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EP 123 DR WEST | INTERVIEW | Dr. Carolyn Coleman

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.179 --> 00:00:06.280 Greetings, it's Dr. 2 00:00:06.299 --> 00:00:11.679 Burnett, Publishing Pusher, the all-in-body place of encouragement, cultural empowerment. Weekly, 3 00:00:11.980 --> 00:00:16.100 she'll engage conversations with entrepreneurs and creators. And these insightful 4 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:20.379 interviews are designed to help us build our businesses, prospective brands, ourselves, 5 00:00:20.739 --> 00:00:23.230 and to hopefully propel us to that next level of greatness, 6 00:00:23.609 --> 00:00:26.530 Big Boss. So with no time to waste time, it's 7 00:00:26.609 --> 00:00:27.730 officially go time. 8 00:00:31.750 --> 00:00:37.549 Hi, everyone. Greetings. It's another inspiring episode of the Publishing 9 00:00:37.609 --> 00:00:41.509 Pusher Podcast with Dr. Annette West, your host, and I 10 00:00:41.689 --> 00:00:44.890 am delighted that you have joined us today. You know, 11 00:00:44.969 --> 00:00:47.439 one of the things I have come to understand about 12 00:00:47.490 --> 00:00:50.299 life is that we can be called to something greater 13 00:00:50.619 --> 00:00:54.960 while still working through the experiences of our past. Sometimes 14 00:00:55.020 --> 00:00:58.140 we know God has placed something inside of us. We 15 00:00:58.259 --> 00:01:02.000 recognize that there is more for us to accomplish, more 16 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:04.340 for us to become, and more than we have been 17 00:01:04.379 --> 00:01:08.760 assigned to do. But there is sometimes something holding us back. 18 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:14.450 Sometimes it might be fear, disappointment, a painful experience that 19 00:01:14.489 --> 00:01:17.469 has caused us to question our worth, our ability, or 20 00:01:17.650 --> 00:01:21.290 even our calling. And sometimes we have been standing at 21 00:01:21.310 --> 00:01:25.379 the doorway of a new season, looking backward at what 22 00:01:25.450 --> 00:01:29.810 happened instead of moving forward to what God has prepared. Today, 23 00:01:29.829 --> 00:01:34.400 I want to encourage everyone listening that your past experiences 24 00:01:34.780 --> 00:01:38.219 do not have to become the permanent address of your future. 25 00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:42.989 You can rise, you can pursue healing, and you can 26 00:01:43.090 --> 00:01:47.549 lead with purpose. This is the heart of today's conversation. 27 00:01:47.569 --> 00:01:53.090 I am excited to welcome Another minister, a woman of God, 28 00:01:53.430 --> 00:01:57.829 a friend I consider, my special guest, Dr. Carolyn Coleman, 29 00:01:57.950 --> 00:02:01.480 affectionately known as the Lady of Wisdom. How are you? 30 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:04.920 I am great, Dr. West. Thank you for the invite. 31 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:05.859 I appreciate you. 32 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:08.719 Good to have you here. Let me tell you just 33 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:11.300 a little bit about Dr. Coleman because she got a 34 00:02:11.379 --> 00:02:15.759 lot to tell you, okay? But I know her as, well, actually, 35 00:02:15.819 --> 00:02:19.009 I think the first time we connected on Clubhouse, And 36 00:02:19.110 --> 00:02:21.590 then I had a conversation with her when she was 37 00:02:21.710 --> 00:02:27.669 running a show on the network, on the television network. 38 00:02:28.229 --> 00:02:32.900 And she is an author, a publisher, visionary educator people, 39 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:39.180 an ordained bishop, transformational speaker, and a kingdom leader whose 40 00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:44.780 work focuses on equipping individuals to move forward with wisdom, faith, 41 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:49.219 and purpose. Today, we are featuring her book, Rise, Heal, 42 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:53.900 and Lead, a 21-day devotional for women called to rise 43 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:57.900 in faith, heal the heart, and lead with God-given purpose. 44 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:01.939 Her devotional invites women to take an intentional, I love 45 00:03:01.979 --> 00:03:09.030 my favorite word, y'all, an intentional journey through scripture, reflection, prayer, journaling, 46 00:03:09.150 --> 00:03:12.889 and affirming declarations. And we're going to explore what it 47 00:03:12.969 --> 00:03:15.930 means to rise when life has tried to keep you down. 48 00:03:16.870 --> 00:03:19.949 How to heal when you've carried burdens for just too long. 49 00:03:20.409 --> 00:03:22.569 And how to lead when God is calling you into 50 00:03:22.650 --> 00:03:27.419 something greater. Dr. Coleman, again, welcome. Before we begin discussing 51 00:03:27.460 --> 00:03:29.879 your book, I want our listeners to get to know 52 00:03:29.900 --> 00:03:33.240 a little bit more about you and your message. 53 00:03:35.099 --> 00:03:35.520 Okay. Wow. 54 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:37.719 Wow. 55 00:03:39.530 --> 00:03:46.180 My message is simple. Trust God, obey, and rise beyond 56 00:03:46.259 --> 00:03:48.780 your circumstance. I don't know what's going on. 57 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:53.500 So Dr. Carolyn Coleman, what does that name, the Lady 58 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:57.539 of Wisdom, represent to you? And how have your personal experiences, 59 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:01.370 your journey, helped shape the wisdom you share with others today? 60 00:04:04.270 --> 00:04:08.289 You know, years ago, when I was asked to be 61 00:04:08.330 --> 00:04:15.840 a a teacher for the seminary school, my students, my 62 00:04:15.939 --> 00:04:20.829 first group of seminary students, named me the Lady of Wisdom. 63 00:04:21.769 --> 00:04:24.610 And so at the end of the semester, they presented 64 00:04:24.629 --> 00:04:26.610 me with a plaque that said the Lady of Wisdom. 65 00:04:27.329 --> 00:04:30.009 And throughout the presentation, they would say, not only are 66 00:04:30.029 --> 00:04:33.029 you teaching us about biblical teaching, but you're teaching us 67 00:04:33.129 --> 00:04:37.620 life lessons on how we can deal with life and ministry. 68 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:40.860 So as
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a result of that, it stuck. And I 69 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:44.709 became Dr. Cece, the lady of wisdom to them. And 70 00:04:44.790 --> 00:04:48.790 it has been with me throughout all these years. What 71 00:04:48.810 --> 00:04:52.930 it means to me is just that what God has 72 00:04:53.050 --> 00:05:01.360 invested in me through trial and error, disappointments and ups 73 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:05.439 and downs, That I have to trust him, his wisdom, 74 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:10.379 to give me the courage and the strength to endure 75 00:05:10.459 --> 00:05:14.209 whatever life presents. So, you know, the Bible says that 76 00:05:14.410 --> 00:05:16.490 the one thing we must ask for is wisdom. 77 00:05:16.709 --> 00:05:16.870 So. 78 00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:19.829 I said, you know what? They call me the lady 79 00:05:19.870 --> 00:05:22.769 of wisdom. God, I need to operate in that in full. 80 00:05:22.810 --> 00:05:26.009 So please open the windows and doors of understanding to 81 00:05:26.050 --> 00:05:29.290 me that when people ask for instruction and when I'm 82 00:05:29.370 --> 00:05:32.350 preaching that I have a right now relevant word from 83 00:05:32.389 --> 00:05:34.569 the Lord. So that's how the lady of wisdom was 84 00:05:34.610 --> 00:05:38.230 established and we carry it with great pride now. Amen. 85 00:05:38.290 --> 00:05:41.550 I love that. So one thing I appreciate about wisdom 86 00:05:41.709 --> 00:05:45.029 is that it goes beyond what we know. Wisdom is 87 00:05:45.170 --> 00:05:49.149 also reflected in how we live, how we respond to challenges, 88 00:05:49.230 --> 00:05:52.170 and how we apply what we've learned. And I believe 89 00:05:52.209 --> 00:05:55.829 that's a wonderful place to begin discussing your book because 90 00:05:56.069 --> 00:06:02.769 its title gives us three powerful words, rise, heal, and lead. 91 00:06:03.209 --> 00:06:06.129 So let's begin with that first word, rise. 92 00:06:06.850 --> 00:06:07.189 Dr. 93 00:06:07.230 --> 00:06:09.870 Coleman, when I think about the word rise, I think 94 00:06:09.930 --> 00:06:13.810 about I've got to do something. I've got to move. 95 00:06:14.110 --> 00:06:18.959 I've got to make a decision. And a decision means 96 00:06:18.990 --> 00:06:23.290 I can't continue to think and do, think the way 97 00:06:23.329 --> 00:06:25.550 I've been thinking and do the things that I've been doing. 98 00:06:28.009 --> 00:06:34.540 What do you say is the inspiration behind that word 99 00:06:34.689 --> 00:06:35.629 rise for us? 100 00:06:40.180 --> 00:06:45.639 To rise is to simply move from a place of 101 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:51.529 not knowing to a place of knowing with understanding. And 102 00:06:51.649 --> 00:06:56.430 rising can be in small steps or rising can be 103 00:06:56.850 --> 00:07:02.649 in a massive overload of new beginning, new processing, a 104 00:07:02.709 --> 00:07:07.490 mindset that shifts. Rising can simply mean, you know what? 105 00:07:07.610 --> 00:07:11.310 I'm no longer going to limit myself based on what 106 00:07:11.410 --> 00:07:13.990 others say about me. I'm going to graduate from that. 107 00:07:14.430 --> 00:07:17.029 And I'm going to rise in my understanding of my 108 00:07:17.189 --> 00:07:18.149 own self-worth. 109 00:07:19.769 --> 00:07:22.360 You know, as you were saying that word, rise, I 110 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:33.209 heard Isaiah 43, 19. Rise, rise, rise. Is that reflected? 111 00:07:33.290 --> 00:07:35.850 Because I can't remember. Is that reflected in your book? 112 00:07:36.089 --> 00:07:38.069 I know you have scriptures in there. 113 00:07:39.149 --> 00:07:42.009 Oh, yeah. I have lots of scriptures in my book. 114 00:07:42.089 --> 00:07:44.189 As a matter of fact, I'm glad you said that. 115 00:07:44.649 --> 00:07:48.779 Because if those that may be watching that actually might 116 00:07:48.819 --> 00:07:51.620 have the book, you'll realize in our table of contents, 117 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:55.500 I did something different with the devotional. I listed all 118 00:07:55.660 --> 00:07:59.959 of the scriptures. I listed the 21-day prayers. I listed 119 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:04.750 the 21-day affirmations. in a separate section. And I listed 120 00:08:04.790 --> 00:08:08.209 the companion to the quick reference guide. So when you 121 00:08:08.250 --> 00:08:11.610 talk about rising, and I'll give you a little backstory 122 00:08:11.649 --> 00:08:13.910 behind that, and we'll move to it. You can find 123 00:08:13.949 --> 00:08:19.529 that on page 123, the rising prayers on 127, the 124 00:08:19.569 --> 00:08:24.870 rising affirmations on 132, and the institutional structure on 134. 125 00:08:24.870 --> 00:08:27.439 And I'll give you the background to that. Anytime I'm 126 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:31.319 working on a document or creating something, I always use 127 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:36.330 the words, the information. Sometime it may be someone has 128 00:08:36.389 --> 00:08:38.769 created something for me and sent to me a video 129 00:08:39.210 --> 00:08:44.960 or a testimonial. And one young person, She blessed my soul. 130 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:49.929 She said, in your book, Uncovered, in the healing series, 131 00:08:49.990 --> 00:08:52.110 we write the letters that heal. She said, I was 132 00:08:52.230 --> 00:08:55.389 up speaking and I wanted to share one of the 133 00:08:55.509 --> 00:08:59.129 affirmations in the book. And she said, I couldn't find it. 134 00:08:59.580 --> 00:09:01.919 And I didn't have time to go through the entire book. 135 00:09:02.340 --> 00:09:05.860 So because of her statement to me, In the new book, 136 00:09:06.019 --> 00:09:08.669 in this book, in my devotional, I decided to put 137 00:09:08.730 --> 00:09:12.250 them in a separate area that if someone is using 138 00:09:12.289 --> 00:09:15.250 it for reference, whether it's the prayer, the affirmation, or 139 00:09:15.289 --> 00:09:18.230 whatever the case might be, they could
quickly find it. 140 00:09:18.730 --> 00:09:21.330 So if you go to, you talked about the scriptures 141 00:09:21.730 --> 00:09:25.440 that I use. We use scriptures from Isaiah that, I 142 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:27.019 don't know if that's the one you're talking about. We 143 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:31.679 use Isaiah 61. Arise, shine, for your light has come 144 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:35.070 and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. And 145 00:09:35.110 --> 00:09:37.009 that's one of the ones that I use. And that's 146 00:09:37.149 --> 00:09:38.009 in day three. 147 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:44.840 You know, let me backtrack just just a little bit. 148 00:09:46.539 --> 00:09:50.399 We need to be. This is good. But go back 149 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:55.610 a little bit and tell us what was the inspiration 150 00:09:55.929 --> 00:10:01.000 for this book? And was there something particular happening? in life, 151 00:10:01.389 --> 00:10:04.460 in your life or ministry that made you recognize the 152 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:06.120 need for such a devotion as this? 153 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:10.460 I think God has been writing this devotional all of 154 00:10:10.500 --> 00:10:13.779 my life, if I tell the truth. If you want 155 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:18.919 to put a pin in specific times, I could think 156 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:21.870 of Of course, the most recent is the passing of 157 00:10:21.929 --> 00:10:27.250 my mom. Mama passed in 2024, and she passed at 158 00:10:27.289 --> 00:10:32.679 the young ripe age of 95. And she had inspired me. 159 00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:36.519 And one of the things that happened, approximately, I think 160 00:10:36.580 --> 00:10:40.230 about eight to 10 days before my mother's transition, she 161 00:10:40.259 --> 00:10:42.169 called me in the room and she said to me, 162 00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:45.019 sit down, I need to talk to you. And I 163 00:10:45.059 --> 00:10:47.899 didn't want the conversation because I already had an idea 164 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:51.649 of what she was going to say. But one of 165 00:10:51.669 --> 00:10:55.250 the things mama said to me that in that discussion, 166 00:10:55.809 --> 00:10:59.190 and it has stayed with me after saying, she said, 167 00:10:59.210 --> 00:11:01.149 I thank you for taking care of me. And I said, well, 168 00:11:01.169 --> 00:11:03.190 you don't have to do that. And she said, yes, 169 00:11:03.250 --> 00:11:05.149 I do because you need to know that. But then 170 00:11:05.190 --> 00:11:09.549 she footnoted it with these words. She said, you know 171 00:11:09.590 --> 00:11:12.529 how to take care of everybody else. but I need 172 00:11:12.570 --> 00:11:15.570 you now to promise me you will take care of yourself. 173 00:11:16.690 --> 00:11:19.700 And she said, it's time for you to rise and shine. 174 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:25.679 Lord have mercy. And so as a result of that, 175 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:32.049 I think unconsciously, all of the notes from all of 176 00:11:32.090 --> 00:11:35.389 the devotionals that stay on our computers and all of 177 00:11:35.470 --> 00:11:37.929 the Things that God will give us that we wake 178 00:11:37.970 --> 00:11:39.389 up in the middle of the night. In my case, 179 00:11:39.490 --> 00:11:42.450 I record them as I receive the downloads from heaven. 180 00:11:43.090 --> 00:11:46.529 And then I send them to paper later. I said, 181 00:11:46.570 --> 00:11:49.549 you know what? There was a season when my mama 182 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:51.820 died that I said, you know, I'm just going to 183 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:54.399 let all this go. I need to rest. I need 184 00:11:54.419 --> 00:11:58.059 to reset. But she came in. It's funny. I'm here 185 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:01.299 in Atlanta right now. And I've been thinking ever since 186 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:05.389 I've been here, that time when her spirit came and 187 00:12:05.429 --> 00:12:09.269 she said to me, don't look back, keep moving forward. 188 00:12:09.730 --> 00:12:12.929 That means you have to rise. She didn't say rise then, 189 00:12:13.470 --> 00:12:16.500 but she said, don't look back, keep moving forward. And 190 00:12:16.509 --> 00:12:19.700 the only way that we can keep forward is to 191 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:24.000 keep getting up. And you can't get up without first rising. 192 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:27.759 And so that kind of explains why Rise, Heal and 193 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:29.659 Lead exists today. 194 00:12:30.389 --> 00:12:32.830 I love that. I love that. So now let's get 195 00:12:32.870 --> 00:12:36.730 back to the rise word because your book talks about 196 00:12:36.850 --> 00:12:41.529 rising above fear and that's a central message in your devotional. 197 00:12:42.330 --> 00:12:47.669 In your experience with different women, what are some of 198 00:12:47.690 --> 00:12:51.669 the fears that prevent women from stepping into their God-given assignments? 199 00:12:52.129 --> 00:12:55.159 And how can they begin moving forward even when they 200 00:12:55.179 --> 00:12:56.799 don't have everything figured out? 201 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:03.519 We will never have everything figured out. What helps us 202 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:08.460 to overcome fear is to recognize, I think, what Paul 203 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:12.879 said to Timothy in 2 Timothy, I believe. God has 204 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:15.000 not given you a spirit of fear, but a power 205 00:13:15.019 --> 00:13:19.120 of love and of a sound mind. Well, a sound 206 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:23.710 mind says that I make decisions without emotion. Operating without 207 00:13:23.870 --> 00:13:26.730 fear does not mean I do not have fear. It 208 00:13:26.789 --> 00:13:30.159 means that I'm not allowing the fear to overcome my 209 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:34.159 ability to continue to press forward. So as a result 210 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:38.460 of that, we recognize something. We've now began to understand 211 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:42.409 that
if I am going to rise, I have to 212 00:13:42.529 --> 00:13:46.809 walk in fear. I do not deny that fear exists. 213 00:13:47.690 --> 00:13:50.649 I deny that fear has the main focus in my life. 214 00:13:51.149 --> 00:13:54.250 So I say to women when I counsel, when I teach, listen, 215 00:13:54.570 --> 00:13:59.700 do it with fear. Step out on faith. And when 216 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:03.779 fear shows up, tell fear it has no dominion over you. 217 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:09.179 And that's how we move past fear. Not denying that 218 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:13.279 it exists, but denying its power to control our ability 219 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:16.710 to reach for the goals that God has set before us. 220 00:14:17.309 --> 00:14:27.590 That's good. I love that you're able to hear. these women, 221 00:14:27.870 --> 00:14:31.769 hear the heart of these women and what's going on 222 00:14:31.970 --> 00:14:37.490 with them and to help them to distinguish between that 223 00:14:37.610 --> 00:14:41.049 waiting for God's timing and allowing fear to keep them 224 00:14:41.110 --> 00:14:46.360 from taking action. And that's a very important distinction. I 225 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:51.059 personally have learned that preparation and procrastination procrastination can sometimes 226 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:54.919 look very similar on the surface. I've heard you talk 227 00:14:54.940 --> 00:14:57.940 about this to some people before, you know, we're saying 228 00:14:57.980 --> 00:15:00.259 I'm waiting on God. Are we really waiting on God? 229 00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:03.460 Or are we just, what are we doing while we 230 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:06.470 waiting on God? Are we procrastinating and doing nothing? Or 231 00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:09.870 are we actually heeding him and doing and putting some 232 00:15:09.929 --> 00:15:13.110 things in progress? So we may say we're waiting for 233 00:15:13.149 --> 00:15:16.250 the right time, the right opportunity, or the right resources. 234 00:15:16.649 --> 00:15:19.009 But sometimes we must be willing to take the next 235 00:15:19.070 --> 00:15:22.480 responsible step with what we already have. 236 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:27.379 That is so very true. Because when you talk about, 237 00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:29.940 that's so interesting that you said that waiting on the Lord, 238 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.779 because if we dig deep into what waiting means, waiting 239 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:36.850 in the Hebrew means expecting God to move. So if 240 00:15:36.909 --> 00:15:39.610 I'm expecting God to move, I have to move with him, right? 241 00:15:40.710 --> 00:15:43.549 If I'm expecting God to move, then I have to 242 00:15:43.690 --> 00:15:47.049 take a step. I have to do something beyond my 243 00:15:47.169 --> 00:15:51.679 own expectation. And then we have to kill the old. 244 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:57.899 The old idea, the old mindset, the old triggers in 245 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:02.220 our lives that oftentimes somebody placed a word when you 246 00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:05.080 were a child or they placed a word when you 247 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:08.299 were getting a divorce. Somebody might have said, you know, 248 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:10.899 no man will ever love you. Somebody might have said, 249 00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:14.299 you know, you're not smart or you're not the right size. 250 00:16:14.330 --> 00:16:17.009 You don't have the right category. Well, guess what? That's 251 00:16:17.049 --> 00:16:20.830 what somebody said. But the question becomes, what do you say? 252 00:16:21.470 --> 00:16:24.570 What are you saying about yourself? What are you saying 253 00:16:24.669 --> 00:16:29.029 about your capabilities? Do you trust yourself enough to believe 254 00:16:29.190 --> 00:16:29.549 in you? 255 00:16:31.190 --> 00:16:37.669 That's good. Do you trust yourself enough to believe? Well, 256 00:16:37.710 --> 00:16:42.409 that's a deep question. That's good. 257 00:16:42.429 --> 00:16:45.289 That requires rising. 258 00:16:45.570 --> 00:16:49.830 So let's talk about recognizing a new season. How can... 259 00:16:50.690 --> 00:16:55.019 women recognize when they are entering a new season of purpose. 260 00:16:55.600 --> 00:17:00.240 And are there any practical steps that could be used 261 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:05.710 to encourage her to think about and take what she 262 00:17:05.809 --> 00:17:10.069 knows and put it forward for her to rise? 263 00:17:12.529 --> 00:17:20.069 Well, I believe that we shift with the seasons That 264 00:17:20.190 --> 00:17:23.420 God presents to us, but sometimes I believe we forget 265 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:26.200 that the seasons in the earth realm are also the 266 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:29.460 seasons that we operate with from the heaven realm, right? 267 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:32.250 He said to everything, there is a season, a time, 268 00:17:32.289 --> 00:17:36.650 and a place. I believe the body triggers us to 269 00:17:36.730 --> 00:17:39.950 know that something is shifting in us. It may be 270 00:17:40.029 --> 00:17:43.470 that you become so uncomfortable with what you're dealing with 271 00:17:43.569 --> 00:17:47.380 that you say something has to happen here. I know 272 00:17:47.390 --> 00:17:51.079 there's more for me. There's a shifting that comes, whether 273 00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:56.259 it is verbal, nonverbal, whether it is. I tell many women, 274 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:58.319 have you gone through this process where all of a 275 00:17:58.359 --> 00:18:01.400 sudden you've got to change your room? And then they 276 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:03.559 would say to me, why do you ask me that? 277 00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:06.720 I just did that last week. I said, because the 278 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:10.880 the the movementation of heaven and earth says what there 279 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:14.390 has to be a shifting. Something has to move. And 280 00:18:14.450 --> 00:18:18.190 sometimes people can't say, well, you
know what? I've got 281 00:18:18.210 --> 00:18:20.950 to change something. So what do they do? They change 282 00:18:20.990 --> 00:18:23.609 something in the physical. They might go and buy an 283 00:18:23.849 --> 00:18:26.950 automobile to satisfy the change that really is supposed to 284 00:18:27.970 --> 00:18:31.980 take place in their inner man. But they're doing something 285 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:35.779 that they know is shifting their movementation. And so I 286 00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:40.660 have declared with clear understanding that any time you wake 287 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:42.970 up in the morning and you said there's something more, 288 00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:45.380 That's when you know the change is coming. 289 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:46.160 That's good. 290 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:49.490 There's something more. I need to be doing something more. 291 00:18:49.890 --> 00:18:51.730 And then you need to get about the business of 292 00:18:51.869 --> 00:18:55.369 writing down what you're feeling at that moment, what it 293 00:18:55.609 --> 00:18:58.450 is that you need to do. I finished a counseling 294 00:18:58.470 --> 00:19:02.029 session on Monday and I rarely do those because I 295 00:19:02.049 --> 00:19:04.150 don't have a lot of time, but this person insisted 296 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:08.140 and the spirit agreed that you need to figure out 297 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:12.900 first and foremost, what in life do you do best? 298 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:20.279 What can you not live without that you are doing today? 299 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:27.769 Why do you feel it necessary to explain yourself? And 300 00:19:27.789 --> 00:19:30.789 that seems off kilter. Why do you have to explain 301 00:19:30.849 --> 00:19:35.710 yourself to others? And then the third thing that has 302 00:19:35.750 --> 00:19:38.509 to be, maybe it is the fourth, that you have 303 00:19:38.549 --> 00:19:43.119 to be willing to do is do a self-evaluation. Is this, 304 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:49.970 at this moment, Am I happy? Because an unhappy person 305 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:56.740 cannot function at full potential. So get rid of the 306 00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:59.700 limited beliefs. And how are you going to do that? 307 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:04.420 You're going to have to first define them. Who said 308 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:08.000 what to you that makes you still believe the lie 309 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:12.809 that you're not good enough? Who has spoken into your 310 00:20:12.910 --> 00:20:16.640 spirit in a manner that causes you to believe that 311 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:19.720 where you are is the place that you will always be? 312 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:22.779 So there are so many things that we can do 313 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:26.859 and discuss in reference to that. But the main thing, 314 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.819 the main issue is simple. Have you reached a place 315 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:35.269 in your life that you know who you are? Because
316 00:20:35.349 --> 00:20:37.670 if you do not know who you are, how do 317 00:20:37.710 --> 00:20:41.680 you expect anybody else to understand you? And why should? 318 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:45.180 That's good. Okay, so that's good. That's good, y'all. We've 319 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:46.799 been talking about the rise. Now I want to jump 320 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:49.690 over here to this word called heal, heal, heal. So 321 00:20:50.910 --> 00:20:53.809 healing is one of those subjects that we need to discuss, 322 00:20:53.930 --> 00:20:58.609 I think, more intentionally, especially within our communities of faith. 323 00:20:59.130 --> 00:21:02.789 Because sometimes we've been taught and we've learned how to 324 00:21:02.890 --> 00:21:07.160 praise through the pain, pray through disappointment, and continue serving 325 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:11.869 while struggling emotionally. That's fine. And while prayer and faith 326 00:21:11.930 --> 00:21:15.539 can provide tremendous comfort and strength, we also need to 327 00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:20.380 recognize the importance of being honest with ourselves, acknowledging what 328 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:23.339 we are experiencing. What say you? 329 00:21:24.809 --> 00:21:27.069 You have to identify. I say all the time, you 330 00:21:27.109 --> 00:21:30.630 can never conquer what you will not face. You have 331 00:21:30.670 --> 00:21:34.160 to be willing to examine yourself. Where you're hurting, admit 332 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:37.420 that you're hurting and say, you know what? What needs 333 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:39.680 to happen so that I can move out of this 334 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:43.880 place of pain? I think if those who are with 335 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:47.099 us on page 37, you will find something very interesting 336 00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:53.039 in day eight. Day eight, so important. The alignment. I 337 00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:56.660 heal anger in his love. Come on, how you gonna heal? 338 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:01.390 You cannot heal on your own. Believe me. you can't 339 00:22:01.509 --> 00:22:04.309 do it. So Proverbs 3 and 6 in the New 340 00:22:04.349 --> 00:22:08.819 King James Version says, in all your ways, acknowledge him 341 00:22:09.190 --> 00:22:12.519 and he shall direct your path. It's very interesting. In 342 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:15.319 the last three and a half months, he's spoken to 343 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:18.680 me about path, path, path. If you will teach the 344 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:21.799 body of Christ to understand the power of path, to 345 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:25.680 understand the need to know their path, to understand that 346 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:28.640 I am the one that will direct their path. So 347 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:31.539 it says here, and I want to share this, this 348 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:35.359 is the devotional reading, Dr. West. It says, alignment is 349 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:40.099 the holy meeting between your will and God's way.
It 350 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:44.119 is where the spirit fine tunes your steps and straightens 351 00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:49.180 what life has been. Alignment does not mean perfection. It 352 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:53.849 means positioning. It is choosing to walk in rhythm with heaven, 353 00:22:54.450 --> 00:23:00.880 even when Ah, the path is unfamiliar. When your heart 354 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:07.619 aligns with God, confusion loses power, clarity returns, and purpose 355 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:11.960 flows with ease. Today is a day of divine alignment. 356 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:18.190 Heaven is straightening your path. And the meditation prompt is, 357 00:23:18.650 --> 00:23:22.940 where is God aligning my steps today? And then we 358 00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:25.839 ask a couple of questions. And then there's a rising 359 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:29.220 declaration that I think is so important as we prepare 360 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:31.940 for healing. We have to prepare for him. God can 361 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:36.099 instantly heal us. It can take time. He can heal 362 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:38.299 us on this side or he can heal us on 363 00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:40.859 the other side. But we have to first go in 364 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:46.849 agreement with healing. I rise declaration. I align my heart, mind, 365 00:23:47.029 --> 00:23:51.130 and steps with God. Rising is my assignment. Wisdom is 366 00:23:51.190 --> 00:23:55.809 my gift. And resting in God is my inheritance. I 367 00:23:55.910 --> 00:24:02.440 rise practice. Identify one area needing alignment. Write the adjustment 368 00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:07.859 and commit to one aligned action today. And then your 369 00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:12.220 affirmation is simple. I ride the line guided and moving 370 00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:16.400 in God's direction because healing is my portion. 371 00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.240 That's good. 372 00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:21.240 Healing is my portion. 373 00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:25.599 And healing comes when we are willing to move forward. 374 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.269 Move forward. 375 00:24:27.509 --> 00:24:30.829 Sometimes we got to reach back to address what's there, 376 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:33.410 but the intent is to move forward. 377 00:24:34.109 --> 00:24:37.950 Yes. The scripture says, forgetting those things that are behind me, 378 00:24:37.990 --> 00:24:41.230 we press toward the mark of the higher calling, which 379 00:24:41.269 --> 00:24:44.650 is in Jesus Christ. I do not digress to stay there. 380 00:24:44.789 --> 00:24:48.309 I digress to learn from that experience, to gain the wisdom, 381 00:24:48.589 --> 00:24:50.670 to figure out what I need to do so I 382 00:24:50.690 --> 00:24:51.839 can walk in my healing. 383 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:58.500 That's good. Now, let's talk about forgiveness real quick, because 384 00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:02.759 so many people are walking in unforgiveness. And sometimes people 385 00:25:02.779
--> 00:25:06.450 don't even know it. That's the culprit behind what's going 386 00:25:06.630 --> 00:25:10.630 on with them. And we hear the importance of forgiveness, 387 00:25:11.009 --> 00:25:15.660 particularly within Christian communities. How can we help women understand 388 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:21.819 the relationship between forgiveness, emotional healing, and healthy boundaries, especially 389 00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:25.269 when the people involved have not acknowledged the hurt they caused? 390 00:25:27.630 --> 00:25:29.930 Well, one, you have to accept the fact that some 391 00:25:29.970 --> 00:25:33.089 people are never going to tell you they're sorry. And 392 00:25:33.410 --> 00:25:35.539 you're going to extend enough grace to yourself to say, 393 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:37.519 you know what? God has forgiven me because I haven't 394 00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:41.460 been perfect either. And so I pass grace forward. I'm 395 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:43.839 going to forgive them. I always say the key to 396 00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:48.970 healing is forgiving. Because if I'm holding on to unforgiveness, 397 00:25:49.410 --> 00:25:52.549 it's somewhere inside of me taking up space where love 398 00:25:52.589 --> 00:25:56.259 is supposed to be abiding. And if I allow someone 399 00:25:56.450 --> 00:25:59.579 else to control me by the pain that they have 400 00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:03.000 sent in my direction, then I've given them my power. 401 00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:07.440 And my power cannot go to a stranger. My power 402 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:10.420 comes from God, so I send it back in that direction. 403 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:17.440 Y'all saw my head, my head was moving like, oh, this, 404 00:26:17.789 --> 00:26:22.450 I was like... This word is coming, y'all. You know, 405 00:26:22.609 --> 00:26:24.789 when you hear the word and it's getting good to you, 406 00:26:25.029 --> 00:26:27.750 and you forget, I'm about to forget where I was. 407 00:26:28.069 --> 00:26:32.630 But anyway, y'all, this is such an important message. Listen, 408 00:26:32.670 --> 00:26:35.950 we need to understand that it is good to love others. 409 00:26:36.390 --> 00:26:42.220 It is good to exercise wisdom. And sometimes we need 410 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:47.019 healthy boundaries so that we can maintain compassion and without 411 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:51.359 continuing patterns that are harmful. And I love Dr. Coleman 412 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:56.059 talking about rising healing. It's important to acknowledge that people 413 00:26:56.099 --> 00:27:00.299 may need different kinds of support. And to be able 414 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:03.220 to understand that when you are talking to someone is 415 00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.599 so critical. 416 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.039 Dr. 417 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:07.579 Coleman, as you are speaking, and I don't want y'all 418 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:10.539 to think that Dr. Coleman only speaks to women, but 419 00:27:11.180 -->
00:27:18.119 a lot of the ministry currently is towards women. Let's 420 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:23.440 speak to the woman who has forgotten herself. Like she spent, 421 00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:27.000 oh my gosh, she spent her whole life pouring into 422 00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:32.950 everybody else, supporting everybody else, serving for everybody else, helping 423 00:27:33.029 --> 00:27:37.809 everybody else, helping everybody achieve their dreams. What would you 424 00:27:37.890 --> 00:27:41.950 say to that woman about reclaiming her peace, her identity, 425 00:27:42.009 --> 00:27:43.059 and her sense of purpose? 426 00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:56.359 Fresh one. Fresh wind, refreshing a mindset, taking back ownership 427 00:27:56.420 --> 00:28:00.480 of her hope and recognizing that it is time to 428 00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:08.220 applaud herself. We spend lifetimes, our lifetimes supporting people and 429 00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:12.259 pushing and prompting them to go to another level. But 430 00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:16.069 at some point, you have to realize that you need 431 00:28:16.089 --> 00:28:20.450 to accept the vision for your life Jeremiah 29, beloved, 432 00:28:20.470 --> 00:28:22.230 I know the plans that I have for you there 433 00:28:22.250 --> 00:28:25.289 to bless you, why I owe you, and not to 434 00:28:25.349 --> 00:28:28.470 curse you, and to give you a hope and an 435 00:28:28.529 --> 00:28:33.759 expected end. No matter how much we love people, we still, 436 00:28:34.150 --> 00:28:37.559 and I say this to married women, when you get married, 437 00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:41.859 don't lose yourself, because that's what you're talking about many times. 438 00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:46.539 When you become a mother, I can say this. Don't 439 00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:50.720 lose yourself because I spent a lot of years putting 440 00:28:50.769 --> 00:28:52.589 me on the back burner because I had to make 441 00:28:52.630 --> 00:28:54.670 sure that I was taking care of my daughter. And 442 00:28:54.750 --> 00:28:57.230 I can remember just as clearly as it was yesterday. 443 00:28:57.269 --> 00:29:00.190 Now that we're speaking, I was praying one night and 444 00:29:00.230 --> 00:29:04.369 father said to me, you forgot how to hope. Oh, 445 00:29:04.589 --> 00:29:08.789 my God, you forgot how to hope for you. All 446 00:29:08.829 --> 00:29:12.410 of your expectations, all of your goals is wrapped around 447 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:16.390 the success of your daughter. But guess what? You have 448 00:29:16.450 --> 00:29:19.730 to be made whole. Talk about the woman with the 449 00:29:19.809 --> 00:29:22.700 issue of blood. She needed to be made whole, not 450 00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:26.500 just from a blood disease, but from all of the 451 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:30.160 stuff that came with the blood disease. So we have 452 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:34.309 to be healed from, I need to support my children. 453 00:29:34.349 --> 00:29:36.869 I need to support my
spouse. I need to be 454 00:29:36.910 --> 00:29:40.210 the cheerleader. I need to be the advocate. I need... 455 00:29:40.210 --> 00:29:44.960 to be me i need to be whole and complete 456 00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:49.880 so guess what i can stand on my own or 457 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:55.079 with someone and still recognize one thing i have value 458 00:29:56.910 --> 00:30:00.049 And the reason that we lose our value, Dr. West, 459 00:30:00.829 --> 00:30:03.799 is that we forget our hope. But the word says 460 00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:10.079 something very important. He says three things will remain. Faith, hope, 461 00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:17.079 and love. Let me repeat those. Faith, hope, and love. Well, 462 00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:21.339 how do we rise? We rise with faith. We rise 463 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:24.859 with hope that what we're believing for will come to pass. 464 00:30:25.650 --> 00:30:30.000 So there's faith, there's hope, and then there's the ultimate, love. 465 00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:35.400 I must love me. And because I do not know 466 00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:38.230 what true love is, I have to fall in love 467 00:30:38.269 --> 00:30:43.470 with Jesus. And then he reshapes me, he defines me, 468 00:30:43.910 --> 00:30:47.950 and he shows me through his character what love looks like. 469 00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:54.839 So now forgiving becomes easier. Now standing becomes easier because 470 00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:57.720 I'm not standing on my own. I don't have to 471 00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:00.940 continuously say, oh, I'm depleted. I don't have any energy. 472 00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:03.440 Now I say the joy of the Lord is my strength. 473 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:06.680 Now I walk in the truth that you know what? 474 00:31:07.009 --> 00:31:08.750 I may not be much on my own, but I 475 00:31:08.789 --> 00:31:11.970 can do all things through Jesus Christ. It strengthens me. 476 00:31:12.470 --> 00:31:16.430 Those words have power and authority. And so what we 477 00:31:16.490 --> 00:31:21.420 speak over ourselves is validates our understanding of who we 478 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:25.329 are as an individual. So yes, ma'am, it's all right 479 00:31:25.369 --> 00:31:28.769 to support others. It's all right to support your spouse. 480 00:31:28.849 --> 00:31:33.089 It's all right to validate your job, but never forget 481 00:31:33.130 --> 00:31:36.470 to validate your worth, your love of self and your 482 00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:38.059 love of your creator. 483 00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:44.690 That's good. All right. Y'all heard that, right? I heard that. Listen, 484 00:31:44.750 --> 00:31:47.349 I want to move into this third word here, which 485 00:31:47.410 --> 00:31:50.549 is lead. And when I think about leadership, I don't 486 00:31:50.690 --> 00:31:54.119 limit it to a title, a position, or an organization. 487 00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:59.359 I think for me, leadership is about how we govern ourselves. 488 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:06.930 And it's
about our decision-making, our character, our stewardship, our relationships, 489 00:32:07.009 --> 00:32:11.029 and our willingness to take responsibility for the direction of 490 00:32:11.109 --> 00:32:14.069 our lives. And for women who are called to leadership, 491 00:32:14.529 --> 00:32:19.509 I believe there's a necessary connection between spiritual maturity, personal awareness, 492 00:32:19.609 --> 00:32:23.680 and their ability to influence others responsibly. Because leadership is 493 00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:27.180 not just about getting people to follow us. It's about 494 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:32.299 understanding the responsibility that comes with influencing their lives. So 495 00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:39.799 can you speak to the connection between how your book 496 00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:45.740 moves from rising and healing into leading and why your 497 00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:47.200 progression is important? 498 00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:53.009 I'll start with the latter and then move forward. The 499 00:32:53.029 --> 00:32:56.710 progression is important because if I miss a step, I'm 500 00:32:56.750 --> 00:33:00.690 going to fall. If I miss a step in the process, 501 00:33:01.470 --> 00:33:05.589 then I will not be effective in the end. First, 502 00:33:05.690 --> 00:33:10.490 I must rise. My rising tells me there are places 503 00:33:10.630 --> 00:33:13.950 in me that needs healing. So now I work on 504 00:33:13.990 --> 00:33:18.359 the healing part. And once I rise, I'm in the 505 00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:23.339 position that I've healed from triggers. I've healed from what 506 00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:27.220 people have said about me. And most importantly, what I've 507 00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:32.250 said about myself in those moments of trials and circumstances. 508 00:33:32.910 --> 00:33:37.240 Now I recognize, hmm, Now, I do have the capacity 509 00:33:37.289 --> 00:33:42.569 to lead because what? Out of my experiences, out of 510 00:33:42.589 --> 00:33:46.450 the life lessons, I now have something that I can 511 00:33:46.529 --> 00:33:49.799 share with others that will help them along the way, 512 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:52.460 that they do not have to walk in my path, 513 00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:56.640 but they can go further and in that the ultimate goal. 514 00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:00.619 So now I'm in a position of leading. And if 515 00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:04.440 you notice on page 76, As we get ready, we 516 00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:07.250 were at the end now because it's 21 day journey. 517 00:34:07.589 --> 00:34:11.369 But day 20 says something important. It speaks of the vision. 518 00:34:11.389 --> 00:34:16.469 I lead aligned with purpose. Write the vision and make 519 00:34:16.510 --> 00:34:20.380 it plain. And then though it tarries, come on somebody, 520 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:23.159 though it may not show up right the way I 521 00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:25.280 want it, though it may not work out the way 522 00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:29.789 I thought it would work out, though it tarry, wait 523 00:34:29.889 --> 00:34:34.449 for it. Because it will surely come to pass. See, 524 00:34:35.050 --> 00:34:39.050 now that I'm a leader, I've learned how to process 525 00:34:39.210 --> 00:34:45.380 and wait in faith. That's Habakkuk 2, 2 through 3. 526 00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:48.820 In the devotional reading here, I share something that I 527 00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:54.559 think is pivotal to how we lead. Leading does not 528 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:58.880 mean you have to have a title. So many leading 529 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:03.860 women in the Bible are nameless. So don't get upset 530 00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:08.960 because somebody failed to call your name. Don't get offended 531 00:35:09.070 --> 00:35:11.550 because you were not called to the altar or to 532 00:35:11.590 --> 00:35:19.550 the pulpit. Don't get offended because you actually created the document, 533 00:35:19.929 --> 00:35:22.989 but they left your name off. See, I don't make 534 00:35:23.050 --> 00:35:27.039 those things up. I believe them. And through these experiences 535 00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:30.480 of life, I now have learned how to navigate the 536 00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:34.199 waters that has brought me to the position of leadership. 537 00:35:34.949 --> 00:35:38.610 Because I lead from the front, not for others, but 538 00:35:38.730 --> 00:35:43.090 for myself and God. And writing in this devotional on 539 00:35:43.150 --> 00:35:47.829 page 76, it reads like this. Vision is the language 540 00:35:47.869 --> 00:35:52.909 of destiny. It is how God whispers your future into 541 00:35:52.949 --> 00:35:57.429 your present. Vision is more than imagination. It is revelation. 542 00:35:57.949 --> 00:36:02.079 It is heaven showing you what is possible through God's power, 543 00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:10.059 not your limitations. Vision clarifies purpose. Vision fuels perseverance. Vision 544 00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:12.920 pulls you forward when circumstances try to hold you back. 545 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:19.030 Every God-given vision has an appointed day. Delay does not 546 00:36:19.190 --> 00:36:24.670 mean denial. Waiting does not mean wasting. Today, God is 547 00:36:24.750 --> 00:36:29.230 shaping your vision, your spiritual sight, your purpose sight, your 548 00:36:29.269 --> 00:36:33.590 prophetic sight, write what you see, declare what you hear, 549 00:36:33.610 --> 00:36:39.050 hold steady because the vision will come. And the meditation 550 00:36:39.110 --> 00:36:42.300 prompt for that, which is the defining moment as we 551 00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:46.019 get ready to close out with leadership, you write the 552 00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:51.559 vision that God is reviving and expanding or birthing in 553 00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:57.070 you now. at this very moment, because there must be 554 00:36:57.130 --> 00:37:00.849 a now and a next in your life. The journal reflection, 555 00:37:00.989 --> 00:37:04.679
what has God shown me about my purpose or future? 556 00:37:04.889 --> 00:37:09.500 What vision have I delayed writing, pursuing or believing? And 557 00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:13.860 what clarity is God giving me right now? But I 558 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:18.110 want to deal with this, ladies, men, because I have 559 00:37:18.170 --> 00:37:21.449 men who read my book just like women. The I 560 00:37:21.530 --> 00:37:26.769 Rise Declaration now, I received God's vision for my life. 561 00:37:27.570 --> 00:37:33.489 Rising is my assignment. Wisdom is my gift. And resting 562 00:37:33.630 --> 00:37:37.769 in God is my inheritance. And the prayer, I believe, 563 00:37:38.769 --> 00:37:41.230 God breathed this into the lives of every person who 564 00:37:41.250 --> 00:37:46.639 will read it. Lord, breathe on my vision. Sharpen my sight. 565 00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:53.920 Strengthen my faith. Give me boldness to write, pursue, and 566 00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:59.949 protect what you have revealed. Let your appointed time manifest 567 00:38:00.050 --> 00:38:05.710 in my life. Amen. And the rise affirmation, I rise visionary. 568 00:38:06.789 --> 00:38:10.170 Focus and align with God's appointed time. 569 00:38:11.070 --> 00:38:13.869 That's good, y'all. If you don't have this book, make 570 00:38:13.889 --> 00:38:16.050 sure you get a copy of it. Don't get just one. 571 00:38:16.110 --> 00:38:18.340 Get one for somebody else too so that y'all can 572 00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:21.719 be reading it at the same time and talking about it. 573 00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.920 Thank you so much, Dr. 574 00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.300 Coleman. 575 00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:27.860 I want to acknowledge your anthology also, We Write the 576 00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:32.679 Letters that Heal Vibrations of Healing. What I appreciate about 577 00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:37.380 this project, Rise, Heal, and Lead, along with We Write 578 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:40.590 the Letters that Heal Vibrations of Healing, is that both 579 00:38:40.769 --> 00:38:46.010 books encourage women to confront their experiences, to acknowledge their voices, 580 00:38:46.130 --> 00:38:50.150 and to move forward with purpose. Rise, Heal, and Lead 581 00:38:50.230 --> 00:38:55.639 focuses on intentional individual reflection and personal spiritual growth, while 582 00:38:55.699 --> 00:39:01.380 Vibrations of Healing brings together multiple voices and experiences. How 583 00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:06.010 do you see these two books complementing one another in 584 00:39:06.030 --> 00:39:10.550 the overall message you're sharing through your own publishing company? 585 00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:18.360 Well, it's really simple and yet not so simple. Everything 586 00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:24.130 is about H-E-A-L-I-N-G. We write the letters that heal. That's 587 00:39:24.170 --> 00:39:29.969 my healing series. Rise, Heal, and Lead is simply about 588 00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:35.300 how we move from the experiences that we talk about 589 00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:41.070 in the anthology. people recovering from diagnoses of cancer and 590 00:39:41.130 --> 00:39:47.050 God dramatically healing their body, dealing with Dr. Robeson she 591 00:39:47.090 --> 00:39:50.360 deals with. And I saw her this week and I 592 00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:56.920 was amazed because she had to make a transformational change 593 00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:59.559 and saying, you know what? I want to change how 594 00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:01.969 my body looks. I don't want the weight. I want 595 00:40:02.010 --> 00:40:06.210 to get healthy. And now she's training people in a 596 00:40:06.269 --> 00:40:09.909 gym on how to get healthy, using the weights and 597 00:40:11.110 --> 00:40:14.929 all of that. So it is about, and these women 598 00:40:14.969 --> 00:40:18.690 say to me all the time, writing in your book, 599 00:40:19.489 --> 00:40:23.039 I began to heal with every word that God has 600 00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:26.500 allowed me to pour in, because guess what? We are 601 00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:30.059 overcome as the word says, because of our testimonies. So 602 00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:33.880 if someone is going through something that these women are sharing, 603 00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:38.340 then it allows them to recognize and kill a lie 604 00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:41.929 of the enemy that you're going through it alone. No 605 00:40:41.989 --> 00:40:45.250 one is experiencing what you're feeling but you, a lie 606 00:40:45.289 --> 00:40:47.210 from the pit of hell. So when they pick up 607 00:40:47.250 --> 00:40:51.650 a vibration of healing, the last book is Vibration of Healing. 608 00:40:52.090 --> 00:40:55.719 The third book talked about In Spite Of, which was 609 00:40:55.780 --> 00:41:00.780 my book. emphasis on learning how to move on when 610 00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:03.449 I've had a mother with me for all of my 611 00:41:03.510 --> 00:41:07.519 life and died at 95. having to make that transitional shift. 612 00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:11.059 I called that book Inspider because that was the season 613 00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:14.400 when I really wanted to just say, I've had enough. 614 00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:16.840 But my mother's spirit, I was going through her papers 615 00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:20.639 and I was just, tears were just rolling. And I 616 00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:22.559 could hear her voice as if she was sitting beside me. 617 00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:24.300 She said, don't go where God's not trying to take you. 618 00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:27.679 Depression is not attached to your name. Somebody needs to 619 00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:31.579 read that. So they will know you can't die right 620 00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:35.519 here because you're still alive. And so the other book 621 00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:39.639 was called Uncovered. Uncovered really shared a lot of things 622 00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:42.030 that I believe I heard someone say one time. Why 623 00:41:42.070 --> 00:41:45.190
would you share all of that? Because somebody is going 624 00:41:45.210 --> 00:41:48.030 through what I've been through and they have not yet 625 00:41:48.269 --> 00:41:51.010 conquered it that they can share it. Because when you 626 00:41:51.030 --> 00:41:54.710 can share it, you'll heal from it. If it's bound 627 00:41:54.809 --> 00:41:57.110 up in you, the enemy is still winning. But when 628 00:41:57.130 --> 00:41:59.789 you let it go, you share it with others, you 629 00:41:59.809 --> 00:42:03.460 allow it to become the testimony that the word says 630 00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:06.960 makes us overcome us, then we begin to do what? 631 00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:10.679 We bring light into the darkness. And that's what Rise, Heal, 632 00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:14.519 and Lead is all about. That's what the the four books. 633 00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:16.570 And now we're working on the fifth book in the 634 00:42:16.610 --> 00:42:19.489 healing series. We write the letters that heal in title. 635 00:42:19.570 --> 00:42:22.500 I give myself permission. And so there may be some 636 00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:24.420 women out there, Dr. West, that would like to be 637 00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:29.650 a part of the next anthology. And please find me 638 00:42:29.670 --> 00:42:35.519 at drcctheladyofwisdom.com or on any social media, theladyofwisdom.com and join 639 00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:39.260 the team because God is doing something very powerful and 640 00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:42.960 I give myself permission. And one lady said, well, how 641 00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:45.239 do I know what I'm giving myself permission for? I said, 642 00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:49.090 speak to your heart and talk to your God. You 643 00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:51.750 might want to give yourself permission just to be happy. 644 00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:55.960 Because you walked in misery. You stayed in a relationship. 645 00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:58.630 One of my books, I talked about with my mom. 646 00:42:58.690 --> 00:43:01.070 I said, my mom stayed in the relationship too long 647 00:43:01.090 --> 00:43:04.269 with my father. But she did it with that generation 648 00:43:04.289 --> 00:43:08.159 because what? They were trying to protect their children. And 649 00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:11.539 sometimes you're staying and you think you're protecting your children, 650 00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:15.639 but they're seeing the infidelity. They're seeing some things that's 651 00:43:15.780 --> 00:43:19.280 writing something in their memory that's going to affect them 652 00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:23.079 as young adults and older adults. So all of these 653 00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:27.519 experiences must be dealt with, must be addressed, because not 654 00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:30.739 only do you need to heal, you need to rise 655 00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:33.519 out of that situation, and then you need to help 656 00:43:33.699 --> 00:43:37.320 others lead them into a new path. 657 00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:40.860 That
was rich. So listen, she's talking about all of 658 00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:42.699 those books. I want y'all to know, I would be 659 00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:45.440 remiss if I did not mention this, that she is 660 00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:51.119 also part of my upcoming anthology, Women Who Carry the Word. 661 00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:55.030 She has two dynamic stories in there. And one thing 662 00:43:55.230 --> 00:44:00.530 I value about these collaborative publishing projects is that they 663 00:44:00.610 --> 00:44:07.010 preserve women's voices and testimonies for future generations. I'm excited 664 00:44:07.190 --> 00:44:10.340 about the November 19 release for the women who carry 665 00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:13.820 the word. And I appreciate you, Dr. Coleman, being willing 666 00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:19.010 to contribute to another meaningful literary project. As we end, 667 00:44:19.030 --> 00:44:22.030 I would like for you to share one of your 668 00:44:22.269 --> 00:44:28.190 wisdom thoughts with our audience. And also, you told them 669 00:44:28.210 --> 00:44:30.889 before how to reach you, but you can tell them 670 00:44:30.949 --> 00:44:34.090 again how they can get your books and reach out 671 00:44:34.110 --> 00:44:36.730 for you if they need coaching or any other insights. 672 00:44:37.889 --> 00:44:41.139 Okay, well, let's do the easy part. They can reach 673 00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:49.639 me on my website at www.drcctheladyofwisdom.com. In terms of a 674 00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:56.250 wisdom nugget, I think the greatest wisdom nugget that I 675 00:44:56.289 --> 00:45:02.599 can share today is begin to inquire of God about 676 00:45:03.039 --> 00:45:08.860 the path of your life. And remember one thing, your 677 00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:14.070 best is yet to come. Your vision is aligned with heaven, 678 00:45:14.650 --> 00:45:17.570 but you have to get in alignment with the word. 679 00:45:17.989 --> 00:45:22.349 Trust yourself as you learn how to trust your God. 680 00:45:22.989 --> 00:45:24.190 And you will do great things. 681 00:45:25.090 --> 00:45:28.090 That's rich. Thank you. I keep saying it's rich, y'all. 682 00:45:28.110 --> 00:45:30.329 That's like a part of the meal, you know. 683 00:45:30.710 --> 00:45:31.309 But Dr. 684 00:45:31.349 --> 00:45:35.389 Coleman, thank you so much for joining us today on 685 00:45:35.530 --> 00:45:38.889 Publishing Pusher podcast with Dr. Nat West. Thank you for 686 00:45:38.929 --> 00:45:43.340 your wisdom, your experience, and the message behind Rise, Heal, 687 00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:47.019 and Lead. To everyone listening, I want to leave you 688 00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:50.699 with this thought first. Your next chapter does not have 689 00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:53.860 to be written from the limitations of your last season. 690 00:45:54.219 --> 00:45:57.670 And then I want to remind everyone, you are blessed, 691 00:45:58.170 --> 00:46:01.889 then you are supposed to bless someone else. Serve King 692 00:46:01.989 --> 00:46:06.530 Jesus so that you may be the visible manifestation of 693 00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:10.300 his invisible presence. And I will catch you next time. 694 00:46:10.380 --> 00:46:11.239 Thank you again, Dr. 695 00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:13.820 Coleman. God bless. Thank you, Dr. West. 696 00:46:20.210 --> 00:46:22.929 Thank you, everyone, for listening to Dr. Rene's Chat Podcast, 697 00:46:23.309 --> 00:46:25.769 brought to you by Jotnay Publishing. Be sure to stay 698 00:46:25.789 --> 00:46:30.940 tuned in for future conversations and engagements. Check out the website, jotnaypublishing.org, 699 00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:33.760 and subscribe to this show on your preferred podcast app. 700 00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:36.900 Shout out to Donnie Five for the production. Be blessed 701 00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:38.139 and be a blessing. 702 00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:39.199 Peace.
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