S2 Ep. 2: Leading from the Low Place—Humility Over Hype

In a world obsessed with likes, shares, and personal brands, how do we keep our hearts low and our eyes on Jesus? In this episode of Faithfully Invested, Allen and Stacy Jo Thorne tackle the challenge of leading from humility instead of hype—and why Kingdom influence starts in the low place.

Through scripture, personal stories, and practical steps, they explore how to avoid the subtle trap of pride, keep your motives pure, and lead with Christ’s mindset no matter how big your platform gets. You’ll hear biblical insights from Proverbs 15:33, James 4:10, Philippians 2:3–5, and more, plus four practical practices to help you stay grounded when influence grows.

In this episode you’ll discover:
✅ How to check your motives before you lead
✅ Why identity in Christ protects you from pride
✅ The danger of craving applause over God’s approval
✅ 4 ways to keep humility at the center of your leadership:
• Practice silent service
• Stay grateful
• Stay accountable
• Keep your eyes on Jesus

If you’ve ever wrestled with ambition, recognition, or the pressure to perform, this conversation will help you stay steady, surrendered, and faithful—no matter how high God lifts you.

📖 Key Scriptures: Proverbs 15:33 • James 4:10 • Philippians 2:3–5 • Hebrews 12:2 • Matthew 6:1–4 • 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18

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Are you ready to build a life, business and legacy that truly lasts? Welcome to Faithfully Invested with Allen and Stacy Jo Thorne, where Faith meets real talk. Biblical wisdom meets everyday life and leadership meets laughter. Together we will uncover God's blueprint for leadership, marriage, and mission, helping faith-driven leaders invest in what matters most. Each episode, we explore biblical wisdom, have real conversations, and of course, have some fun along the way because let's be real. Walking in faith is an adventure. It sure is. So pull up a seat, grab your coffee or your sweet tea, and join us as we steward our callings with intention, because when we invest in his kingdom, he brings the increase. Hey friends. Welcome back to Faithfully Invested, where we explore God's blueprint for leadership, marriage, and mission. I'm Stacy Jo And I'm Allen. Uh, I'm not, and we're back. Here we are. We hope you're having such as good of a day as we are. We're so glad that you decided to join us today. Whether you're driving, working out, busy in the kitchen, or just chilling while you listen. I like that. Yeah. Chilling while you listening. Chilling while you listen. We, we love that. You're doing love. Uh. We love that you are doing life alongside of, I'm not quite sure what's so funny, but I know, but it's good, man. It's funny. Well, thank you for deciding to make faithfully invest in a part of your day anyway, today. Let's get started. Yeah. I think we're laughing because this could be. We, we could step on some toes with this one a little bit bit. It seems like we say that every time we step on a lot of toes, I think. But that's okay. We've been told that it's relatable, so that's, you know, that's what we Jesus heals. That's right. But today we're tackling a topic that honestly doesn't really get enough airtime, especially in a, in a culture that celebrates platforms and personal brands. But I don't want you to get me wrong. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong. With personal brands? No, that's not what we're saying. Definitely not. As we go through today, it's the motive behind the personal brand. Right. Are you doing it to elevate yourself? Right. Or are you doing it to elevate the Lord the kingdom? Yeah. And serving from a place of humility rather than a place of hype. Right. That's it. So that's it. And that's what we're talking about. We're talking about humility over hype. Yeah. Uh, it's, we're talking about leading from the low place, keeping it low, remembering that Jesus is the one out front. Yeah. He should always be the one out front. Mm-hmm. I once heard a pastor say that I, I wanna follow Jesus so closely that the dust of his sandals kicks up on me. Mm. So, and we, I say, I wanna follow so close that I want to eat his dust. Uh, that's, yeah. That's good. I wanna eat his dusts. That's good. That's. Uh, right, right. Eating. Jesus does. That's a good place to be. That's good. So, uh, but if we, we know our word and we, we, we certainly hope that you know your word from the Old Testament through the New Testament. Humility before the Lord is a requirement for leadership. Right. Yeah. Right. And, uh, so Proverbs in the Old Testament, proverbs, uh, 1533, says The fear of the Lord. Now people get all thrown off by the word fear, right? That means a reverence for the Lord and, and honoring of the Lord. The, the fear of the Lord is, uh, is the instruction for wisdom. Mm-hmm. But, uh, and honor comes. Humility. All right. Right. That's Proverbs 15, uh, 33. And the old, the, uh, everyone probably knows this one. This is a fairly common one. Uh, James, uh, the half brother of Jesus in his fourth chapter, 10th verse says, humble yourself before the Lord. Yeah. And he will lift you up. He will exalt you. He will elevate you as we humble ourselves before him, he will lift you up. Right. And that's one of those things that sounds. Really good on paper. Yeah. But living it out when everyone else is cheering you on, that can be another story when everyone is saying, giving you the at a boy way to go, or in my case at a girl, you're doing such a great things. Yeah. And then, you know, internalizing that and saying, yeah, I, I am, I really am doing great things. How about me? That's when it becomes a problem. That's a, yeah. That's when it becomes a problem. Babe, please. Yeah. Challenge, right? Oh, yes. Challenge. I'm sorry. Yeah. I'm sorry. I can't believe I said that. P word. The P word. We follow. The Lord's seen us through so many problems. We call'em C Challenges. That's right, that's right. So that's the, except the, when I do say the P word, right. So living, uh. Living that out. Yeah. I, I like what you said there, living it out when everyone's cheering you on mm-hmm. The, uh, moving past, that's a, that's a zinger. Yeah. Yeah. Moving past ourselves and recognizing, you know. Who actually deserves that credit. Yeah. You know, uh, so, but it's our, it's really from, uh, in, in recovery we, we say that I'll keep this at, at i in me statement, so. Mm-hmm. So based on my experience, you know, my experience helps. Helps keep us low. Yeah. Helps keep me low. Um, it's important to, uh, because I've, I've been, you know, Hey, how about me? And it, it doesn't really, it doesn't really work out too well in the end, right? So, through experience, uh, I've learned to, to keep it low. And it's just another great, teachable moment that we've picked up along the way. And it's all, and that's what life's about. It's about. Uh, listening to the Holy Spirit and understanding mm-hmm. That he's the spirit of truth that brings us all the truth and, and as he's teaching us and as he's trying to show us these life's lessons. You know, finding the teachable moments through the challenges. Yeah. You know, that's, that's what it's all about. That's how we grow. Yeah. Yep. So why don't you tell us about the challenge? So here's the challenge. That's right. Not the P word. The challenge. The challenge is that the world's influence is often measured by likes and shares and yeah. How many followers you got? Uh, but, and success can start to. Look like being the loudest voice in the room. Yeah. You know, but, you know, God, I, I would just, and I'm just gonna say, you know, and not to say that there's anything wrong with likes and shares and followers, there's, there's nothing wrong with that. Mm-hmm. Uh, in and of itself. But when we, when we find our, our security, when we find our identity in that, that's when it becomes a challenge. Yeah. You know, so, but back to, you know. Maybe wanting or needing to be the loudest voice in the room. Mm-hmm. We gotta really ask ourselves what our motive is. What's our motive? Right. Why are we loud? Who are we loud for? Yeah. And do we really need to be loud? It's loud necessary. Right. You know, these are, these are good questions to ask.'cause I don't, I don't recall, um, where Jesus was ever really loud, you know? Right. You know, because he was God is God. Right. You know? So. And, and you know, I'm, you know, I mean, I'm part of a, a mentorship program that is called Live Out Loud. Right. And it's not about being the loudest in your room. It's not about, you know. It, it's about living loudly for the Lord, right. Is what it's about. And when we are loud for ourself, again, it's a problem. It's like, uh, like being unashamed, right? Yeah. Yeah. But, but when we are loud for him, when we're bold for him, when we have an impact because of him, or we are making an impact for him, I guess for his kingdom, I should say, then, you know, loud isn't bad. Right. But if we're not careful, we can start believing the hype about ourselves. Yeah, you gotta watch that. And then our ego grows our identity that we talked about the last time, which should be found in Christ alone gets in right in Christ alone. It can get tangled up in the applause, in the, in the way to go doing such a great job. And those words of affirmation, and we can drift away from the quiet, steady heart posture that Jesus modeled, right? That we are supposed to emulate. You gotta watch getting tangled up in that stuff, right? You gotta watch that. So I like what, uh, I like what Paul says. And in Philippians two. Mm-hmm. Uh. I won't expound too deeply on it, but, uh, Philippians two, three through five, uh, he, it's really an Paul gives us an opportunity, uh, to consider this passage and, and bring, it really brings us back to center, really allows us to reset our zeros. He, he encourages us and warns us really to do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Some versions will say empty. Uh, empty conceit. Yeah. The VA concede empty conceit rather in humility, value others over yourselves, uh, in your relationship. Mm-hmm. And, and all your relationships have the same mindset as Christ Jesus. So we're, we're supposed to model ourselves after Christ. Yeah. And that, and whether that sounds cliche to you or not, you know, it's. It's not about cliches, it's about the truth of the word. Right. And Paul knew that, uh, because he had an encounter with Christ. He didn't learn all this in a book. He had an encounter with Christ. And he, yeah. And as he went along as to be, you know, arguably the greatest evangelist of all time. Uh, he had gained that mindset of Christ. Yeah. And he's just encouraging, as an evangelists do to do that, to, he's encouraging others to do that. To model this Well, yeah, because that's the foundational call. That's it. Becoming more like Jesus, right? Yeah. I mean, we're called to value others over ourselves. Yeah. And leading with his mindset instead of our own agenda, which we have talked about before. We have to lead with his mindset. Yeah. And not our own agenda. Yeah. Can you imagine if Paul just said, oh, well I'm gonna go out on my own agenda and Yeah. I mean. That would've been crazy. Yeah. Yeah. Probably he would've been, he probably wouldn't have lasted too long.'cause it was, it was the power of the Lord, nor will any of us, the, the authority of the Lord that got him through, you know, several shipwrecks, snake bites, prisons. Right. You know, you know, near death experiences. And, uh, it wasn't Paul's doing that, did that. It was the Lord seeing him through the right, uh, because he was carrying out the Lord's agenda. That's it. Yeah. That's it. He wasn't doing it for self. Motivated purposes. Right. He was doing it to carry the name of Jesus. Right. And when you get that around here, when, when, when that hits, and we, and we get that, we call we, that's a blammo moment. That's a, it's a blammo. Blammo. Yeah, man. All right. You got it. It's, it's awesome when we see that click with somebody. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. So. Concern and the struggle, I think we really gotta take it back to ambition. Mm-hmm. You know, what's it, Paul warns us, uh, not to, not to live out a selfish ambition. So I gotta, I gotta admit, you know, it's, it's a learning experience and it can be tough, especially when you're rising out of a life, uh, full of insecurities. Right. You know, I've, I've been in seasons, uh, in my life where God opened doors that I never expected. Yeah. Uh, um, yeah, and I, and I started to feel like, yeah, I'm pretty important here. Yeah. But that's, uh, I had to remember who opened the doors. Yeah. I mean, he opened doors I didn't even know was there, you know, it's important to, and, and who gave me any sort of wherewithal to go through the doors that he opened. Yeah. You know, it's, is it really about me? Come on. No. No, not, not at all. I, I'm, and I'm grateful for, I'm grateful for the opportunities. I'm grateful that he would see me in such a light that he would, that he would close doors. That I never mm-hmm. Thought that could be closed. Uh, so that he would, uh,'cause he, he planned to open doors that I never even knew were there. And, and he gave me the power and authority and the wherewithal to go through those doors. Yeah. And, and, and carry his name and to, to live in the fear of the Lord. That leads to the wisdom that, uh, yeah, that Solomon writes about in Proverbs. That's good, honey. Yeah, I, I mean, I definitely can relate to that too because there's been times where I've started off just wanting to serve, but then people start noticing or praising your work and it feels good. I. Yeah, it feels really good. And I mentioned, you know, doing it from a place of performance. I mentioned that in one of our previous episodes, you know, performing instead of presence, but. If you don't, don't guard your heart. Yeah. You start to crave that recognition. There's, and there's nothing wrong with receiving that recognition. There's nothing wrong with Right. With, with being honored for the people that you're carrying the message to. But it's, when it's this slippery slope, it's when it's very, it's when it, when, when it becomes your idol. That's it. Yeah. The idol's over the identity. Right. Yeah. Idols, uh, you know, we gotta. That's what, you know. Yeah. Idols over identity. Mm-hmm. Idols over identity. So, yeah. I, I actually, I think we got that. We got that wrong. Let's back up. Identity over idols. Oh, did I say, did I say idol? Separate? Yeah. Then I said it again twice. Oh, no, but what I was, what I was saying was what? That's when you have your idol over your identity. Oh yeah. That's the wrong place to, to bes saying, yeah, that's the wrong place to be. That's what, that's one thing that we, uh, that's one of our, our, uh. Or phrases that we use in reviving recovery. Unbound is reviving recovery unbound. If we had to sum it up, it's, it's tearing down idols and Yeah. And, and discovering our identity. Mm-hmm. From idols to identity found in Christ Jesus alone. Right, right. So, you know, you have to guard your heart back to that. You just, when you start to crave that recognition, you have to examine your heart and say it. Am I receiving this? Mm-hmm. Praise because of him, or am I receiving this praise because it just makes me feel good. Right, right. Back to, like I said, it's back. Mm-hmm. We gotta take it. Where's our motive? Yeah. What's our motivation? Yeah. You know, so For sure. And it's, and it's a subtle shift. Mm-hmm. And, and we gotta be, because the, the enemies. He is slippery. You know? He is, he is a snake. You know. He is, he is. And uh, and it's subtle and he'll, he'll stick it and we can go from, uh, we can shift from God, use me to, hey, look at me. Right. You know, and before you know it, where, uh, our so-called influential prowess against the tarnish, our character because of pride. Mm. Uh oh. Pride. Pride, yeah. That's what comes before the fall, right? Yeah. All, all through, and I, I. Lemme jump in the weeds here. Just for, I remember, uh, playing ball growing up. We, we before, as we're going out to the field, you know, uh, before the game and at after hand, we, we'd slap that sign over the doorway, going out to the field. Pride, big pride. And there's, there is a good pride. There's, there's a, there's a pride to, we'd be proud of our, our, our home field we be proud of. Mm-hmm. Of, of the effort that we've put forward to be the team that we are. Uh, we're, we're pride there. There's a. Dignity. Uh, right. The dignity is, uh, having, having the, the prideful dignity, uh, or the dignified pride as it would be. Yeah. Uh, that's a good pride. But when that pride slips into arrogance or narcissism mm-hmm. That's, that's the pride that comes before the fall. Yeah. Uh, so somewhere we, we seem to, uh. Seem to forget that sometimes some, some of us, I, I've forgotten. You know, some of us seem to forget that God opposes the proud, but shows favor to the humble. He opposes the proud. Mm-hmm. But shows favor, favor God. Yeah. To the humble. So why would we step away from his favor? Mm. Why would we step away from his favor? I don't know. I don't know. I definitely don't wanna step away from his favor. And that's dangerous because eventually that kind of prideful hype runs out. You know, the, the followers go away. You know, maybe your, your social media gets hacked and you can't get on it. Right? Um, you know, maybe the crowd goes quiet. And when that happens. When you have to, there has something has to sustain you. Yeah. And it's only gonna be the Lord. A humble spirit is what sustains you when the crowds go quiet. That's it. And or you say something that's not popular and the likes go away. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Absolutely. Anyway, so, so how do we, here, here's a question. How do we stay grounded when God elevates us? Mm. You know, because, you know, he says, yeah, as you humble yourself, I will lift you up. Right. You know? Uh, so how do we stay grounded when, when the Lord elevates us? So, so we're gonna share a few. Practical, practical practices. I love practical that, and these are some practical practices that, that help us lead from humility. Uh, what's the first one? Well, I, the first one I'm gonna say is practice. Silent service. Yeah. You know, if you do something impactful this week, do it without posting it. Don't announce it, don't tell anyone. Just let God alone be your audience. Right? And if you can do that, I mean that I think is a good indicator that you have a humble spirit, right? If you don't have to run out and tell someone, Hey, you know what I did for this homeless person? Or Hey, you know what I did in the grocery store, or, you know, whatever the case may be, right? Um. You know, practice silent service. Yeah. That's, that's good. That's good. Don't let, I think it goes back to don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. That's it. You know, and that's, I was, yeah, I was, he, Jesus makes it pretty darn clear in Matthew's gospel. Mm-hmm. When he tells us to. To give. Uh, and, and same could be said for serving secretly, right? To not let the, the left hand know what, what the right one's doing. So, because Jesus knows that we only have an audience of one. Mm-hmm. It's important for us, and I've heard you. Say this many times. It's important to remember that we serve an audience of one. Yeah. And he is the one. And, and when only one he sees our service, he rewards us. Yeah. That's what the word says. But it's not, but that's not the reason we serve. We don't serve for the reward. And I would, and, and the word also says it's better, better to give than receive. And, and I will tell you this, I, it's, I like, receive, I'm. I, I, I like to receive, you know, who doesn't like to receive a gift? I, I don't know anyone who does, but I, what, what I really love is, is I love to gift, man. Mm. I'm, I'm a, I, I give from a cheerful heart. Uh, and I, and that wasn't always, I. Always the way it is. That's, that's a part of my sanctification journey. I, I I, I love to give sacrificially, uh, and when, when he, when he says to do that, and certainly never gonna get specific, but that's, that's something that he's given me, that's a gift that he's given me. And, uh, and that's, and it's pretty cool, man. It's pretty cool. Yeah. But you don't do that for the reward. You're not doing it because of what you're going to get. No. Just like you don't serve people because of how the Lord is going to reward you. Yeah. That's, it's not, not at all. It's, it's, it's important to be able to, to. Have, see what our, our, our dear and the word says, and our dear friend accentuates to see with the eyes of our heart. Yeah. And as we see, uh, our calling and we see our mission and or his mission for us, uh, with the eyes of our heart, we're able to catch the Holy Spirit's cast vision for us. Yes. And, and we're a, and, and we joyfully, uh. Open handedly, uh, place other people's needs before our wants, right? Yeah. Yeah. All right. So what's second? Second is stay grateful. Mm. Ah, yes. Uh, part of gratitude and I, I love what Paul says in, and, uh, his letter to, uh, the Thessalonians and First Thessalonians, he says, rejoice sometimes. Once in a while. No. No. He says rejoice always. Always rejoice. Always pray without ceasing and in everything. Mm-hmm. Give thanks. Yeah. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus, our Lord. So start each morning thanking him for every opportunity.'cause I will tell you this, friends gratitude cuts entitlement off at the knees. Yeah. Gratitude cuts entitlement off at the knees. Start your day with gratitude. Stay grateful, my friends. Well, and we need reminded of that. Yeah. We needed reminded of that so much that I bought a big sign. That big sign is above our cabinets in our kitchen. Yep. That says start each day with a grateful heart. That's it. And when you do that, I mean it does number, it cuts entitlement off at the knees. Yep. But it gives you a mind shift, like a perspective shift. Right. Because when you can say, Lord, I am so grateful for what you, for your salvation. I am so grateful for my family. I'm so grateful for that. I get to go to work today. Yeah. Whatever it might be. Right? And And keep shifts the day. It shifts the day attitude of gratitude. Yes. Yes. An attitude of gratitude and. You can journal about that. Yeah. You know, keep a gratitude journal. Yeah. Um, write down, you know, maybe write down every morning before you go to bed, or every morning when you get out of bed. Let's try that every morning when you get out of bed. Right. You know, write down what you're thankful for and you can do it every night before you go to bed too. Right. What happened that day that you are grateful for? That's it. And it will humble you to recognize how good the Lord is to you. It will humble you every day to recognize that he loves you, right? And that he wants the best for you. Absolutely. Write it down. Write it down, and it, and, and it doesn't write it down. What my buddy always used to tell me early in recovery. Write it down, bro. When you write it down, it makes it real. Yeah. You know, and then we can go back to it and, and when we write it down that we, we see what he's done here and. We pray into that and it builds from there. Yeah, it's awesome. Write it down. Make it real. That's it. So what's three, babe? Well, third is to stay accountable. We have to stay accountable. We have to find someone, whether it's a spouse, a friend, whatever it is, but someone who has permission to ask us those hard questions and remind us of our why. Yeah, you gotta address the why, right? We need someone who we can, who can say, Hey, you know what? I saw what you did and maybe you need to like get yourself back in line. Right? Or, Hey, maybe that wasn't the best thing to, that you should have said, right. Are you praying about this? Right. You know, whatever the case may, may be. How's your time with the Lord this week? How, how's your time with the Lord this week? Yeah. Yeah. Find someone to be accountable to. Yeah. Who can ask you those hard questions without you getting offended. Yeah. Without you getting offended. And our, and, and we will get, we will get offended. Uh, I've, and aca, if we're being held accountable, our flesh in our, and I, let me reword this. Mm-hmm. In our flesh, we will get offended, but it's mm-hmm. But it's important to rise above that offense. Right.'cause whoever's holding us accountable is doing it from a caring heart. Yes. You know, and I, and I, um. We gotta have accountability. Accountability is is not just a recovery thing. Uh, it's important for all of us to have an accountability circle. Mm-hmm. And I think a husband and wife should be. They. I think it's a must that a husband and wife, uh, should be able to hold each other accountable without being offended. Uh, but I will say that we, we have had seasons where you've held me accountable and I've gotten upset. Likewise and, and likewise. Yeah. Yeah. So it's really important that you do hold each other accountable and Right. And that you do it from a loving place. Yes. Not from an accusatory place. Right. Absolutely. But from a place of love. From a place of caring, right? Absolutely. Tone can sometimes mean everything. Absolutely. It's not, my mommy used to say, it's not what you say, it's how you say it. But uh, so it's important to have that accountability. So go. A few like-minded. Mm-hmm. Uh, men or women, uh, it should be, uh, if it's not your spouse, it should be gender specific. Mm-hmm. And where, where this is considered, I want to give a big shout out to the Forged men's group at a revived church here in Stewart, Florida. We're setting goals. Yeah. Uh, we're holding each other accountable to the why. Uh, yeah. Big shout out to. Uh, the Forged men's Group. Love you guys. Uh, so, so honored to be a part of, of this group, uh, of accountability and, and pushing back darkness and continuing to build, uh, mental, physical, and spiritual, uh, resilience. Yeah. Love you guys. So, what's the last one? The last one? Best for last. Right here. That's the best for last. Gotta keep our eyes on Jesus. Hebrews 12, two says, you know, after all, he is the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. And he modeled humility perfectly. Yes. Perfectly. Yes. So even though, even though he was God in the flesh mm-hmm. Jesus washed feet. Yeah. Jesus always put others first. Yeah. Did he get frustrated sometimes? Probably. So did he, you know, but he, he's our model. Was it frustrating being Jesus Most likely. So, and when, when, when it was time to get away, he got away and he got with the father. You know, he went to that secret place most often up on a mountain. Mm-hmm. But, but, but that's not my point here. My point is that, that, uh, he's our model, so we gotta keep our eyes fixed on him. Yes. And we gotta rise up. We gotta look up and we gotta press on and follow his example. Yeah, follow his example. Well, I like how you, you talk sometimes about how Jesus will say, Hey, look at right here. Look at right here. He does. And that, I remember the first time he did that, I was in traffic and we live in South Florida and I 95 is always an opportunity for prayer. Um, and humility. And humility, right. Always. Uh, anyway, uh. So as, as he was, uh, delivering me from, from road rage, uh, which I have to say my windshield doesn't get screamed at so much anymore, but, uh, he would be like, Hey, right here man. Look at me. Look at me. And, and I, odd, I'm not saying oddly enough because you know he's Jesus. Right. And it, and it would bring. Bring that blood pressure down. Mm-hmm. The hair is on the back and the neck go down. He is like, listen, look at me. Yeah. Right here, man. I got you. Yeah, I got you. So yeah, that's it. Keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus and more s and and eyes. And more so our hearts as, as we, the more we keep our eyes on Jesus, the more our hearts are going to be, uh, become attached to Jesus alive. And we'll be able to see, like I said earlier, yeah, see with the eyes of our heart, so we're able to catch the, that Holy Spirit's cast vision. Yeah. So, you know, we always like to give you challenges. So this week we challenge you to just pick up one of those practices and put it into action. Absolutely. Maybe it's serving in secret. Yeah, maybe it's starting a gratitude journal. Whatever you choose. Ask God to grow humility in your heart. Absolutely. And if this episode resonated with you, please share it with a friend who might need this encouragement to stay grounded when influence grows. Mm-hmm. Remember, friend real kingdom impact does not come from hype. It comes from the low place. It comes that it, it comes from the low place where God can trust you to steward what he's given you. Absolutely. Absolutely. And, uh, if you're loving what you're hearing here or seeing if you're watching mm-hmm. Uh, the, the videos, if you're loving, faithfully invested again, share it with a friend. Uh, go on faithfully invested.com, check us out on Instagram. Yeah. On, on Facebook at, at faithfully invested. And, and don't forget too. Leave us a five star. Review, review, review. 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