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TERRI: Hey, I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader of dreams.
Hey, if you've never subscribed to this podcast, just push the
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and tips to help you live your dreams. Today, I want to talk to
you about life begins at the end of your comfort zone. You know,
any time you're getting ready to go to a new level, the next
level of your life, it's going to demand leaving a place of
comfort, and that's not fun. I've discovered that God never
allows us to get too comfortable for too long. He's constantly
stretching us to do new things, to launch out, to dream bigger.
We can't stay in the safe zone all of our lives and expect to
live our dreams. In fact, God said to Joshua, "You have not
passed this way before." Well, God is saying that to you today,
that new things are on the horizon for, but you have to
step out in the faith. Just when we think, "I've got a system in
place. I can rest here." It's like God says, "It's time for
something new. Something big, expensive, costly,
uncomfortable, and sometimes downright scary." In fact,
somebody once said, "Comfort and convenience run the lives of
unsuccessful people." Now, I promise, this is a motivational
podcast, but you know, I've discovered in my own life, I
remember years ago, when I first graduated from college, I went
to work for my dad who's a minister, and my first job was
to transcribe little tapes, like listen to cassette tapes, word
for word, and write them down. Just type them up. Well that led
to my dad saying, "I want you to turn those transcripts into
books. Like become a ghost writer." Well that stretched me
out of my comfort zone. I was so scared that I was going to
delete content that he wanted. Well, I ended up writing more
than 25 books for him, and I got comfortable. I wasn't stretching
anymore. In fact, this is one of the books I wrote in two and a
half weeks. In other words, I got comfortable. Well, then I
remember when they asked me to supervise the whole media
department. That pushed me out of my comfort zone. That meant
overseeing the success of our website, magazine, resources,
books, CDs, TV show. Well, again, I had to step out of my
comfort zone. But then, little by little, I began to learn what
I could. I was able to talk about branding with confidence,
talk about target audiences, demographics, ROIs, things like
that. I met with the best producers and media marketing
specialists, and we ended up producing a successful TV show,
but I got comfortable. Then I remember when they wanted me to
be on the TV show with my dad, and I thought, "What? With this
voice? I don't want to be in front of people. I love being
behind the scenes." Well, you talk about stepping out of my
comfort zone. In fact, you know, I remember the first time I
started doing television, I was sitting in the parking lot in my
car on the phone with my best friend, crying going, "I don't
want to do this. I'm scared." Well, as a result, I began doing
the openings and the closes with my dad. Then it led to
co-hosting the TV show, which I did for 10 years, and we saw our
response go up, and we saw good results. I wasn't crying in the
parking lot anymore, and I loved it. In other words, I started to
get comfortable. Same thing when I became the CEO of my dad's
organization. That meant overseeing the finances, the
personnel, the media department, everything, and seven offices
around the world. Well, talk about stepping out of my comfort
zone. I remember the first time I went to a CEO workshop, and
when I was checking in, the lady looked at me like, "The Mary Kay
conference is around the corner." I was like, "No, I'm a
CEO." Well, I met with the best CEOs. I began to learn and
educate myself, and I did that for 11 years and saw great
success with our impact around the world, but then I got
comfortable behind my beautiful black desk. And then again ...
It's like it never ends because it doesn't ever end. In fact, I
remember when the Lord put it on my heart that it was time to
resign as CEO, move to Rockwall, Texas, open up offices from
scratch. I mean, we needed everything. Computers, desks,
chairs. We needed paper. We needed everything. I was like,
"I don't want to. I'm comfortable leading out." I was
very comfortable and safe there. Well, my dad had already built
everything for me. I'd been working with him for 22 years.
We had an entire customer service department, accounting,
shipping, TV studios, a team of people working with me. I had a
comfortable salary, insurance, retirement. Nope. The Lord said,
"It's time to start from scratch. Give it all up. All
this comfort and security and go." Well, we launched out
September 2014, and by December of that year, our ministry had
doubled. So, my point is, every time I've just sucked it up,
made myself launch out of my comfort zone, it's far exceeded
my expectations. In other words, you will never regret obeying
God. Everything you've ever wanted is one step outside your
comfort zone. Brian Tracy said, "Move out of your comfort zone."
He said, "You can only grow if you're willing to feel awkward
and uncomfortable when you try something new." Well, it's scary
though. In fact, the Lord said to me one time, "Terri, you're
so afraid of missing it, but that works both ways. You could
miss it if you do nothing." In fact, I remember, in 2009, I
just got away with the Lord, grabbed a journal and a pen, and
I just imagined my life in the future if I don't step out of my
comfort zone. I mean, I didn't have any distractions. I just
sat there and pretended nothing changes in my life from what I'm
doing today, and it's 10 years from now. Am I happy? So I
literally ... I wrote it out. I wrote out my life in the year
2019, added up my age, my daughter's age, how long I
would've been serving as CEO, what my daily routine is like,
and by the end of this picture that I painted on paper, I was
utterly miserable, and it wasn't that my life or my job were bad.
They were amazing, but it was because deep, down inside, I
knew God had more for my life, and I believe you do too. In
fact, I remember saying, "I'm comfortable financially. Rodney
and I go on amazing vacations, but how many scrapbooks can you
make of Rodney and Terri on the beach?" I wrote, "I was created
to do so much more with my life." Well, that exercise fired
me up to not come to the end of my life with nothing but regret
and some Hawaiian scrapbooks. Well, if you're in that stage
that I was where you know God has more, but you're hesitant to
leave that place of comfort, I'm believing this podcast is a
divine appointment to stir you up to step out. In fact, I heard
TD Jakes share a message years ago about a nest, and basically
he was saying, "Don't die in your nest." Well, oh Lord, did
it wake me up. Of course he was shouting in my ear and sweating
and stuff, but it was the most powerful message for me during
that transition, and he began to explain what is a nest. Of
course, this is a really cute fancy one, but a nest is a safe
place, a comfortable place, a secure place. In other words,
it's a comfort zone. Now keep in mind, the nest that initially is
a blessing, it becomes a curse if you stay in it too long. Well
God said, "I will lead you as the eagle stirs her nest." Now
keep in mind, stirring the nest, that only happens when the
eagles have grown too big to live in something so small. So
are you too big to be living in something so small? Is it tight
in your nest? But maybe you stay there because it's familiar,
it's comfortable, it doesn't demand too much of you? Well TD
Jakes explained. He said, "The same mother who made it cushy
and comfortable and nice and relaxing comes along with the
same beak and starts stirring the nest so that the protrusions
that were once on the outside now are pointing on the inside,
making it uncomfortable for you to stay in your nest." In other
words, what nourished you at one stage in your life, well, it's
too small for what God wants to do in your life now. Think about
it. If an eaglet, on it's own, would just fly out of the nest,
then the mom wouldn't have to stir the nest. In fact, Job
said, "I thought I would die in my nest." Well, have you ever
been in a situation that you thought wouldn't change, and
then God comes along and starts stirring things up, and you
think, "What is going on in my life? Like what happened?" Well,
it's just God saying, "I'm stirring the nest. It's time to
go to the next level." In other words, you can't rest in your
nest anymore. Suddenly, you'll start seeing things differently.
You start saying, "I never realized how small this is, how
limited this is." In other words, I've got to get out. I've
got to go to the next level. See, you're not supposed to stay
there. You were supposed to start there. You were never
meant to be housed in something so small. Suddenly you're going
to realize the world out there is bigger than the world in
here. The Bible says we will soar up with wings as eagles,
right? Well, as long as you stay in the nest, you can't spread
your wings, and you can forget about soaring, so let me just
say, you may be feeling like God is telling you to leave a place
of comfort, a job, a career, start a new thing in your life,
a new business, a ministry, an outreach, a career change, or
just start pursuing that bigger dream that's in your heart. In
fact, I remember texting my dad, and I was crying saying, "Dad, I
didn't know it was going to be this hard." Like to leave his
ministry, and my dad texted me back a powerful statement that I
want you to hold on to. He said, "Terri, transition is God's way
of promotion." Transition is God's way of promotion. Well, I
don't know what God may be speaking to your spirit, but I
know we must never get too comfortable. As long as you're
comfortable, you're not growing. So transition is necessary in
order for you to pursue the next assignment that God has for your
life. Well, I want to just take a moment to recognize our
subscriber of the week, and this is Ruth Junior. Ruth Junior
says, "God bless you, Terri, for your good work." She said, "You
have inspired me and motivated me all these years." I
appreciate that, and it's an honor to do this. She said,
"Through your inspirations, I was able to discover my calling,
and I'm now living my dreams." She said, "I'm looking forward
to host a big conference with you one day very soon. God
richly bless you." Well, Ruth Junior, I'm cheering you on, and
I'm so proud of you to hear that you're living your dreams. And
just remember, those of you watching, anytime you're getting
ready to go to a new level, the next level of your life, it will
demand leaving a place of comfort. I have a feeling Ruth
has left that comfort zone. So I want to help you step out of
your comfort zones so you can go after all that God has for you.
I've developed simple, yet effective exercises to help you
do this. This is going to help challenge you in the best way
possible, and all you have to do is click the link in the
description for my comfort zone download that you can refer to
each day. I think you're going to have fun with this, and I
truly believe this message can take you from where you
are to where you want to be. Now for more consistent
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