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I believe with all of my heart that this
nonsense that is going on right now and
when I say nonsense I don’t want to
diminish people’s suffering or fear but
I believe that God has a Revival on the
other side of this I believe it is a
wakeup call for the mothers it is a
wakeup call for the fathers it is a
wakeup call for all of us and God is
saying are you going to preach my word
the way you are supposed to preach my
word or have all of your Decades of
prosperity and peace fattened you where
you have confused what my gospel is
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all right so we’re going to close with
how to be one now this is the quote I
want you to have in your mind when
you’re thinking about how to be one
there is no way to be a perfect mother
and a million ways to be a good one Jill
churchi said that thank you Jill so
let’s not strive for the impossible and
miss the opportunities for growth we are
always going going to be going after
growth not Perfection when it comes to
being any type of mother Perfection
quickly morphs into the enemy of good
it’s time to stop being so hard on
ourselves so the good news is you can
actually be a perfect godmother for any
given situation I do believe that all of
us need many women to speak into our
lives in different dyam Dynamics to be
this God actually factors in our flaws
along with our strengths one of the many
ways to be a good mother is to be a woke
one we have to be awake to what is going
on godmothers pay attention and we can’t
hide from the tension that is in our
world right now we have a lot of
problems in our world right now and when
I was looking at what’s going on in our
world right now I found it
incredibly prophetic that this is not
the first time the world has been this
crazy there was another crazy time that
God actually anointed a woman to pull
the people out of this woman I’m talking
to you about is Deborah Deborah was an
extraordinary woman who served Israel as
both a judge and a propheus when the
nation was at its lowest point now I
used to fantasize about Deborah cuz it
said that she judged between the palms
and I was like that sounds really fun I
just sit under a palm tree and judge
people I can do that I can judge people
without even trying I think I would
really like it and then if I was the
propheus I’d be the boss of everybody
I’d be like hey I’m the judge and I’m
the propheus this is what I have to say
to you but that is not the situation
Deborah inherited she inherited a mess
she was following her predecessor ehid
he had actually freed Israel from Mobi
oppression for 80 years there was
Prosperity there was great things
happening in Israel but you know what
ease and peace and prosperity do not
always give birth to people who are
Godly and so when this leader dies the
people go right back to serving the
idols they turn away from God and God’s
like I can’t believe they did this it
says that verse one and after the people
of Israel again did what was evil in the
sight of the Lord after he all died so
what happens is God’s like okay we’re
going to have to change your
circumstances so it says and the Lord
sold them into the hand of jabed king of
Canaan who reigned in hazer the
commander of his army was Cesar who
lived in I’m not even going to try to
say it then the people of Israel cried
out to the Lord for help for he had 900
Chariots of iron and he oppressed the
people of Israel cruy for 20 years so
for 20 years we got 900 Chariots of iron
running over the people of God God’s
like okay you didn’t serve me when
everything was going great so I’m going
to have to actually sell you which is
crazy to this Canaanite King until you
actually remember who I am they cry out
after 20 years of
Oppression 20 years of hardship Israel
was devastated they were disheartened
they were discouraged and they were
disengaged from one another this
condition of her people was so bad that
when Deborah was beginning to judge them
the people wouldn’t even go out into the
fields to work because they were afraid
they would be attacked now I think it’s
really interesting that we’re living in
a time period right now where the Earth
is filled with a pandemic and people are
afraid to stay home afraid to go out and
when people are in isolation they fight
among one another and so Deborah is
having to navigate an enemy on the
outside and infighting among God’s
people and I look at what we’ve got
right now we’ve got an enemy on the
outside
and infighting among God’s people so
Deborah is sitting and judging nothing
is changing she’s holding Court under
the Palm there’s oppression there’s
division day in day out she listens to
the contention and the arguments between
her people and then one day Everything
Changes this is what it says in judges
5:7 it says Village life had ceased it
ceased in Israel until I Deborah arose
arose a mother in Israel what does it
mean when it says Village Life had
ceased their trade weights were shut
down there was no Commerce nobody left
nobody came in there was no laughter in
the streets there was no joy there was
no hope life as they knew it had ceased
I feel like that’s where we are right
now Life As We Knew It has ceased I’m so
tired of hearing the word
unprecedented that we live in
unprecedented times Well if we live in
unprecedented times they’re not unlike
these times where Village Life had
ceased trade routes were shut down there
was no Commerce there was no Prosperity
people could not even work what was
theirs to work but everything changed
when Deborah decided that she was no
longer content to just sit and judge she
was going to arise not a propheus not a
judge but a mother in Israel I’m going
to say this I believe that mothers are
the ones that God is going to use to
close a lot of the gaps right now I
don’t mean this mean but men will be a
little bit territorial where mothers
will say what about the kids what about
the Next Generation what about the
children men can be like well we’ve got
a little battle going on but women will
be like nope I am not okay enough is
enough and so what did she do well it
says that she began to call forth the
princes that were in Exile one of the
other versions though I want to share
with you of Judges 5 verse 7 is the um
it says the warriors were scarce until
you arose as a motherly protector in
Israel I love that arose as a motherly
protector in Israel you think well no
mothers are just calm really God
describes himself as a motherly
protector he says like a mother bear
robbed of a Cubs like a lioness I’ll
tear your heart out that is a motherly
protector somebody that says I’m going
to do whatever I need to do to protect
my children so I love of godmother as a
another name for motherly protector the
new century version reads there were no
Warriors in Israel until I Deborah arose
until I arose to be a mother to Israel
but my favorite version okay I’m not
saying it’s the most scriptural but I am
going to say it’s my favorite my
favorite version says Warriors became
fat and sloppy no fight left in them
then you Deborah rose up you got up a
mother in Israel thank you Eugene
Peterson for that moment so whether
there was no Warriors or just a few fat
ones everything changed when Deborah
arose as a mother mothers fight for
their sons and daughters so what did she
do judges 46 says she sent and summon
Barack the son of Aenon from cadesh NE
Nepali and said to him has not the Lord
the god of Israel commanded you go
gather your men at Mount Taber taking
10,000 from the people of nathali and
the people of Zebulon he pushes back and
like uh I’m not so sure I want to do
that now we don’t know if he’s afraid or
just in need of support I mean Deborah
seems pretty sure about this but he
isn’t like hey God told me she’s like
has God not said he’s like well maybe
how about you come with me on this one
and so it’s important that this mother
doesn’t pull rank she just lends her
strength because at the end of the day
it isn’t about doing it alone it’s about
getting it done and so she goes ahead
and goes along with him and there’s this
really messy battle all the wheels fall
off the Chariots and we see the the
wicked CIS he runs to the tent of JL and
JL is actually the wife of a spy but
when God begins to do things all
allegiances and alliances shift and jl’s
husband who was a canite was not there
and so JL lures him into the tent he
asks for water she’s like no I’m going
to give you milk because she knew that
the milk would make him fall asleep and
when he fell asleep she takes a tent Peg
and she drives it through this guy’s
head which is very disturbing to think
about but while she’s doing that we know
that Deborah had already said if you go
about it this way the victory is going
to go to a woman she wasn’t talking
about herself she’s talking about tent
Peg sister she’s talking about her right
here it’s all blood and gore it’s super
intense but what I love about the Book
of Judges is there’s kind of like this
Veil pulled back and what’s messy on
Earth is reflected very differently in
heaven judges 5 verses 20 and 21 lends
us a window of what was actually
happening in the spirit realm it says
from the heavens the Stars fought from
their courses they fought against cicar
the river kesan swept them away the
age-old river the river kesan march on
my soul be strong when we wake up the
stars begin to fight for us I mean I
just love that this whole idea that I
look to the stars and I get inspired
then I I Rise Up When I look at my
situation and I said I’m not okay with
this then all the stars are like yes we
will fight from the heavens because
everything that happens here on Earth is
a reflection of things that happen in
the heavenlies I’m not trying to freak
you out this is the Bible but that is
the truth so how do we begin this how do
we begin this how how do we take the
ability to look around and not just get
sad how do we move into action what all
be begins with a heart of a mother and
to be a mother is to be a warrior to be
a mother is to want something more for
your children than you ever had for
yourself where I’ve known oppression I
want my children to know Freedom where
I’ve known lack I want my children to
know blessing I want to leave my
children more than what was left to me I
want to position them to go further and
farther conversely our mother heart
hurts when we see the young stray Jesus
expressed the sentiments of a mother’s
heart for his children and Luke 13:34 he
says oh Jerusalem Jerusalem the city
that kills the prophets and Stones those
who were sent to it how often would I
have gathered your children together as
a hen gathered her brood under her wings
and you were not willing so we don’t
just say yay we love you we are like hey
has God not said what the heck are you
doing you are off course
mothers understand that it is loving to
bring correction it is loving to speak
truth it is loving for you to want more
but you have to position them to live
more you have to position them to do it
so I believe that God is inviting us to
be godmothers who are mothers protectors
and when we arise men and women and
children are protected so it’s time
let’s be honest God daughters godmothers
look around what do you see what do you
see what do you see rather than
Warriors there is infighting we have so
many gaps in the body of Christ
is it because we are actually neglecting
what really matters rather than airing
our opinions isn’t it time that we speak
the truth and love I’m tired of us being
known for what we are against and what
has happened to our sons and
daughters have they lost hope and
forgotten the Royal Heritage because
they’re certainly not acting like those
who understand who whose’s they really
are and our neighborhoods cities states
and nations are they vibrant with life
or are they shut down are they shut down
are the Warriors fat are the Warriors
hiding are the princes in Refuge hey M
if you don’t like what you see you need
to rise up and say something different
we need to say we are not going to allow
ourselves to be isolated and
disconnected we are not going to allow
our gates of our lives our gates of our
cities the gates of our homes to be
closed in fear we are not going to be
afraid to plant and we are not going to
be afraid to
dream so what lost territory are you
positioned to take back who is at risk
if we do not find the way to close some
of these breaches and
gaps see at 60 I could actually just
lean back and say wow it’s going to be
really tough for everybody the next 30
Years think I’ll just retire but I can’t
do that I can’t do that because even
though I don’t have children living in
my house I have children living in my
heart and once you have children living
in your heart you will always be a
mother protector you can always always
stand up and say when something is not
right
too many people are afraid to speak up
because others will attack you when you
speak up but I’m going to tell you even
though the ones that attack you are the
loudest there are far more listening for
you to speak up and declare truth
they’re going to be quieter I wish they
wouldn’t I wish y’all would get louder
but the ones that attack you will be the
things that you will hear but there will
be an army as you begin to rise up in
Courage as you begin to gather women in
your house as you begin to have
conversations in private you know
there’s going to be an army that’s going
to say wow I thought I was the only one
thinking that way I thought I was the
only one hoping for more I thought I was
the only one wanting things to be
different people are waiting for your
courage to be activated because courage
is contagious just as fear is contagious
so we need to say what is going on see
mothers have the ability to say all
right we’re going to stop the blaming
we’re going to stop the shaming we’re
not going to ignore the problem we’re
going to actually move towards a
solution we’re going to have to be
prophetic women people that are not
prophetic just Echo problems but people
that are prophetic actually have the
ability to see light at the end of the
tunnel and they need to say we’re just
going to keep moving nope I’m not going
to look at what’s written on the walls
I’m just going to keep moving towards
the light there is light on the other
side of this I believe with all of my
heart that this nonsense that is going
on right now and when I say nonsense I
don’t want to diminish people’s
suffering or fear but I believe that God
has a Revival on the other side of this
I believe it is a wakeup call for the
mothers it is a wakeup call for the
fathers it is a wakeup call for all of
us and God is saying are you going to
preach my word the way you are supposed
to preach my word or have all of your
Decades of prosperity and peace fattened
you where you have confused what my
gospel is are we going to be people of
conviction where we can speak and
confront to make peace peace rather than
compromise to be peacekeepers we have to
decide we’re going to be peac makers
that we’re going to rise up and we are
going to speak into situations of crazy
conflict and crazy chaos and not care
about whether it’s the popular thing to
say or not but to understand that it is
The Narrative of God and Redemption you
know even right now I’m hoping by the
time that you hear my words the the
stain of of racism that is on our
country right now would be
removed but I do want to prophesy to
every single one of my black daughters
and my black sisters I believe that
God’s hand is on this nation of black
people for Revival I believe that yes
our nation has mistreated you but you
are not a nation people you are a
kingdom people and black people have
always known how to rise out of the
oppression I believe that black people
are going to be the key leaders for the
next Revival so don’t you dare allow the
enemy to distract you from what God has
on your life as an inheritance stop
looking to people to be your solution
God is asking you to be those that are
condu of his power I believe that this
nation will be led into a place of
Revival when everybody hits their knees
in Jesus name so I just want to say that
because I have just had such a stirring
that there is such
the hand of God on the Black Culture
when it comes to spiritual things that
the white people have gotten so smart
that they have reasoned away the power
of God but the black people have leaned
into the worship and leaned into the
word and I believe that this is going to
come forth in strength with those who
will forgive those that don’t deserve to
be forgiven and move forward in Jesus
name but back to The Mamas back to The
Mamas here
being a godmother demands much more than
living the way other people live we have
to be sensitive to other people’s leads
we can’t judge we can’t criticize we
have to take on the pain and feel it and
understand with compassion what’s going
on but also knowing that we need to move
forward so there are so many questions
that I don’t feel Crypt to answer we had
a opportunity a couple years ago we
opened up when I was right in godmothers
and we said what if we had an hour
together what would what would you ask
me what would I get to tell you and
there were so many questions that I
can’t answer I don’t know what it’s like
to be divorced I don’t know what it’s
like to have a child stray I don’t know
some of those things that so many God
daughters are asking me to help them
with that’s when you come in you know
those things some of you you have been
through a turbulent Waters that I’ve
never been through and you have
navigated your way onto the other Shore
they need to hear from you I can’t be
the answer from everybody I I’m inviting
godmothers I don’t want to be the only
one I want all of us to be that one for
someone and you don’t have to know
everything to be a godmother you just
have to know more than your goddaughter
you just have to be able to open up that
portion of your life you need to tell
them hey this is the most rewarding and
difficult thing being a mother you can
tell them hey these are the mistakes I
made in my marriage don’t do them you
can talk to them about the inequities of
gender but how you have decided to rise
above and build rather than tear things
down there are things in and on your
life that are worthy of being shared
with other people and I want to honor
you for your strength and your struggle
and if you are gathered right now with
other young women I want you to share
with them what you learned the hard way
they want to hear from you they don’t
need you to be cool they need you to be
Godly and they need you to be wise they
don’t they just just sharing who you
have found God to be and his legacy of
faithfulness in your life is more than
enough to carry them it is time that we
the older women remember remember our
mandate that we are commanded to teach
and train the younger women if we don’t
like what we see in the younger women is
it because we have neglected our role of
teaching and training so I want to
challenge you that and the most
important thing that we do is that we
understand that we are moving everybody
towards
peace I love that it says in the word of
God this is the promise that I think we
can do from Isaiah 58 you’ll use the old
Rubble of past lives to build a new
rebuild the foundations from out of your
past meaning we’ll take the things that
were broken we’ll take the things that
look cast aside and we’ll build a new
with them we’ll take those things and
we’ll start again in somebody else’s
lives rebuild the foundations from out
of your past saying Hey listen this is
what I tried it didn’t work but this is
what the foundation I found that is true
you’ll be known as those who can fix
anything restore old ruins rebuild and
renovate make the community livable
again Village Life had ceased until we
take our broken pieces and begin to
build again