The Hope Hotline - The Hope Hotline | S02-E50 | 08-16-2024

Episode Date: August 21, 2024

The Hope Hotline | S02-E50 | 08-16-2024

Real Talk. Real Talk. Real Talk. Real Talk. Hello everybody and thank you for tuning in today. I apologize for canceling on Wednesday. A big confession. I was sick.

That's what it boils down to. I never get sick. I was telling the girls I've been sick four times this year. I never get sick, ever. I had salmonella. I was telling them, that was March or April, right? Salmonella, when we did those chickens. I did meat chickens with Heather.

I told Heather, I don't know if I can do that again. Those meat chickens made me, they got me sick. I touched them, well, I touched their feces. That's the problem. I was going to say I touched them one too many times. Really wasn't them it was their leftovers that I was

picking up and it got underneath my nails thought I cleaned properly but apparently I did not made me sick for 10 days then it took 10 days to recover but as Vanessa and I were rejoicing I dropped some pounds there's always a silver lining.

There is always a silver lining, but I'm never sick. So in the past two weeks, in full transparency, I ate some pizza and wings, threw up several times, was better in about six hours. I think that was just greasy food, though. Cause I don't eat like that. Then that flipping stinking rack them sack them, uh, congestion, whatever the heck that thing was. I never felt sick though. My face was on fire. Yeah. My face got on fire. Then I sounded like I was snotty. That was last week. So I was congested last week. But I never

felt bad. Except for about five or six hours of my face on fuego. Yep. Felt great though. Prayed that sucker off pretty fast. That one was maybe 72 hours.

That one was not 48. I was not 48 I was telling somebody I was telling my friend Clover I got rid of all of them within 48 hours That might not be true about that one That might have been a 72 hour A little longer And then this week Ate pizza and wings again

Not happening But apparently that it was the flu Because someone that Tracy knows very well on wings again. No. Not happening. But apparently that it was the flu. Okay. Because someone that Tracy knows very well who drinks on the weekends then goes hungover to church on Sunday

works out the same works out at the same gym as I do. It's okay though because Jesus is love. Yeah. Comes in and brags. Like.

Oh. Yeah. She went on a literally a few weeks ago, she went on some kind of detox. So she didn't drink for like two weeks or something. And she was like, it's weird going to church on Sunday without a hangover or whatever. And I'm like, I wouldn't be telling too many people that.

Yeah, maybe not. I think she goes to your old church. I mean, at least she's going. You know, it's the thought that counts, right? Oh, my gosh. She's going to church. As long as nobody sees you do it, then it's okay, apparently. But that's Tracy's old church.

That's what they preach. As long as nobody sees you, you can't put it on social media. Don't put it on social media. They're a big ark church, though. I mean mean they're not a big church they're just big ark yeah big on ark yeah no they're loud and proud about it i mean i don't i can't say that recently but when i was there they were so this girl goes to the same place but she was saying how her class was more empty because um people's kids were throwing up so i must have got that i never get sick i know like years people yep my bragging rights are right straight down that toilet that i cleaned today

i know and threw up last night no i'm just i did throw it in last night i did throw up in it about 10 days ago, though. Yeah, that's not fun. Not good. You hate throwing up. I hate. Me too. I absolutely despise it. I hate it.

I will do everything possible not to. Does anyone love throwing up? Well, especially when you don't do it. Some people like, like, once they throw up, they're like, oh, I feel better. I will do anything possible not to throw up. Like, you can feel yourself. And I'm like, no. I'm not doing it.

I don't care if I feel better. I hate it. I don't care if I feel better care if i feel better i hate myself see right i won't i'll do everything in my power to not throw up i'll make myself throw up if i'm like that's you guys but it doesn't mean that i enjoy it i'm not like yes i literally could i could walk around turn turn just turn my body and be like run to the bathroom because just that turn yeah made me go yeah and I was literally running to the bathroom oh that's yeah it was bad it was rough yeah but when you don't get sick right like you forget I was telling the girls I'm like when you don't get sick you forget yeah what it feels like to be sick yeah and how people love it and how they thrive on the sympathy of you know how people love being sick because then people pamper them or they you can have it right yeah seriously oh my gosh i thought how can people like enjoy this this is

miserable and i wouldn't even sick that long. I know. Oh, my gosh. You can have it. I was mad, and I still am mad that I got sick. But I'm done. I'm done. Amen. So I can't even remember. I mean, it's been a long time, but it'll be 10 plus before you ever see me get sick again.

Right. And you got all the antibodies now too for everything across the board before well i guess they were running out i had them before it's just i had no faith apparently my faith was like in the crapper or something you know it's normally i like literally i'll start feeling it coming on and I start attacking it. I start like, I'm on it. Yeah. So I'm sneak attack to you.

No, they didn't sneak attack me. I still got on it and it's, it beat me into and pummeled me into the ground. Didn't you like just start throwing up though? Like you, you did feel it coming. Well, the, the, that one that I ate the chicken and the wings, I like, I, I hoard it. I mean, I literally act like I hadn't eaten in 10 days. And I ate like I don't know how many chicken wings and like two pieces of pizza, which is a lot for me. I know. Because I don't eat that stuff anymore.

So even when I was eating, I was like, chill out, sister. Take it easy. It's not your last meal. This is definitely not your last meal. And would's not your last meal this is definitely not your last meal and would this be your last meal i don't think so right this would not be what i would be choosing but i but then i paid the price later on that night because it came raging this other one i did feel it coming on like when i felt started feeling nauseous it didn't happen all of a sudden like the other one i was like like, I don't feel good. I don't feel right.

And then I started praying and it did not work. I lost. And I was mad. Oh, I know. I hate that. I just went, I laid in the bed. I told Tom, I laid in the dark. Oh, yeah.

Nothing. I put, I could only, my head was pounding so bad from lack of dehydration, from not eating or drinking for such a long period of time. I laid in the bed and I prayed as best as I knew how because I was so weak. Yeah. And then I just put on healing scriptures. But then my head would pound and I'd be like, I'll have to take a break.

But yeah. I know. All you have is, that's why you got to have it stored up in here. Because I did. I started speaking scriptures over myself. Because really, when you can't, when it hurts your head, you can't listen. You better know it in here. So you can start speaking it over yourself immediately. Oh, my gosh. I mean, they may take your Bible away because we're a socialist and no longer, you know, God is no longer allowed in our country.

But just in case you get sick and you can't hear it any other way, you might need to know it that way for that reason, too. I used to think you'll need to know the word because, you know, they might take your Bible. It's true. You might get sick. Kenneth Hagin says that. Kenneth Hagin says that when he was on his deathbed, he could only read for like 10 minutes at a time. And then some days only 10 minutes a day.

Oh, I believe that. And he couldn't even, he would be out for the rest of the time. So you better know your word. Sorry about that, people. So sorry for Wednesday. And FYI, last year I tried, even Heather was like, are you going to do podcast the week of the conference? I will be doing Wednesday.

I will not be doing Friday. I learned and I told her, I said, I learned something from last time. I'm slap happy. I can't function. I'm so tired yeah like I was telling Heather I'm not saved I don't think I want to repeat that again I did I told Heather that I think I needed to be saved oh my gosh I am so funny you are saved there's like you're running the conference I think you I think you need to be saved right now that was that is true you did say that and that was yeah I'm like I don't think I need to be saved right now. That is true. You did say that and that was so funny. I'm like, I don't think I'm going to be doing that this time. Learn your

lesson. I might need sleep. Or just a brain break. Like a nice little siesta. I accomplished nothing. That podcast accomplished nothing. So what's the point? I mean, the viewers might want to see you slap happy again. That's true. It is entertaining. Even though it's the whole pot line, it's not all about you. The viewers want what the viewers want. Truth. Even though I do think it is.

It's really all about what I want. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, for sure. Maybe that's just not true. I'm still not doing it. Okay. I made a fool of myself last time. Oh, my gosh.

We're not going back. That's so funny. We're not going back. So we can go find that. We can go back and find that recording somewhere. No. I think that one's been pulled. We could just play that on next Friday.

That's deleted. Oh, my gosh. But you're not going to want to miss the conference. No. Do we have a winner we need to announce? Is it already been announced? No. No, no.

We haven't announced it. Do you want me to? Oh, well, let's go and... Okay. I just needed to apologize. Okay. And then confess. And confess.

And then be transparent. And be transparent. I failed, spiritually speaking. But I'm working on it. Okay. Oh, okay. Let me make a little graphic for her. I wasn't sure if we were announcing that today.

So I'll make a graphic. Oh, well, we don't have to. You sure? We can announce it on the night of. But I think we said we were going to announce it. Here we are? Okay. Didn't we say?

I wasn't here for the original. Did we say? We were going to announce it Friday because we thought we would get that number by Friday and we didn't have that number by Friday. So I do need to announce it, right? Because we said we were going to announce it last week, right?

Heather emailed you and me and told us that we got her. I think we have to announce it because we were going to announce it, correct? Do we have to have a graphic for it or can we just say who it is? What do you think? I don't know.

Tracy's looking at me perplexed. So now I'm perplexed, but I don't know why she's perplexed. So now I don't know how to answer that. So I wasn't here when you guys went live and said that you were going to announce the three that you guys picked. So I don't know if there was a fourth that you promised.

Yes, there was. The fourth was promised. Yes. Okay. So, yeah. So, we can do a graphic. I can go through all this stuff. Do we have to have a graphic?

No. But you want to stay consistent. Are you? Okay, wait a minute. It's fun for the person to see their name. Now I understand why your thought process is. Want me to do that? Then they can screenshot it.

I do want to say who they are in the podcast. I've got to find her name. I don't know her. Stop yelling at me. Stop the process. I think I know who it is. I can't remember the name. I can't either. Heather said we were at 249.

She was like, if you haven't signed up for the conference, you should. And there was only one person in my hub group that had not signed up yet. It wasn't even an email. It was a text message. Because I'm like, I know I saw it in written form. Heather and Hope, where are you guys? All right. Just, you know, a bit too, if we text Heather.

Whose idea was this? Who brought this up? Me. I'm an idiot. No, you're not. I thought it was Tracy. I'm like, why would you bring this up? I would never bring it up. Isn't it always me?

It's pretty much always me. Oh, it's so funny. But I can do all of our stuff and I just text Heather so we can get her. Because Heather will probably have it right here. And when I search, like usually you can search both people and it's not, you guys aren't popping up. I swear it was not. I thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I thought it was in a. I don't think it was in a text. I thought it was in an email. Okay. Well, I looked. I didn't see it. Did you text. I thought it was in an email. Okay. Well, I looked. I didn't see it. Did you look in your church email? Yeah.

We can do it at the end, too, right after the sponsor. That's my girl. Tell how you found it in 10 seconds. I know, because that's how we keep her around. Listen, if you ever need to find anybody, all she needs is... What are the two things you need? She just needs at least the first name and something they like. That's it. And she'll find them. All she needs is, what are the two things you need? At least the first name and something they like. That's it. And she'll find

them. Oh yeah, Norma says, listen, if Norma ever needs anything like dirt dug up on anything. FBI. FBI. She won't even need to say to Talia. I wonder about 10 minutes later, Talia

will be texting her, hey, guess what I found out? She's like, I didn't even need to ask. I don't even know if she needed a first name. She's like, Mom, Talia can find anybody. Brown hair. Yeah, Talia can find anybody and figure out anything about that person. It's actually amazing. And I love that about her.

She's the best investigator ever. So if you don't want anybody to know about your stuff, hide it. But you better hide it deep because Talia's finding it. And it needs to be like six feet under. That's it.

I'm kind of like writing code at that point. I'll decode that sucker. That's true. I'm pretty confident in that. I'm just glad she's on my team. That's true. I'm pretty confident in that. I'm just glad she's on my team. Exactly. Exactly. Because that's one thing you want to have when you own a company or you're at like anything.

Anything that you want to figure out about somebody. Listen, do you have that information? Are you stalling? Okay. We have the winner. Ready? I'm thinking. Leslie Tipton. Thank you.

That's not who Sarah thought it was. I'm pretty sure of it. Exactly. I have no idea. I don't know who you are, but I'm so happy for you because you're going to win an amazing prize because that's how we do things. That's right. That's how we roll.

That's how we roll. Okay. Well, this also is important information that we should tell people just in case. Oh's right. That's how we roll. That's how we roll. Okay. Well, this also is important information that we should tell people just in case. Oh yeah. We're kicked off YouTube again. Yeah. So we're kicked off YouTube. Yay. Because of Big Mike. Once again, Big Mike strikes. Oh, apparently we said something they did not. About Big Mike. That they did not like at all. And so there is no youtube today so if you hopped over there but we're kicked off of facebook for tom's podcast so you know what

happened facebook is done as far as tom they're done they're not doing that they're not doing i think i mean aaron can confirm that for me but i could swear that that's what i understood him and tom saying last night okay kiss my butt Facebook is pretty much what they've said. Well, yeah, we've got a couple on Facebook, so I'm here for that. Well, here's the thing. My algorithm is dead. I know it is. So we're not going to have anybody on Facebook.

That's what's been the case for a while with Facebook, for a few months now. Like, our numbers, they're not horrible, but our numbers have been less. But it's Facebook has been. We have like 22,000 people following us on Foundation Church. Like there's no way we have three people watching.

That does. That's there's no way. I mean, obviously it was probably is three people, but we're shadow banned. You can't even find us live. Yeah. And Tom didn't even have a hundred. No, it's absolutely ridiculous. Not possible.

No, it isn't. So anyways, yeah. Okay. See you Facebook. Not sad about that. I'll change this little graphic in two seconds. Okay. Well, we're still on Facebook, but I think we might need to, I think we might need to bail on them ourselves just so you know. Oh yeah. Hey, again, I'm here for that. Um, okay. So yeah, if you're on Facebook again, we're going to put in the rumble link if you don't mind Talia. And so hop over to rumble. What's really cool about Rumble, number one, is these are not issues at all. Also, we have a great live chat going. So you can hop over there and you can make some friends or you probably know a lot of the people over there if you come to church and just have a nice little

conversation with us. For some reason, Rumble is doing like double messages. I think at least on my end, it seems like people are kind of double messaging. So if you're trying to send something, I am seeing it. But anyways, if you're on Facebook, you can like and share and just get that out there for us. But then Talia just put the link in. Then you can head over to Rumble. And as a reminder, the live chat does disappear. So if you want us to see something or if you're watching the replay, you can always add comments. We usually get emails about them. So even if you added a

question there, there's a good chance that I would see it. But if not, the next slide will give you that information. We are not on YouTube today. So you can go to our page, you can subscribe still, you can go watch old podcasts if you want to. Obviously not right now, but later. Black Robe is always an option as well. We're always live on our channel. And then we'll have the audio podcast up and running anywhere that you listen to podcasts. Oh, my goodness. Anywhere you listen to podcasts.

I know. I'm trying to say like podcast. That's cute. That's so girly. Oh, my gosh and so yeah anywhere you want

to listen to that we will be there so we just go a little bit later just so I can download it and post it because it's not

a live it's a you know a replay basically okay so that's that so if you are on Rumble

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where you're watching from. There's a bunch of you in there. So I only see a few names that I've already said hello to everybody, too. So hello again. I know some of you probably are just watching it or you're driving or whatever. But if you get a second, tell us who's watching. We love to say hi to you. And next, we've got our questions.

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and very exciting. We are six days away from our Beloved Ladies Conference called Victorious. It is Thursday PM or 7 PM and you can get 6 p.m. And then we've got Friday. We've got our breakfast, which you have to register that separately. So make sure you do that. It's online. Same place where you're going, foundationchurchfl.com. Instead of clicking shop to buy the merch, you click events. And they're right at the top.

You'll see both of them. Make sure you do both of those registrations. And then Saturday, you don't want to miss it because we've got our family FUED. And unfortunately, I'm going to be the winner. So I feel bad for everybody else. But you know what? Somebody's got to win these games. You understand it's a team effort.

Listen. How are you going to win? Because I'm going to get every single one right. Because this is like my favorite game in the entire world. Again, team effort. There's no I in team. Is it though? Is it?

So if we lose, it's not my fault. I did not say that. So, yep. All right. Well, that's that. You were our Achilles heel last year. What are you talking about? I think I came up with some really great answers.

Batmobile. They did not apply at all. I think if you are subjective to it, unlimited money. Can you imagine what I could do with unlimited money? Okay, do you understand that it's supposed to be what is actually a superpower, not one that you've created in your own mind? Listen, I don't know how to play games. I'm not a game player. I play basketball and that's it. It's the only game I play. I don't play board games. I don't play Uno.

I don't. So it boils down to strategy. That's how we're going to win. It's pure strategy. Yeah. I'm with you. I'm tracking. We do have to find our outfits though.

Yes. Yeah. Hey. Are earpieces allowed? Allowed. I'm just telling you that if she wears an earpiece, everyone's going to know. You know why? Because they're going to wonder how in the heck she went from last year to this year.

I'm a good actress. I'll be like, oh, hold on. Hold on. Hold on. You are an amazing actress. And then I'll just like come to me. I have to say, your commercial that you guys did, I was like, somebody needs to...

Give me a raise, right? How have we gone this whole time without knowing how amazing of an actress Tracy is? I'm telling you guys, I got to keep some of my talents hidden. Some of them. Some should stay. I'm going to have so many haters if everybody knows how amazing I am. I don't think you need to worry about that.

When you got electrocuted, I mean, I know that one. Was that not like, sign me up Hollywood. I had to really electrocute them in order for it to look real. Yeah, 100%. I don't feel the same anymore. Like my head feels like. The shock treatments might work for family fluid. Just saying.

Whatever we got to do to win, I'm here for that. I'm glad you are because that's pretty much my philosophy. Whatever I got to do to make us win is going to happen. Hey. So whatever costs, so whatever life. Right. Blood, sweat, tears. Whatever like ligament yeah digit

yes her eyeball needs to be taken it'll be worth it that's how i see it whatever the cost whatever the cost as long as it doesn't cost me anything. Yeah, I was going to say. Where's the disclaimer? I'm the team lead. Yeah, yeah. So I suffer the least. Okay. Fair enough. Fair enough. Oh, hello, Siri.

I think I'm getting paid back. Yeah. All right. Oh, my gosh. What's next? That's it for today. We just got our conference. It's six days away.

And so we will see you guys Thursday. And I'm very excited about it. I can't wait. I know. It's going to be fun. I know. It's going to be lots of fun. So much fun.

So are we ready to go to the first question? Let's do it. All right. Thank you for the opportunity to ask you my question. As I respect you as a godly woman and pastor of my church, I've had breast implants for 24 years. I'm now 54 years old. I was in a totally different mindset when I got my implants,

one being that I trusted the medical industry. About 10 years ago, my dog got cancer, and long story short, I decided to connect with a holistic veterinarian. This led me to wanting a naturopathic doctor for myself versus a medical doctor. This is when I first learned about breast implants and how they are not safe, nor are they meant to be in the body for a lifetime. In 2019, I dove a little deeper into the truth about breast implants and was leaning towards having them removed. Then COVID happened, so that came to a halt. As you know, when COVID hit, we really saw how horrible the medical

industry is. Although I do not want anything to do with the medical industry, for obvious reasons, I do desire to have the implants taken out of my body about seven months ago i decided to look for a good surgeon in new york who has uh who has breast explant experience who has breast explant experience i found one and i'm scheduled to have them both uh i'm having them removed this month august 30th i saw your podcast with natalie a few months ago and believe and i believe she said her sister has implants and she told her to get them removed. That was enlightening to hear from a woman of God who is in the medical field. Would you get them removed if you were me?

Thank you and I love you all. Well, we love you too. And I'll be praying for you for your surgery. This is a very interesting question, but I don't know how fair it is really for me to answer this question, to be perfectly honest with you. And there's a couple reasons why. But I'm going to go to first things first.

So for me, there's faith and then there's medical knowledge, right? And so for somebody who already has put something into their body and doesn't want to do another thing, medically speaking, because every time you go under the knife, that's risky too, right? So for me, I'll be honest with you. I know people who have breast implants and I believe nothing's going to happen to them. I believe that they're safe. I believe no harm will come to them. I believe that they should stand in faith. When they got them, they, in some cases, I know of people who got them and checked out everything and were told they were fine. There was no risks, okay? So when they did it, they did

the proper things. And I think it's one of those things, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling to a certain extent. I think if you pray about it and you feel a peace that no harm will come to you, then you need to stand on that and just walk it out in faith. But if you don't have the faith for that, then go under the knife and get them removed. Because there are health risks to them. because there are health risks to them. And but there's health risks to everything. It's like everything you eat nowadays, you're told is going to cause this or it's going to do that. And like at what point do you stop living?

Right. Right. And another thing for me, and then I'm going to have the girls talk. But here's the thing. And guys that are watching, so sorry. But, I mean, like, we watch things on TV. Like, not X-rated or anything, but we know about breast implants. We know, I mean, this should not make too many people uncomfortable. We're not breastfeeding in front of anybody right now.

So it's all, like, you know what I'm saying? It shouldn't be embarrassed. But I will say, I'm not, like, I've never been a small-chested woman, right? It's really easy for me to say to a small-chested woman, you shouldn't get breast implants, right? Well, now we know. But back in the day, who am I? When they were saying

they were safe, there was nothing that could bring you any harm. It's, you know, for a lot of women who get them, it's because they don't feel complete in that area. They want to feel feminine. They want to feel attractive. And men are visual. And I'm sorry to a lot of men. It's important to a lot of men. Breasts are important. Then there are some that they could give. They just don't care. But if you feel like that, I'm not one to say you shouldn't do that. And and again, it's really easy to say you shouldn't do that or when when they were considered safe for me to sit there and tell you you should do this or you shouldn't do that. Real easy for me to say because I don't deal with that issue. feel more attractive about yourself or makes you feel more confident, then I'm not saying make your lips be as big as like, I don't know, what they're doing with women's lips today are like outrageous.

Like they don't even look real. I'm not saying where you changed yourself, where you no longer look like yourself. And I'm not saying if you get breast implants, you go to like an A to a double D. Okay, I'm not saying to be obscene. All right, not the double Ds because... Big girl, hey. I mean, not to be too graphic, but hello. So I'm not saying like...

But I'm just saying like there's something to be said from going to an A to a C or like a B to a C or even like a D or whatever. Like as long as you're modest with everything and it makes you feel. But even B's, if you're a B cup, I don't really see why you need to get. But again, easy for me to say because I've never been a bee that I can ever recall. So for me, I just think like, if it makes you feel better about yourself within reason, okay, people are blowing their faces up with Botox and all this other nonsense and all over the place,

and they don't even look human anymore. They all like, like if you watch you can put yourselves on if you want but if you watch these shows on hollywood the real tv ones they all look alike they all have the same lips they all have the same nose they all have the same cheekbones they all have the same chin they they're all like if they're blondes they look like barbie and not a good one they look fake It's true. And at what point is enough enough? Right. Do you know what I'm saying?

Yeah. But, okay, you're not small-chested Tracy. Neither is Talia and neither is Sarah. You are to a certain extent. Like you're what? A B cup? Sure. Yeah.

Okay. Maybe not a B. On a good day. On a good day. Okay. Okay. Because I don't consider B to be small. She used those boobs for what they were made for.

Same here. To the maximum potential. For a long time. Yeah. I'll agree with you on the long time. For sure, I'll agree with you on that. But I'm just saying, like, for me, do you understand what I'm saying? I do. Like, who are we to tell do you understand what I'm saying? I do.

Like, who are we to tell somebody what they should and shouldn't do? Absolutely. And just for the record, Natalie's sister, if I'm almost 100% sure of this, Natalie's sister's not saved. So Natalie is going to tell her sister, get them things out. Because she has no faith to stand on a hedge of protection that surrounds her. And it's safer for her to go under the knife and get them things out because she's not, there's no faith to stand on a hedge of protection that surrounds her. And it's safer for her to go under the knife and get them removed than to just not go under the knife and believe God for no, no,

no harm to come to her. So I'd love to know you guys' opinion on this for real. Yeah. I had a friend, Laura said this in the comments on rumble that she had a friend that She was sick all the time and she found out they were filled with mold and I also had a friend that was sick all the time And they also she got them out and she said that they they weren't happy with the way they were looking I don't know if they were leaking or what I forget what the problem was

But um, she's rarely sick anymore. So I do I've heard them where they make you sick. Yeah Yeah So if you're having like symptoms like that doesn't sound like you are but if you're having like symptoms where you're not feeling she's rarely sick anymore. They do. I've heard them where they make you sick. Yeah. Yeah. So if you're having like symptoms like that, it doesn't sound like you are, but if you're having like symptoms where you're not feeling well, I would get them out in two seconds. Like your health is so, I mean, if you stood on the word and you're still not feeling well

and you're getting convicted to this point that you keep searching, which isn't really your case, but I feel like you probably are. There is some level of conviction. It sounds like that you just keep. She feels compelled. Yeah. Keep digging. And then, I mean, you really your case. But I feel like you probably are. There is some level of conviction, it sounds like, that you just keep. She feels compelled. Yeah, keep digging. And then, I mean, you set your appointment.

So I think that it's, you know, that's probably what you're supposed to do. I agree that if that's what she feels like she should do, she should do. But people who don't. Right, right. I don't think there's anything wrong if you don't either. Yeah, if you're not sick and you've had no issues with them. I mean, yeah. I was small chested after my divorce and I lost a ton of weight.

And like, yeah, I missed having my normal size chest. And so I can kind of sympathize with them. The heavier I get, my body, like I grow everywhere. When I gain weight, I gain weight everywhere. When I lose weight, I lose weight everywhere. So I'm just not naturally large chested if I was super skinny. So I, I mean, I get it. I get not having them, especially if you did lose weight and you're like, man, like you have nothing there or you breastfed and now they're not there anymore. So it's kind of a, it's a weird thing to kind of go through.

Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, there's been women who breastfed. They were pretty nice-sized chest before they got pregnant, breastfed, and then they shrunk and they basically have nothing now. Right, right. I mean, for me, it's kind of a mental thing. People don't understand, like, going through pregnancy. I hated it. I mean, I absolutely hated pregnancy. I know people glow and they love it.

Not I. It was not my cup of tea. I'll give birth a hundred times over for somebody before I'll carry. Like, please. But for me, like, I didn't enjoy the way my body changed. I felt uncomfortable. I was not glowing. And I was zit-faced and and fat faced and my nose spread and like i was

when you go from 98 pounds to like you're tiny like it's a lot to mentally overcome along with all your hormones which i didn't do postpartum I didn't deal with any of that nonsense. But like if you went from being a normal size chested or if you had a normal, you know, whatever your breast size was before, then you breastfeed and then you shrink and have nothing. Mentally, I would think that would be tough because I just know how tough it was for 10 months of just being like an Oompa Loompa. So do you know what I'm saying?

And some people love Oompa Loompa. I hated it. I did not look like Janelle. Yeah, I was going to say, some people just have this cute little belly. That's all they get. I did not look like Katie who was carrying twins. And the only way you knew it is if she turned sideways otherwise she's looking straight at her you're like i didn't even know you're pregnant right now right everything stayed nice and petite no i was not

like that so yeah i was like that plus i got sick and i'm not a fan yeah just not a whole fan i'm like twos two i'm good right right but um tell you do you want to throw your two cents in if if i was in her shoes i would probably also get them out just because she's already going down that path of like all the worries like if it concerns yeah so you might as well just get them out so you don't have those concerns anymore yeah i don't see why not yeah um for me thank you sarah thank you god bless thank you i am the only one without a mic so i'm just gonna like no you have a mic you just don't use it um so um to each its own like for me for this uh specific uh, like your piece is too expensive. Like if obviously she has a level of conviction, that's why she,

she went as far as like booking the appointment. Like if it means like peace of mind, go for it, do it. Because like my piece, like I guard that with my life. Like that is just so precious and expensive to me so it's like if it's causing you any worry just go for it yeah yeah but then there are times in life that okay

what she's saying just let me clarify for people in this particular situation 100% agree with you but sometimes don't take the easy route when your peace is being stolen from you, because you should fight for that peace and you don't give in to whatever would cause you to have peace. That's not what she's saying, just so you know, because Vanessa is a fighter. So that doesn't mean whenever, anytime something comes against you, you do whatever it means it is to regain your peace. Sometimes you're going to face adversity and you're going to face trials and tribulations. And you've got to learn to walk in peace through those situations and overcome so you have victory. This particular

situation, though, she's absolutely right. But don't take what she said there because what people will do is they'll use that and run with it yeah totally that's not what you mean because you don't live life especially because she has conviction she's been praying about this the holy spirit has probably highlighted it to her so it's like go for it do it and just like close that chapter yeah i agree forward i agree 100 about that sarah you have a scripture for us? No, no. I'm about to burst everybody's bubble probably.

Because I have had lots of body issues. Like I've always been bigger. Or even if I wasn't, I thought that I was. So I look at like pictures of myself in high school. Body image. And I'm like, oh my gosh, I wish I was that I was. So I look at like pictures of myself in high school. Body image. And I'm like, oh my gosh, I wish I was that fat now. Like I thought I was fat in high school and I was not at all. But even with all of the discomfort with my own body and having, you know, weight problems, all this stuff. Like the thought of surgically altering my body has never come into play.

So I don't know how, like what's done is done. Okay, you got a breast. But I know people that get breast reduction. And that may be the only thing that I've ever went like, I wonder what that would be like to not have my back hurt all the time because my you know I've known people who've done breast reduction right of this because their back hurt right yeah I agree the other thing that I keep thinking of is I'm like the money like the money to get them and now I can't imagine that it's

super cheap to get them removed like but there's also like maintenance too like you should get them replaced every 10 years really yeah I didn't know any of that yeah I just don't see like surgically altering your body to me it's like well we don't want people doing it to change gender so like why do we want people doing it to get bigger boobs I'm just totally against it period overall period um but that doesn't mean like listen we've all done things that no i know what you're saying i mean hey everybody has the right to their own opinion and i'm not saying that you're wrong i mean i feel differently but i'm not saying you're wrong about that because i also sit there and go god made you like this for a reason. So we should, your temple is the one that he created.

So we should be satisfied with the temple we've been provided. Right. And God made us that way for a reason. And so I would say, and my first thought when you read the question was like, if this person is local, like I was was like let me lay hands on them I'll get them out right now like we don't need no surgery we'll just be like she's gonna slap these I'm gonna she's gonna slap that rack no I'm saying like if God can grow a kidney in someone like can he dissolve breast implants like so I just automatically went to like the miraculous

thought process of maybe don't go under the knife again because that's not yeah that that's me like you have to know that you know that you know you really want to do that because that's that's another situation in and of itself but but i go with i go with vanessa's thought process behind it too so really again I think it's like a work out your own salvation kind of thing. And whatever you feel like God is giving you the OK to do, you know, you make sure you know his voice and you can hear it loud and proud. And it's not you wanting what you want. But the odds are, if you've waited for however long, seven months to get them out,

you probably prayed, probably really thought long and hard over it since COVID, I mean, for crying out loud. So you're not like rushing into this by no means. But if you have breast implants and you feel good about it, wear them babies and look good in them. I'm all for that too. I'm all for people like getting lifts and things like that. Because again, you have kids, you breastfeed, which we're supposed to do.

And then we look like natural geographic i mean i'm not i'm sorry who wants to look like natural geograph or national geographic i don't i did everything i could to make sure that didn't happen but i did not have you can tighten up like you don't gotta go get surgery to get a lift i agree because exercising are you eating good are you taking collagen Are you doing all the things? Our bodies will bounce back. Sarah, okay, listen. I'm just telling you.

No, no, no. It's not bursting bubbles. I'm just telling you. The thing is, again, TMI. For some, especially men. But there's reasons why. And Natalie told me, you shouldn't do that. But she never told me why.

And that's because she's a faith-based woman. So she probably will never tell me why. But I did not want my boobs down here. Okay? I come from a lot, like both my grandmothers, large women. All of their siblings, for the most part, large women, all of their siblings for the most part, large women. I like the, the odds were I was not going to be a small woman.

Okay. So, um, and it doesn't matter what weight I am. Like if, if I lose weight, I'm not like Tracy. So what I did is I committed to myself. Uh,

when I was in my early twenties, I wear a bra or sports bra all the time. I don't go without anything because I didn't want my boobs hanging down to my belly button. Now, a lot of women, when they were pregnant, they would take off their bra and they would go to bed at night. And I'm sorry, even if you're breastfeeding, the elasticity is going to go. And it just does because you're carrying so much weight it's truth people women know this

that have had children and men you're married to a woman who did this so you know too and i'm just telling you i did not go without a bra for a reason and now my boobs do not hang i'm asking for a friend okay yes and it works trust me start like now too late vanessa it's too late for you i'm just asking for a friend how old's your friend and how long did she breastfeed how long did she breastfeed and how long ago was it that she breastfed 13 i can pretty much tell you van Vanessa, you're screwed. See, I never. That's why you might just want to, college ain't going to help. And I don't care how much you exercise and do chest. Chest flies.

Too late, sister. It's either outside of a miracle or maybe you just go and get a lift. Yeah, there you go. Yeah. That's okay. Just don't tell Sarah. Sarah's against it, but I'm all a lift. Yeah, there you go. Yeah. That's okay. Just don't tell Sarah. Sarah's against it, but I'm all for it. Yeah, because I let these babies fly.

Oh, my gosh. I take my boobs out of boob jail. That's the first thing I do when I get home. I'm like, get this thing off of me right now. Nope. I also do. I, like, never wear a bra unless I have to. So, whoops.

Well, Columbia University did a study that said wearing a bra does not maintain the elasticity of your boobs. All I can tell you is I beg to differ. Sagging breasts are often the result of a number of factors. And brassiere wearing doesn't seem to affect that. Well, I beg to differ. I'll just anoint mine. I'm just telling you. I think Tom would too.

Are you sure? I've asked many times. And he's like, there ain't no difference. There's no difference. I'm like, I'm just saying. Good for you. Hashtag goals, my therapist. Yeah, exactly.

I'm just saying. I don't believe the medical industry or any university and their studies. That's fair. They told us COVID was real. So for me, you don't want your boobs hanging low. Move them to and fro. Time in a knot. Time in a bow. Hang them over your shoulder.

Like a continental soldier. If you don't want that, sports bra. Every night. There you go. Try it out. That sounds terrible. It's not. It's not.

All right. All right. She'll try anything for a couple days and then she'll quit. Vanessa, it's too late. Vanessa, it's too late. Never too late. Never. Never too late never too late never never too late

we're all gonna have glorified boobs in heaven right exactly we'll be fine I'm not working with a lot anyway so what is that there's nothing to sag

true true whatever oh my god now anybody that looks at us I know they'll never look at us in church on Sunday, they're going to be your brawless, brawless, brawless,

always a brawl. Double D, B, C, double D. B on a good day. Tom's going to be like. Listen, listen at your own risk. I know. Listen listen we should have like a risk i have to wear like on sunday because i had a wardrobe malfunction remember that oh my gosh yes yes i did dangerous on a sunday in that worshiping worshiping jumping up and down and one of the girls just hello inside your shirt no outside of my shirt and i was so i was like oh i didn't even realize what was going on when i finally did him like put it back i looked at derrick and i was like oh my gosh and he was like i know like he saw it

happen and wasn't gonna help me but this the prophetess over here i walk outside to the front and i'm like you're not gonna believe what just happened during worship today i had a wardrobe malfunction and she goes did your boob fall out i'm like did you see it how do you know that? She's like, no, I just know. Oh, my gosh, Sarah. So we're not allowed to wear that bra anymore. And that's why I stand in the front row. Wow. That's dangerous. You know what I'm saying?

Then only the worship team can see if something happened. I wonder who saw. Hopefully someone on camera. You're welcome, whoever they were. Yeah, they might be, you know, they might be, girl got a guy mom. Oh my gosh. Apparently not, since I don't wear a bra. Yeah, no, exactly. When I don't have to.

Wild. That is wild. That is true, Sarah. If it was mine, it might have been a different story. If it was home, they'd be like, did we get that on the live stream? Get out!

Run for your life! Oh my gosh. I almost flashed someone last time we were together. Oh yeah, you did. Yeah, you almost did. Oh my gosh. This is the girls gone wild. Are our viewers up this week?

No. We didn't bring anybody. It's because you're barely pushing a B. If you would have been a double D, damn it. Numbers would be skyrocketing. Oh my gosh. The song Girls on Film is in my head. You remember that song?

Every time I think I know what song you're talking about, I know. Not for my era. That stinks for me. It does stink for you. Sean knows. I don't think Sean's on today. Sean, where you at? I have a Sean question, but we might not get to it.

I think he signed his name on that one, so I'm pretty sure it was him. Every now and then, somebody signs their name. And then I know. We call them him. Every now and then, somebody signs their name. And then I know. We call them out. This is not anonymous. Never anonymous. If you sign your name, he don't care.

Even if you don't, she'll guess. God? Where's my eight ball? There it is. Oh my gosh, we're going to get banned. We're going to get banned. Yeah, we are. We're going to get banned by the Christians. Yeah, no kidding.

I know. Now we've got the world banning us, Christians banning us. YouTube. YouTube. Nobody anymore. Holy mackerel. Oh, my gosh. I don't feel the love.

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Oh. Yeah, I know. I was thinking thinking like, what is the best compliment? I can't, I don't get, I mean, I do get complimented. I was like, I don't really get complimented that much, but I do. But it's not like,

it's not like what I really care about stuff, you know, like, I know it's like a lot of nothingness for me. Yeah. Like, great job on doing that. Yeah. Great job. Like, and that's good and all, but for me, I like.

Specific. It's not specific. Specific praise means a lot. It really does. There's something to be said for that. Put the peanut gallery on. All right. Because we're going to hear from all of you.

So my biggest compliment has been two times recently. You know when you step out and you're doing things like, you know, that God's stretching you on and it's like, it's a big deal. And like, you're putting effort into what he's stretching you out in. And then somebody acknowledges it and recognizes it. And they don't even know. Yeah. Like that it's hard for you or like. Right. But the two things I've had recently, two people come up to me, and both of them were like, listen, when you teach, because I'm not really a preacher.

I'm not out there spitting and yelling. I'm more of a teacher. But what has been said to me is, because a lot of times you feel like, i say that right or did was that clear or was that a whole bunch of mush like people are just like smiling and nodding and it's going in one ear and out the other and it made no sense to them whatsoever okay because that happens yep but just recently two people have said like every time you speak like like i learn so much the way you teach is like it speaks to me it's like how i learn and i'm like god you knew what you were

saying when you told me to imagine that yeah you knew what you were doing but for me it's like a boost because i'm like okay i am doing this I am being stretched yeah I am like like taking some risks here and putting in a lot of time and you know what people are actually getting something from it so for me I was like thank you guy because he knows we need a like you're doing a good job every now and then just to make sure that it's tough, man, to try and teach people things that they make sense to you, but sometimes they don't make sense. You know what I'm saying? I do.

I do. So for me, that's been a huge compliment. Like, I like, he's like, you're hitting me in my feels. I appreciate that so much. And some people will just say it because they are, like, just super nice. But, you know, inside you're like, I appreciate that so much. And some people will just say it because they are like just super nice. But you know, inside you're like, I appreciate that. But I just don't really know if that's like, because some people are just nice. Like they'll say you look pretty and you know, you're a hot mess.

But then there's the ones that are like, you know, like that they really meant it. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So go ahead. Um, I think one of like one compliment that I get, um, like throughout my life, I feel like is that people that I haven't seen in a long time, like when we hang out, they're like, I love hanging out with you. I just always feel like so much like lighter and happier after we get a chance to talk. And I think it is

because I am a person that usually does encourage people. I don't usually like always trying to find the negative about somebody. I usually try to find the positive, not even find it. I just feel like God just downloads stuff to me and like, tell them that they have purpose. Tell them like, I feel like I'm just constantly getting those words for people. And it does feel generic when I say it, but it's like every time it's like, I feel like people that I don't hang out with all the time, often they'll say that to me. And I like, that makes me feel really good. And I'm like, I'm glad that I'm like a light person to be around. Oh yeah.

You know, there's something you said for that. Yeah. Cause I'm a heavy person. So being around a light person is very nice. No. And then right. One other one, actually very specific. Sarah just reminded me of it.

Um, when we were first getting started over at Vanessa's house, um, I was, we were doing more teaching than we were like facilitating our group. And God was like really giving us stuff. And it was kind of the same thing you just said. And I'm like, I'm like, are they getting this? Like, is this making sense?

And then Sarah, who is a teacher and like as very experienced in it, came up to me and said like, I love your style of teaching. Like you use different examples and use this and that. And like, that really did like something I always remember is that she said that. So it helps. It does. And then I like, because she said that it like, as I'm like kind of putting my stuff together,

I always think like, is there something I could use like for somebody else that learns a different way? Like, is there like, I brought like the kid's Bible last time to like read through the kid's stories, like just to kind of play it down for whatever reason. But I'm always thinking, because you said that I'm like, is there different things I could add to my teaching style? Cause I do feel like I'm more of a teacher than I am a preacher, yeller, screamer. Yeah. So, Hey, listen, you gotta have the preacher, yeller, screamer. Absolutely. I love them. You have to have a teacher, but yeah, the teachers are great. Down some notches and learn something at a lower speed notches. Yeah. And learn something. Bringing it at a lower speed. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, and that doesn't mean it's more simplistic because sometimes teachers, it's not more simplistic. It's actually more deep. Yeah. And like trying to get, weave that tapestry of where you're trying to go with it. Like a preacher is like having to do the same thing, but in a whole different way.

It is. It is. It's very different. And God just like he literally knows what he's doing when he downloads each person's gifts to them. Yeah. Yeah. So Talia.

I have two. I mean, obviously after my acne comments about my skin, like it looks so good. I love those. Oh, yeah. That means a lot to me. But my other one is i recently got told that like i was very like refreshing to be around i i'm drama free yeah like carefree do they hang out with you that much you're ridiculous it's so true but she is you're

so fun to be around that's just refreshing compared to i used to not be yeah i used to not be yeah yeah yeah i've never known you to be full of drama. Yeah. You've always been super chill. That's one of the things I love and endear about you. Yeah. I mean, I'm not saying that you didn't have moments you would just be like frustrated and irritated.

But on the whole, you are one of the most drama free people I've ever met. Yeah. Especially for your age group. Right. Yeah. Which is a beautiful thing, Talia. It's a great example and a leadership skill set to share with

other people how to be like that. It's huge. It really is. And they are very accurate about that. I can think of three, but I'm only going to share two. But the first one, when we built our house, I remember like dreaming about having gatherings and hosting and doing all those things. And so when we

got into our house and we started hosting and we launched, we had already launched our Tuesday, but we had moved locations. And every single time someone comes to me and says, I just feel so much peace. And whenever I walk in, in your home, I, there's just so much joy. Every single time I walk into this place, every single time it doesn't get old for me because I was dreaming about that for so, so long. And then recently I was walking through with someone, actually Tracy and I were walking through with someone about a situation and her response to both of us actually was, wow, your responses, I can see Jesus in them. And in that moment I was like, that's cool because that's what I want.

I don't want my advice to just come from my carnal nature, from my own experiences. I really do, when I'm walking through with someone a situation, I want to respond in the way that Jesus would. And so

that was a huge one for me. That's huge. What's your last one? No, I don't want one? You're going to have to do it afterwards because I need it. It's going to drive me crazy. Oh man. Are you grateful? Are you, did you get a compliment about not wearing a bra? It was a compliment, but just recently I, but just recently I had stepped down from the worship team. And I sat with you, and you were the first person that I came to.

And I told you, I said, listen, I'm just going to step down, walk away, and no one's going to notice. And what did I tell you? No one's going to miss a beat. And you said, that's not true. No. I can't remember the exact words you said, but you said, we will miss you. No, I said, you will definitely be noticed that you're not there. And I told you, it's because the anointing that you carry, it will be noticed that it is not present. And that has stayed with me.

It has. So thank you. There's something to be said, and people do not understand this. And I do not, like, people always feel like they have to be the best of the best of the best to be used. And this is not a bust on Vanessa, because Vanessa served her time until she fell. And listen, actually, Vanessa is back up. So she's there and present when we need her, and she already has been up there when we needed her.

So it's not like she's actually no longer on the worship team. It's just right now is the season where she feels like, and I had to, I mean, I went through that too. Like I was on the worship team, and then that season ended, and I knew God was moving me into another direction. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. That's not what I'm saying when I say this about her. I'm not referring to her when I say this, so I'm making it abundantly clear.

But there's something to be said for an anointing. And I think about Pastor Rodney because Pastor Rodney doesn't look the part. He doesn't carry himself the same way. He's extremely unique. In the best possible way, I say, he's extremely unique. And the power and the anointing that that man carries

and the way he teaches is like nobody else you will never hear anybody preach like him teach like him and nobody has the guts to do it either true he looks like nobody but the thing is is he is absolutely opposite of what everybody would expect or even think that they want. And that's the same thing. People think that they have to play this part and they have to look the part. They have to act the part. They have to be the part.

They have to be a fraud. Be somebody they're not. And the whole while the Lord is saying, you have more anointing in your pinky than everybody that you think you need to be. That you think looks like everything. And you have more anointing. And they have more power and more authority.

But they're so focused on what they think they have to sound like or be like. And I'm just saying, when you carry an anointing and you're a worship leader, and you may not sound like the best person up there, but you can sing the best person up there under the table, not because of your voice, but because of your anointing. And that's what Vanessa had.

And that's why I say to Vanessa, okay, well, you may not think people will miss you, but the people will miss the anointing that you carry. And that's not replaceable. I don't care what anybody says. I mean, my own daughter was chasing after. Thank God for great leadership and mentoring. And I wouldn't necessarily mentor, but kind of like Vanessa did take Norma under her wing.

And just in life in general, not necessarily worship team, because Vanessa was many things to my daughter. And so because of that, like Norma saw something in Vanessa when she worshipped that Norma was like, because she was very young when she got on the worship team, she's like, I want that. Like, I know. I don't have what she has. I want that. And now my daughter does.

But that's because an example was put in her place. And so for me, I just sit there and go, there's something to be said for it. Some people who think they're the greatest teachers on the earth, they suck. And you know why they suck? Because they carry no anointing. And then there's the ones that don't have all the greatest words

and have the biggest vocabulary and say everything right and everything perfect. But their anointing, when they say something, people listen. Because it's coming from the Holy Spirit himself. And you can't replace that. You just can't. So what you're saying is there's a chance. Vanessa's coming back. So you're telling me there's a chance. So you're saying is there's a chance. Vanessa's coming back.

So you're telling me there's a chance. So you're telling me there's a chance. She already promised me. She already told me. No, I'm talking about me. No, we're still on me, Hope. We're talking about me. You have to be able to sing.

You said you don't have to. That's what I got from that whole message. You can't be tone deaf. I don't think I am. You have to be able to sing. I think I need a chance. Yeah, that's how we from that whole message. You can't be tone deaf. I don't think I am. You have to be able to sing. I think I need a chance. Yeah, that's how we know that you are. Vanessa sounds like a...

I think I sound great. I think I sound like Alyssa, actually. A jazz singer that's in some kind of club that's dark and dusty and smoky and dusky. She's sitting on top of the piano with the big huge thing with all the money in it. She's just so true singing.

I can totally see that. That's a picture. That is a picture. That's Vanessa. You, on the other hand, are in the basketball hoop with the mic in your hand trying to sing.

No, listen. I identify with Alyssa. I feel like I should sing like Alyssa. That's who I identify with. You know about Alyssa's background, right? No, no, it's not about that. It's just like in my mind. As a man, things so easy.

Alyssa's quite talented. I know, but how I feel like I identify. Identifying doesn't, isn't a logical thing, Hope. I know, because men are identifying as women. Right, right. So I'm not trying to be logical. I just, I feel like I should sing like her. You will.

Should and doing. Do. Or could do. Are two different things. Yeah. Just saying. I do. I identify as a woman.

A lot of people would love to identify with that. I know. It ain't going to happen. She's amazing. She's off the charts amazing. She is off the charts. I love her. Love that girl. till you're here

for christmas oh already oh yeah i already got christmas almost done oh my god sarah so it takes a lot to compliment me to where i'm like wow that was a because just like when people criticize me i I could care less. I'm kind of the same way with compliments. Like I say thank you and I'm gracious. And but when my children notice things and compliment me, that hits a little different. So just today, Tempest and I were driving and, you you know I used to be the theater director at the high school and she's still in the theater program you know for her um getting ready where she wants me

to help her pick out a song and so we're like talking about that we're listening to songs from old shows that I directed when I was there and she was like mom it will it would never it will never be the same as it was when you were there because you just you like had all the pieces and every show that you did was so amazing and I'm like do you think that you just think that because I'm your mom like that maybe she was like no girl I would tell you if those shows were not good. And she would. She would. And she would. Yeah, she would. Because the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. And your kids won't tell you anything unless they really mean it most of the time. Right.

And she's been adamant. She said it multiple times. She was like, you just, the sets were great. Like, you vocally coached everyone. You know, the choreography was on point. You gave, she even said said mentioned a while ago about how I would give kids like leadership positions and then train them up so that I didn't have to do all the work and I was like yeah I did do all that so that was a compliment to me that was like super special um and then just another little tidbit, my oldest daughter had been really struggling with her job.

And she reached out to me and she was like, I don't know what I'm going to do. I need to get a new job. And I was like, well, we're going to pray. And you're going to get, like, we're just going to get you a new job. But a couple times, it was like a process, you know, weeks long that she was struggling. And she was in interviews and all this kind of stuff. Well, she called me the other day and she was like, you're not going to believe what God did for me. And I was like, hello, hello.

Is this my daughter? She basically got the perfect job. And so she was saying to me, like, thank you for for because she knew that i had my friends praying and that we were like really believing for like a perfect position for her so i don't know if that counts as a compliment but that's just something that like yeah stick that stuck with me that she well she sees she sees that you you speak life and then you pray and then god answers the prayer yeah she mentioned it like three times. She was like, he really pulled out all the stops, mom,

and just really like. That seed's planted, sister. Yeah, she's got a job now that's so perfect. She gets to go ahead of time and dress up in costume and be in character at Universal Studios, which is like right up her alley. So she got, that was just was just that's the best love it i love it well i would say like we got to voice what we feel like people have complimented us

about but you should really like for me i sat there and when I thought about this, I pondered like what? Like people, it's like what Tracy and Vanessa said one time about flattery. Flattery is very dangerous. If you're a flattering person, eventually your words become empty because that's all you do. And people just know it. But then there's the ones that are the compliments and you know they're true blue. And that's what I sat there and I and you know, they're true blue. And I, that's what I sat there and I thought to myself, I get flattered.

And I'm not saying the people that say kind things to me are full of it, but there's something different between a compliment and somebody flattering you. Yeah. And I would sit there. Yeah. And I would sit there and a few, because when I had to sit there and I had to think about what is a

compliment that I have really treasured? Yeah. Well, it's not just so happens I'm preparing for the conference. And so for me, I'm like, it gives me a boost. Like,

and so for, for me, I tell you this, take a moment and sit down and think about something that somebody had, has said about you because it will build you up. And it might encourage you in that to take you to the next level. Because it's super important. God has given us all of our gifts and our talents and our callings.

And whether it's the gift of hospitality, the gift of encouragement, the gift of teaching, the gift of preaching, um, whatever it is, we've all been gifted and we're all skilled in something. And if we're doing it and we're really doing it and going after it for him, people will notice. Eventually they will notice and they will build you up in it. But sit, take some time.

take some time the next 24 hours. Sit down and spend some time with the Lord. But think about what maybe somebody has said about you to bring some encouragement to you. Because that really did help me a lot. So last but not least, most importantly, if you don't know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, this is your time. I mean, God bless. If I did not have God, I do not know where I would be. Thank God that I do, and I will never, ever, ever go without him ever again in my life. I've done that once.

That was no bueno. It did not work out very well. If I would dare say there's scars and baggage that I would be able to walk around with, but God has relieved me from all those things as well, and he wants the same for you. So if you don't know him today or if you've walked away from him, let's get that fixed up and ready, and then if you're a woman, plan to come to the conference next week. Listen, last year we saw healings. We saw prophetic words come to pass. If you need something, then you need to be there.

But if you know of people who need something, either a touch from the Lord, a word spoken over them, to be encouraged, to give them strength. I mean, it's not named victorious for nothing. And if they need healing in their body, we've had like women that had chronic issues for years, pain in their bodies come and be completely healed when doctors, tens of thousands of dollars that they had spent and doctors could not give them a relief. So if you know anybody with sickness, illness, and disease in their body, you make sure you bring them. If you need somebody who needs just to be around women and make friendships and bonds, invite them. This is such a great

opportunity to introduce somebody to the church that might not normally come. So, uh, or somebody who's looking for a church that's desperately wanting to be a part of something. Um, bring them because they will not leave the same way they came. Let's pray. If you don't know him or you need to get your life right with him, let's do that right now. Heavenly father,

just repeat out after me. Thank you for dying on the cross. Thank you for the, the sins that you bore the stripes on your back for dying on the cross. Thank you for the sins that you bore, the stripes on your back for healing to my body, the iniquities and the sin. Sin is iniquity. The sin and iniquity that I no longer carry. And it's all because you were willing to die so that I would not have to. And I can have eternal life with you. I ask you to forgive me of my sins.

I thank you for being the Lord of my life. And from this day forward, I will live for you. If you said that prayer, that means that you are going in the opposite direction that you were actually headed before. So sin is that way. You will be going this way now. You're going to live for him. You're going to put on a whole new mindset. And the only way to do that is become like-minded with other believers, get involved in a very strong-minded church, strong holiness-based church, not a rules church, holiness-based church, one that teaches relationship versus religion. If you need a good Bible, let us know. We'll plan to see you at church on Sunday. If you don't live in the area, you can watch 10 a.m.,

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