Insights
Fulfilling God’s Calling
🙌 “You can be the most talented person in the world but if you go in your own strength and power you still won’t be able to accomplish the God calling on your life.”
📚 Priscilla Shirer shares her practice of recording a journal for her children, capturing special moments and the fingerprints of God in their lives.
🗝️ The enemy knows our true potential and it is time for us to realize it as well, opening the drawer and embracing the treasure within us.
🌟 Jesus entrusted the disciples with power and authority before sending them out, highlighting the importance of empowerment in fulfilling one’s purpose.
⏳ “Age is just a number, and we cannot qualify young or old based on our birthdays. It’s based on our death date, and since we don’t know when that day is, I implore you Sisters to walk in a manner worthy of the calling by which you have been called.”
🌟 The privilege of hearing the calling of God on our lives is available to each and every one of us through the Holy Spirit, urging us to follow a specific direction and purpose.
💎 “When you stop acting like God hasn’t given you everything you need, you will finally recognize this little bit.”
🙏 “You don’t need more, you just need God’s blessing on what you’ve already got.”
Supernatural Power and Authority
🌟 “Blind people could see, the lame could walk, the deaf could hear, and the dead were being raised when Jesus showed up.”
🍞 Jesus miraculously fed a multitude of 15,000 hungry people with only Five Loaves and two fish, leaving them all satisfied and with leftovers.
💪 In order to accomplish supernatural tasks, you need supernatural capacity that only God can give.
🙌 “If the Lord has allowed that multitude into your experience, that means that as you currently are with the entrusted treasure, the power, the authority that he has given to you, you’ve got everything you need if you just pull out what he already has entrusted to you.”
🙏 “Jesus is whispering in your ear. Tonight enough just give it to me. I’m gonna multiply it. I’m gonna blow your mind with what I’m gonna do if you just trust it to me.”
Summary
TLDR: God’s power and provision are essential for fulfilling our purpose and accomplishing supernatural tasks, and we should trust in Him, recognize the treasure within us, and not underestimate ourselves.
- 🙏 God’s power is essential for accomplishing supernatural tasks, as shown through the speaker’s personal experience, while also expressing gratitude for the impact of Lakewood Church and mentioning her role as a mother.
1.1 To accomplish supernatural tasks, one must rely on God’s power rather than their own abilities, as demonstrated by the speaker’s personal experience at the University of Houston.
1.2 Priscilla Shirer expresses gratitude for the opportunity to be on the platform and acknowledges the impact of Lakewood Church, while also mentioning her marriage and three sons.
1.3 The speaker’s full-time job is feeding her three tall sons and she has been cooking chicken for dinner every night since her oldest son was five.
- 📝 A mother reflects on a story she wrote for her son about the Tooth Fairy, and learns a lesson about financial stewardship.
2.1 The speaker shares her practice of recording journal entries for her children, with the goal of creating a collection of writings and love letters to give to them when they are older, and she reflects on a story she wrote about her oldest son when he was five.
2.2 A boy eagerly waits for his tooth to come out so that the Tooth Fairy can replace it with a treasure, and despite his excitement, he eventually falls asleep and the tooth fairy, who happens to be the speaker’s husband, replaces the tooth in the middle of the night.
2.3 The speaker shares a story about her son receiving a gift from the Tooth Fairy, but she is annoyed by the amount of money given.
2.4 Jerry reassured Priscilla that they had saved all the five dollar bills from their son’s birthday cards in a drawer, demonstrating good financial stewardship.
- 🔑 There is hidden treasure within us that God has entrusted to us, and Jesus demonstrated God’s abundant provision by miraculously feeding a hungry multitude with only a few resources.
3.1 There is hidden treasure within us that God has already entrusted to us, and it’s time for us to recognize and utilize it.
3.2 Jesus called the Twelve, gave them power and authority, sent them out, and when they returned, they gave an account of their actions.
3.3 Jesus attracted crowds wherever he went because people knew that he could perform miracles, and when the day was ending, the disciples asked Jesus to send the crowd away so they could find food and lodging.
3.4 Jesus miraculously fed a hungry multitude of about 15,000 people with only five loaves and two fish, demonstrating that God can provide abundantly even in times of lack.
- 📚 Your assignment, whether in work, motherhood, or school, is important and should not be underestimated, as we will all be held accountable for how we handle it.
4.1 The speaker discusses the 12 disciples and how Jesus called and empowered them, emphasizing the importance of the synoptic gospels in providing multiple layers to the story, comparing it to a chocolate cake with more layers being more rich and delectable.
4.2 The disciples were exhausted and depleted after being sent out by Jesus to teach, preach, and perform miracles, and when they returned to him, they gave an account of their assignment.
4.3 Your assignment, whether it’s in a corporate setting, as a stay-at-home mother, or as a student, is still ministry and should not be undermined by others.
4.4 We all have an assignment and will have to give an account for how we handled it, regardless of our age, so we should walk in a manner worthy of our calling.
- 🙏 God is more concerned with how we live our lives to please Him than with our social media popularity, and He calls and equips us with power and authority to fulfill our purpose in ministry, reminding us to rely on His power rather than our own abilities, wait for the right timing, and not rush into things that could hinder our growth and development.
5.1 God is not concerned with our social media popularity or how well our selfies are lit, but rather with whether we have lived a life that pleases Him.
5.2 God calls and equips believers with power and authority to fulfill their purpose in ministry.
5.3 God calls and equips people for supernatural tasks, and it is important to rely on His power rather than our own abilities.
5.4 God gives us a calling and sends us out, but it is important to wait for the right timing and not rush into things, as premature actions can hinder the growth and development of what God wants to accomplish in us.
5.5 You have been purposeful and intentional in your marriage, parenting, and work to provide the best for your family.
- 🙏 Intimacy with Jesus is the key to being replenished in life’s challenges; God multiplies what you have when you recognize the treasure in your life and don’t underestimate yourself.
6.1 Intimacy with Jesus is the cure for exhaustion and the key to being replenished and refreshed in the midst of life’s challenges.
6.2 The feeding of the five thousand is not just about the multitude being fed, but also about the disciples being fed physically, spiritually, and emotionally, as they are given the opportunity to witness the power of God multiplying their small offering into abundance.
6.3 God multiplies what you have when you stop ignoring and start recognizing the treasure waiting to be unveiled in your life.
6.4 Priscilla Shirer discusses how often we pray for our problems to be taken away without realizing that those very problems are opportunities for God to work miracles in our lives.
6.5 Don’t underestimate yourself or think you need more, because if God has given you a task, you already have everything you need to accomplish it.
- 🙏 Trust God with what you have, as He has already provided everything you need to fulfill your purpose, and He can bless it with favor and abundance.
7.1 God asks what you have, and before you can respond, He tells you to go and look because what you’re complaining about is something you already have access to.
7.2 God has already provided everything we need to fulfill our purpose, we just need to go and look for it and put it in His hands.
7.3 Trust your dreams to God, as he can take the little you have and bless it with favor, leading to abundance and satisfaction.
- 🙏 God is preparing you for more, so trust in Him, give your burdens to Jesus, and have a posture of abundance, believing in His ability to exceed your expectations.
8.1 God is preparing you for more, and it is not a quick and easy process, but rather a satisfying and fulfilling one.
8.2 Jesus performed a miracle by feeding a multitude, leaving them so satisfied that there were 12 baskets of leftovers, and the speaker offers a prayer for those who are feeling overwhelmed.
8.3 Give your burdens to Jesus and trust that he will multiply and exceed your expectations, as he is sovereign over your life and his mercy endures forever.
8.4 Priscilla Shirer prays for a change in perspective, courage to entrust their gifts to God, cancellation of any attacks from the enemy, and a posture of abundance, believing in God’s ability to do above all that we ask or think.
