🎥 Freedom to Soar | Day 2 – Defining Your New Season (Part 2)

0:00 You pray it, and He can answer it. The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. God will put the prayer in your heart to pray so that He can answer it. It goes into the hearts of the people. It doesn't return void. It produces results. God came a new anointing. Came another authority. Came fresh vision. And the Lord said to me, He said, you've got to let go. go of this, that, and the other thing. And some good things that you're doing, let it go. And some people that are in your life, they want to use you as a platform, stand on you, and get accolades from man. I didn't say it. The Holy Ghost said it.

0:59 I'm just Margie, the little girl that sat in the back of my yard wanting to see God's face. But you've got to mark those that cause division among you and understand your relationships. And some relationships you've got to let go. Because they're stealing your joy and they're stealing your purpose and they're stealing your destiny. You know, it's like Janet was saying, you know, they're, I don't know, I just feel like they're just like those weights and they're pulling you down. So I did it. Got through it.

1:43 But you know what? I'm going to read this. This is just coming out different. Ecclesiastes 3. I think I gave it to Bruce. I know people don't have Bibles nowadays. But I want you to listen to your spirit. Listen to your heart. To everything. I'm going to read the whole thing. Can we handle that? Oh, you're going to read a bunch of scripture in church. I'm only used to one or two scriptures and five or ten stories. To everything, everyone say everything. There is a season. You don't have to say that. Just to everything. Because I want you to listen. I want you to listen to your heart. To everything, there is a season.

2:52 A time for every purpose under heaven. A time to be born. It was my will. God says it was my will that you were born. The day and the hour and the year. That you were born. Time to be born. I called you and I ordained you to live in this time. As a matter of fact, the Bible says, I have ordained the places in which you are to live. Well, how do you know? How do I know that I'm supposed to live there? You feel a peace there. You feel a joy there. It feels right on the inside of you. It doesn't mean you're not going to have warfare and turmoil and things.

3:50 See, as a matter of fact, I just laugh at the devil at this point because you know what, devil? You just proved to me I'm called to be here. Ha, ha, ha. Time to be born. A time to die. A time to plant. A time. To pluck up what is planted. A time to kill. Well, I don't understand that one, but. And a time to heal. It's time to heal, my friends. A time to break down. And a time to build up. It's okay to break down, but don't stay there. You got to get up. He strengthens the feeble knees. He makes straight paths for your feet. A time to weep. I cried and I cried and I cried and I cried. A time to weep. I'll let you cry. Now, you see, when Moses died, God gave them 30 days to mourn. And then it was time for Joshua to enter into his season of crossover and taking the leadership role and crossing the

5:24 people over. Moses, my servant is dead. Arise. forgetting those things that are behind, and reaching toward what is before. It could be a dead marriage, a divorce, something that's a death of a vision, death of a marriage, death of something in your life. I know Dr. K says, you shouldn't tell people to get over it. I understand that. But sometimes we stay stuck. Because there's a time and a purpose under heaven. It's time to just move forward. Not forget the good, the memories, but it's time to move forward. A time to weep. I cried so hard one night. One of my best friends said, I couldn't breathe. Have you ever cried so hard you couldn't breathe? I couldn't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. And I'm a pretty stable person, emotionally regulated.

6:51 I'm getting there. How many of you know we're growing? I'm better than I was. I can't breathe. She was literally going to get in her car and come and stay by my side. Time to weep. But then you know what? The Lord said to me, I'm pulling you back. You're going into molting season. And I'm writing a new vision on the tablet of your heart. Do you perceive it? Do you want it? Do you want to stay there? Or do you want to arise and cross over into that which I have planned for you from before the foundations of this earth?

7:42 Because if you hadn't gone through that, you wouldn't have been where you are today. Time to laugh. I've been laughing a lot lately. Because I'm like, you know what? When you get through a hard time, The joy of the Lord becomes your strength. You just, you know, the anxiety's not as bad. The mourning isn't bad. You realize you've come a long way. Can you just say that? I've come a long way. A time to mourn. A time to dance.

8:27 A time to cast away stones. How many of you want to throw some stones at some enemies? Just drop them. It's time to drop those stones. Let the dead bury the dead. Just drop the stones. A time to gather stones. We're going to build something for God. I'm dropping my fleshly stones, and I'm picking up the mantle of the power of God and the call of God in my life, and I'm going to go build something for God. A time to embrace.

9:13 A time to refrain from embracing. A time to gain. A time to lose. A time to keep. And a time to throw away. Oh, throw away. You really want me to tell you more of my personal intimate life while we're on the subject? Since I don't have a choice because the Holy Ghost always makes me, not makes me, but I am an epistle read of all men. A living one. When I got back from Florida, after six weeks of spending time with God and going through warfare, the cheek went down. Antibiotics really helps. Sometimes medicine really helps.

10:12 The foot was healed. I went home healed. The day before I was going to fly out, I went to the foot doctor. He said, you're 100 % fine. Didn't you expect that? Something happened, though. When I got home to New Jersey, and how do you describe spiritual things? It's something on the inside of you, and you can't always explain it. Gotta get rid of all the old stuff in this house. Gotta clean the closets. Gotta go into those drawers. It's out with the old and in with the new. Every drawer, every closet. Every little part of that house, even things that were good, carried memories of the old. And it was out with the old. Now it's time to go into the storage area. It's time to go in and dig up, break up the foul ground. Get rid of this. Are you using it, not using it? Get rid of it. It was something on the inside of me that said, out. with the old energy and what that contains and let it go. Get rid of that bedroom set. Get rid of that stuff. Get rid of those blankets. Get rid of those chairs. I am getting ready, listen, to

11:42 do a new thing. And if you don't let... This was a manifestation of something in the material, but that which is in the heart manifests on the outside. Can I say it like this in a godly way? Something on the inside of me was driven to do it. No, Jesus was driven by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted and tested and tried of the devil. And when he came out of that wilderness, he came out in the power of the Spirit. He went in one way, filled with the Spirit. But when he came out of that temptation, he came out in the power of the Spirit. So bold as to say, the Spirit of the Lord is upon me. anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to bind up the wounds, and then he has enough boldness to say, and this day the scripture is fulfilled in your ears.

12:47 And he sat in the synagogue and got everybody really mad, but he didn't care. He was returned in the power of the Spirit. I was driven to clean my house, but this was stage four of cleaning out. a marital home. Anybody ever been there, done that? They call it in divorce, it's the marital home. This was stage four. I let go of all of it. Not the toys, Bernstein bears, Polly Pockets, you know, all the cute things you can't get anymore for the kids. Because I hope to have grandkids someday. And you know what I held on to? The comforters from their cribs. Not letting that go. So, I don't know why I got into that.

13:37 Because it was in the scripture. Where was it? A time to throw away. Do you understand that I didn't plan any of this? A time to throw away. You've got to throw away some stuff. I had these cute little rocks. One had the word freedom. One had the word joy. One had the word faith. I got rid of one of the rocks. The Holy Ghost said, you've got to let it go. Keep faith. Keep joy. Keep the other one. Don't get rid of it. For some reason, I had to get rid of it. Because sometimes what we hold on to have an attitude connected to it. This is just me. Self -preservation.

14:21 I'm letting it go. Time to throw away. Time to tear. A time to sow. God's not saying completely throw out the baby with the bathwater. Some things are worth mending. You have to discern what's worth mending and what's not worth mending. A time to keep silent. I'm not saying one word about that any longer. It's the Mel Robbins.

15:10 Let them. I don't know. There's these banners, you know, on Facebook about the power of silence. I've saved them all. Now I'm actually starting to practice it. You don't have to tell your side of the story. Let them believe whatever they're going to believe. The time to speak. There's nothing wrong with setting boundaries. That's a mark of a strong person who says no. No, you're not doing that to me anymore. No, you're not talking to me like that anymore. No, you're not treating me like I'm an eagle. Self -respect.

16:08 It's not self -preservation. There's a difference. The Lord told us this morning, you are altogether beautiful, and there is no flaw in you. It's about boundaries. Self -respect. No, you're not. Now, I'm not that person anymore. I'm not. Hold on. not that carpet anymore. No, you don't yell it. You say it very kindly. The law of kindness is in her mouth. No, I'm not that carpet anymore. You can't walk on me. You set a boundary and you project an attitude like that, people pick up on your vibe. See, dogs know it. And I'm not talking new age here about energy. There is a vibe. Dogs pick up on it. And if they sense that there's a weak one in the pack, you can forget about it. And then the one that's strong in the pack, he struts around and lets everybody know, I'm the leader of the pack. And the dogs, they sense that energy, and they understand the energy, and they yield to that energy. I think that all of nature speaks of him. I think nature speaks.

17:38 A time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace. Every person has a personal purpose or vision for their life. It has to be discovered and fulfilled. I want you to fulfill your purpose. This vision and sense of purpose renews your youthful spirit, Mary Jo, and keeps you strong. That scripture, even in your old age, I don't even know what it says, but even in our older years, our golden years, we can have purpose. That's what keeps us strong. That's what keeps us mounting up with wings. See, without a vision, the people perish. So each and every one of you, God said, you still have purpose.

18:39 You still have vision. You still have something yet to be fulfilled. This is what the Holy Ghost said. And I ask that you do it. And I thought this was brilliant. Take some time to cast vision for your own life. You know, as leaders, we preach to people and cast vision to our people, right? The Lord said, you're the captain of your own ship. I'm your Lord and Savior. I understand that. But I want you to catch the vision I have for you and start casting it right down the vision.

19:21 I'm giving you homework. Does Pastor Pam ever give anybody any homework? Maybe your vision is to just continue to take care of your grandchildren and to feed them and to pray for them. Maybe your vision is to support the local church and support your son and be errands and hearse to your son and be a support to him. That's your vision. That's your purpose. Maybe your vision is to cook food. You have a vision and a purpose on the inside. Under the lordship of Jesus, he will guide your heart and mind to the season you are in. Or if you sense a new season upon you. You are the captain of your own ship. Write down what he tells you. Habakkuk 2 .11 says, I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the tower, and I will keep watch to see what he will say to me and what answer I will give as his spokesman when I am reproved. All right, Lord, I don't know what to do. I don't know.

20:37 I'm letting you lead, God, and direct. Hmm, lots of warfare. Wow, something must be brewing. Wow, I came out of that like Janie Grine used to say, Mary Jo, stronger than before. So what are we going to do? Cast vision for your own life. Write it down in your new journal that Janet and the team bought for you. And number two, will you say yes to what he's saying to you? I mean, I say yes all the time. I just sometimes don't realize I sometimes get a little stubborn. You ever get stubborn? No. And my stubbornness may not be your stubbornness. My stubbornness is I can't preach. I can't teach. You want me to get in front of people and do that? No. That's my stubbornness. And then he's got to work with me, work with me, work with me. Like the clay on a potter's wheel. Work with me, work with me, work with me. Take me here, take me there.

21:46 Till you get to a place where you just know the Holy Ghost is going to anoint no matter what. And if he doesn't anoint, so what? I have 12, 15 pages of notes. So write the vision. Write, everyone say, write the vision. Lastly, in conclusion, in order for the new to emerge, one must let go of the old. What do you need to let go of?

22:30 Can I have my worship couple? Praise you, Lord. They're coming. Janet's on top of it all. Thank God. God gave Janet a vision for the women's ministry. Pam let it go to her and passed the baton. How old are you, Janet? 72. No way. I just yelled it throughout all the Internet. Janet is 72. You could come up and start singing. And look at what happened when Pam decided. that she knew that God was changing seasons. And can I be honest about Pam? She's very confident.

23:37 She knows who she is. She knows what her role is. She felt in her heart to turn the women's ministry for this season, I'm not saying forever, over to Janet. And you see the fruit of letting go, the fruit of change. See, if we're not willing to change, we're not going to grow. We're not going to fly. We're not going to soar. And I think, I don't want to say older. What I want to say, the more mature we get in our season in life, the more it becomes a little harder. But you know, when you change, why don't we stand? You grow. So I have my little thing, my weight.

24:18 That's what this is, Janet. Does anybody have theirs left? Or am I the only one? Okay, so Miss Anointed over there who needs to step up to the plate somehow, someway, whatever, however God leads. Just wait. I want you to really think about it. Is there anybody else that has their weight? Okay, so we've got three of us. So I just want to think for a minute, and I want you just to let the Lord talk to you in your heart. And then when the time is right, we're going to come up and we're going to put our weights down. Thank you, Lord. Lord, we thank you. And to all of those of you that have left their weights here at the altar, Father, I thank you. It's the dawn of a new day. We say yes. We let it go. Father, I let go of the past. Father, I let go. I give you my life. I give you my all. And I say yes. Father, all of us who put our weights down, I pray that you'd give us the wisdom to discern what is in our own heart and mind and what is in your heart and mind. And Father, we say yes to the next phase, the next season, if

25:53 we promise to run our race with joy. Thank you, Lord. Can you sing that song? I picked up my new. How about you? Father, we thank you. you

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