🎥 Freedom to Soar | Day 1 – Intertwine Your Life with God (Part 1)

0:00 Praise God. Thank you. Wow. Thank you, Jesus. I feel like when we were coming down here, the sun. But, yeah, if you could lower them a little bit, that would be great. Thank you, Jesus. Well, it's good to be here with you. Yeah, do that instead because these are really, really, really bright. You feel the anointing? Just give me a second. Praise you, Jesus. I just hear the Spirit of the Lord saying, my yoke is easy, my burden is light. I've called you here to come unto me. All ye that are laboring and are heavy laden, I will give you rest. And you will take this rest, and it will not be just for today, but this rest will multiply each and every day.

1:13 And you will see that your path is no longer filled with weariness, but your path is like the light of day. And it'll grow brighter and brighter and brighter and brighter. And you will enter into a greater rest of the knowledge of my love. For I love you, my daughters, with an everlasting love. And my love for you has not changed. For I am the Lord God and I change not. And you will see. And you will hear and you will know with a greater certainty who I am and what I desire to do in this new season of your life.

2:07 Because you are entering into a new season with me. And it's a season of great fellowship. intimacy with me. And as a result, you will run and not grow weary. You will walk and not faint. You will live and move and have your being in greater measures of that which I have called you to be and that which I have called you to do. So rejoice this day, says the Lord. This is the day freedom.

2:49 This is the day for you to take a hold of this word and begin to mount up with wings like an eagle and soar into your latter days which will be greater than your former days. So this is the day that I have provided for you. I have provided this time for you. I have provided my word for you, and I have provided the anointing of my spirit to come upon you and overtake you. While my servant yet speaks my word, I am going to anoint you, yea, even in your seat. So be expectant, says the Lord. Be expectant that I am the God of all flesh. and that there is nothing too hard for me, for this is your day and this is your hour of freedom. Praise God. Wow. Let's just lift up our hands. Wow, Jesus. We worship you. We honor you. We thank you. Thank you, Jesus.

4:16 For I am a God of restoration. And even as you let go of those weights, you... have entered into a realm of faith where you have made a decision, I am ready to move on. I am ready to move in. I am ready for the next step. Lord, I lay it aside. Lord, I lay it at your feet. And as you do and did that, says the Lord, I am already at work, both within you to will and to do of my good pleasure. And you will move forward.

5:11 into the reality of who you are and what I have called you to be and called you to do. For the enemy has desired to have many of you, to sift you, to cause you to grow weary in well -doing. But I had a plan. And I sit in the heaven even this day and I laugh because I... I have a plan, and I'm taking you in, and I'm taking you higher, and you're going to soar into all that I have called you to soar into, not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord. Praise you, Jesus. We praise you, Jesus. Wow. Thank you, Lord. We worship you and we thank you. Wow.

6:15 Before we get into the ministry of the word, I just want to thank Janet and the team, Carol, Melody, Debbie, Beth, and Diane, for all the work that they did making this event happen. Yes. This is a very creative endeavor. There's a prophetic anointing on this whole meeting today. I want you to know that and understand that. As I watched the video and as I watched how we all were laying our weights down, I said, Lord, you just got everything under control. And it's so wonderful to see that and to see how we're all one. I feel personally the way I operate, I like to go. like to go just anywhere and everywhere.

7:09 No, no, I'm not into that. I want to go where God has connected me. And I feel like we're family, don't you? I know Pastor John and his wife, we've known each other for how many years? You know, 30, 25 years. So we've really come a long way and here we are today. And this is really good to be here. So I just want to thank you for that. We do have books. I just don't want to take too much time. This is Encounter God Through Prayer. This takes the reader from the beginning stages of how to pray. And, you know, if you've never prayed before, develop the habit of prayer, how to pray. Begin with 15 minutes. We talk about practicing visualization, how to enter into the presence of God. And I take the reader all the way up into meditative prayer. And I want to give this book to you. Miss Pretty. You got your dancing shoes on. Then I have contend moms, grandmas, okay, contend stewarding the hearts and destinies of our children through prayer. I teach the parents, the grandparents, the godparents, the aunts, the uncles, how to pray for your children. At the very end of this book, I give scripture on all the promises of God that are yes and amen as to the scripture we can stand on when we pray

8:42 for our children. I teach you how to pray. As a matter of fact, in this book. I go into tongues and the power of tongues and what tongues will produce. Because when we don't know, you know, what to pray, we can pray in tongues, pray in the Holy Ghost. He searches the hearts. He knows what is the mind of the Spirit. And he makes intercession for your children exactly what needs to be prayed when we don't know what to pray. So I want to give this book to this young lady right here. Do you have children? Oh, well, you look like a child, so. How many of you ever noticed, some of you, that, you know, it's like the more we become seasoned, the more everyone just looks younger and younger and younger. You have a primary doctor come walking in, and you go, oh, my God, you're a child, and you're treating me. So it's just interesting, isn't it? And before, again, before we get into the word, I would like to.

9:45 Invite you. I started a prayer call. We're on six weeks now. At 9 a .m. every Thursday morning. And it's called Together We Pray. And it's a KIU prayer conference call. And you are invited to come and join us. It's a conference call. I am the host. I have no makeup on. I have my crazy. flannel, you know, pajamas on and nobody knows it. And it's a beautiful thing. So, you know, I teach on prayer and then I lead what I call guided prayer. You're muted for my teaching and you're muted for most of the prayer, but you're praying on your own wherever you are.

10:30 So you could be praying in your car with your headphones. You could be vacuuming. You could be cooking. You can join us in prayer. And at the end, we unmute. And this last time, we unmuted. It was like everyone was just, it was like a train going down the tracks, and everyone was entering in. And the prayer focus from this last Thursday was how to pray for an unbeliever. And then we targeted one or two people, whoever God laid on, the participants' hearts, and I led them into prayer, and then we prayed together. And let me tell you, a prayer opens up the door for God to work. So this is in your bag. Okay, so it's the conference call number. It's the access code. You're welcome to join us. We've had as many as 36 on our call. I'm believing God for 120, and then we're going to believe for 500, and then we're going to believe for 1 ,000. Oh, yeah, it's going to happen. You watch.

11:31 Is Lisa joining us? Hi, Lisa. I love you. Hallelujah. The same spirit that raised Christ from the dead is quickening your mortal body. Glory be to God. Okay, are you ready to get into the word? Praise you, Jesus. Freedom to Soar Women's Event 2025. Here's our text. Isaiah 40, 28 through 31. Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor grows weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak.

12:27 And those who have no strength, he increases strength. Even the youth shall fail and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fail. But those that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run and not grow weary. They shall walk and not faint. Now, just the fact that you are a born -again daughter of God, this is a women's event, just the fact that you're a daughter of God is proof that you have eagle tendencies on the inside of you. Are you listening? You can do all things through Christ who strengthened you, and he has given you the ability like he has given the eagle. So first, before we get into the characteristics of who you are, which is an eagle, let's define weary. Weary is the term. Weary refers to a state of physical or mental exhaustion. It describes a feeling of tiredness or fatigue that can result from prolonged effort, stress, or lack of rest. Does anybody in here know what I'm talking about? Someone who is weary may feel drained, lacking energy,

14:00 or in need of a break or a recuperation. How many have ever felt like that? The term can also imply a sense of being fed up or disillusioned with a situation indicating a deeper emotional fatigue. And I felt the Spirit of God on that part of it, you know, that there's some of you that have emotional fatigue, and God is going to refresh you today. Daniel 7 .25 says, And they spoke great words against the Most High and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and to think to change the times and the laws.

14:42 Well, the enemy thinks he has us. But we're going to find out some principles into how to get rid of that weariness. And that's what the enemy's tactic is, to kill, steal, and destroy, and to wear out the saints. How many of you know what I'm talking about? Okay, so we live in a season where the enemy is trying to wear out the saints. But when we intertwine our life with God and make him the Lord of our life and give him our everything, we will be strong. Now, here's the interesting part. Let's define the word wait.

15:23 That word wait, they that wait. That word wait, the Hebrew actually turns the light on this passage. It says they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. That word wait is the transliteration from the Hebrew word HWQ. I can't pronounce it. Which means to twist or to bind whence a rope. Now, before I came here, the thought came to me, bring a rope that's all twisted together and bring a rope that's been frayed and all the little fibers are untwisted and show the ladies what it looks like to have their life entwined with me and what it looks like when their life isn't entwined with me. And the interesting thing is... When they played that video, you prophetic people, when the word strength came up, how many of you saw that rope? And I was like, Lord, I just want to give Bruce, I just want to give him like a visual just to show the ladies what it looks like to have their lives intertwined with God. And we already had it in that video.

16:44 That's what it looks like to have your life intertwined with God. And that's what happens when you wait on the Lord. When you intertwine your life with God, you become strong. So the result is what? We will mount up with wings like eagles. We will run and not grow weary. We will walk and not faint. But we've got to have our lives intertwined with God. I used to think that verse, they that wait upon you, Lord, I'm waiting upon you. That word means to intertwine your life. So, before we talk about how to intertwine our life with God, eagles, say, I'm an eagle. Let's first talk about the nature of the eagle. 32 times, eagles are referred to as an example of the Christian life. That's because eagles are unusual birds that are born to soar higher and faster than any other bird. All the other birds are not like that. But the eagle, they are especially able

18:15 to soar above the storms and clouds and rains and winds. They are able to mount up. and because they're eagles, they are able to do things and soar like no other bird on the planet. Number two, when it rains, most birds hide for shelter and head for shelter. I'm sorry. When it rains, most birds head for the shelter. The eagle, on the other hand, is the only bird that, in order to avoid the rain, soars above the rain clouds.

19:00 This is who you are. I don't feel like I'm like that. This is who you are. I don't feel like I'm like that. This is who you are. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. This is what he's created you to be. This is what he's created you to do. are eagles. And I know that you will never be the same after this meeting today. The eagle is the only bird that in order to avoid the rain soars above the rain clouds. That means that an eagle flying at an altitude of a thousand feet over open country could spot or see prey in an area of almost three square miles from a fixed position. Didn't God say to us the last time we were here that he was increasing the faith center in all wisdom and spiritual understanding and that the eyes of your understanding are being opened and enlightened?

20:06 See, the enemy fears the eyes of your understanding being enlightened. Because when you mount up, ladies, as wings, with your wings like an eagle, and you begin to soar, your eyes will be opened to the prey of the enemy, and the enemy will not be able to accomplish his will in your families, in your lives, in your regions, in the lives of your pastors. Listen to me. He is afraid of you understanding your God. given identity as eagles. Praise you, Jesus. Eagles love a storm.

20:46 I said, Lord, really? Give me chapter and verse. Count it all joy. I heard it on the way down. I finally got a scripture. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Count it all joy. What? What does that mean? What does the rest of that verse mean? Count it all joy. When what? when you fall into divers temptations, tests, and trials. Why? Because the trying of your faith works patience and makes you strong. Don't tell me you can't do it. Don't tell me you're not able to run. Don't tell me you're not able to walk. You are an eagle. Say, I'm an eagle. Put your shoulders back. Postures everything. Put your shoulders up. I'm an eagle.

21:36 This is my true identity. I will not be deceived. I am not weak. I am strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Eagles love a storm. All right. When clouds gather, the eagles actually get excited. Kind of reminds me of my dog in a way. You know, he sees a tree and he gets all excited. But when clouds gather, the eagles actually get excited. The eagle uses the storm winds. You ready? To lift it higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, because sometimes you've got to find your wind in your storm. You got to find your wind in the storm. Where's the wind, Lord?

22:32 Where's the wind? Show me the wind. Show me where the wind is so I can need to find my wind in the storm. Show me where the wind is, Lord, so I can hook up with you and connect with you and be made strong. Hallelujah. The eagle uses the wind storm to lift it up higher. Once it finds the wind in the storm. Notice you have to find your wind. I'm stuck on this. You got to find it. You can't put your head in the ground. We've all been there, done that. Weeping may endure for a moment, but joy comes in the morning. If you're tired and weary at... Wait for the morning because his steadfast love of the Lord never changes. It is new every morning. Like the song our brother sang, great is his faithfulness.

23:35 Find your wind. That's a message right there. Help me to remember this. Find your wind. That's a message. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagle locks its wings. You have no idea what I've been through. And I said, Lord, someday maybe I'll get to tell it publicly, but I have to be really careful because I have children. And some things are you just got to keep close to the heart. Right? But I've learned in whatsoever state I am to be content. I have learned that I've got to find my wind. I have learned to lock my wings in the midst of the storm and in the midst of the battle and stay true to God. Stay true to him. He's not the author of the storm.

24:32 The thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy. Jesus said, I've come that you may have life, girl, and life. more abundantly, girl. That's the enemy trying to wear you out. Why? I'll tell you why. He sees the potential that you carry and that you are and that what he's put in you. He doesn't want you to see it. He wants you to stay low. I just need her to stay low. You just stay low. Stay low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low. No. That's not your nature. You're a mounter. You mount up. You got wings like an eagle. You're going to run and not grow weary.

25:16 You are the catalyst in getting your family saved and coming to the knowledge of the truth in Jesus Christ. He fears you taking your place as a watchman on the wall of your families. Thou shall be saved and your household. Well, is there a watchman in the house? You're Proverbs 31 ladies, aren't you? She looks well as to how her household goes. That look speaks to me of being a watchman in your own house. These generations need the spiritual mothers and fathers. So the eagle locks its wings. I've locked my wings multiple times, especially in the last five years. Did you ever fall? Did you ever cry? Did you ever get weary? Yes. Did you ever have so much pain that you didn't know how you were going to bear it? Yes. But I'm locking my wings. I made a commitment to God when I was 19 years old. I will not be stopped. I may be shaken. I may be cast down. I may flip over.

26:29 I may be, you know, hurting. But I'm locking my wings. I told God a long time ago, and this is what he's saying to us here. I am going all the way with you. Isn't there a scripture that talks about even in your old age and your gray hair? Hey, Maria. She looks pretty, doesn't she? Even in your old age, God said, I'm with you. I'm faithful. The thing is about the Florida crowd is that God said it's not a time for you to retire. It's a time for you to refire. There is need of the mothers and the fathers to take their place today. So the eagle locks their wings and uses the fierce raging storm to lift him up above the clouds. This gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the leaves and the branches of the tree. So there's a reason why God calls us eagles. So when we intertwine our life with God, we can use the raging storms of life to ride. Praise to higher heights. If I hadn't have gone through what I went through in the last five years, I would never be where

28:00 I am today. I am anointed with fresh oil. I am moving and living and having my being in a greater measure of the call of God on my life as never before. Hard times either make you bitter or... It's a choice. You've got to find your wind. We will then be able to run and not grow weary. We will then be able to walk and not faint. Endurance, in other words, we will have endurance for everyday living. Thank you so much for tuning in to today's podcast. It has been such a joy sharing this time with you. For more inspiration and resources on today's topic, please visit our website at margiefloran .org.