WHOA That's Good Podcast - Q&A: Stop Worrying About What Others Think of You | Sadie Robertson Huff & Korie Robertson

Episode Date: September 13, 2023

Join Sadie and Korie as they answer questions for a live audience just before the opening session of LO Conference 2023! How do you determine what the Lord is calling you to do in your life — your "calling?" And how do you trust that calling, even when it feels like what you're doing isn't coming together as it should? Sadie remembers a time in the Disney offices when she had a clear answer on what her future would look like. Plus, how can we live in a way that what others think about us doesn't dictate how we feel or how we operate day-to-day? Korie shares some good reminders about people-pleasing. And how can teens today grow closer to God with so much distraction around them in our culture? Sadie also reminds us that social media is what we make it, who we follow, what we subscribe to — and it's what we post! Your social accounts are YOURS so post what YOU want! Book your tickets now for LO Sister Conference on September 6-7, 2024!:  https://www.losisterconference.com/ https://helixsleep.com/sadie — Get up to 20% OFF AND 2 free pillows! https://give.cru.org/huff or text HUFF to 71326 — Get a free copy of Sadie's book "Live on Purpose" with your gift! https://drinkag1.com/whoa — Get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D & 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's unusual for me to be sitting here by myself, but that's because I'm introducing something that we did at conference this year. We just ended LASister conference and it was absolutely amazing. I haven't even posted on my Instagram yet because I just, I can't even posted on my Instagram yet because I just I can't even find the words. It was so good. So awesome. I've just been like soaking in it for the last few days. So if you were not there, get yourself there next year. We've already announced a date to September 6th and 7th and you can go to elicisterconference.com

and by tickets. Speaking of elicister, one of the things we actually established at conferences here was this whole debate between is it LO or is it low? Because people call it low a lot, and people call it LO. LO is short for a live original, of course. And we've been thinking, we're like, well, should we just give ourselves in to low? Because it works works too.

And we've been hearing, you know, hearing that around. So we've been trying to figure that out. So we did a little poll from everyone was there and we said, do you want it to be called LO or do you want it to be called LO? And the votes were in and LO one. So we're calling to LO's sister conference. If you call it low, that's okay. We don't mind.

We will not hold it against you. It's.S. Sister Conference. If you call it low, that's okay. We don't mind. We will not hold it against you It's totally fine. All right, so L.S. Sister Conference was like I said Incredible the stories that have come out. We're gonna do a recap video Where we sit down and just kind of like tell you some of the stories that have come out of just what happened this weekend beautiful stories of Jesus just coming into girls' lives and just rescuing them miraculously. Also, miraculous stories about how people got here.

That was just incredible. So if you are praying about like, okay, I want to come next year, but I don't really know what that looks like or how that's even possible. I'm just gonna encourage you right now to just start praying about it because God will do the miraculous

and he does and he is a miracle worker. So begin those prayers right now. So Sadie and I did a little Q&A for some of the kind of group that bought the VIP tickets they got to come in and do a early kind of meet and greet with Sadie and all that which is super fun and that's always really neat to get to just like have conversations one on one with a lot of the girls are there. It's hard when there's, you know,

almost 4,000 people in the room to have a conversation with every single person, but it's so special whenever we get to do that. So we said he did that, she had a little meet and greet and then we all sat down and said he and I got to just have a conversation on the stage before the whole conference started and that's what you're about to hear coming up now. So it's going to be a little different than your normal way that's good because you're going

to hear a live audience which is fun. And also I get to kind of interview Sadie. So I asked her the questions rather than her asking me the questions this time, which was a lot of fun. I learned from Sadie every single day. She has so much wisdom. God has just really gifted her with a lot of wisdom. And she's been a lot through a lot in her life. And so I think she has a lot to say. So there's some questions that people send in that I got to ask her. And she asked me some questions as well. So I hope you enjoy that. Just have a great day. Thanks for always listening and following our family and supporting us.

And just the encouragement that you guys are to us is just a real blessing. So thank you. So listen in. What's up, well that's good fam. Hope you're having a great week. Per usual, it is about to get better, happy Wednesday, everybody. Y'all, I am so excited because today is a very special

podcast unlike any other because we are live here at the L.O. sister, 2023 conference with a live audience. Woohoo! This is so awesome. And of course, it had to bring Mom into all the things. So Mom and I are going to be doing an interview for y'all. And these questions were sent in from this live audience. And so we're just going to jump right in because we don't have a lot of time today.

I feel like this will be fun because I get to interview you a little bit. You do. I have some questions for you. People send in questions, so here's a few. Okay, first of all, this is a really easy one. What's your favorite memory from last year's conference? That's good. This is an easy one. I do have a lot of great memories from last year,

but there's one in particular that we're actually going to do something fun with at this conference. But last year, I saw this girl at conference that I recognized from the year before. And I was like, Oh my gosh, I recognize you. Did I baptize you last year? And she was like, Yes. And she said, it's just so cool that I'm here again. And I just, my life has totally changed it. And I gave my life to Jesus. It was amazing. And I am telling you, it had to have been the Lord who did this, like through me as a Holy Spirit, because I would not typically do this

But I said will you go on stage with me and say that and it was during the baptism moments and she looked at me She's like yeah, and I'm thinking this is crazy. Why did you say that? Okay? We're going with it. So we start walking up on stage I don't even know her name like I don't even know why I did this and I'm just like okay This is gonna be this could be good. It's super great, right? So we're about to walk up. I'm just like, okay, this is gonna be good, this is gonna be good. This is gonna be great, right? So we're about to walk up, I'm like, okay, just like share your testimony,

it's just really cool that you're here. And the reason I recognize her so well is because I have a photo of her, bad doesn't in my office. It was like a picture I put it out. So we get up here, she starts preaching. Like if y'all were here last year, she brought it. I left, I was like, you got it girl. She just started preaching. I walked to the back.

It was so powerful. It was such a strong testimony. So we're walking off stage. And I said, what didn't know you were a preacher. She said, I'm not a work in IT. And I was like, oh my gosh, so I think you're just fine. You're calling. And literally, she let the conference in. Her life totally changed. And just seeing that in her she let the conference in, her life totally changed. And I just see in that in her,

and see what God did in her life that weekend, and year after year, it just encouraged me for what God is doing in the lives of all you women who come and in my life, each year, I just have grown so much closer to the Lord in this time, and it's really fired up my faith. And so seeing it in her was really, really cool. That's so cool. So follow it to that. I saw her last night and I was like,

oh my gosh, I know you. I saw you on stage last year. And I asked her what she's doing now. And she says she's on circuit riders. So her life has absolutely changed. It's amazing to see what God has done in her life. And a big part of it was always sister. So that's awesome. All right, next question, Sadie. All right, let's see. What made you create the allos sister organization? Okay, great question. So this kind of goes back.

I've told the stories several times when I first kind of felt, you know, to do something like this. Never would have imagined it would be this. And that's what's so good about God, you know. You never really know what you're saying yes to, but just saying yes to him is the most important thing, right? And he can do whatever he wants to do with that, yes.

But I remember when I was 17 years old, I didn't know what I was going to do. I just got off the end of the stars, and it was kind of a weird time of my life, because 17, not many people are on this with the stars, and I'm just trying to figure out what is life and what is next. And I remember going to this conference

very similar to this one. And it was the first time I ever saw a woman preach before. And as I was watching her, everything she was saying was so powerful and hitting me right where I was at in my life. But it was like not just everything she was saying but how she was saying it. That was so profound to me. And I just just thought if I could do something like that then that

would make all of this make sense like this famed thing would actually have a purpose if I did something like that and so that was the first day ever I was printed a Lord and I felt the Lord just kind of give me this clear line of I'm not calling you to be famous I'm calling you to be a sister and a friend of those who don't have one. I just written a book called Live Original and I wrote down in my journal that day, Live Original Live events. And that was at 17 almost 10 years later and this is what we're doing. And so it's really cool.

Again, I would have never thought it would be like this. It's amazing to see what all God has done with that. But that's kind of like the very, very, very start of it all. I remember that time period in your life so well, because well, I remember your whole life, because I birthed you. But I really remember you in that time period. And when we were out in LA and into the stars,

and you know, it looked really shiny and glittery. and there were people who wanted to have meetings with her. I remember we went to Disney to Disney offices to have meetings you know and seeing like people on the wall at Disney like all the little Disney Channel stores that she had watched or whatever. And I remember her kind of just looking at it all and being like I don't think this is what God has for me you know and she just kind of knew it from then. And so it was really neat to have that moment where God really spoke to you and said, like, oh, here, this is what it is, and this is what it looks like.

I remember in that time, I don't know if y'all have ever felt like this, but it was like, I was looking at it, and I just knew, like, that's not what I want. And I don't know what it is, and I don't know what God's calling me to. I just know it's not that. And I think that sometimes, we all want to have clarity in what we're going to do. And I love Mother Teresa, you always say that quote

that she's like, I won't pray for you for clarity. You don't always get that. I'll pray for you for trust. Because it's really about having trust that like God can do something with it. And I look back and I didn't really have a lot of clarity on what it was. I just knew that wasn't it.

And I trusted God enough to know if that's not it. Even though that looks good, he's got something else. And I think sometimes when we see something that looks good, we just jump at it because we're like, oh, there's no other option. But if there's not a piece in you to say, this is what it is, then it's okay to wait for that. It's okay to just keep working.

It's okay to be faithful where God has you. And at the time, that just must have been the spirit leading me in that because that was all exciting. It just wasn't right. And the reason it wasn't right is because a lot of the things that the opportunities that were being presented really just didn't even line up with my morals, you know? And so that's why it wasn't right.

And so I think, again, like, God honors you when you're trying to follow him. And he'll make a path for what he's putting in your, what he's putting your heart to do. Yeah. [♪ music playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing in background, playing Fama Noah taught to a lot about living a healthy lifestyle and a good night sleep is essential for that. That's why we can't get enough of the Helix Sleep mattress. It is awesome.

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through times of doubting? Well, I love what you always say about this with calling because I do think, here's the thing about calling, I think that calling, whatever you're called to do, it can't be like circumstantial. And I say that like this, I don't think necessarily I'm called to do live events because if we went to 2020 and we could not do live events And does that mean I don't have a calling anymore? Like if your calling has to do with your circumstances

Then that means that at some point your calling could just be taken away I don't believe that's true I believe that God calls us to things that are bigger than like the specifics It's not just about live events. It's about loving people, right? It's about bringing people to Christ. It's about people knowing who their creator is and being confident and who they were created to be in their original selves.

It's about sister, that's friendship. And I can do that no matter where I am. I gotta do that next week, you know, wherever I'm at. Not just here in this space. And so I think sometimes we get confused because we get this like specific idea in our mind and we think we're called to that. And then we feel like we're not doing what we're called

to do because that for some reason isn't an option. Well then that's not your calling because you can do your calling right where you're at. And I think that word gets a little bit tricky, you know, like calling more so. I think it's just what we're purpose to do to love God and to love people. I love Louis Gigloo.

Preach one of my favorite messages, passion purpose and designer genes. And he went out that verse, whatever you do, do it as if you're working for the Lord, not for man, whatever you do. So whatever that is, do it with purpose. And that's what you're called to do. And that just simplifies it so much. Yeah, I think that's really good because I think that word calling can be confusing

and say, if you look at say, she's like at 17, she got this kind of word from the Lord, and that might be you, you might be in here and being like, okay, I have a word for Lord, I know what it is, but you might be like, I have no idea. And that's okay too, you know, I'm 50, I don't really know what my calling is exactly. And so I think it's, it's okay to not have this very specific thing. And I also think that what God calls you to in different times of your life is going to look different. I mean, the older you get, you realize that, you look back and you're like, oh, that time period, I was called to be a mom and to do this and this only. And this time period I was called to do this and this only. This time I was called to be a mom and to do this and this only. And this time, I've heard us call to do this and this only.

This time, I was called to do 10 different things all at once. So there's going to be different times in your life where God kind of brings you through. But I think sometimes we can get a little worried about our calling. And we don't feel like he's given it to us specifically. And so I always say this, like Sadie said,

love God and love others. Jesus said, the greatest command is this, love God and love your neighbor. And so that's all over calling. So if you don't know specifically, okay, what am I supposed to do? Just know you need to do that. Love God and love your neighbor and you're good. The skirmum.

I came here to ask you, because you're great at this. How can I be a woman who people see the Lord through and not care about what other people think? Oh, that's a good question. I think that I think not caring what other people think is really

important. Honestly, I think it's actually really important to care what God thinks and make sure you get that right. But also whenever you think, okay, I need to not care what other people think, the more you're thinking about not caring what other people think, the more you're thinking about what other people think about you. Does that make sense? So I think that the way to do that is really to think about other people. You know, the more you're worried about yourself

and how you look or how people are perceiving you or how people, then the more self-conscious you're gonna be. But if you can just turn that outward and say, okay, whenever I start to feel self-conscious about myself, I'm gonna go look for somebody else to make them feel comfortable, or make them feel welcome, or make them feel included or make them feel loved and help them know the love of God. Then all of a sudden that focus is not on yourself and it's on somebody else and it just

changes things in you. And so it's kind of counterintuitive because you think, oh, I need to figure out how to be more this or be more that. Where really it's just, I need to go start somebody else and think about someone else and take the attention off myself for a little bit. And that's what really changes things. I don't know if y'all listen to my podcast with Earl and Onika McClellan, but I love what she said.

She said, I wanna be there, you are person, not a here what she said. She said, I want to be there. You are person, not a here I am person. That's such a good piece of advice, you know, like you walk into a room. Don't even think about yourself. It's not here I am. It's there you are. I'm so excited to see you. And that kind of takes the attention off yourself. And I have the unique gift in life at a young age to see what a lot of people think of me. And that is, that's not always fun. I remember all their rude comments and whatnot that I got at a really young age that really bothered me. And then a lot of really great comments at a young age that encouraged me, but I realized in that time, like, I can never please everyone, you know, like

whatever I do, people are gonna comment. I can wear an outfit and half the people are gonna say, those jeans are cool and half the people are gonna say, did you just go to limited two and shop at the children's section? You know what I'm saying? Like, I can't please everyone. And I think, I think experiencing that made me realize I'm not living for people, you know, I'm living for God. And I care what you think God. I care that I'm at peace with you, Lord. And if I'm at peace with you, then I can go in front of people and I can love them well

and the comments don't have to hurt me so bad. And the comments don't give me a big head because it's not, I'm not living for that approval, you know. And I think that helps a lot. If you had the ability to have a lot of people in the world and say what they thought of you, you would see that a lot of people will love you and a lot of people might not. And I think that's when you realize I'm not going to live

for man's approval. Like I got to live for God and a lot of people stay in that and still try to find that. And that's where they're constantly fighting for more perfection, fighting for more, you know, I guess a filter lifestyle because they want to get man's approval and I just don't want to fight that fight, you know. Yeah, that's good. I was thinking about something my mom used to say, I'm sure I said it to y'all. So like you can place some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time but you can never place all the people all the time. So truth, don't

even try. Well, that's good. All right, next question. How did you grow in your faith and get so close to God as a teenager with the culture of the world today? I think this kind of goes back to the last question of not worrying about the culture of the world, you know, not worrying about what's going on out there, but really focusing on what's going on in here, you know, because what's going on out there shouldn't change what's going on in here, you know, and I think that for me, I knew that I knew that I knew my faith was the most important thing in my life, right? Like my relationship with Jesus, that's the most important thing.

And I think sometimes like, it's easy to say that and not live like that. But when you really know him and you're dependent on him, you know, that is the most important thing in your life. And so I'm not willing for that to waver. So whatever culture throws at me, it's not as tempting because you're like, this is the best, you know? And it's hard if you're trying to convince yourself of that. If it's like church is just a bucket that you check, you know, or reading your Bible is just timid and worrying because you feel like you have to. Like those things you will waiver it.

But if Jesus is like the Lord of your life and the love of your life. Like that is your relationship that it makes not caving to culture so much easier because it's not even a question. You know, it's really not even a question. And as a teenager, I think again, I had an interesting life. And as many followers as I had actually felt really lonely during that season,

and that's when I found Jesus, you know, because I didn't really feel like I had anything else, but I had him and that might sound crazy to y'all Because you're like you're on dance with the stars and you had millions of followers But that isn't really that isn't really mean much when you get back home, you know And so I think that's when I brought my relationship with God really deep in and I realized this is the most important thing and I'm thankful for that. Getting the word is such an important part of our life because if we know truth and that word is actually alive it can come up in any part of our day and just bring life to any given situation. I'm so thankful for the word. I'm so thankful for what it does in my everyday life. And y'all know that reading the Bible is not only one

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more faith, you know, that things that were on television pointed to positive values and things like that and that has changed You know, so the culture has changed so you do have to be really aware of that and I think that's one thing that Is important is being aware and whenever we did our show, Dukdana, see, I think it opened my eyes to like the awareness of how entertainment shapes us and moves us and changes us. Because all of a sudden, we had this show about our family. And people started growing beards and wearing camo. And like, you looked at Halloween and everyone's dressed up

in camo and bandanas and beards. So we're like, oh, that's affecting people, it's changing people. Then people come up and said, oh, our family prays together because of your show. Our family goes to church together now because of your show. My fifth grader says a prayer at lunch at his table

because of your show. And so I realized like, oh, we are being shaped by the things that we watch. And if people are being shaped by our show in a positive way, how are you being shaped by the other things that we're watching and consuming on the other way. And people, it is an agenda. You know, there is an agenda. There is a point. There is a trying to shape you and move you with the things that you see on social media,

entertainment. And so I think that awareness that, oh, this is not just neutral. It's not just like entertainment and fun and kind of like, it's OK if I watch four hours of this, even if I don't agree with it. It actually really is shaping you. And so I do think as believers in this culture,

I think awareness of that is really important. And I think just being careful, what we can see, what we put into our hearts and minds, what we spend our time on, because that really, really does matter. It's great. It makes me think of the verse in Romans, as you not conform to the pattern of this world, it would be transformed by the renewal of your mind.

And I love that verse so much because it is so easy to conform to the pattern of the world when you're constantly engaging in the patterns of the world. But to be transformed by the renewal of your mind, sometimes you have to step out of that conforming. And for me, whenever I was younger, I mean, if a show was a hit show, I'm watching it because I wanna know what everybody else is watching. If the song's hit song, I'm listening to it.

I'm dancing to it, no matter if I agree with it or whatever, I'm doing it. And it affected me, right? And now I'm unwilling to do that because I can't, because I don't I can't because I don't want to because I don't want that in my mind because I don't want to conform to the pattern that I'm going to be transformed by the renewal of my mind. I am thankful for the gift of social media and for how good it is for so many reasons but for seven months of this year I did not have one

single social media app on my phone because I was just like, you know what? I need to take a break for a minute. I don't want to conform. Like I want to renew my mind and now I'm back on it and I just have a fresh perspective. So sometimes like to not conform, you actually really do have to like turn off the show. Delete the app. Step away.

Don't listen to the thing. Don't go to the party. And so I do think that you know, you can't just go with the flow and just hope you turn out, okay, you know, because you are being influenced, but actually make forth effort to be different. Well, that lays in its question about social media, and it's how do you stay real on social media? Well, yeah, that was kind of what I was saying. I think, too, with social media, the beautiful gift of social media is that your page is your

page, your pictures are the ones that you choose to post. And so your influence is the influence that you put forth to give. And so I think sometimes it's easy to complain about social media and say, oh, it's so dark and it's so dark. And I'm like, well, you're the one posting it. You're the one following them. You don't have to follow the negative influences. You don't have to, you know, post negative things like actually make it a

brighter place. You are the light of the world. So be the light of the world. And it's so funny because our pages are our algorithm, right? So whatever we look at is what Instagram feeds us. I am not kidding you. If you get on my Instagram popular page, you will go to church. Like every single foot is hilarious.

Like my sister laughs and she's like, who's algorithm is that? But it's just because that's what I like, you know? Like, you know, and then it'll be baby pictures because I also love following moms or babies and stuff like that and whatnot. But it's just funny, but it's so encouraging. And I just say in that to say like, you do get to control some of that. You get to be the light. And again, don't conform. You're seeing your friends post pictures that are inappropriate. And it's tempting to be like, oh, I want to do that too, because I want people to notice me like they notice them. And that gets more likes. Don't conform. I mean, I think about whenever I, you know, was on Desmasars and duck guys, you know, all that. And I had like a million I mean, I think about whenever I was undisputed with stars

and duck-guys, you know, all that, and I had like a million followers. And I thought that was so crazy. And it was crazy. And then I thought, you know, I'm about to go into ministry. And I'm like, I'm definitely gonna lose followers. And since I went into ministry of five million followers,

I would have never, ever thought that. And I'm not seeking that. I'm not trying to grow that. But I'm just being who I am. I'm living original. And people are choosing to grow that, but I'm just being who I am. I'm living original, and people are choosing to follow along. And guess what? I get unfollowed by people every single day, and that's okay too, because I can't fight that. You know, I just had to be who I am, and I think so many people who are trying to build a platform, I try to like fight the algorithm of Instagram,

and that is not my fight. That is not what I choose to do. The Sous-in-Songs unless the Lord builds the house, the laborers labor in vain. And I just want God to build the house. And if he's going to get through Instagram, that's great. But if I need to take a step back, I don't even worry what my algorithm's gonna mess up. I can take a step back, you know. And just you being in control of your page,

don't let it be in control of you, which I think a lot of times we let that happen on social media. All right. Last question because I think they are holding off the people to come in here to start this night. If you're listening online, we are starting a list of conference in like negative two minutes, I think. Yeah, we're a little over. A little over. So here we go. Last question. How do you know that Jesus is really there? So the hub fam has been trying to stay active amongst the heat.

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because it has all the things that you need in your day. Christian drinks AG1 in the morning because it makes him feel like he's doing the best thing for his body that he can. He is all about getting all of his drinks together the night before I get everything ready, but AG1 is a very simple task. You don't have to worry about a bunch of prep or pills or anything like that. You literally just take one scoop of this and put it into a cup and shake it up. And that is it.

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Again, that's drinkag1.com slash woe to check it out today. So I saw one of y'all sin in this question, and whoever did, I love this question so much because I have a funny story about this question. So, Louis and Shelley Gaglion started passion conference. They're amazing. Pastors of passion city church and Christian and I got to say that I did their house one time. We were so excited because this is before we started doing

passion with them and we were just excited to learn from them and get to hang out with them. And if you know Louis, he's a pastor. He started his big conference, but he also is like very into science and he's preaches incredible sermons about science and Jesus, he's just so wise. And he has all these books also is like very into science and he's preachies incredible sermons about science and Jesus, it's just so wise. And he has all these books and is like, office,

and I was just like, man, he just knows so much. So I thought I have such a good question for him and I cannot wait to ask him it. So we're like, I never really, walking down the stairs and I'm like, Lou, I get asked you a question. I'm like, what was it that just made you go like, this is real, like this is real.

Like Jesus is real. Like what did you see? What did you hear? Like what was the greatest revelation that made you realize that Jesus is real? And you looked at me like, like it was like almost like really? And as quick as he could be, he said the Bible.

And I was like so shook shook because I didn't even think about that as an answer, which sounds so funny, right? Like the Bible, duh. But I'm like, I'm like wanting to be written on the stars, you know, I'm wanting to be like just something crazy. But he's like the Bible. And I'm like, wow, and you know what? That's crazy enough. But we have a Bible, like the book, the story, and the details of the story. And just from start to finish, the character and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and the point and

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because of the personal times he's shown up in my life over and over and again. But that would be personal to me, you know? And God would be personal to you in your life. And I believe Jesus will make it so evident to you that he's real, that you could not, like no one could convince you he's not because of how personal he's been,

but also the Bible. And so I just wanted to answer that question for you ever ask that because instead of looking around to find like evidence that God could be real, like because instead of looking around to find like evidence that God could be real, like read the Bible, get to know him for who he is, get to know him for who he's always been, and then welcome that same God into your life and let him be personal to you. And I believe with my whole heart that he's going to do that this weekend, we've already felt his presence here since the moment we walked in here. We've heard stories already from the airport last night about God doing

miraculous things and I can't wait for God to do that in your life and I just hope that you raise your expectancy to do that and to see God for that. So for all you listen to the podcast, Mom and I will continue this podcast in a couple of weeks and talk about LSS to your conference and so that y'all can hear a recap of all that God did and we'll continue on then. But for you guys, I'm so excited. Let's pray and just ask that God would just show himself

to be so evident this weekend. God, we come before you and we thank you so much that you are so good. I thank you God that you've always been good, that you are the alpha and the omega, you're the beginning and the end. And you are right here in this moment in time and under Louisiana with each of these girls here

for a specific reason. And I thank you God that it will be evident. Lord, I pray God that we would raise our faith, raise our hope, raise our expectancy. And if someone's here and they're like, I just don't have that right now. God, I pray that the worship in the room would raise it for them.

God, I thank you so much that we're sisters and that we're friends and that we can be here for one another. I pray that we would let our guard down from the very start that we would just open our eyes to see you all around us. Thank you for this special group. Bless them, protect them, be who you are in all of their lives. Lord, we love you and it's your name we pray.

Amen, amen, all right, we shall open the doors and get this thing started. Love you guys. Yeah. Yeah. All right, I'm back. I hope you enjoyed that conversation. One of the things that Sadie mentioned in our talk

was a video of a girl named Kaylyn that has gotten to be a friend to us over the last few years because of her time come into Ella's sister. And so we made a video about that and we thought we'd just share that with you. As a big time CEO, I demand to be the smartest person in the room, which is why I never let Wittenden Lublin employment lawyers in my office

because they make employees smarter by putting them in control of their options for workplace harassment, discrimination and wrongful dismissal, and as someone who condones all those things, being constantly outsmarted would leave no rooms for me to be in. Witten and Lublin employment lawyers, bad bosses hate us, employees love us. employees love us. So I first heard about conference through a friend of mine, actually. She sent me an Instagram DM

of the post on live original talking about conference. And I remember at that point, I was so hungry for just anything where I could worship and I could meet with Jesus. And so I remember messaging her back and being like, I'm so down for this, this sounds amazing. About a week before conference, she ended up calling me and saying that she had COVID.

I was like, oh man, this is really, really rough. We were supposed to be going to conference together. And I was like, well that's fine, I don't have to go. It's totally okay. And I remember just turning over, picking up my phone and being like, no, I need to go to conference together. And I was like, well, that's fine. I don't have to go. It's totally okay. And I remember just turning over, picking up my phone and being like, no, I need to go to conference. I don't know what it is. I don't know who's gonna be there,

but I feel like I need to be there. And so I went on to the LO sister app and I just typed the message. And I was like, if anyone has room in their hotel or their Airbnb, please reach out to me. I'm trying to go to the conference last minute. And I got like, if anyone has room in their hotel or their Airbnb, please reach out to me. I'm trying to go to the conference last minute. And I got a reply and she was like,

hey, I think I might have a spot in my Airbnb. If you're still interested in looking back, I'm like, that was crazy. Why would I even do something like that? Just kind of like, this is from the Lord, so we're gonna go with it. I didn't have a car at the time. So I looked up a bus ticket

to go from Dallas to Monroe, Louisiana. On the way to Comprehens, I get a call from my dad. And he's like, Caitlin, there's a hurricane coming for Louisiana. We are getting a frightening look at this image of Hurricane Ida. So at that point, I'm like, oh no, I am in route to Louisiana. There's a hurricane going. And I had a decision to make of the next stop,

just get off, head back to Dallas. So I kept going, made it to Louisiana. That was kind of my road to Hello Conference 2021. So it was day two of conference and I had this general admission ticket and they had VIP tickets. So we weren't sitting together. Just sat with random people, was like, we're gonna make friends,

got to chatting with this group of girls. One of them was telling me a little bit about her story and then the session kicked off. And I remember Sadie started talking about how she was going to be giving people an opportunity to get baptized. And my new friend reached out her hand for me to help pull her up because she was physically solving.

And I remember in that moment, my friend started walking to go get baptized. And I just remember thinking, no, we're doing this together. But just in my heart and in my spirit, I just knew that it was right, and we were getting ready to walk into the tank. And I just remember feeling every heartbeat. And I just remember feeling such excitement

because I knew that this is a public declaration. And I remember my head going underwater. It was almost as if time stood still. And I felt myself going back, and I went into the water, and I just saw all of these moments where my life flashed before my eyes, and then I remember getting out of the water,

and I felt completely different. I went in the water one way and I came out different. And I still look at that moment and I think that was the best moment of my life. Was that moment when I made that declaration and I made that decision. And in that in between, conference in 2021 and conference in 2022, my life fully transformed.

Like, I'm ruined for the ordinary and there's so much more. And I was so moved and transformed by what I experienced at conference the first year. I remember I was telling anyone and everyone who would listen because I now had first-hand experience of what it meant and what it felt like and what it did. And that's why I was really excited to go back to conference. So funny enough, after having such success, the first year of conference with going into the Ellosister app

for year two, I actually did the same thing. This time, the girl I bought a ticket from had a VIP ticket. I remember just being like, ah, that's cool. I get to do a meet and greet. That's fun. And even on the way to conference, I remember seeing this image pass across my mind that I was going to speak on stage. And I thought to myself, how silly are you, Kaylyn?

Like, why would you ever do that? Little did I know. So we got to conference together. I'm waiting in line for my time, I guess, to kind of take a photo with Sadie. And as I'm walking up, I see her lock ads with me. She was like, I recognize you. This is gonna sound so weird,

but I actually have a photo of you in my office because that moment from when you got baptized really just encompassed that first year of conference and the joy on your face marked me and my team. That we took a picture and that's kind of where we left the meet and greet. So basically, it stayed to people are getting baptized. I just remember standing towards the back of the baptism area. Sadie was kind of standing off to the side and then she saw me and she kind of pulled me over

and she was like, wait, I want to chat with you. I just remember telling her, I'm just so thankful for a conference and I'm thankful for this opportunity because my life does not look the same. And it's because of your obedience and your sacrifice that my life has been transformed. Because you said yes to Jesus, I said yes to Jesus. And I remember she was just like,

you know, this might sound absolutely crazy. But would you actually mind going on stage and just kind of sharing with people what you just shared with me, but I just remember going on stage and being able to share. I just want to stand here as a living testimony, as an encouragement to each and every one of you who have made a decision today, to step away from the old and step into the new

because you're not. That moment was not about the stage at all. This isn't about me. This is a story of a girl who met the man named Jesus, whose life was transformed. And it was because of someone else's obedience that I had an encounter and I met him. And I was transformed.

And I was moved from that place of obedience and intimacy. So I think if you're looking at me and you're wondering how can I do that, how can I speak, how can I preach, how can I do any of these things. And I think that if Jesus is the center and if he is the first love, then anything and everything will flow from that. And there's something so specific that God has put inside of women, women have these mother's hearts that they can have soft hearts that are moved into action, that we are women of action

who don't just sit, but go. This story is an historical about me. It's a story about Jesus. Not really what I want people to remember and to know. Thank you so much for watching. It's always fun to be with you. Ellis Sister Conference next year September 6 and 7 and the website is kellisisterconference.com. See you then. you