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- Hey friends, it's Terri Savelle Foy,
your cheerleader of dreams.
You know, on today's video, you're gonna learn the four keys
to getting ready for your calling.
I want you to know that now is the time
for you to prepare for what God wants to do in your life.
It's time for you to get ready
and to be ready for your opportunities.
You know I believe this year
is gonna be very significant for you.
Your preparation this year
is vital to the breakthroughs that God's gonna bring.
But first, let me do a little quiz with you just for fun.
Let's see if you can figure this out,
which actor, handsome actor I might add
was at club one night and a guy walked in outta nowhere
and asked him to come read some lines?
Now he didn't know a thing about acting,
in fact, he was studying movies behind the scenes
but instead of admitting that,
he decided to just act on the opportunity.
He said, sure.
He went in there, read three lines for a movie
that turned into three weeks of work, paid him $300 a day
and people were telling him, you're pretty good at this.
And today he's an Academy Award winning actor,
People's Choice, Golden Globe, you name it.
Was it Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Matthew McConaughey,
or Bradley Cooper?
Now I'll answer that in just a little bit
just to keep you hanging.
Okay, back to our topic now that
you know you ladies are picturing all those guys.
Okay, so years ago, before I was doing any of this
I was just starting to practice
hearing God's voice for my life.
And I heard this phrase,
when I know you're ready get ready.
Now I wasn't even totally sure what that meant
but I knew God was warning me
to start preparing for the dreams I had inside,
to prepare for what he was calling me to do.
Whatever your dream is, your big goals for this year,
you need to prepare for them now,
and see when you prepare for something
that isn't even happening yet, that's faith.
Do you know how vitally important your faith is to God?
Bible says he scours the whole earth, not looking for money,
he's looking for faith,
he's looking for people preparing for their calling,
their opportunities and their dreams.
Prepare for what you asked God for.
So I wanna share with you
(keys dangling) four keys,
I knew those were gonna be loud to preparation.
You ready?
Okay, number one is look.
Let me put my loud keys down.
God said to Abraham, look as far as you can see.
What is this?
Vision.
What do you see in your future
when you look as far as you can?
See, you've gotta see it on the inside
before it shows up on the outside.
In fact, let me tell you this,
I heard a story about the little animal, the African Impala
which I thought was a car, but apparently it's an animal.
Anyway, the Impala can jump 10 feet high and 30 feet long.
However, you will find them at a zoo
behind a four foot wall
and they won't even attempt to get out.
Why?
Because he can't see over the fence
and he will never attempt to jump where he can't see first.
Well, people are the same way,
you've gotta see where you're headed first
with your dreams and goals in writing,
you've gotta see it
before you start taking steps towards it.
See the Bible says when Jesus saw their faith,
can Jesus see your faith?
Is it written down anywhere?
I remember the first time I wrote,
I speak at events with people I respect and admire
like John Maxwell and Les brown.
And you know what, that was laughable.
I'm a woman who sounds like Mini Mouse,
nobody in my circles was speaking
at success events with those guys.
But I had to be bold enough to just write it down.
Or when I wrote that, you know, I host my own TV show.
That was ridiculous.
You know how much it cost to air a TV show
or hire a TV crew?
But I had to just look as far as I could.
I remember writing down
that my books are translated in five languages.
I didn't even have one of in English
(chuckles) when I wrote that down.
But I said, I want my books in Dutch, Dutch.
It's not the most common language
but is it a coincidence?
Here I am speaking at events with John Maxwell, Les brown,
here I am hosting my own TV broadcast
or launching my books in Dutch.
Here's my point, you've gotta see it before you see it
like Michael Todd says, right,?
Have the audacity to look
where you wanna go write your vision down, got it?
Number two, expect.
Proverbs 23:18 says,
and your hope and expectation will not be cut off.
What does this mean
when you fully expect someone to do what they said?
You thank them.
You know, I think about when I first started
my ICING Women's Conference,
I was borrowing my dad's church
and our budget was really low,
but back then it was really high for me.
And I remember I was driving home from the office
and my assistant Donna called me and she said,
Terri, you're not gonna believe this,
she said, your friend just called
and said he wants to underwrite the entire ICING Conference.
I said, what, did you tell him it's $5,000?
She said, I told him the price.
He said, he's sending the money.
And I was like, wait a minute, $5,000?
So I said, Donna, we gotta send him something.
Let's send him a bunt cake
and tell him he is nothing bunt the best.
(chuckles)
Then I said, gimme his phone number,
I wanna call him and thank him.
I pulled over on the side of the road, called him,
I said, I don't even know what to say,
I'm just overwhelmed that you would do this for us.
I said, thank you, thank you, thank you.
And he said the money's on the way.
Now think about it,
he didn't gimme his credit card over the phone,
Donna didn't have the check in her hand,
and he just said, I'm sending you the money,
I'm underwriting the conference.
And I trust him so much because I know him
that I went ahead and thanked him
before I even saw the money.
Well, you know what, God's the one who said your hope
and expectations shall not be cut off.
Well see when you start praising
and thanking God before the breakthrough,
that is the highest expression of your faith in God.
Your gratitude to God
before the breakthrough speaks volumes to him.
It demonstrates complete and total trust in him,
so much that you're gonna go ahead and thank him for it.
Does that make sense?
So start your prayer time
thanking God for what he's about to do.
In fact, I have a place in here in my journal here
where you can journal your gratitude every day.
So start your prayer time thanking him, journal it.
Okay, before I get to number three,
I wanna do another giveaway on Instagram to three winners
like I did last week.
I love seeing your post on Instagram.
So I'm gonna give away my custom planner
which ties in with my message today.
Now, not only are you gonna feel so organized
and just in control of your schedule
but there's a place for you
to write your dreams and goals for this year,
a place to journal your gratitude
like we just talked about out every single day
exactly what I'm sharing with you
that prepares you for your calling.
And even key number three is in here too
which I'm gonna explain in a second.
Now these planners, they sell for $49
but I'm gonna give away three today.
So all you have to do to enter the contest is number one,
follow me on Instagram, @terrisavellefoy.
Number two, screenshot this podcast.
Now I'm just gonna do a little pose.
(chuckles)
Screenshot the podcast, whatever you want
I can be making a weird face,
but post the screenshot on your Instagram story
and tag me in it @terrisavellefoy.
Now I'm gonna look through all the tag photos
and I'm gonna pick three winners today
and I'll message you so I can get your address
and send you the planner.
And you can just let me know
which of these three colors you like the best.
Does that sound good?
I can't wait to see you.
Oh, and real fast, would you take a quick second
and just let me know if you enjoy these little videos
by pushing the subscribe button.
You know, that means so much to me
and I just wanna say thank you so much for doing that.
Okay, number three,
God's word says faith without actions is dead.
Now, what does this mean?
Well, the action I wanna suggest is this,
hear God's word to build your faith.
See you've gotta have faith
to achieve the dreams in your heart.
Well, how do you get more faith?
Romans 10:17 says, faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the word of God.
That's why I ask you to subscribe to this channel
so that you get into that habit of hearing the word.
Now here's the thing, whoever has your ear,
and yes, I just happened to have a ear here,
whoever has your ear has your faith.
You know, you've probably heard stories
of how I got desperate years ago.
I was in a rut, I was separated from my husband, Rodney,
I was in debt, I had no vision for my life
and all I did was start with one change to hear God's word.
I got a big old CD player back in 2002,
I stole a bunch of my parents CD's,
I put a little post-it on my mirror that said "push play".
And I did it for 21 days.
And that's when I heard John Maxwell say
the secret of your future is in your daily routine.
He said, if you change your routine,
you can change your whole life.
So I thought, well, gosh, I'm gonna keep going.
At the end of 21 days, I went for 30,
at the end of that month, I went for two months.
That was in 2002, 20 years ago
and I've never stopped, but this single habit
of building my faith, hearing God's word,
you've heard me say it took me
from ghost writing books to authoring books,
from attending conferences to speaking at conferences,
from just watching TV after work to hosting a TV show.
What happened?
Well as my faith grew from hearing God's word,
everything around me grew.
So here's my question,
in an average week, how much faith are you hearing?
You know this ear, this is one of God's greatest creations
on our body, who ever has control over your ears,
controls your faith.
Is it the news, your favorite influencer, your hair stylist.
I heard Michael Todd say,
I don't even have to know who has your ear,
just show me your friends
and I can tell you how you believe.
So you've gotta protect your ears, protect your faith,
because when God calls you to step out
to take a leap of faith,
you're gonna respond based on your faith has been built on,
what you put in, comes out, right?
So I want you to put so much faith in your heart
that your faith isn't moved by your circumstances,
no, your circumstances are moved by your faith.
I heard somebody say,
this is how people with big dreams walk around.
They cover their ears, they protect their faith.
So I have a place for you to record
what you're listening to, what you're reading,
investing in yourself in the planner.
And don't worry about
trying to remember all these action steps,
I put my list of the keys to preparation
along with the action steps
to take in your free download this week.
So all you have to do is click the link in the description
to get that list today,
and just use as checklist this year
to make sure you're doing
what God wants you to do to be ready.
And I added my 10 scriptures
I'm personally declaring all year long
to build my faith to be ready.
And I know you're gonna love this list,
so get these scriptures down on the inside of you
so that nobody can talk you out
of what God has put in your heart to do.
So click the link in the description
and get your free download real quick.
Number four, prepare.
Ezekiel 38:7 says, get ready, prepare yourself.
Preparation time is never a waste of time.
Start doing something.
You know, Zig Ziegler said,
you don't have to be great to start
but you have to start to be great.
I read where Larry Bird would shoot 500 free throw shots
every morning before he went to school.
After Jim Carey would sit in front of a mirror
and just contort his face for hours perfecting his skills,
Winston Churchill, one of the greatest orators ever
practiced his speeches compulsively they said.
So people are rewarded in public
for what they practice in private.
So what do you need to do today to prepare, to be proactive?
Get your credit score in order, start reading one book,
go to the bank, join the gym write the first chapter,
save money, clean out the garage, enroll in a class.
Remember when opportunity comes, it's too late to prepare.
So I want you to think about those four keys,
look, expect, act, prepare for the dreams in your heart.
What does that spell?
Leap?
Take a leap of faith and get ready now,
so when God brings your opportunities,
you're ready to seize them.
Okay, let's answer the quiz,
which actor was at a club one night
and some random guy walked in outta nowhere
asked him to come read some lines,
he took a leap of faith, seized the opportunity
and today he's one of the greatest actors,
he's won every kind of award you can imagine?
(drum roll plays) Was it Robert down Jr,
Jude Law, Matthew McConaughey or Bradley Cooper?
The answer is all right, all right, all right,
(chuckles) you guess it,
my fellow Texan Matthew McConaughey.
(upbeat ambient music) And that first movie
was dazed and confused.
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