Jan 2021
I turned 22. Yay! I celebrated with my wonderful family and team. Perks of being in a creative tribe, I received so many creative presents. Someone gave me a spoken word, art, etc. My friend Lacie painted a beautiful color portrait of me. I loved it!
LET’S TALK PROPHETIC
From a young age I’ve been writing stories, art, and journaling. I just love doing these things. These were all expression of who I am as a person, who God created me to be. However I’ve held back from sharing because of perfectionism. Yup, it’s real and a huge killer in creativity. Now I’m over that. PTL! I’m taking risk being open to share my creativity.
I have to say my mentor’s e-course has really helped me break free from perfectionism and fear in my creativity. So I hope you enjoy this life update from me.
So I am very prophetic in nature. This is one of my muscles I’ve been training since I started in 1st year of school. As I look back, I recall walking up to people in class and sharing prophetic words. Most of the students I didn’t know and met for the first time. I did this quite regularly and didn’t think much of it.
Fast forward now I’m in 3rd year. It is the last year of this amazing school. I had students that would just come up to me saying how a prophetic word I gave a while back really impacted him/her. I sometimes have a hard time remembering people because I do this often. Anyone can relate?
I was at my favorite coffee shop in Redding, Theory Collaborative. I was doing some school work when a friend greeted me. He was an acquaintance. As he was leaving, I told him I had a prophetic word for him. I asked the Holy Spirit what he wanted to share and I was so amazed by the following! I gave him a prophetic word that revealed several recurring dreams that he had last year. He told me he forgot about this dream until I gave him the word. This was amazing and it’s all God’s doing!
As I am writing this I am reminded of the small things I steward the previous year. I know that this word is special and it’s personally an upgrade in my prophetic. What a great way to start 2021! God is entrusting me more with words that carry more weight and accuracy. He has seen my faithfulness.
I tell this story to celebrate what God is doing in my life but also to tie it with a teaching in how you can steward your prophetic gift.
-Always ask for feedback.
A lot of people give prophetic words but seldom get feedback. Let them share how it impacted them. Maybe it resonates, maybe it’s totally off the charts, either way it’s good to hear from the person. One of the ways you know how you are doing by hearing their comments.
From my story above, I only knew that I was sharing about his dream when he gave me feedback. If I hadn’t asked I wouldn’t have known how my word resonated and was speaking deeply to him.
Can I encourage you today to step out and give someone a prophetic word?
Take a risk and see what happens. God can use you to speak life and encouragement to someone around you. Ask God who you can speak to today and don’t forget to ask for feedback. I would love to hear how it goes for you if you decided to do this.
FACES OF REDDING
One of my greatest joy is leading my city service Faces Of Redding. You might be wondering what is this??
We are an international team of creative that use our gift to give back to our city. My team consist portrait artist, photographers, videographers and writers. We bring honor to those who have served Redding. The goal is to share their story and celebrate them for how they have possibly impact Redding. We will be having an event in March at the city hall. We are in the process of busy preparing for this.
God has bless me so much! My team is so loving and amazing. It’s sad we have to meet majority of the time on zoom but it works. I was hand picked by my mentor to be part of this and I love it. Using my talents of social media, event management and writing. My team interview people and get to know their story. I’m so happy that our trailer just launched. Shoutout to my student, Marcus from Germany. Please enjoy!
PRAYER POINTS
I would love it if you can keep me in your prayers.
Prayer points:
- Strength, I’m very busy with school and planning for events.
- Trust in the Lord for his plans for me after 3rd year.
- Health, taking care of myself physically, emotionally, spiritually.
- Open door to do ministry online in Germany in March.
- Faces Of Redding Event
Want to join what I do?
My mentor Theresa Dedmon has e-courses and a online community. Create Academy was developed to equip, empower and activate every kingdom creative! Guys, I can’t brag how good this is. Did you know that world renown worship leader, Steffany Gretzinger was a student of my mentor? Yes that is true.
I HIGHLY encourage you to try this if you are:
1. Wanting to unlock your creativity and create with Holy Spirit.
2. Be part of a creative tribe that uplifts and encourages you.
Like I mention above I struggled with perfectionism, her e-course has really helped me break free from this. I am a small group leader and I have students from India and Singapore. Yes they are one the other side of the world tune in live to join our weekly calls. They are just so hungry to learn and receive from my mentor. Come join us! I would love to see u there.
https://www.theresadedmon.com/createacademy
JESUS
If you have read my blog above and don’t know Jesus I want to tell you about him.
Do you know Jesus? Like do you really know him?
Do you know how he loves you deeply and wants to have a personal relationship with you?
Do you know that when he looks at you he smiles with a loving embrace?
He is not mad, angry or tired of you. The world paints this false narrative of an angry and condemning God. The truth is that he loves you, like a father that loves his son or daughter. He sees your pain and wants to give you a loving embrace and comfort. He wants to heal you of your pain, trauma and disappointments in life.
Jesus saved me from suicide, depression and countless other things I tried to fill my life with. Yes, everything I did was temporarily and always disappointing at the end. Only Jesus can satisfy the longing of our hearts. This world is in chaos longing for something greater. Jesus is the answer and cure.
With his nail pierced hand and brutal crucifixion he thought of you and me. He died so that we could be set free from sin and evil. He rose up from the great victory defeating death and sin. He wants to have a personal relationship with you.
The world can’t bring us peace only Jesus can.
The world can’t bring us hope, only Jesus can.
Lastly, the world can’t bring us joy only Jesus can.
If you want to make Jesus the Lord of your life today please message me. I would love to champion you, connect and guide you into your walk with Christ.
Please leave a comment below. I would love to hear from you. Also I wanted to see if you want me to do a prophetic session on FB Live? 😊
Blessings!