What's up, family, I am back at the podcast Mike. How are you feeling? What's going on in your world? I want to thank you for your patience with me as I take some time to just recover and regroup after an amazing Women Evolved twenty twenty four. I am really grateful that I get to experience what conferences, that I get to experience the presence of God with women from all different walks of life. It's been transformational for me to experience God and community and I just I'm over the moon. So we're going to call this episode the other Side of Surrender because I want to unpack with you my perspective of what took place at conference and to kind of give you a replay. If you went, then this is going to be, like, you know, an opportunity to reflect and revisit some of the moments that were really special if you didn't have a chance to go. This is like your cheat sheet. This is like cliff notes. Before chat GPT, the girlies had cliff notes. Okay, so this is going to be the WEE twenty four cliff notes. Okay, before we get into it, I want you to know that the weather is changing in Texas. I'm still able to sit outside. Oh Lord, Jesus, Lord, help me. Let me tell you something. This week has been a very interesting week. By the time you're listening to this, I would have preached in Dallas on Sunday is Friday right now. I kind of have an idea of what I'm preaching about. The Lord's really been dealing with me about belief, investigating belief, how does belief grow, and why we need belief in this season of our lives. So when I preached that Woman Evolve, I talked about grieving and believing. And I don't know, I feel like I'm still talking to me about belief. So we'll see what happens. But this week, my many of you know, I've gone back to school, and this week my husband was traveling. I was at home holding things down with the kids. Monday, they were out of school for Indigenous People Day period. And while they were out that Monday Tuesday morning, early Tuesday morning, at three o'clock, La wakes up. She starts throwing up every hour on the hour until like nine o'clock. So I had one of the older kids take Kensey to school. Then she was like feverish lethargic for the entire day that went in through Wednesday as well. It's the last weekend of the State Fair. I had planned to let them play hooky so that they could go to the fair on Thursday. So my Tuesday and Wednesday kind of got hijacked with mom duty, which means album behind on schoolwork. I'm behind getting this podcast recorded, I'm behind on studying my notes. I had no business at the fair. Can I tell you all something. Mackenzie had a biology test and she's like, I can't go to the fair. I have a biology test when the student has become the master. Because I had no business being at the fair with all of the work that I have to do. But I went anyway and we had a great time. But yeah, so this week has been interesting. The weather's changed. Oh oh oh, this was going to tell you. So my husband came back home on late Wednesday night and Ella was just in the bed with me while she was sick, and so I opened the doors of our room because I wanted to like air out the bacteria, light, soonging things down, etc. Well, the weather has shifted from hot to cool here, and mosquitoes are everywhere looking for something warm. So I have this door open and I walk out to clean different parts of the house and to get her settled. Y'all, hundreds of mosquitoes in our bedroom everywhere. So Tuesday, Monday night, no sleep, Tuesday night, rough sleep, Wednesday night, we couldn't sleep in our room. We can sleep in our room. He went to his office. I went to the couch, and he left. First of all, he left first. He was like, babe, I can't do it. And I was singing too, like my ancestors. Like my ancestors survived a lot of stuff. I'm not gonna let these mosquitoes run me out of my room. Then I started thinking about all the different diseases that mosquito's care and I was like, you know what, I'm a head out. So yeah, I'm a little tired and probably overwhelmed and maybe a little stressed. But everything's fine. We're trucking through and God's going to reveal capacity and peace and presence in the midst of me being stretched. Then, so I just wanted to catch you up on where I am in my life overall, though I'm looking forward to my world slowing down. We had an amazing conference. I launched my book this year. We had some really hard things that we faced as a family earlier at the top of this year, and I just my husband and I were celebrating our ten year anniversary and no, and so I just feel like I am turning the corner on what has been a year of incredible highs, some devastating lows, and hopefully just like cruising until the end of the year. So, you know, I like to let you mind my business before I start minding yours. But I actually don't have a mind your business question, but I do have mind your business instructions. Okay. So here's the thing. I love reading your letters, and we get a lot of them. But I also want you to know that like I would enjoy if you would call me sometimes and leave me a voice message, like I want to mind your business, but I want to hear your voice when I'm minding your business, Like are we being serious about this? Are we laughing about? Like what's happening? So if you want me to mind your business, just call and leave me a message, Okay, call two one four seven nine zero seven eight seven one two one four seven nine zero seven eight seven one And like, yes, I want to mind your business. But if you want to mind mine as well, that's fine. Like, girl, how do you do X, Y and Z? Girl? Where did you get that da to dev from? Girl? I'm about to lose my mind. Tell me how you like? Just send me a message. All right, So I'm not minding your business this week. Let's get into conference. So conference started Thursday morning with the don't want to start with the recap. Oh, just let me give you something the testimonials. Okay, So Jerita Tyler says, I'm still on the Holy goes Hi. I got my smile back, and I have surrendered the guilt of smiling because of who I'm around. I can't sit down or shrink anymore. The Lord has done so much to get me here. I deserve Oh, she said, I deserve hell, but he said, I am his. I surrender to peace, my change, my joy, my healing, my strength, my Jesus. I'm so glad Jesus lifted me. I'm so glad Jesus lifted me. Hallelujah, hallelujah, Jesus lifted me. As Alice says, life changing. I went to get clarity on decisions about my role in ministry. I left with realizing the mother wounds my daughter was experiencing, and I made the decision to surrender my role as Christian as children's pastor to devote my time to helping my daughter to get to know Jesus again. Oh my goodness, her son is also on the autism spectrum and need his meet me home with him. Thank you. And I'm already signed up with three friends next year that actually I didn't read these in advance. Wow, that's that's powerful. Okay. So we started off Monday with Priscilla Shire, and I'm gonna play some of the clips from some of the highlights of conference. But we started off Sunday with Priscilla Shire, and Priscilla Shire preached this incredible message that I really felt was like foundational for the conference. Should I start there? Should I start? Okay? Conference starting Thursday at ten o'clock. I did not speak the opening session, partly because I just feel like Priscilla has paved the way for so many women in ministry that it just felt like yielding that spot to pioneers, to veterans, to people who have been in the world of minutes and leading women to Jesus. Kicking it off that just feels right to me. I don't know if it'll be like that every year, but that's just how I felt this year. And so, but before she spoke, I came out and I just kind of like welcomed everyone, and I had doctor Anita Phillips come out and she did what we call activating the sisterhood. So you may be wondering, how do you come into a big room and not feel lonely and not feel lost in the sauce? Like one of the things that I've always asked God, because on every level we've had this sense of community and connection at Woman Evolved. But one of the things that I ask God is like, no matter how big this gets, please let's not leave any woman behind. Like I don't want any woman to come into this space and feel disconnected. And so we activated this sisterhood like we're all sisters in Christ or about to be sisters in Christ, and so I want you to get to know the woman beside you. So doctor Nita runs us through this activation where like we're talking about surrender and it was beautiful. So we did that. Priscilla sh I appreach. It is a powerful message foundational for those who are new to the faith, a reminder for those who have been in the faith that we have a responsibility to still be standing in the midst of all of the chaos that's happening in the world, that we're still going to be anchored and rooted in our faith and belief in who Jesus is, and we will not be shaken by the times in the culture of the world. But do you know, I think the most powerful part of her message was this.

What's up, family, I am back at the podcast Mike. How are you feeling? What's going on in your world? I want to thank you for your patience with me as I take some time to just recover and regroup after an amazing Women Evolved twenty twenty four. I am really grateful that I get to experience what conferences, that I get to experience the presence of God with women from all different walks of life. It's been transformational for me to experience God and community and I just I'm over the moon. So we're going to call this episode the other Side of Surrender because I want to unpack with you my perspective of what took place at conference and to kind of give you a replay. If you went, then this is going to be, like, you know, an opportunity to reflect and revisit some of the moments that were really special if you didn't have a chance to go. This is like your cheat sheet. This is like cliff notes. Before chat GPT, the girlies had cliff notes. Okay, so this is going to be the WEE twenty four cliff notes. Okay, before we get into it, I want you to know that the weather is changing in Texas. I'm still able to sit outside. Oh Lord, Jesus, Lord, help me. Let me tell you something. This week has been a very interesting week. By the time you're listening to this, I would have preached in Dallas on Sunday is Friday right now. I kind of have an idea of what I'm preaching about. The Lord's really been dealing with me about belief, investigating belief, how does belief grow, and why we need belief in this season of our lives. So when I preached that Woman Evolve, I talked about grieving and believing. And I don't know, I feel like I'm still talking to me about belief. So we'll see what happens. But this week, my many of you know, I've gone back to school, and this week my husband was traveling. I was at home holding things down with the kids. Monday, they were out of school for Indigenous People Day period. And while they were out that Monday Tuesday morning, early Tuesday morning, at three o'clock, La wakes up. She starts throwing up every hour on the hour until like nine o'clock. So I had one of the older kids take Kensey to school. Then she was like feverish lethargic for the entire day that went in through Wednesday as well. It's the last weekend of the State Fair. I had planned to let them play hooky so that they could go to the fair on Thursday. So my Tuesday and Wednesday kind of got hijacked with mom duty, which means album behind on schoolwork. I'm behind getting this podcast recorded, I'm behind on studying my notes. I had no business at the fair. Can I tell you all something. Mackenzie had a biology test and she's like, I can't go to the fair. I have a biology test when the student has become the master. Because I had no business being at the fair with all of the work that I have to do. But I went anyway and we had a great time. But yeah, so this week has been interesting. The weather's changed. Oh oh oh, this was going to tell you. So my husband came back home on late Wednesday night and Ella was just in the bed with me while she was sick, and so I opened the doors of our room because I wanted to like air out the bacteria, light, soonging things down, etc. Well, the weather has shifted from hot to cool here, and mosquitoes are everywhere looking for something warm. So I have this door open and I walk out to clean different parts of the house and to get her settled. Y'all, hundreds of mosquitoes in our bedroom everywhere. So Tuesday, Monday night, no sleep, Tuesday night, rough sleep, Wednesday night, we couldn't sleep in our room. We can sleep in our room. He went to his office. I went to the couch, and he left. First of all, he left first. He was like, babe, I can't do it. And I was singing too, like my ancestors. Like my ancestors survived a lot of stuff. I'm not gonna let these mosquitoes run me out of my room. Then I started thinking about all the different diseases that mosquito's care and I was like, you know what, I'm a head out. So yeah, I'm a little tired and probably overwhelmed and maybe a little stressed. But everything's fine. We're trucking through and God's going to reveal capacity and peace and presence in the midst of me being stretched. Then, so I just wanted to catch you up on where I am in my life overall, though I'm looking forward to my world slowing down. We had an amazing conference. I launched my book this year. We had some really hard things that we faced as a family earlier at the top of this year, and I just my husband and I were celebrating our ten year anniversary and no, and so I just feel like I am turning the corner on what has been a year of incredible highs, some devastating lows, and hopefully just like cruising until the end of the year. So, you know, I like to let you mind my business before I start minding yours. But I actually don't have a mind your business question, but I do have mind your business instructions. Okay. So here's the thing. I love reading your letters, and we get a lot of them. But I also want you to know that like I would enjoy if you would call me sometimes and leave me a voice message, like I want to mind your business, but I want to hear your voice when I'm minding your business, Like are we being serious about this? Are we laughing about? Like what's happening? So if you want me to mind your business, just call and leave me a message, Okay, call two one four seven nine zero seven eight seven one two one four seven nine zero seven eight seven one And like, yes, I want to mind your business. But if you want to mind mine as well, that's fine. Like, girl, how do you do X, Y and Z? Girl? Where did you get that da to dev from? Girl? I'm about to lose my mind. Tell me how you like? Just send me a message. All right, So I'm not minding your business this week. Let's get into conference. So conference started Thursday morning with the don't want to start with the recap. Oh, just let me give you something the testimonials. Okay, So Jerita Tyler says, I'm still on the Holy goes Hi. I got my smile back, and I have surrendered the guilt of smiling because of who I'm around. I can't sit down or shrink anymore. The Lord has done so much to get me here. I deserve Oh, she said, I deserve hell, but he said, I am his. I surrender to peace, my change, my joy, my healing, my strength, my Jesus. I'm so glad Jesus lifted me. I'm so glad Jesus lifted me. Hallelujah, hallelujah, Jesus lifted me. As Alice says, life changing. I went to get clarity on decisions about my role in ministry. I left with realizing the mother wounds my daughter was experiencing, and I made the decision to surrender my role as Christian as children's pastor to devote my time to helping my daughter to get to know Jesus again. Oh my goodness, her son is also on the autism spectrum and need his meet me home with him. Thank you. And I'm already signed up with three friends next year that actually I didn't read these in advance. Wow, that's that's powerful. Okay. So we started off Monday with Priscilla Shire, and I'm gonna play some of the clips from some of the highlights of conference. But we started off Sunday with Priscilla Shire, and Priscilla Shire preached this incredible message that I really felt was like foundational for the conference. Should I start there? Should I start? Okay? Conference starting Thursday at ten o'clock. I did not speak the opening session, partly because I just feel like Priscilla has paved the way for so many women in ministry that it just felt like yielding that spot to pioneers, to veterans, to people who have been in the world of minutes and leading women to Jesus. Kicking it off that just feels right to me. I don't know if it'll be like that every year, but that's just how I felt this year. And so, but before she spoke, I came out and I just kind of like welcomed everyone, and I had doctor Anita Phillips come out and she did what we call activating the sisterhood. So you may be wondering, how do you come into a big room and not feel lonely and not feel lost in the sauce? Like one of the things that I've always asked God, because on every level we've had this sense of community and connection at Woman Evolved. But one of the things that I ask God is like, no matter how big this gets, please let's not leave any woman behind. Like I don't want any woman to come into this space and feel disconnected. And so we activated this sisterhood like we're all sisters in Christ or about to be sisters in Christ, and so I want you to get to know the woman beside you. So doctor Nita runs us through this activation where like we're talking about surrender and it was beautiful. So we did that. Priscilla sh I appreach. It is a powerful message foundational for those who are new to the faith, a reminder for those who have been in the faith that we have a responsibility to still be standing in the midst of all of the chaos that's happening in the world, that we're still going to be anchored and rooted in our faith and belief in who Jesus is, and we will not be shaken by the times in the culture of the world. But do you know, I think the most powerful part of her message was this.

So John says, remain in infancy and remain through adolescence. And if you just will give me a moment here, sisters, to open up a little parenthesis. I just feel this so strongly that if you are a young woman who is in the room I'm talking to you, If you're twenty five, twenty one, seventeen, sixteen, thirteen years old, and your cousins and you aunties and your mama and them made you come this weekend, and you're trying to figure out why you're sitting in this big old room amongst all of these women, you don't actually know what it is.

So John says, remain in infancy and remain through adolescence. And if you just will give me a moment here, sisters, to open up a little parenthesis. I just feel this so strongly that if you are a young woman who is in the room I'm talking to you, If you're twenty five, twenty one, seventeen, sixteen, thirteen years old, and your cousins and you aunties and your mama and them made you come this weekend, and you're trying to figure out why you're sitting in this big old room amongst all of these women, you don't actually know what it is.

That the world Lord has brought you here for. Can I just tell you.

That the world Lord has brought you here for. Can I just tell you.

Young sisters that there's no way the Lord would in.

Young sisters that there's no way the Lord would in.

Trust this weekend to.

Trust this weekend to.

You, in this season of your life, if he wasn't preparing you in advance to be his mouthpiece and to be his beacon of light and to be a reflection of His grace and glory in your generation. Are you here, young women?

You, in this season of your life, if he wasn't preparing you in advance to be his mouthpiece and to be his beacon of light and to be a reflection of His grace and glory in your generation. Are you here, young women?

Are you here? If you are staying to your.

Are you here? If you are staying to your.

Feet, teenager, young twenties in this room, stand up where you are, stay right there.

Feet, teenager, young twenties in this room, stand up where you are, stay right there.

Listen to me. Listen to your auntie.

Listen to me. Listen to your auntie.

Priscilla, stay listen to me.

Priscilla, stay listen to me.

You were made for this. You were made for this.

You were made for this. You were made for this.

God has assigned you to this. Every high school campus corridor you walk down, every college campus class you are in, every social media platform you have been given, every part of the dynamic that the Lord has entrusted to you, it is because you were made for this. The spirit of the Living God is going to fall afresh on you so that everywhere you go and everything and every one in your sphere of influence, every one you touch, every word that comes out of your mouth is going to be dripping with power, with authority, with clarity, and you will.

God has assigned you to this. Every high school campus corridor you walk down, every college campus class you are in, every social media platform you have been given, every part of the dynamic that the Lord has entrusted to you, it is because you were made for this. The spirit of the Living God is going to fall afresh on you so that everywhere you go and everything and every one in your sphere of influence, every one you touch, every word that comes out of your mouth is going to be dripping with power, with authority, with clarity, and you will.

Be the truth teller in the.

Be the truth teller in the.

Midst of a lost and dying generation that needs to know that Jesus Christ is still Lord and that he is worth serving. And just in case you ever feel alone, just in case, and you will. You're the Elijah standing on Mount Carmel and you're all by yourself and you feel like nobody else.

Midst of a lost and dying generation that needs to know that Jesus Christ is still Lord and that he is worth serving. And just in case you ever feel alone, just in case, and you will. You're the Elijah standing on Mount Carmel and you're all by yourself and you feel like nobody else.

Is with you. I want you to remember this day right.

Is with you. I want you to remember this day right.

Here, that there there's a whole host of aunties that have got your back.

Here, that there there's a whole host of aunties that have got your back.

In Jesus' name, In.

In Jesus' name, In.

Jesus name, I'm not even sure. Actually she may have realized that we were having girl involved at the same time, but I'm not sure that she realized that the girls were in the room. And so I really love this moment of intergenerational ministry and then really just edifying and pouring into these young girls because their identities are so subjective right now as they are amongst their peers and engaging in the culture and at school and having all of these different things projected onto them. I just felt like that was really powerful. So after that, we had these surrender moments in which we had surrender from different angles and perspective, different age groups, different topics of what we have to surrender. So it's like surrendering your will during your purpose, surrendering your will your purpose, something else, Oh, it escapes me. But surrendering your name and Hausanah Wong did this beautiful spoken word piece that I feel like i'd heard her and it's on YouTube if you haven't seen it. What is it? I have a new name. I think it's called I should have. I'm not a professional today, guys, I had a long week. But not Am I a professional?

Jesus name, I'm not even sure. Actually she may have realized that we were having girl involved at the same time, but I'm not sure that she realized that the girls were in the room. And so I really love this moment of intergenerational ministry and then really just edifying and pouring into these young girls because their identities are so subjective right now as they are amongst their peers and engaging in the culture and at school and having all of these different things projected onto them. I just felt like that was really powerful. So after that, we had these surrender moments in which we had surrender from different angles and perspective, different age groups, different topics of what we have to surrender. So it's like surrendering your will during your purpose, surrendering your will your purpose, something else, Oh, it escapes me. But surrendering your name and Hausanah Wong did this beautiful spoken word piece that I feel like i'd heard her and it's on YouTube if you haven't seen it. What is it? I have a new name. I think it's called I should have. I'm not a professional today, guys, I had a long week. But not Am I a professional?

No?

No?

I am most of the time, but not today. But anyways, one of the most powerful parts of the poem was like having women stand up, or the spoken word, having women stand up as they acknowledged a new name that they were going to be identified. It was so powerful in the room and I feel like it was one of the highlights. Also, doctor Cynthia James, who is you know? No stranger to the Potter's House family, certainly no stranger to those who understand the significant impact that she has made in ministry as a whole, but certainly for women in ministry. She is so powerful. She was one of the highlights. As what everyone was a highlight. I don't want it, oh Lord, please don't. Everyone was a highlight. But when I was receiving feedback, those were some of the moments that really stood out to me. So then we had a lunch break. We came back and after the lunch break we had a act athletic like Grow with Joe moment. If y'all don't know Grow with Joe and you're thinking to yourself, I need to get active, but I'm not ready to be jumping on boxes. I'm not ready to do the most. You don't have to do all or nothing. Grow with the Joe has workouts that are literally for every age. So if you think to yourself, I'm too fit and I do want to jump on boxes and if I'm not jumping on boxes, then I'm not doing anything at all, I dare you to do a Grow with Joe homegirl gets us together, and so it was important to me that as we have women involved that were like talking to women about every aspect of womanhood. And so Grow with the Joe came out and she ran us through a quick little routine and then we did some finance talk with the sounda Douggat who I didn't realize was from Arlington, and Tiffany A Leitche, the Budgetista. The Budgetista came out and she also gave some tips. Let me see if I can grab just like a moment from each of those for you to listen to.

I am most of the time, but not today. But anyways, one of the most powerful parts of the poem was like having women stand up, or the spoken word, having women stand up as they acknowledged a new name that they were going to be identified. It was so powerful in the room and I feel like it was one of the highlights. Also, doctor Cynthia James, who is you know? No stranger to the Potter's House family, certainly no stranger to those who understand the significant impact that she has made in ministry as a whole, but certainly for women in ministry. She is so powerful. She was one of the highlights. As what everyone was a highlight. I don't want it, oh Lord, please don't. Everyone was a highlight. But when I was receiving feedback, those were some of the moments that really stood out to me. So then we had a lunch break. We came back and after the lunch break we had a act athletic like Grow with Joe moment. If y'all don't know Grow with Joe and you're thinking to yourself, I need to get active, but I'm not ready to be jumping on boxes. I'm not ready to do the most. You don't have to do all or nothing. Grow with the Joe has workouts that are literally for every age. So if you think to yourself, I'm too fit and I do want to jump on boxes and if I'm not jumping on boxes, then I'm not doing anything at all, I dare you to do a Grow with Joe homegirl gets us together, and so it was important to me that as we have women involved that were like talking to women about every aspect of womanhood. And so Grow with the Joe came out and she ran us through a quick little routine and then we did some finance talk with the sounda Douggat who I didn't realize was from Arlington, and Tiffany A Leitche, the Budgetista. The Budgetista came out and she also gave some tips. Let me see if I can grab just like a moment from each of those for you to listen to.

So these are your priorities in order. Your needs come first. We know what our needs are. If you don't take care of your niece, you will not be healthy. This is food, shelter, clothing, to be covered, not to be cute, water, transportation, medication. These are your needs. They come first. So before you spend any money, is this a need? Yes, okay, we got it. Then then we ask ourselves is this a love? A love is something that moves you, that brings you lasting joy, meaning a year from now, will this still bring you joy? So Ever, a year from now, like I might ask myself this dress, this fabulous dress. A year from now, I'm gonna be like you still slay girl, And I'm I'm probably still gonna wear this dress, right, So to me, this might be a love travel for me. A year from now, my trick to grease is still gonna bring me joy.

So these are your priorities in order. Your needs come first. We know what our needs are. If you don't take care of your niece, you will not be healthy. This is food, shelter, clothing, to be covered, not to be cute, water, transportation, medication. These are your needs. They come first. So before you spend any money, is this a need? Yes, okay, we got it. Then then we ask ourselves is this a love? A love is something that moves you, that brings you lasting joy, meaning a year from now, will this still bring you joy? So Ever, a year from now, like I might ask myself this dress, this fabulous dress. A year from now, I'm gonna be like you still slay girl, And I'm I'm probably still gonna wear this dress, right, So to me, this might be a love travel for me. A year from now, my trick to grease is still gonna bring me joy.

So that's a love.

So that's a love.

Right.

Right.

Then we go over to our likes. Likes are not nearly as important. This is a joy that brings you joy for about six months or so. You know, it might be a good meal, you know, maybe it's a hairstyle you really wanted. Six months later you probably have forgotten about it. And then your wants wants are instant gratification. I bought some lip gloss yesterday, lost it today. Now here's the thing. Most of us get our needs, or you wouldn't be here. But we skip over our loves and spend way too much money in our likes and wants, and then we're not prioritizing our spending.

Then we go over to our likes. Likes are not nearly as important. This is a joy that brings you joy for about six months or so. You know, it might be a good meal, you know, maybe it's a hairstyle you really wanted. Six months later you probably have forgotten about it. And then your wants wants are instant gratification. I bought some lip gloss yesterday, lost it today. Now here's the thing. Most of us get our needs, or you wouldn't be here. But we skip over our loves and spend way too much money in our likes and wants, and then we're not prioritizing our spending.

Many times you could afford that.

Many times you could afford that.

Vacation, but you say in target, no judgment, because I love me some charge Ryan. And so when you really add it up your likes and once, you might be able to get your budget to say yes to the things you love. So number one way to get that budget we created to say yes. It's to what prioritize.

Vacation, but you say in target, no judgment, because I love me some charge Ryan. And so when you really add it up your likes and once, you might be able to get your budget to say yes to the things you love. So number one way to get that budget we created to say yes. It's to what prioritize.

So at this point, if you're in the room, you're probably thinking to yourself, Okay, this is gonna be great, Like my faith is gonna be bill, I'm gonna move my body, I'm gonna work on my finances, like man, this is going to be like you know, I'm moving forward, I'm moving in the duration of my purpose. And then the assassin, doctor Anita Phillips comes out and doctor Anita Phillips does group therapy with us. When she and I were talking about the different topics that we could talk about for group therapy, I don't know why the concept of mother wounds just came to the surface, and so, you know, we were kind of going back and forth about like what are we going to do here, and then at a certain point, you just know, like doctor Needa is brilliant, So like I am not contributing anything to this brilliance. I'm gonna just back up and just see what happened. And let me tell you it hit the fan. When I tell you that, like the girlies who came in thinking to themselves, I don't have mother wounds, or like this one isn't going to be for me, she mopped the well. I won't say she mocked the floor with us, because we actually got mopped the floor with but she broke it down for us in a way that left no woman feeling isolated in this idea of having good mother wound, but also feeling empowered and our ability to heal from those mother wounds. And I feel like this was really important because there are a lot of conversations about like Daddy wounds and the shortcomings of men as it relates to five. But the mother daughter dynamic is very interesting. You can have the healthiest mother and there still may be some things about womanhood that you have inherited or taken on as truth that doesn't necessarily align with what God has for you or prohibits you from standing in the identity that Jesus has for you. And so intertwining that identity is something that we all must face. Another thing is like, then we have mother ones where your mother didn't believe you about something, your mother's been narcissistic in some ways, and so they're just all different expressions of motherhood. And I felt like by the time she was finished, she had covered all of those, but then also covered us in a way that allowed us to really experience deep healing. One of the most powerful moments of conference, if you ask me, is like, so after doctor Anita finished her session, it went right into our evening session. And the evening session is where I was going to speak. And at first we were running I think time was running a little over and so we were like, we're not going to take a break, We'll just go right into it. And so doctor Nita Phillips. She closes her session and let me tell you something. She closed that session down. I got it from my mama. If you know, you know, if you don't know, you need to go look at the cliffs. So she closes it down. And then part of the opener for the opening session was I Surrender all. And we had this Trinity Houston who's seventeen years old. She sang, I surrender no. We had Eugene on the Eugene on the violin and she's playing the violin. I surrender all on the violin. And then Trinity Houston comes out and she's seventeen and she sings, I surrender all. And then lady Brenda, who is from West Virginia. I've known her since I was literally a little girl. She comes out and she sings, I surrender all. And in that moment we see these three different expressions of surrender. And then and I was watching from the dugout. I was out in this crowd in a way that no one could really like tell that I was there, and I just saw these mothers and daughters hanging on to one another, like, oh my gosh. I get emotional right now thinking about it. But just seeing these mothers and daughters hang on to one another one another as they're like surrendering their wounds, as they're deciding to build trust. I think that that's part of the reason why I think it was Gail Now Alice Gaines, her name is yeah, Alice Gaines, whose testimony I read earlier about her surrendering her role as children's pastor to devote time to her daughter really moved me because I don't know, man, what is our ministry for not getting it right at home? And there are moments where we have to surrender what may make us look effective in you know, certain spaces to really take care of those who got entrusted us with. We want you guys to hear the I surrender all beginning with Eugene and Trinity and Lady Brenda.

So at this point, if you're in the room, you're probably thinking to yourself, Okay, this is gonna be great, Like my faith is gonna be bill, I'm gonna move my body, I'm gonna work on my finances, like man, this is going to be like you know, I'm moving forward, I'm moving in the duration of my purpose. And then the assassin, doctor Anita Phillips comes out and doctor Anita Phillips does group therapy with us. When she and I were talking about the different topics that we could talk about for group therapy, I don't know why the concept of mother wounds just came to the surface, and so, you know, we were kind of going back and forth about like what are we going to do here, and then at a certain point, you just know, like doctor Needa is brilliant, So like I am not contributing anything to this brilliance. I'm gonna just back up and just see what happened. And let me tell you it hit the fan. When I tell you that, like the girlies who came in thinking to themselves, I don't have mother wounds, or like this one isn't going to be for me, she mopped the well. I won't say she mocked the floor with us, because we actually got mopped the floor with but she broke it down for us in a way that left no woman feeling isolated in this idea of having good mother wound, but also feeling empowered and our ability to heal from those mother wounds. And I feel like this was really important because there are a lot of conversations about like Daddy wounds and the shortcomings of men as it relates to five. But the mother daughter dynamic is very interesting. You can have the healthiest mother and there still may be some things about womanhood that you have inherited or taken on as truth that doesn't necessarily align with what God has for you or prohibits you from standing in the identity that Jesus has for you. And so intertwining that identity is something that we all must face. Another thing is like, then we have mother ones where your mother didn't believe you about something, your mother's been narcissistic in some ways, and so they're just all different expressions of motherhood. And I felt like by the time she was finished, she had covered all of those, but then also covered us in a way that allowed us to really experience deep healing. One of the most powerful moments of conference, if you ask me, is like, so after doctor Anita finished her session, it went right into our evening session. And the evening session is where I was going to speak. And at first we were running I think time was running a little over and so we were like, we're not going to take a break, We'll just go right into it. And so doctor Nita Phillips. She closes her session and let me tell you something. She closed that session down. I got it from my mama. If you know, you know, if you don't know, you need to go look at the cliffs. So she closes it down. And then part of the opener for the opening session was I Surrender all. And we had this Trinity Houston who's seventeen years old. She sang, I surrender no. We had Eugene on the Eugene on the violin and she's playing the violin. I surrender all on the violin. And then Trinity Houston comes out and she's seventeen and she sings, I surrender all. And then lady Brenda, who is from West Virginia. I've known her since I was literally a little girl. She comes out and she sings, I surrender all. And in that moment we see these three different expressions of surrender. And then and I was watching from the dugout. I was out in this crowd in a way that no one could really like tell that I was there, and I just saw these mothers and daughters hanging on to one another, like, oh my gosh. I get emotional right now thinking about it. But just seeing these mothers and daughters hang on to one another one another as they're like surrendering their wounds, as they're deciding to build trust. I think that that's part of the reason why I think it was Gail Now Alice Gaines, her name is yeah, Alice Gaines, whose testimony I read earlier about her surrendering her role as children's pastor to devote time to her daughter really moved me because I don't know, man, what is our ministry for not getting it right at home? And there are moments where we have to surrender what may make us look effective in you know, certain spaces to really take care of those who got entrusted us with. We want you guys to hear the I surrender all beginning with Eugene and Trinity and Lady Brenda.

Oh soender oh ah soorender.

Oh soender oh ah soorender.

Sorrender Oh.

Sorrender Oh.

To the mine Blasi.

To the mine Blasi.

Say oh so.

Say oh so.

Ah so.

Ah so.

So oh yes.

So oh yes.

Syd o.

Syd o.

H s.

H s.

D I see.

D I see.

Oh to the man.

Oh to the man.

Black c.

Black c.

Video it.

Video it.

SD what's on.

SD what's on.

The other side? What's on the other side?

The other side? What's on the other side?

Life can lead us to places just like this, dry bearing and void of hope. This was never part of your plan, but you're here, thrown off course and trying to find the road out.

Life can lead us to places just like this, dry bearing and void of hope. This was never part of your plan, but you're here, thrown off course and trying to find the road out.

I promised myself it would be different with me, that I'd be the one to break the cycle.

I promised myself it would be different with me, that I'd be the one to break the cycle.

But every child has echoed to my present.

But every child has echoed to my present.

I picked up when my mother left off.

I picked up when my mother left off.

Now I'm just numb to everything that once brought joy.

Now I'm just numb to everything that once brought joy.

She promised things would be different with us.

She promised things would be different with us.

It was always me and my mom against the world.

It was always me and my mom against the world.

But now it's so scary to be so close and yet so far apart at the same time, maybe this bond had an expiration date, and now rejection is my new normal.

But now it's so scary to be so close and yet so far apart at the same time, maybe this bond had an expiration date, and now rejection is my new normal.

I was the smartest woman in the room. I carried this company to success. You could step in my office and see the plans were working. But the heaviest thing I was actually caring was a facade, fake smiles, happy family photos. It was all just hiding my failing marriage, the one thing I could not find a fix for.

I was the smartest woman in the room. I carried this company to success. You could step in my office and see the plans were working. But the heaviest thing I was actually caring was a facade, fake smiles, happy family photos. It was all just hiding my failing marriage, the one thing I could not find a fix for.

They prayed over me so many times that it all started to sound like empty white noise. You want to dream a woman of hope, just tell her she's barren, that her womb will never hold life inside of it, that her body is insufficient to carry a dream.

They prayed over me so many times that it all started to sound like empty white noise. You want to dream a woman of hope, just tell her she's barren, that her womb will never hold life inside of it, that her body is insufficient to carry a dream.

Sometimes surrender can feel like walking into a wilderness you cannot control, and through the wind you hear his voice, but you can't see what's on the other side. But if you can begin to open your hand and just let go, surrender becomes a beautiful exchange. God, what's on the other side of failed expectations and ideals that fell short. What's on the other side of broken dreams and diminished beliefs, What's on the other side of generational wounds and emotional trauma? Can you begin to let it go? I hear the sound of surrender rising. God, exchange his sorrow for joy, and worry for peace. He'll exchange fear for courage and strife for rest. He'll exchange weakness for his strength, and trouble for healing. He'll exchange shame for mercy and sin for grace. God, begin to show my sister what's on the other side of surrender. I hear the voice of release growing in this place. Press your way through. The road to victory is right before you. All you have to do is open your hand, because on the other side of surrender it's something you have never seen. Twas a moment that I will not soon forget, and one that I just praised the beginning of beautiful new beginnings for the women who were in this space. I won't recap Thursday night because you guys already heard my message if you've listened to the podcast. Friday morning we started and Irene Rollins was the opener or the opening session for Friday at Woman Evolve, and then at Girl Evolve. I went over there, and Elena Franklin was the opener for Girl Evolve, and so I was with the girls. She and I kind of had like a tag team moment. She spoke that well. First of all, Chandler Moore went over there, they did worship, then Alena shared her powerful story, and then I got up and I got to engage with the girls, and so Ida was not there for Irene Roylins, I had to listen to it later. And when I listened to Irene, one of the things that stood out to.

Sometimes surrender can feel like walking into a wilderness you cannot control, and through the wind you hear his voice, but you can't see what's on the other side. But if you can begin to open your hand and just let go, surrender becomes a beautiful exchange. God, what's on the other side of failed expectations and ideals that fell short. What's on the other side of broken dreams and diminished beliefs, What's on the other side of generational wounds and emotional trauma? Can you begin to let it go? I hear the sound of surrender rising. God, exchange his sorrow for joy, and worry for peace. He'll exchange fear for courage and strife for rest. He'll exchange weakness for his strength, and trouble for healing. He'll exchange shame for mercy and sin for grace. God, begin to show my sister what's on the other side of surrender. I hear the voice of release growing in this place. Press your way through. The road to victory is right before you. All you have to do is open your hand, because on the other side of surrender it's something you have never seen. Twas a moment that I will not soon forget, and one that I just praised the beginning of beautiful new beginnings for the women who were in this space. I won't recap Thursday night because you guys already heard my message if you've listened to the podcast. Friday morning we started and Irene Rollins was the opener or the opening session for Friday at Woman Evolve, and then at Girl Evolve. I went over there, and Elena Franklin was the opener for Girl Evolve, and so I was with the girls. She and I kind of had like a tag team moment. She spoke that well. First of all, Chandler Moore went over there, they did worship, then Alena shared her powerful story, and then I got up and I got to engage with the girls, and so Ida was not there for Irene Roylins, I had to listen to it later. And when I listened to Irene, one of the things that stood out to.

Me was.

Me was.

How brave and courageous she was and telling her story, sure, but also how much permission she gave to the other women in the room. So we've had Irene on the podcast, and some of you may already be familiar with her story, but I think one of the most moving aspects of her sharing her story at Womni vov Is and my husband had to explain it to me. He was like, oh, my gosh, Irene was absolutely amazing. He said. The most powerful part was like towards the end and she was praying with the women. You know, you could it's fragile, it's vulnerable. I know from telling my story, and I haven't had to tell my story in the way that I did early on in a long time. But you're putting your It's like you're standing somewhere naked and you're saying, like, this is how low I've been, this is how hard it was, this is how raw it is. And you're trusting this is a safe space. You're trusting that no one's judging you. But you also don't fully know. But obedience to God says we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. And so here's my testimony. Lord, help me to help someone else overcome what I have overcome. But anyway, so she was saying her prayer and my husband talked about how her husband went up there and just kind of embraced her, but then began to prophesy over the women, and I felt like that was too powerful not to share with you. So let's listen in.

How brave and courageous she was and telling her story, sure, but also how much permission she gave to the other women in the room. So we've had Irene on the podcast, and some of you may already be familiar with her story, but I think one of the most moving aspects of her sharing her story at Womni vov Is and my husband had to explain it to me. He was like, oh, my gosh, Irene was absolutely amazing. He said. The most powerful part was like towards the end and she was praying with the women. You know, you could it's fragile, it's vulnerable. I know from telling my story, and I haven't had to tell my story in the way that I did early on in a long time. But you're putting your It's like you're standing somewhere naked and you're saying, like, this is how low I've been, this is how hard it was, this is how raw it is. And you're trusting this is a safe space. You're trusting that no one's judging you. But you also don't fully know. But obedience to God says we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. And so here's my testimony. Lord, help me to help someone else overcome what I have overcome. But anyway, so she was saying her prayer and my husband talked about how her husband went up there and just kind of embraced her, but then began to prophesy over the women, and I felt like that was too powerful not to share with you. So let's listen in.

Come on, can we give God some price in this place? Come on with the enemy went for bad. God is turning around for your good. He's about to turn your future. He's about to turn my mother. Show my best days on ahead of me. That's my worst days off. Ahint me, savo. You should have took me off last week. Put up flood.

Come on, can we give God some price in this place? Come on with the enemy went for bad. God is turning around for your good. He's about to turn your future. He's about to turn my mother. Show my best days on ahead of me. That's my worst days off. Ahint me, savo. You should have took me off last week. Put up flood.

Off Lord God, God.

Off Lord God, God.

Ain't doing me yet.

Ain't doing me yet.

There's a garment store. Come out, somebody, your line up. It's going up. It's quite up in your past.

There's a garment store. Come out, somebody, your line up. It's going up. It's quite up in your past.

No weapons, cut.

No weapons, cut.

Us fort against you.

Us fort against you.

It's gonna prosper quitter as he set it than you.

It's gonna prosper quitter as he set it than you.

Don heye sut is in the wild.

Don heye sut is in the wild.

Go ahead and Dutch five people. It's shot him.

Go ahead and Dutch five people. It's shot him.

You ain't say nothing.

You ain't say nothing.

Part of the reason why I feel like that moment was really beautiful for us to see as well is I feel like, and this could just be me, and this is just an opinion, but I feel like when we talk about relationships that oftentimes we are encouraging women to be like ride or die, to stay through whatever, and the onus is on us to be like virtuous and pure and to never make any mistakes, and it can be challenging to recognize that, Like, I'm a person too, I'm healing too, I'm facing my trauma and coping with my trauma at the same time too. And I think that we're wired to think that there's no grace for us, but we are supposed to give as much grace as possible to those who we are in relationship with. And I think that there was something really beautiful about being able to witness this woman who has, you know, had to identify some of her own struggles and to overcome them and done some things that she's not necessarily proud of, but was willing to be brave enough to do the work still being loved and embraced for who she is. And so I felt like that was beautiful. And I had, like I said, I had to watch this on video, and so there was like this little break in between Irene Rollins and then the panel that was coming up next, so I was able to get from girly vall over so that I could experience the panel, the body panel. My heart has never palpitated, and the way that it palpitated, like the way that my heart was set up and you may be wondering why you know, it's just a body panel. Baby. You know I be coming up with these ideas, but when it's time to live in them, I just be like, Lord, keep us near the cross and let me tell you. I think one it's a little awkward for me in general. They was talking about relations. They was talking about relations. They were talking about a lot of They was talking about hormones, they were talking about diet, nutrition, scalp care, but they was talking about relations and and doctor Anita right now, I'm going to fight her to this day about her egging on the conversation about relations. I'm going to fight her to this day. When I tell you, Angel who we've had on the podcast, I knew what I was signing up for. I just have forgot what I was signed up for. Have you ever just like forgot? Yes? I have forgot. But let me tell you something. I loved feeling empowered and with some tools. I believe God did something in that body panel session because I I the stuttering is obnoxious, But let me tell you something empowered. Was she empowered and me empowered? Am I? So that was the body panel. We went to lunch, we did the pajama pan of pajama. Oh my gosh, Chrisrna Hazled my Godmom, Pastor Mary see right, Kaylawana Kee, Kayla, Oh my gosh. If you guys have never been to a Womanivove event, Kaylajuana Key, She's the sauce. Like doctor Anita is the sauce. Kaylawana Key is the sauce. Petea is the sauce. The worship is the sauce. There's so many sauces at a Womanivolve event that is hard to tell you, Like, what is the one thing that tips everything over the edge. It's the presence of God. Of course it's Jesus, let me be clear on that. But I think that there are all these different components that just make it feel like this safe space that you can really be authentic, and Kayla is one of them. So anyways, my mother came Thursday night when I had my session, but she like tripped over a cord backstage and rolled her knees, so she was like immobile. On Friday, she wasn't able to come, and so Kaylawanakey joined the pan on Noel mag Would and that chick Angel who told me I was dressed like the bride of Christ and that was some funny business right there. But there was something that Crystal Renete Hayesla said that really stood out in my mind about sharing her journey as a Christian, and I feel like it was just another another thing that made me feel like, you know, I hope that God will allow me to continue to create spaces like this where no matter what stage you are on your journey, whether you're like just figuring things out or you have been in the faith for a long time, like you're going to be here. And if you are one of those people who are like, you know, I'm trying to be honest about where I am while also discovering more about who Jesus is, and I'm sharing it, but sometimes I can feel discouraged. I believe that what Crystal shares is going to make you feel less alone.

Part of the reason why I feel like that moment was really beautiful for us to see as well is I feel like, and this could just be me, and this is just an opinion, but I feel like when we talk about relationships that oftentimes we are encouraging women to be like ride or die, to stay through whatever, and the onus is on us to be like virtuous and pure and to never make any mistakes, and it can be challenging to recognize that, Like, I'm a person too, I'm healing too, I'm facing my trauma and coping with my trauma at the same time too. And I think that we're wired to think that there's no grace for us, but we are supposed to give as much grace as possible to those who we are in relationship with. And I think that there was something really beautiful about being able to witness this woman who has, you know, had to identify some of her own struggles and to overcome them and done some things that she's not necessarily proud of, but was willing to be brave enough to do the work still being loved and embraced for who she is. And so I felt like that was beautiful. And I had, like I said, I had to watch this on video, and so there was like this little break in between Irene Rollins and then the panel that was coming up next, so I was able to get from girly vall over so that I could experience the panel, the body panel. My heart has never palpitated, and the way that it palpitated, like the way that my heart was set up and you may be wondering why you know, it's just a body panel. Baby. You know I be coming up with these ideas, but when it's time to live in them, I just be like, Lord, keep us near the cross and let me tell you. I think one it's a little awkward for me in general. They was talking about relations. They was talking about relations. They were talking about a lot of They was talking about hormones, they were talking about diet, nutrition, scalp care, but they was talking about relations and and doctor Anita right now, I'm going to fight her to this day about her egging on the conversation about relations. I'm going to fight her to this day. When I tell you, Angel who we've had on the podcast, I knew what I was signing up for. I just have forgot what I was signed up for. Have you ever just like forgot? Yes? I have forgot. But let me tell you something. I loved feeling empowered and with some tools. I believe God did something in that body panel session because I I the stuttering is obnoxious, But let me tell you something empowered. Was she empowered and me empowered? Am I? So that was the body panel. We went to lunch, we did the pajama pan of pajama. Oh my gosh, Chrisrna Hazled my Godmom, Pastor Mary see right, Kaylawana Kee, Kayla, Oh my gosh. If you guys have never been to a Womanivove event, Kaylajuana Key, She's the sauce. Like doctor Anita is the sauce. Kaylawana Key is the sauce. Petea is the sauce. The worship is the sauce. There's so many sauces at a Womanivolve event that is hard to tell you, Like, what is the one thing that tips everything over the edge. It's the presence of God. Of course it's Jesus, let me be clear on that. But I think that there are all these different components that just make it feel like this safe space that you can really be authentic, and Kayla is one of them. So anyways, my mother came Thursday night when I had my session, but she like tripped over a cord backstage and rolled her knees, so she was like immobile. On Friday, she wasn't able to come, and so Kaylawanakey joined the pan on Noel mag Would and that chick Angel who told me I was dressed like the bride of Christ and that was some funny business right there. But there was something that Crystal Renete Hayesla said that really stood out in my mind about sharing her journey as a Christian, and I feel like it was just another another thing that made me feel like, you know, I hope that God will allow me to continue to create spaces like this where no matter what stage you are on your journey, whether you're like just figuring things out or you have been in the faith for a long time, like you're going to be here. And if you are one of those people who are like, you know, I'm trying to be honest about where I am while also discovering more about who Jesus is, and I'm sharing it, but sometimes I can feel discouraged. I believe that what Crystal shares is going to make you feel less alone.

For me, like you. Someone spoke over me on Wednesday when I landed, and.

For me, like you. Someone spoke over me on Wednesday when I landed, and.

She said, protect your stuff.

She said, protect your stuff.

It's not being stingy.

It's not being stingy.

And I want to say that to you because whatever God has given you, there are certain things you have to protect.

And I want to say that to you because whatever God has given you, there are certain things you have to protect.

And like you, it's like do you want me or are you here from me?

And like you, it's like do you want me or are you here from me?

Or you want what I have, and there was so many times where I had to question friendships and who was really in my life. As I continue to elevate and where I am now, I've been more and more vocal about my walk with Christ and.

Or you want what I have, and there was so many times where I had to question friendships and who was really in my life. As I continue to elevate and where I am now, I've been more and more vocal about my walk with Christ and.

I'll say there have been times.

I'll say there have been times.

Where I wanted to just pull back because we could be some of the most judgmental people and I'm like, I know.

Where I wanted to just pull back because we could be some of the most judgmental people and I'm like, I know.

What I believe, but I don't.

What I believe, but I don't.

Want to talk about it anymore because these people are so mean.

Want to talk about it anymore because these people are so mean.

And I ain't got no more shirts.

And I ain't got no more shirts.

When you.

When you.

When you reach out me for to excuse me, when you reached out for me to be on your Power Moves tour, I too thought it was a scam.

When you reach out me for to excuse me, when you reached out for me to be on your Power Moves tour, I too thought it was a scam.

I was like, Sarah reached out to me.

I was like, Sarah reached out to me.

I was like, is this really her page?

I was like, is this really her page?

I had to go and double check and triple check and then that now you asked me to be a part of this, and I was like, God, what are you doing?

I had to go and double check and triple check and then that now you asked me to be a part of this, and I was like, God, what are you doing?

What do I have to say? And how do you want me to do it?

What do I have to say? And how do you want me to do it?

Because I know where I am and I try to be transparent about where I am in my walk to let people know that we all have flaws, and in that transparency at backfires and it hurts, but I want to thank.

Because I know where I am and I try to be transparent about where I am in my walk to let people know that we all have flaws, and in that transparency at backfires and it hurts, but I want to thank.

You for.

You for.

There's some tissue, Crystal.

There's some tissue, Crystal.

Can I just say, like this speaks to your heart. I didn't know you personally, but so many of my very close friends work with you, and all they talk about is how beautiful your heart is, how genuine you are, how humble you are. So it is beautiful to see how, despite what anybody else sees, what God sees in you, and how he's elevating you and he's taking you into places.

Can I just say, like this speaks to your heart. I didn't know you personally, but so many of my very close friends work with you, and all they talk about is how beautiful your heart is, how genuine you are, how humble you are. So it is beautiful to see how, despite what anybody else sees, what God sees in you, and how he's elevating you and he's taking you into places.

That maybe you don't even believe you belong. But baby, you are more than worthy.

That maybe you don't even believe you belong. But baby, you are more than worthy.

God sees you.

God sees you.

Crystal.

Crystal.

Thank you for allowing me to share this space with you, and you just being who you are and being transparent has allowed me to.

Thank you for allowing me to share this space with you, and you just being who you are and being transparent has allowed me to.

Know that it's okay.

Know that it's okay.

It's okay, and I appreciate you so much. All y'all want to do is pry at this conference.

It's okay, and I appreciate you so much. All y'all want to do is pry at this conference.

Listen, I ain't got no more shirts.

Listen, I ain't got no more shirts.

I don't have no more shirts, so y'all better figure it out.

I don't have no more shirts, so y'all better figure it out.

It's so ghetto.

It's so ghetto.

Just sit down and receive the word. All y'all want to do is cry.

Just sit down and receive the word. All y'all want to do is cry.

We're in the project.

We're in the project.

It is.

It is.

The problem is when you are sharing your faith, you're sharing what you know about God publicly while also realizing that God's going to still convict you and change you. Part of the reason why you don't want to say anything is because you realize you're still growing, but people hold you to who you are in one moment, not realizing that God is still changing you. And I think to your point, you know, one of the things that I ask God is that he would help me to create an environment where the girls who just want to know God and figure it out and walk it out with Him feel safe enough to say I may not be perfect, but I am hungry, so that He can meet them in the space of they're hunger. And to me, I feel like that's what Woman Evolve is like. I don't need you to come in here and be perfect. You don't have to know all the songs and know all the scriptures, but if you have a heart to experience who God is, like, I got a space for you at Woman Evolved. I think that's the best service that we can give one another is to create space for people to be wherever they are on their journey, recognizing that wherever they are is a place where God can meet them. The Bible says you can make your bed in hell, and I'll still come find you. Come on, and we find people in the bars, or people going through breakups or people who are selling their journey and act like they're so untouchable.

The problem is when you are sharing your faith, you're sharing what you know about God publicly while also realizing that God's going to still convict you and change you. Part of the reason why you don't want to say anything is because you realize you're still growing, but people hold you to who you are in one moment, not realizing that God is still changing you. And I think to your point, you know, one of the things that I ask God is that he would help me to create an environment where the girls who just want to know God and figure it out and walk it out with Him feel safe enough to say I may not be perfect, but I am hungry, so that He can meet them in the space of they're hunger. And to me, I feel like that's what Woman Evolve is like. I don't need you to come in here and be perfect. You don't have to know all the songs and know all the scriptures, but if you have a heart to experience who God is, like, I got a space for you at Woman Evolved. I think that's the best service that we can give one another is to create space for people to be wherever they are on their journey, recognizing that wherever they are is a place where God can meet them. The Bible says you can make your bed in hell, and I'll still come find you. Come on, and we find people in the bars, or people going through breakups or people who are selling their journey and act like they're so untouchable.

Yet they look.

Yet they look.

More like God than we do, because at least they can be honest about where they are instead of pretending that because we know a few scriptures that we know everything.

More like God than we do, because at least they can be honest about where they are instead of pretending that because we know a few scriptures that we know everything.

The mystery of.

The mystery of.

God is something we're all still unpacking. And so I'm privileged to have you here, honored the more transparent, authentic and perfect, growing developing. I didn't need you to come here and be somebody or not. I need you to come here and be all of who you are because you look like the people who are in the room. Thank you. So Kayla ends up closing out. The pajama panel is beautiful. You know that chick Angel is hilarious. It's like the perfect girl time. And we did something a little different. Most of the time we would just have the pajama panel and then that would be the end, but we decided to have still a service and a prayer service afterwards. So think like pajama in prayer, pajama and worship pajama and just connection and sisterhood together. So you you know, Pastor show Brady comes through and oh, Tasha Tasha, Tasha Tasha led worship that night, demolishes us, like just takes us and says it's right at the feet of Jesus. And then was like, here you deal with them. Pastor show Brady comes out and we already know, like secure yourself, she's about to go in. So Pastor Cheryl keeps telling us there's a wrecking ball coming, There's a wrecking ball coming. There's a wrecking ball coming. And I think that the average person doesn't realize what the wrecking ball is going to be. But I know what she's talking about because moments before the evening session began, I went to the back and I was meeting some of our friends who were there, some of my colleagues who were in attendance. Just a quick little hug during the break, and then I see Pastor t Renee Glenn and I turned to her and I'm like, I feel like I should bow, you know what I mean, Like, I just have so much respect and honor for the anointing on her life, and I'm just like, thank you so much for being here. I'm so grateful, like we're ready, like just I'm so honored, and you know, she's like to the glory of God like she but she's locked in. She's in the zone. So when Pastor Show keeps saying a wrecking ball is coming, a wrecking ball is coming, I know that she's talking about Pastor t Renee Glenn. I don't know if anybody else knew, but I knew. Let me tell you. When I finished just like honoring her backstage and just thanking her and just showing my gratitude. I turned to my assistant Sam Anthem, and I was like, she about to mop the floor with us. She was already in the Holy Ghost, like before prayer had even begun, before worship had already be even begun. She was in the Holy Ghost. I knew that we was fitning be demolished, fitting up be demolished and demolished. We were baby when she came out there. Holiness is right, Deliverance is at hand. Get your life together and bow before the King, stand up to it. Build your spirit, be edified. She didn't. I mean, she kind of said these things, but this is, this is, this is what happened in the room. Let me tell you something. What I loved about the conference this here is that, like I felt like it touched on every single area from you know, maybe you're maybe I'll use like genre, No, I'll use like restaurants. Like maybe you like Italian food, maybe you like Mexican food. Maybe you just like good old American food. Maybe you like tae cuisine. Maybe you are a butter chicken queen. Let me tell you something. By time conference got finished, there was something in there for literally every single person, no matter what expression of Jesus moves you the most. There was an opportunity for you to tap into it. But there was also an opportunity for you to dabble in some other things. And let me tell you something. When we got finish dabbling in that old school anointing, I wanted to be a church mother. I don't even know if there is a clip that can do the prayer service justice, but let's just see what we can find.

God is something we're all still unpacking. And so I'm privileged to have you here, honored the more transparent, authentic and perfect, growing developing. I didn't need you to come here and be somebody or not. I need you to come here and be all of who you are because you look like the people who are in the room. Thank you. So Kayla ends up closing out. The pajama panel is beautiful. You know that chick Angel is hilarious. It's like the perfect girl time. And we did something a little different. Most of the time we would just have the pajama panel and then that would be the end, but we decided to have still a service and a prayer service afterwards. So think like pajama in prayer, pajama and worship pajama and just connection and sisterhood together. So you you know, Pastor show Brady comes through and oh, Tasha Tasha, Tasha Tasha led worship that night, demolishes us, like just takes us and says it's right at the feet of Jesus. And then was like, here you deal with them. Pastor show Brady comes out and we already know, like secure yourself, she's about to go in. So Pastor Cheryl keeps telling us there's a wrecking ball coming, There's a wrecking ball coming. There's a wrecking ball coming. And I think that the average person doesn't realize what the wrecking ball is going to be. But I know what she's talking about because moments before the evening session began, I went to the back and I was meeting some of our friends who were there, some of my colleagues who were in attendance. Just a quick little hug during the break, and then I see Pastor t Renee Glenn and I turned to her and I'm like, I feel like I should bow, you know what I mean, Like, I just have so much respect and honor for the anointing on her life, and I'm just like, thank you so much for being here. I'm so grateful, like we're ready, like just I'm so honored, and you know, she's like to the glory of God like she but she's locked in. She's in the zone. So when Pastor Show keeps saying a wrecking ball is coming, a wrecking ball is coming, I know that she's talking about Pastor t Renee Glenn. I don't know if anybody else knew, but I knew. Let me tell you. When I finished just like honoring her backstage and just thanking her and just showing my gratitude. I turned to my assistant Sam Anthem, and I was like, she about to mop the floor with us. She was already in the Holy Ghost, like before prayer had even begun, before worship had already be even begun. She was in the Holy Ghost. I knew that we was fitning be demolished, fitting up be demolished and demolished. We were baby when she came out there. Holiness is right, Deliverance is at hand. Get your life together and bow before the King, stand up to it. Build your spirit, be edified. She didn't. I mean, she kind of said these things, but this is, this is, this is what happened in the room. Let me tell you something. What I loved about the conference this here is that, like I felt like it touched on every single area from you know, maybe you're maybe I'll use like genre, No, I'll use like restaurants. Like maybe you like Italian food, maybe you like Mexican food. Maybe you just like good old American food. Maybe you like tae cuisine. Maybe you are a butter chicken queen. Let me tell you something. By time conference got finished, there was something in there for literally every single person, no matter what expression of Jesus moves you the most. There was an opportunity for you to tap into it. But there was also an opportunity for you to dabble in some other things. And let me tell you something. When we got finish dabbling in that old school anointing, I wanted to be a church mother. I don't even know if there is a clip that can do the prayer service justice, but let's just see what we can find.

This is the last thing the Lord said to release in prayer. He said, Renee, I want you to release strength for the rest of the journey all over this room. Lift your hands and receive strength for the rest of.