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God-sized Dreams: When is it my turn, God?

I just saw Holley Gerth’s blog post on being a God-sized dreamer. God is a big God. He wants to make your big dreams come true. He’s the one who put them there. 🙂

Just this morning, I was sharing in a Facebook forum that I love helping to lift women’s heads to look into God’s face and to see their true identity and greatest potential. God has so much more in store for you, dear friend.

I love what Holley writes here:

A God-sized dream isn’t about what you do as much as how you do it. It’s about pursuing life with passion, purpose, and going with God wherever he leads.

It’s about not settling. It’s about tenaciously believing you’re made for more.

Not as in “bigger house, fancier car, more luxurious lifestyle.”

No, my friend, I mean “more of Jesus, more of what he’s created you to be, more of what he’s called you to do.”

Less of you, actually, and more of all he is and all he has for you—which is beyond what you can even imagine.

What has God created you to be? What has He called you to do? What are His Big Dreams for you? Do you know?

Take time to spend with God so He can show you His Big Dreams for you.

Maybe you do know. Maybe you’ve had those Big Dreams burning in your heart for years.

Maybe you look around at other women and feel like you’re on the outside looking in. The pain goes right through you when you hear of another author whose new book launch is going fabulous or who has 3 (or 6 or 10!) speaking engagements lined up this year.

“When is it my turn, God?”

“God, why are you blessing other speakers, writers, coaches, entrepreneurs, _____ (you fill in the blank of who you envy or feel jealous of) and let them experience their Big Dreams, while I struggle so much?”

Don’t let go of your Big Dreams, dear friend. Keep dreaming. Keep praying.

Keep holding those dreams in your heart. Their time of ripeness will come to pass if you don’t give up.

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. – James 5:7, NIV

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March 6, 2013 by
Daffodil & Butterfly. Copyright 2013 Leah Jones
Blog, Faith, prayer, Spiritual Gifts, Travel

Born to fly and multiply

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One of the most beautiful creations God made and one of my favorite is the butterfly. Butterflies are free.

Have you ever seen a butterfly who looked stressed out, worried, angry, depressed, discouraged, or unhappy? No. Butterflies are happy. 🙂

I researched caterpillars and butterflies today. It was fascinating to read about them.

Caterpillars are one big munching machine from the time they are born until the time they are transformed into the butterfly. They even eat their own skin in the chrysalis!

Butterflies are more graceful and delicate. Their favorite beverage is a flower drink (the nectar).

Butterflies are all about flight and reproduction. Even when resting, butterflies are often preparing for flight by keeping their wing muscles warm enough to move.

Butterflies also have an extremely short life span.

The small blue butterfly can live only a few days. The migrating monarch butterfly can live up to 12 months. Some species of butterflies migrate thousands of miles or hibernate in the winter.

But at the end of their journey or at the beginning of spring, all butterflies’ actions are the same. They mate, the females lay eggs, and then all the adults die.

The eggs hatch into caterpillars, which turn into similarly short-lived butterflies.

Born to freely fly. Born to multiply.

It’s the same with us as Christian believers.

We weren’t made to just munch, munch, munch our way through life – consuming everything the world offers such as material goods, entertainment, social media, food.

We were created for so much more – to fly with God. To fulfill His purpose for our lives. To be fruitful and multiply on earth, to subdue it and rule over everything. (Genesis 1:28)  To leave a Godly legacy through our children.

“But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” – Isaiah 40:31, NLT

We are to be Freed by His Love, Transformed by His Power.

Are you free? Do you want a change in 2013? Be one of the 50 women who will experience transformation this spring!

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Resource on caterpillars and butterflies, How Stuff Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/insects-arachnids/butterfly.htm

March 5, 2013 by
Co-Pastor/Speaker Timeko L. Whitaker
Blog, Coaching, Faith, Homeschooling, Marriage, Parenting, prayer, Speaking, Spiritual Gifts, Travel, Writing

Talkshoe Women’s Battles Show with Timeko Whitaker on March 20

Co-Pastor/Speaker Timeko L. Whitaker

Co-Pastor/Speaker Timeko L. Whitaker

Do you know who you really are? Are you pursuing a life of passion? Did you know that your passion will cause you to live an intentional and purpose-filled life? With Romans 8:28 as your foundation, nothing can stop you from knowing and living in your God-given purpose!

Join me with my special guest, Co-Pastor/Speaker Timeko L. Whitaker, on Wednesday, March 20, at 1 p.m. Central Time (2 p.m. Eastern Time). You can find out more about Timeko at www.AuthenticIdentityCoaching.com.

You can join us live in the chat room by clicking here.

Or you can call into the show with the call-in details below:

Phone Number: (724) 444-7444
Call ID: 98698
PIN: Your Talkshoe PIN No. or 1 #.

Timeko is the wife to Pastor Eric J. Whitaker and mother of Daelin and Eyuana. Timeko identifies with the concepts of devotion and servitude, having honorably served her country for over 20 years in the United States Army, culminating in her retirement in 2008. Timeko now brings the Army’s core character values of loyalty, duty, respect, selflessness, honor, integrity, and personal courage into her journey to fulfill her ministry purpose.

More central to her core than serving her country is her devotion and service to the Lord Jesus Christ. She is humbled at the call to serve as Co-Founder and Co-Pastor of the Mercy Seat Church, where she flows in the anointing of a true oracle and intercessor and operates in the gifts of exhortation and encouragement.

Timeko has a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management, as well as a Masters of Theology. She is a Certified Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Christian Life Coach.

She is the Co-Host of the Intentional Kingdom Living radio broadcast which airs weekly on AM1310 The Light and the part-time television host of TBN’s WCL J-TV.

We’d love for you to join us live in the chat room for this show on intentional, purposeful living.

February 28, 2013 by