Positioned to Prosper with Erica Pyle

#169// One of the questions I get asked the most by ambitious, Jesus girls looking to launch into something new is, "So, how do I get my husband on board with this?"

As a multi-passionate woman who wants to do #allthethings while being mindful of my marriage and family, it can feel a little tricky at times to keep everything in balance. This is especially true when I feel the Lord nudging me to start something new with Him that will require me to carve out some time, energy and effort from somewhere else to apply to the new thing. This is generally where it becomes apparent that I'll need to be having a conversation with the hubs. You been there?

Even if your husband is super supportive of everything you dream up to do, he's likely still going to have questions and even possibly some concerns when it comes to your shifting time, energy and effort around. You're going to have to have a conversation, right? Wouldn't it be good to know how to conduct a conversation like this in such a way that it's very easy for your husband to hop on board and maybe even help with the transition you're suggesting?

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, I'm sharing four simple yet powerful tips for how to approach a conversation like this with your husband that'll produce less friction and more agreement. Sound like something that could help? If so, Grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/169 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN YOU SEE YOUR HUSBAND AS GOD SEES HIM? Do you need a little help aligning your heart to the heart of God for your husband? Would daily prayer prompts for your husband be helpful? Grab this free resource I created to help you! You can access the 7 Days of Prayer for Your Husband by heading to ericapyle.com/HusbandPrayer. You'll receive a link to a worksheet that'll help you get into a daily habit to support and encourage your husband by keeping him lifted in prayer. So good, right? Go grab the link to this powerful resource here.

#168// "Boundaries" has been a buzz word for decades, but we haven't talked enough about what I believe is the most important step in setting boundaries . . . the right place to START.

For the last few decades, *boundaries* have been a real hot topic, especially in Christian circles. What's wild to me is how many "Christian Influencers," pastors and teachers are showing up on social media and posting unbiblical advice around boundaries. It's shocking!

As followers of Christ, filled with His Spirit, when we post or speak publicly, we MUST fact check ourselves. This means running everything we say and post through the filter of the Word of God. This is our Standard, and if we're teaching anything that departs from this Standard, we're edging into Ezekiel 13 territory (go read it when you have a minute and the fear of the Lord will set you straight, promise!).

Jesus said in John 5 that He only did and said what He saw the Father doing and saying. And He constantly addressed things with straight-up Scripture. Consider His showdown with the devil in the desert, yeah? This Standard is now our Standard, in Christ Jesus. So, when it comes to talking about and teaching around boundaries, it's no different for us.

Popular psychology may highlight the setting of boundaries externally between us and others as the place to start, but I see something different when I read the Bible. It's clear, over and over in Scripture, God calls us to set boundaries within ourselves first.

Setting boundaries within ourselves before we start to build and set them externally will change the nature of how we set boundaries with others, and will make those boundaries we do set more effective and less emotionally and mentally overwhelming as we hold and maintain them. Who doesn't want more of that?!

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, I'm going to show you the 3 different types of personal boundaries you need to set within yourself first that will enable you to set more effective, less overwhelming boundaries with others over the long haul. Do you know you need this clarification around Biblical boundaries? Are you ready to reduce the friction in boundary setting with others? Grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/168 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

A PRACTICAL WAY TO START SETTING THOSE PERSONAL BOUNDARIES Are you ready to take dominion over your daily cadence as a way to start setting those personal boundaries in the practical? Sis, a block schedule that sets your general daily flow is a wonderful way to get into the rhythm. Grab this free resource I created to help you! You can access the Block Schedule Template by heading to ericapyle.com/DailyFlow. You'll receive a link to a worksheet that'll help you set up your ideal week within a block schedule layout, alongside supportive scripture to encourage you. So good, right? Go grab the link to this powerful resource here.

#167// It's a sign the enemy's been in your fields when you're not seeing the fruit come forth in its due time.

Let me ask you . . .

Are you letting the enemy into your fields? Are you somehow participating in the destruction he's come to deliver? If I can be direct -- Do you think you could be playing a part in aborting your own breakthrough?

None of us wants to think that we would knowingly and/or willingly be cutting off our own fruit before it's time, but when you allow yourself to get disappointed a few times, and then allow that disappointment to harden into deep despair or bitterness, you can find yourself in a cycle that automatically opens the gate. Now the foxes are in the field, ready to spoil your harvest!

But you weren't made for constant defeat and a cycle of loss, my friend. You are more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus. You were made for breakthrough! It's time to break the cycle and see the fruit, fully formed and harvested, delivered to your table. It's time to celebrate as we bring in the sheaves with shouts of joy! (Psalm 126)

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, we're talking about how it actually happens that we find ourselves participating in blocking our own breakthrough. But don't think the delays you've experienced will go wasted! I'll be sharing three different upgrades God gives us as we learn how to stop partnering with the enemy in this blocking the blessing madness. You ready? Grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/167 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

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#166// God provides at a point. A certain place. Do you know where that is?

Seventeen years ago, the Lord highlighted 3 John 2 in the NKJV to me, and I've never been the same. It launched my first ministry -- The Positioned to Prosper Personal Finance Course -- and caught me up into a heavenly understanding of true prosperity and how God really provides.

The starting point for me was to truly understand Biblical prosperity. Real prosperity. Not the kind of prosperity you hear haters on social media screaming about when they see a pastor in a private jet or enjoying a beautiful home and an abundant bank account. But the real thing that envelops not only financial wealth, but also health and relationships and mindset and purpose. True Prosperity is a "full being" experience in the Lord.

Once I could see what real prosperity looked like from the perspective of God (Ephesians 2:6-7! It's such a gift), we then moved into me understanding HOW to get positioned for this sort of provision. In our New Testament, other-side-of-the-cross reality we live in, getting positioned to prosper consists of just two things beyond belief in Jesus. Do you know what they are?

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, I'm going to share the two things you need to be doing to get positioned to prosper so you'll be at the exact right place at the exact right time with the right heart, ready to receive His provision. I'm also going to tell you what the true POWER of this positioning can really be in the life of a believer. Are you ready for this? I'm so excited to share out of my own 17-year journey with Biblical prosperity. Go grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/166 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

#165// It's Not Enough to Have a Vision.

I know, I KNOW! I'm the girl who's always telling you how VITAL it is to have a Word from the Lord. To have the revelation and the download written down so you KNOW where you're headed (you go where you're looking, Sis!). I mean, we quote Habakkuk 2 around here a LOT! But still, I'm here to tell you that having the vision, though important, is NOT enough.

Neither is effort. Doing lots of "busy things" in the hopes it'll produce is just going to wear you out. Overwhelm lies in wait for you down this road, my friend. No, what you need is a *winning strategy,* preferably from the Lord, that aligns with HIs word and promise over your life. And that's not just my opinion. You know we're going to look at the Good Book . . . 

When we look at people like Gideon, Joshua, Joseph (Mary's eventual husband) and Moses, we find God gave them more than just a vision or a revelation to get them where they needed to go. He also gave them each a strategy that contained three very specific components. And I want you to know, when God gives YOU a winning strategy to build the vision He's called you into, that strategy will likely have these three components in it, too.

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, I'm sharing those very specific, three components that tend to show up inside every winning God-strategy we're given. If you're looking to build something big and beautiful to the glory of God in this season, you're going to need a winning strategy with these three things built in. If you're ready to learn what they are, and how to implement them with excellence in this season, grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/165 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

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#164// Disappointment has driven me to try to quit my purpose and assignment no less than four times in the last six years. Don't be like me, Sis. The relief you think quitting will bring just isn't there. Not even a little bit.

I'm getting super vulnerable on this episode because, if it's possible, I want to save you from making the same mistakes I've made, and from going around the proverbial mountain any more times than God deems absolutely necessary. Want to know what my "Goliath" has been over these last few years?

This thought, born out of disappointment and fear: THIS. ISN'T. WORKING.

From the time I was born until I left the marketplace at age 34, I lived what felt like a spectacularly favored life. Everything worked out for me. Everything. And I'm not just saying that. I actually had a girl tell me once that she spend a couple months mad at me because things seemed to always work out for me so well and with ease. All I could say at the time was, I guess favor ain't fair. 

But it wasn't that my life was easy. I faced significant challenges growing up -- relationally, with self-esteem, health-wise, financially. But as I faced each challenge, the solutions and the resources I needed seemed within my grasp. I had a rhythm of consistent breakthrough and victory going. #ThankYouJesus

But then I left my job. I was at the height of my career success, and had I stayed on, I would have only continued to grow and soar. But I felt the Lord directing me to hang up my tax accounting hat to move into mothering and ministry, so I obeyed. The price tag for that obedience was steep (I share about that in the episode), but I trusted God because He'd always come through for me (and quickly) up until then.

This one step of obedience launched me into a sixteen year season of wilderness living where it has felt, many times, like the favored life I once had was just a dream. And that's when "Goliath" started showing up for me. That thought that started out so small -- "this doesn't seem to be working." -- has grown over the years into a full-sized giant, with a full and thunderously loud voice, shouting with intimidation -- THIS. ISN'T. WORKING!

What do you do when it's taking such a long time to see the GOOD things God has promised you come to pass? How do you wake up and step into your day -- day after day -- when everyday feels just like the last one -- an eternal groundhog day -- and you're just not seeing the breakthrough, even a little bit? How do you get to the place where you can truly believe:

It's going to work this time!

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, I'm sharing my sixteen year journey of silence, disappointments and failures, and five powerful lessons I learned, as I've endeavored to see it (finally!) work this time. There is one particularly powerful revelation I'm sharing that is sure to shift your experience as you set your heart on the truth and knowledge found in the goodness, the grace and the faithfulness of God. Do you need this one, my friend? Go grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/164 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

READY TO GET CLARITY AROUND THE VISION GOD GAVE YOU & A STRATEGY TO GET YOU MOVING AGAIN? Join me for the FREE Vision Builders Masterclass: a 60-minute, workshop-style session that'll get you unstuck & moving with purpose again in the direction of your dreams. Let's get laser-focused on your God-given vision, bust through any mindset roadblocks, and create a personalized plan to get you mov

#163// I'm comin' in HOT on this one because it's TIME to do the DANG THING! We've gotta stop dragging our feet. We're playing with the line of disobedience.

Listen, this episode isn't for everyone, BUT . . .

If you KNOW you're meant to be moving on something in the Lord right now, and you AREN'T --

Sister, let me be your "Come to Jesus" wake up call right now. Don't be Jonah, Girl. Inside-the-fish smell ain't cute, and I hear it's rough on your nervous system and complexion. But seriously, if He's told you to write that book, start that blog, gather those girls for the Bible study, start the business, organize your finances, do the work to restore that relationship, focus (for real) on your healing and health, or finally get that ministry going -- and you're NOT -- then what are you doing, my dear?

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, I'm here to help with some strong (tough, but Biblical) love. I've got some capital "t" Truth to remind you of and something super practical that'll help you "shake off the stuck" and get moving again in the direction of your God-given purpose and calling. Ain't no getting swallowed by a big ol' fish for you today if you'll get this in your ears and stir up the "want to want to" (we talk about it in the episode). Is this one for you? Go grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/163 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

READY TO GET CLARITY AROUND THE VISION GOD GAVE YOU & A STRATEGY TO GET YOU MOVING AGAIN? Join me for the FREE Vision Builders Masterclass: a 60-minute, workshop-style session that'll get you unstuck & moving with purpose again in the direction of your dreams. Let's get laser-focused on your God-given vision, bust through any mindset roadblocks, and create a personalized plan to get you moving again! You can get signed up here.

#162// You were made to do BIG things in Christ Jesus, Sis. That's why the enemy will try to get you to self-sabotage.

Have you ever been working on something and believing God for the outcome, only to lose faith all of a sudden and find "really good reasons" for taking an extended break or quitting all together? Have you ever found yourself blowing up and exiting a situation or relationship only to think afterwards, "That was a bit dramatic. Why did I do that?" Or how about straight-up quitting because it's "obvious" that you don't have the time, resources, talent, support or gifting necessary to get the job done anyway? Friend, those are all examples of self-sabotage.

Self-sabotage is a self-protective coping mechanism. Sometimes we want to bail before we get abandoned or we want to have some level of control over the "inevitable" failure that seems to be coming. We want to regulate the pain and suffering we're experiencing on the road to the promise, so we create scenarios and situations where it seems "impossible" to do anything other than stop or quit or fail.

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, I'm sharing three little lies we tell ourselves that are sure signs of self-sabotage. I'll then share practical strategies for breaking the cycle so you can stop throwing your own self under the bus to get back to making progress on your God-given assignment. Sound good? If so, grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/162 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

WANT TO GRAB AHOLD OF ONE OF THE RESOURCES OR TOOLS I MENTION IN THIS EPISODE? I've got a number of tools to help you navigate the journey to your promise while not losing hope or momentum. Check out the most popular ones below:
• Four Questions Prayer Template: ericapyle.com/4questions.
• Thought Exchange Worksheet: ericapyle.com/thoughts.

#161// Have you ever noticed that progress doesn't always follow a straight line?

And yet, all of humanity is taught how to plan for progress in a linear fashion. Start with the desired outcome. Now figure out what steps need to happen in order for you to arrive at said outcome, and then put them all in order. Maybe now you add a time estimate for completing each step, and you then you figure out how long the process will take overall. Now you put it all in your calendar and get to work!

But then, inevitably, something doesn't work according to the plan. Maybe one step takes longer than expected or another part doesn't work out the way you thought it would. You find yourself "off on a tangent" and, if you're like me, maybe you start to blame yourself for getting "lost" on what was supposed to be a simple journey from point A to point B. Have you ever been here?

It can feel even worse if the project you're working on involves a God-promise. When we're working towards something we *know* we heard God say was up ahead for us, we can tend to get more overwhelmed and stressed out because, well -- "God SAID!"

So how do we navigate the journey of pursuing a promise without losing hope or getting stuck (or quitting) along the way? That's what we're getting into on this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast. If you're ready to ditch the worldly mindsets that are overwhelming you and delaying your arrival so you can pick up the cadence of heaven for the pursuit of purpose in the Kingdom instead, this is your episode. Grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

WANT A LIST OF SCRIPTURES I MENTION IN THIS EPISODE? Head over to the show notes: ericapyle.com/161.

WANT TO GRAB AHOLD OF ONE OF THE RESOURCES OR TOOLS I MENTION IN THIS EPISODE? I've got a number of tools to help you navigate the journey to your promise while not losing hope or momentum. Check them out below:
• Trello Block Schedule Template + Tutorial: ericapyle.com/blockschedule.
• Four Questions Prayer Template: ericapyle.com/4questions.
• Thought Exchange Worksheet: ericapyle.com/thoughts.
• Quiet Time Blueprint: ericapyle.com/quiettime.

#160// How do you *know* if you're focused on and working towards the "right thing" right now?

Is it just me, or do you tend to get a little (or a lot) overwhelmed if you don't know *exactly* what you should be doing *right now* while working towards a goal or a particular outcome? It doesn't even have to be an imminent deadline. I just like to know that I'm "on pace" and moving in the right direction. I don't want to waste my time!

I've found that this overwhelm can ramp up even more if the reason we're transitioning into a new season or assignment is because something else has unexpectedly ended or if the new thing came up super fast and we didn't have a lot of time to think it through first. But I think the worst overwhelm gets served when we've already stepped into something new and have started moving, and then hit a massive roadblock. Now we're questioning whether we're in the right spot, if we're doing it right, or if we even heard God right about this assignment in the first place. Have you ever been here?

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, I want to talk about how you can *know* (like, deep down in your spirit kind of knowing) that you're working on the right assignment for the season you're currently in. If you've been wondering "Is this *really* what I'm supposed to be doing right now? Am I on the right track? Am I on time? or Did I just hear Him wrong?," this is the episode for you, my friend. Let's get some clarity, shall we? Grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

THE FOUR QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD BE ASKING TO GET TO CLARITY QUICKLY: If you're ready to uplevel your prayer time and really hear God's voice, grab this free Prayer Template by heading to ericapyle.com/4questions. You'll receive a link to a template that lays out the four questions that we should be asking God in every situation and circumstance; questions that will position us for greater clarity and breakthrough in our lives. So good, right? Go grab the link to this powerful resource here.