Full Transcript for When God Redirects Your Plans: Trusting His Purpose | Ep. 124

00:05:27.310 --> 00:05:29.819 when I think about what more God can do. But 71 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:32.980 then on the other hand, I think, God, something else. 72 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:38.959 Like I'm excited that he's working. Then I'm like, one 73 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:41.490 more thing, Lord. I got one more thing that I 74 00:05:41.500 --> 00:05:44.370 got to do. One more thing. Let's just say one 75 00:05:44.389 --> 00:05:48.670 more and again. I think sometimes the greatest growth we 76 00:05:48.730 --> 00:05:52.500 experience comes when we are willing to surrender our map, 77 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:56.759 the map that we created, the plan that we designed 78 00:05:57.060 --> 00:05:59.519 and trust the one who is able to see the 79 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:06.620 entire journey. I think if we pause and think about that. 80 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.360 So let me go back and ask that question again. 81 00:06:09.459 --> 00:06:12.829 And please feel free to open your mic. The question is, 82 00:06:13.009 --> 00:06:16.980 and I said, make it personal. Am I holding so 83 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:23.959 tightly to the plan that I might miss the purpose? Comments? 84 00:06:27.709 --> 00:06:28.310 Not me. 85 00:06:29.769 --> 00:06:30.350 Not you? 86 00:06:31.329 --> 00:06:31.850 Not me. 87 00:06:33.250 --> 00:06:39.300 I have learned through my experiences to have a neck 88 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:46.029 in my mouth and a transformative mindset. 89 00:06:45.350 --> 00:06:48.269 That as the spirit leads me, I follow. 90 00:06:49.180 --> 00:06:52.579 Where it takes me, I do not necessarily know, but 91 00:06:52.620 --> 00:06:54.660 I do know that I'm going to follow it and 92 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:56.459 it always leads me to the right place. 93 00:06:57.740 --> 00:07:00.360 Now, I want to put some emphasis on one of 94 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:03.680 the words Dr. Coleman said. She said, well, two words. 95 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:13.529 I learned. I learned. We all have to learn if 96 00:07:13.569 --> 00:07:18.129 we really want to move the way that we believe 97 00:07:18.170 --> 00:07:19.769 the Lord is taking us. 98 00:07:20.029 --> 00:07:20.129 Ms. 99 00:07:21.810 --> 00:07:23.040 Henry, are you going to say something? 100 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:28.240 I guess I have to use the same words because 101 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:32.779 they're true. I learned that some of the things that 102 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:37.550 look good don't always happen. Those who have been following 103 00:07:37.629 --> 00:07:41.470 us all summer know that I had committed to to 104 00:07:41.529 --> 00:07:47.670 having one of my books distributed into international markets. I 105 00:07:47.709 --> 00:07:52.230 received notices that 98 bookstores had committed to buying my 106 00:07:52.290 --> 00:07:55.649 books and that I should be getting several thousand dollars 107 00:07:56.290 --> 00:08:01.269 for that work. None of that has come in. And 108 00:08:01.949 --> 00:08:07.529

understanding that the deposit that I paid has not been returned, 109 00:08:08.009 --> 00:08:14.879 nor have any royalties been paid, has caused some reconstruction 110 00:08:15.740 --> 00:08:19.019 of what I'm able to do with and for others. 111 00:08:19.350 --> 00:08:22.470 Because my plan, my understanding is I am to share 112 00:08:22.529 --> 00:08:25.290 what I know. And then all of a sudden, finding 113 00:08:25.410 --> 00:08:29.269 out that this may bring in this many thousands of 114 00:08:29.329 --> 00:08:33.850 dollars of income got me all excited. But when nothing came, 115 00:08:33.870 --> 00:08:39.029 that got me, I cannot say I was despaired. because 116 00:08:39.090 --> 00:08:42.149 I continue to come in here each week. And each week, 117 00:08:42.250 --> 00:08:45.570 someone would share something that would give me some insight 118 00:08:46.029 --> 00:08:49.840 into how and why none of this money has come in. 119 00:08:50.259 --> 00:08:54.940 And the money that I invested is helping somebody. And 120 00:08:55.019 --> 00:08:57.480 when I looked at it that way, I said, you know, 121 00:08:57.580 --> 00:09:00.519 we said, you know, help me help somebody. Somebody is 122 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:06.799 doing really well off of the investment. And I am learning, 123 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:10.080 and I can probably use this with, Writers that I'm 124 00:09:10.139 --> 00:09:15.399 working with, be careful. So that's about where I am 125 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:15.899 right now. 126 00:09:16.889 --> 00:09:24.769 And I think I've learned. I've learned. If we've been 127 00:09:24.889 --> 00:09:28.899 out here, we've learned that there are always schemers and scammers. 128 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:35.000 And all of us probably been burnt at some point. 129 00:09:35.220 --> 00:09:38.539 I'm just saying, but we have learned that we're not 130 00:09:38.580 --> 00:09:40.460 going down that road again. 131 00:09:42.379 --> 00:09:46.659 And we're not stopping. As Dr. Carolyn said, when the 132 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:49.679 Lord directs us, he'll get us there. We may think 133 00:09:49.730 --> 00:09:52.090 we're going this way, but he said, no, you're going 134 00:09:52.129 --> 00:09:54.289 this way. It's going to be a little rumbly, but 135 00:09:54.309 --> 00:09:57.750 you're going to get there. And that's probably where I 136 00:09:57.830 --> 00:10:00.909 am right now. I'm in the bumps, but... I'm still going. 137 00:10:02.450 --> 00:10:03.269 But we rise. 138 00:10:03.509 --> 00:10:06.679 Not one time, but the just man rises seven times. 139 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:08.919 That means we keep getting up. 140 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:12.759 You don't quit. But let me ask you a question, Ms. 141 00:10:12.899 --> 00:10:18.129 Anna, because this is a new project Your 90 days 142 00:10:18.409 --> 00:10:22.629 may not have even come into effect for you to 143 00:10:22.710 --> 00:10:25.629 receive royalties. I don't know what your contract looked like. 144 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:30.620 I don't know what you co-signed with your bookstores, but 145 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:34.480 you should have had a consignment. And in that consignment, 146 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:37.159 it may be set up once you sell so many. 147 00:10:38.259 --> 00:10:41.659 Then you receive your royalties. You need to make sure 148 00:10:42.100 --> 00:10:45.259 what you put in that contract and what you receive 149 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:48.480 from the consignment stores is that they're carrying your books, 150 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:52.960 that you're all in agreement because it may be it's 151 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:55.019 just delayed and not denied. 152 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:58.679 That would be fine, except that if I hadn't gotten 153 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:01.759 a letter said the money has come in, it'll be 154 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:06.019 in your account by July 15th. We started this in February. 155 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:08.860 Oh, my. Okay, well, you have a little bit of 156 00:11:08.899 --> 00:11:09.620 a problem there. 157 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:12.480 Yes, but I've turned the problem over. 158 00:11:12.500 --> 00:11:14.750 What the Better Business Bureau is, and I don't know 159 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:18.470 how it works overseas, but you do have contingencies that 160 00:11:18.509 --> 00:11:21.509 you can utilize to try to recoup your funds. And 161 00:11:21.649 --> 00:11:28.659 if you paid those funds through PayPal or Stripe, you didn't. 162 00:11:29.059 --> 00:11:29.200 No. 163 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:31.879 You always need to use somebody that you can go 164 00:11:31.940 --> 00:11:37.700 back and complain and say, look, they illegally are misrepresented 165 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:39.360 and they will pull your funds back. 166 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:42.580 OK, that's what I'm working on right now. If you 167 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:47.750 use the something I forgot, but it's an international thing. 168 00:11:48.929 --> 00:11:51.690 You can't get it back unless a lawyer does it 169 00:11:51.750 --> 00:11:55.990 for you. It's called some kind of some kind of 170 00:11:56.870 --> 00:12:00.129 fund transfer. I went to the bank. When I was 171 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:03.220 doing it, I set up a separate account so that 172 00:12:03.259 --> 00:12:06.100 they could not get any more from it. But it's 173 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:10.820 electronic transfer. If you use electronic transfer, it's not as 174 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:15.559 easy to get back as if you use one of 175 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:21.440 the other apps. And that's something I had to learn. 176 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:27.120 And I'm here now. And so we will move on. 177 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:31.299 I guarantee every one of us to say, listen, I've 178 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:32.620 had schools just like that. 179 00:12:32.980 --> 00:12:34.899 So it's okay. We learn from. 180 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:36.990 It and we get better because of it. And I 181

00:12:37.250 --> 00:12:40.970 do plan to proceed legally with it. At lunch the 182 00:12:41.009 --> 00:12:44.509 other day, there was a lawyer at my table. And 183 00:12:44.789 --> 00:12:48.129 I do plan to follow up on it to so 184 00:12:48.210 --> 00:12:50.830 that not just to get my own money back, but 185 00:12:50.850 --> 00:12:54.129 to learn the process so that there's another author whom 186 00:12:54.190 --> 00:12:57.750 I'm working with. I can advise them better than I 187 00:12:57.830 --> 00:12:58.889 was advised. 188 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:07.299 It's all a learning process. Unfortunately, we just pray that 189 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.379 we get to the point that we've learned enough that 190 00:13:09.419 --> 00:13:13.700 we don't have to go down those dark roads any longer. But, 191 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:16.320 you know, you do what you got to do. I 192 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:19.379 know I wasted... We ain't going to talk about a 193 00:13:19.419 --> 00:13:23.409 particular situation, okay? And what came out of, you know... 194 00:13:23.940 --> 00:13:29.470 out of my business. But one thing about God, that 195 00:13:29.490 --> 00:13:31.490 sounds like God will make a way when it seems 196 00:13:31.529 --> 00:13:35.809 to be no way. He'd be working in ways, that 197 00:13:35.850 --> 00:13:37.909 song is real. He'd be working in ways that I 198 00:13:37.970 --> 00:13:40.009 can't even see it, but he'd be working it out. 199 00:13:40.070 --> 00:13:42.639 He'd be working it out. And he just keeps saying, 200 00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:47.120 I just need you to stay focused. Don't get bent 201 00:13:47.179 --> 00:13:50.389 out of shape about all of this other stuff. Stay 202 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:54.899 focused on the plan. Stay focused on the purpose. Stay 203 00:13:54.940 --> 00:13:58.320 focused on the direction that I'm taking you in. Those 204 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:03.129 are distractions. And distractions come. There's a purpose for distractions, right? 205 00:14:03.690 --> 00:14:05.769 So that we don't fulfill the mission. 206 00:14:05.789 --> 00:14:08.610 I missed the mission, yeah. 207 00:14:08.990 --> 00:14:10.649 Yes. Yes. 208 00:14:11.029 --> 00:14:11.350 Yes. 209 00:14:12.049 --> 00:14:12.720 Go ahead. 210 00:14:13.100 --> 00:14:13.620 Go ahead. 211 00:14:16.429 --> 00:14:18.629 And sometimes I forget, and I don't even think I've 212 00:14:18.690 --> 00:14:21.830 ever mentioned it here, but with my private group of authors, 213 00:14:22.269 --> 00:14:24.190 I always tell them, you've got to get legal shield. 214 00:14:24.769 --> 00:14:28.230 You want to get that house. It will be your protector. 215 00:14:29.169 --> 00:14:31.789 The things that you're talking about doing through an attorney, 216 00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:34.279 you make it do through them for a smaller cost, 217 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:36.759 but they will refer you to the right people, whether 218 00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:40.340 it's national, international. So if

you have legal shields, that 219 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.259 may be a source you need to pursue to, uh, 220 00:14:43.789 --> 00:14:46.649 Tell your story and have them evaluate and tell you 221 00:14:46.710 --> 00:14:47.549 your next steps. 222 00:14:48.830 --> 00:14:52.269 That's good. That's good. Thank you. Melfi, did you have 223 00:14:52.309 --> 00:15:02.730 anything to share? No, I'm just listening to you. All 224 00:15:02.850 --> 00:15:07.009 that question was a little too packed for me. So 225 00:15:07.210 --> 00:15:09.909 early in the morning. Oh, my goodness. 226 00:15:09.929 --> 00:15:10.190 Yes. 227 00:15:10.250 --> 00:15:13.429 So the question was, I'll repeat the question, though. And 228 00:15:13.450 --> 00:15:17.029 then make it personal. Am I holding so tightly to 229 00:15:17.070 --> 00:15:22.720 the plan that I might miss the purpose? And you 230 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:25.580 kept hearing, I've learned. I've learned. 231 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:30.360 Well, I've definitely learned and I don't think I'm holding 232 00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:31.820 on so tight to the plan. 233 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:33.000 That I'm missing the purpose. 234 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:38.340 I think what was going on with me was activating 235 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:42.929 the plan on full blast, like putting my foot on 236 00:15:42.970 --> 00:15:46.289 the gas all the way down and flying with it. 237 00:15:47.129 --> 00:15:49.909 That's where I am with the plan right now. So 238 00:15:50.370 --> 00:15:52.429 I don't think that I'm. 239 00:15:52.370 --> 00:15:53.330 Blocking the purpose. 240 00:15:53.889 --> 00:15:56.850 Maybe not executing the plan was blocking the purpose. 241 00:15:57.470 --> 00:15:58.830 Maybe that's what it is for me. 242 00:15:58.950 --> 00:16:02.830 But now that I'm like full speed on the plan, yeah, 243 00:16:03.029 --> 00:16:04.860 I'm going to go wherever God is taking me. 244 00:16:04.929 --> 00:16:07.320 I'm ready. Amen. 245 00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:07.399 Dr. 246 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:15.409 Sharon Rand. Hey, you able to speak? Good morning. Yes, 247 00:16:16.269 --> 00:16:17.090 I agree. 248 00:16:17.250 --> 00:16:20.549 I have went full throttle the first year. 249 00:16:20.570 --> 00:16:22.149 It took me a. 250 00:16:22.190 --> 00:16:25.490 Half a year to get back on track. 251 00:16:26.470 --> 00:16:29.330 And this last quarter. 252 00:16:28.970 --> 00:16:33.000 Of the year, I finally figured out some things that 253 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.059 I need to do and some things I need to 254 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:40.200 not do. And I have got caught in the crosshairs 255 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:44.779 of being so ambitious and eager and to move forward. 256 00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:49.200 But I had got to a place where it was 257 00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:52.120 my speed and not God's speed. 258 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.259 And so I had to rein myself in. And now 259 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:57.179 I know in the morning. 260 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.590 God, what is it you would have me to do 261 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:05.109 today according to the purpose that you have predestined on 262 00:17:05.130 --> 00:17:08.089 my life? So some people think I have shrunk back. 263 00:17:08.130 --> 00:17:09.029 They don't see me. 264 00:17:09.150 --> 00:17:11.339 I don't I don't do a lot of things that's 265 00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:13.940 out in the open. Sometimes I have to be that 266 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:18.359 seed that God is cultivating in the dark underneath. And 267 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:20.900 so when it does bloom, it's going to be a big, big, 268 00:17:21.089 --> 00:17:24.069 pretty flower. And also I have a question. Do any 269 00:17:24.130 --> 00:17:28.009 of you all use a prepaid legal source? Someone to 270 00:17:28.049 --> 00:17:31.329 look over your contracts and all of those things like that. 271 00:17:31.769 --> 00:17:35.190 So that you would know whether to get in or 272 00:17:35.250 --> 00:17:39.079 get out or are we dependent so much on on 273 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:42.220 AI to read and write our contracts that we don't 274 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:45.940 read them. So does anybody use a prepaid legal? 275 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:51.170 Um, Dr. Um, Dr. Carolyn Coleman just mentioned legal shield. Uh, 276 00:17:51.190 --> 00:17:54.589 you may have missed that, but, um, check out legal shield. Um, 277 00:17:54.769 --> 00:17:59.599 they are lawyers and you can invest into that. Um, 278 00:17:59.710 --> 00:18:02.079 for sure you can, there's other things too, but that, 279 00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:07.779 that tends to be a popular one. Um, Yeah, legal shield. 280 00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.700 The reason I. 281 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.839 Ask because. 282 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:15.809 Within the licenses that I have, I have the opportunity 283 00:18:15.869 --> 00:18:22.190 to provide information for that service and get people signed 284 00:18:22.390 --> 00:18:24.950 up for a prepaid legal source. 285 00:18:25.109 --> 00:18:28.470 So we need to have a session on that then. 286 00:18:28.490 --> 00:18:31.650 That's what we need to do. Okay. Yeah, for sure. 287 00:18:32.509 --> 00:18:32.789 Yeah. 288 00:18:33.269 --> 00:18:37.640 So it's like... 40 something dollars a month. 289 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:39.660 Yeah. 290 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.200 Yeah. 291 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:43.180 You definitely need to, um, we need to, we need 292 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:44.359 to do a session on that. 293 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:44.819 Yes. 294 00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:47.059 Okay. I don't think, I don't think we can get 295 00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:51.849 it all in two seconds, but, but definitely, definitely something 296 00:18:51.910 --> 00:18:53.210 came up at the right time. 297 00:18:53.490 --> 00:18:54.190 Yeah. Yeah. 298 00:18:55.390 --> 00:18:56.250 Yeah, definitely. 299 00:18:57.250 --> 00:18:58.029 License for that. 300 00:18:58.269 --> 00:18:58.769 Yeah. Okay. 301

00:18:59.150 --> 00:18:59.410 Thanks. 302 00:18:59.750 --> 00:19:02.650 Hey, thanks. Hey, listen, if you don't speak up, don't 303 00:19:02.690 --> 00:19:06.539 nobody know. Okay. Okay, if I don't use the S model. 304 00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.839 If you don't show up. 305 00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:12.279 Intentionality in my framework, I would be lost. 306 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:15.000 I got to stick to. 307 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:24.109 The S model and the epic framework. And without faith, 308 00:19:25.470 --> 00:19:30.069 without faith, it's impossible to please God. So I have 309 00:19:30.089 --> 00:19:32.519 to keep all those things right there. 310 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:34.019 Yes, yes. 311 00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.569 Hey, Dr. 312 00:19:34.589 --> 00:19:38.089 Claudine, welcome. Good to see you today. Dr. David, good 313 00:19:38.109 --> 00:19:44.190 to see everybody. So, let me let Dr. Carolyn Coleman in. 314 00:19:44.609 --> 00:19:47.750 Talking today a little bit about when God redirects our 315 00:19:47.829 --> 00:19:51.980 plans and how in our life, in the work that 316 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:59.019 we are doing, and when we create in our creative capacity, change. 317 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:04.400 You know, how do we understand, you know, divine direction? 318 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:09.380 Proverbs 16, 9 says, a man's heart divides of his ways. 319 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:13.170 But the Lord directeth his steps. And I really like 320 00:20:13.230 --> 00:20:17.549 this scripture because it reveals something important to us about planning. 321 00:20:18.230 --> 00:20:24.119 That planning is not wrong. If you fail to plan, 322 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:29.220 then you plan to fail. Thoughtful planning is an essential 323 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:36.359 part of responsible living. As a publisher, as a business professional, 324 00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:40.990 as an educator, author, woman of faith, planning is essential. 325 00:20:41.430 --> 00:20:44.569 We have to learn how to set goals, establish priorities, 326 00:20:44.609 --> 00:20:48.589 develop strategies, and prepare for the future. And when we're 327 00:20:48.609 --> 00:20:52.089 working on our books, we're putting these... Listen, the principles 328 00:20:52.190 --> 00:20:56.289 work across what we are doing. The principles don't change. 329 00:20:56.670 --> 00:20:59.819 We just learn how to apply them to each particular 330 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:03.930 area that need be. So we can develop the plan 331 00:21:03.950 --> 00:21:07.789 without possessing complete knowledge of everything that will happen along 332 00:21:07.809 --> 00:21:10.930 the way. We have to know that God's perspective is 333 00:21:10.970 --> 00:21:14.309 not limited to what we see. It's not limited to 334 00:21:14.349 --> 00:21:17.549 what we see today. And sometimes I believe we can 335 00:21:17.589 --> 00:21:22.170 become so attached to how something should happen in our 336 00:21:22.210 --> 00:21:26.349 heads that

we struggle to recognize that there is another possibility. 337 00:21:27.849 --> 00:21:31.829 And sometimes people tell themselves, If I don't do this, 338 00:21:31.910 --> 00:21:35.990 I can't succeed. This is the only opportunity for me. 339 00:21:36.289 --> 00:21:38.690 How is that even possible if we serve a God 340 00:21:38.750 --> 00:21:42.170 of possibilities? This is the business right here that I 341 00:21:42.210 --> 00:21:46.059 have to build. This is the position I have to have. 342 00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:50.319 But what happens when that option is no longer available? 343 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:57.339 Do you say my purpose is now ended? Absolutely not. 344 00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:59.160 Why? Why? 345 00:22:00.289 --> 00:22:07.369 Because our purpose is not defined to a particular location, title, organization, relationship, 346 00:22:07.430 --> 00:22:15.750 or season. Any comments? If so, just open your mic. 347 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:17.819 Dr. 348 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:21.140 Coleman, I saw your mic open first. 349 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:27.059 Oh, I didn't know it was open. I got knocked off. 350 00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:28.819 I was working on a lot of problems with me. 351 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:32.579 To answer your question, though, I think it's a very 352 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:38.079 valid question. But I think, like I said, with me, 353 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:45.450 it's 70 years of living and understanding that what I 354 00:22:45.589 --> 00:22:51.269 think may not necessarily be the reality. And then I 355 00:22:51.309 --> 00:22:53.210 have to take it a little bit deeper than that. 356 00:22:53.829 --> 00:22:57.589 And I have to recognize that I have to wait. 357 00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:01.940 on God because, you know, voices will speak and they're 358 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:06.079 not always his voice. And so as we go through 359 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:09.400 these projects and we work on these books and everything 360 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:12.339 that we're doing, there's a season where we simply have 361 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:14.460 to do what Ms. Anna said and what I heard 362 00:23:14.509 --> 00:23:17.990 you say. Sometimes you start on a project and God 363 00:23:18.029 --> 00:23:21.789 gives you a pause because he has something else he 364 00:23:21.829 --> 00:23:24.529 needs to add to you to make. 365 00:23:24.430 --> 00:23:26.230 What you're pausing from better. 366 00:23:26.890 --> 00:23:28.809 So as a result of that, a lot of times 367 00:23:28.890 --> 00:23:33.019 we put it on the enemy, but it's God's protective 368 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:35.769 shield for us. So that when he takes us where 369 00:23:35.789 --> 00:23:39.369 we're really going, we know what to do, how to 370 00:23:39.410 --> 00:23:41.950 navigate and how to trust the process. 371 00:23:42.430 --> 00:23:46.089 So I agree with you that. 372 00:23:47.609 --> 00:23:54.650 We are being navigated, hopefully not by flesh, but by spirit. 373 00:23:55.539

--> 00:23:59.640 And as we move, we remember God, that everything in 374 00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:02.920 life has a season and we need to flow with 375 00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:05.619 the seasons of life. And that means flow with the 376 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:09.720 instructions of God as he navigates us through each season. 377 00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:14.210 Don't move on your own because that's dangerous, but wait 378 00:24:14.269 --> 00:24:14.549 on him. 379 00:24:15.289 --> 00:24:16.730 That's good. Miss Anna. 380 00:24:17.529 --> 00:24:21.349 We often call this a journey. And most of you 381 00:24:21.410 --> 00:24:26.259 have traveled internationally and know that The language you use 382 00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:29.539 in one country will not get you through another country 383 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:32.299 very well. And that's one of the things that I'm 384 00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:37.779 learning here is the language of the 21st century. Most 385 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:43.839 of my teaching was in the last century. Now that 386 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:47.700 we're in the, what century are we in now? Whatever 387 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:51.759 century we're in, the language is very different. And a 388 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:53.980 word that I just learned this morning in one of 389 00:24:54.049 --> 00:24:57.009 the conversations I was in. How many of you know 390 00:24:57.029 --> 00:25:03.589 the word vlogging, V-L-O-G-G-I-N? And I said, that's what I've 391 00:25:03.609 --> 00:25:05.720 been doing this past year, but I didn't know the 392 00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:11.220 terminology for it. Converting online blogs that we use in 393 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:17.450 the 20th century to videos and YouTube and podcasts and 394 00:25:18.670 --> 00:25:21.670 Just learning the language of the times. So if I'm 395 00:25:21.730 --> 00:25:24.190 asking someone to go to something I'm doing, if I 396 00:25:24.210 --> 00:25:26.710 don't know the language, they don't know if I'm asking 397 00:25:26.750 --> 00:25:28.470 to go to the bathroom or go to the kitchen. 398 00:25:32.349 --> 00:25:34.069 Clarity is imperative. 399 00:25:34.089 --> 00:25:38.490 It's got to be clear in the language of where 400 00:25:38.529 --> 00:25:41.710 we're going. And that's one of the advantages of what 401 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:45.700 you do here. I'm learning the language, still doing the 402 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:50.680 same work, working to share. But if I can't let 403 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:53.759 people know what that is, it'll keep sitting on the 404 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:55.720 shelf until it spoils. 405 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:01.380 Oh, I changed images. We were traveling. 406 00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:02.000 I'm cooking. 407 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.660 Okay. 408 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:08.950 Hey, Dr. David Evans, you able to talk? 409 00:26:12.009 --> 00:26:12.809 You own it, ma'am. 410 00:26:13.589 --> 00:26:17.690 Yeah, that was good. That was good. He might not 411 00:26:17.730 --> 00:26:20.950 be able to speak. Mel B's Dr. 412 00:26:20.970 --> 00:26:21.250 Ren. 413 00:26:21.269 --> 00:26:26.150 I don't want to leave y'all out of the discussion. 414 00:26:30.750 --> 00:26:34.039 We're good over here. 415 00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:41.099 Interesting spin on the show this morning. That's probably a. 416 00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:46.519 Conversation that needed to be had though because you can't 417 00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:53.349 let things stop your Destiny, block your destiny, block your purpose, right? 418 00:26:53.369 --> 00:26:58.680 I mean, you got to be aware and. 419 00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:02.599 Alert and, you know, know what's going on. 420 00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:04.480 But at the same time, you got. 421 00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.240 To be faithful. 422 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.160 You got to have hope. 423 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.880 You got to. 424 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:09.960 Take those leaps of faith to, you know, get where 425 00:27:10.029 --> 00:27:10.809 you're going. 426 00:27:10.890 --> 00:27:14.759 It's like Dr. Coleman said earlier. Don't you fall. Get 427 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.279 back up. 428 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.380 Try it again. 429 00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.460 Don't fall. 430 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.200 Get back up. 431 00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:20.740 Try it again. Eventually, you're going to get there. 432 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:25.039 Who sang that song? Donnie McClurkin. We fall down, but 433 00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:27.799 we get up. We don't stay down. We know who 434 00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:30.740 we are in the Lord. We don't stay down. But 435 00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:37.490 let's talk about when closed doors become direction. Now, I'm 436 00:27:37.710 --> 00:27:40.089 in the Word today, y'all. Y'all noticed that, right? I'm 437 00:27:40.130 --> 00:27:43.799 in the Word today. So I want to... on your own, 438 00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:47.839 go and look at Acts, the 16th chapter, six to 439 00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:51.059 the 10th verses. But in that passage, Paul and his 440 00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:56.039 companions traveled during their missionary journey. And they had a commitment. 441 00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:59.299 Like we have a commitment when we're going to do something, 442 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:01.960 we are committed to something. They were committed to preaching 443 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:05.559 the gospel and they had a clear mission. But the 444 00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:09.569 scripture tells us that the Holy Spirit prevented them from 445 00:28:09.769 --> 00:28:14.319 preaching in Asia at that time. And when they attempted 446 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:19.180 to enter Bithynia, the spirit did not permit them. So 447 00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:26.740 can you imagine taking your journey and being halted? See, 448 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:30.349 they were not attempting to do something wrong. They were 449 00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:33.170 pursuing the mission that they had set out

for. That's 450 00:28:33.190 --> 00:28:38.430 what we do, right? And still their intended route was interrupted. 451 00:28:39.990 --> 00:28:43.019 And eventually Paul received a vision of a man from 452 00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:47.039 Macedonia pleading for help. And then the group concluded that 453 00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:50.140 God was calling them to preach the gospel there. And 454 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:54.420 there they responded. And so what I'm saying is the 455 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:58.059 mission that they set out for did not disappear. Our 456 00:28:58.180 --> 00:29:02.029 purpose does not disappear. The book that we're working on, 457 00:29:02.089 --> 00:29:06.000 we're still working on that thing. The mission didn't disappear. 458 00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:09.740 The destination changed. That might be God saying, I need 459 00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:12.319 you to change that to this. I need you to 460 00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:16.220 move that person's thought to this thought. You know, the 461 00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:20.980 distinction really is significant because I think sometimes we believe 462 00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:26.200 that because we are doing something worthwhile, every proposed step 463 00:29:26.589 --> 00:29:30.990 must be the right step. And I know I've had 464 00:29:31.029 --> 00:29:34.230 a pullback. I can give you an example recently. The 465 00:29:34.329 --> 00:29:39.440 book And I've been asked this several times. Purposeful prosperity. 466 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:45.279 A Woman's Guide to Financial Peace and Intentional Living. Now, 467 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.180 Purposeful Prosperity didn't have nothing to do with that book 468 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:51.190 when I was thinking about it. I was thinking about 469 00:29:51.230 --> 00:29:55.650 a book about women, a book about finance, a book 470 00:29:55.690 --> 00:30:00.150 about intentional living. So that's what I was thinking. thinking, right? 471 00:30:00.690 --> 00:30:06.410 But in the midst of that, then I heard purposeful prosperity. 472 00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:10.839 I could have decided that I liked what I had, right? 473 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:18.539 And not use purposeful prosperity. Even though I heard it clearly. 474 00:30:20.569 --> 00:30:24.950 But I chose to use what I heard clearly and 475 00:30:25.029 --> 00:30:29.299 that shifted the dynamic of the book. When I was 476 00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:34.019 thinking about writing a finance book, I heard the Spirit say, 477 00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:41.579 you don't need to write an academic book. They don't 478 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:45.819 need an academic book. They need something with real life 479 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:50.579 application in it. Stories of real people that you've encountered 480 00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:57.170 that can help them see clearly how somebody has addressed it, 481 00:30:57.920 --> 00:31:03.619 worked with it, move through it, prospering from it. But 482 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:09.359 if I

wouldn't listen, if I wouldn't accept my shift, 483 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:14.460 my direction shift, I don't know that the book would 484 00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:16.660 be doing as well as it's doing. I'm going to 485 00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:22.119 say it wouldn't because disobedience can stunt us. That's just 486 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.960 a thought, y'all. Anybody else? 487 00:31:25.849 --> 00:31:29.470 That reminds me of, you know, trusting the Lord and he'll. 488 00:31:29.210 --> 00:31:30.569 Direct your path, right? 489 00:31:30.670 --> 00:31:30.829 Yep. 490 00:31:30.869 --> 00:31:36.049 So he can redirect your path also, right? Yeah, that's 491 00:31:36.089 --> 00:31:40.170 Proverbs 3, 5, 6, yes. And he can redirect our path. 492 00:31:40.410 --> 00:31:41.990 It's still us in his path. 493 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:49.299 But he needs to be in the path. 494 00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:52.180 Judges, you know how the. 495 00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:58.269 Balaam, he was headed in a direction he thought he 496 00:31:58.309 --> 00:32:02.890 was going to give a message, perform a miracle, give 497 00:32:02.930 --> 00:32:06.769 a prophecy. But his donkey kept telling him, well, not 498 00:32:06.829 --> 00:32:08.349 telling him, showing him. 499 00:32:08.549 --> 00:32:09.690 No, I'm not moving. 500 00:32:10.029 --> 00:32:10.809 I'm not going. 501 00:32:11.170 --> 00:32:13.900 And he kept beating the donkey, beating the donkey until 502 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.559 the donkey. 503 00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:18.069 Said, why are you treating me like this? And that's 504 00:32:18.109 --> 00:32:18.690 how we are. 505 00:32:18.730 --> 00:32:22.789 We are stubborn sometimes when God shows us a sign. 506 00:32:22.809 --> 00:32:25.250 We always ask him for wonders, signs. 507 00:32:25.329 --> 00:32:25.990 And miracles. 508 00:32:26.390 --> 00:32:29.279 When he shows us a sign, gives us a word, 509 00:32:29.390 --> 00:32:32.640 whispers in our ear and say, hold up, wait a minute. 510 00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:38.220 Put a little thought in it. What if you had a. 511 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:41.160 Win on your will. 512 00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.720 To do the book? 513 00:32:43.269 --> 00:32:45.690 You would have had some stumbling blocks, maybe, maybe not. 514 00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:49.200 But when you went according to what God asked you 515 00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:53.410 to do, you're having much success. So we should listen 516 00:32:53.490 --> 00:32:54.609 to what. 517 00:32:54.490 --> 00:32:58.670 God is telling us. Oh, no, we want to be big, bad, bold, 518 00:32:58.710 --> 00:32:59.250 and beautiful. 519 00:32:59.529 --> 00:33:03.089 But sometimes that's not good. Sometimes I sit back and wait. 520 00:33:02.970 --> 00:33:03.490 On the Lord. 521 00:33:03.529 --> 00:33:03.970 I say, wait. 522 00:33:06.470 --> 00:33:07.769 That's all I have to add. 523 00:33:07.789 --> 00:33:10.000 No, that was good. Go ahead, Dr. 524 00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:12.720 Coleman. That was good.

That was good. 525 00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:16.259 Y'all analogies are really great this morning. And we want 526 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:18.160 to go a little deeper and take it a little further. 527 00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:20.680 Let's use Jesus. Come on. 528 00:33:21.309 --> 00:33:22.009 Here he is. 529 00:33:22.049 --> 00:33:22.730 He's getting ready. 530 00:33:22.750 --> 00:33:24.569 He knows he's getting ready to go to the cross. 531 00:33:24.809 --> 00:33:27.430 He knows he's about to be crucified. But he asked 532 00:33:27.470 --> 00:33:32.259 his fellow comrades to just, you know, stay right here 533 00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:36.190 with me. Watch while I pray. And he did something remarkable. 534 00:33:36.230 --> 00:33:38.289 And I believe it is what he was teaching us 535 00:33:38.349 --> 00:33:41.230 today that we have to do. He was facing a 536 00:33:41.289 --> 00:33:44.609 task that his flesh did not want to do. 537 00:33:46.069 --> 00:33:47.069 And he said to. 538 00:33:46.990 --> 00:33:50.500 The father, which gives us those same opportunities to say, 539 00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:53.160 how I feel, father, if you would take this bit 540 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:56.019 of cup from me. But then he ended it with 541 00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:58.799 what we have to end with as well. But not 542 00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:03.509 my will, thy will be done. The intentionality of all 543 00:34:03.529 --> 00:34:07.079 of this is we declare that he's intentional. And because 544 00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:09.420 we believe that he's an intentional God and we've all 545 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:12.420 said that we trust him, then we trust the Holy 546 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:16.639 Spirit that when it says, whoa, when it says stop, 547 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:20.650 when it says move to something else, I'll bring you 548 00:34:20.690 --> 00:34:23.829 back to it when you're ready, when the season is right. 549 00:34:24.369 --> 00:34:28.949 It's like repurposing our videos. Miss Anna, I went out 550 00:34:29.010 --> 00:34:34.110 last night purposely to try to find your podcast that 551 00:34:34.150 --> 00:34:36.550 you spoke about that you were going to utilize my 552 00:34:36.590 --> 00:34:39.769 voice for because I couldn't get in on Tuesday. I 553 00:34:39.809 --> 00:34:42.389 didn't find that one, but I found some other ones. 554 00:34:42.929 --> 00:34:46.219 I also went back because I'm redeveloping the YouTube page 555 00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:50.139 so that all of my podcasts are labeled in different directions. 556 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.039 I found the one from Dr. 557 00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:55.559 West that had listed that it was the number one 558 00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.619 podcast for that. 559 00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:58.360 Year that you had recorded. 560 00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.820 Yes. 561 00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:01.320 So I took that podcast. 562 00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:04.130 Once I inputted all that data in, we created a 563 00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:09.730 database of media, podcasts, 564 00:35:09.750 --> 00:35:13.130 565 00:35:13.150 --> 00:35:16.110 566 00:35:16.150 --> 00:35:19.510 567 00:35:19.530 --> 00:35:21.349 568 00:35:21.389 --> 00:35:24.329 What am I 569 00:35:24.389 --> 00:35:28.429 saying is repurpose everything that you have. What didn't work, 570 00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:34.219 I've had some things that I put on TikTok, no response, 571 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:37.380 very little response. Put it back out six months later, 572 00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.320 big response. 573 00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.949 So we repurpose. 574 00:35:40.030 --> 00:35:43.949 Don't think what you created is not to be reutilized. 575 00:35:44.329 --> 00:35:45.150 There's a time. 576 00:35:45.190 --> 00:35:47.369 Maybe that wasn't a time when you did it, but 577 00:35:47.469 --> 00:35:49.849 try it again. My mom always said, do what? 578 00:35:50.230 --> 00:35:54.739 Try, try, and try again. So let's keep our focus. 579 00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:59.699 Understand that when we're having issues, go to God, be honest. 580 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:02.360 He knows we're hurting. He knows we're weak. He knows 581 00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:05.320 we're frustrated. He knows we need to make money. He 582 00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:09.679 knows all of these things. But nevertheless, not my will. 583 00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.840 Thy will be done. 584 00:36:12.289 --> 00:36:14.849 That's good. That's real good. 585 00:36:15.570 --> 00:36:18.590 Sister Carolyn, I can get that to you. One of 586 00:36:18.630 --> 00:36:21.449 the couples that was trying to get on from Kenya 587 00:36:21.869 --> 00:36:26.980 couldn't get on because their things went down. And so 588 00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:31.320 I sent them the video. uh, the, the podcast, uh, 589 00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:35.019 slides that we use. So I can send that to you. 590 00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.619 You can pull it out and use it the way 591 00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.090 you want it. 592 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.260 It was your reading. 593 00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:40.929 Uh, she showed, uh, she should live. 594 00:36:41.809 --> 00:36:42.969 Okay. Thank you. 595 00:36:43.309 --> 00:36:46.510 So thanks for speaking up. I get to repurpose something 596 00:36:46.949 --> 00:36:47.869 for somebody else. 597 00:36:48.650 --> 00:36:49.210 Yes, ma'am. 598 00:36:49.289 --> 00:36:51.710 And for yourself, put it on your YouTube page, put 599 00:36:51.730 --> 00:36:53.590 it on TikTok everywhere. 600 00:36:54.130 --> 00:36:56.079 Yeah. And I was going to, um, since y'all talking 601 00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:59.070 about that, I was just thinking about something. Um, When 602 00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:04.980 I'm watching, say, somebody's YouTube video and I like it, 603 00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:10.239 share it to your own playlist so that you will 604 00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:13.739 have a playlist because people want to see what you 605

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:18.239 are interested in. And then also, when somebody interviews you, 606 00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:21.610 so go get some interviews done, okay? Go get some 607 00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:25.489 interviews done. Mel V's from Written Word Publishing has an 608 00:37:25.590 --> 00:37:29.639 extensive list of publishers and networks that are looking for 609 00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:33.030 people to do, um, to be on their shows, go 610 00:37:33.610 --> 00:37:38.090 do some shows. Okay. Because then once those videos are 611 00:37:38.210 --> 00:37:41.110 on the YouTubes and the networks, you can have them 612 00:37:41.309 --> 00:37:45.989 either connect to send it to your YouTube, which Cyrus 613 00:37:46.050 --> 00:37:48.650 Webb did for some interviews. And so now I have 614 00:37:48.690 --> 00:37:53.059 them on my YouTube page. And then also if Dr. 615 00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:56.940 Coleman interviews me and then it's on YouTube, I then 616 00:37:57.000 --> 00:38:00.949 take her YouTube video. I like it. I make a 617 00:38:01.010 --> 00:38:04.849 comment on it and then I share it to me. 618 00:38:05.269 --> 00:38:05.550 Right. 619 00:38:05.849 --> 00:38:08.070 And I put it in a playlist and I'll name 620 00:38:08.110 --> 00:38:12.579 say I'll name my playlist podcast interviews or something. or 621 00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:16.400 podcasts on others' networks or something like that. So people 622 00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:19.900 know this isn't podcasts I'm doing on people, but they 623 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:23.659 are podcasts on a network or TV or radio or 624 00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:26.889 whatever that I have been on. And that's going to 625 00:38:26.969 --> 00:38:32.489 help us build our network also. Just a little food 626 00:38:32.530 --> 00:38:32.929 for thought. 627 00:38:33.730 --> 00:38:36.190 Credibility piece. And that's what we're working on right now. 628 00:38:36.210 --> 00:38:39.639 Credibility. And you need that when people go to your 629 00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:42.809 site to make decisions about you. Uh, so that you 630 00:38:42.829 --> 00:38:43.969 don't have to speak for yourself. 631 00:38:44.030 --> 00:38:46.429 Your work will speak for you. 632 00:38:47.989 --> 00:38:50.460 So I did hear that. Um, those of us who 633 00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:53.719 are on YouTube pay close attention. I heard there's some, 634 00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:57.119 some new policies coming out for the new year. So 635 00:38:57.139 --> 00:39:01.300 let's just make sure that we're looking into that, um, 636 00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:05.199 to make sure that we are able to monetize the 637 00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:08.690 way we need to. There's always rules with different platforms 638 00:39:08.710 --> 00:39:13.739 with monetizing. Um, And we're going to have to do 639 00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.219 some work. 640 00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:19.519 Got to get that thousand subscribers to monetize. 641 00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:21.500 You got to have a thousand subscribers. 642 00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:25.190 I got to get some subscribers on my YouTube page, 643 00:39:25.230 --> 00:39:26.610 which I don't talk about very much. 644 00:39:27.610 --> 00:39:30.460 Well, I just, I'm, I've, you know, somebody just told me, 645 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:32.170 interviewed me. They was like, how did you do it? 646 00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:37.059 Because I just opened the new YouTube channel purpose, purpose 647 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:40.530 for prosperity. Three, six, five. It's only been one month 648 00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:44.469 on the 17th of October and we've already hit over 649 00:39:44.469 --> 00:39:54.119 600 subscribers. Um, that's not typical. but it's doable. That's 650 00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:56.579 not typical. It's doable. The lady was like, well, geez, 651 00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:59.019 I've had mine open for like the last five months 652 00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:01.739 and I got 40 subscribers. Just keep at it. Just 653 00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:03.019 keep at it. Just keep at it. 654 00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:05.380 And probably because we're not keeping it. 655 00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:10.260 That's it. You got, you have to, you, you have to, you, we, 656 00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:11.900 oh my gosh, we got to stay on it. 657 00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:13.280 Gotta put the work in. 658 00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:18.000 Uh oh, vent for two Mel V's. 659 00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:23.159 What I don't get is, you know, I have the 660 00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:24.909 Writers With Purpose podcast. 661 00:40:25.570 --> 00:40:26.789 It's free. 662 00:40:27.309 --> 00:40:30.690 We broadcast across multiple platforms. 663 00:40:30.769 --> 00:40:33.909 Before the show, I'll send the authors the links. 664 00:40:34.210 --> 00:40:37.949 We're going live on YouTube, Rumble, Facebook, and. 665 00:40:37.989 --> 00:40:40.480 Instagram, you know, on LinkedIn. 666 00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:43.760 Please, you know, follow on this platform so we can 667 00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.360 tag you. 668 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:47.539 50% of it. 669 00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:50.360 I think I'm up to show 73. 670 00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:51.809 Only about half of my. 671 00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:54.210 Guests have actually subscribed to my YouTube channel. 672 00:40:54.329 --> 00:40:55.369 I don't understand. 673 00:40:55.389 --> 00:40:56.849 I don't understand. 674 00:40:56.869 --> 00:40:58.150 If you want to come on the show, the least. 675 00:40:58.070 --> 00:40:59.510 You can do is subscribe to the. 676 00:40:59.469 --> 00:41:00.329 Channel, right? 677 00:41:01.309 --> 00:41:04.380 Anyway. Thank you. Thanks. 678 00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:07.239 Put it, put it, put it in your guidelines for them. 679 00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:12.190 Please subscribe to my podcast before you go for your interview. No, 680 00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:17.030 I'm just kidding. But anyway, you could, because some people 681 00:41:17.369 --> 00:41:20.829 have certain requirements, you know, like I'm

looking at the 682 00:41:20.869 --> 00:41:23.949 list and you know, there's some people. And here's the thing. 683 00:41:24.670 --> 00:41:27.230 We may not charge anything for our podcast, but we 684 00:41:27.269 --> 00:41:31.349 probably really should be charging something for our podcast. Even 685 00:41:31.389 --> 00:41:35.369 if it's just $ 25. And I'm just saying we really should. 686 00:41:35.730 --> 00:41:39.010 We may not, but we really should. We may not, 687 00:41:39.090 --> 00:41:42.079 but we really should. Because if I have to pay 688 00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:44.079 something to be on your show, I'm for sure going 689 00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:44.599 to show up. 690 00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:48.860 A lot of people don't necessarily even want to pay, unfortunately. 691 00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:53.369 But that's a good point, what you all are saying. 692 00:41:53.750 --> 00:41:57.550 But Mel B, it's like you said. You got 100 693 00:41:57.550 --> 00:42:02.230 new subscribers from the what? From the one that we did, 694 00:42:02.789 --> 00:42:07.510 Vibrations of Healing, whatever podcast you just did. So you're 695 00:42:07.530 --> 00:42:10.690 getting subscribers then, or are they just watching? 696 00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:13.780 So have you. 697 00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:31.659 Sent her an email? that was really odd. 698 00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:34.880 Usually if I see somebody post their. 699 00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:38.260 YouTube channel, I'll go and click it and subscribe. You know, 700 00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:39.500 like it's only two clicks. 701 00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:41.639 It don't cost you anything. Like what? 702 00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:42.179 What? 703 00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:44.800 Especially if I'm going to be a guest on your show, 704 00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:46.820 of course I'm going to subscribe. 705 00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:49.539 That's like protocol. 706 00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:51.780 Etiquette or something, right? I don't know. Anyway. 707 00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:55.000 Well, I subscribed to something last night that I didn't 708 00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.519 even know. 709 00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.980 Every time I have a. 710 00:42:57.960 --> 00:43:01.610 New guest, somebody new to me, we're just meeting for 711 00:43:01.630 --> 00:43:04.050 the first time. I don't always see the number go 712 00:43:04.130 --> 00:43:06.369 up at least one with every new guest. 713 00:43:06.449 --> 00:43:07.710 And it's not balanced out. 714 00:43:07.789 --> 00:43:10.329 I know for a fact that at least half of 715 00:43:10.409 --> 00:43:12.389 the guests have not subscribed. 716 00:43:11.849 --> 00:43:12.590 To my channel. 717 00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:15.860 So that just means we got to keep working. We 718 00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:18.400 got to keep pushing. We got to keep showing up. 719 00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:21.079 We may have to invest a little bit of resources. 720 00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:23.599 If I see I have a video that a lot 721 00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:27.300 of people liked and viewed, Yeah, I'm going to put 722 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:29.380 a few dollars on that video. I'm going to put 723 00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:31.429 a few dollars on that video to see if we 724 00:43:31.469 --> 00:43:35.829 can get a double take on that video. 725 00:43:37.949 --> 00:43:42.170 Some people don't know the value of subscribing. And as 726 00:43:42.230 --> 00:43:46.409 we're learning today, even if we can't watch every time 727 00:43:46.469 --> 00:43:51.090 something comes out, if subscribing helps somebody, then do it. 728 00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:55.559 But Sister Carolyn told us last week about going on 729 00:43:56.110 --> 00:44:00.050 and looking at the analytics. That's what I did after 730 00:44:00.090 --> 00:44:03.650 we got off last week. You give it a homework assignment, 731 00:44:03.670 --> 00:44:04.829 Sister Carolyn, I do it. 732 00:44:07.250 --> 00:44:08.989 Even if I don't get credit for it. 733 00:44:09.429 --> 00:44:14.329 But aspects of some of the programs that our listeners 734 00:44:14.389 --> 00:44:18.929 don't know about until they come here. And so, Sister Melvise, 735 00:44:19.489 --> 00:44:22.690 now that people are learning the value to them and 736 00:44:22.750 --> 00:44:25.750 to you for subscribing, you may get a few more. 737 00:44:26.889 --> 00:44:30.269 And I'm telling you, last night, I subscribed to something 738 00:44:30.929 --> 00:44:33.650 of hers that I didn't know that I wasn't subscribed to. 739 00:44:34.030 --> 00:44:35.230 When I went into Dr. 740 00:44:35.250 --> 00:44:37.300 West, there was something that she was doing. 741 00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:39.800 I was not subscribed to that, but I'm subscribed to 742 00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:42.519 something else. So when you're doing the research like I 743 00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:46.619 was doing last night, subscribe to that. So I just 744 00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:50.300 clicked the button subscribe. But what the analytics are saying 745 00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:53.079 with YouTube, what my AI person is. 746 00:44:52.989 --> 00:44:55.030 Telling me, the comments. 747 00:44:56.440 --> 00:45:00.059 Make them push it into the algorithm, and that allows 748 00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:02.820 you to get subscribers that way. So we need to 749 00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:07.199 start telling our people to not only subscribe, but write 750 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:12.579 at least a five-word comment. Otherwise, it's not even used. 751 00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:20.050 Well, listen, it's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 752 00:45:20.469 --> 00:45:23.250 It's eight of us. It's eight of us. If the 753 00:45:23.429 --> 00:45:29.940 eight of us went to everybody's YouTube channels, make sure 754 00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:34.039 we subscribe to them, make sure we like it, and 755 00:45:34.099 --> 00:45:38.679 then leave a five-word minimum comment. That's what we're going 756 00:45:38.699 --> 00:45:41.570 to ask everybody to do. And we're

going to ask you, 757 00:45:41.590 --> 00:45:44.130 and it really doesn't take much to give five words. 758 00:45:44.769 --> 00:45:50.030 It really doesn't. So make it a habit. And every 759 00:45:50.070 --> 00:45:54.329 time you see something from one of us, like it. 760 00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:59.519 Put a heart on it. Say, this is great work. 761 00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:06.789 Say something. Say something, everybody. Say something. Well, I hate 762 00:46:06.809 --> 00:46:09.849 to stop us here, but we have met our time 763 00:46:10.230 --> 00:46:16.010 and it has been good today, everybody. The conversation when 764 00:46:16.090 --> 00:46:21.260 God directs your plans. I want to thank Miss Anna Roseborough. 765 00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:27.849 She's working on her Book discussion, Temptation of Christians. I 766 00:46:27.889 --> 00:46:29.079 hope that that's going well. 767 00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:29.900 Dr. 768 00:46:29.940 --> 00:46:34.150 Carolyn Coleman, I was blessed to interview her yesterday on 769 00:46:35.250 --> 00:46:38.590 the Publishing Pusher podcast. We talked about her rise, heal, 770 00:46:38.849 --> 00:46:41.670 and lead, as well as a whole bunch of other stuff. 771 00:46:41.690 --> 00:46:44.690 Y'all know how it go, how it go. But that 772 00:46:44.750 --> 00:46:47.690 was a nice blessing. I'm already scheduled to be on 773 00:46:47.730 --> 00:46:50.639 Mel V's Written Word Publishing. I think it's in December 774 00:46:50.659 --> 00:46:53.099 because she really booked up. If we can get all 775 00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:55.059 them people that she booked up for, send them a 776 00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:57.840 message before they come on. Ask them to subscribe to 777 00:46:57.880 --> 00:47:00.199 your channel. Ask them to go subscribe. Go look at 778 00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:03.280 a video so that they'll know the flow and subscribe 779 00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:05.730 to your channel. There's a way to do it without saying, 780 00:47:06.210 --> 00:47:08.989 hit my button. You know, there's a way for us 781 00:47:09.030 --> 00:47:09.389 to do it. 782 00:47:09.630 --> 00:47:09.829 Dr. 783 00:47:09.969 --> 00:47:12.110 Sharon Rand, The Pulpit Wife. And oh, let me leave 784 00:47:12.150 --> 00:47:16.000 y'all with this. Join us tonight. If you can't, you can't. 785 00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:19.840 Join us tonight, 8 o'clock p.m. I'll push it to 786 00:47:19.960 --> 00:47:24.960 Eastern Standard Time. That's 7 o'clock p.m. Central Standard Time. Dr. 787 00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:28.769 Sharon Wren and I will be live. We are doing 788 00:47:28.809 --> 00:47:35.369 the Visionary Insights, welcoming people into the new book as 789 00:47:35.429 --> 00:47:40.039 we prepare for this 30-day launch, Women Who Carry the Word. 790 00:47:40.579 --> 00:47:45.579 Faithful voices for such a time as this. So yeah, 791 00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:48.059 that's what we're going to be doing this evening. Y'all, 792 00:47:48.119 --> 00:47:51.530 this is good. I'm excited. We've been working on some stuff. 793 00:47:51.570 --> 00:47:57.550 We got a whole month of stuff. But thank y'all 794 00:47:57.590 --> 00:48:05.969 for joining us today. You are greatly appreciated. Remember, you 795 00:48:06.010 --> 00:48:10.909 have been blessed to be a blessing. Serve King Jesus 796 00:48:11.219 --> 00:48:15.800 so that you may be the visible manifestation of his 797 00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:22.449 invisible presence. I'm closing down over here on a Zoom session. 798 00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:24.980 Clubhouse is still open. 799 00:48:31.190 --> 00:48:33.929 Thank you, everyone, for listening to Dr. Rene's Chat Podcast, 800 00:48:34.300 --> 00:48:36.780 brought to you by Jotnay Publishing. Be sure to stay 801 00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:41.920 tuned in for future conversations and engagements. Check out the website, jotnaypublishing.org, 802 00:48:42.219 --> 00:48:44.750 and subscribe to this show on your preferred podcast app. 803 00:48:45.289 --> 00:48:47.869 Shout out to Donnie Fire for the production. Be blessed 804 00:48:48.469 --> 00:48:49.130 and be a blessing. 805 00:48:49.969 --> 00:48:50.190 Peace.