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God longs to transform our setbacks to
setups but it won’t fall out of the sky
you have to get up and let him so God
daughters I need you I need you to
answer where have you withdrawn where
have you pulled back from where are you
binge watching to avoid a vision that
God gave
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you
okay we’re going to talk about when
godmothers and goddaughters connect and
also how you can navigate relationships
because it always ends up a little bit
of both so the first one I want to talk
about is when God is connecting you to
somebody so few years back I had just
written uh without rival and I found
myself in Austin Texas and I was back in
the green room and I saw this beautiful
young girl she was going to be doing the
spoken word that night and she was just
phenomenal I listened to her I was just
in awe and in worship I had felt God say
put her in your heart just put her in
your heart so I was like okay I I’ll
deposit that one in my heart I I just
said all right I I’ll I’ll just I’ll
take her as my goddaughter and you know
so we talked and then I got up and
preach we we just exchanged numbers I
just said I just you know I just feel
like I’m supposed to watch over you and
she just gave me her number and that was
in the fall and then in January I found
myself in Vietnam with my husband and we
both contracted this horrible horrible
Tropic flu we were so sick we went to
Indonesia we Minister for two days I
looked at my husband and I said I am
really sick and was like just press
through and then the next day he was
like I’m so sorry now I am really sick
I’m like yeah you just pressed through
but we are both just in a hotel room
tossing and turning in this super high
fever and the only person I could think
of was this girl that I had hidden in my
heart so I thought you know what as soon
as I get back to the United States I am
calling her so I get back I’m doing my
laundry for my trip and I I call her and
she’s kind of passive and all of a
sudden I found myself I’m yelling at her
I’m like you cannot just sit on your
sofa and just hide watching shows what
did you think did you think there wasn’t
a battle why does this generation want
to be heroes and they don’t want to
battle and like the she was quieter and
quieter and I kept yelling more and more
I even thought to myself you are a crazy
woman you are talking in jet lag right
now but I didn’t know where to stop and
she was completely silent and so I just
kept pressing it and and I prayed over
her and I hung up and in the book we
have the letter of actually what
happened she had just picked up the book
without rival she had found herself in
the worst time period from the time
period that I had met her to the time
period I called her she’d been been
sexually molested she had lost all of
her money when she invested in a project
and somebody took it from her she felt
like she had compromised every value
that she ever had that people had come
alongside of her gossiped about her and
she told her husband I am quitting and
then I call her she had been binge
watching she said for a week on Netflix
and I call her and yell at her and I
told her I said you are fighting a
spirit of discouragement
she said she just sat there like why is
she yelling at me and she had with rival
in her hands and then she said when I
she hung up the phone blinders came off
of her eyes and she realized oh my gosh
I need to fight I’m going to tell you
right now there is a spirit of
discouragement it doesn’t just fight you
it fights everybody what you are going
through a lot of people have gone
through what had happened was I had a
dream and in this dream I dreamed I was
in my bed and that somebody had put a
like a duffel bag next to my bed and you
know it was one of those dreams where I
actually thought I was awake but I was
actually dreaming and I look over at the
duffel bag and I thought why is there a
duffel bag on the floor I’m just going
to trip over it then I noticed it was
unzipped and spiders were coming out of
the duffel bag now I hate spiders I hate
spiders almost worse than I hate snakes
so I remember thinking to myself I need
to zip that before all the spiders come
out but they were coming out to fast so
in my dream I grab the duffel bag run it
into the bathtub and turn on the water
to drown the spiders and then again I’m
so freaked out I wake up I realized
Hallelujah there’s no duffel bag there’s
no spiders there’s nothing in my bathtub
but the spirit of God said to me those
spiders are like discouragement and it’s
in people’s baggage of their past tell
them to drown it in the word of God just
begin to drench those areas where the
enemy just Tri to creep back in and so I
watched her and she’s a young girl and
she said you know what not only am I
going to move forward I’m going to reach
back because it’s not enough for us just
to be like thank you very much when we
have something happen in our lives we
move forward and we also reach back
that’s what happens when godmothers and
goddaughters cannect
we want to be that for somebody else
what somebody else has been to us we
want to be that for somebody else and
you think well but I’m only like 20 well
20y olds can pour into 15y olds we
already talked about that 15 year olds
can pour into 10 year olds 60 year olds
can pour into 40y olds well I get to
pour into everybody because everybody is
younger than me at this point but
quitting is not an option it’s not an
option for goddaughters it’s not an
option for God mothers quitting is is
not on the table you need to take it off
your life may look different things may
not be happening the way you think it’s
going to happen it may not be the season
where you’re enjoying it right now but
that doesn’t mean that any of what you
are going through right now is any less
sacred than what you are hoping to be
going through in the future weep if you
need to rest if you’re weary but then
get off whatever that sofa is that the
enemy has you languishing on and
remember that you are a warrior
scripture gives us an example of women
connecting that are goddaughters and
godmothers and just for the sake of time
I’m going to do a very quick retell of
the story of Ruth and Naomi Ruth and
Naomi now before uh Ruth met Naomi Naomi
left with her husband and her two sons
they left Judah and they went into Moab
because there was a famine in the land
and while they’re there their sons grew
up their sons married two women and and
then the husband dies and both the sons
die so now there is a mother-in-law and
her two daughter-in-laws and they’re all
widows but Naomi hears that God is
visiting the land of Judah that God is
blessing and there’s abundance and so
she tells her daughter-in-laws hey I’m
going back I’m leaving Moab and I’m
going back to the land of Judah she’s
actually going back to Bethlehem that’s
where she’s from and so you see this
story where all three of them are
walking and then Naomi says wait a
minute I I think God might be mad at me
because my sons are dead my husband’s
dead I have nothing to offer you guys
you guys need to just go back to your
own family because even if I got
pregnant right now you could never marry
the sons I have so I have got nothing in
my life to offer you and I feel like
there are a lot of women who are older
who have gone through
Devastation who are pushing away the
younger women and and saying I’ve got
nothing to offer you go back go back I
can’t do and orfa goes back she cries
but she goes back but Naomi refuses to
go back and what she says is she’s like
hey don’t urge me to leave you meaning
stop it stop it Naomi stop telling me to
go or return from following you for
where you go I will go and where you
Lodge I will Lodge your people shall be
my people and your God my God
where you die I will die and there will
I be buried may the Lord do so to me and
more also of anything but death Parts me
from you wow that’s like crazy this is a
daughter-in-law speaking to her
mother-in-law but what we hear here is
the language of Covenant she says where
you go I’m going to go your God will be
my God Ruth was a
moias moabitas did not they did not
worship the god of Abraham Isaac and
Jacob but she said hey I’m going to
follow you because you’re following your
God so what happens is she goes she’s
gleaning in a field and Boaz Caesar and
Boaz has heard about her kindness to her
mother-in-law who has lost everything
and when he hears about this kindness of
Ruth Ruth he says in Ruth chap 2:12 the
Lord repay you for what you have done
and a full reward be given you by the
Lord the god of Israel under whose wings
you have come to take
refuge I love that he said yeah you’re
really nice to Naomi but I know what’s
really going on you have decided that
the Lord God of Israel is your refuge
and I am believing that because he’s
your Refuge he is is your rewarder see
Naomi wasn’t the rewarder Boaz wasn’t
even the rewarder the Lord was the
rewarder and as I read this verse I
think it’s so beautiful and poetic
because each and every one of us are
daughters who can make a choice to make
God our refuge because we are actually
all refugees looking for that high and
holy place who is God my hope is that
actually in this interner change where
you see Naomi saying okay I’m I really
think I should actually bless you now
because you’ve been so good to me I’m
going to teach you how to get Boaz to to
marry you which is this story to me is
kind of hilarious because she’s like go
in go in the secret go in the dark when
everybody’s asleep and then uncover his
feet get under the covers when he says
who’s there then you tell him who it is
but then you leave and he’s like yeah
you better get out of here so nobody
knows a woman has been here but somebody
must have know because they wrote it in
the Bible so the whole story leaks out
but but anyway I’m kind like who’s who’s
a spy here but anyway so she becomes his
wife she has a baby she gives this baby
the name OED and then she gives OED to
Naomi to nurse now Naomi had tried to
change her name from Naomi which means
Pleasant and beautiful to Mara which
means bitter and I feel like right now
we’ve got a lot of older women saying
yeah my life at one time was full I went
away full and I’ve come back empty my
life is now bitter and I’m going to call
it bitterness well when women begin to
call their life bitterness they become
judges and critics but when women
understand that there is not the end of
the story and that God actually has a
way of fulfilling your real name that
beautiful name of Naomi then you can
actually bless the generations around
you so what happens is we find out OED
was the father of Jesse who was the
father of David who wrote all the time
about being under the wings of God and
Boaz recognized Ruth as a woman of Faith
because boaz’s mother was the Harlot
that hid the spice the one woman who
found a way for her family to escape the
destruction of Jericho so I believe
there’s this beautiful picture of a
Redemptive plan for the Gentiles in the
story of Ruth and in the story of Boaz
that Jesus is going to be the kinsman
redeemer for those that are outside of
the Covenant so I love how they interact
then I see Elizabeth Mary so we all know
this story Zachariah he’s in the Holy
Place Angel appears Angel’s like hey
guess what you’re going to get a son and
Zachariah is like ah I don’t know if I
should believe you I don’t know if I
should believe you cuz I’m old my wife’s
old well you know you’re going to have
to prove to me you’re going to have to
give me some kind of sign that you are
telling me the truth and the Angel’s
like buddy I got a sign for you my name
is Gabriel Gabriel means the might and
power of God and from now on you’re not
talking and so now all of a sudden
Zachariah can’t talk he goes home he
gets his wife pregnant so just you don’t
have to talk to do that he goes home and
Elizabeth is pregnant and you know what
she does she goes into hiding she goes
into hiding now let’s just talk about
this if I was a woman that was known for
being Baron because that’s what she was
known for if my name was Elizabeth and I
was baren and I was old and my husband
wasn’t talking I’d be talking I’d be out
at the well I’d be having that big
pregnant body of mine on display I’d be
like y’all see what’s happening y’all
talk bad about me look what God is doing
in and for me I think it’s going to be a
forerunner I think it’s going to be very
significant God’s like no Lisa no see
you can’t be alive back then so I but I
love her because Elizabeth understood
that what she carried within her was
more important than public affirmation
she went into seclusion now the promise
was that John the Baptist would be
filled with the spirit in his mother’s
womb so Elizabeth she’s hiding she’s
consecrated she’s understanding that God
is actually bringing her name into
reality because Elizabeth means
consecrated to God and then we see
Gabriel coming to Earth again and it
says during the sixth month of
Elizabeth’s pregnancy the angel Gabriel
was sent from God’s presence to an
unmarried girl named Mary living in
Nazareth a village in Galilee she was
engaged to a man named Joseph a true
descendant of King David now that is the
passion translation because I love the
way this one reads for this Gabriel is
visiting the Earth again he’s got a
message this time it’s not for an old
man it’s for a young woman and Gabriel
appeared to her and said Grace to You
young woman for the Lord is with you and
so you are anointed with great favor
Mary was deeply troubled over the words
of the Angel and bewildered over what
this may mean for her but the angel
reassured her don’t do not yield to
fear and I just want to pause there
every promise of God is on the other
side of fear so right there he’s like
okay I know this is a little shocking do
not be afraid do not yield to your fear
do not yield to fear do not allow fear
to have a stronger voice than a
messenger of God do not yield to your
fear Mary for the Lord has found Delight
in you and has chosen to surprise you
with a wonderful gift well surprises are
good but this one was totally unexpected
he goes and says you will become
pregnant with a baby boy and you are to
name him Jesus he will be Supreme and
will be known as the son of the highest
and the Lord God will enthrone him as
King on his ancestor David’s Throne he
will reign as king of Israel for ever
and his reign will have no limit that’s
Luke 1: 31-33 in the passion then Mary
raised a reasonable question Mary said
uh but how could this happen I’m still a
virgin and her question is a how could
this happen which is very different than
zachariah’s question which is how do you
expect me to believe you one questions
the Integrity of the messenger the other
one questions the method how is this
going to happen Gabriel answered the
spirit of Holiness will fall upon you
and almighty God will spread his shadow
of power over you in a Cloud of Glory
this is why the child born to you will
be holy and he will be called The Son of
God then the angel let Mary in on a
secret he says what’s more your aged
Aunt Elizabeth has also become pregnant
with a son the barren one is now in her
sixth
month what is God doing he’s saying I’m
going to actually confirm the impossible
a girl getting pregnant who is a virgin
with the improbable an old woman being
in her six month and then the very next
verse is one I want you to write down
it’s Luke chapter 1 verse 37 because I
believe this isn’t just a promise for
Mary or a promise for Zachariah or a
promise for Elizabeth I believe this is
a promise for you it says not one
promise from God is empty of power for
with God there is no such thing as
impossibility not one promise of God Is
void of power the one who promises is
the one who causes it to happen the ESV
just simply says for nothing will be
impossible with God
but I like that it’s not just about
nothing it’s that every promise has
power attached to it because you can’t
just make oh God I want this to happen
he said the promises have power attached
to it a virgin birth was an
impossibility without God and Mary said
behold I am the servant of the Lord let
it be to me according to your word and
the angel departed from her Luke 1:38 so
so what would happen if a generation of
God’s daughters which would include
godmothers and God daughters God’s
daughters began to Echo this raane
father I am your servant be it unto me
according to your word according to your
promises that are not void of power be
it unto me according to your word so
sweet one you do not need to work it up
you don’t need to figure it out you you
don’t need to write a book you don’t
need to have a huge social media
following you simply need to declare
yourself willing to live according to
his word so good that’s where it starts
and then I love what happens next so
Angel leaves and Mary does something she
runs to Elizabeth she runs to Elizabeth
Mary means highly favored so you’ve got
the highly favored running to the
consecrated and she comes to the doorway
of Elizabeth and at just the sound of
Mary’s voice the baby within Elizabeth
is quickened and what Elizabeth does as
she begins to prophesy she begins to say
who am I that the mother of my Lord wait
this is a virgin girl who is not even
married yet how would she know that well
the mothers and the daughters that are
God connected recognize each other by
the spirit what was the spirit the Holy
Spirit and Mary and Elizabeth began to
actually overflow between these two
women and women who usually had no voice
their private conversations were
recorded for us women who we can hear
what God is doing so we have to know one
another by the spirit I love that the
promise was only for John the Baptist to
be filled in his mother’s womb but
Elizabeth who was consecrated said
that’s awesome but but I want something
more I want to be filled to overflowing
with the spirit and I know there’s a lot
of mothers out there that you say I just
want my kids to do it well I just want
to see them fulfill God’s Destiny and
God said you know what you need to pray
a little bit bigger than that pray that
they fulfill their Destiny pray that
they’re filled with his Spirit pray that
the power of God is on their life but go
ahead and ask for more for yourself ask
God to do something in your life ask God
in your moments of consecration to
Astound you with his spirit so we are
Spirit-filled daughters who recognize
one another and this is how God planned
for us to live women who are
thrilled because others simply believe
see Elizabeth was super excited that
Mary said be it unto me she celebrated
she didn’t say well wait a minute now
you believ in what does that do to me
does that mean something less for me no
we are supposed to be women that we
celebrate rather than compete with one
another competition will always
undermine relational blessings I have to
be honest with you I’m sitting here with
my daughter-in-law Juliana and I I love
her so much I can’t even imagine being
competitive with her I’m so happy that
she is doing marriage better that she’s
doing parenting better I watch her in
Addison with her kids and I don’t think
man I wish they were doing it worse I
wish they were more like John and I I’m
like yay they’re not doing the wrong
things they’re doing the right things I
see a layer of legacy on them and it
makes my heart Happy I had someone
contact me on social media and they’re
like thank you for promoting the
conference that your son and uh
daughter-in-law are in I’m like they’re
family family but you know what we’re
all family we’re all family if we are in
Christ then we are family and when you
hurt I should hurt and when you rejoice
I should rejoice and that is why the
bible says weep with those who weep and
rejoice with those that Rejoice so we
need to stop being afraid to do that if
we can’t find those kind of women if we
can’t find those kind of women if you
haven’t met them then then you just have
to start being one you’re going to have
to be the woman that you never had
you’re going to have to just start it
and I’m going to tell you something as
you start it God will find a way to
bring it back to you so don’t be afraid
God always has to begin somewhere why
shouldn’t he begin with you why
shouldn’t you be the first one in your
family why shouldn’t you be the one in
your neighborhood why shouldn’t you be
the one in your city why shouldn’t you
be the one who recovers what’s been lost
why shouldn’t you be the one who begins
to carry the idea that God can do the
impossible things why shouldn’t you be
that one why shouldn’t you or maybe
nobody in your family has ever been
consecrated maybe nobody nobody knows
what you carry in your life well listen
carry it and carry it well because God
is