The Winning Morning Convos Podcast

I bet you wanted a smooth year where you wore a cape like a superhero and you weren’t so vulnerable. Right?

But for a lot of us, 2021 made us feel like our superhero capes had been snatched, and we were left with nothing more than our vulnerabilities.

But through it all, GOD! Guess what? Your Father is with you when you’re strong, but also when you feel weak.

He’s with you on the mountain top and also in the valley. You don’t need to pretend. He’s not far removed from our sufferings. So now that 2022 is here, this Podcast reflects on my 5 biggest lessons from 2021 and the positive mindset I plan to have as I march forward toward a much more joyful year.

• Why I love superheroes when they’re in their most vulnerable state – that’s when I can relate to them.
• How David was thrust into a season where he had to depend on God for drops of water. And yet, he is the same powerful king we read about today.
• How 2021 for me was a season where I had to trust God with my vulnerabilities and anxieties. To be like a baby in my Father’s arms.
• 5 Biggest Lessons I got from 2021 and how I’m shaping my positive mindset for 2022.

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About 80 percent of people FAIL when they start something new.

And maybe, just maybe, you’re sitting there right now, toying with the thoughts in your brain, debating on whether you should have faith for new things.

What does that even mean? Have faith for new things?

I don’t know what your “new thing” is, but today, I am going to tell you one reason WHY you need to put your feet, one leg at a time, out of the boat you’re stuck in, and answer God’s voice, trusting Him for that NEW thing He’s calling you to do.

• Trusting God for what HE is capable of doing, and not what you are able to do by yourself.
• How you need to first make sure God is the one speaking to you to step out.
• How walking is way different than stepping out (it’s a multi-step process, ya know?)

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“Only a few things are needed. Mary has chosen the better part.” – Jesus (to Martha).

• How I selected the “better part” of Gala, a little sausage roll pastry filled with sausage meat.
• Why Jesus told Martha that her sister, Mary, had chosen the “better part.”
• How fulfilling your purpose without sitting at the Lord’s feet first is like trying to get to a location you’ve never been to before without first studying a map or using a GPS.
• The difference between preparations and distraction.
• Only a few things are needed when you’re choosing the better part.

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“Sometimes there are two choices that seem good, but one is always better..” – Excerpt.

• How even when we think we are going with the proverbial “flow” of things, we have to understand that it’s a choice to go with the flow. You always have a choice to make in this life.
• Listening to Viola Davis give a speech, and realizing that even after going through the toughest of times, she made the choice to live.
• How sometimes there are two choices that seem good, but one is always better.
• I also re-introduced some choices that are obvious choices in today’s world (click PLAY to listen to this Podcast, and I hope that you choose well).

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“The beginning is usually the place where you will face the greatest resistance. You have to push through it.” – Excerpt.

• How the beginning of anything always seems like the hardest part of the journey.
• Why you have to push through it. You can’t go on a journey if you don’t start. I always tell people this, “You think it’s impossible, but it’s not…the beginning is always the hardest part of achieving your goal.”
• One important thing to note is that you were not meant to climb every hill. You can come out of this Podcast thinking, yes, I can do anything, but if your goal is not aligned with the Word of God, if it’s not God’s will for you, and if it’s going to be detrimental to your spirit, it may not be the path for you.

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“The one yardstick that will separate whether you lived a blessed life or not won’t be your smartness or wealth, it would be what you did to the least among all people. This one thing is so important to God that it determines whether your whole life was a win or a loss.” – Excerpt.

• The series of three illustrations Jesus gave that connects being smart and wealthy to our service to the least of all people.
• How you can be resourceful and rich and yet still have something missing in your life.
• How this missing thing is using the resources we have to love the least of people among us.

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“I realized at a very early age that people tend to value what you bring to the table more than your appearance. It doesn’t matter whether you’re short or tall, petite, or ripped, slender or big-boned. What matters is what you carry on the inside.” – Excerpt.

• How if you focus on a shadow, you really won’t be able to see the real thing casting the shadow on the wall.
• Five reasons why we must be FEARLESS.
• Why as a Christian, the word “shadow” to me signifies problems that the enemy has magnified such that they falsely appear bigger than the solutions God has already provided.
• How the “Rule of Opposites” works in God’s kingdom, and it’s this: If you are a child of God, you can be fearless because no matter what negative comes your way, there is an opposite positive effect from God. And the positive always wins at the end of the day (I give examples of Biblical shadows and their opposites in the episode).

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“I sat down with him, looked into his fearful eyes, and told him this, “Whenever you injure a muscle, you have to keep exercising that muscle even though it’s painful to do so, because exercise is what will ultimately strengthen and heal that muscle.” – Excerpt.

• How pain can have an unexpected favorable outcome.
• The story of how I had to explain to my son that sometimes you have to massage a sore muscle for it to heal.
• Why if you are not ready to experience pruning pain, then you’re not ready to bear more fruit.
• Why when you’re walking in one direction, and God cautions you and tells you to walk in a different direction, that’s pruning! Just obey. You may be shocked, or angry, or your ego may be bruised, but it’s for your own good.

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Today, on the Winning Morning Convos, I want to challenge you to pay attention to your backstory.

• How you need to pay attention to your backstory because your backstory is what makes your testimony sweet.
• How no success story I’ve ever studied and no person I’ve interviewed was an overnight success.
• Why if you are sitting there right now comparing yourself with someone you know or admire, maybe you should take some time out to study their backstory first. You will realize that you don’t want that backstory. Walk in your unique journey and embrace your authentic story.
• Tauren Wells’ journey: the comparison between when he was 16 (his backstory) to where he is right now touring the world leading millions of people into worship, and being married and a father of three.

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We’ve been talking about the power inside us, the promise of God — the Holy Spirit. I’ve got to say that this podcast episode is one of my favorites, and maybe, just maybe, it’s because our guest shared about God’s power expressed in her 4-year old daughter.

Toyin Ope is first and foremost a beloved daughter of God. She is also a wife and mother to two amazing little kids. Toyin is an ordained minister and serves in both youth and women’s ministries. Toyin is a certified public accountant (CPA), has an MBA from Queen’s University, and has worked in the Oil and Gas industry for 12 years in 5 countries across 4 different continents. She specializes in Social Investment — managing a portfolio of corporate-sponsored programs to bring about positive social change for the marginalized and underrepresented youth in America.

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Instagram (i): @toy_in

Instagram (ii): @kidswholoveJesus

• Why there is nothing like a baby Holy Spirit (she shares stories of her daughter as an example).
• How we need to pay more attention to the internal dialogue that goes on in the brains of our kids because God can manifest His power in children too.
• How the biggest manifestation of the Holy Spirit in her life has been what He has done on the inside of her (before anything external). “When the Holy Spirit comes into your heart, you fall in love. You’re not trying to see how far you can get before it’s sin, instead, you’re like, “How close can I stay?””

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