Key takeaways
- Trust is practiced before the full outcome is visible.
- Faith should move from encouragement into action.
- Connect conviction to one practical act of obedience.
- Use reflection, prayer, and accountable follow-through together.
Faith and Trust
A faith-in-practice teaching for visitors who need encouragement to trust God beyond what is visible.
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Exercise
Write down the sentence from this topic that names what you need to obey, release, or practice this week. Then choose one action that can be completed in the next 24 hours.
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my leaders. Hey yo, my leaders, thank you. Thank you. Thank you for just jumping into this video cuz I got something special for you today. One of my boys truly blessed me yesterday in Austin. One of my boys, shout out to you, Deonte Jones. phenomenal, incredible soul, incredible man of God, one of the best lawyers that you are ever going to sit down in front of. Truly has a heart of gold. And through this man of God, God really poured into me. And I'm just going to share with you all something that inspired me.
Okay, this is not to disclose our meeting, but what I will say is I came out of that meeting and I came out of that meeting and I came out of that meeting on fire. Okay, as much pouring as I do into others, God definitely has leaders that pour into me and I'm grateful and I'm honored, my leaders. And I just want to share this to ignite somebody right now in this moment. And before I do, my leaders, thank you for joining the platform. And this is Ja's mic. Home of the world's toughest leaders. And if you're tuned in, that means you're a leader.
One thing I know about you is that you're a leader. Okay? You're a leader. God has called you to do something. God has called you to build something. God has called you to be in places where you are going to be of immense amount of influence. Some of you are already there. Some of you are getting there. This platform is to fuel you, okay? to motivate and inspire faith and confidence in each individual to empower them to go towards the calling that God has gifted. God has gifted you with a calling. He's gifted me with a calling. And without that calling, first and foremost, I wouldn't be alive today.
Because first and foremost, before you get your calling, you are called. And you're called by the one who saves. And the one that saves is Jesus Christ. I wouldn't be here today. Suicide was a reality for me in 2014. But I'm here today married to my beautiful rib Ethiopian swirl mcle. Hey. Hey, baby. And so my leaders, God has allowed me to meet so many phenomenal souls, man. I'm rich in relationships. people. And I remember when I was at Texas University and I was a pre-farm pharmacy major and then switched to radio, television, and film.
There was a professor who said this and I'll never forget he said, "I'm not wealthy." All right? He didn't have too much money. That was just not his portion. portion. even though he came in the crib in the in the university with the freshest shoes every single day, but he said this specifically. My professor said, "I'm not rich and wealthy monetarily, but he said I am rich in relationships." And that was over a decade ago and I still to this day never forget it. But now I understand more vividly and I understand more potently just what he was speaking about.
I may not be rich in wealth, but I'm rich in relationships. I have so many individuals I can call on the phone right now, man, and they will be able to bless me, pray for me, grant me resources that I currently don't have, grant me access to things that I don't currently have access to by myself. And one of the things that I learned while sitting in this beautiful restaurant, Vic and Als, shout out to Vic and Als. And we're sitting there fellowshipping fellowshipping was how from from less than 3 years ago, God has taken him from nothing to where he's at now.
And when I hear the testimonial of what God has been doing for him, what God has been doing for his business, what God has been doing for his life through his obedience. I'm flabbergasted because one of the things he wanted to remind me is he said, "Man, as believers, check this out. A lot of times we get into this this this space where we believe for great, but then we get into moments where often we doubt God has called us to build something. He's called us to do something.
And as he's shown us what to do, we're like, man, it can't take all that or maybe I shouldn't do this because I got to do all these other things. We're trying to we're trying to pave the way and go our own path and do our own thing. But it's like, listen, if you could just be faithful in what God is telling you to do, I'm telling you, I promise cuz I'm there, man. You seen me. You seen where I was at before. If you can just be faithful and and be obedient, I'm telling you, things going to happen. And then he began to share so many of the testimonials.
The way that hey, when he started to be obedient to Jesus, like, yo, what started to open up? And it's crazy because he said this very specifically. And he said, "Listen, the reason why God is doing what he's doing for my life is because listen, when I get what I'm going to get, he knows that I'm going to give him the glory. And it's not going to be because of my work ethic, cuz I I did it all by myself. All right? It's not going to be because I did it all by myself." Ah, no, no, no, no. I was grinding super hard.
And although he worked super hard and he was grinding, he said, "No, no, no. God ain't going to let me be the one to boast in myself the fact that this happened." No, no, no. Every single thing that happened is such a miracle that it all equates back to Jesus Christ. Had it not been for Jesus. Had it not been for Jesus, the door wouldn't have opened. Had it not been for Jesus, the connection would have not been there. Had it not been for Jesus. And I was so hyped, man. I'm hyped. I'm sitting there. I'm smiling. I'm laughing. I'm laughing so hard.
I'm in tears because it's such a great fact that had it not been for Jesus. And he reminded me, he said, "Mike, man, I see what you're doing. I see you online, man. I see you posting. I know that I know the demeanor that you have. So, I know that this is going to it's really going to affect you what I'm telling you, and maybe you need this encouragement." But he said, he told me, he said, "Hey, keep doing what God is telling you to do. Like, don't don't veer from it. What's the last thing he told you to do?
What has he been telling you to build?" And he was one of the individuals who kept reminding me what God had told me to do. And I have many different individuals like this in my life. He was one of them that was saying, "Mike, man, you doing this culture, but I need you to get that LLC. There's so many advantages to getting the LLC, but I need you to get the LLC." Mind you, my leader got it told me to get this LLC about two and a half to almost 3 years ago.
And And in fact, when I was obedient this year to getting my LLC, God brought business to my coaching clients that I could afford my coaching that I could actually help and serve without being distracted by trying to do too much of this side hustle and stuff like that. Like I got to really just focus and I get the opportunity more so now to focus on my coaching. Why? Because I was obedient and I told him I said, "Hey man, I remember when you told me to get the LLC back in January. You were adamant. You gave me the game plan.
and you gave me you gave me a list of things to do to check off and I did that and and since I did that, God has been blessing. I've been coaching for years. I've been certified for years, but God wanted me to establish a business that he could bring provision through and that people could be able to trust and so that I could have an entity that I'm also protected by.
And as I'm as I'm listening to him speak more, more, this miracle, that miracle, this miracle, and what God is currently doing, I'm just ignited to remind my leaders today, my leader, there are things that God wants you to focus on. And hey, let me tell you something, cuz this is just personal experience. Yo, there's times where I stopped doing the things I need to focus on, man. I got bills to pay. Let's be honest. I got bills to pay. Let me go get this hot side hustle. Let me focus so much on this side hustle because now the side hustle was just quick money.
And now that this quick money is coming in, I could pay for real bills right now. I could pay for real bills. I got bills. I got fines. I got different things obligation. I got loans to pay back. We got we got cards to pay back. There's rent that needs to be paid. There's so much bills. There's food. I got to put food on the table for my family, man. We can't we can't be without food, man. Come on. I got to put gas in the whip so we can get across the city so that we can go to church and serve at the church. I need food, Lord.
I need I need income. I need more income so I can be able to serve the streets and the homeless. We got to prepare meals for them, Lord. We just we need provision, heavenly father. And there's times where I get into the mode where I know Jesus saves. I know he's giving me the word that says that he's Jehovah Gyra, that he's the provider. I know he said that. I know that he said that eyes have not seen, neither ears heard, neither have entered into the heart of man those things that God has prepared for those that love him. I know he said that.
I know he said that in Hebrews 11:6 that it's impossible to have faith. It's impossible to please God without faith. For those that come to him must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him. So I know that you reward if I seek you. I know that your word says that you will withhold no good thing to those that you love. I know that it says that. So a lot I know what the scripture says, but when life hits sometimes and it hits hard, sometimes I go back to focusing too much on what I'm not supposed to be focusing on.
And the reason why this is so important for me to share is because what God did in that meeting was he blessed me with saying, "Mike, refocus. Refocus back on the main thing. Make the main thing the main thing. Make the main thing the main thing. If you going if you going to sit here and coach people, sit here and coach people. If you gonna sit here and create, you said one day you wanna you want to coach, you want to build this global platform, you want to inspire people through the medium of words. Speak then keep writing your poems and your music cuz ironically that's affecting people too.
Your words, man. Use your words. It's spoken word. It's music. It's preaching. It's coaching. Use your words and speak life. That's what you want to do. do. Then go do it and be consistent on your platform platform and do it. Even when you don't think it's getting anywhere, do it. Cuz if you don't build it, nobody else going to build it. If you don't work on it, nobody else going to work on it. You're the one that's been called. You didn't commit suicide back in 2014. God has had you on this path and you've been meeting so many different people.
That's why you are rich in relationships and God wants you to help so many other individuals. He wants you to serve these people. So Mike, make the main thing the main thing. If God can do it for your boy Demani Jones and he can keep blessing him, he going to keep blessing you. It don't mean we ain't going to go through trials and tribulation, but he said consider it pure joy when faced with trials of many kinds, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. Let patience have his perfect work so that you are whole, complete, and entire. There's a testing area where, hey, he's growing our patience.
He's building our faith. But in those moments where your faith is being built, don't go back to doing what God has already told you. It should not be the main thing. You may have to do your side gigs. You may have to do your side hustles, but don't turn your side thing into a full-time. It ain't full time. And if you turn your side thing into a full-time, how are you going to get the blessings? And what I realize more so when God is calling you to do something is just trusting and letting go.
The more that I the more that I hold on to my control, the harder it is to let go and and realize I have to believe even when I don't know if it's going to happen. I have to believe even when I don't see it. I have to truly have faith, my leaders, that Jesus Christ is going to do what he's already spoken to me, what he's promised to me, what he's had other people prophesying to me, what he showed me in the dreams, what he showed me during my t my quiet time in prayer.
I got to trust that God knows exactly what it is that I need and he knows where he's taking me in the best path and how to get me there. My leaders, make the main thing the main thing again. And whatever God has placed on your heart, this is the time to do it. Heavenly Father, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Father, right now, I just pray over your leader right now. And I pray that you continue to give them the guidance they need, Father, that the Holy Spirit will go before them and just give them a conviction to keep the main thing the main thing.
And anything that has not been the main thing, Lord God, Father, we ask that you will put it in their heart to do less of those things. Father, impress on them what they're called to move towards. Lord Jesus, I'm praying a clarity over their mind right now that any stress that has taken their mind, any worries, any concerns of the world, your your word says that the cares of the world are what stopped the seed of the word of God from taking root in the soil.
So, Father, any care of the world that has exalted itself in this leader's life above the knowledge of God, we bring it down and we place it at your feet right now in this moment. It's at your feet. It's not ours. We don't want it, Lord. We need your peace, Father. We need your strength, Lord. We need your guidance, Heavenly Father. We need your direction, Lord God. That's what we're praying for, Lord. Clarity. And so, Father, anybody here that's been feeling lost lately and been feeling anxiety and been feeling depressed, Lord, I rebuke those spirits right now, and I send them back to hell, Father.
And I replace those feelings right now with your love, with your peace, Father. Your word clearly says that you did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and a sound mind. And I declare and I decree that this leader from this day forward is going to walk with boldness and walk with confidence and move with the authority that they've been given with a sound mind that they've been given. This this this place of peace and start moving in love. Let them do the things that they know that they're supposed to do and do it with love.
So, Father, I plead the blood of Jesus when we come together in this prayer in the name of Jesus. Jesus. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. My leaders, I love you, okay? But Jesus Christ loves you more. We out.
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