June 8, 2021 • 28 mins
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In this episode, we're talking about Imposter Syndrome and how it can wreck your faith. It's so much more than just feeling like you don't belong in your life. There's a whole lot more under the surface of this lie we tell ourselves.
Truthfully, it can undermind our faith as well as every relationship we have. It can be disastrous if we let it rule over our lives. Not to worry though, today we're yanking the run out from under this imposter! I'm showing you how it works and how to stop it!
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Have you ever felt like you'regetting in your own way, you see
that there is a way forward foryou. And you trust God and you
know that he is working in yourlife but yet, you keep on
getting blocked and it feelslike you're tripping over
(00:21):
yourself. Today, we are going tobe dealing with this annoying
situation that honestly happensto a lot of women. So you are
not alone, my friend. So it'sgonna be a fun and deep
conversation. So grab somecoffee tea, a notebook to take
(00:44):
some notes, and let's getstarted.
Welcome to worth it. The podcastwhere we answer anxiety, deflate
fear and shut down shame,because ain't no woman got time
for that you were made tothrive. My mission is to help
you get deeply rooted with Godand reclaim your weapon that the
enemy of God has been usingagainst you. After going to
(01:06):
battle for my own mind. Threeyears ago, I realized that there
is a war going on for our minds.
A battle that begins with how wethink says you have much more
control than you realize. Witheach episode, you'll learn how
to fight back and become moreconfident in the truth that God
already knows. You are worth it.
(01:27):
I'm Michelle Remington,Christian mindset coach, thought
strategist, and warrior Mama.
Grab your sword daughter of theking, it's time to unleash your
inner warrior princess.
Welcome back. Beautiful warrior.
Thank you so much for joining meonce again on another edition of
(01:51):
worth it. Today we are talkingabout imposter syndrome. Oh yes,
we are going to just deal withthat big elephant in the room.
I'd like to start out by sharingsome of the backstory of this
journey into imposter syndrome.
(02:15):
What I've learned along the way,and how God is helping me
through it.
So a while back, I had ashocking revelation. I couldn't
remember the dreams andaspirations at once had a
remember I was sitting at churchjust fellowshipping with a bunch
(02:36):
of my sisters. And all of asudden I looked at my one friend
and I was like, you know, Ican't remember the dreams that I
used to have. I can't rememberwhat those were because my life
has become so focused onmarriage and motherhood. It was
like the kind of dreams that areso big. They scare you in a good
(03:00):
way. The dreams and thepossibilities that once made me
feel so alive, had been burieddeep inside my heart. Well, I
answered one of God's greatestcallings, motherhood.
Then I climbed a mountain. Ialways wanted to climb a
(03:20):
mountain. I have always beendrawn to pictures and videos of
these glorious mountain topmoments. And then during a trip
to visit family in Oklahoma, Igot to climb a real mountain. It
was so cool. And I soon learnedthat the mountains that I
(03:44):
thought I had seen growing up,had really only ever been big
hills. And the closer we got tothe top of the mountain, the
expanse of land was becominglarger as we climbed higher. And
the more that long forgottendream started coming to life
(04:10):
within me again. Because as weclimbed higher, I was getting so
excited and at the top of thatmountain, I was as giddy as a
schoolgirl like I feltexhilarated. I felt alive. I
felt hope that came from outsideof myself.
(04:31):
Oftentimes, we're able to drawhope, from our experiences with
God and from the promises ofGod's Word and the preaching
that we get from our faithfulpastors. And you're able to draw
from that hope. And as you prayevery day no gotchas fills you
(04:56):
every morning His mercies aremade new but this was Different,
this hope came from outside ofme. Because we hadn't planned to
climb a mountain that day, oreven at all. The decision was
spontaneous for us anyway. ButGod says, For I know the plans I
(05:18):
have for you declares the Lord,plans to prosper you, not to
harm you, plans to give youhope, and a future. That's one
of our favorite verses probablyfrom Jeremiah 29:11.
Little did I know that God wasusing this mountaintop
experience, to ignite me withfresh hope to see that he can
(05:45):
take the my dreams that areinside me, no matter how far
they're buried, and he can bringthem to life in a moment when I
don't even expect it. And justas God uses his word, his
promises your faith in your hopeto refresh your heart and soul,
(06:07):
he infused me with fresh hopethat ignited the hope and faith
within me. Only God can do that.
I came back from that triprefreshed and invigorated. And
then I got back to life asusual. Thankful, so thankful for
that experience. Yet, God hadsomething more in mind. But it
(06:31):
didn't happen right away.
God's timing is perfect. So thatseed had to work its way through
my heart, and my mind notknowing that that seed had even
been planted. Imagine mysurprise when a sprout started
(06:55):
breaking through the surface.
And that sprout was those olddreams that I had forgotten
about. In that moment there withmy friend at the table, just
talking was God reminding methat they were still there. I
had buried those dreams becausemarriage and motherhood became
(07:19):
more important to me. Yet Godwas showing me that they had
merely gone dormant. Theyweren't gone. They weren't dead.
Just sitting there, waiting,while God was working in me, and
creating the right environmentfor them to flourish. Once
(07:40):
again.
You see, all the time that Iwent through difficulty, every
hurt every doubt, every tear insmile, every challenge, every
moment when I wasn't sure if Iwas gonna make it helped to
(08:01):
create the perfect environmentfor God to use my testimony of
faith, conversion, challenges,marriage and motherhood. To
plant those seeds of hope insomeone else's heart. All I had
(08:22):
to do was trust him and be bold.
Now, being bold, is somewhat ofa new trait for me. See, I
always knew that I have a strongpersonality. But there are many
that will squash a strong personevery chance they get. For me.
(08:45):
This happened in my mostimpressionable, teen years, and
just wanting to be light andloved. I faded into the
background. Don't make a fuss,Don't make a scene.
(09:05):
But after a while I began tofeel forgotten. And because I
was staying out of everyone'sway so that I didn't bother them
that eventually grew intofeeling unloved, and unworthy.
So, in my thinking, if peopleliked me better, quiet and in
(09:30):
the background, that must meanthat no one really cares about
me. And my opinions and thoughtsdon't matter. But God created
you and me every persondifferent. There's this life
inside of us. And my strongpersonality had ebbs and flows
(09:56):
not really meant to be boxed up,or trampled. down. So from time
to time, some of that strongpersonality would escape. And
then I got labeled as weird,strange.
Yet, that label did nothing tohelp me understand myself
(10:19):
better. It wasn't until Godintersected me. And I began to
let go of the labels that I hadattempted to understand myself
better, that I began to finallysee a true reflection of myself.
(10:41):
Those labels were just literallylabels that I had put on myself
and just trying to be anyone butmyself. It took a long time to
accept and embrace me, as Godintended, as quirky and
sometimes crazy, but yet quiet,and thoughtful, and whatever
(11:07):
other adjectives you would useto describe me. After a while, I
finally learned to love the wayGod created me. And to trust his
purpose for me, a purpose thatdoesn't include fitting in, but
being his bold creation,executing his bold plan.
(11:33):
Now, in order for me at thattime to believe that bold was
even possible for me, I had todeal with the elephant in the
room. I was getting in my ownway. And the vehicle that I use
to keep my path blocked, wasimposter syndrome. My challenge
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was that I was getting impostersyndrome, confused with
humility. The difference is thatimposter syndrome can masquerade
as humility, under the guise ofdoubting God's plan, like,
surely, you know, it's just me,I'm not good enough for this.
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It's very subtle. And I wasputting myself down, I was
doubting God's creation and hisplan for me. Whereas with
humility, you're recognizing andrespecting the magnitude of who
God is, in giving reverence tohim as sovereign King.
(12:49):
Like I am just a humble creationof God. And I feel so blessed
that he is using me in thisministry, something like that.
There's a big difference in theway that it sounds. That's why
humility is recognizing andrespecting the magnitude of who
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God is, and then givingreverence to him as sovereign
King for the plans that he iscompleting, in you. Basically,
imposter syndrome doubts, God,humility, honors God. And God
was working great plans throughme, yet, I spent most of the
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time doubting him, I would saythings like, I shouldn't even be
here. I'm not qualified forthis. I'm not a good wife, I'm a
horrible mother, etc, etc, etc,the list could go on. Needless
to say, that kind of attitudedoesn't set a steady stage for
your spiritual battlefield, akayour mind.
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In hindsight, this explains alot about the dark times that I
experienced. But the great newsis that right now, in this very
moment, God is using mytestimony to plant a seed of
hope and promise in you. You'velistened this far. And that
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means you are now equipped andenlightened to overcome the
strategies that are being usedto break you down and weaken
your defenses. So I want toencourage you, because you know,
I always try to give you somekind of action that you will
take that will enrich your lifeand help you to draw closer to
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God.
So this week, make some time toexamine your thoughts about your
faith, your family, marriage,job, church, home life, friends,
and how God is working in eachof those areas in your life. Is
there doubt about God's plan? Doyou wonder if God made a
(14:59):
mistake? Is there doubt aboutGod's sovereignty, and if you
should obey, if so, prayer isyour first response, when I
realized what I had been doing,I repented. I asked God for
help. I knew from everythingthat I had read in God's word,
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and everything that I had heard,preached, that repentance has to
be the first step. Even if youdidn't realize you were doing
something wrong. The whole Bibleteaches us that repentance is
the first step to atonement, andredemption.
And the beautiful, thebeautiful, amazing gift that we
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get as part of our relationshipwith God. And just the essence
of who God is, is that He is aGod of second chances, and third
chances, and fourth chances, andso on and so on. And we have
that opportunity to make itright. And to change our course,
(16:08):
and correct ourselves. Justthink of that God is so amazing.
He put forth all of theseprocesses in us, to help us
learn from our mistakes, to helpus learn from the things that
are a challenge to us. And wehave that opportunity to then go
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back and overcome it. God neverintended for anybody to just
have one chance, or you loseout.
God is merciful, he loves youbeyond measure. And every day
His mercies are made new, andyou have the opportunity to
correct your course to changethings to adapt, so that you
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don't feel stuck, you're neverstuck. That's a lie of the enemy
of the kingdom of God, you'renever stuck with God, you always
have the opportunity to move andcorrect and to overcome and
thrive with God. Now, the nextstep is that I began to reverse
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the doubt with the truth of Godand His word, because I know the
power of our words that come outof our mouths. And if I take
that lie that I have beenbelieving, or those things that
I've been speaking, that havenot been honoring God or helping
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me, if I then take those,reverse those, and then begin to
honor God, and to declare histruth in His Word, that is when
the battle changes.
You see, imposter syndrome,creates patterns that become
habits and behaviors thatinfluence how we operate. That's
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why it's such a big problem. Butit's something that with God we
can overcome. So with God'shelp, we can reverse this, by
creating patterns of honoringand referencing God, that become
habits and behaviors thatinfluence how we operate, we can
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then begin to recognize moreemotional and spiritual
stability as we continue topractice every day. So no more
shaky battlefield, only a shakyenemy instead, and a stronger
you, and a stronger relationshipbetween you and the Almighty God
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that created you and loves youmore than you can ever imagine.
This was an area that wasdetrimental. It was make or
break, because I really had torecognize who God was. And
that's really the essence ofimposter syndrome.
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Because with it, you're not onlythinking of yourself as an
imposter, you're then alsotreating God as an imposter in
your life is has a ripple effectin you, in your family in your
life. And God didn't intend forthat. God intended for us to be
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strong in the way that we dothat is by honoring and
referencing God and His word,and through that strength comes
and that strength will then havethat beautiful ripple effect
that we love to see and start toaffect our marriage or family or
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relationship. tips are church,or job in every other area of
our life.
I hope this has been helpful foryou today. Definitely make some
time this week. And it might behelpful to write some of this
down in a journal, maybe youwant to journal every day of
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what your thoughts have been,and then do a list and then draw
a line on the same page and drawanother list next to it. So
you've got all the negativethings, you were thinking on one
side, and then reverse thosethoughts to honor God, and to be
the truth of God, write thosedown. And there's power in that
in recognizing and referencingwho God is. So you may say, I
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feel worthless, or I'm a hair,horrible parent, or I'm not good
at marriage, or any othernegative thing that you've been
thinking, you're able to turnthat around and remind yourself
of who God is and who he createdyou to be.
So with all that said, let's goahead and finish in prayer. Lord
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Jesus, I just want to thank youfor the opportunity to really
explore and understand thissubject, this thing that just
kind of infiltrates our liveswhen we don't even know what's
happening, sometimes, thisimposter syndrome. Lord, I thank
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you for being able to see howthis does not honor you. And I
also want to thank you, Lord,for a heart that has a desire to
honor you. Because as we honoryou, we're really honoring your
creation as well. we're honoringourselves in that way. And it's
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really that proper way that itreally should be done. It's very
healthy that way. And I thankyou for that.
You know, what's good for us,Lord, in you know, how you
created us. And you know, how weneed things said or done. That
is not damaging in our lives. Ithink as humans, we kind of rush
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things. And we just kind of getfrustrated. And we don't think
about all the differentvariables and we end up getting
hurt that way. But Lord, whenyou're involved, when you're
involved in that process, youtake so much care. And that's
why your timing is alwaysperfect, because you take that
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time to make sure that there'sno damage done. And I just want
to thank you for that care thatyou take of us, Lord. And I want
to thank you for the opportunityto draw closer to you through
this process of reallyunderstanding ourselves
understanding your word,understanding you. So I pray,
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Lord, that each person thathears this, you know, the inner
workings of their mind, in theirheart, Lord, You are so careful
as you take care of us.
And I pray, Lord, that for eachperson that hears this, that as
they journey with you in thisprocess, that you would continue
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to open their hearts, theirminds, and help them to really
see what it is that you aredoing inside of them. Like I
want them to have the mostmaximized results from this to
be able to draw as close to youas possible to, to really grow
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emotionally and mentally andspiritually from this experience
as much as possible. I'm talkinglike, I want them to reach their
full potential in you for howyou created us. And that's not
just a career that's not just inwhat we accomplish, Lord, but
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when think about how you createdus with a purpose, and with a
potential from the day that wewere born like before we were
even born and her mother'sbelly, you knew our full
potential.
And the beautiful thing is thatthat full potential is not just
what we accomplish. That fullpotential is how we grow
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spiritually, how much we growemotionally, how much we grow,
mentally, it's ourrelationships. It's our
relationship with you. It's ourfamily. There's so much involved
in that. And I just want to bereminded Lord Bailey, of how
much you are involved in thevery inner workings of our
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lives. I want to be able tohonor you in that completely as
much as we can understand thatGod, I just want us to be able
to honor you in all of that. SoI pray, Lord, that through this
process, you would help us tounderstand it, and really
reached that full potential inevery single way that you
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created us. I thank you, Lord,for the opportunity to grow
through this. And also to beable to share this with others
that may be going through thesame thing. Maybe they know
someone who's going through thesame thing. Maybe they've been
there, maybe this is somethingthat just wasn't settled in.
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They need to revisit it.
Whatever it is, Lord, I thankyou for the faithful and loving
work that you are doing in eachheart that hears this. Lord, I
praise you, Jesus, You alone areworthy of the praise there is
none like you. And it's in yourprecious, sovereign, and holy
name Jesus we pray. Amen. AndAmen.
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So I have a little surprise foryou, I made you something. Now
you may or may not know that Iam a former Christian radio DJ.
And quite honestly, I justabsolutely love playlists and I
know that it is so helpful tohave a good playlist to help you
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throughout the day and get yourmindset right get your mood
right and so I made you twoplaylists on Spotify. The first
is called worth it praise andI've got all kinds of awesome
songs on here to get you praisein get you feeling encouraged we
got like Danny Gokey on here hasa Kyle Walker I won't go into
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the whole list because it is aproper playlist and I am quite
sure you're gonna love it beencouraged with it. And then the
other one is worth it worshipbecause I mean, you know, we all
need some praise and worship inour lives. So both of these
playlists are public on Spotify.
So just look up orthop praiseand Orth it worship. I hope you
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enjoy them and I am also goingto be linking them on my website
as well. You can always checkout Michelle Remington calm So
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episode has blessed you in someway. I invite you to leave a
(27:45):
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Have you ever felt like you'regetting in your own way, you see
that there is a way forward foryou. And you trust God and you
know that he is working in yourlife but yet, you keep on
getting blocked and it feelslike you're tripping over
(00:21):
yourself. Today, we are going tobe dealing with this annoying
situation that honestly happensto a lot of women. So you are
not alone, my friend. So it'sgonna be a fun and deep
conversation. So grab somecoffee tea, a notebook to take
(00:44):
some notes, and let's getstarted.
Welcome to worth it. The podcastwhere we answer anxiety, deflate
fear and shut down shame,because ain't no woman got time
for that you were made tothrive. My mission is to help
you get deeply rooted with Godand reclaim your weapon that the
enemy of God has been usingagainst you. After going to
(01:06):
battle for my own mind. Threeyears ago, I realized that there
is a war going on for our minds.
A battle that begins with how wethink says you have much more
control than you realize. Witheach episode, you'll learn how
to fight back and become moreconfident in the truth that God
already knows. You are worth it.
(01:27):
I'm Michelle Remington,Christian mindset coach, thought
strategist, and warrior Mama.
Grab your sword daughter of theking, it's time to unleash your
inner warrior princess.
Welcome back. Beautiful warrior.
Thank you so much for joining meonce again on another edition of
(01:51):
worth it. Today we are talkingabout imposter syndrome. Oh yes,
we are going to just deal withthat big elephant in the room.
I'd like to start out by sharingsome of the backstory of this
journey into imposter syndrome.
(02:15):
What I've learned along the way,and how God is helping me
through it.
So a while back, I had ashocking revelation. I couldn't
remember the dreams andaspirations at once had a
remember I was sitting at churchjust fellowshipping with a bunch
(02:36):
of my sisters. And all of asudden I looked at my one friend
and I was like, you know, Ican't remember the dreams that I
used to have. I can't rememberwhat those were because my life
has become so focused onmarriage and motherhood. It was
like the kind of dreams that areso big. They scare you in a good
(03:00):
way. The dreams and thepossibilities that once made me
feel so alive, had been burieddeep inside my heart. Well, I
answered one of God's greatestcallings, motherhood.
Then I climbed a mountain. Ialways wanted to climb a
(03:20):
mountain. I have always beendrawn to pictures and videos of
these glorious mountain topmoments. And then during a trip
to visit family in Oklahoma, Igot to climb a real mountain. It
was so cool. And I soon learnedthat the mountains that I
(03:44):
thought I had seen growing up,had really only ever been big
hills. And the closer we got tothe top of the mountain, the
expanse of land was becominglarger as we climbed higher. And
the more that long forgottendream started coming to life
(04:10):
within me again. Because as weclimbed higher, I was getting so
excited and at the top of thatmountain, I was as giddy as a
schoolgirl like I feltexhilarated. I felt alive. I
felt hope that came from outsideof myself.
(04:31):
Oftentimes, we're able to drawhope, from our experiences with
God and from the promises ofGod's Word and the preaching
that we get from our faithfulpastors. And you're able to draw
from that hope. And as you prayevery day no gotchas fills you
(04:56):
every morning His mercies aremade new but this was Different,
this hope came from outside ofme. Because we hadn't planned to
climb a mountain that day, oreven at all. The decision was
spontaneous for us anyway. ButGod says, For I know the plans I
(05:18):
have for you declares the Lord,plans to prosper you, not to
harm you, plans to give youhope, and a future. That's one
of our favorite verses probablyfrom Jeremiah 29:11.
Little did I know that God wasusing this mountaintop
experience, to ignite me withfresh hope to see that he can
(05:45):
take the my dreams that areinside me, no matter how far
they're buried, and he can bringthem to life in a moment when I
don't even expect it. And justas God uses his word, his
promises your faith in your hopeto refresh your heart and soul,
(06:07):
he infused me with fresh hopethat ignited the hope and faith
within me. Only God can do that.
I came back from that triprefreshed and invigorated. And
then I got back to life asusual. Thankful, so thankful for
that experience. Yet, God hadsomething more in mind. But it
(06:31):
didn't happen right away.
God's timing is perfect. So thatseed had to work its way through
my heart, and my mind notknowing that that seed had even
been planted. Imagine mysurprise when a sprout started
(06:55):
breaking through the surface.
And that sprout was those olddreams that I had forgotten
about. In that moment there withmy friend at the table, just
talking was God reminding methat they were still there. I
had buried those dreams becausemarriage and motherhood became
(07:19):
more important to me. Yet Godwas showing me that they had
merely gone dormant. Theyweren't gone. They weren't dead.
Just sitting there, waiting,while God was working in me, and
creating the right environmentfor them to flourish. Once
(07:40):
again.
You see, all the time that Iwent through difficulty, every
hurt every doubt, every tear insmile, every challenge, every
moment when I wasn't sure if Iwas gonna make it helped to
(08:01):
create the perfect environmentfor God to use my testimony of
faith, conversion, challenges,marriage and motherhood. To
plant those seeds of hope insomeone else's heart. All I had
(08:22):
to do was trust him and be bold.
Now, being bold, is somewhat ofa new trait for me. See, I
always knew that I have a strongpersonality. But there are many
that will squash a strong personevery chance they get. For me.
(08:45):
This happened in my mostimpressionable, teen years, and
just wanting to be light andloved. I faded into the
background. Don't make a fuss,Don't make a scene.
(09:05):
But after a while I began tofeel forgotten. And because I
was staying out of everyone'sway so that I didn't bother them
that eventually grew intofeeling unloved, and unworthy.
So, in my thinking, if peopleliked me better, quiet and in
(09:30):
the background, that must meanthat no one really cares about
me. And my opinions and thoughtsdon't matter. But God created
you and me every persondifferent. There's this life
inside of us. And my strongpersonality had ebbs and flows
(09:56):
not really meant to be boxed up,or trampled. down. So from time
to time, some of that strongpersonality would escape. And
then I got labeled as weird,strange.
Yet, that label did nothing tohelp me understand myself
(10:19):
better. It wasn't until Godintersected me. And I began to
let go of the labels that I hadattempted to understand myself
better, that I began to finallysee a true reflection of myself.
(10:41):
Those labels were just literallylabels that I had put on myself
and just trying to be anyone butmyself. It took a long time to
accept and embrace me, as Godintended, as quirky and
sometimes crazy, but yet quiet,and thoughtful, and whatever
(11:07):
other adjectives you would useto describe me. After a while, I
finally learned to love the wayGod created me. And to trust his
purpose for me, a purpose thatdoesn't include fitting in, but
being his bold creation,executing his bold plan.
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Now, in order for me at thattime to believe that bold was
even possible for me, I had todeal with the elephant in the
room. I was getting in my ownway. And the vehicle that I use
to keep my path blocked, wasimposter syndrome. My challenge
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was that I was getting impostersyndrome, confused with
humility. The difference is thatimposter syndrome can masquerade
as humility, under the guise ofdoubting God's plan, like,
surely, you know, it's just me,I'm not good enough for this.
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It's very subtle. And I wasputting myself down, I was
doubting God's creation and hisplan for me. Whereas with
humility, you're recognizing andrespecting the magnitude of who
God is, in giving reverence tohim as sovereign King.
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Like I am just a humble creationof God. And I feel so blessed
that he is using me in thisministry, something like that.
There's a big difference in theway that it sounds. That's why
humility is recognizing andrespecting the magnitude of who
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God is, and then givingreverence to him as sovereign
King for the plans that he iscompleting, in you. Basically,
imposter syndrome doubts, God,humility, honors God. And God
was working great plans throughme, yet, I spent most of the
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time doubting him, I would saythings like, I shouldn't even be
here. I'm not qualified forthis. I'm not a good wife, I'm a
horrible mother, etc, etc, etc,the list could go on. Needless
to say, that kind of attitudedoesn't set a steady stage for
your spiritual battlefield, akayour mind.
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In hindsight, this explains alot about the dark times that I
experienced. But the great newsis that right now, in this very
moment, God is using mytestimony to plant a seed of
hope and promise in you. You'velistened this far. And that
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means you are now equipped andenlightened to overcome the
strategies that are being usedto break you down and weaken
your defenses. So I want toencourage you, because you know,
I always try to give you somekind of action that you will
take that will enrich your lifeand help you to draw closer to
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God.
So this week, make some time toexamine your thoughts about your
faith, your family, marriage,job, church, home life, friends,
and how God is working in eachof those areas in your life. Is
there doubt about God's plan? Doyou wonder if God made a
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mistake? Is there doubt aboutGod's sovereignty, and if you
should obey, if so, prayer isyour first response, when I
realized what I had been doing,I repented. I asked God for
help. I knew from everythingthat I had read in God's word,
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and everything that I had heard,preached, that repentance has to
be the first step. Even if youdidn't realize you were doing
something wrong. The whole Bibleteaches us that repentance is
the first step to atonement, andredemption.
And the beautiful, thebeautiful, amazing gift that we
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get as part of our relationshipwith God. And just the essence
of who God is, is that He is aGod of second chances, and third
chances, and fourth chances, andso on and so on. And we have
that opportunity to make itright. And to change our course,
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and correct ourselves. Justthink of that God is so amazing.
He put forth all of theseprocesses in us, to help us
learn from our mistakes, to helpus learn from the things that
are a challenge to us. And wehave that opportunity to then go
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back and overcome it. God neverintended for anybody to just
have one chance, or you loseout.
God is merciful, he loves youbeyond measure. And every day
His mercies are made new, andyou have the opportunity to
correct your course to changethings to adapt, so that you
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don't feel stuck, you're neverstuck. That's a lie of the enemy
of the kingdom of God, you'renever stuck with God, you always
have the opportunity to move andcorrect and to overcome and
thrive with God. Now, the nextstep is that I began to reverse
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the doubt with the truth of Godand His word, because I know the
power of our words that come outof our mouths. And if I take
that lie that I have beenbelieving, or those things that
I've been speaking, that havenot been honoring God or helping
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me, if I then take those,reverse those, and then begin to
honor God, and to declare histruth in His Word, that is when
the battle changes.
You see, imposter syndrome,creates patterns that become
habits and behaviors thatinfluence how we operate. That's
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why it's such a big problem. Butit's something that with God we
can overcome. So with God'shelp, we can reverse this, by
creating patterns of honoringand referencing God, that become
habits and behaviors thatinfluence how we operate, we can
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then begin to recognize moreemotional and spiritual
stability as we continue topractice every day. So no more
shaky battlefield, only a shakyenemy instead, and a stronger
you, and a stronger relationshipbetween you and the Almighty God
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that created you and loves youmore than you can ever imagine.
This was an area that wasdetrimental. It was make or
break, because I really had torecognize who God was. And
that's really the essence ofimposter syndrome.
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Because with it, you're not onlythinking of yourself as an
imposter, you're then alsotreating God as an imposter in
your life is has a ripple effectin you, in your family in your
life. And God didn't intend forthat. God intended for us to be
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strong in the way that we dothat is by honoring and
referencing God and His word,and through that strength comes
and that strength will then havethat beautiful ripple effect
that we love to see and start toaffect our marriage or family or
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relationship. tips are church,or job in every other area of
our life.
I hope this has been helpful foryou today. Definitely make some
time this week. And it might behelpful to write some of this
down in a journal, maybe youwant to journal every day of
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what your thoughts have been,and then do a list and then draw
a line on the same page and drawanother list next to it. So
you've got all the negativethings, you were thinking on one
side, and then reverse thosethoughts to honor God, and to be
the truth of God, write thosedown. And there's power in that
in recognizing and referencingwho God is. So you may say, I
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feel worthless, or I'm a hair,horrible parent, or I'm not good
at marriage, or any othernegative thing that you've been
thinking, you're able to turnthat around and remind yourself
of who God is and who he createdyou to be.
So with all that said, let's goahead and finish in prayer. Lord
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Jesus, I just want to thank youfor the opportunity to really
explore and understand thissubject, this thing that just
kind of infiltrates our liveswhen we don't even know what's
happening, sometimes, thisimposter syndrome. Lord, I thank
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you for being able to see howthis does not honor you. And I
also want to thank you, Lord,for a heart that has a desire to
honor you. Because as we honoryou, we're really honoring your
creation as well. we're honoringourselves in that way. And it's
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really that proper way that itreally should be done. It's very
healthy that way. And I thankyou for that.
You know, what's good for us,Lord, in you know, how you
created us. And you know, how weneed things said or done. That
is not damaging in our lives. Ithink as humans, we kind of rush
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things. And we just kind of getfrustrated. And we don't think
about all the differentvariables and we end up getting
hurt that way. But Lord, whenyou're involved, when you're
involved in that process, youtake so much care. And that's
why your timing is alwaysperfect, because you take that
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time to make sure that there'sno damage done. And I just want
to thank you for that care thatyou take of us, Lord. And I want
to thank you for the opportunityto draw closer to you through
this process of reallyunderstanding ourselves
understanding your word,understanding you. So I pray,
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Lord, that each person thathears this, you know, the inner
workings of their mind, in theirheart, Lord, You are so careful
as you take care of us.
And I pray, Lord, that for eachperson that hears this, that as
they journey with you in thisprocess, that you would continue
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to open their hearts, theirminds, and help them to really
see what it is that you aredoing inside of them. Like I
want them to have the mostmaximized results from this to
be able to draw as close to youas possible to, to really grow
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emotionally and mentally andspiritually from this experience
as much as possible. I'm talkinglike, I want them to reach their
full potential in you for howyou created us. And that's not
just a career that's not just inwhat we accomplish, Lord, but
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when think about how you createdus with a purpose, and with a
potential from the day that wewere born like before we were
even born and her mother'sbelly, you knew our full
potential.
And the beautiful thing is thatthat full potential is not just
what we accomplish. That fullpotential is how we grow
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spiritually, how much we growemotionally, how much we grow,
mentally, it's ourrelationships. It's our
relationship with you. It's ourfamily. There's so much involved
in that. And I just want to bereminded Lord Bailey, of how
much you are involved in thevery inner workings of our
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lives. I want to be able tohonor you in that completely as
much as we can understand thatGod, I just want us to be able
to honor you in all of that. SoI pray, Lord, that through this
process, you would help us tounderstand it, and really
reached that full potential inevery single way that you
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created us. I thank you, Lord,for the opportunity to grow
through this. And also to beable to share this with others
that may be going through thesame thing. Maybe they know
someone who's going through thesame thing. Maybe they've been
there, maybe this is somethingthat just wasn't settled in.
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They need to revisit it.
Whatever it is, Lord, I thankyou for the faithful and loving
work that you are doing in eachheart that hears this. Lord, I
praise you, Jesus, You alone areworthy of the praise there is
none like you. And it's in yourprecious, sovereign, and holy
name Jesus we pray. Amen. AndAmen.
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So I have a little surprise foryou, I made you something. Now
you may or may not know that Iam a former Christian radio DJ.
And quite honestly, I justabsolutely love playlists and I
know that it is so helpful tohave a good playlist to help you
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throughout the day and get yourmindset right get your mood
right and so I made you twoplaylists on Spotify. The first
is called worth it praise andI've got all kinds of awesome
songs on here to get you praisein get you feeling encouraged we
got like Danny Gokey on here hasa Kyle Walker I won't go into
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the whole list because it is aproper playlist and I am quite
sure you're gonna love it beencouraged with it. And then the
other one is worth it worshipbecause I mean, you know, we all
need some praise and worship inour lives. So both of these
playlists are public on Spotify.
So just look up orthop praiseand Orth it worship. I hope you
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enjoy them and I am also goingto be linking them on my website
as well. You can always checkout Michelle Remington calm So
go on, get your praise andworship on!
Thank you for joining me on thisepisode of worth it. If this
episode has blessed you in someway. I invite you to leave a
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more encouraging content. Untilnext time, remember you are
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