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- Hey, it's Terri, your cheerleader of dreams.
If you've ever watched any videos on this channel before,
you know I am passionate about you dreaming again,
and teaching you what God has taught me
to achieve your dreams,
according to God's success manual, the Bible, right?
Well, I mean, I went from being stuck in a rut
for 11 years after college,
and having little to no dreams for my life,
to writing books, hosting women's conferences,
purchasing office headquarters.
I mean, if you had told me this would be my life
20 years ago, I would not have believed it.
Well, I began to do what God's Word says to do
in order to have a better life,
to stop focusing on all my past mistakes,
and to just give myself permission to dream.
And that's where it starts.
You give yourself permission
to think beyond where you are today.
But I think one of the biggest mistakes we can make
is to get inspired to make a vision board,
hang on a wall, and just expect it to magically appear.
And then when it doesn't, we get upset,
we say, "Vision boards are a waste of time,"
and then go back to the rut we were in.
That's why I titled this, "Stop Just Making Vision Boards,
Start Doing This."
So just to give you a little backstory,
you may or may not have heard this funny story
of the beginning days of me making my first vision board.
I was sitting at a CEO workshop,
learning how to lead teams, and cast vision,
and all of a sudden, I just felt like I heard the word icing
pop up in my spirit.
And my first thought was, "Oh my gosh, I'm hungry."
(laughing) Well, then I realized,
I think God is speaking to me, but icing?
It doesn't sound very spiritual.
It is my favorite food, but still,
what does it have to do with dreams,
and goals, and God's Word?
So I looked up the word icing and here's what I found.
Icing means something added to something good
to make it even better.
The cake is good,
but the icing makes it so much better, right?
Well, God begin to show me that it's one thing
to have a dream, a plan for your life,
but when you discover God's plan for your life,
that's the icing on the cake.
So I always say, "There is nothing more powerful
than faith and frosting," right?
Well, then God put it in my heart
to one day host my own women's conference,
and to call it Icing.
Well, I was just getting started with ministry,
and dreaming, and stretching myself out of my comfort zone.
So I just thought, "Well, what do I want
the Icing women's event to look like?"
Now, keep in mind, not many people knew I was even speaking,
and the phones weren't ringing off the wall,
inviting me to come speak at conferences.
But I had vision.
I had to see where I wanted my life to go.
So I asked my coworker, Isaiah, to print a photo of me
speaking to thousands of women.
He said, "Well, you've never spoken to thousands of women."
I said, "But can you make one?"
So he did, he Googled a Joyce Meyer conference,
and he did a little Photoshop.
He took little Joyce off the stage,
and he put little Terri on the stage.
And then on the big jumbo screens,
he chopped off Joyce's head,
(laughing) he put my head on top.
I'm wearing Joyce's yellow shirt right there.
It's a cute shirt, but he wrote Icing in the backdrop.
He printed this out, handed it to me, and he said,
"Is this your vision?"
I laughed and laughed,
and thought this was the cutest thing,
little Terri, little Joyce.
But I said, "Yes, that's my vision."
I said, "Can you print several copies of this for my team?"
I said, "I want everybody to know where we're going,
this is the vision."
Well, I handed it out to all the team.
I showed 'em our vision.
And of course, they all laughed at first,
but they got behind it, why?
Because they could see it,
they could see where the ministry was going.
Now, you've probably heard this story before,
but keep in mind, this photo hangs on my vision board.
My desk faces my vision board.
Well, after you look at this for about three months,
I'm not just cracking up anymore, right?
Well, a few more months go by,
it actually kind of looks real.
Few more months go by, and you forget
that it's a fake picture.
But that's not all, I learned from my dad
that you've gotta speak to the vision.
God's Word says, "Call those things that be not
as though they already are."
T.D. Jakes says, "It's not enough just to see your vision,
you have to speak to it."
And then Joyce Meyers says, "Every time you speak it out,
you believe it in a stronger way."
So I didn't just look at my funny vision
of little Terri, little Joyce.
No, I point to the vision board,
and I declare, "Thank you, Jesus.
Your Word says, 'Thou shalt decree a thing,
and it will be established unto you.'
I decree and declare that our women's conference,
our Icing women's event,
is impacting thousands of women all over the world.
I declare that women leave their pain at the altar,
and they take purpose back home.
Thank you Jesus for giving me the opportunity
to minister to thousands of women
in convention centers and arenas."
Now I wanna point out that your mouth
is the most powerful tool God has given you
to live your dreams, but you have to use it.
And yes, you may feel ridiculous
the first few times you do this.
I did, I felt like it was a waste of time.
It was a little overboard,
but I also knew that this is a success principle
from God's Word.
I mean, think about it, if actor Jim Carrey
can talk about how he was so broke, had no acting jobs
as a young Canadian, living in Hollywood,
he said he would drive his old truck up Mulholland Drive
in Los Angeles, look out over the city of L.A.,
point to it, and declare, "I get the best movie roles.
I'm a successful actor.
Producers are calling me, I just don't hear them yet."
And then become one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood
not long after?
Then you can speak God's Word over your vision board.
Now see whether Jim Carrey knows it or not,
he was practicing Romans 4:17,
"Call those things that be not as though they are."
And the thing is, it's not hard, you just have to do it.
Now remember, what's easy to do is also easy not to do.
So let me just show you the results.
Here's the fake picture of our Icing women's event.
Now I'm gonna show you on the screen,
here's the real picture of the Icing women's event.
Can we just say, "Thank you, Jesus,"?
I mean, women come from countries around the world,
and all 50 states have been a part of this conference.
I'm telling you, God is faithful.
When he puts a dream in your heart, get a vision for it.
See it so clearly, and then speak to it.
Take God at his word, "Call those things that be not
as though they already are."
And ladies, let me just point this out real quick,
my annual Icing women's event is around the corner.
It's September 2nd and 3rd in Dallas, Texas,
at the Toyota Music Factory.
Now I wanna invite you to attend this year for a weekend
to just get away with God, with your girlfriends,
and with cake, plenty of cake.
But take the time to invest in you,
because see, God wants to speak to you about your dreams,
your goals, his plan for your life,
not just for your children's lives, or your spouse's life.
It's time to focus on your calling.
So you can go to terri.com/icing
to register in person or livestream.
Tickets are as low as $30.
And let me just say, my guest this year
is the amazing Christy Wright.
Now you can click the link in the description
and get registered right now, and I'm so excited about it.
So I got a little distracted,
but back to our teaching.
Let me remind you that God asked Jeremiah,
he said, "Jeremiah, what do you see?"
And after Jeremiah answered him, God said,
"You've seen well."
He said, "I'm watching over my Word to perform it."
See, God is asking you today, "What do you see?"
What do you see in your near future?
What do you see one year from now, five years from now?
Do you wanna be exactly where you are today,
no changes, no growth, no improvement?
See, what if Jeremiah had answered God,
and said, "Nothing."
God says, "What do you see?"
"Nothing."
If you see nothing, you can expect nothing.
Well, I wanna help you see something.
I wanna help you the way God helped me
to finally get vision for my life.
Start setting some goals to get your house cleaned up,
get your debts paid off, get your body in shape,
get your dreams clear and on a vision board.
So let me just say, if you miss
the special $8 Vision Board Course
that I offered not too long ago,
I brought it back this week.
It's my $97 Vision Board Course for only $8.
Now it includes six training videos with me,
on how to get clear on your dreams and your goals.
Plus my e-book, "Dream it. Pin It. Live It.,"
and the e-workbook to go with it, all of this for only $8.
So just click the link in the description
to get your course right now,
and get started making your vision board today.
Let me tell you, you will never regret
investing in your dreams.
Now I wanna tell you a quick story,
this is about a young guy that I met named Andy,
from Mobile, Alabama.
He said he read this book, "Dream It. Pin It. Live It."
His mom bought it for him,
and, "Absolutely sculpted his mindset," that's what he said.
He said, "It changed my thought process
about how I approach everything in life."
Now Andy wrote to me and he said
he began to write down his goals, affirmations,
and make a vision board immediately.
He said, "Every single morning, when I roll out of bed,
the first thing I do is look at my vision board,
and recite my affirmations."
But he said he would say every day,
"I own a nationally recognized fitness facility."
Andy even said people criticized him,
his goal, due to his age, his income, et cetera.
He said even many who supported him
were frequent to remind him that it could happen one day,
way down the road.
Well, he said, "I wanna inform you, Terri,
that I am now partnered in an internationally recognized
fitness franchise, and we are set to open
four facilities in the next two years,
with options to expand."
Andy even said, "It wasn't always easy
to believe the words coming outta my mouth."
But he said, "I remained relentless with my routine."
He said, "I wanna say thank you,
and let you know what a blessing you've been in my life."
Well, I wanna say, first of all, congratulations to Andy,
and to tell him that we are all cheering him on.
I had the honor of meeting Andy,
and hearing his story in person,
and it absolutely melted my heart, and he's adorable.
But the thing is we get testimonies, like Andy's,
all the time around here,
because people are finally learning
how to apply God's success principles to their dreams.
So I wanna tell your story next,
so get enrolled in my online Vision Board Course,
that's normally $97.
This week, I'm offering it again for only $8.
So click the link in the description, and get access today.
And I will be cheering you on to live your dreams.
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- [Announcer] Something amazing happens
when women from all backgrounds and ages
come together at Icing.
This is your time to grow in your relationship with God.
Get free from limitations, discover your dreams,
and get the biblical tools you need
to walk out God's plan for your life.
Join Terri Savelle Foy.
- To start thinking bigger,
to stretch myself outta my comfort zone,
to start asking God for bigger things.
- [Announcer] And Christy Wright.
- You can begin to see the path from where you are today
to where you want to be, and then oh my gosh,
that dream's not so crazy.
- [Announcer] September 2nd and 3rd in Dallas, Texas,
for an unforgettable weekend,
that will inspire and motivate you
to live out your God-given purpose.
We can't wait to see you at Icing 2022,
the premier women's conference
for faith-filled dream achievers.