TERRI: This one thing reveals where your life is headed. In
fact, let's talk about the number one indicator that shows
where your life will be over the next six months.
Hey, I'm Terri Savelle and you're watching
Live Your Dreams. I pray that as you invest in
yourself today, you're captivated, and you're
catapulted to live your dreams. You're going to have to learn to
become your own best cheerleader to achieve your dreams. In fact,
I remember years ago, I was on TBN doing an interview with
several other preacher's kids and Dwight Thompson was
interviewing each one of us. He was just asking, "Did you always
know that you were going to preach like your father, or like
your grandfather?" It was all these men and me. Every single
one of them said, "Yes, I've always known, since I was a
little boy, I was going to preach the gospel." "Yep, I've
known my whole life. I'm going to preach the gospel like
my dad, like my grandpa." Then they got to me and I said, "I
just wanted to be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, that's
about it." That's as high as my dreams went. Well, now I get to
be a cheerleader of dreams and to do my best to keep you
motivated to go after the dreams that God's put in your heart,
but I can do my part. However, wouldn't it be nice if John
Maxwell, Jerry Savelle, Joyce Meyer, Kenneth Copeland, would
show up at your front door, the alarm sounds, you hear the
doorbell, there's Brother Copeland saying, "I'm here to
keep you motivated. I'm here to tell you to use your faith, that
all things are possible." Well, it's likely it's not going to
happen. In fact, we have to become our own best cheerleader.
We have to learn to keep ourselves motivated with the
world of God to do what God's put in our hearts to do. In
fact, you may have heard this story. I've told it several
times how years ago when I was going through such a hard time,
I usually keep everything inside and I was just kind of at a
breaking point in my life. I went over to my parent's house
and I just said, "Dad, I just can't take it anymore. I just
feel like quitting, I feel like giving up." My dad looked at me
and he said, "The Savelles are not quitters, you understand
me?" He said, "Quitting is not in your blood. We're going to
get through this." Of course, I just stood there in the kitchen,
looking off into space. My dad says, "What are you thinking
about?" I said, "I think I'm adopted." Well, I'm telling you,
I had to learn to encourage myself. I've had to learn to
become my own best cheerleader to achieve my dreams. Well, what
does God's word say that we should do? We see in 1 Samuel,
31:6. It says, "David encouraged himself in the Lord, his God."
In other words, he became his own best cheerleader. How do you
do that? With the words of your mouth. Do you know that your
voice is the most influential voice in your life? Your voice!
It's not the voice of other people, it's not your spouse,
your kids, your employer. Your voice is the most influential
voice in your life. In fact, if you want to see where your life
is headed, listen to the words that are coming out of your
mouth. Your words are the biggest indicator of where your
life is going to be over the next six months, the next year,
the next five years! Your words are the most powerful weapon
that God has given you to achieve your dreams or to
absolutely destroy your dreams. Let's talk about words for a
minute. I just wrote a book called Pep Talk and I did a
little study on words that I thought was pretty interesting.
Just for your information, listen to this. 2,000 words.
Research shows that 2,000 words account for 95% of the
vocabulary used in daily conversations. Only 2,000 words!
That proves that we don't need to be an English scholar, we
don't need to know a ton of words to be an English
communicator. But it's not how many words you use, it's how you
use them, right? Another point: apparently women use more words
than men. 13,000 more words per day, to be exact. They say that
women speak about 20,000 words per day with guys speaking about
7,000 words per day. Scientists believe it's because of higher
levels of protein, called the language protein, is found in
the female brain. You just thought you had the gift of gab,
but they say now we can silence men with science. Do you
remember that old joke, the three fastest ways to send a
message: telephone, telegraph, and tell a woman. It's a gift we
have. Then, think about the most popular word on the planet,
okay? That's it: okay. It is the most popular word on the planet.
They say that it is the most frequently spoke or typed word
across the globe in languages all over the world. What people
don't agree on is where it came from, but many people believe
that word okay came from a railroad worker named Obadiah
Kelly. He said that his job was to put his initials on packages
before they went on the train to go. That was kind of like a
stamp of approval, Obadiah Kelly. He would stamp OK and
that meant it's approved to go. They said it caught on, people
just started saying okay for approval. That's okay with me.
My point is certain things just catch on and we say them, and we
don't even know where they came from, we don't even really know
what they mean, but we just say them. In fact, certain clichés
- I thought this was so interesting - certain clichés
that catch on, like have you ever used that phrase, "Cat got
your tongue?" People say that all the time, "Cat got your
tongue?" Meaning you're being silent on a matter, why won't
you say anything, did cat get your tongue? I never liked that
one, but do you know where that came from? Listen to this. This
stems from middle eastern punishment when liars tongues
were ripped out of their mouths and fed to the king's cats.
That's disgusting. Cat got your tongue, and you say that! Well,
now you have a whole new meaning behind it. What about this one?
Have you ever used that phrase to bite the bullet? People say
that when they mean just knuckle down and do something you don't
want to do. Just bite the bullet and do it. Do you know where
that cliché came from? They say it came from years ago, before
doctors had anesthesia, they would operate on wounded
soldiers and they would literally give them a bullet to
bite on to distract them from the pain. Think about that, bite
the bullet. We say it like, "Just bite the bullet and go
apologize to someone one." They meant it like, "Bite the bullet,
I'm going to take your appendix out." Bite the bullet, that
gives it a whole new meaning, doesn't it? What about this one?
Have you ever heard that phrase give them the cold shoulder?
People say that, "Boy, she really gave you the cold
shoulder." We think of it like in a snobbish way, being
antisocial or kind of rude, literally give them the cold
shoulder. Do you know where that came from? This medieval England
custom was used to give a guest a cold piece of meat from the
shoulder of the lamb, the pork, or beef, when the host felt it
was time for the guest to leave. It was a subtle way of saying,
"It's time to go. Give them the cold shoulder." Isn't that
funny? Just as clichés, idioms, even childish terms, they start
to catch on. We say these things all the time without realizing
where they came from, what they really mean. The same is true
with negative statements. We get into a rut, we get into a habit
of just making negative declarations, negative
statements, negative sentences out of our mouth and we have no
idea what it really means, it's origin, or especially, it's
impact on our lives. The bible actually says that death and
life are in the power of the tongue, proverbs 18:21. Death
and life are in the power of the tongue. The bible also says that
we are snared by the words of our mouth. Do you know what a
snare is? A snare is nothing more than a trap. When we're
speaking negative words out of our mouths, bible says we're
snared or we're trapped by the words of our mouth. We are
trapping ourselves into the very thing we don't want to happen.
When we make statements like, "I could never afford something
like that." Okay, you just trapped yourself into never
affording something like that. Or when you say, "I could never
live in a house that big." Okay, you just trapped yourself into
never living in a house that big. Or saying things like, "I
don't know, I just have a slow metabolism. No matter what I do,
I can't lose weight." Okay, you just trapped yourself into
always having a slow metabolism and no matter what you do, you
won't lose weight. We get into those little ruts of just saying
it because other people say it. "I'll be the last one to get
promoted at this rate." Okay, you just trapped yourself into
being the last one to get promoted. We're limiting
ourselves by our vocabulary, by the words of our mouth. We have
to stop all those, "I could never," statements from coming
out of our mouths and realize that our words are locking us
into that very thing that we want out of. Many times, it's
just a result of the environment that we're in. We get accustomed
to hearing it, our friends talk that way, our neighbors, our
relatives, our coworkers talk a certain way, and we just start
to catch on. We just start to chime in with them and say,
"Yep, economy sure is getting bad. I'll probably get laid
off." Well, we have to remember just how powerful our words are.
You've heard of the Miranda rights? The Miranda rights just
simply say, "Everything you say can and will be used against
you." It really is true. Just this week, I was listening to a
minister and he said, "Try saying this phrase after every
statement. After every statement, just practice saying
this." That's, "Just the way I want it." Imagine saying
something like this, "That's too expensive for me and that's just
the way I want it." "I never get any good breaks and that's just
the way I want it." Or, "I'm just unlucky, and that's just
the way I want it." Imagine saying that! Or, "I could never
make that much money, you're telling me to believe for
100,000? I could never make that much money and that's just the
way I want it." Or, "I will never get out of debt, that's
just the way I want it." When you add that little sentence to
the end of it, kind of changes the perspective, doesn't it? If
you don't want that to manifest in your life, don't speak it.
Pep Talk, this book I wrote on the language of success, it's a
two way street. It's number one, we have to make ourselves stop
speaking negative statements. Just practice that. When you
hear yourself start to make a negative statement, maybe you
look in the mirror and your body's out of shape, and you
want to say, "Gosh, I look so fat!" Just imagine saying,
"That's just the way I want it." Number one, make yourself stop
speaking negative words out of your mouth. When you're about to
say it, just grab it and say, "I'm not going to let that come
out of my mouth because I don't want that to manifest in my
life. I don't want to be trapped by these negative words." Number
two, start speaking positive declarations out of your mouth.
See, it's one thing to think it, but you have to speak it. I love
what Joyce Meyers says, "Every time you speak it out, you
believe it in a stronger way." When you look in the mirror and
you want to gross out and you want to say, "I look so fat."
Don't say it, but then say the opposite. Say, "I'm fit, firm,
and muscular. I'm in the best shape of my life. I have a fast
metabolism, I'm freeing my relationship to food. I eat what
I want to eat and I maintain my perfect weight." If you'll
change what you're saying, you'll change what you're
saying. Eventually, your actions are going to line up with your
words and your body's going to get in shape. I want to teach
you how to develop this language of success. I want you to watch
this special announcement. When I be back, I'm
going to share some powerful truths to help
you go to the next level. I'll be right back.
ANNOUNCER: Your words can be used to describe
your life, or they can be used to change your life. That's why
Terri is offering you her new book, Pep Talk. Learn the
language of success through positive declarations. In it,
you'll discover what to say from God's word about your freedom,
faith, finances, family, fitness, and your future dreams
and goals. Use the sample declarations including Terri's
personal daily pep talk to unlock your potential and rise
to new levels. For a limited time, when you request the Pep
Talk book, we'll also send you the positive declarations CD. As
you listen to and confess these powerful declarations, your life
will attract the success God has for you. Don't delay, call toll
free 800-795-5597 or visit us online at Terri.com to request
your copy of Pep Talk along with the positive declarations CD.
Discover the power of your words to make you
happier, healthier, and more successful today.
TERRI: Thank you for watching. I'm passionate about teaching
people to live their dreams, obviously with a TV
show called Live Your Dreams. I love to teach
people how to have a vision, even a vision board
where you get crystal clear on what you believe in God for.
It's not just this vague wish or hope, or some pipe dream out in
space, but you start getting clarity to the dreams and the
goals that God's put in your heart. I love to teach people
how to get serious about their dreams. Bible says, "Where there
is no vision, the people perish," Right? Well, they've
been proven, too, that your chance of success increases by
98% when you put your dreams and your goals in writing. This is
something I've been practicing for years. Writing visions,
making vision boards, and watching my dreams come to pass.
Obviously, clarity is one of the single most important keys to
success. It's not just saying, "I'm going to make more money."
Well, you have to clarify what that means. "I'm
believing God for $10,000 this year." Clarity is a
single key to success. I don't just make vision boards, make
them look cute, put little sequin letters on it, hang it on
a wall, and just forget about it. No. I speak to these dreams.
This is how you give life to your dreams is with the words of
your mouth. You release your faith with the words of your
mouth. That's how you do it. The bible tells us, in Romans 4:17,
it says, "We serve a God who gives life to the dead and he
speaks of nonexistent things as if they already exist."
Everyday, I'm giving myself a pep talk about my future, about
my potential. That's what I did with our offices that we have
out here. I would drive over the bridge and see offices off in
the future. We didn't have them. These wealthy guys had the most
beautiful office with the marble floors and the chandeliers, and
every time I would drive over the bridge, I would declare,
"Thank you Jesus, we have the nicest office space at the
harbor." Everyday, when I'd walk to my office, I'd have to pass
the wealthy guys, but I would point and declare, "Thank you
Jesus, we have the nicest office space at the harbor." Then I
would walk in my little janitor closet and go to work. Everyday,
giving life to those dreams by speaking them into existence.
Well, today, we have the nicest office space at the harbor. The
wealthy guys, they canceled their lease, packed up, and
moved out. We took over. I'm convinced if you want to know
where your life is headed, listen to the words that are
coming out of your mouth. You know the business world, the
success world, they've caught onto this. My daughter, Cassidy,
she's taking real estate classes and so many of her instructors,
so many podcasts that she listens to, and books she has to
read, I'm going to say 9/10, if not 10/10 say, "You've got to
make positive affirmations about your potential." They even have
a list of them, they have cards for you to start declaring about
your potential. That's just in the success world. It came from
the word of God. We serve a God who gives life to the dead and
he speaks of nonexistent things as if they already exist. Years
ago, this was like in the 1920s, there was a French pharmacist
named Émile Coué. He treated hundreds of patients, each day,
with a dose of consistent affirmations. Patients were
simply advised to repeat this phrase everyday. They had to
say," Everyday, in every way, I'm getting better and better."
Everyday, in every way, I'm getting better and better. 20
times when they woke up and 20 times before they went to bed.
Everyday, in every way, I'm getting better and better. This
is what they discovered. Astounded, thousands of patients
reported illnesses miraculously cleared up on their own. Simply
put, your words create your reality. Life and death are in
the power of the tongue. I put stories in my new book of so
many variety of things. One a woman was healed of cancer
because she got serious about making the word of God a
priority in her life and speaking it out loud. Instead of
looking in the mirror and seeing her body start to get more frail
and weak, and deteriorate, she started speaking God's word out
of her mouth, declaring that she was healed by the stripes of
Jesus. She would declare, "So shall my word be that goes forth
out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me void,
but it will accomplish that which I please." God healed
her of cancer. Everything from people losing weight because
they stopped speaking the negative words over their
physical body and started replacing it with God's word and
with positive declarations. There was even a girl in here
who she said she found herself at a dead end with her personal
and professional life. She was in a wrong relationship and she
said, "I was just wasting years of my life with a man I knew
wasn't right for me. My mom kept telling me 'make a list, write
it down, write what you want in a relationship'." She said she
did. In fact, her mom gave her one of my books and she said, "I
started writing down what I wanted instead of focusing on
what I didn't like and what I didn't want." I know you've
heard of the law of attraction, this is the law of attraction
101. Focus on what you want, not on what you don't want. She
said, "I started making a list of what I wanted in a
relationship. I prayed over that list everyday and began to speak
it into existence." She said, "I wrote everything I would want in
a future husband, a relationship, and just started
praying over it." Everyday, on my one hour drive to work, each
way, I was confessing and praying for every single thing
on my list, every detail, of my future husband. She said,
"Honestly, I didn't know if there was a man out there like
that." But she just kept declaring it. She said she cut
off all communication with the old boyfriend and within just a
few months, "I met my future husband. He was everything I
prayed for." She said, "I honestly didn't know there was
someone out there that existed like that. I thought my list was
a long shot." She said, "He was everything I asked the Lord
for." The point is, don't use your words to just describe your
life, use your words to change your life. This is the most
powerful weapon that God has given you. It's right here.
God's the one who said, "Declare the end from the beginning."
When you start making those declarations over yourself, over
your future, over your family, your life is going to begin to
line up with your words. I've shared before how in 2007, I
just made a list of positive declarations and faith filled
scriptures to just start speaking over myself
consistently. Of course, every time I try to start a new habit
or a new discipline in my life, I always set a goal to do this
for 21 days. Psychologists say if you can do something
consistently for 21 days, you can break an old habit and start
a new one. I said, "Okay, for 21 days, I'm going to make myself
every morning before I leave the house, I'm going to speak these
declarations out loud." I started saying things like, "I'm
unique. I'm healthy. I'm disciplined. I'm proactive. I'm
committed to pursue my dreams and goals. I'm courageous, I'm
confident, I'm qualified by God. I'm successful. I'm confident to
speak on television. I'm energetic, I have the mind of
Christ. I have an excellent memory." I began making those
declarations everyday. Then, I thought, at 21 days, I don't
want to stop this because I began to notice changes
happening in me. Do you now, I've been doing that
consistently and as a result, I have more energy now than I did
in my 20s. I'm more productive now than I was in my 30s. Not
only that, I remember making that declaration. I'm confident
to speak to live audiences. I would say, "I speak at the
largest conferences in the nation." I remember being in
Paris, France, getting ready to speak at the largest church in
the nation. There's 10 or 12 thousand people in this church.
I'm standing on the front row, about to go up to preach and my
daughter Cassidy just kind of leans over and she said, "Mama,
are you a little nervous?" Do you know what came out of me?
"I'm confident to speak to live audiences. I speak at the
largest conferences in the nation." Why? Because what you
repeatedly hear, you eventually believe. I'm not saying I didn't
have a little butterflies, but I'm just saying, my actions
begin to line up with my declarations. As a result, I
began speaking to large audiences as opposed to shying
away from small groups years ago. My marriage has
supernaturally been restored when it was on the verge of a
divorce because I began declaring it. Thank you, Lord,
for giving me a new love story with my husband. My body got in
shape, I'm happier, I'm healthier, and I attract ideas
that produce great wealth. I could go on and on, this
ministry was launched as a result of speaking it into
existence. Walking into book stores, there's not a time that
I walk into a book store that I don't declare, "Thank you Jesus,
my books are on that shelf." When I walk through the
airports, "Thank you Jesus, our books are sold in airports." I
say this all the time. Well, if you want to know where your life
is headed, listen to the words that are coming out of your
mouth. I believe you're watching this by divine appointment. I
don't believe it's a coincidence that you just happened to flip
on the TV. I believe God's speaking to you today because
this could be the one thing that's missing that could take
you from just wishing things would change to truly living
your dreams. I'm telling you from experience, I feel like the
least likely person to be doing what I'm doing. I'm not the
bold, courageous one. I have seen impossible dreams come true
before my eyes. Let me just ask you, is it coincidental? Not one
bit. Every thing that I'm experiencing in my life is a
direct result of purposefully declaring them out of my mouth
consistently. This is something we have to do with intentional
effort. It doesn't just happen. It's not something that just
comes natural, but it's something you have to make
decision to say you know what? I'm going to become my own best
cheerleader. I'm not going to wait for John Maxwell to show up
at my front door, I'm not going to wait for the Dallas Cowboy
cheerleaders to show up and keep me motivated. You have to learn
to use the most powerful tool, the most powerful weapon that
God has given you and it's right here. It's your mouth. It's one
thing to have a dream, it's one thing to have a vision board,
but if you want to know where your life is headed, listen to
the words that are coming out of your mouth. I want to challenge
you to get this series. This is my brand new book, Pep Talk.
You'll learn the language of success through positive
declarations. I put in here the things that I've practiced in my
life. I've got my own personal declarations in here as well as
a chapter on fitness, I put declarations over your physical
health and scriptures to go with it. Over your finances, the
things that I declare. In fact, some of it kind of sounds funny,
but even saying, "I'm a money magnet. My spirit attracts God
inspired ideas that produce millions of dollars." I say that
all the time. A friend of mine texted me the other day and she
said, "Terri, I've been listening to the positive
declarations audio on my way to go to different meetings, I'm
constantly declaring these things." She said, "Do you know
I have been given 1500 dollars from just strangers," just
people that she met in these different events. 1500 dollars
by two different people in the past month. She said, "Because
I'm a money magnet." Well, if you'll change what you're
saying, you'll change what you're seeing. I've heard Joyce
Meyers say years ago, she said she made a list of 65 things to
declare out of her mouth. She was saying things like, "I
receive speaking engagements from all over the world. I have
a world wide teaching tape ministry. I'm blessed and highly
favored of God. We have partners all over the world." She said
then she'd go and make the beds and load the dishwasher, and it
looked like it would never happen, but she said, "Every
time you speak it out, you believe it in a stronger way." I
want you to get this book on pep talk, start making it a habit,
go through these declarations in the back. You can dog ear pages,
if you're dealing with financial difficulties, then just start
speaking these financial scriptures and declarations out
of your mouth. You know what? Let me just give you a warning.
Unsuccessful people, people who aren't on the same growth track
as you, they're going to tell you positive declarations are a
bunch of bologna which is another cliché because bologna
is made from the lowly scraps of meat, the innards. So people say
that's a bunch of bologna meaning that's a bunch of
nonsense. The people who are saying this, they'll say, "It
doesn't work. I tried that, it doesn't work." Here's what they
don't realize: it is working! They're getting exactly what
they declare. I want you to start making positive
declarations. Here's my audio where you can listen to my
declarations and I leave a space for you to start saying it after
me. Get the book, get the entire Pep Talk kit and I'm believing a
year from now, you are going to be astounded at what God has
done in your life. Like Joel Osteen says, "Don't use your
words to describe your life, use your words to change your life."
You want to know where your life is headed, listen to the words
that are coming out of your mouth. I'm challenging you
today. Don't look at all the years you've lost, let's look at
the years you've got left and start living your dreams. Become
your own best cheerleader through positive declarations
and I am absolutely convinced if you will change what you're
saying, you will change what you're seeing. Become your own
best cheerleader, keep yourself motivated. Thank you so much for
watching. I look forward to seeing you next week.
ANNOUNCER: Your words can be used to describe your life,
or they can be used to change your life. That's
why Terri is offering you her new book, Pep Talk.
Learn the language of success through positive declarations.
In it, you'll discover what to say from God's word
about your freedom, faith, finances, family,
fitness, and your future dreams and goals. Use the sample
declarations including Terri's personal daily pep talk to
unlock your potential and rise to new levels. For a limited
time, when you request the Pep Talk book, we'll also send you
the positive declarations CD. As you listen to and confess these
powerful declarations, your life will attract the success God has
for you. Don't delay, call toll free 800-795-5597 or visit us
online at Terri.com to request your copy of Pep Talk along with
the positive declarations CD. Discover the power of your words
to make you happier, healthier, and more successful today.
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