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It's Time To Answer The Call To Purpose With Daphne Johnson · She Speaks Life - Christian Women, Strengthen Your Faith, Bible Study, Grow Spiritually In Christ

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  Hey, welcome back to she speaks life.
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  apply to your identity and hem today.
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  I'm excited to have with me. Daphne Johnson, Daphne knows the
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  struggle of regaining your footing when life be rails your
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  dreams. After becoming an unexpected
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  single mom, she repositioned herself to be on Mission and
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  share the Lessons Learned on her journey.
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  She is the author of. She said, yes, it's time to
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  answer the call to purpose, which is about rediscovering
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  your power after disappointment, finding purpose and a new season
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  walking. In Your Divine Design and
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  creating a roadmap for your dream live, taking action in
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  your goals. This is such a great
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  conversation you guys. So let's dive in.
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  Here's my guest Daphne Johnson. Hi Daphne, welcome to, she
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  speaks life. I am thrilled.
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  You are here today. Good morning.
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  I'm happy to be with you as well.
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  I'm excited to share with you and your audience.
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  I love this topic that we're going to be talking about
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  Purpose. I think most of us can relate
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  and I think some of us can even get it confused.
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  You know, what's purpose versus calling and all that.
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  And I think, the more we talk about purpose, the better it
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  will be. And before we dive into your
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  story and your fabulous book, could you share with us your
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  favorite scripture verse and why?
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  Yes, my favorite scripture verse is Luke 1:45 and it reads.
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  It is, she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his
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  promises to her. And that is my anchor scripture.
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  Because to be blessed is to just be in a space of knowing that
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  all of your needs are met knowing that you can be content
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  with the outcome of whatever is going on in life.
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  And that assurance that comes from knowing that God who has
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  said that he would do a thing is certainly going to do it.
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  Yeah. Amen.
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  I love that first to it's One of my favorites.
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  It's just so reassuring. He is faithful.
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  And like you're saying, no matter what.
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  He's got our backs. He's already gone before us and
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  he never fails. I just love it.
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  Okay. So I would love for you to start
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  us off with a little more about who you are.
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  And share is about your story. You have a book that's out.
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  It's called she said, yes, it's time to answer the call to
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  purpose. So tell us what brought you to
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  write this awesome book? What brought me to write this
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  book was a nagging feeling that there was something more that I
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  should be doing that. I couldn't really rest.
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  Well, even in what I thought to be accomplishments because I
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  felt like there was something more, and that thing kept me up
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  at night and actually, I'll tell you that, I'm also in Ministry.
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  So I shared a message by that title a couple years prior and
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  At that time, I felt like hmm. I'm not sure if I'm done with
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  that, but I didn't quite know that it would end up being a
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  book, but of course, as God does, he wouldn't.
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  Let me go with the title. So it came full circle.
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  When later I was actually at my job, I've been promoted on my
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  job. I'd gotten a graduate degree
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  going back to school. My kids were grown and I
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  thought, you know, this is my time, right?
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  And I'm on this job. Asking the question God, am I
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  doing the right thing? Am I in the right place?
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  And he really sent a message to me, to let me know that there's
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  something that I do want you to do and it was such an unusual
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  encounter that it was no mistaking.
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  That it was truly God and just to give you a little back story,
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  I written another book. It was a devotional for single
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  mothers and that was written. As at a time in my life, when I
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  unexpectedly became a single Mom through divorce and I was
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  looking for encouragement and inspiration and just how can I
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  navigate this season in my life? And as a result, I started to
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  journal and the outcome of my journaling.
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  And my encouraging myself was a devotional that I could also use
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  to encourage others, because oftentimes God will take our
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  experiences, take us through experiences and then we can turn
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  around and also be an encouragement to others.
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  So, I wrote that book several years ago and it was a Ocean
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  again, for single mothers, fast forward to this encounter where
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  I was tapped on the shoulder to be reminded that my obedience
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  was important. I had interviewed a young lady
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  for a job. I was working in Human Resources
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  as a recruiter and after the interview was over, she reached
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  out to me and she asked me if I had written a book and I said
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  yes and I'm curious you know where this is coming from, she
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  shared with me that she had read my book and it came at a time in
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  her life when she was at an all-time low.
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  She was in a situation where she had left a marriage due to
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  domestic violence. So she was living in a shelter
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  with her children. Her esteem was low and she
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  really didn't feel that she held much worth and she didn't want
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  to miss the opportunity to tell me thank you because my words
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  brought her through one of the most challenging times in her
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  life and of course, I was taken aback because I had no idea how
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  the book Wild up in the shelter, but we know, God knows
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  everything, right? And also that it had been years
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  since I've written that book, but the impression I was left
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  with was okay, Daphne, you've written a book and God allowed
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  this messenger many years later, to remind you that that act of
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  obedience made the difference. For someone, it's time for you
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  to answer your Your call to that purpose in you and that is to
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  write that next book, that I had been really kind of putting on
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  the back burner and I knew it was.
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  She said, yes. And partially it was me saying,
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  yes. First, you know, to the
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  assignment that I knew God had for me and I take my readers
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  through the Journey as well to encourage them to say, yes.
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  So that's how I got to the title.
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  And that's how I got to the book.
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  I love that. Oh my goodness.
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  Yeah. And I love how you doing Evan
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  nowhere book goes because Is the one that, you know, gross things
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  and increases and, you know, spreads it throughout the four
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  corners of the earth like it's all him doing it and there's
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  nothing better than putting in all that effort and time and
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  just the, the heart of it all to write a book.
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  And then to have a testimony of what, how your words made an
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  impact on somebody's life. I mean, it's just nothing like
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  it. I'm sure.
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  And and that was Like that boost that you needed to get you to
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  write that next book, such a great story.
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  Okay. So share about this book and
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  what you talk about. You talk about maybe
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  rediscovering your power after disappointment or finding
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  purpose and the new season. Walk us through the book.
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  Sure, sure, I will share with you that this book is based on a
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  biblical story that many of us are familiar with and that is
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  the story of Maryville. Mary who was encountered by an
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  Angel to let her know that she had been chosen for an
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  assignment. And we know that assignment was
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  that she would be the carrier and give birth to our Savior.
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  Jesus Christ. And as a result of her yes it
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  changed the world in. So my premise is that we all
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  have A purpose. We all have an assignment and
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  that if we choose to consent to that tap on the shoulder or that
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  nudge that we receive that there is more that perhaps we could be
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  doing, that would make a difference that are yes.
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  Will also make a difference for someone else?
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  And also my premise is that if you hesitate to say yes not only
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  will you miss the blessing. But you may also Miss someone
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  else's blessing, you may call someone else to miss their
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  blessing and I think back to the story, I share it with you.
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  Where the young lady said, your book met me at an all-time low.
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  Now just suppose I had decided that sounds like a great idea
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  but I'm not going to do it. Then that person who at their
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  moment of need would not have had the resource at least,
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  through me to be able to receive the encouragement that she
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  needed at that given time. Time.
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  So again, you know, we hold up, perhaps someone else's Freedom,
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  someone's blessing, someone's encouragement.
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  When we hesitate to step out and do whatever it is, that God is
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  calling us to do. And I think the other thing I
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  try to emphasize in the book is that it doesn't have to be huge.
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  Your yes, does not have to be something as huge of an
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  assignment as you know, Mary the Simon obviously but that it will
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  make a difference and it will bring you Joy.
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  Boy, it will also bring glory to God as well.
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  That's right. So often it's the small.
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  Yes. And then later on, then you're
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  like, wow, you know, it was big, it turned out to be big, but it
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  starts out so small. I was just studying Ruth and
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  Naomi and how that's another seen a situation where, you
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  know, if Ruth didn't go with Naomi to wear boas was in, I
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  think it was Flo ham in the fields out there, she wouldn't
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  have met Boaz, and then we all know Ruth and Boaz.
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  That's the, the lineage, you know, when Jesus was born,
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  that's his family lineage. And so walk us through like a
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  roadmap, like, say, somebody is wondering.
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  What is my purpose? What's that navigation, that,
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  you can give sure there are two things I want to say about that
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  first. I was instructed to run, what's
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  called a god? Odd experiment that there really
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  isn't a wrong answer when it comes to stepping out because
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  God will help course correct. You if perhaps you're going in a
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  direction that may not necessarily be exactly his
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  intended outcome, but the other thing I say is your purpose is
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  usually something that's been with you all along.
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  Now when I share it with you, that I've written a book before
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  this one prior to that, I was the kid that was up at night on
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  a typewriter. You know, when there was Your
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  typewriters with the cartridges in the ribbon and the white out
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  to correct the error, hey, with my mom's typewriter.
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  And yes, I mean I remember I had one and I would type and create
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  stories and write poems, and enter literary contest, and
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  never one. I was selecting a degree in
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  college that I would study or a career that I say, I want it to
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  be a writer, but a writer was in me.
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  And so, as a little girl, I love telling stories.
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  These, I love everything associated with words with books
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  with reading with writing. So my purpose was in me all
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  along and so oftentimes you can recognize that there are Trends
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  and topics that have been with you or people tap you on the
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  shoulder because the thing that you do only the way you do, it
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  is also tied to your purpose, and that could be that you're
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  you're a master in the kitchen, you know, when it comes to, you
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  know, whipping up a meal for Thanksgiving and you know, I
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  don't want to cook, but I have a friend who I can hire to do some
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  things for me, that's her gift. And so she could be purposed at
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  being able to bring joy and relief to people who that's not
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  necessarily their gifts. So I would say that, you know,
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  your listeners could also consider, what is that thing?
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  That you knew that you did well as a child or in your earlier
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  years or that people would always tap you on the shoulder
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  for because it's something that you were absolutely great at.
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  You literally do it in your sleep and You never thought that
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  it was tied to anything important?
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  That's also a way of identifying your purpose.
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  Those are just a couple of things that's good.
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  I think a lot of people get purpose and calling kind of
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  mixed up. Like I always think of my
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  purpose, it always stays the same, it's praising God, it's
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  glorifying him. Loving him with all my heart and
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  soul and might, and then and then serving others.
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  So it's like, what can I do? You through that.
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  So what are your thoughts on that?
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  Yeah, it's good. That you bring that up because
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  that has actually been something that I've had conversations with
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  other people about, you know, since I've written this book and
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  honestly, I think there's a very close connection.
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  I mean, obviously when it comes to purpose, yes we were designed
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  with purpose on purpose and for a purpose.
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  So our purpose to glorify God and to give him praise and honor
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  with our lives is the primary reason we exist and and how we
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  serve others can also be closely tied to our purpose.
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  I don't really do much in the way of defining calling in my
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  book. I really do believe that there
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  is a close connection and I wouldn't for me, I wouldn't
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  spend a whole lot of time trying to figure out the difference.
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  You know, when it comes to making a step towards
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  identifying, what is it that I need to say yes to.
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  Yeah. Okay, tell us.
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  How can somebody stay the path? When, you know, maybe they are
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  walking in the purpose? Do you ever talk to you talk
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  about that in your book of like just not giving up, not giving
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  up, there's consistency. And then there's also just that
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  commitment, you know, be committed to walking this out
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  and carrying out the call that God has for you.
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  I don't take the reader through a journey Beyond really
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  understand. And embracing the purpose.
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  But I actually started working on something for the next leg of
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  the journey and that is showing up to serve.
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  Because once you understand your purpose and you step out into
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  it, you do have to be very intentional about, you know,
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  showing up in the space where you're designed to be and
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  serving in that capacity. But I would also say add some
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  prayer to that, you know, really, really seek God and ask
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  for direction on how you met. Five yourself in things that
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  would serve him and serve others that would be purposeful for you
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  and is there anything else you can share about your book and
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  about purpose in general? I would say the other thing
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  that's been very helpful for me and that I do highlight in the
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  book is that celebrating the yes of others.
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  You know is an encouragement as well.
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  And I think when you understand that, you know, God did
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  something through. You know, another woman who's
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  doing something great that serving others, I think that can
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  help give you some inspiration and a little bit of fuel leave
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  in to help you be encouraged to continue your journey.
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  So celebrating the yeses of others is certainly something
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  that I would encourage your listeners to do.
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  And then also, one of the other things with regards to staying
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  consistent as being a part of a community, you know, when you
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  know that you're serving others and you have other friends who
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  are purposed and who really want to be intentional as well, you
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  know, having the encouragement from another sister friend is
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  also very helpful as well. Yeah, that's good.
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  Okay, you talked about walking anger, Divine Design, expand on
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  that, you know maybe somebody's like, what does that mean?
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  Sure. And partly the lettering for
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  purpose that I use in a 7-Day devotional on my website, really
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  kind of take someone through that Journey.
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  But understanding your Divine Design, really helps you to see
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  that you were created by God. You were created uniquely by
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  him. Him.
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  And there are qualities that he's given you, that he's given
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  nobody else. And so it's not even about a
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  competition when it comes to how you show up to serve.
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  It's really about just being able to be in the lane that's
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  for you and to work it and to walk it out.
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  And so for me that helps me to be able to be confident in the
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  gift that God has put in me. And I don't have to dim my light
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  or be a pilot. Eric about the light that's in
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  me because I know that it was given to me for the unique
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  purpose of glorifying him and serving others.
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  And so my Divine Divine Design comes directly from God and so
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  does yours something that I've done myself that, I would
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  suggest that anyone who's looking to be intentional about
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  their purpose is to, first of all, spend some time with God.
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  And I suggest either devotional time or just some Bible study
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  time around some of the keywords related to purpose and related
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  to your unique identity. That would be a really good
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  starting place. And for ladies who like to
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  journal, you know, I really encourage journaling as well
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  because that's a way for you to just really, you know, get out
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  of your head and to get out of your heart.
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  Some of the things that matter to you and just to help you feel
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  as though you're in a lineman. In my book, I talk about
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  alignment and being aligned with God's.
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  Plan for you is really something that will help you also stay the
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  course when you feel like you're in alignment and just like I was
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  asking the question God, am I doing the right thing?
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  My in the right place, you know for me it was that nagging
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  feeling that I was not aligned with, you know what I could be
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  and should be doing and so bringing yourself into alignment
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  and not necessarily overthinking it but more or less submitting
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  to it. Yeah.
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  And I think about the story of Mary and how she was approached
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  by the angel, you know, she contemplated the decision to
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  say, yes, she had to consider, you know, yes.
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  There might be some other people who may question this because
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  of, you know, the cultural times that she was in and the
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  situation, you know, for her to show up bearing a child when she
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  was betrothed to Joseph, they were not yet married which means
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  They were not, they had not consummated, the marriage.
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  And so therefore, it would cause people to look at her strangely
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  and so you contemplating you consider those things, but then
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  you make a choice to give consent despite what others
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  might say. Because this is your personal
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  walk, and this is your personal journey.
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  And, you know, I really have come to a place in my life and I
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  would hope that, you know, maybe your listeners might be able to
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  relate to this that, you know, my call is It is a personal
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  reflection of my relationship with God and you know nobody
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  else is in that meeting, but me and him.
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  And so I don't need anyone elses permission really to do the
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  thing that I'm called to do. I just need his sign off on this
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  project or on this, this thing that he's calling me too.
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  And so I would encourage your listeners to also, you know, get
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  that alignment so that they understand that it's a direct
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  reflection of their time with God, their understanding of
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  their relationship with him and what he's Calling them to do.
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  I mentioned Community? I think that's also very helpful
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  because Community often provides you with opportunities even to
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  exercise, you know, the gifts that are in you and those things
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  that you really feel like you would like to step out on and
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  track step out in and try as well.
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  So those are just a few of the steps that I recommend, one of
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  the ones that's high on my list. I will say, is the devotional
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  and spending time journaling. And spending time with God,
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  Yeah, whole lot so good and I love backing it up about, you
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  know, it's just you and God in that meeting.
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  And you know, when we're in that meeting with God, it's like his
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  voice needs to be greater than any other voice and nobody else
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  is in that meeting. I just love how you just pointed
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  that out. That's so great and Community as
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  well, you know, having those over opportunities presenting
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  itself through your local church or in your community.
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  Petit and being able to express your gifts and that way as well
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  and using your purpose. All those are such good
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  pointers. Okay.
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  I love finishing off with a take away.
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  Something that the listener can ponder on or take action in.
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  What can you give us Daphne? Sure what I can offer is an
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  invitation to take your own, personal Journey Through the
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  subject of purpose. I've created a 7-Day purpose
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  devotional and it utilizes the letters.
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  SE for each day, just to offer some spiritual, scriptural and
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  prayer time pondering the topic and just moving you, hopefully
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  towards a better understanding and perhaps taking some action.
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  So the invitation is to sign up for that devotional on my
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  website. And that's the first item at the
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  top of the page. It's at.
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  She said, yes, that live. Thanks for coming on here and
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  sharing your wisdom on purpose. All the blessings to To you and
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  your book being sent out to all four corners of the earth?
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  I know Jesus is, he's bringing that out to the women and, and
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  men out there that need to hear your message on purpose.
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  So, thank you for your yes and your obedience.
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  Thank you so much for listening today and I trust that God has
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  encouraged you through this story.
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  Jamie Elizabeth she speaks life or Facebook until next time my
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  friend. I hope God reveals himself
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  through your own life story. To my Instagram handle.
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  Jamie Elizabeth she speaks life or Facebook until next time my
• 23:21
  friend. I hope God reveals himself
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  through your own life story.