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- Hey, I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader of dreams.
Today, I wanna answer another question
from one of my friends on Instagram.
She asked, "How do you discover your purpose?
How do you know what God wants you to do?"
Now, before I share an incredible story with you,
I wanna ask you real quick,
are you believing for a house, a building, land, property,
offices, or real estate, or to pay off your house or land?
Now, I know this may sound random,
because it's a very specific question,
but here's why I'm asking.
You may know that this year we were blessed
with a seven and a half year dream come true
of owning our own offices.
Well, God led me to Hebrews 11:1 that says,
"Now faith is the title deed of what you hope for."
I mean, I took that scripture to heart,
and here we are living the dream.
After seven and a half years of hoping,
we got serious with our faith, and God gave us our offices.
Well, I knew in my heart that this wasn't just for me.
It's for you, my friends
who are believing for your building, your title D.
So here's what I have.
Oh, can you bring me the flyer for the faith building event?
I'd like to show it. (laughing)
Hang on one second.
And then-
Thank you, Lucy. (laughing)
Okay, I just wanted you to see this.
Even though we could put it on the screen,
I like to hold it.
But whether it's a house, a office, a church,
whatever building you're believing God for,
I asked the men who taught me how to use my faith.
I'm talking about Jerry Savelle,
Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis.
I asked them to join me for a faith building,
notice the pun, faith building event
on 11/1 based on Hebrews 11:1.
So on November 1st, they're gonna come teach you
how to use your faith for your title D.
I can't even tell you how excited I am about this.
This is a free livestream event,
but you have to register to access it.
So I wanted to mention that.
Click the link and get your free ticket
to this incredible faith building event
that's coming up soon.
Okay, now that I've mentioned that,
I wanna tell you a story, true story
to help answer the question about discovering your purpose.
This is about a woman who became very successful
simply doing what came natural to her.
During World War II,
this woman worked in a restaurant in Los Angeles.
Well, her day-to-day duties were waiting on customers,
taking orders, delivering food, cleaning off tables.
Well, one day, the owner of the deli told her
that he was getting frequent requests from the customers
to sell pies at lunch.
So he just suggested that she began baking these pies
to fulfill the request.
Now, think about this.
At that very moment, she could have declined the suggestion
because of how busy she already was.
But instead, she seized an opportunity
to use her gifts of making pies.
She began making pies, and the customers loved them.
In fact, they enjoyed them so much
that most of the people who came to the deli
came because of the pies.
Well, not long after that, she began to realize
that if people enjoyed the pies that much,
maybe she could open her own pie shop.
Well, eventually she quit her job at the deli,
launched out into business for herself,
making and selling pies.
Of course, it wasn't easy at first.
During the first year of being in business for herself,
she barely broke even.
She was so discouraged, nearly ready to give up,
but her husband said, "No, I don't want you to give up."
He said, "I believe this is what we are supposed to do,
and if I have to quit my job and join you in making pies,
then that's what I'll do."
He said, "We're gonna see this thing through."
Well, that's what they did.
The entire family got involved,
and making pies became the family business.
Well, not long after the business took off,
by 1964, she had 115 pie shops and restaurants in 14 states.
Well, in 1986, Ramada Inn Incorporated
bought her pie business for approximately 90 million.
The woman with the gift for making pies was Marie Callender.
Here's what I want you to know.
Don't ever think that your gift isn't a gift.
The Bible says that your gift will make room for you
and bring you before great men.
It also says that your gift will prosper you
when you discover it and develop it.
Now, I wanna help you a little more this week
with a free download I put together.
This is a 10 question quiz to help you identify
your gifts, your talent, your purpose.
Just answer the questions,
and it's gonna help you the way it helped me.
I believe it will.
Plus, I put a 30-day challenge at the bottom,
at the end of this list to help you develop your gift.
So just click the link in the description
and get your free quiz right now.
I want you to just look at things a little differently.
Don't ever think that your ability to organize,
administrate, assist, repair, serve,
sew, decorate, teach, coach, clean,
don't ever think that those aren't gifts.
Those are areas in your life
where maybe things come natural to you.
Or have you ever had someone say to you,
"You're so good at that?"
Those are indicators of your gift,
and you gotta run with it.
I want you to know today that there is a connection
between your potential, your passion, and your purpose.
There is a connection between your potential,
in other words, what you can do,
your passion, what you love to do,
and your purpose, what you're called to do.
You know, in prayer, not too long ago,
I heard this in my spirit.
The Lord said, "You have entered a new era
of favorable opportunities."
So I started studying the favor of God,
but I didn't really address the whole opportunities aspect.
And you might think, a new era of favorable opportunities,
and later that year, our ministry grew 25% overall.
Maybe that meant that I got the phone call
from Joyce Meyer to speak at her conference,
and the ministry exploded,
or Bishop T.D. Jakes asked me to speak at MegaFest
to 100,000 people, or we had a YouTube video go viral.
No, none of that happened.
Let me tell you what God told me.
He said, "Give me what you've got
and I'll turn it into a lot."
Think about that.
Give me what you've got and I'll turn it into a lot.
He said, "When you give me what appears so small.
I'll multiply it and give you my all.
Give me what you've got."
Think about that.
What have you got?
What can you do?
Whether you're a hair stylist, a realtor,
a gym owner, a minister, success coach,
a baker, a teacher, a business owner,
it's all part of the assignment
that God has placed on your life.
So you gotta give God what you can do,
and He'll not only bring you before great men and women,
but He'll prosper you.
Well, back when the Lord said that to me,
I kept thinking about that phrase,
give me what you got and I'll turn it into a lot.
So I looked at what we had.
I have a voice.
It may sound like Minnie Mouse, but it's a voice, right?
I have messages.
I have a social media account.
I remember walking outside on May 1st,
now, this was during the pandemic, when it first started,
and I was thinking, "Give God what I've got.
What if I went online and had a virtual book club?"
So I told my team, and that day they advertised it.
I bought a little light kit on Amazon for $30
and I started filming.
And I did it again, and I did it again.
153 videos later. (laughing)
But you know what?
We sold more books and impacted more lives
than we ever could have if I'd been traveling to churches
and conferences from state to state,
just sitting in my closet, in my den,
in my office, and using what I had.
In other words, we had a record-breaking year,
and I really didn't have any unusual opportunities.
It was just giving God what I've got,
and he turned it into a lot.
So what is your what if idea
that you could use what you've got
and God'll turn it into a lot?
I think about a friend of ours named Heidi,
who was a costume designer in Hollywood.
She made costumes for so many different types of people,
including lots of famous people,
and she used this gift as a ministry tool
to talk about the Lord.
She would sew scriptures in people's costumes.
One of the funniest was she made costumes
for (laughing) the Chippendale dancers. (laughing)
Not much material, but she would even sew scriptures,
like tiny little verses in their trunks.
I'm telling you, this is a true story.
But also she would require them to read one book,
like a Christian book, and bring it back to her
and talk about it before she would give 'em the costume.
She led hundreds to Jesus,
but those hundreds influenced the masses.
One of 'em was Meadowlark Lemon,
the Globetrotter basketball player,
who then became a minister, leading thousands to Jesus,
but Heidi, the costume designer,
was the one who led him to Jesus.
Here's my point.
What you're able to do, God wants you to do.
There's something that you excel at,
and God wants you to develop it.
Well, the Bible shows us that God will not abandon
what He wants you to do or what He wants to do with you.
My question is, will you abandon it?
You know, Ephesians 1:11 says
that God always does what He plans,
so I want you to know you were chosen, God handpicked you,
you were predestined, He set you apart for a special work.
Give me what you got and I'll turn it into a lot.
Get that phrase ingrained in you.
So I wanna help you this week to identify
your gifts, your talents, your purpose.
Plus, I wanna give you a 30 day challenge to
help you develop your gift and run with purpose.
So just click the link in the description,
get this free 10 question quiz right now,
and just go down the list to help you discover your purpose,
and then develop your gift.
And don't forget,
I'll be cheering you on to live your dreams.
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