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- Hey, it's Terri, your cheerleader of dreams.
Well, every December, I start updating my vision board
for the new year.
I remove the dreams I've achieved
and I just start adding new ones.
And the reason I'm so passionate
about you making a vision board is because they work!
Now, it's not the board itself
that makes anything magical happen,
it's what making the board does to you
that makes it work.
You know, that's why I wrote a whole book
about how to make vision boards
and we get testimonies every day
from people checking off their dreams.
And that's why with the new year about to start,
I am giving it away this week to my subscribers.
So stay tuned on how to get this free book
but don't go another year without getting clear
on where you want your life to go.
So to get started, this year, I had on my vision board
to do several things, which I'll just share a few of them,
but to write a devotional, to sell our house,
to pay off our land before we build our dream home,
which looked utterly impossible,
to revamp my online coaching program called Vision 101,
to reach my goal physically,
to take my Icing Women's Conference on the road
to one new city, and I could go on and on.
Well, then COVID happened
and most of my dreams looked impossible.
I mean, how do I pay off our land
when everything was closing and my husband's company
was like completely shut down?
How do I take my Icing Women's Conference to another state
when venues aren't even open for conferences
and some people are afraid to travel?
This is not the time to rent a conference center
and have another women's event.
But I refused to take them off the board
and I kept doing what I always do
when I have a vision board.
You know, God's word says, "Call those things that be not
as though they already are."
Well, I speak to my dreams because you release your faith
every time you speak it out, right?
And let me remind you that everything begins
with your ability to envision your ideal future.
Imagine what would be the greatest year to you
and conceive that image on the inside.
When you sit quietly with God,
you should be able to see more with your eyes closed
than you do when your eyes are open.
So if it makes you breathe deep and just go,
this is big or this looks impossible, then good.
You're on the right track.
Now remember, the number one question that will stop you
from dreaming big is asking how, how could this happen?
Don't ask that question.
It's not your job to figure out the how yet.
Your job is to dream and to dream big.
Well, here it is, December 2020,
and I have written a brand new devotional
called "Live Your Dreams" that released in September.
On February 4th, we sold our house.
On September 4th, we paid off our land during a pandemic.
As of August 22nd, my Vision 101 coaching program
was updated online and put in new workbooks to go with it
and enrollment actually opens next week.
Oh my goodness. We're so excited about this.
And I reached my goal physically.
And we not only had the greatest Icing Women's Conference
in Dallas that we've ever had
but we traveled to Orlando, Florida
where we sold out three weeks before it even started.
What in the world?
See, the most successful people in the world,
they visualize their desired results in life.
They're very clear about what they want to achieve.
Unsuccessful people are hazy, unclear,
uncertain about tomorrow.
They just wake up and see what happens.
Well, let me tell you this real quick.
God is the one who's said in Isaiah 43:19,
He said, "See, I am doing a new thing."
Then He said, "Do you not perceive it?"
In other words, He's getting ready to do big new things
in your life, to favor you, promote you, increase you,
expand your influence, but He's asking you the question,
do you not perceive it?
You know, that word perceive actually means
to notice, identify, comprehend, and to see.
So God is asking you today, do you see it?
Do you see where He wants to take you?
In other words, do you have a clear vision?
Can you see beyond where you are right now?
Can you imagine big things happening in your life?
Now, listen to this phrase,
"You cannot live a larger life
with a restricted imagination."
Let me repeat that.
"You cannot live a larger life
with a restricted imagination."
Let me say it this way.
You'll never leave where you are
until you see where you'd rather be.
Where? In your imagination.
See, your imagination is extremely powerful.
If you can't imagine your dreams, you'll never have them.
Now, I explained so much more
about how to use your imagination,
how to go back to using it like you did when you were a kid
and even how to set goals the right way.
And I teach you all that in my book,
"Dream it. Pin it. Live it,"
which I'm giving away free this week.
Now, I want you to hit the ground running in 2021.
So make sure you click the link
in the description to get your free book today.
All you have to do is cover the shipping
but I covered the printing
so you can, like I said, hit the ground running.
See, when you get your dreams out of your head
and onto paper or on a vision board, you've just added one
of the single most important qualities of successful people
and that is clarity.
See, as long as your dreams are in your head,
they remain hazy and unclear.
You're not focused on them. You forget about them.
You know, they say new year's goals,
those are things that go in one year and out the other.
Well see, it's crazy how we're trained to frame our past
by displaying pictures
of all the things you've already done.
But your vision board is just the opposite.
You are literally framing your future
before it ever happens, and this is the fun part.
You're surrounding yourself with what can be,
not just what is.
Surround yourself with where you're headed.
You know, God's word says,
"Whatever a man thinks in his heart, so shall he become."
What you think about, you bring about.
Well, when you surround yourself with images of your vision,
it causes you to think about it more
and your dream comes alive on the inside of you.
It adds clarity to your dreams
because you're seeing them, right?
You know, Mary Kay Ash is the one who said,
"There are three types of people in this world.
Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen,
and those who wonder, what happened?"
Well, in 2021, you're gonna be one of those
who makes things happen.
Why?
Because you're gonna get clear on what you want
and start imagining yourself living those dreams.
So what needs to go on your vision board?
Here's some ideas, just to get your imagination going.
You know, it could be a certain car that you wanna drive
and you might say, "Which one?
What color? Which model?"
Get very clear on what you want.
Go scuba diving.
Where? Which ocean?
Write your autobiography, or to run a marathon.
My friend and coworker, Marty,
he kept saying for years he was gonna run a marathon
and he just kept putting it off.
Well, once he started learning about the power of vision
and getting clear on what you want
and keeping that vision before your eyes,
he made a vision board,
a very masculine one here at the office,
and he put on there,
"I am running the 5K, the Cowtown Marathon."
Well, because he wrote it down,
he visualized himself reaching that goal
and he stayed focused on that vision.
Here he is running the 5K in Fort Worth, Texas,
checking off another goal.
So you could have a vision to adopt a child
and maybe you've talked about it for years
but you've never taken steps towards it.
Get serious about it.
See, God wants to give you the desires of your heart
and He wants to pour His favor on you.
So write that vision down
and keep it constantly before your eyes.
Maybe it's to own something like a sports car
or to build your dream home, or go on a dream vacation.
This is Wanda who reached out to me on Instagram saying
that she had heard me speak
at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas
and we actually met and got a photo together,
and she said she began to light up with vision for her life
like never before.
She made a vision board of her ideal body weight,
then she said she put a dream to go on her dream vacation
to Jamaica, and for her business to grow.
Well, Wanda updated me the other day
and she has lost over 90 pounds since I met her.
She went from a size 3X to a medium, her career is growing,
and here she is on vacation in Jamaica.
Why? Because she got crystal clear on what she wanted.
So no matter what it is, designing your own website,
joining the gym, preparing a living will,
that's one that I kept saying for years
and it wasn't until I put that on my vision board
that finally last year, Rodney and I got our wills done.
What happened? We got clear on what we wanted to achieve.
So for 2021, write the vision and make it plain.
Create a vision board of your ideal life
and remember, your dreams need to be clear.
That's why we add photos to the vision board
because your mind thinks in images.
So let me close out with this, in the book of Jeremiah,
God asked Jeremiah, he said, "Jeremiah, what do you see?"
And Jeremiah began to explain, "I see the branch
of an almond tree blossoming in late winter."
And you know what God said? "You've seen well."
He said, "Now I'm watching over my word to perform it."
Then he came back to Jeremiah another time, He said,
"Jeremiah, what do you see?"
What if Jeremiah had said, "Nothing?"
Well, I'm convinced if you see nothing,
you can expect nothing.
So what if God asked you today, "What do you see?
What can you imagine me doing for you in 2021?"
And you say, "Lord, I am so glad you asked.
I see $5,000 in my savings account.
I see me carrying a baby full term
and giving birth to a beautiful baby girl.
I see 12 invitations to minister
at the largest conferences in the world.
I see my YouTube channel growing with 100,000 subscribers.
I see my debts of $19,000 paid in full.
I see me using my gifts to minister to teenage girls
at two safe houses in 2021."
Well, imagine God saying, "You've seen well.
Now I'm watching over my word to perform it."
That's a clear vision, isn't it?
So I want you to know
that you haven't lived your best days yet.
There is so much more that God wants you to see,
to have, to enjoy, and to become.
So I would love to help you make 2021
your most phenomenal year ever
by giving you my book, "Dream it. Pin it. Live it:
How to Make Vision Boards Work For You."
You just cover the shipping
and I've already paid for the printing.
All you have to do is subscribe right below,
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