YOU MATTER To Christ

HIGHLIGHTS

01:57 Cody’s roots in God, nature, and giving as the secret to living

07:35 Core values of unity, bringing people together, and restoring broken things

12:08 A dollar, pizza, and Mountain Dew: Recalibrating life according to God’s path

17:42 Being mentored and the authentic value of human capital

21:50 Bringing people together in community and friendship 

27:38 Letting God in and The Gift You Are

30:58 Deviating from God in Miami and returning better and stronger 

36:29 Learn patience and have faith that God will provide

QUOTES

04:09 “You can do some pretty cool things in life but, at the end of the day, I think that the core of joy really comes from being close to your family and being around people that you love.”

06:13 “It’s important to just keep in mind, God’s going to supply us with whatever we need and it’s important for us to be giving the rest back to the things that he’s called us to give to. And that’s going to be different for every single person.”

16:50 “If I could go back to that time, I would completely have a different mindset and be extremely more grateful for the things that I had. And I try to carry that spirit now with me when things are tough or I’m a little down on myself. I try to have more of a spirit of gratitude and thankfulness for what I do have.”

18:11 “Human capital is always going to trump money capital every day of the week. There are people, it doesn’t matter how much money you have, there are people in the world that can open up doors for you if you build that connection with them.”

36:48 “There’s a difference between going down a good path and a God path. And sometimes we’re in a season because God needs us to be in that season so that he can sharpen us and he can equip us and he can empower us to do what he’s called us to do.”

Connect with Cody by following the links below.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-c-harvey-b06032114/
• Breakout: https://web.breakout.fm/p/@Cody
• Website (Kennected): https://kennected.org/

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HIGHLIGHTS

01:44 Andrea’s childhood life growing up on stage with a musical family

04:15 Business concierge, liaison, and a collaborative partnership

05:45 Unforgettable memories brought realizations and learning to walk on two feet

11:09 StrengthsFinder test, individualization, and how people are important and what inspires Andrea to chart the direction to the next 20-30 years

13:20 An undeniable time God showed up, a blind date with the future husband, “the string to my balloon”: The unexpected is already planned by God

16:00 Faith, Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, and the true north

QUOTES

03:14 “I think just being comfortable being the voice that is something that is mandated in the job, you have to learn that I think as a leader as well. There are a lot of people who can do that out of pride or you can do that out of humility … being able to link all those stories and bring a voice to their history and start magnifying that is a huge part of that role.”

09:02 “Recovering from physical things that have definitely taught me a lot. But becoming independent and becoming comfortable with who I was as a human at that point in my life really set the foundation and allowed me to grow in so many ways moving forward.”

12:12 “There are people that have to play a role in the team, just how Christ says we’re all part of the body and if one of you fails or one is weak. Then you can’t be effective.”

15:31 “Sometimes you have to face these traumatic buzz saws in life to recognize that … those are the times where when you go, ‘God, what do you need me to learn from this. Your will be done.’ And those are the most magical moments that can happen in your life.”

17:01 “Whether you’re in a good season and you have to keep the faith that is not of your own, or whether you’re really in a place of desperation. There is a strength that can be found when you only reach the end of your own … and what’s beyond you.”

17:41 “When those red lights or those yellow lights, you look back and see them turn green, faith is what gets you there. Faith is what keeps you breathing and I’m so grateful to have that tethering me and giving me a true north.”

Connect with Andrea by following the links below.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-c-harvey-b06032114/
• Website (Show Me Christian County): https://showmeccmo.com/

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HIGHLIGHTS

01:43 Kip’s childhood, her passion realized early on and growing up sports-oriented

06:53 Success and setback stories for sports athletes, financial and therapeutic issues

11:52 Kip’s client interaction: Mental and online assessment, sit-down interviews, customized recommendation plan for improvement

14:51 Sexually assaulted, poor decision making, self-hatred: “Lie Identity”

19:26 The passion to impact lives

23:05 : Kip’s personal encounter with God: The hardest situation, rain, dark and gloomy

27:30 How Kip defines faith based on her own experiences

29:25 77Pray: A reminder app

30:21 Final thoughts

QUOTES

05:44 “My personal mission was kinda what I just quoted to you, ‘to impact, to influence, and to educate.’ I think it’s more than helping athletes achieve their physical goal, their sports goals, but it’s being able to see they became better people because of their involvement in sports.”

11:03 “Athletes especially at that level, we’re talking about NFL, are very mentally wired to read and react and then respond quickly. Which can work very well in a number of other fields. But what they also have to learn as a life skill is to be self-disciplined and self-controlled, have personal responsibility, make good choices. I wish those were the hashtags at the back of the helmets.”

17:23 “As kids, we have an interpretation about our reality at that time. And then as an adult, we look back at that time and we go, ‘wow, that’s not accurate,’ you know? And then we put blockers in our own mindset to our own capability whether it’s delivering value, making money, making relationships we get in. It’s all inside.”

20:05 “I want them to understand self-control, personal responsibility, they gotta be able to manage their choices well in life both on the field, off the field, on the court, of the court, and those type of things.”

26:49 “If you read scripture then you would have an understanding that God is still good even though these bad things are happening because He allows free will. And that’s a hard concept for some people, but I think once you overcome that or look at God where He tells who He really is … you see him in those 10 minutes, you see him in those dark spaces because He is still there.”

28:27 “It’s just trusting Him with those life decisions to guide the transformation that I have experienced because of faith. To be a very broken young woman, to a single mom of strength and boldness. A women’s football world champion raising two kids of my own while building my business … Only God by my side could I have done and done that.”

Connect with Kip by following the link below.

LinkedIn:

•  https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-kip-watson-9b1060a/

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HIGHLIGHTS

02:50 An abundance mindset early on: Embracing that God will provide 

07:13 Embracing forgiveness and gratitude

08:18 Brian’s dad leaving allowed other father figures into his life

17:04 See ourselves as God sees us 

21:20 Coaching nonprofits and visionary business leaders

24:51 Clarifying Purpose, Provision, and Assignment and embracing grace

29:52 Building legacies with more investors 

32:54 The undeniable presence of God when Brian’s youngest son got sick

36:00 Faith is stepping into the place that God has shown us

QUOTES

04:57 “There was just an abundant mindset that we can see a God kind of come into our lives and really help us with our dreams and vision and not have this scarcity mindset. So I think that was modeled for me early on.” 

22:53 “A lot of what I’m doing is just helping clients really help build that culture within their team, their roles, and then be that encourager and coach to come alongside them to say, keep the main thing, the main thing.” 

26:26 “On my epitaph, I want it to say he encouraged and blessed others. Well, I don’t have to be paid to add value and bless others. And I’ll say this, the thing that we most need in life, if we give that away, God just has a way of multiplying it.”

33:25 “I think that process of handing over my son to the Lord was just the ultimate feeling of hopelessness but yet faith that God had him, regardless of if his life was going to be short or here he is, 17-years old.”

37:25 “There’s something very intentional, I think, in the faith journey between our relationship with the Lord and seeing him move in ways that really activate kind of the gifts and the calling that he’s given us.”

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• LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianlhurd/

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HIGHLIGHTS

02:45 Learning sales early and setting big goals

06:44 Steve’s brother’s brain cancer taught awareness of life after death

11:46 God’s undeniable existence: Ball boy job in ’79, surviving 9/11, and writing his book

18:37 Successful people: The difference in happiness is spirituality

21:10 A Single Day of Peace: A business leader embraced the meaning in Christ

25:41 Get a copy on Amazon and connect with Steve

QUOTES

13:18 “I got the (ball boy) job and I come in the next day to get my uniform, go into the clubhouse, get ready, practice with the players. And I’m like, holy cow, I got this job. And I often say too many people got tired of hearing from me. God because I kept praying over and over, and Pat Kelly’s office got tired of here from me calling him.” 

16:10 “I won first place in the inspirational and Christian category. You know, candidly, I’m not a writer. I really am not. I’m a software professional, but I wrote a book, got divine guidance, and all these good things have happened with the book.”

19:24 “Many people that have a lot of financial success are not happy because they’re not living by the right principles. So they’re frustrated. Maybe they’re arrogant. Their disposition isn’t good. They’re not thankful.”

22:27 “I always say is that ultimately the goal of the book is to help make the world a better place by helping people find their better place. And if they read my book and they’re inspired and they find a better place within themselves, their own spirit, the God inside them, they’ll do more for others.”

26:34 “I remember when I first started working with you, people told me… oh, you get to work with Steve. He’s going to help you make a lot of money… I think as we both go into the second round of nine holes a week, we make the turn, hopefully what they’ll say now is, oh yeah, if you get to work with Steve, he’ll help you with your spirituality.”

Connect with Stephen by following the link below.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephendangelo/
• Amazon Book Link – https://www.amazon.com/Single-Day-Peace-Inspirational-Principles/dp/1637460333
• Website – https://www.singledayofpeace.com/

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HIGHLIGHTS

05:03 Meeting her future husband in high school and a delayed engagement

11:44 A military deployment to Saudi Arabia turns out to be the greatest gift

21:31 Deployment to Oman and getting getting steeped in local culture 

29:26 Hearing God through her son: Remembering a commitment to not quit

38:18 A message: Get up, open your body and the Jeremiah story

45:06 Convincing a colleague to go to the field with her

54:54 Defining faith: Living in God’s unconditional love and doing his mission

QUOTES

17:26 “Will we be safe here? And there was a decision point. I almost turned around and went back in the plane, but I realized now that the kind of commitment that is required of military families and military spouses is every bit as all-consuming as it is for the military member.”

34:43 “We decided that if you’re still having problems by December, you can come home, but you’ve always told us that you cannot quit and you can’t come home. I was like, oh my God, I hung up. And like TC said, that was a defining moment in your life.” 

39:38 “I randomly opened my Bible and it opened to Jeremiah, the first chapter, and my eyes went to verse four and it was like the earth shook. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.”

41:21 “The mandate that was placed on my life that night was, I mean, it was a completely life changing experience. And I realized that God does know who we are.

He knows us by name. It doesn’t matter where we are, Chad. He knows us personally.”

Connect with Dorothy by following the link below.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorothybonvillain/

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HIGHLIGHTS

01:41 Embracing grace: there are no accidents

04:26 God is a god of covenants 

08:52 The three Ws of graceless living

14:58 Religious legalism vs accepting grace

17:25 The cycle of striving vs the cycle of grace

24:32 You are loved by God, no matter what

26:22 God reveals Himself in the most challenging times

28:05 Have the courage to show your own wounds, and let Christ shine through them

35:25 Rest in God’s grace, because you have already been accepted

QUOTES

06:01 Travis: “Sometimes God will give you what you want to help you realize that you don’t want it.”

07:04 Travis: “The way you relate to God will determine how you relate to you and to everybody around you. So if we don’t get this right, and understand that Jesus came specifically, came to establish a new covenant and fulfill the old covenant, then we’re going to struggle.”

08:31 Travis: “The new covenant is a covenant of faith and we receive salvation by grace, period. It’s what Jesus did, not what we have done.”

15:58 Travis: “Favor is not earned or bartered for by religious activity. I pray, I read my Bible, but I don’t do it to get something more from God. I do it because I love him.”

21:19 Travis: “Jesus says, Hey, you’re accepted. The cycle of grace begins by understanding that we’re completely accepted in Christ. We’ve put our faith in Jesus. Jesus comes and he lives with. He abides in us. 

23:19 Chad: “When you just slow down, and realize that you are provided for. That sustenance, peace man, you just have to open your eyes and look around. You can breathe. You’re alive.”

24:59 Travis: “When you’re secure in His love, suddenly you can give and receive love with so much freedom because you know that that God’s opinion of you is not on the line. He’s already made up his mind. He’s crazy about you. He’s already made up his mind about you. He’s so crazy, He sent his son to die on the cross for us.

27:28 Travis: “Your wounds will always preach better than your talent.”

34:49 Travis: “Because of what Christ has accomplished on the cross, you are not what you do. You are what Christ has already done for you.”

Connect with Travis Hall by following the link below.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pastor-travis-hall-87432a1b/
• Website: https://cultivatemypurpose.com/

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03:12 Being intentional about processing your emotions

06:24 Slow down, question your emotions, and talk about it 

22:58 Experience is the best teacher

31:20 Connecting with yourself takes a lot of emotional intelligence 

34:24 God loves you, whether or not you know Him

37:20 You don’t have to earn God’s love

39:28 Do not diminish God’s capacity to shine his light through you

42:02 Love God with your heart, soul, and mind

44:53 Taking care of yourself is also honoring God

46:16 Seeing yourself from a more conscious state will improve your life

48:16 What it means to evolve as a man 

57:09 Expressing love not to please God, but through God

1:03:48 Give up your need to be right

QUOTES

09:18 Angus: “Your life is a reflection of your past beliefs. And so what you’re living today is actually living in the past because all the stories that you have told about yourself, you’ve convinced yourself into a subconscious state of your identity.”

31:36 Angus: “Going through my business and, you know, burying myself into trying to carry the weight of the world on my own shoulders, like I was doing it all wrong. And for all the wrong reasons, I didn’t ask for help. And I didn’t understand how my energy internally was mounting against me and I was creating my own pain.”

34:20 Chad: “You still feel him, whether you’ve read the Bible or not, because it’s not about reading the Bible necessarily. That’s all good. It helps you get closer to the word, but you are talked to, you were quote unquote on a desert island, which was under your tree and in your own head and God, and yet God found you.” 

36:44 Angus: “I’m of the opinion now where it’s like by grace, you are saved and it’s not, you, you start living a life out of the expression of that caliber of love. And the more you feel loved, the more you act right, do right, be right.”

39:15 Angus: “I have to walk in dominion and authority and glory and power. And I have to let my light shine because God has made me a city on a hill that cannot be hid.”

45:31 Angus: “Our bodies require this kind of focus and that is in the minds and in the health of our emotions, you know, mind, will and emotions. If you aren’t caring for those things, then you can get exhausted. You can get distracted, you can get into really dark places because you’re trying to burn candles at both ends.”

1:11:38 Angus: The more that we put pressure on ourselves or on others to perform for some kind of an accolade, acceptance or validation is the moment we are caught in religion and legalism.”

Connect with Angus by following the links below:

• Instagram: Instagram.com/angusnelson
• Website: https://www.angusnelson.com/, manhoodmatrix.com

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Jim is hit by lightning and fell 80 feet 
• Starting the You Are Amazing group and Just Allow God’s Journey
• Faith: Discipline in the love of Christ and complete trust in His will
• Chad’s son suffers third degree burns and prompts Chad to create 77Pray 
• Dealing with loss and leaving it up to God
• Writing You Matter and healing people from all over the world

QUOTES

Jim: “I define faith as discipline, discipline in the love of Christ, because if we are not disciplined within our love for Christ, who can we love? Is the question I would ask myself if I was in doubt of God. Now, if you love God, everything falls into place. That is how faith is always driven in my life.”

Sharon: “Faith is all about trusting him in every detail of your life. And so now it’s just like, okay, God, I’m trusting you to do this. I’m trusting you to do this. If it’s your will, like this property that we’re purchasing, if it is your will, then let’s go. If it’s not in your will, if it’s not what you want for us then close the deal. I don’t want it.”

Sharon: “Everybody just wants to be loved and a lot of people just don’t feel that love. They feel emptiness and so, I think what you’re planning on doing or what God is directing you to do, I just pray that it really does heal this world, the United States, and even the world, because definitely something needs to change the way it is because people are hurting so bad.”

Connect with Sharon and Jim Couts by following the links below:

• LinkedIn (Sharon): https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharyync/
• LinkedIn (Jim): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimcouts/
• Website: https://jagjourney.com/

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Chicke’s childhood as a rebel and working in the travel industry
• Losing her business as the Buzzsaw moment and trusting God
• Being a Game Changer, Christian, and serving God
• A poll on faith: Most people keep faith and business as somewhat integrated

QUOTES

Chicke: “How will they remember me? Did I choose to serve? Did I point to you? And that’s it. And I made the decision, whether somebody was going to cancel me or not, I was going to stand in my faith and I was going to do it boldly without apology.”

Chicke: “The currency of the future is our integrity… that’s what it boils down to that our integrity is what is going to be valuable in the future.”

Connect with Chicke by following the links below:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chickefitzgerald/
• Website: https://chickefitzgerald.com/

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