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TERRI: Hey, I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader of dreams.
Hey, if you've never subscribed to this podcast, just push the
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and tips to help you live your dreams. Today I want to talk to
you about how to make the right decision. You know, your destiny
is a direct result of your next decision. How things happen over
the next two years or 20 years, it's going to be a result of the
decisions you make right now. In fact, Robert Kiyosaki said, "You
and only you are responsible for your life choices and
decisions." Of course, we know that, but let me just ask you,
what is God telling you to do? If you get honest with yourself,
did God tell you to write a book five years ago? If so, make a
decision to do it. Did He tell you to start a business, to
purchase offices? Maybe He told you to move locations, to resign
a position, to get out of a wrong relationship. Maybe He
told you to build a house, or an office, or a church, or to
launch a podcast. Maybe He's instructed you to start a blog
or to start a ministry. What about supporting a ministry or
financing the gospel with your business? Maybe God told you to
go back to school, to get a degree or a license to sell
houses or style hair or be a nurse. Here's my point, what
you've done so far is nothing compared to what you're supposed
to be doing. I'm not just speaking to you, I'm speaking to
myself, too. But I want to encourage you that it's time to
make a decision. Stop deliberating, stop worrying. Do
you know that making no decision is still making a decision? I
know, that startled me too when I first heard someone say that.
I thought, "Me not making a decision and just sitting here
is making a decision." Well, it reminds me of the story of the
four lepers who were sitting outside the city gate. They're
sitting there thinking about their situation and it dawned on
them, "We're going to die from leprosy anyway, or we could die
trying. We might as well get up and go for our dream." Finally
one of them piped up and said, "Are we just going to sit here
until we die?" Now think about it, sitting outside the gate ...
The gate was a place of transition, where the lepers
were sitting. They didn't know that they were 24 hours from the
greatest miracle they'd ever seen, but it required a
decision. A decision to transition from a place of
comfort, security, safety ... Think about that. And they go
for their dream. Well, if you've heard the story, God came
through for them, made them sound like a mighty army on the
march, because they got up and they went after what belonged to
them. They were fearless. Well, you know, I heard T.D. Jakes
say, "The moment you make up your mind that you're going
somewhere, you become a threat to the enemy." God will actually
cause you to be perceived as mightier than you are. Now when
you think about it, those lepers, they were not mighty
men. They were four old, tired, hungry, sick, desperate lepers.
Well, do you know that your enemy sees something great in
you that you don't even see in yourself? That's what it takes
to achieve big dreams. You don't know if this thing's gonna take
you out or take you over, but like T.D. Jakes says, this is
where faith begins to flourish. Well, I like this example I
heard about a water hose. Have you ever used a water hose to
wash your car or something? Maybe you hold the hose and it
sprays about three or four feet, but when you really want it to
go further, you squeeze the end of it. You put your thumb on the
end of the hose, and you actually restrict the water. Now
you would think that the restricting would make it come
out less, but it actually makes it go further than it did
without the pressure. See, Satan thinks the pressure that you're
going through is going to stop you from following through with
your decision. Let me tell you, he hopes it does. But I want you
to know, if you allow God to help you, it's only going to
make you shoot out further. So the pressure is going to launch
you out of your comfort zone and into your destiny. In fact, let
me just warn you. Don't make a permanent decision on temporary
feelings. Like Joyce Meyer says, "Feelings are fickle." They
change, but making the right decision to not settle, not stay
comfortable, to not allow the pressure to convince you to
quit, it's going to require four little words from you: a little
bit more. That's it, a little bit more. Successful people do
what's expected of them, plus a little bit more. In fact,
Charles Kendell Adams said this, "No one ever attains very
imminent success by simply doing what is required of him. It's
the amount of excellence on what is over and above the required
that determines greatness." Well, Will Smith said the same
thing pretty much. He said, "The separation of talent and skill
is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for
anyone who wants to excel and achieve their dreams." He said,
"Talent comes naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and
hours and hours of beating on your craft." He said, "I've
never really reviewed myself as particularly talented. Where I
excel is with ridiculous, sickening work ethic. While the
other guy's sleeping, I'm working. While the other guy's
eating, I'm working." Well, Barbara Corcoran, she said,
"There is no reserved sign on success. Work your buns off,"
she said, "Push yourself." Elon Musk, the iron man, he said, "If
everyone else is putting in 40 hour work weeks, you put in 80
hour work weeks. It all improves the odds of success." Well The
Bible says to whom much is given, much is required. Well,
how do you make the right decision? Let me just say, if
it's comfortable, you're probably settling somewhere you
don't belong. If it challenges you, makes you feel awkward,
unqualified, uncomfortable, but deep down you know it's right,
then make the decision to get up, go the extra mile, and go
for it. I heard somebody say one time, "Comfort and convenience
run the lives of unsuccessful people." I know, I don't like it
either. But the difference between ordinary and
extraordinary is that little word "extra". In fact, let me
close out with this poet. William Arthur Ward, a poem that
he wrote that I love, and it's all about the key to success.
This is what he says. "You're going to have to plan while
others are playing. Study while others are sleeping. Decide
while others are delaying. Prepare while others are
daydreaming. Save while others are wasting. Listen while others
are talking. Smile while others are frowning. Commend while
others are criticizing, and persist while others are
quitting." Well, you've heard the phrase, there are no traffic
jams at the extra mile. Tony Robbins said, "It's in your
moments of decision that your destiny is shaped." So, I just
wanted to give you a little pep talk today to make the tough
decision that you need to make to live your dreams. You know
what it is, now just do it. Your destiny is a result of your next
decision. Well, let me just close out with our YouTube
subscriber of the week. This week, it's Natalie Stevenson.
Natalie says this, "Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are a
cheerleader of dreams." I try to be. She said, "I play all your
stuff over and over again until it gets down in my soul and my
spirit." That's awesome. That's what you have to do. She said,
"This week, I was off track and not being focused. God used your
material to get me back on track again. Just like if you exercise
regularly but get off track for a little, it gets easier to get
back on track if you were exercising before, than if you
were totally out of shape." That's true. She said, "You're
totally helping me get fit in my mind." I love that. "Thank you.
You and your staff are like a cheerleader and a good coach in
a grueling football game." She said, "In this game of life,
it's more important that we know to fulfill our dreams, because
as Christians, we will make the world a better place and stall
the progress of the enemy." I love that! "May God bless you
guys for what you're doing." Well, Natalie Stevenson, thank
you so much for taking the time to write. We're cheering you on
to achieve your dreams. Let me just say to everybody. Any time
you're getting ready to go to a new level, the next level of
your life, it's going to demand leaving a place of comfort. I
don't like it at all. But I want to help you step out of your
comfort zone so you can go after all that God has for you. I've
developed simple, yet effective exercises you can do that is
going to challenge you in the best way possible. I think
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and you can refer to this each day. I truly believe this
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