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Welcome to Estherpreneur, a podcast for

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entrepreneurs and leaders doing business

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and life God's way. Each week we

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discuss biblical and practical tips to

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improve your mind, business, spirit,

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relationships, and finances. Listen

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along as I speak with special guests on

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how to thrive in all aspects of life.

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Hi, I'm Edna. Like many of you, I

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wear many hats. I'm a military wife,

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mother, author, certified John Maxwell

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business and executive coach, trainer and

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founder of Favor and Wealth, where we

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help the good guys win. So tune in as

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we bring on the light.

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Well, good morning, everyone. Good

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afternoon. Good evening. Thank you for

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tuning in for another episode of the

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Estrepreneur Podcast. My name

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is Edna Harding and if it sounds like I'm

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whispering, it's because I'm recording

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this early in the morning

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before the family gets up. Kids are home

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for Christmas break and

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so I definitely wanted to get this out to

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you guys in the midst of this busy

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season. I am glad you

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guys are here and tuning in and as we

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wrap up 2024, could you guys believe it?

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I can't believe it's the end of the year.

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As we wrap up 20 Twenty-four, I wanted

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to take this episode to reflect on the

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most meaningful lessons God has taught me

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this year. And so I'm

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excited to share

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these with you because I know that God is

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going to speak to you even

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during this last

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week or last few days of 20

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Twenty-four. And so let me just begin.

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By saying that these are not just lessons

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for me, but ones I hope will encourage

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and inspire you in your own journey.

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Today's episode is anchored in Proverbs

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3/5 and six, which is a very common

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verse, and that is trust in the Lord with

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all of your heart and lean not on your

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own understanding in all your ways.

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Acknowledge Him and He will direct your

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path. So let's go ahead and dive into

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these lessons. Starting with something

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really close to my heart, and that is my

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children. This year I

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had a moment that made me stop in awe of

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God. OK?My

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daughter Alayah said something that

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filled me with so much joy. I

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remember I was looking for Anaya's

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backpack and I was telling Alayah to

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help me and she was like

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looking everywhere and just like she went

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upstairs and she came back down. And

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then she grabbed it. She showed me the

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backpack and she said to me, she's like,

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the Holy Spirit told me Anaya's backpack

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was upstairs in Daddy's man cave.

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and I was trying not to, like, freak out,

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like in a good way. But I was just like,

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you know, Mommy, she said the Holy Spirit

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always speaks to me. She's like, he

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always speaks to me in her right ear.

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whisper?I was

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dumbfounded. I was like,

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what?He speaks to

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you. And then he's like, yes, God always

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speaks to me, but he always whispers. I

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have to really be quiet to hear him.

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Oh my gosh. Like that brought so much

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joy. I mean, I I wish I could like speak

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louder so so you could feel the

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excitement in my voice.

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you know, I can't even begin right to

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explain how much that touched me.

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children continue to grow and their walk

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with the Lord and really seek great and

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mighty things like kill the sick, cast

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that's exactly what I've been praying for

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all this time. I've been asking God to

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give my children discernment, to hear his

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voice clearly, even at a young age.

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moment taught me was that our children

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are always watching and listening. They

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see how we live out our faith, how we

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respond to challenges, and how we trust

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in God. And they even notice the big

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things as well, the small things, right?

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walk with him. And so, you

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know, in Proverbs 22, six, it says train

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up a child in the way we should go, he

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should go. And when he is hold, he would

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not depart from it. Parents, I want

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to encourage you guys today, be

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intentional and living out your faith.

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of your children. This is something that

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I do not because. I'm trying to be

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religious, but sometimes I pray for

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strength, especially dealing with them

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cause they're in that stage where they

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like to push mommy's buttons and

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then also let them see what trusting him

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looks like. You know, when there are

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challenges, cause trust us, we've gone

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through challenges this year,

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especially just just a lot of

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things that are going out of your

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control. I praise God in front of them.

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I sing to him. You know, when I'm

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frustrated, when I'm mad, I cry to the

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Lord in in in praise and worship.

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mean, sometimes I would see them looking

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at me like, you know, or I would pray in

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the spirit and they're like, why?Like

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they're laughing at me when I'm praying

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in the spirit. But you know, it is what

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it is. I do what I need to do in order

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for me to not lose my

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sanity, right?

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think they're not paying attention, but

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trust me, they are. All right, let's go

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to the next lesson. The

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next lesson is be fruitful

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even in the mundane. You know, I'll be

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honest. There were seasons where I felt

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like nothing was happening. I was putting

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in the work, staying faithful, but it

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felt like I was in a barren season.

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using all those things to prepare me for

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this extremely busy. And fruitful

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season I'm experiencing now. Every

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small task, every late night, every

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moment of obedience was planting seeds

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that are now flourishing. You know, in

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Galatians 69 it says that is

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not go weary in doing good, for at the

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proper time we will reap a reward if we

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do not give

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up. And you know, that's easier said than

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done, but I want to. Speak to

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those who are in a season who feels like

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your efforts are unnoticed or

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unimportant. I'm here to

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encourage you on the other side to keep

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going. God sees your faithfulness, and

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he's using even the mundane to fulfill

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his promises. The scripture says don't

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despise small beginnings because he's

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working behind the scenes, right?So I'm

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telling you, speaking from the other

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side, if I didn't do those mundane

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things, if I didn't obey. Every single

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time he told me to create some sort of

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worksheet, to create some sort of

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template, to create some sort of action

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plan. Basically everything that I'm doing

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to serve my clients now that I

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did, that I'm doing, that I did to serve

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my clients now, even though at that time

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I didn't have the clients, it's all

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making sense. And I'm so glad I listened

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because it's making my

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ability to really

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serve my clients well this season.

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and now it's just like kind of falling

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into place, if that makes sense. All

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getting the sniffles here, so don't mind

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me. The third

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lesson I wanted to share about is finding

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joy in serving others. This year, I've

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seen so many of my clients hit their

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goals. Experience breakthroughs and make

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real progress. And if you're one of my

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clients, you know this, right?This has

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been like a year where a lot of my

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clients are starting to see

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traction and seeing results

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based on the on the strategies

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that God gave me. Especially those who

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are, who didn't quit, who are, who kept

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going, and who believe God no

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matter what it looked like in the

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natural. You know, watching her joy and

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excitement has brought me more happiness

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than even my own accomplishments. And

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the reason I'm sharing this is this

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season, God has been reminding me that my

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reward comes from him, not from people.

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like I'm not charging what I should be

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charging. Trust me, I know, because I

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know what my peers are charging and I

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know what I'm charging and I know I can

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deliver same or even

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actually thank Holy Spirit. I'm not even

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going to be humble about this, like

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better results because I've hired those

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people just to learn what the world is

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teaching. And I'm like, this is horrible.

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it's really like. It's hard sometimes

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cause I'm like, this is so sad. Like I'm

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working with people who can't

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really afford me, but I want to bless

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them. But I know this is where God called

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me and I'm like, but I could be working

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with people who can afford me, but that's

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not who God called me to. Does that make

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sense?And so it was a very tough

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season because I know, you

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know, financially where I could be

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versus where I am, where I am and

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where I was these past years.

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my reward is him, not through

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the people that I serve. And that was a

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mind shifter for me. I hope you hear me

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by way of the Spirit, you know, cause I I

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know that I know what my market value

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is. Obviously I'm a marketing and sales

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strategist. I know what it is. I've done

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my research, right?But the Lord has

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been clear with me that being a blessing

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to his body is more important than money,

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OK?And I know this is

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not what you guys want to hear, and this

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is not what I wanted to hear, but it is

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more blessed to give than to receive,

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right?And that's scripture, Acts 20,

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verse thirty-five. I realized that

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when I take care of God's business, he

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always takes care of mine.

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between the me serving people

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with my gifting. He would trickle in

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other blessings that I didn't expect,

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rewards and even clients

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who did pay me what I was worth. But it

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wasn't. It wasn't like

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based on my business, if that makes

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sense. It was based on God's grace, right?

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client just said yes to me without even

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knowing my price, like doesn't even know

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what I charge.

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how often he wants to meet with me and

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all those things. And I'm like, whoa, you

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know, that's amazing. And this just

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happened this week, right?And it just

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reminded me that God's faithful. He sees

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what you've done for his people, and he

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will reward you for your

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obedience. OK,

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tension between charging what you're

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worth and serving others, I encourage you

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to listen to God's leading. Trust him

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to be your provider because your

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obedience and generosity are not in vain

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and he will honor them. All right.

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And last but not least, the last lesson I

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want to share is this is you are more

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capable than you think.

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This year I felt really stretched.

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at times it felt overwhelming, right?I

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had a lot of assignments, a lot of

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projects, a lot of clients to

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serve and. And then at the same

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time, I was serving in the church, right?

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peer team. I had my women's group. I

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the young adults. I had a few other

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things. And then on top of that, I'm a

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busy mom with children and I have a

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military wife. And then I had

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responsibilities also as a board member

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for JCC OSI have a podcast. I

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had a lot of things, OK.

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To add to that challenge, mind you, we

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moved from Colorado to Alabama late this

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summer at the very last minute. It was

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something that they gave us a month and a

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half to do. The military did,

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you knowAnd the thing about it is,

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what's incredible about this is by His

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grace, I was able to complete everything,

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like literally everything, right?

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Launching my group coaching program,

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getting my first group cohort,

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like finishing my workbook. You

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know, creating all my content, all

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that stuff. That took a lot of time

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and I finished it. And that was a God

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thing. I can honestly, that was a God

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thing. There was no way. I'm such a busy

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person. You know, I have no idea. Like,

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I'm so busy just getting the house

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settled with young children

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and cooking and cleaning and doing all

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that stuff, you know, cause I'm not

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hiring any mains. It's all me,

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I. Really can do all things through

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Christ who strengthens me, as Philippians

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413 says. So if you guys are

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in a season where you feel stretched, let

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me encourage you to lean into God's

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strength. He will equip you to handle

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more than you think, and His grace will

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sustain you and His power will carry you

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through. You're not alone. You're more

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than capable than you realize. All right,

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now I just want to end with this. As I

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reflect on these lessons, I see how

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they're all connected. Number one,

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live authentically for my children,

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staying faithful in the mundane,

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serving others with joy and trust in his

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provisions, recognizing God's strength

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within me to do more than I

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imagine. Those are the four lessons I

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just talked about. Guess what?Each of

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these lessons reminds me that God's plans

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are so much bigger and better than we can

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imagine. I want to leave you with one

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final verse that ties us all together.

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Matthew 2521 says,

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Well done, good and faithful servant. You

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have been faithful over a few things. I

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will make you ruler over many things.

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Enter into the joy of the Lord.

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All right, now a short turn. Take some

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time to reflect on your own lessons from

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2024. What has God been teaching you?

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I'd love for you to share your thoughts

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in the comments or on social media or

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message me on my website

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estrapreneur.com. Now, if you're looking

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right. Well, thank you guys for tuning in

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today. And I just want to close us out in

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prayer. Father God, thank

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you for the lessons you've taught us this

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year. Thank you for speaking to us, even

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in whispers and for working through every

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season of our lives. Help us to

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carry these shoots into the new year with

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faithfulness, joy, and trust in you.

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Bless every listener, guide them in their

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journey, and remind them that you are

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always with them. In Jesus mighty name.

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Amen. All right, guys, until

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next time, stay encouraged, stay

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faithful, and keep trusting him. I'll see

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you guys on the next episode. Blessings,

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my friends, and have a wonderful new

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year. Take care.

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Thanks for joining us this week on

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keep shining.