The Vision by Definition
By Faith She Speaks isn’t about one person’s voice but about each one of us finding our voice as His word comes alive in us!
Author: byfaithshespeaks
Between Two Platforms by Lucy Kyllonen
For me, life can be like a zip-lining experience. There are times we need to walk or jump off the platform we are on to get to the other side that God is calling us to. He asks us, “Do you trust me to get you to the other side?”
4 Simple Words… by Tami Kent, Founder
When I typed the words ‘By Faith She Speaks’ into my phone on that day in February years ago, I had no idea what those words meant, but God did.
- I prayed for God to speak. To reveal His heart for this to me. And He did.
- I prayed for wisdom and for God to order the steps before me. And He did.
- I prayed for God to bring the people who would help to bring this vision to life. And He did.
- I prayed for God to provide the resources to make this possible. And He did.
- I prayed for Him to make His presence so evident in every detail. And He did.
With the launch of the website only a few short days away, I find myself reflecting on what it took to get here. All the times I have had to battle through debilitating fear and insecurity that would have held me hostage and kept me silent. All the times I felt silly or completely out of my wheelhouse, but knew that faith required taking the next step.
You see faith isn’t about our confidence in our ability. It’s about our confidence in God and His ability. And walking out that faith requires that we do something.
All of the great men and women of the Bible had to act on the word of God before they saw the move of God. And just like the Angel of the Lord said to Gideon, faith requires that we “Go in the strength that we have.”
By Faith She Speaks is not something I did; it’s something God did in me and through me… but it’s NOT about me. It’s about us. It’s about YOU.
And I pray that as you join us at the table and listen to our stories and hear what God is speaking to us that you will hear all the more clearly what He would speak to you. That by faith you would “Go in the strength that you have” into the places God would call you and that you would watch and see God do amazing things in and through you.
Going Back, Looking Forward
On January 16th, 2019, Tami Kent and Erin Citron Blair went back to the place where the vision for By Faith She Speaks was first shared, to remember, to reminisce, and to revel in all that God has done. Every bit of this belongs to Him…
4 years ago: On February 28, 2015 God spoke the words… By Faith She Speaks.
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3 1/2 years ago: I purchased the website, in faith, having no idea what God had planned.
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3 years ago: My ministry coach, Cynda Teachman Harris challenged me to take the first step and I spoke those words out loud sharing the vision for the first time with a my dear friend and sister in Christ, Erin Citron Blair.
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2 years ago: As God opened doors, through conversations with Roy Saringo, I began meeting with studios about the vision and prayerfully considering what the next steps might be.
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18 months ago: I began meeting individually with women and inviting them to be a part. Lucy Kyllonen Kalisha Collura Pupello Michelle Welch Keisha Bowen Polonio Rossaue Hosein Elizabeth Elka Whitney Kelly Erin Citron Blair
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12 months ago: We began looking for a location.
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9 months ago: God brought the provision, the team, and the location. Barb Palmer, Roy Saringo, Weston Mendell
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6 months ago: We filmed our first video podcast. The first of many.
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2 months ago: Erin Citron Blair and I met where it all started to remember the goodness of God that has brought us to where we are.
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1 month ago: God provided the funding for the website to go live and we started working.
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AND THIS NEXT WEEK: WE LAUNCH! This is the fulfillment of a word spoken, a miracle 4 years in the making, and this is just the beginning. Now we will see what GOD WILL DO!
Vision Defined
BY: Through the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power. Acting as an instrument to create.
FAITH: Belief and trust in loyalty to God. With strong conviction. Without question.
SHE: A daughter of the Most High God, chosen from birth and purposed for His glory.
SPEAKS: Uttering words and articulating sound. Expressing thoughts, opinions, and feelings worthy of mention or notice.
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