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EP 1 — Authentic Identity: Rooted in Christ

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In this episode of Triple A Podcast, we’re diving into what it truly means to live authentically in Christ. Authentic identity isn’t something we manufacture—it’s discovered through God’s truth and revealed in relationship with Him. We’ll break free from cultural pressure, come out of agreement with the lies that have held us back, and step boldly into who God intentionally & authentically created us to be.

Key Scriptures:

  • 1 Peter 2:4-10
  • Ephesians 2:10
  • Galatians 5:22-23
  • Isaiah 43:1-3
  • Isaiah 40:9-10

Identity in Christ, Authentically you, God’s Truth

SPEAKER_02

Hey there, what's poppin' y'all, and welcome to the Triple A podcast where you can be authentically you, anointed by God, and appointed for such a time as this. What's poppin', fam? I am Shawnee. I'm Jay. And welcome. We are so excited to have you all back. Yes. We are talking today about being authentic.

SPEAKER_01

What does that mean? What does that look like?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. That that's a whole like thing by itself. That's something that me and you have been talking about for some time now, especially since the Lord gave us this pod. Absolutely. Of like, especially when he gave us the name, it's like, oh my, what does that mean? What does being authentically you mean? What does being anointed by God mean? And what does being appointed by him mean as well? Like, what do those things mean? So today that is what we're talking about. Make sure you like, comment, and subscribe. Make sure you share this video. Also hit the notification bell so you'll be notified each and every time that we post content. Um, so yeah, we're gonna jump right in it. Yeah, okay. Well, let's pray first because we need the Lord to cover this.

SPEAKER_01

Right. God, we thank you um for your podcast. God, we thank you for your people. God, we thank you that you are already speaking to them. You're already um calling them higher, calling them to deeper um roots with you, Father God, and having them be authentic and anointed and appointed for such a time as this, God. We pray that you just have your way. Let us be less and less and we become greater and greater. Holy Spirit, take over. Holy Spirit, speak to your children. They are listening. Um, and all glory and honor and dominion goes back to you, Lord. In Jesus' holy name we do pray. Amen.

SPEAKER_02

Amen. Oh my, your voice got super soft. Like, oh my gosh, Jesus, I love you so much. That's what I was saying.

SPEAKER_00

I was literally feeling that I was like, Oh my, yeah, interesting.

SPEAKER_02

I was like, what's happening? But praise the Lord. Authentically, I was having a moment with the Holy Spirit as I was praying.

SPEAKER_01

Um and just really felt him, and we're in the red house, right? So we're in the red house, and and Jesus manifests his presence here all the time. And so as we were praying, and we prayed right before we started this, so we're already praying. Yeah, um, and he just literally moved in it, and I was just like, Oh, you're here.

SPEAKER_00

Like, oh, that's so yeah, that's what was happening. Oh my god. But the fact that you call it out, bro. Oh, my bad.

SPEAKER_02

Because I was like, What's good? You're like, what's happening over there? Yeah, have you peeking, like eye open. So we're talking about what? Go ahead.

SPEAKER_01

We have a friend who um he said to me one Sunday that he goes, It's very interesting that every time the Holy Spirit pops up, right? Like, you just it shocks you every time. And so as you were just saying that, it made me think of that, like, oh, like I get shocked.

SPEAKER_02

Like I know he's gonna show up, but it's there's a shocking oh, okay, I know okay, you know, I know who you were trying to, you were trying to. Oh, okay, because you're like, I ain't got no friends when you were trying to wait, what?

SPEAKER_01

But that mono like realizing it, and now that we're talking about authentic, I tend to do that. I'll like pause and be like, Oh, you're here, right? Like, and the people who know me are like, oh, she's having a moment, she's having a moment, she'll come back at some point, and so that's what it made me think of. That's so funny. Yeah, that was really funny. Um, so yes, authentic.

SPEAKER_02

Authentic.

SPEAKER_01

What's that mean?

SPEAKER_02

What does it mean to be authentic? Um, hmm, this is so good. Um, are we going into the word first or like okay, prior to the word, for me, being authentic uh meant just you being one real um honest, yeah, somebody that's trustworthy for themselves, yeah, right? Like confident, like um, like bold, like not shrinking back. Like you're just you're just you and you don't care what nobody thinks. That's that's what it is for me. All that is just added bonuses, but authentic for me is just like you being you, and you don't really care if somebody likes that person or not. Like my my older sister is like that, like she has truly been her whole life, like, and everybody knows that that's just Levi. Like, and I like now at my grown age, like I appreciate her. Like, and looking back even as a child, like oh my gosh, ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, we weren't so nice to her because she was different from us, she was different. Um, but now I love it. Like, I love love love it. Yeah, like girl, like you just don't care, and I love that for you, but like growing up, like being different was not a thing. Absolutely, it wasn't a thing. And now looking at it like it's being you you're just you and you don't and she did not care. Yeah, baby, she did not care if you liked her or not, if you talked to her or not, she was loud, like she was just she was just her, like funny, like she was just her, and she just did not care. Like, so like in still seeing her grow is like she's still that way. Now she just a little a little thug with it now. She got a little rough, like now she ain't taking no mess. Like, now you ain't just gonna say nothing to her now because she she don't grew a little callous, so like, yeah, like just being you unapologet unapologetically. Wow, that's what it is.

SPEAKER_01

Wow. So I feel like for me, I love that you gave that analogy because for me, um, never knew what that meant. Um, never grew up really seeing it, I wanna say, um, or having it modeled or anything like that from a young age. Someone in my family told me I was weird. And that just always stuck. Like I'm in the past, um, I'm a gamer, but I only play two games. I'm I'm someone who loves sports, but I only watch one sport. I love sports, right? I never like really fit into the box, right? And so it's always weird. I was always different. Um, went to a beautiful church, right? Um, predominantly one race. And well, predominantly black, but predominantly black music said that. However, I hate rap music. I hate hip hop. Like we're trying to get me into country or not country Christian rap right now, but I used to love country. And so because I love country, I was always weird. There was always something weird. I wanted to play soccer, I didn't want to do basketball or volleyball. And these are like small things, but when you add them all up, um, it became me being authentic the way you just said it, made me weird. And with that weirdness, there was rejection, yeah. Right. And so for me, I was like, I don't know what that is, and then went throughout life and that led to people pleasing. Oh, we're going all there. Okay, that led to people pleasing. Yeah. And the funny thing is, this year, before we even got the pod, before even the Lord gave us the title, um, our my outside church group was doing a 40-day fast of being authentic, like an authentic authenticity 40-day fast. And I was like, what is this? Wild. So we should do it. We should do it, right? However, it was a soul fast and it talked about being authentic and all of that. And I was like, I didn't even know what this is. So the Lord had to reveal that to me, teach me in real time, and then we got into this, and so circling, there is a quote that I really like a lot from Brene Brown. She says, authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are. I was like, ma'am, whoa. And so, as you're saying that and asking, for me, I'm like, oh, I'm supposed to be this. Like, I'm supposed to um always have a smile on my face, even though there's just chaos and all of the things. I'm supposed to um just shrug things under the rug and we never talk about it, and I never, whatever the case, I'm supposed to like this music, like something small, right? Like like this music or do this. And so for me, truly being authentic is something we are walking out this year. Um the Lord.

SPEAKER_02

Oh my, interesting. Yeah, it just came to me in that. Wow. Uh fast on truly being authentic with you, even with that quote you just read, like, what it made me think. Uh we were talking, I think it was last week. Dang, did we talk about this on the last pod episode? I don't remember. Um, and we were planning something, and you were like, Well, what do you want to do? Like, what do you want to do? Like, I'm trying to consider you in this, and da-da-da-da. Uh, the unauthentic me would have been like, oh, well, I like X, Y, and Z. Yeah. But me, I don't really know what I like. Like, I I I honestly don't what know what I like. Again, back to the whole people pleasing thing. I've always just went with the flow. Like, and I'm still like that. Like, I'm not hard to please or like anything like that. I'll still just go with the flow, like whatever you want to do. I don't care, like, bro, because for real, all I just want, I want to be in my bed rubbing my feet together. Like, that's it. Like, I just want to be in my bed relaxing, like away from people and germs and stuff, and just be in my bed and just like chilling. Like, that's my happy place, right? So outside of that, and that just being my my norm for so long, right? When I would get out of the house or would do things, I was doing it with somebody else. So I was like, oh, this is cool, like I like this, like whatever, like it's all right, like it's not bad. Like, I could see me doing this, right? So, like, I never really like what do I what do Shaunae like? Yeah, like what does Shannae like to do? Like, would she like to like be around? Like all the things, like all these questions started coming to me. Uh, I think I was turning 25, or maybe I was turning 26. I don't know. But I said, enough is enough. Enough is enough. Like, I lost myself. I got married super young. I was like 19, 18. My husband was like just turning 18. Y'all, I robbed somebody's cub.

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Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02

Yes, y'all. I'm a cool girl. Oh my gosh, I'm a cool boy. He's only like few months. That's why I'm like, yo, it's not so funny to say that though, because sir. Anywho, we got married super, super young. And we were like a year, not even into our marriage. I got pregnant with my our first son, and from there it just spiraled. Like, my life became I was a wife and a mother. That was it. Like, that was my identity was I was a wife and a mother, so I had to play my part. I had to do what wife, wifes, and mothers did, you know. So that was like my identity for a long time. I worked at um a hospital for a very long time. That became my identity, and what my co-workers did outside if I was invited to some, because I wasn't just gonna go out and just do something like I whatever they wanted, okay, cool, like that. Like, let's do it. Like, I'm down, right? So, my identity became the identities of others or the role that I was in at that time. So, when I was 21, um, I wasn't 21, I was 25 on my 21st birthday. I was like, you know what? I'm just I'm tired. Who am I? Who am I? What do I like? Like, I can't, I couldn't even tell you then. Like, who what? Who what am I? Right? So I was like, I'm gonna book me a hotel. I'm gonna book me a hotel, and I'm just gonna stay there by myself for the weekend. And it was this whole thing, like, right? My husband, like, well, what you want to go to a hotel for? Like, uh, like all the foolishness, right? He was still like very um, he was growing, right? We were 25, he was about 24, so you know, he was young. We were young, we're young. So I was like, Yeah, I'm gonna book me a hotel. So I booked this really nice hotel back home, and I stayed there for the whole weekend. I took like some coloring books. I think I took my Bible. I don't think I read it though. I was still like becoming, right? Um, so I but I was just there and I was just I watched TV, like I ate some snacks, like I won't the hotel, like went to their spa, looked around, looked to the pool, and just I was just like figuring out first if I liked me. That part. I was trying to figure out if I liked me because I like the wife version of me. She was okay, like she was a great wife. I liked the mom version, she was a good mom, and then I worked, I was a decent co-worker, right? Um decent co-workers. If y'all watching this, I'm funny. Um so yeah, who was Shaunee? Who was Shawnee outside of being a wife, somebody's coworker, somebody's mom, a a church member? Who is who are you? I couldn't I could not tell you that. Like, who am I? I don't know. So that's when I started my journey on self-care, one, and then trying to figure out my identity, right? And at first I was bringing the Lord along with me on that journey of me trying to f figure out who I was, and I don't know, somewhere along the way I let go of his hands, and then I started to find my identity in the world or in things that weren't necessarily of the father and the way he told because he tells us that what's in the world is the complete opposite of what's in his kingdom, right? So I started to like veer closer to like that side, right? The worldly side of things, and like finding my identity and that. Oh, like I'm a strong, independent woman, like all the things, right? Like what the world tells you that you should be, right? And then the Lord was like, baby, somewhere along this way, you let go of my hand, and that's not who you are either. Because I I I still didn't like old girl, right? I still didn't like that version. And then I started to walk this thing out with Christ, and it's like, okay, okay, I like her, and now I'm still even now, even I'm still discovering who I am, what I like, and who he's calling me to be. That part. So that's where I am.

SPEAKER_01

That part, yeah. What that's good. It was reminding me, and I I think the scripture that you have is gonna tie all that in, um, reminded me, we had a conversation again. I don't know what pod this actually is when it comes out. No, no, however, one of these pods we're talking about it, and um you truth and love and grace was like Jasmine and Jay are the same person. And it was like bam, like in my mouth, because I remember telling you about work, yeah, and I was like, I love workers. Jasmine, like the way she just went through that audit last week, I loved her. Home girl was getting it done, right? Um, and then I fell in love with hiking during that time as well, and I was like, oh my goodness. And I was looking at because you said versions, and this is where we're going at it, looking at work jasmine, home jasmine, church jasmine as all different beings, entities, I don't know, whatever. Um, and the Lord was like, I called you to be all of them in every place that you occupy. I've called you to be all of it. I've called you um to stop hiding those aspects of yourself, hiding um who I've called you to be. And so walking in that authenticity is being who he called you to be, and we'll get in that no matter where you are, and as you were saying, not really not caring what people think because the Lord uh created you, He you are fearfully and wonderfully made, and He created you uniquely for a purpose, on purpose, right? And so um, yeah. So when you were saying that that day, I was like, Lord, and he was like, That's truth. I called you to be all of these things, I've called you to occupy every table that I've put you at, every space that I put you at. Um, when you say, Jasmine, Jay, when you say, Hey, I don't deserve to be still separated. I know I'm trying. Okay, authentically, I want to go by Jay. That's just what it is. Authentically, I want to go by Jay moving forward. Um, yeah, so when you, Jay, say, Oh, you don't belong in this space or you didn't belong in this space, you're saying that where I put you, I made a mistake. And I was like, Lord, ouch. Like, ouch. Yeah, it was a whole thing, but yes. That's hard. Don't be talking back in, girl.

SPEAKER_02

You need to hear. But when you just said that, it reminded me of you know how like self-conscious we can be as women on ourselves, and I'm realizing like men are very insecure. Like, I feel like I know this was like way off, but I just said that to say, like, men be very insecure too, like just as insecure as women, right? So we were at a friend's house, um, and we were talking, like everybody was talking like in different things, and then we all like came together. But um, one of our friends was like, um, because we were talking about insecurities, right? And truth and not being like authentic, right? So um, oh my, that was my bad fellas. But you said two. You said two, right? Let's all in the same boat together. We are um I was like, oh my, yeah, you're right. Um she was like telling the Lord you don't like a certain feature or something about yourself that he loved, like he created you. That's like a slap in his face. So when you said that, it just made me think of that, like, ooh, like Lord, like we're grieving him when we don't like something that he absolutely adores about us. Like, ugh, that part that actually really helped me to like fall in love with the little things that I I truly just did not like about myself. Like it every time I be like, girl, mm-mm, like I think about that now, like, but the Lord loves it, and that's all that matters. Like, he adores it. Like, I don't care about what y'all think. I don't care about what people think or what they have to be, like your mother's water. You know what I'm saying? Like, that just makes me like, yeah, like Lord, you love this, and it's so funny because the very thing that too that we hate about ourselves, nine times out of ten, everybody else loves it about you. Like, everybody loves it, and it's so annoying. Yeah, like it's so annoying. I be like, okay, thanks, right? Like that dry, like thanks. So, yeah, that's good stuff. Okay, so um, y'all, y'all know I'll be going through it with this Bible. Like, this is my Bible. Maybe I read her. That's why she looks like this. Well, she's not a she, it's just the Bible, but that's why it looks like this. But I just refuse. I have so many like good things in here. I love, love, love this Bible. But thrive, get it together. Like, this is ridiculous. But I love, love, love this Bible. Um, so let's go. Let's go to 2 Peter 2 and 4. And let's start there. Y'all know we're gonna read this, read the word. Like y'all know we're gonna read the word. So go get your Bibles. Um, and let's like break this thing down together. Um, doesn't matter what translation you have, I'll be reading from the N I T, I'm an NLT version. Um, doesn't matter what version you read from, let's just read the word and like and go in. Okay. You ready?

SPEAKER_01

Can you tell me what it was again?

SPEAKER_02

Uh Peter. First Peter. Oh, see. I think I did say first Peter. Okay, that's okay. It's first Peter 2 and verse 4.

SPEAKER_01

Perfect. Okay. Go for it, Jay. Oh, okay. I'm reading from NASB. And coming to him as to a living stone, which has been rejected by people, but is choice and precious in the sight of God. You also, as a living stone, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For this is contained in the scripture. Behold, I am laying in Zion a choice stone, a precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame. This precious value then is for you who believe. But for unbelievers, a stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief cornerstone. And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. For they stumble because they are disobedient to the word. And to this they are also appointed. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellences of him who has called you out of the darkness and into his marvelous, marvelous light. For you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God. You had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

SPEAKER_02

Keep going. No, that's it. That's good. Verse 10, it says in my translation, it says, Once you had no identity as people, now you are God's people, right? For the first half of um verse verse 10, and then the rest says, Once you receive no mercy, now you receive God's mercy. But that part, once you had no identity as people, but now you are God's people. This is where finding your authentic self starts in his word. How do you know what it is truly means to be authentic? If I don't know if y'all heard that, but that's so funny.

SPEAKER_00

Pixie is very mad. Pixie is up.

SPEAKER_02

Um, but it starts here in God's word. This is where if you don't know who you are and are searching for who you are, it starts here.

SPEAKER_01

It doesn't start in social media, it doesn't start in your workplace, it doesn't start in how much you are serving at the church. It does not start in um your relationships.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, motherhood. It doesn't start with your identity, whether it's your sexual identity or whether it's who somebody told you you are. Like that's not where it starts. You're the the finding who you are and finding out your identity, it starts in the word. Who does God say you are?

SPEAKER_01

Who does your father who knit you in your mother's room say that you are? That part. That part.

SPEAKER_02

It is that part. Like I love, love, love this verse because it reminds me, even in times where I'm like not feeling myself or not feeling like my best in the sense of I'm not I'm not supposed to be where I am right now. Like, or in the sense of like, how do I explain this? Like I'm not supposed like I don't deserve to be right here. That's what I'm saying. Like I don't deserve to be in this room. I don't deserve to occupy this space. I don't deserve a seat at this table. And then the the the Lord has to remind me of his word. Like, baby, like you are of royal priesthood, like you're my child. You deserve to be in any room I place you in. Yeah, right? Like anywhere I lead you, you deserve to be there. Like I've called you there.

SPEAKER_01

You deserve to be the head of that table, right? Like I'm literally hearing him right now being like, I called you and you are sitting in heavenly places with me. Like you are anointed appointed for such a time as this, right? Um and where I've placed you, no one can remove you without coming to me first. That part. And I was like, when you said that, I was like, sir, okay.

SPEAKER_02

That part. And knowing your true authentic bloodline is with the father, like then you I feel like for me, I snap out of it real quick. Like, bro, I got Jesus blood running through my veins. Like I'm the stuff.

SPEAKER_01

The head and not the tail. I'm the stuff.

SPEAKER_02

Yes. Valid. Valid. I'm tired, y'all. So I get real funny when I'm tired. Who said I was so good? I'm funny. You think I'm funny? Say it. Pixie said, yeah. Oh, you really showing up? She's showing up.

SPEAKER_01

You're hilarious.

SPEAKER_02

Thank you, girl. Thank you. Wait, where am I going? Am I going? I'm going to Ephesians. I think it's Ephesians 2.10. I think so. Let's go to Ephesians 2.10. Um, it says, for we are God's masterpiece. He had He has created us anew in Christ Jesus so we can do the good things that He has planned for us long ago. Even before I go there, let me take us a jump back, right? What does it mean to be authentically you? I am so excited about this. Like, what does it mean to be authentically? What does it mean to be authentic?

SPEAKER_01

I feel like for me, what does it mean to be authentic is just being me. And I think that's a part that we're going back to. Who is me? Right? Like if we're boiling it down, like who is me? Like who I am? You have to break it down like that. My mind goes the little um things. So for me being authentically me, um unfiltered, unveiled, um walking in who I know that the Lord has called me to be uniquely, right? Like me being unique, which other people can call weird, other people can say um you're too much or too little. That part, right? And me standing in a place where no, I'm just enough. You're I'm enough. I'm enough.

SPEAKER_02

You're enough. You're enough. So that's us being authentically us. That's like us embracing our personalities and the personality that God has given us. And I God has given us all different personalities, and we're supposed to be authentically that, right? I know he did because I'm hilarious, like I'm so funny, y'all. Like I cracks myself up, like I'm so funny, right? And I just know the Lord be up there just laughing, like, girl, you was a trip. Like, I know he do. Like, me and him be laughing together. Like, so like, and I know, like, there's no way God don't have a sense of humor if he made me. So funny. Agreed. Like, you get what I'm saying? Like, or there's like no way that we are made in his image. You know what I'm saying? Like, certain people have different wits and stuff about them, or different, like, like corks, and like, it's like, girl, I like that. Like, and it's like the Lord, He's given us each our own personality and our own identity in him. Yeah, right, like we're a piece of him the same way. Each of my kids are so different. However, I can see me in each and every one of them. Like, and I can see their dad in each and every one of them. And I just be like, some days I'll be like, You your daddy's son. Like, that's your daddy, that's your daddy people, right? Like, I ain't had nothing to do with that. Like, but I meet like having kids, it gives me a different perspective in the sense of a parent, how he parents like me, right? And I'm I'm able to have a little bit more compassion on both my kids and the father as well, because I'm like, okay, Lord, I see. Or I get it, Lord, like, oh Lord, forgive me for acting out this way. Because he'll use my kids real quick to teach me a lesson about that. I'd be like, oh my, oh my, oh my, but I say all that to say that yes, we have our own personalities and our own identities, yes, in Christ. But if we're truly being authentically us in this walk with Christ, we need to know Christ's identity and what he like who he who was he? Yeah, like that's where you first start. Like you you need to know who Christ is, what he stood for, what he didn't sit stand for, what he was for, what he was against. Like you need to know those things because if not, what's your example? Is religion your example? Is the world your example? Yeah, is your church your example? Like, is your pastor your example? Like, who's your example? If you don't know Jesus, then you follow anyone.

SPEAKER_01

You will follow anything. You say like that was but truth, right? It is absolutely true. So I think you did uh you talked about your backstory and like authentic, all of that, and and what you found identity, and I found identity um in in serving. I've found it in my job, I've found it in living my best single life right now. Maybe and so all of these things, or I would follow a pastor, because we were talking about that early. I would follow a pastor, um, and then we get upset if they there's a fall, so to say. If there's a fall, if there's anything like that, if they're human, right? Yeah. And then it's like, okay, now I'm not going to church. I'm not doing anything. I'm not, I I now have church hurt. Um I don't believe in church hurt, but um church hurt. You don't? I don't. Why? Okay. You know this, but I don't believe in church hurt because if I went to work and I got hurt by my coworker, I'm not calling it work hurt. It is working. You got hurt at work. You got hurt at work, you got hurt by somebody in the church. But the church didn't hurt you. The church, the people hurt you. But we are the church. We are. We are the church. They are the church. However, that doesn't give us a right to um not forsake assembly. That's where I'm coming from. Oh, okay. 100%. I don't believe in church hurt as an excuse of like, oh no, I'm not gonna go to church. 100% this person hurt me. That's foolish. I hear you. My coworker hurt me. I'm still gonna go to that job and put the money.

SPEAKER_02

Don't put your liver on the wrong side. You still gonna go to the hospital when you still that part.

SPEAKER_01

That part. Yeah, I feel I feel very strongly about that. Okay, yeah, that makes sense.

SPEAKER_02

That makes sense.

SPEAKER_01

Again, the cornerstone, Christ didn't hurt you. That part, tying that back in. Christ didn't hurt you. That part.

SPEAKER_02

He's actually pissed that they hurt you. Yeah, he's mad. I know we were just following. I was I was saying something. I was like, I'm gonna tell my dad.

SPEAKER_01

You know, I was like, Oh, daddy, I'm a father. You know, that's my favorite line. All right, and he fixed it that part. Like two hours later, he was like, I got this, chill out.

SPEAKER_02

Listen here, that's one thing. I'm gonna tell my dad, like, sir, my my my line is that come get your son, so come get your son, come get these kids. Oh, oh girl, she's the X, Y, and Z. Like, I'm telling, yeah, I'm a snitch. I'm a snitch, I'm a snitch. I'm gonna tell my daddy, I am telling the Lord on you because how dare you, right? And even if I was wrong, he gonna he's gonna correct me even in that. And I'm like, oh, I ain't telling you for that. He's like, while we had it, that part also refining you in this part. That's part. Yes, sir. That's so good.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, tell your daddy because I'm so yes, that's that's where I'm at with church hurting and I I hear the term, and that's fine. However, it doesn't give us the right to forsake assembly or to be upset with Jesus because he didn't do it. He didn't do it, he loves you, and he's literally just saying, Come back home.

SPEAKER_02

That part, ooh, that whole yeah, that's a whole like god, like right on its own. Because yeah, he's not the one that hurt you, he's not, he's the one that's still chasing you down, man. He's the one. Oh, that's gonna, we're gonna have to really have to do that. I'm feeling that one so strong. So praise God.

SPEAKER_01

Okay, so back to you finding your identity and the and everything else, right? Like everything else. And I think it comes to the question I wanted to ask, um, challenge question, heart check question of why are we not authentic? Why do we not walk into that? And I think um, for work, for instance, right? I am supposed to move in a certain way, and I move in that way very nicely from what I'm told, right? Very nicely. Yet I'm like, I don't know if I can move in that way here, or of like, should I do this? Should I? Who am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to look like? And the Lord's like, I'm calling you to do it all. And so there's a fear associated with walking in authenticity and being afraid, people pleasing, right? Of like, how is that person gonna judge me? Or or what are they gonna think? Um, will I still have this friend? Will I still have this friend? And I think on this journey for me and being authentic, one of the things that the Lord revealed to me and I had to say is I've done every friend a disservice that I haven't been authentic with. Because I can't get upset with you not loving me or supporting me or all of that when you don't really know the real me. Yeah. Yeah. And the Lord, yeah, that was that conversation. Because like you, you can't. Um, you're not allowing my people to love you the way I created you to be. And I think um our pastor says all the time, like, um, what is that? What does he say? He says, the Lord can't bless who you pretend to be, right? And in that, the people can't love or get to know who you pretend to be.

SPEAKER_02

And choose to be your friend, or choose to be your friend, absolutely, based on who you're pretending to be versus because that's so good. Even in that, I feel like I've I had this friend, and oh, sorry, y'all. I had this friend, and I felt like I was completely bamboozled, like, right? They were one way, and then she's tried so hard because you know what I'm talking about. They were one way and portrayed themselves to be one way, and I was like, oh, I like that person, like, okay, like you cool, like I really like you. Bam! And then a situation happened, and all hell broke loose. Like, they they completely turned into a whole nother person, and all their stuff came out. And I think I told you when we first started becoming friends, yeah. I was like, Yeah, we cool right now, but I won't really know you or something like that, or like you for real, for real. Like this, this, this friendship is really gonna be tested when we have our first argument. That's what I said, and she could not, she was I was like, why are we gonna fight? What are we fighting for? Like, and I think that started our first argument.

SPEAKER_01

It did not make sense to me. It did not make sense to me. Like, bro, she was that literally started with my girl.

SPEAKER_02

Like, what? What did I say wrong? Bro, it's so funny. That literally started our first argument, but like you don't really know someone's true colors until you piss them off, or until like y'all get into it. How you handle me when you're upset, or how you handle me like when you're mad or when you feel in some like I remember that, and that's what I'm mostly paying attention to because you can handle me all good and nicely or cool, like whatever, like when we good, but how you handle me when I'm when I'm getting on your nerves? How do you handle me when we're not necessarily seeing eye to eye? Yeah, how do you handle? How are you speaking to me? Are you trying to gaslight me? Are you trying to make it seem like what I said is wrong? How are you handling me? Like, I remember that. Like, if I don't remember nothing, I'm gonna know how you treat me when we ain't on aesthetics. You know what I'm saying? Like, I remember because that says a lot about you and your character. And then I can, and that for me, I see who you truly are in those times. Like, are you patient? Are you gentle? Are you kind with me? And that can even go for um like marriages, or like if you're dating someone, like if first if y'all ain't getting in no arguments, and I'm not saying like everybody has to argue, but if y'all not like having like any disagreements, like I y'all need to look for that because how's somebody gonna treat you when they're angry or they're upset? Like, baby, can you live with that? Can you live with somebody like putting you down, downing all the things? Like, no, I I can't. So that that applies for me even in friendships. Like, how are you treating me when we when we at odds? Yeah, and thankfully, like we worked through that thing, like it was like looking back is so funny, like it was so stupid, like, but it was hilarious looking back.

SPEAKER_01

I mean, it hit a nerve that for me that the Lord had to pluck up, but that's fine.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, it's fine. That the that part wasn't the issue. That part that it was how how did you handle that situation? I know it's so funny, but it's that that's what I mean. Yeah, so are you showing the fruit? Are you being patient, gentle, kind? I love that. Is that your true identity, right? Because that we're supposed to bear the fruit that Galatians, I think 522. Are you gonna read that?

SPEAKER_01

Go ahead. And and how you're saying that in that, right? Like authentically, us imitating Christ, right? Um, us reflecting the light, yeah, who is Jesus. And in that, um, we start moving by the spirit, yeah. He's doing that refining, and then that's when the fruits of the spirit come come out, and that is us walking in authenticity, like we should bear the fruits of Galatians 5, 22 23. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things, there is no law. Now, those who belong to Jesus Christ crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the spirit, let's follow the spirit as well. Let us not become boastful, challenging one another and being one another. And so, as you're saying that, like, and and again, what again, what does it look like to be authentic? As we are going to the word, we are seeking the father. That's another um challenge thing that I had to do when I didn't know who I was, my identity, all of that. I'm like, Lord, who did you create me to be? Like, who do you want me to be? Because I'm missing something here. And he'll let you know. He'll let you know real quick. And then he'll bring up those things of the past of like for me, um being told I'm weird for this and this and this. And the Lord was like, I didn't call you to be weird, I called you to to love these things. And because you are now in this occupying the space that I've anointed you in, you're able to speak my love, my truth, my joy, my peace into someone else and reflect me to them, right? And so that was something that he had to walk me through and all of that. And so being authentic for us, yeah, sometimes it's it's fearful, right? And it's like, oh I don't want to do this, or like what if they think this, or what are you who you're going to reach is completely different who I might reach, right? Because the Lord has us being authentic, loving different things, being able to speak to people in different ways. We talk about this all the time. Um, the fish, right? What fish?

SPEAKER_02

Oh catching fish. Like I was thinking. And then I was like, I'm hungry too.

SPEAKER_01

And then I was thinking feed my fit, um, feed my sheep at the same time. I was thinking about Peter. Um, the the fish, right, that we will catch in life um for the kingdom will be different. Yeah, and he has us all unique, and as you were talking about, showing his different characteristics in all of us for a reason. Like it's for a reason that he's created you, it's for a reason that you are here, it's for a reason. Um, and he's trying to do so much through you. Yeah, but your yes in this anointed appointed time isn't just for you, it's for several people attached to you.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. Oh, that part. Like we have a people, we have people assigned to us, right? It's either we're gonna do the work or we're not. Like, right? Like people's other people's yes are tied to our yes. So are we gonna walk in that authentically or are we not? Yeah, right? Because there's nothing like being bamboozled when you thought somebody was one way. I love that word lately. I've been using that for the past two weeks. Because I be feeling like people just be playing, they be they be playing, right? And I don't got time for it. Um, but yeah, finding our identity in Christ, like even with like the whole pod and it dropping, like I'm I'm normally like by name, like I'm quiet. Who are you looking at? Nothing.

SPEAKER_03

Sorry.

SPEAKER_01

Yo, we are you sure? I'm positive.

SPEAKER_02

Y'all, she in here playing because okay. You look at me. So funny. What I was saying, like even with the pod. Oh, even with the pod, like I'm normally quiet. Like I am. I'm just quiet, like I'm nor I'm just to myself. Like, if you don't know me, like you won't. Yeah, like I'm quiet, I'm to myself. I like to be in the back. I like to be unseen, right? I like to be unseen, like don't look at me, leave me alone, don't talk to me, like really like secluded, right? Like, that's just who I am, like by nature. Granted, I do love, I love people. Yeah, I love people. I do love to talk about talk with people. I like spending time with friends and family and people that I know and all the things, right? Even people like I can't even say, because even people I don't know, like I'm learning, like the Lord is like breaking me out of the shell to like talk to people and it's terrifying. And what we talking about, however, the Lord is cultivating that in me. Um, so be patient with me, okay? With that part, right? But even with this pod, like I was like super nervous because I am all of those things, and like in the spaces that we occupy in our community, like I'll be talking to the folks, like I'll be talking to the people. Like, I just don't. I'm quiet. And granted, the people don't be talking to me. So I just be like, so with this pod coming out, I was like, oh my gosh, the people are gonna like really see me and know like who I am because like I'm actually opening my mouth, I'm speaking, I'm laughing. Like I'm sitting here talking to like one of my best friends in the whole wide world. So of course, like I'm just it's natural, and even with like us recording, it doesn't like it doesn't really feel like they don't like it's a camera right there, but it's just I'm just sitting here talking to you. You get what I'm saying? So like now with this coming out and it dropping in a few weeks soon, um, like I'm nervous, right? I'm nervous because not saying that I'm not authentic in other spaces because I am, I totally am. It's just whether someone sees it or not. That part, yeah, that part, right? Like and if I'm like as open, which I'm always like, I don't care. Like, I'm I'm open. Like you ask me anything, I'm gonna tell you because ain't no shame here. Like you'll never get one up on me, right? Like, I'm gonna tell you, right? But I'm an open book for the most part. Like anybody can come up to me and talk to me about anything, and I'm just like, okay, bet. As long as you start the conversation, that's my thing. Just start the conversation. When I met you, you would just chat, chat, chat. And I was like, okay, I like that. Like, she's she's a talker, she's a talker. I'm not. So it's it's good when like somebody is a talker and then I'm able to engage. Yeah, but I'm not just gonna come off the bat and just engage. But that was like my concern about the pod. Like, people are gonna truly see Shaunee. And do I I don't I don't really care to have people see that, right? Like, but the Lord said it, so I'm gonna do it. The Lord said it, so I'm doing it. So here we are. And that's good. Yeah. And I'm still trying to find my identity in him. It's a it's a process.

SPEAKER_01

I think that quote she said it's a daily practice. Yeah, that part. That's a daily, everyday um certain situations of of I I've been around some friends I haven't been around in a very long time, right? Um, and being like, oh, keeping who the Lord is showing me that I am authentically in those spaces, um, and daily, like, Lord help me with that, like help me to walk authentically because knowing that you have a reason for it, there's a purpose behind it. You created me for all of this, and so so sitting in that, and then it took me to Matthew 4 5, 14 um through 16. It says, You are the light of the world, a city set on a hill cannot be hidden, nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand. And it gives light to all who are in the house. Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your father who is in heaven. Oh my. And so that's so good. I I feel like when we are authentically walking out who we are and who the Lord called us to be, um, that light within you, because there is a place when you know who you are, right? And walking in that authenticity of like, I'm cool with this. Like you were talking about your sister, like I'm cool with this, it is what it is, and that irradiates that confidence and the boldness and all the things. Um and people are like, Man, I like that. Like, why you what's that? What's that? It's Jesus, it's Jesus. Let's have that conversation. Um so you're not meant to hide those things, those quirks, those things that people have called flaws, or whatever the case may be. It's your uniqueness um that the Lord is using and cultivating in you.

SPEAKER_02

And I feel like a lot of people don't like that that you that you can be authentically you because they're low-key jealous, because they're hiding behind a mask and they don't know how to be authentically themselves. They have taken on other people's identity. So when they see somebody being confident, walking in who they are called to be, and like just them, right? It's intimidating to them.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

So then they try to put you down, then they try to, you know, make you feel like you're too much or like you doing too much, or you extra, or no. What's in you that makes you say that I'm too much? What's happening with you that that that you feel like I'm doing like because what I'm doing to you? Like, why am I and you don't have to pick that up?

SPEAKER_01

I I love the fact that you said that, and for them, like you don't have to come in agreement with everything that someone says, you sure don't, like at all. No, you don't.

SPEAKER_02

I'm getting visions and what be authentic out there, yeah. Of what? Oh, it's angels, it's fine. Oh, okay. Praise the Lord. It's fine. It's fine, y'all. Bro, her giftings are wild. So when I see her like looking a certain way or doing certain like hand movements or like head tilts or staring too long at something, I'd be like, bro, what's happening? What's going on spiritually? Because my back is towards the dough. So I need to know if we got the tussle. No, it's good, it's good. Even with the dark side, yeah, because I'd be ready. Ready for the smoke. I'll be ready for the smoke, but like, what protein?

SPEAKER_01

Oh, that part, that part, that part. Oh Lord, baby, you scared me. Sorry, it just it kept happening, so I just needed to sit back. Oh, it's the Lord. No, it's straight up. Okay, well, praise the Lord. No, we'll praise the Lord. He's literally, he's proud, he's happy, um, he's protecting, and um just saying that again, I've called you to be authentic. And literally, when we were just talking about like you don't have to pick that all up, um, because sometimes those things that have been spoken over us in childhood, right? Like some of my deeper roots were from childhood that the Lord had to pick that thing back up and was like, Yeah, no, no, no, no. I never told you to come into agreement with it, and it's changed every step that you've made moving forward. Oh, campus pastor, um I love you, you know this, we love you. And he talked at Huddle about that that slight drift. He was talking about going to Galveston, and um they they went a little bit off. And by the time that they got there, that slight drift went completely off. And so, what the Lord was saying, and what I believe he's saying to you right now is that thing that was said about you, um you're not beautiful, you're not enough, you're um not smart enough. You, I'm thinking about things that have been. You ain't never gonna be none. You're never gonna be anything, right?

SPEAKER_02

Like, you're gonna be like your mama, you're gonna be like your daddy. Thank you.

SPEAKER_01

All of those things, right? We've came into agreement with, and it slowly drifted us because the Lord is like you are because I called you to be. I anointed you and pointed you, I called you to be. So I need you to deal with that like us together, Lord. What is keeping me from being authentically me? Pointing back to that thing. I need you to come out of agreement with that. Tell that thing to go, rebuke it in the name of Jesus, come out of agreement and start moving in what I've called you to be and called you to do. And so um, literally, I'm just seeing him being like, I'm proud, like, and tell my tell my children that um that thing wasn't supposed to define them, it wasn't supposed to mark them for their entire life. This is the season for you to come out of agreement with it and walk because again, I have people assigned to your destiny. Um, and sometimes the Lord just needs you to model that thing for other people. Um Thank you, Jesus.

SPEAKER_02

That was so good. That was all Him. That was so good. Like that's wild. But yeah, it first starts here. Yeah, it first starts here. Yes, being able to identify who you've come into agreement with, right? In the sense of who you are. Yeah, step one. That is step one, right? Um and then step two, knowing the lie. Step one is knowing the lie. Yeah, and step two is knowing the truth. Yeah, what's what's the truth? Yeah, you're a royal priesthood, you're fearfully, wonderfully made, right? Like he did all of that with a smile on his face, I'm sure. He said it's good. When he created the world, he said it's good. When he created Adam, he said it's good. Like he said you're good. Like the father said you're good. So no matter what your mom told you, your dad, your granny, you know, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, like the Lord said you are good. He said you are fearfully and wonderfully made. Like he adores you. That's what you need to come into agreement with. Let go of what you've been in agreement with and start to walk into that. No, if you don't think you're worth nothing, if you got low self-esteem, start look in the mirror and start telling yourself, I'm I'm I'm the junk. Right? I know. I've tried to try to think of a different word. Like, I'm he said that I'm fearfully and wonderfully made, bro. It's so funny you're saying that because I just keep thinking, like, bro, I might be the reason.

SPEAKER_01

But I'm being authentically me. Authentic. The Lord told me I needed to come out of agreement with that as you're talking about it, because that was something um that was gonna stop me from being authentically me, um, and in not saying the things that he tells me to say, right? Um, we were reading Isaiah together and um we were like, why are we in Isaiah? Right. And so I had a conversation with a friend yesterday, and I struggled. Like I knew what the Lord said to say, and I was like, Lord, can we say in a different way though? Like, can we? It's like you don't get to decide the way this is about to come out. And I was like, oh Lord, oh Lord, because the fear of saying yes, what he said, right? Um, and the and the gifting, as you were talking about, and their reaction to it, now going back to being authentic, and their reaction um stopped me, it scared me, and then you know, we're not doing rebellion anymore in this season. So I was like, Yeah, bet Lord. And so I sent it. Um, and it ended up being a really beautiful conversation with me and this person. Yet in that situation, the Lord had to say, You're so afraid of that situation that you're not gonna be authentic. But I called you to say it. And if that happens, it's because I allowed it to happen. Um, and it's also showing me that I'm holding on to something way too tight. That at any moment, yeah, at any moment, if he wants to take it, he gets to take it. And so I surrender, I submit.

SPEAKER_02

Um, and yeah, that part. And if that person, look, going back to this, like I'm so heavy on this. Like, bro, going back to if that person, if y'all, I don't know if this was your friend or not, um, but if this was somebody that you called friend, or if this is like somebody you were close with, if they weren't able to receive that or got mad, like they should know your heart in it, right? Like they should know, like, I don't know, like your heart in it and and know enough. Because I feel like again, we are in a season that God is pruning and removing folks from our lives. And again, how do you handle me when I come and tell you what the Lord said? Like, I'm learning that the Lord has given me given me um like some words for people that aren't so pretty or aren't so nice, right? And just keep going. I'm trying to think like why I'm saying this or where I'm going. I don't know, y'all. I forget where I was going, but it's all good. Like, yeah. What were we talking about before? You were.

SPEAKER_01

Um he I don't even remember. Y'all I'll be forgetting. There's two um scriptures he wants to.

SPEAKER_02

Will you find those scriptures? Um y'all, yeah. So this being and finding who you are in Christ is a journey, it's a journey that again, it it's a day-to-day walk. It's are you are you willing to one follow Christ because that's where your identity starts. Your identity starts with Christ, right? He's our example. So I feel like I'm just rambling because I got no clue what she's doing.

SPEAKER_01

I forgot to go everywhere. Um, Isaiah 43. Yeah, and then he's gonna go, we're gonna jump back to Isaiah 41. So Isaiah 43, 1, we're gonna start at 1. And we're in NLT. Um, but now, oh Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you. Oh Israel, the one who formed you says, Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name. You are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulties, you will not drown. When you walk through the fires of oppression, you will not be burned up, and the flames uh will not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the holy one of Israel, your savior. I gave Egypt as a ransom for freedom. I gave Ethiopia and Sebia in your place. And so what he was saying in that, going back up is uh being authentic, the Lord Himself has called you by name and said that you are his. But for me, and I have it tattooed on my arm, um, nine was the one that really was the reason I got it tattooed on my arm, honestly. Um, backstory um my family. I have a biological father, obviously, right? Because that's how life works. Biological father that I don't have a relationship with because of the circumstances, right? Um, and I have a stepfather who was my dad, is my dad for most of my life, all my life, right? From when I was two years old to now. Um, my parents um got a divorce, and in that divorce, things happened, and that side of the family didn't always accept me because I was the step. I was I was the step, I was not um biological, yeah. And I yeah, a lot of things again being authentic that I had to come out of agreement with back then. So nine is the reason why I got this tattoo. It says, I have called you back from the ends of the earth, saying you are my servant, for I have chosen you and I will not throw you away. And I had to keep saying that over and over and over again, like God chose me, he will not throw me away. Like being authentic and being who he's called me to be, he will not throw me away. He is the one who formed me, he is the one who called me his, like I am his. And then 10, do not be afraid, for I am with you, do not be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you, and I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. And that the last part of this is yes, it is not easy, right? To to start turning and just living your authentic life. And it takes reading the Bible, asking the Lord what that is. And there are times now you've had these friendships, it's going to look different. However, God is with you, He's called you to be authentic, like He's anointed you, boo. Like you are anointed for this appointed time in this season because He's also appointing you for another season as well. And so we're coming along on this journey with you and your authenticity.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

And we're proud of you. We're super excited for all that the Lord has in store.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. So, y'all in the comments below, just let us know some ways that y'all are working on being um your authentic selves in Christ. Um, fellas, we want to hear from y'all too. Like, let us know. Like at the end of the day, we're all human, right? And we're all striving. So um, we just want to know like tips and tricks. Let's all sharpen one another, let's all help each other grow because that's truly what this is, and what we're doing for each other. And this is what we're hope we're doing for you all. So I just pray that you all um walk into that authentic person that the Lord has called you to be, and also fall in love with you. Like that is like my um, if you can take anything from this, fall in love with you, the person that God created you to be. Like, get back to that. Like, if you're a wife, if you're a mom, if you're a husband, if you're in your single stages, if you're like a work, if you work like for a living, like your identity is not in your work and you know what you do there, right? Like if you're worship leader or if you're you're serving in ministry, like that's not your identity. And that, yeah, that's that may be a role God called you to play for his church and for his body, but that's not who you are in the sense of no, your identity is in him, right? And you're who he called you to be. So I would applaud, I would um Encourage you to fall in love with that person, that true authentic self. Begin to like yourself again. Stop talking down to yourself. Stop telling yourself that you're not worthy, that you're ugly, that you're fat, that you're too skinny, that that you that you're not enough because you are. You're all you're all God has called you to be. So begin to occupy the space that you're in authentically and boldly and confidently. And walk into that, like truly. Like we are super excited about what the Lord is doing, just within us and how he is like this. Wasn't even supposed to be this pod. Like we were not supposed to be talking about this, but the Lord had, he was like, um, I think no, he said, y'all gonna be talking about being authentic because we're supposed to be talking about like spiritual warfare. And he was like, Yeah, no, like y'all gonna be talking about being authentic. And I was just like, All right, but I was kind of nervous to tell you that too, because I know like she all about the spiritual warfare very all, like she be doing the most. Um she be ready for this that spiritual warfare. Um, I'm getting there, right? Um, so I was a little nervous to tell her, like, um, the Lord said we're talking about X, Y, and Z on the next pod. Yeah, like you said it's like we pivoting our first episode. So I think it is. I think by the time you hear it'll be July 1st. Oh my. And then the one after when you hear dangerous, then it's the next one when you hear dangerous. We don't have it like this episode, and no, it's not. See, that's why it's important to listen to the Lord too. And moving forward, we said that we just won't. We won't, we're just gonna keep it generic because the Lord, He will pivot. And it's either you're gonna go with that pivot or you're gonna keep on the path that you want to go on, and truly, this is a pod, this is the Lord's. Like we've given it back to the Lord. So, Lord, whatever you want to do, have your way. Like, and I I surrendered myself to this because, again, like I said, if it was up to me, I would not be doing this to know that we're sitting here talking to y'all right now. But again, my heart and my my soul is literally surrendered to the Lord. Lord, I'm a living vessel for what you want to do, have your way. Whatever you want me to do, I'm gonna do it. What you want me to say, I'm gonna say it boldly, even if I'm scared, I'm gonna, I'm gonna still do it. And that's what this is. Nothing's perfect about this, like the lighting, the cameras, like the mics. Like, we're literally just doing obedient, being obedient and doing that part, doing what he called us to do, doing what he told us to do. This was a word that was given to us, and here we are, and this is gonna be our first episode, and we're just excited to bring y'all along on this journey. Um, yeah, like this is wild. Like, I can't believe this is happening. Like, this is so wild. Like what what are you what are you thinking?

SPEAKER_01

I feel like you're thinking I am, and then we're gonna pray. Um, I feel like in this episode, right, the Lord is is talking to you as you continue to have the conversation with the Lord, right? Of the things that is keeping you from being authentic and who he's created you to be. Go write that down. Yeah, go write that down and then also write down because I know right now he's also giving several of you um your your appointed step. Like he was like, I'm telling them to do that. And they're like, How is this gonna look? What is this gonna look like? And when you just said it, we don't even know.

SPEAKER_02

Like, we don't do it.

SPEAKER_01

We just said go. And we pick up your mat and go that part.

SPEAKER_02

And even with that, like with you just going and doing it, like we're just doing it. Like, we don't know what we're doing. We got these mics on Amazon, like we got we just we just out here in these streets, right? So by the time y'all seen the job, we're like, this little bootleg thing. However, the Lord said, We got this, he got this, he got this, right? And he's already creating a team like behind us, like so many people are like just randomly. Oh, I do this or I do that. It's like, Lord, okay, I see what you're doing. Like, so just do it, just take that first step. Trust that God has you that part if if you if you know it's him, even if you like, Lord, I think this you, or I don't love this you, but I'm gonna do it anyways. He he'll honor that because that's the type of God that he is. Like, because your heart was in the right place to consider him, right? And to bring him along, like he's gonna honor that. So we tell you to just do it. We say that we love you. Why am I saying we say that we love you? We love you all. We are super excited about what the Lord is about to do in your lives. Thank you for coming along this journey with us where we are uh discovering the authentic, our authentic selves, and we are truly occupying the spaces that the Lord has us in authentically, um, because we're realizing and coming into agreement that we are anointed and we are appointed for such a time as this. So even that that that the Lord gave to us, and we was just like, bruh, that's it. Like, oh my goodness. So y'all tap in, like we're ready for what the Lord wants to do and is doing. So we'll pray out and we'll let y'all go. Make sure y'all like, comment, and subscribe. Hit the notification bell so you'll be notified each and every time that we post content. Follow us on our Instagram page. I think it's tap in underscore pod. It may be, yeah, we'll link it below because it is it's gonna change because again, we just starting out, we just do it. We just do it stuff. So, y'all tap in, follow us on Instagram, it'll be down in the description box below. All the scriptures that we reference from today, it'll also be down in the scription description box uh below. And we'll even have Chase's our videographer, our director, her information down in the description below. And y'all, she ain't even fully start working for us yet, yet. Today was her first day on the scene with us. Like, it's just so cool how the Lord is moving, like uh. So, shout out to you, Chase Johnson, and your team for helping us with this. Shout out to Red House for sponsoring this video and allowing us to occupy this space. And we are just so grateful for what the Lord is doing. So let's pray and we'll we'll we'll tap out that. Father God, I just thank you. I thank you for your love. I thank you for your grace. I thank you for each and every listener that is listening um to this podcast. I just pray that you meet them right where they are as you do, Father God. I ask that you um um show them who they are right now and show them who you are calling them to be, Father God. Father God, I show, I pray that you show them what they've come into agreement with, um, all the self-uh doubt, self-hate, self-low self-esteem, all of those things, Father God, and just remind them that they are of royal priesthood. They are a holy nation, Father God, that you said they are good, that you have woven them together in their mother womb. You have called them fearfully and wonderfully made, Father God, that you are pleased with who they are, um, just as a person, Father God, all of their flaws, their their uh their features, Father God, that you are well pleased, Father God. I pray that you give them a hunger and a thirsting to chase after your word, Father God. Father God, I pray that each and every person under the sound of my voice will find out uh who your son is and walk in that, Father God. And and they'll boldly walk in it, Father God. Your word tells us to come to uh the throne boldly, Father God. So I pray that you give them a boldness about who you've called them to be in Christ, Father God, and they truly walk that thing out um authentically, Father God. I just thank you um for what you're doing in our lives, Father God. I thank you for using us in this in this time and in this season, um, just to be uh to model out what you um are calling your sons and daughters to do, Father God. And we're not perfect, Father God. So I just thank you uh for using us, and I thank you for using them to be a light in someone else's uh life as well, Father God. So I thank you, I praise you, and I ask all these things in the mighty, mighty, mighty name of Jesus. I pray it is so amen. Tap out, y'all. We love you, peace.

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Hey family, what an episode! There was just so much wisdom, so much revelation from the Holy Spirit, and so much kicking our butts. Oh man, but if you got nothing else out of this episode, we want you to get the one thing, and that is Jesus is madly, madly, madly in love with you. He loves you so much. He came on this earth, died a sinner's death, was crucified, and rose in three days for you, for you, for you. You didn't even have to do anything.

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He's not asking you to do anything, he just wants you to know that he loves you and he wants his sons and daughters back.

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That part. So, we want to offer you the free gift of salvation, and it's so simple, it's just through a simple prayer, and we can pray that now. All you have to do is repeat after me. It's that simple. Father God, Father God, I am a sinner. I am a sinner. I believe that you died, I believe that you died, and I believe that you rose, and I believe that you rose, and I believe that you're living right now, and I believe that you're living right now. Father, I ask you to forgive me.

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Father, I ask that you forgive me of all of my sins, of all of my sins, and everything I've done wrong, the known, the known, and the unknown, and the unknown. Father God, I receive you, Father God, I receive you in my heart, in my heart, and I confess with my mouth that you God, that you God, our Lord and Savior, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ over my life, over my life. I believe you died, I believe you died, and I believe you rose again for me to be set free to be set free in Jesus' mighty name.

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I pray, I pray, amen, amen. Congratulations! The word tells us that he will leave the 99 to get the one, to get you. He's chasing after you, and he is so, so oh, he just gave me the vision on this day that if I don't see him on his throne, it's because he's chasing me down. Yeah, so he's chasing you down. He's not sitting around waiting for you to come to him, he is chasing you down, he's right there with you. So I just hope that answer the knock. This ain't the time. Yes, answer. Uh, we want to walk alongside you as you pray that prayer. The enemy is gonna come and try and snatch it right out of your mouth. But I believe, truly believe, that that prayer fell on fertile ground and that you truly receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. And we want to come alongside you. So if you would like us to, you could email us at tripleapodcast91 at gmail.com. And we would love to walk alongside you, hold you accountable, pray with you, uh, sharpen you, um, right, disciple you, like whatever the Lord leads us to do and leads uh you do for us. Like on that part, that part. So our our yes is to the Lord. So whatever he wants to do through this, we're gonna allow him. So we just hope and pray that you have a blessed day, and we are praying for you. Thank you for watching. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Love you, bye.