but now I think is, are like 50.
People I, um, that's how privateI am.
I hunt pig every, literallyeverything.
That I put out.
And handpick who was going tosee what I'm putting out,
because sometimes I just, I justdon't want to have certain
conversations with certainpeople.
People just don't know how totalk.
People do not respectthemselves.
People just, you know, You know,people, you live with people,
(05:07):
you interact with people.
There'll be people there a lot.
And sometimes I just don't wantto deal with all that.
And so the law has told me inthe season how to stay, heading,
how to remain hidden.
But also how to still undergotraining.
Even in those periods.
And so I started this privateSnapchat story thing.
Like I said likely in 2021 and Iwould just put my life on there.
(05:30):
Update.
My friends, um, I had somecousins on them or that
eventually I took some peopleoff it because you know,
sometimes when you begin toshare, people are just like to
just feel like they can justdictate things for you.
And it gets quite annoying causeit's like, But there is a place
for suggestions.
There's a place for healthycriticism.
(05:50):
There's a place for, you know,pointing out my flaws and
building with me how to grow,how to do better.
But I will give you no room, nomatter who you are.
To blatantly disrespect me toput me down and to make me feel
any less of myself than God hasmade me to be.
And so eventually I took somepeople off.
(06:11):
Sparingly I'll put them ondepending on what I gained,
gained, what I'm posting.
So I have different snap storiesthat, you know, different people
are on and.
Right now I'm just limited toposting on my very, very close
group of friends because youknow, school's in session
working session, I'm stressedabout a lot of things and I
don't want to hear.
Things that people outside ofthat very immediate group would
(06:34):
say, And so I'm still posting tothat group.
And then when the time is right,I'll get back on day.
Like my trip coming up yet, wegot to be posting on, you know,
we going to be posting on.
On the, on the travel speaksthat Africa that there, but
anyways, All that to see that.
The law has really been pushingme like, Hey, I prepared you
enough through this period.
(06:55):
I have shown you.
How to better guide your mouth,how to better watch what you
say, how to, you know, React tocriticism.
How to just take a gang?
What people see how to just takesometimes a trash talking.
How to just view.
With some of these things.
And so the law has really beenteaching me that and I think I'm
(07:16):
ready.
Um, I don't remember the lasttime I put something on
Instagram.
Does my personal Instagram.
Probably 20 17, 20 18.
You know, I had started writingon there.
Many people actually don't know,but I am.
I'm a huge writer.
I write a lot, actually.
I have so many books that I'vestarted so many book ideas, so
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many.
I mean, I have, I have a lot ofthings that.
That age is, and I have beenworking on Ovadia as I started
writing.
I don't know if I've, I've just,I've been a writer my entire
life.
Yeah.
And I remember I startedwriting.
On Instagram, you know, the, thetime when we BRCA and all these
other people were blowing upyet, that was the time I
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started.
And I was really gainingtraction.
Um, the growth was very quick.
It was very fast, but.
I allow people to kill thatdream, that gifting me because
you see, sometimes I feel like.
Christians.
We have a way of speakingsometimes.
And we don't realize that whenthe holy spirit is not in what
we are seeing, we arepotentially killing something
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that he's putting someone and,you know, back then I was in so
much.
I was in Toledo.
This wasn't even a plan for thisepisode.
I think I'll probably have torecord something else.
Cause I definitely don't wantthis to be more than 20 minutes
and I already see the timer.
Is that like 10 minutes.
So.
We gone see.
But anyways.
And this is something that Iplanned to talk about at length.
I'm in.
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Seizing too.
So I just touch on that a littlebit here, but sometimes we let
people kill the gifts and thevisions that God has given us,
because we've not yet come to aplace of maturity where we come
better.
God.
That thing where we can seethat.
Yes.
while you may disagree that as aChristian, maybe I don't have to
write about love as a Christian.
I don't have to write about thisparticular subject as a
Christian.
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I don't have to sing any songthat, um, It's not directly
saying, I love you go about thescene.
I love you to my partner justbecause he does agree.
Does not mean that that is whatGod is saying.
You know?
So I let people kill that, thatpart of me, but recently, um,
glow, I guess a couple of monthsago, I think I'm probably
mentioned this in episode 10,but I've been getting a lot of
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prophecies about.
You know, for mental coursing.
We're seeing God says, as youstart writing again, and I've
really been feeling the holyspirit leading me to start
writing in.
And so I started writing a gangof Southern getting back.
Into that place, but now I ambetter equipped to handle some
of the things that people aregoing to be saying, because now
I know more of what God hascalled me to do.
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I know.
Better the things that he'scalled me to see and, you know,
At the end of the day, while weare called to many.
What matters is that I hear welldone from my father.
And so.
F.
People.
Just don't get it.
And you know, that's a thingthat, what does a sometimes.
You are not called to yourfamily members.
You are not cold.
To your friends.
(10:04):
most of the people who listenedto this podcast, I know my
friends and family, it sayschanges from.
It's changed as who actuallylistened to this, you know?
And I don't, I don't hate themfor it.
I don't dislike them for it, butI understand that I am not
called to them.
And so I cannot force them tolisten to what I have to say,
because that is when there wasthat trying to push me into the
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corner of like, oh, you shoulddo this instead when that is not
necessarily what God has calledme to do.
In case of points.
That's what happened with seasonone of this podcast, because.
I really put myself in thelittle box that God wanted me to
do.
Much more than, Personaldevelopment, self improvement.
It is one part of me.
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It is not always what peoplecome to me for, but I was really
just, I kept listening to peoplelike everyone is saying, oh, do
it this way, do it that way.
And just listening, listening,listening, and.
Really not honing in on thefact.
And I mean, I've got an old cakefrom God on it.
Right.
And so like, God, God is, he'shappy with what I'm doing, But
he keeps pushing me.
Like you are not there yet.
(11:04):
You have to do more because Idon't want you to talk about
just this thing.
I want you to branch out intodifferent things.
And again, that's why he'sbringing me to the point of the
personal branding bits of it,because it's like, no, it's the
totality of who you are thathave sense to people.
It is not just this aspect ofyou that have sent to people.
And so he's really taken methrough a season of just
equipping A season of juststaying in, hitting and really
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honing in on who I am in Christfirst, so that when I step out,
so now when he announces me, Ican start truly.
And the office of what he'scalling me to do, and I will not
be sweet.
be, uh, whoever is speaking, youknow?
Yes.
There's a place for, advice.
yes, there's a place forsuggestions and you know, things
like that.
But.
Julie, we have to just learn.
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To do what God has called us todo, and always making sure that
we go back to him and say, okay,God.
Your seventh came to tell methis other thing.
is this an area that you want meto explore or do you want me to
just stay on track?
Do you want me to just stay onthis thing that I know for sure
that you have spoken to me to dogreat.
So.
Anyways point is.
We are, we are dating a fewthings.
(12:08):
We are changing a few things.
Um, we are completelyoverhauling the podcast.
Um, so it's going to be goinginto.
I'm not quite sure yet.
I keep talking to HS about,they're like, okay, do we put it
under like the religioncategory?
Because you know, it's thefirst.
Category.
If you enter podcasters, thefirst category that you choose
that is going to be like, whatis the main theme of the pod?
(12:30):
But, Because again of what theLord is going to be leading me
to be sharing really about mylife and just how I'm doing
life.
So is basically God really justprepared me on Snapchat.
And now he's having me bringthat onto the podcast.
In a different way.
Right?
So like from the video form tothe audio form, and then
eventually we'll see where thattakes us.
(12:51):
So I'm like, okay, is it goingto be personal journals?
because personally that's thebest.
That's what I feel like.
Okay.
Maybe this should go into thepersonal journal, category, but.
I'm not quite sure enemies.
That's why I date stamp or theepisode so that when I come back
yes, from now I can be like,okay, on this day, other side,
this is what I was doing.
Pretty cool.
Huh?
But yeah.
(13:12):
So that's that on?
Um, yeah, I'm probably going toend this episode pretty soon,
but this was a bonus episode.
So no format, no plan.
I'm not even sure if I'm goingto put an intro and an outro.
We'll see what happens, but justwanted to pop in here.
Um, say hi.
I anticipate at this point thatI would probably put this out a
little before Christmas and thenmaybe put the episode that I'm
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going to record right after thisone hour, maybe like at the
beginning of the year.
Maybe use that as a way to alsotalk more about where the
podcast is going.
But yeah, I hope it does makesome sense to you.
Um, just wanting to pupping sayhi, wish you a Merry Christmas,
wish you all the best.
And just really encourage you tocontinue to stay in the place of
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Thanksgiving.
I'm going to speak more on that.
On the upcoming episode.
So stay tuned.
I hope you're blessed.
I hope that even as this newyear is coming, that you really
begin to look within yourselfand begin to ask questions.
Like, God, what is the plan fornext year?
What is the thing that you'reasking me to do?
What is the thing that you'recalling me to do?
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Yes.
I know it's Christmas.
Yes.
I know.
I'm enjoying life.
I'm celebrating, you know, whoyou are celebrating.
The fact that you came, you diedfor me, I'm celebrating the fact
that you are born to even letall these other things happen.
But I also recognize.
That you came for a reason youcame so that I could be all that
you've called me to be.
And so Lord, what is the plan?
For the next year.
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And as you begin to look intothat, whatever God is asking you
to do.
While I encourage you to listento godly counsel, godly advice.
I want to urge you fast to makesure that you are solid, the
fight.
On what God has told, you know,what God has told you and hold
on to that, no matter whatpeople say, no matter the
opinions people have as to howyou should do the ministry that
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God has given you, justcontinuing to hold on to God.
I remember that one matters ishere in the world.
Done from your father.
And not pleasing people here onearth.
As long as you hear well donefrom God, then it means that
those that he sent you to youhave touch those people.
Then it means that those that hesent you to.
You have indeed.
Run the race.
And you did it in the bestpossible way to touch all the
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lives that you needed to touch.
And so friend.
Let that be your focus.
Even as you, you, you celebratethe season even as you head into
the new year.
Let that be your focus.
And just come to a place.
Where you solidify your identityin Christ.
I pray that this blessed you insome way.
The whole point of this episodeis just.
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I think in one, in one phrase,the whole, the whole point of
this episode is know all God hastold you.
And stand on that becausethere's going to be many voices
and don't get me wrong.
These voices mean, well, right.
There's going to be meaningfulchoices, but there's going to be
people who just never understandsometimes, especially for those
of us who are called to dothings that is sort of out of
the norm.
(16:07):
People sometimes, especiallyfriends and family who mean,
well, who are Christians whohear from God, some of who are
even, you know, Um, who may be,you may have giving some
reference as a, as a, as aspiritual authority of I you
sometimes immuno understand yetwhere God is taking you.
But, you know, you just, we justcontinue to pray that we, we
encounter people who, who canspeak the mind of God over us
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and confirm that which God hastold us because you see.
We are not supposed to behearing from good.
Two people as our first point ofcommunication with called.
Men of God, sevens of God, asopposed to confirm what God is
telling you.
And for me, I've gotten manyconfirmations of what heard a
lot.
Tell me.
And what is to come for thispodcast.
(16:51):
And so stay tuned.
Um, I don't know yet if.
Owl on the veil, the new namefor the pod.
And the next one is episode, butwe'll see.
We'll see.
We'll see.
Merry Christmas.
This is all over the place.
Uh, so I think it's best tocategorize it as a bonus
episode.
Although I'm always all over theplace because I never really
(17:12):
come with a plan.
I just come in and sit and Isay, Hey, holy spirit, let's do
this.
You've been pushing me to talk.
So the speakers do this.
Um, I had a speaking engagementthis week.
I'll speak more.
That's on the next episode.
Merry Christmas guys.
I love you.
I pray that you experienced thelove of God, family, friends in
this season, and that you havesomething to celebrate even as
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the year comes to an end.
God bless you and have a Merry,Merry, Merry Christmas.
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