A renewed desire to pay it forward!

When I headed to Grand Island, New York for my two day life plan - I had no idea how precious our time together would be.

We spent the better part of two days sitting together in front of a roaring fire. The windows provided the backdrop for a light snow-fall in the wooded yard. We talked, laughed, prayed, listened, and waited as the Holy Spirit directed each session.

My Life Purpose Coach Facilitator, helped me understand (at a deeper level) the story God was telling through the circumstances of my life. I could see how my strengths, values, and passions were woven throughout each frame of my life.

The entire experience gave me a renewed desire to pay it forward. I am re-committed to advancing the Kingdom.

As I head back home to Colorado, I am embracing my God given design and celebrating my unique purpose.

Restored, Renewed, Refreshed and Refocused!

To define or describe the life plan in a way that captures its depth and its eternal impact is nearly impossible. Words seem to minimize the way that this experience affected both my soul and spirit. In doing the life plan the Lord gave me the sweet revelation of my uniqueness and reawakened my heart to engage my calling.

The fact that He knit me together in my mother's womb came to life as I saw his Hand and purposes so delicately woven through every event and every season of my existence. There's great freedom in knowing that you have a unique contribution to make in impacting the Kingdom of God. It ignites your desire to live out that calling and tears down any lie that says you have to be someone else!

Through this ministry, I experienced many "aha" moments---feeling like the Lord was putting together so many pieces of the puzzle of my life. I left my two-day life plan feeling restored, renewed, refreshed and refocused. My perspective has completely changed because I am now looking through a God shaped lens rather than a ME shaped lens.

In the movie "The Wizard of Oz" there's a scene where Dorothy's home is violently pulled up into the tumultuous whirl of a tornado. Upon landing, she opens the door to find everything that was once seen in black and white, is now appearing in full color. The dramatic difference causes her to be overwhelmed and delighted in each particular hue. This picture really captures the veil that had been lifted from my heart through doing the life plan. I came home seeing everything in a new light. What was once black and white is now vibrant and bright in color. What was once a mundane trip to the grocery store is now an opportunity to influence the check out lady with a spoken word of freedom or joy. What was once a regular dinner conversation with my husband is now a time that I can intentionally allow Him to process and discover his dreams. What was once being cooped up in a house tending to my babies is now my opportunity to teach them who God says they are and to speak identity into their little hearts. Thank you Lord for allowing me to see in color!

Now when I come across people who ask me what my calling is or where I'm gifted, I will not stumble. I will not wonder. Instead, I will confidently respond with great joy, saying, "I am called to authentically influence people to discover their God-given identity, experience freedom, and embrace their dreams/purpose in order to impact the Kingdom of God."

Thank you God for rescuing me from the routine, for pursuing my heart and for inviting me back on the adventure!

My Heart Beat Fast!

God started me on a journey several years ago where I began to search for a deeper intimacy with Him. I wondered, “Is this all there is to be known, to be had of Jesus?” As I began to search with all my heart, Jesus actually gave me an awesome privilege of “finding” more of Him. He rewarded me in ways that are inexpressible. In this continuing journey He began to continually place people in my path that expressed His OWN heart of having a PLAN AND PURPOSE for my life, until I take my last breath. I cannot tell you how real this became to me. I have held fast to this “truth”, which has ultimately given me HOPE for an “unknown” future.

In the two-day process of looking at my life, I came to the realization that I have never before looked at my life from the beginning until now, to see how God had actually woven it all together. I saw that my life was not random, but rather that I was in the “Potter’s Hand” all along. The introspection brought me to the point of recognizing that the positive and happy moments in my life far outweighed the negative or sad times.

Another thing that has penetrated my heart since you coached me is that, our God is so very BIG and that He is intentional and purposeful in His leading and guiding.

The areas of my gifting, passions, values, etc. confirmed why I was uncomfortable in some roles and my “heart beat fast” when I came face to face with my passions.

I have been blessed beyond measure and privileged to have been coached.

Everything Came Together!

To be quite honest, i feel that the life coaching experience cannot necessarily be put into words. The working power of the Holy Spirit was so evident to me through the whole day/experience. It was so very encouraging to see the things i am drawn to become a part of my story and my purpose. I think this experience strengthened and brought to a new light many things that are in my heart; i had never considered them to be part of my purpose. This experience really opened my eyes to the intricate detail that God designs each one of us with. It amazes me to see my gifts, my values, my passions, my strengths all fit together to create an identifiable purpose. I feel as though words cannot describe the work of the Holy Spirit and how he put together a clear picture moment by moment. What struck me was how everything came together, seemingly out of no where. We made little connections throughout the whole day, but then to have them all be totally connected at the end was so awesome to see. This experience definitely has given me confidence in what God has purposed for me, in whatever i may be doing. I am so absolutely thankful for the opportunity to have this experience, and so thankful for Kem, who was an absolutely amazing facilitator; she allowed the Spirit to work through her in mighty ways. I am excited to learn more about my gifts/strenghs, etc. and really use them in full for the Lord. Again, i am so so thankful for this opportunity and would recommend it to anyone who is seeking the Lord and desiring to know what he/she has been created for.

ENERGIZED!!

As soon as I stepped foot into the cozy home of my Life Purpose Facilitator, I immediately felt the presence of Jesus. Friends had mentioned how the Holy Spirit totally shows up, and I couldn’t comprehend in what sort of ways until I actually experienced it first hand. It was INCREDIBLE how conversation flowed so perfectly with what would later be discussed regarding my strengths.

Before taking this, I hadn’t a clue what my spiritual gifts were and even where my true passions lied. Life Purpose helped me discover those things with much prayer, wisdom, and guidance. The best way to describe what I felt after my session is… ENERGIZED. I was ready, excited, and pumped to get out into the world and just LOVE people in the crazy ways Jesus does. Now that I know my strengths, gifts, and passions, I feel much more focused. I am aware of with whom and where I will be most effective for the Kingdom of Heaven.

Destined For His Glory and His Purposes!

“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Ps 37:4

I was a bit skeptical at first. I wondered why I needed to go through a man-made process to determine what God had designed me to be and do. If I was walking close enough to the Lord, I should be able to hear his voice and follow what He wanted me to do. After talking with some friends who had been through it, I decided this was something I needed to do, even if it just confirmed what I thought was His purpose for my life.

As I had friends praying for me, one commented that she wanted to know how my “week before” was, because Satan will get in and try all he can to prevent us from seeking God and from seeing God. I went in as prayed up as I could be, but just over a week before my scheduled life plan, life took a huge nose-dive. Every circumstance said I should cancel or postpone, but I had been forewarned. So, I stayed determined to let nothing get between me and my appointment with God for those 2 days. In preparation for this, it was suggested that I fast. Never really having done it before, I decided to give it a try. Due to my life’s “nose dive”, I discovered that I choose food to comfort me during stressful times. Yet, I couldn’t because I was fasting the very food I use. So for two weeks, during the most stress, I found I had to rely on God to be my comfort, which He was. I knew this life plan was going to have something awesome to show me if the preparation was already letting me see God.

Spending 2 days looking over my life was absolutely amazing! When do we, as women, ever do that? We look over our children’s lives through photo albums, but we don’t usually have God’s pictures of our lives to go through. That’s what this was. I could see important moments in my life and the lessons God taught me through each one and how each of those lessons has formed my values, my gifts, my abilities – me. I saw a life that by all human tendencies was destined for promiscuity, anger & bitterness. Yet, by God’s design was destined for His glory and His purposes. I was able to see that when we “delight ourselves in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our heart”. Ps 37:4.

My purpose was almost what I expected it to be, with a few adjustments, but my dreams took it to a whole new level. As I seek to “coach parents by teaching them how to keep families together and stand against the cultural norms”, I see a much bigger arena than just the church. If I think too much about it, it is very overwhelming. However, this life plan reminded me that if I continue to listen for God’s direction, I can have confidence that He has prepared me for whatever He calls me to do. Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plan to give you a hope and a future.”

Excited and Confident With Who I Am!

Before I took the life purpose coaching session, I was at a very unsettled place in my life. My purpose, and motivating passions were unclear. Although I was actively serving in my church, I felt unfilled and unsure I was really doing what God wanted me to do.

Life purpose coaching has helped me to discover who God has designed me to be, so that now, I can more clearly determine what He has designed me to do. Unlike other personal discovery tests or programs I had taken in the past, life purpose coaching helped me discover my strengths; what I excel at, instead of identifying and trying to improve my weaknesses.

I experienced a Spirit led, self discovery process that included identifying pivotal life experiences, thought provoking questions, and a strengths test, which resulted (for the first time in my life) in being excited and confident with who I am.