Inside Beauty Inspires

Embracing Divine Paths: Conquering Jealousy, Transformative Faith, and Seeking God's Promises

Stephanie Harrison / Savannah Grant Season 2 Episode 77

Have you ever wondered how ancient tales of jealousy and envy still resonate in our daily lives? Join us as Savannah Grant returns to Inside Beauty Inspires for an enlightening discussion on these timeless emotions, using the biblical story of Cain and Abel as our guiding narrative. With insights drawn from Proverbs 29:18, we unravel how divine wisdom and guidance can lead us toward a life overflowing with purpose, peace, and joy, steering clear of the chaos and torment that jealousy brings.

Ever felt weighed down by your past mistakes and societal judgments? We shine a spotlight on the transformative power of faith, sharing the stories of Joseph and David to illustrate how God can turn even the darkest intentions into blessings. Savannah and I dig deep into the importance of fearing the Lord and staying true to one’s faith, especially when facing adversity. Through heartfelt discussions, we emphasize that a genuine relationship with God and unwavering faith are your strongest tools for overcoming life's hurdles and emerging victorious.

Facing slander and misunderstanding can be incredibly challenging, especially when you feel anointed and guided by a higher purpose. Through personal testimonies and the story of John the Baptist, we explore how maintaining childlike trust in God can help you navigate even the harshest trials. Finally, with Jeremiah 29:11 as our anchor, we reflect on the profound hope and prosperity embedded in God's plans for us. Prepare to embrace new beginnings with a positive mindset and a pure heart, ready to seek God's face and welcome the blessings that follow.

Speaker 1:

New, new, new, everything new. New, new, new, new, new, everything new. I'm ready to go, Ready for more.

Speaker 2:

Hello, hello, it is Stephanie L Harrison and you are now listening in to Inside Beauty Inspires, where we motivate, encourage and inspire through biblical principles. I am so happy to welcome back to the show Savannah Grant. Thank you so very much for being a part of Inside Beauty Inspires. Thank you so much for being a part of the Ladies of ISI. You know we've been studying the book of Proverbs and there's been so many takeaways from this word. Savannah, we didn't get to go through everything last week because, you know, I got excited about the word that I read in 1 Kings and so I'm excited about the word that we're going to continue on to give today. Have you had any feedback from that show last week?

Speaker 3:

Hello everyone and thank you, stephanie, for having me. It's a pleasure being here. Thank you, stephanie, for having me. It's a pleasure being here. So yes, I did get some feedback from last week's show. Basically it was on jealousy and envy. It seems that quite a bit of people go through that, for whatever reason. We live in a time where people, like we said last week on the show, they covet things and it's all about the money, it's all about the likes, and you know that's, you know that's. As sad as it may be, that's the times that we live in. So you know, for whatever reason, people do tend to get jealous about certain things.

Speaker 2:

Well you know, to me it's like the have and the have, nots right.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, for sure.

Speaker 2:

And you know, even when we say it that way, what I've realized is that is that there's two, there's blessings and curses, there's life and death, there's wickedness and there's righteousness, and I feel like jealousy comes along the path of those as well, because it's going to enter into one or two of those, one of those categories. It is going to be on the blessed side of things or on the on the cursed side of things, and I say that because of the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 3. You know we see this play out in the very beginning of the book, you know, of the Bible, genesis. You know, third chapter, in we see that a brother is killing another brother based off of the fact that of God's accepting the gift from Abel versus Cain. And so, you know, I think it's just something that people have and I think that it is a part of human nature, being that it started in the very beginning of time. And so I feel like it's very important for us to get divine guidance so that we can know how to navigate in this world that we're living in.

Speaker 2:

I want to share something with you guys here. It says here when people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild, but whoever obeys the law is joyful. That's Proverbs 29, verse 18. The essence of running wild is to be undirected and without purpose. Many of us have a wild season in our lives and most of us who have grown past the season or that season recognize it as one of discontentment and sometimes pain. We were searching for something, a peaceful place or a way to like ourselves, so we lived with frantic energy. We were running away from something, and sometimes it was ourselves. So we lived with frantic energy. We were running away from something, and sometimes it was ourselves.

Speaker 2:

Joy is the opposite of that lifestyle. The word brings joy. We calm our spirits by reading the word and knowing the laws of God. By following God's path to righteous living and seeking and knowing his presence, we find ourselves less frantic, less wild and more living and more loving. We find peace and experience joy. This work of the Holy Spirit within us is both shocking and wonderful. Lord, be my everything, be my purpose, my peace, be my Christ, my calm. I praise you forever In name Amen. What a beautiful word, what a beautiful way of opening the show up with divine guidance. Savannah, when you hear divine guidance, what does that mean to you?

Speaker 3:

For me, divine guidance. First of all, it's going to mean wisdom. It's going to mean having discernment, absolutely, and, to break it down in layman's term, intelligence, being able to see people for who they really are. Okay, okay.

Speaker 2:

Yes.

Speaker 3:

And not just jumping on bandwagons, because that's what people do today.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, it's sad, but it's true. You know it's a sad truth. You know I feel like people go off of secondhand information. Yes, and when you're not really studying the word, that's what happens. Yes, yes, you know, I've had these things happen to me. You know as well, so I can identify. Last week I got a lot of feedback too, with a lot of people that wasn't able to identify with the open rebuke.

Speaker 2:

Especially when you're trying to give constructive criticism or give direction, it's hard for people to understand that or to take that advice from you because of the way that they reference you or the way that they respect you or that lack of respect. And so, you know, a lot of times I think also it's with materialistic things also. I feel like, like you just said, it's jealousy of who you are. A lot of people are jealous of the essence of who you are. You're not trying to be anything or anyone, you're just being yourself.

Speaker 2:

And I found this to be true too, savannah when you don't have an identity, you'll try to steal somebody else's, you'll try to take on a personality trait from here and a personality trait from here, and then you try to steal somebody else's or you'll try to take on a personality trait from here and a personality trait from here, and then you try to put it all together, but it's not going to work that way. You know, according to the word. So I think that people do themselves a disadvantage when they don't allow the Lord to come in and shape their lives for them, when they don't allow the Lord to come in and show them, or when they don't take wise counsel you just said it discernment, wisdom. Where do those things come from? How do you even get those you have?

Speaker 3:

to study the word of God, you have to have a relationship with him. That's the only way.

Speaker 2:

That's it. That's all.

Speaker 3:

That's the only way.

Speaker 2:

You know, and I think that because people don't study the word, they don't follow the instructions, or they'll look at someone like you and they don't think that you have the intelligence. But see, there's a difference between two different types of intelligence.

Speaker 3:

Let me stop you.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, go ahead, go ahead. I want you to give it to us. Give it to us, man.

Speaker 3:

When you say, looking at a person like me and I'm going to bring this up because it's been coming up a lot now with jobs, with different areas in my life First and foremost, I know who I am, I know who I belong to. He has already redeemed me, okay, okay. People on the outside looking in feel like they already know who Savannah is. That's true.

Speaker 2:

That's true.

Speaker 3:

You could work with me hand in hand every day. She's nice, she's quiet, she's polite, she's professional, she's sweet, she's humble, she all these things. And yet when you found out what's attached to her name, come on Savannah, speak to the people found out what's attached to her name.

Speaker 2:

Come on.

Speaker 3:

Savannah. Speak to the people this story that's attached to her. That happened 20 something years ago. You know her to be this way. But then you jump on to the people the world's bandwagon. Come on now. But then you jump on to the people the world's bandwagon.

Speaker 2:

Come on now. Come on, I completely understand.

Speaker 3:

I am who I am. I am who he said I am.

Speaker 2:

You've been that person.

Speaker 3:

I'm nothing more. I'm nothing less. I haven't changed I am. I didn't go to prison and just get some jailhouse religion.

Speaker 2:

I know you didn't.

Speaker 3:

Am I perfect? Absolutely not. Do I strive to be a person every single day? Yes, I do. Do I fall short? Absolutely, we all do. I'm human. Yes, I do. Do I fall short? Absolutely.

Speaker 2:

We all do. I'm human, we all do, we all do, and I think that's important to speak because that's a real thing, you know, being that this narrative has been attached to your name, attached to your name, and it's almost in a place of like something that you have to face and fight in the society daily. And you know, I feel like in the world that we live in, people love the negative aspect of everything. It gets people going right.

Speaker 2:

People are making money off of things that have occurred prior to you know, the things that you've been through, just in general, and I feel like it's unfair. I do because it's like how can you as a person really grow and get to where God wants you when you have all these gatekeepers is what I like to call them out here. It's a true thing and I think a lot of people don't really talk about it a lot.

Speaker 3:

No, they don't. But I always refer back to the word of God. He says the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just.

Speaker 2:

That's what his word said? No, yes, it does.

Speaker 3:

It doesn't seem right. It's not right, but in due season, everything In the book of Joel. He said what the canker were, what the locusts, all those things that were stolen. It's going to be given back to me. I don't care what it looks like, what it feels like, what the people say, what the media says. I know what the word of God says. That's it, that's all. That's what I'm standing on.

Speaker 2:

I applaud you, I applaud you. I applaud you Because, honestly, a lot of times people don't realize that that matters to the word. See, a lot of people try to fill a void with things and stuff right, but the true person that's able to fill that void is your father your heavenly father, heavenly father, and it's important to have a relationship with them.

Speaker 2:

You know, I like something you said and I mean we're going to get into the word, but we're right here for a reason. You know you said that jailhouse religious, because this is a narrative that people paint as well. I like to say this you know, people don't know what you carry and they don't know your rank. They don't.

Speaker 3:

They don't know the anointing that is on your life. They don't.

Speaker 2:

This has been, and I know. I know what you're saying because I can speak to this myself. They look at you like you're not good enough. They try to minimize everything. Even though you're giving it 100%, they minimize it like it's nothing. They act like you're not who you say you are. But the Lord said you will be a message, because he's the one that's carrying you. You don't have to say anything. Honestly, your life will be a reflection of your faith in due season, you know. That's why I feel like everything works together, hand in hand. You know, um, you know what, what you mean for evil. God always turns around for good.

Speaker 2:

Look at the story of Joseph and his brothers. Look at the story of Joseph and his brothers yes, his brothers and I want to put references on his brothers Because they came out the same household. David and his brothers. These two men that I just stated had an anointing. God spoke to them in dreams, but they thought well, one thought Joseph thought that he could share it with his brothers. He didn't see anything wrong. Do you think that he thought that he was going to end up in a ditch, running for his life and accused Back to the? But God always has a plan.

Speaker 3:

He always has a plan and although the plan don't look like we said this last week, we said this last week Although the plan doesn't look like what we feel like it should look like, god is the great orchestrator, absolutely.

Speaker 2:

Absolutely Well. That's why I wanted to share that story. That's why I really got like yo. I got to tell y'all this Because you know it lets you know that God is sending these things A lot of times we call the devil, but in the Old Testament they don't really reference the devil a lot. It talks about God's wrath and nobody wants to be on that side. You know one thing for certain, two things for sure that I got out of the book of Proverbs is fear of the Lord. I have a healthy fear of God and, to be honest, when you fear the Lord, that is wisdom. But woe to those who don't, woe to those who think they're getting away with something.

Speaker 3:

Right, absolutely.

Speaker 2:

Everybody has their day, everybody, savannah. And what you meant for evil? What does God do All the time, especially when you're walking in his will and his way? See, the thing about the wisdom of this world is the world has produced so much stuff, the world just the way you think. The world's agenda. There's two agendas at hand. Whether we realize it or not, you got the world's agenda and you have the Lord's agenda. And see, god knows every detail, everything, your thoughts, your heart, everything. He knows what's in it. And you're going to have to give an account. Yes, you are, you're going to. Everyone is going to. The Bible says every knee shall bow.

Speaker 3:

And every tongue shall confess. And you better keep your mouth out for people, because you don't know the anointing that people carry.

Speaker 2:

That's a real thing. That's a real thing. And see them being messed up and caught up in some stuff Based off of their mouth. It's in the book of Numbers, chapter 12 to be exact. If we go to chapter 12, numbers, and again we're going to get back into the book of Proverbs. But we're flowing right now, and anytime that we're in a flow I go along with it because I know the Lord is speaking.

Speaker 2:

It says while they were in Hasroth, miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he had been married a Cushite woman. They said has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Hasn't he spoken through us too? But the Lord heard them.

Speaker 2:

Now, moses was very humble, more humble than any other person on earth. So immediately the Lord called to Moses, aaron and Miriam and said go outside to the tabernacle, all three of you. So the three of them went to the tabernacle. Then the Lord descended in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance in the tabernacle all three of you. So the three of them went to the tabernacle. Then the Lord descended in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance in the tabernacle Aaron and Miriam. He called and they stepped forward and the Lord said to them now listen to what I say. If there were prophets among you, I, the Lord, will reveal myself in visions. I will speak to, hmm, my servant, moses.

Speaker 2:

Why weren't you afraid to criticize my servant, his servant? I know who I am and whose I am, savannah, just like you, I know who my employer is. I know that's who I answer to at the end of the day, because when he calls you, you ain't going to tell him no, he tells them. Why were you not afraid to criticize? Because they didn't know the type of anointing their brother carried. The Lord was very angry with them and he departed. And he departed Now I'm going to stop right there, because I can keep going on and on and on but he departed because of them putting their mouth on his child, someone that he liked. Now we got to think about Moses. Right, moses was the very one to set the captives free.

Speaker 3:

He was chosen. He was chosen. God picked him out as an infant From the time he was conceived. See, that's where people get misconstrued. Speak about it. You don't know who God chose. The word of God say many are called, but few are chosen. There's only a few of us, there's only. And see, when you're chosen, you gonna go through it. I know I'm chosen.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, speak to the people, let them know.

Speaker 3:

I know I'm chosen, what I go through, what I go through, what I go through, the everyday normal person couldn't carry. What I go through, how I'm talked about, how I'm crucified you know how many jobs I've lost, what they've said about me, the stigma they put behind my name. I know what I carry. You have to know, and if I didn't have A little bit of faith, just a little bit, I wouldn't be still standing, I'd be done, lost my mind. That's how I'm still standing, that's why I'm still here. That's why I'm still standing. That's why I'm still here, that's why I'm still in my right mind, because I am chosen, because he have equipped me to go through, to carry what I carry. Yes, that's why. Why not me?

Speaker 2:

Amen, amen. It's okay, you're feeling it, but you got to get it out right, because here's the bottom line At the end of the day people don't understand what you go through, they don't know what you face. Out here making past judgments on people that you don't understand what you go through, they don't know what you face. I'm out here making past judgments on people that you don't even know, and it does do something for me. To me too, savannah, if I can be honest with you, because I know who you are and I know whose you are, and I know that we don't fight regular fights.

Speaker 2:

You know, when you're anointed, when you're anointed, it hit different. When you're anointed, people talk about you, they slander you. The Bible says that when you follow Jesus, they naturally hated him. What makes you think they're not naturally going to hate you? Naturally and unfortunately and I won't even say unfortunately, savannah, because even in the midst of the storm, even in the midst of your story, there still is victory, there still is light. He's still using you. We overcome by the words of our testimony, by the words of our testimony.

Speaker 3:

By the words of our testimony.

Speaker 2:

At some point people are going to see the truth, when God is ready to pull back that cover, because I want us to understand that he is God. He can do all, any and everything.

Speaker 1:

But fail.

Speaker 2:

But fail beyond your wildest imagination. All you got to do is believe, and you're a believer. Not just a believer, not just somebody that gives lip service, but someone that actually studies his word, someone that the word is written like you said jailhouse talk. You know, I didn't really know what that was. To be honest with you. I could be honest with you like no, that's just jail talk. I'm like what do you mean? That's jail talk. I'm like what do you mean? That's jail talk. But that's common, right? You know, people go into jail, they have God encounters and then they come back out here and they're the same person, yeah, but with you. You had the word on you in you prior to going into the system. Now that you're not a part of the system, but helping the system, you have to fight the world system, but don't get it twisted, savannah. God's system is so much better and what God is about to do and reveal, no man can stop. Right and that right there. That's what you hold on to you continue to hold on to your faith.

Speaker 2:

You continue to seek his face. You continue to let the Lord fight for you. You continue to be still, no matter how hard it gets, because slandering is a real thing, especially when you know the truth, especially when you know my characteristics. You might not know all there is to know about me, but let the wisdom speak for itself. Trust me, the wisdom will show results. That's what the word of God says. I read something earlier today where he said that it was Jesus. Jesus was having a moment and he went off to the side to pray and he said thank you, god for hiding the mysteries in those who have childlike faith. He said that and I can identify with him because I have a childlike faith. Savannah.

Speaker 3:

You don't need but a little bit bit, and that's what people fail to realize. You don't have to say these long, big, drawn-out, elaborate prayers. It's not about that. With him, he is kind, he is loving. He is kind, he is loving, he is just, and I tell people all the time in my classes when I go back to the prison he is faithful and he is just, he's kind to the just and the unjust.

Speaker 2:

He loves his patient. He meets you right where you are.

Speaker 3:

Yes, he does In your mess and people love to say, well, I'm not ready and Well, when will you ever be ready? It's not him that does, it's not us that does the cleaning up. It's him that does the cleaning up.

Speaker 2:

He's the perfecter of your faith. He's the perfecter of your faith. That's why I tell people and I invite you, ladies and gentlemen, to get into your word. When you start to draw closer to him, he's going to draw closer to you, you know. Again, I love when we have moments like this, because they're authentic. The Holy Spirit just spoke to me, told me to go to Matthew 7. I'm sorry, Matthew 11.

Speaker 3:

We kind of got off topic, but we're in flow.

Speaker 2:

We're moving as God says to, so yes, yes, if we go to the book of Matthew, matthew 11 and y'all, it's all good because, like you said, when the father starts to speak, we're spirit led. We're led and fed by the Holy Spirit. Disciples, he went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region. John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing, so he sent his disciples to ask Jesus, are you the Messiah we've been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else? Jesus told them go back to John and tell him what you have heard and seen. The blind see the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life and the good news is being preached to the poor. And he added God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.

Speaker 2:

As John's disciples were leaving, jesus began talking about him to the crowds. What kind of man did you go see into the wilderness? Was he a weak reed swayed by every breath of wind? Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothing? No, people with expensive clothing live in palaces. Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet.

Speaker 2:

John is the man to whom the scripture refers when they say look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you and he will prepare your way before you. I tell you the truth all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is. And from the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing and violent people are attacking it. For before John came, all the prophets and the law of Moses looked forward to the present time. And if you are willing to accept what I say, he is Elijah, the one the prophets said would come. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand. So what can I compare this generation? It's like children playing a game in the public square.

Speaker 2:

They complain to their friends. We played wedding songs and you didn't dance. So we played funeral songs and you didn't mourn. For John didn't spend his time eating and drinking, and you say he's possessed by a demon. The son of man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say he's a glutton and a drunkard and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners. But wisdom is shown to be right by its results.

Speaker 2:

Then Jesus began to denounce the towns where he had done so many miracles. But wisdom is shown to be right by its results. Then Jesus began to denounce the towns where he had done so many miracles because they hadn't repented of their sins and turned to God. What sorrow awaits you, chorazin and Bethsaida, for if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked tribe and sit on there, people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse. I tell you, try and sit on, would be better off on judgment day than you and you, people of Capernaum. Will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in wicked Sodom, it would still be here today. I tell you, even Sodom would be better off on judgment day than you.

Speaker 2:

At that time, jesus prayed this prayer. This is what I was getting at. Oh Father, lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things, and those who think themselves wise from hiding these things from. Yes, father, it pleases you to do it this way. My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father. And no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

Speaker 2:

Then Jesus said Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, let me teach you, because I'm humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear and the burden I give you is light, savannah. Yoke is easy to bear and the burden I give you is light, savannah. The weary and the weak because I know that you got weary and I know that you had weak moments. It was the Lord who called you out. It was the Lord who spoke to you. Speak on this to the listeners so they can understand exactly what the Lord was doing this whole time.

Speaker 3:

What he's been doing this whole time is when I was getting ready to be shipped to Department of Corrections because this isn't new, this is 24 years ago God said to me I will get the glory. That's what I stand on, that's what I'm holding on to. It's not what I think. It looks like. It's what he says. It looks like. It's not about me, it's about him. None of this has anything to do with me and everything to do with him. Yes, it gets weary.

Speaker 3:

No it hasn't been easy. No one knows what that looks like but me. But again, I hold on to him getting the glory, because it's not about me, it's about him and no matter what it looks like what it feels like.

Speaker 3:

I know that he loves me, he's going to provide for me and he's going to turn the narrative around for me. It doesn't matter what people say, what the world say. I don't live for the world. I don't live my life for the spotlight. I don't live my life for likes and shares and what the people say. I live my life for what thus says the Lord, and it may not be what some people says that should look like, but as long as my heart, my conscience, is clear and my heart is pure, that's what matters. The heart strings, that's what matters. The heart strings that's what God looks at. That's what he looks at. People, when you're placing judgment, when you're jumping on bandwagons, when you're not fact checking, when you're out here chasing the bag, liking and sharing and gossiping and all of the things of the world. God searches the heart.

Speaker 2:

And he knows my heart Amen, amen and amen.

Speaker 2:

And girl, I felt all of that because I can identify with it. And my words of encouragement to you is you keep holding on to his unchanging hand, his unchanging hand, his unchanging hand when the Bible says he says he'll never leave you nor forsake you, savannah, I know that to be true. My life is a direct reflection of what God can do when people count you out and they say you're not who he says. You are false narratives based off of what people say, and I just don't have the strength to go back and forth. I don't have the strength to defend myself. I won't go back and forth, but I will go to my father and in my life the Lord has defended me. He's brought real people into my life that see me correctly. Amen, he has. So listen y'all Again. We kind of went. We didn't deviate off of the word because we still included the word. We did deviate a little bit off of Proverbs, right.

Speaker 2:

But you know it's important that you guys understand something Everything is not always what it looks like On social media. You can be whatever you want to be. Nobody's fact-checking, nobody's saying is this real or not. They just go with whatever. If you package it good, the appearance of it looks good. Hey. So to the highest bidder, but that's not what our dad looks at, and so I thank you for your transparency. I thank you for your transparency, I thank you for opening up, because you know this is a place that you have to. I won't say relive, but it's almost like because of the revel you know, because you know what I'm trying to say. I do, I do. That's what's happening right now. Okay, and what I want to say to you is you already know how the story is going to end, because you know what the word of God says.

Speaker 3:

Absolutely. I already know.

Speaker 2:

What does Jeremiah 29, 11 say?

Speaker 3:

I know, for I know the plans that I have for you, plans to give you a hope and a future, plans to prosper you, to prosper me. I already know, I already know, I know you do. The victory has already been won. Yes, it has. I already know, I know you do. The victory has already been won.

Speaker 2:

Yes, it has. Yes, it has, it has already been won. Well, listen, I want to leave you guys with this word, and I want to leave you with this word too, savannah. It says I release all negative thoughts about the past and all worries about the future. Thank you, jesus. Why worry about something that hasn't happened yet when you can just as easily choose to believe that it will all work out in the end? And essentially, that's what we just stated with Jeremiah 29, 11.

Speaker 2:

See one thing for certain, two things for sure Divine guidance is a real thing, and when we get into this word, we see from cover to cover. It never deviated off of the plans that God had or has for his people. He's still showing up with miracle signs and wonders. This, too, shall pass, and he will get the victory. Because, like you stated before and I thank you for that word this life is not mine. I belong to the Father, and when you understand who you are and whose you are, it hit totally different. So I love you, friend, and I thank you for your bravery. I thank you for your confidence, but I thank you for being you, savannah. Don't ever change, no matter what the world tries to do, because they do try to break people like me and you. They try to get us to stop, go into a corner somewhere, but that's not what the Lord wants at all. He has big plans for you, absolutely Amen. Big plans for you, absolutely Amen.

Speaker 2:

Well, listen, you guys. We thank you so very much for being a part of Inside Beauty Inspires. My words of encouragement is to you, is to you, is to get into the word and start seeking him for yourself. You know, I was starting the book of Proverbs. We're in the book of Psalms for the month of August. We've taken on a new challenge. We want to invite you guys to be a part of that. Savannah, do you have any words of encouragement to the people?

Speaker 3:

If I leave you with anything, I leave you with, no matter what it looks like, no matter what it feels like, no matter what has been said about you. Seek ye first, the kingdom of God with all his righteousness, seek God, seek God and seek God. Know what that looks like, know what it feels like. He will guide you. Yes, he will. He's going to protect you. Yes, he will. He's going to bless you.

Speaker 2:

You won't even have room To receive the blessings Right.

Speaker 3:

Once you start seeking God, the blessings are going to come. Favor is going to come, and he will use your enemies to bless you. Yes, he will, and this is coming from a person that knows. So seek God, try Jesus, taste and see what is good.

Speaker 2:

Yes, taste and see. He's a rewarder of those who diligently seek his face.

Speaker 3:

Amen.

Speaker 2:

Amen. So listen, you guys. Have an amazing week. This is a new month, new beginnings are on the horizon. Thank you guys so much for listening and have an amazing day on purpose Peace.

Speaker 1:

I'm ready to go, ready for more, I'm ready for new, like a straight up start. You already know. I'm ready to flow. I'm ready to move. The old is through. I'm in public New bag, you know.