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Filling your cup up with the right kind of water Aug 24, 2020

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What have you been allowing to give you a false sense of value and worth?
How many followers I have on social media? How many people like my posts? Whether or not our job is impressive or just ordinary and plain? Flashy vacations and clothes make us feel valuable and pretty?

We make all of these things so important that they start to become idols in our lives. We begin to worship them more than we worship God. We begin to be more concerned about them more than we are concerned about our relationship with God.
Today, we break down the story of the Samaritan woman in John 4. God have traveled a long way for you to ask for water. We need water to survive, correct. Without real water, we die. But Jesus isn’t talking about water-water anymore. He is talking about Himself being the living water. He is LIFE. HE is EVERYTHING. Without Him, we DIE. WE perish to . But He doesn’t want that for His daughter. No matter how far away you are, even if you have made mistakes, have a bad reputation, He is coming through Samaria for YOU.
Are you still focused on that worldly water? The kind you drink and get thirsty again later? The kind that gives you worldly value, yet we wonder why we still feel empty and not whole. Or are you doing things for the Lord, finding your value in the Lord, feeling whole in Him, and drinking that living water?

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It’s time to release your control, my fellow control freak. Aug 17, 2020

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Are you a control freak like me? You want things your way. You have a hard time allowing others to help you because you’re afraid they will “do it wrong.” Do you have a habit of hustle and grind, getting overworked and ending up exhausted because “if it’s meant to be, it’s up to me!” You get that anxious feeling when you have to delegate trust and duties? You are a planner and if the next week isn’t planned out to perfection with all of your answers answered, you live the next 7 days in worry and stress? You hate not knowing how things will turn out. You lose sleep because of to-do lists. I could keep going and going because this is literally my life.

Sometimes, my inner control freak gets so out of hand, it can gets in the way of my faith and belief in God. My “if it’s meant to be, it’s up to me” attitude can cause me to grind and hustle, leaving me to forget God plays a huge part in my success. I do what I think is best to try to get the results I want...and sometimes what I want is not always what God wants for me.
So today, we study the story of Abraham and Sarah. Sarah, was a control freak like us. Her and her husband has a huge blessing promised from God, but Sarah really struggled with believing it would ever come true. So she took matters into her own hands, and it did not turn out like she wanted. Her promise starts off in Chapter 15. It is finally fulfilled in Chapter 21.
It's time to stop worrying and stressing about how fast or slow your timeline is. Stop being anxious over your chapter 21 that isn’t even here yet. That’s not your job. You just think you’re in control. Funny thing is, God has the control. So give your control back to God. See how that looks on you for a while. I have a feeling, you’ll going to like it.

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Bonus Episode! Mindset Reset - Rest, sister. Aug 12, 2020

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Ahhh! Who doesn't extra episodes during the week?
Be extra, like guac. That's my life motto.
God prompted me to do a quick bonus episode this week over something He had to remind me of yesterday...REST, SISTER. Yesterday, I allowed my mind to get overwhelmed. Kids + work + to-do lists + negativity on social media = a very impatient, frustrated Valarie. And I was not liking the person I was being. Then, God reminded me of a crucial verse in Luke about how even Jesus rested. He would have to go away to lonely places to rest. And if Jesus had to do it, then we need to do it too.
So I encourage you today to be spiritual aware. Are you feeling stressed and overwhelmed and that is overflowing into your day? Breathe and rest in His presence today. Let God just love on you for a moment and fill your cup back up.
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Have you been wanting to grow a closer relationship with God but just don’t know where to start? I can help! Send me a DM in Instagram to schedule a 10 minute consult call and let’s see if my clarity sessions are what you need for guidance!
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Have a testimony, not an excuse Aug 10, 2020

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Do you have something in your life right now, maybe a dream, and aspiration, maybe a prayer or a request, that just seems impossible? You don’t see how you can do it on your own? You don’t see how it’s even possible? You don’t feel capable enough to handle it? You don’t feel like you’re made to achieve this dream you have? All the doubt, worry, skepticism is flooding your mind and you can’t see past it. You’re staring at a Goliath and it’s too scary and big to conquer.

I thought of the story of David and Goliath. Goliath was coming out of this tent daily and taunting the Israelites, making them scared and fearful. They didn’t think they were strong enough to defeat Goliath or the Philistines. They felt too small, too weak. The task as hand felt unconquerable. Kind of like how you might feel right now?
David was told by many people, including King Saul, "You're JUST a boy." Do you have a Saul voice in your head telling you "you're just a mom" or "you're just a woman"? So many times we allow our inner Saul voice to win. We listen to the fears, we listen to our doubts, we listen to the doubts and concerns of others, and we allow our excuses to control our outcomes.
Have you been allowing your excuses to win? Have you been allowing your excuses to hold you down, keep you from growing? Have you been obeying your fears instead of being obedient to God? Do you have an excuse? Or do you want a testimony? How do you want your story to pan out?
I don’t want excuses anymore. I want a testimony.
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Have you been wanting to grow a closer relationship with God but just don’t know where to start? I can help! Send me a DM in Instagram to schedule a 10 minute consult call and let’s see if my clarity sessions are what you need for guidance!
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God’s love is relationship goals Aug 03, 2020

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Today, I wanted to focus on relationships. While I don’t consider myself an expert , I have been married for almost 11 years, been together for almost 13. And prior to my husband, I dealt with plenty of heartbreak. So this episode is focusing on the things I have learned about relationships, love, marriage. And hopefully you can take something and apply it to your current or future relationships so they are God centered.

First, you need to understand what love is and where love comes from. For God is love. Maybe you are feeling a void in your soul from where your love used to be. And right now you’re feeling like the only way that void can be filled is back with the one who broke it. But the love of a man is not what will make you whole. 1 John says “God is love”. It doesn’t say your spouse is love. It doesn't say your ex is love. It says GOD is love. A partner won’t make you whole. God’s love makes you whole.
Be whole in God. God is love. You need to fully know God before you can love.

God’s love is perfect. God’s love is pure. God’s love is everlasting. God sent his son to die on the cross for His church. So your spouse should love you unconditionally. Not just when He wants to. Not just when it’s convenient for him. UNCONDITIONALLY. Love is not selfish. Love is not about what you can do for him and he disrespects you. He shouldn’t only be around when it’s convenient for him. He shouldn’t only call you when he wants something. He shouldn’t be ashamed of you. He should love you as much as he loves himself. He should love you the way GOD loves the church. That should be your standard! Do not settle for anything less.

Your marriage. Your relationship should be one of 3 strands. One strand is you. One strand is your spouse. One strand is God. Have a God-centered marriage. One where you are whole in God. Your husband is whole in God. And together, you’re not easily broken. Your spouse shouldn't fill your void. You’re setting them up for failure because their human. They’re not perfect. They will let you down. But God is love. And if you both know God, you will both know love. And you’re marriage will not easily be broken.
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Have you been wanting to grow a closer relationship with God but just don’t know where to start? I can help! Send me a DM in Instagram to schedule a 10 minute consult call and let’s see if my clarity sessions are what you need for guidance!
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FB: Valarie Reynolds
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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Breaking the chains of worry Jul 27, 2020

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Worry is so widespread, so commonplace, we just expect it in our lives, don’t we? And I don’t think any of us are immune to worry, including me. So this is for anything who struggles with worry. Deep struggles. Occasional struggles. Daily struggles. Struggles every once in a while.

Worry keeps us from looking at the blessings in our life. Worry keeps us from remembering God’s truths and promises about our life. Worry keeps us laser focused on fear, the unknown, this cycle of scary and fearful thoughts that we dwell on. And the more we dwell on them, the scarier the what-if scenarios become. The bigger the worry fire becomes.

Worry is NOT from God. It is not ok to sit in your worry. It is not ok for your soul and your faith to dwell in your anxiety. Who called you an anxious person? Who titled you a worrisome person? Says who?? Says you? Says the devil? How about says God??

NOT ANY MORE!

Do not let the devil win any more because of your worry. You want to conquer your worry? Fertilize that faith of yours. Have such a strong Faith (being hopeful for what we cannot see) that you can look at your worry and say “listen. I see you worry. And I can choose to sit in you. But I don’t choose you. I choose not to dwell in you any longer. Because I know My God will come through. Again. Like he has done for me time and time again. God fights my battles. He has gone before me. And I have that kind of Faith so you can say "You have no more power over me, worry!”

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My favorite podcast moments so far Jul 20, 2020

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Hey friends! Today's episode is a little bit different! I wanted to share clips of some of my most favorite and powerful podcast episodes to date! There are my personal favorites, the ones near and dear to my heart. I might have gotten a little extra emotional while recording these and they just need to be given another listen to!
So enjoy! And if you hear one that you need to relisten to, here is the list of the episodes highlighted on today's podcast!
Episode 1- Feeling Unqualifed
Episode 7- Peace isn't happiness
Episode 21- Giving Everthing to God
Episode 20- Right on Time
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Are your habits suffocating your growth? Jul 13, 2020

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Today, I want to talk about habits. I think we all can agree there are good habits and bad habits. Some of us have good eating habits. We eat healthy foods, lots of fruits and veggies, avoiding processed sugars, avoiding too much of a good thing like carbs or fats. You do things in moderation and you make good choices. Others of us have bad eating habits. We give our bodies empty calories, too much processed food, too many sugars, too many carbs, too much sodium. And have you ever tried to break that bad habit? You know your body needs more fruits and veggies...but you find yourself going back to the same old bad eating habit. You know better! But knowing and doing are two totally different things. And more often than not, the bad habit eventually starts winning again.

Now that’s about a physical habit, but we have spiritual habits too.
Just as our bodies need healthy foods to maintain our energy and physiology in the right way, our spirit also needs it’s healthy portions of God’s word, grace, and love in order to remain healthy. But some of us suffer from bad eating habits for our spirit. We want to fill our souls up with God’s promises, but we still want to entertain the lies and deceit that come from the devil. We want to walk more closely with God, but we can’t seem to shake that inner voice of shame and guilt telling us we aren’t worthy enough. And this can make us feel helpless. It can make us struggle with our belief in God. It can cause us to constantly feel like we will never be good enough to walk confidently on the journey He has prepared for us.
So today’s episode is titled “Are your habits suffocating your growth?” Because if they are, we are going to put a stop to them today. Today, we are going to draw a line in the sand, leaving our old habits behind us and we are going to step into our truths and promises CONFIDENTLY. Because you actually can break your old habits. You are not chained to them. Those chains can be broken. Your old self is gone today. You will walk in your new truths TODAY.

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Knock out the Negativity Jul 06, 2020

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In today’s episode, I wanted to tackle our negative thoughts. Our minds are constantly filled with these toxic negative self-talk but negative thoughts go beyond our self-talk. Our fears of the future are negative thoughts. Cancelling out a positive with a negative statement is a form of our negative thoughts. “I lost 3 lbs this week but I was aiming for 5 lbs so I’m still fat.” Focusing on the one frustrating hour that happened today with the kid instead of remembering the other 23 hours that were actually peaceful and full of joy and laughter.

And so many times, we don’t even begin to recognize these “smaller” negative thoughts as toxic, do we? They seem so small and harmless. They are out of habit ad we don’t even realize they're negative.Some of us have a habit of being negative and we don’t even realize we do it.

So what I want to focus on today is two things:

Help you recognize the negativity and toxic thoughts in your daily life
Help you pivot that thought back around to the positive, the thought that is based on God’s promises and truths

This is not about turning you into positive polly and you walk around like a cheerleader 24/7, all perky and smiling. This is about living a life in accordance with Jesus Christ. It is about keeping our minds centered on God. It’s about allowing God to infiltrate EVERY aspect of our lives, including our thoughts. Most importantly our thoughts!

Don’t you want to be living a life where God is with you, providing you with this peace that transcends our understanding? Do you want to keep going down this road of being the negative nancy? (sorry nancy). How does life feel when you’re mind is saturating with negative, down, fearful thoughts? It’s pretty exhausting isn’t it. We don’t like to be there. So let me help you start practicing capturing our thoughts and focusing our energies only on our thoughts “worthy of praise”.

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Finding your strength when you’re feeling weak- Part 2 Jun 29, 2020

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This is a continuation of our two part series from last week! Last week, I started a series called How to find your strength when you’re feeling weak. And we talked about Step 1- moving over and resting. Trusting God in faith to handle things. Taking your Sabbath. We are not make everlasting, so we need to recharge. It was all about letting Jesus take the wheel and you need to realize you need REST.

This week- it’s going to be fun. If your nature is more of fight first, Part 2 is going to be right up your alley. Or you know what, even if you’re not the put-up-a fight first women, this is still for you! Don’t count yourself out for this because this is so important to understand and practice. But it’s definitely the more “hands on” approach of finding your strength when you’re feeling weak.

“ Kingdom-style leaders who do this are a force to be reckoned with and make Satan quake because he has nothing in his armory to stop them.” -- Armory -- Armour -- The Armour of God. So Step 2 of finding your strength when you’re feeling weak: put on that amour and protect yourself! The devil isn’t a dummy. He is smart. He knows the exact atmosphere that is conducive to you creating your own self destruction. BUT- if I arm myself with the armour of God, I will be more aware of how the atmosphere around me changes! Let’s go over them first and I will explain how they will protect you from yourself. How you can use them to fight off those things that wear us down and make us tired.

You know that saying “be the woman who’s feet hit the ground and makes satan say “oh , she’s up.” Make him say oh she’s up! Because you know how to use your armor, sister!! Make satan get on the defensive, backing up, doing what he can to keep you from scoring. Don’t let him or any of this atmosphere changes keep you down, weak and exhausted. RISE UP!

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