Full Transcript for Consecration: When God Separates You for Something Greater

at heart. 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:06.879 So I'm also gonna journal about what I'm learning through these scriptures. 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:10.319 And I included them in my prayer room and my intimate time with God. 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:15.199 And what I started to realize is that consecration means to be set apart. 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:22.879 And as I had mentioned, I've always seen myself different from everyone else, set apart from everyone else, but again, in my own egotistical ways. 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:33.120 And when I was doing this, I said, no, I'm being set apart in the way that God has created me to be, how God has envisioned my life in the creation of it, and how beautiful is that. 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:39.520 And I took this consecration so seriously and that it started to work inside of me in different ways. 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:47.280 Throughout this time, I started to see certain things like revelations in my life and things that started happening that started to make a lot of sense. 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:50.719 But again, in the earthly realm, make no sense. 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:59.280 But I just stayed committed and understanding that whatever is to be was going to be, and I just had to be a good student of it, even when I didn't understand. 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:07.599 So as I went on through this consecration, at about week four, I had decided that I was also going to do a social media consecration for the month of April. 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:08.479 So we are what? 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:16.879 Seven days into April as of today, and I am leaning in on this journey a little timid, but in full confidence. 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:18.080 And I'll explain what that means. 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:23.599 I wasn't sure if God was the one that was telling me to do the consecration from social media. 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:30.960 I do feel like it was God, but I also think it's a lot of my own spirit as well, because I have been running a business on social media for nine years. 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:34.159 I have over 9,000 posts that I've done in that time frame. 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:36.479 So you do the math, that's a lot of posting, right? 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:37.919 It's a lot of giving myself. 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:44.000 And one of my biggest prayers every single day is allow me to be a servant of your word, of your will, allow me to serve the people. 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.080 And I've been able to do that through social media. 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:51.599 One of my fears with doing a consecration from social media was, Lord, how am I going to serve people? 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:54.719 Thinking that my God is just so small to only social media. 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:55.919 But that was one of my worries. 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:57.280 Will my businesses still run? 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:58.479 Will I still get sales? 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.919 Will I still get leads if I'm not on social media posting every day? 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:07.199 And I did feel and I did hear, I'm not gonna say I feel, I heard the Lord say, trust me. 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:13.199 I decided to do away with social media, and it has been quite interesting. 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:18.639 So the other thing that I had to face was in my church, I go to a Pentecostal charismatic church. 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:26.800 We believe of the gifts of the spirit, um, we believe of gift of the spirit, um, we believe anointing, and I don't even know how to explain it all. 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:34.800 What we believe in you really feel it really invites the presence of the Holy Spirit into the room, and that changes, I think our saying is God's presence changes everything. 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:46.240 We did an anointing night, and my pastors in my church, I am just now, I've been a member of this church for probably five years, but I'm just now in the part where I'm allowing myself to join different groups. 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:53.279 And I've always served with the church, but I just do my job, I don't mingle a lot, I don't get to know a lot of people within the walls of the church. 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:59.839 I just go there, get my fuel, my fill of Jesus, and then I find ways to serve privately and then I make my exit. 00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:01.360 And the Lord has been helping me with that. 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:03.040 I'm now part of a Bible study group. 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:07.120 We're actually hosting the Bible study group here in my and God's working with me in this area. 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:10.000 But they don't know really what's going on in my life, what I do. 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.319 I don't really follow people from my church, whatnot. 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:17.600 So I'm not like as vocal as I am on a podcast or on my social media as I am in church. 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:26.560 So we had an anointing night, and my pastor anointed me and said, as you were standing in line and walking towards me, I felt the anointing of Esther on you. 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:27.360 I didn't know what that meant. 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:33.120 Okay, mind you, I know what the story of Esther was, or I knew that she was mentioned in the Bible, but I didn't know in its full detail what that meant. 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:36.879 And when he said to me, this was before I went on my consecration from social media as well. 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:47.360 And he said, You need to know that you were created for such a time as and that whatever was done in the darkness of your past, it doesn't matter because of the light of God that has for you in your new life. 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:49.759 And like I wrote it down, everything he said. 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:53.279 As soon as I went back to my chair, I just got down on my knees and started writing. 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.600 Once again, journaling is just key to me. 00:05:55.839 --> 00:06:03.759 So I went home that night and I read

the entire book of Esther and I started to do a Bible study on Esther as well to really understand what exactly that meant. 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:08.720 And as I'm reading scripture and I'm also comparing my own life to it, I'm like, this makes a lot of sense. 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:17.120 And I have to believe, and there's been so many other revelations and things that have been happening that allow me to know that I'm in the space of life of where I'm meant to be. 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:20.800 And I promise you that this podcast is not just about right, there's a point to all of this. 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:23.759 Because I want you to be able to see you inside of this story. 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.000 And I know that there has to be a purpose for everything. 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:30.639 So in my consecration, I knew that I wanted to silence the noise of social media. 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:37.839 I don't think that I'm really in the space of who I am to where I'm looking at people's content and saying, oh, I think I have outgrown that part. 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:43.439 But there are times where I can tell myself, oh, you should be doing things like this or like that. 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:44.720 You should be doing X. 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:46.959 There's so much information and so much noise. 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:52.959 And even though a lot of my algorithm is either business-based or Christian-based, it's still noise. 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:58.480 It's still a separation of me and God and what God is truly calling me to be and who to become. 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:00.319 So that was one of the other reasons. 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:07.199 When I knew that there was also another part of me that I was using social media as a way to filter who got access to me. 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:17.600 As we need to be very careful about who we are giving access to us, what I realized is that it stopped me from going out and doing, being a person that goes out and does. 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:24.480 I was more, I'll stay right here, I'll do right here, and I'll allow social media to be the filter of the people that I get to help. 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:26.240 And that was keeping me very small. 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:34.160 Another thing I had realized in this time prior to my consecration is that it was very hard for me to be around people and have conversations with people. 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:35.680 And I thought that there was something wrong with me. 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:36.800 I'm like, God, am I sick? 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:41.920 Like I get around people and I'm just so drained afterwards and I have to take a nap. 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:44.639 It literally feels like a fog overneath my eyes. 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:45.600 What's wrong with me? 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:46.639 I've never been like that. 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:48.000 I'm such a social butterfly. 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:56.160 And I was like, is it because I'm just like so like into social media, like I'm so used to the quick connection that when it actually is a long conversation, it exhausts me. 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:00.000 So then I journaled and I had to decipher if that was a true fact. 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:08.399 Did interacting with people exhaust me, or was it with a certain group of people or certain type of conversations or certain type of outings that exhausted me? 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:12.079 And when I came to find out that people don't exhaust me, it's the wrong conversation. 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:23.279 It's when I get into a room and people are talking about the world and gossip and problems with no resolution, with no idea or no thought process towards a solution. 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:27.920 They just want to play this woe is me, pity old me, poor little old me. 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:29.199 And that exhausts me. 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:33.519 I can't sit around and have meaningless conversations anymore. 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:38.080 I can't sit at a table and just hear about all the problems that you're going through. 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:43.519 And then when offered a solution or a thought process or a guidance, no, my life just sucks. 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:46.879 Like I even saying that out of my mouth really exhausts me. 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.159 I just, I can't do it. 00:08:48.240 --> 00:09:01.840 But when I'm in a table, when I'm surrounded around people who are speaking life, who are speaking solutions, who are speaking ideas, creativity, who are speaking life again into a situation, I am on fire and I leave there on fire. 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:06.240 So I knew that I had just had to be, okay, I need to be out serving people. 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:19.919 And I need to assure that I'm willing to sit at the tables of people who need help, as long as they are willing to receive the help, be there to be that servant for them, but also make sure that I'm at the tables that ignite something in me that keep this fire going. 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:24.320 So in my consecration from social media, I've decided that that was something I was gonna do. 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:29.200 I wasn't gonna depend on social media only to make my connections or anything actually at all as of right now. 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:38.159 And that I was gonna go out into the world and I was going to do and I was gonna act as a servant and also be very obedient in this task that I feel that the Lord has put me on. 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:43.519 And there have just been so many different things that I have seen that well, to time as this. 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:47.679 I don't think I've ever really heard that before prior to my pastor saying it. 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:54.240 And I don't know if it's just like the reactive way that our brains work or what, but now in conversation, I'm hearing it. 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.960 And I just signed up to this woman's group for professionals in Tampa Bay. 00:09:59.120

--> 00:10:08.159 And at the bottom of their signature, after I submitted my application and paid the fee, at the end of their signature, it quoted for such a time as this, right? 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:14.639 So I'm just like seeing all of these connections that are bringing me to this space of life that feels new. 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:19.840 To me, it's okay, God, we're starting on, and I don't want to say a new path, we're just a faster direction. 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:23.519 And it's no longer me in control of the driver's wheel, right? 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.320 God is in full control and it scares me. 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:27.120 It's weird. 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:29.120 I say I'm scared, but I'm not scared, right? 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:30.080 I'm not really scared. 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:31.519 And you know why I'm not scared? 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:32.879 Because I have a praise report. 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:36.559 Like I have all the things in my life that God has never left me. 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:40.559 It might have felt delayed in my timing, but at his timing, it was right on time. 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.039 So I just know that God's always going to be there, right? 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:46.720 And it may not be in the way that I think it should look, but God will always be there. 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:53.600 So I just have to trust in this journey and be aware of what it is that he's doing in this season and what he's calling me to. 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.480 Publishing lemon seeds was an act of obedience. 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:58.799 Writing the book was an act of obedience. 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:06.799 So now that it's out there, and I remember after I did the book launch here in Tampa back in the end of March, I felt empty afterwards. 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:12.559 And I was like, and not empty in a bad way, but I felt like everything I had in me, I had to pull put out. 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:14.320 It was there, everything was there. 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:16.399 And then I'm like, okay, God, it's done. 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:17.919 Now what do I do with this? 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:19.120 What's the next step? 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:25.679 So that weekend is when my pastor had given me the anointing of Esther, or said that the anointing of Esther was on me. 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:27.840 And then all of these other things started to happen. 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:33.360 And I don't want to go into all of the details because some of them are very close to my heart and I think are meant to be kept personal. 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:34.720 But I do want to share one thing. 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:36.480 And I thought that this was so unique. 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:40.879 I went to an event, part of this consecration of not being on social media. 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:45.200 I had just replied to it saying yes, only because it was 20 minutes down the street from my house. 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:46.240 And I was like, you know what? 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:47.279 I have no idea what this is. 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:48.480 I've never heard of this group. 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:49.519 It's filled with women. 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:51.759 They're talking about networking as well as Christ. 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:52.480 I'll go. 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:56.399 And so as I was getting up to the morning of, right? 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:59.919 I was putting together this backdrop for my podcast, Another Obedience. 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:02.320 And I was like, in my head, don't go. 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:03.279 This is not for you. 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:03.840 Don't go. 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:05.039 And I caught it immediately. 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:07.440 I'm like, this is the enemy trying to sway me. 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:09.440 And I said, nope, we're gonna put down what we're doing right now. 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:10.720 We're gonna get dressed and we're gonna go. 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:12.080 Long and behold, I get there. 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:16.480 And the lady that's sitting at the registered desk, oh my God, it's you. 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:18.639 And in my head, I'm like, oh, she's just being kind. 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:22.080 That's how she's greeting people that are coming in to this event to make them feel special. 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:23.120 And I said, I'm sorry. 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:23.840 I'm like, hi. 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:25.519 And then she goes, No, it's you. 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:27.039 It's life as Nadine. 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:28.639 And I'm like, okay, hi. 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:35.440 And she goes, You spoke to me when I was going through a hard time and you spoke life into me and you're here. 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:36.799 And I was like, oh my goodness. 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:40.240 And I remembered, and I won't go into any more detail just out of her privacy. 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:41.360 And I was like, wow. 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:44.240 And I went and sat at my table and I remember saying, Thank you, Lord. 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:45.360 Thank you for getting me here. 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:46.799 Thank you for putting this in front of me. 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:55.279 I would have never seen that woman face to face, been able to hug her and embrace her ever if I would have just still hiding behind my phone. 00:12:55.440 --> 00:13:01.039 And then she actually, in the middle of the event, she actually went up and she was talking about her testimony. 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:06.720 And she says, I know that there has to be a God because there's no way that you would have walked into this room. 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:07.840 And she points at me. 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:09.120 And I'm like, exactly. 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:13.600 Because God is so divinely putting the pieces of our lives together. 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:17.600 When we are aware of that, when we allow him, right? 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:20.320 And when we say, Okay, I

know I love control. 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:23.120 I am a type A woman, but I don't want control of this. 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:24.240 God, you take it. 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:29.679 And we sit in our rightful place and we put him in his rightful seat, amazing things happen. 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:31.200 I can't make this stuff up. 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:36.320 And I just want to continue on this obedience and I want to continue to just keep working on this part of me. 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:46.879 And I would highly recommend you guys that if you've never done a consecration or something that just like gives you this moment with God every single day, and it's something that you're interested in doing, let me know. 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:48.320 Comment on this video. 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:50.240 I can send you a consecration plan. 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:52.559 I'll send you the exact one that I did with my church. 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:56.080 You did this from the comfort of your own home at your pace in your space. 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:57.679 It's been something completely different. 00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:59.840 And I'm so happy that I was disciplined with it. 00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:01.519 And that I didn't come up with excuses. 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:06.080 And that if I did fall behind a day, that I made sure I caught up and I didn't say, Oh, tomorrow. 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:09.600 And I found time to do it because it is setting me apart. 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:12.320 It's number one, setting me apart from my flesh. 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:14.000 That I think is the biggest thing. 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:15.759 It is setting me apart from the world. 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:28.000 The world right now is a mess and in worried and in shambles, but it's setting me apart from that because I serve a faithful God and I know that God is working something amazing, even in what this seems like a mess. 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:32.559 Even during this time off of social media, I have been binge watching The Chosen. 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:36.240 And it's been so beautiful to see how Jesus was. 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:39.279 And mind you, of course, there's screenplay in this, right? 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:47.679 But I have been watching the show and then also looking up where these parts of the show are inside the Bible and following along and then journaling. 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:50.000 And it's been such a beautiful experience. 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:57.440 And again, these are things that I would have not been doing because I would have been scrolling on my phone, thinking about what is this person posting and what should I post tomorrow? 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:00.480 What's happening in real estate and what this pastor says, right? 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:03.600 I'm just stopping and I'm making rooms for me and Jesus. 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:05.360 And it is just amazing. 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:16.879 And honestly, I don't know what the trajectory or what the plan is for this season of the belief effect is, but I just know that God's going to do something amazing and I'm just going to be obedient and full disclosure. 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:20.080 I may not come onto these videos looking the best, right? 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:25.840 Sometimes I might come in my pajamas or I may come a business meeting or I may come from inside of my car. 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:28.159 But when I feel it, I want to deliver it. 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:34.399 But first, it's really important that I embrace it first to understand it and understand what it is that God is calling me to. 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:35.759 And I want it to just flow. 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:39.360 I don't want to use ChatGPT for ideas or for topics. 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:40.799 I don't want to do any of that. 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:43.919 I want God to lead what is coming off of my mouth. 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:49.519 And I look forward to growing here on this podcast, touching people's lives and bringing people together. 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:58.080 I have some ideas of things that I want to do for fellowship and ministry here through online and in person in Tampa, or who knows, maybe around the world. 00:15:58.240 --> 00:15:59.519 And I'm just super excited. 00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:10.320 I when I did my book launch, and I think I've done a couple of videos on social media about this, that when you buy lemon seeds, you want to make sure you get the signed copy because you don't know who I'm gonna be in five years. 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:15.600 I don't say that out of a place of ego, but I just know that God is doing great things. 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:25.840 And I hope that in five years I can say, remember when I said that, remember when I said that because I knew he was doing something, something beyond our wildest dreams. 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:28.240 And it's not just for me, it's for you too. 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:34.240 Like God right now is raising up the people who feel like they have nothing left, like they're just left with the crumbs of their life. 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:36.639 If you are allowing him, he will raise you up. 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:44.159 I have seen healing and God bring people to his altar, to his feet that were so far from and they're not my stories to share. 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:48.399 And hey, it'd be beautiful to maybe get some of these people onto this podcast at some point. 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.799 But what God is doing is just beautiful, and I want to see him move in your life. 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:59.360 And if my words or I don't know what it is about me that makes you listen, then please tune in, subscribe. 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:01.360 I'm excited where this is gonna lead us. 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:05.359 And if you don't know me and you're new here, my name is Nadine Maldonado. 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.240 I'm a mother. 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:07.599 I am a believer. 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:10.720 I am just a woman who is learning to be obedient. 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.920 I'm an entrepreneur. 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:14.160 I do real estate here in the Tampa Bay area. 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:21.039 I mentor agents as well as I have a social media course that I offer to real estate agents to grow their business. 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.920 I'm an author. 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:24.319 I just published my first book, Lemon Seeds. 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:25.119 I'm a speaker. 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:27.279 I want to be able to touch the people's hearts. 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:31.759 And I feel like those titles, they all sound like a lot, but I feel like God's not done there. 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:33.599 And I think there's so much more that's coming. 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:37.359 And I would just say, buckle up and get ready to go on your ride. 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:40.319 Ready to step into the belief of what so we're here. 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.599 Until next time.