Mike Signorelli - Reaching People with Social Media

July 9, 2026 | 34:37

Pastor Mike Signorelli brings bold, Bible-based teaching to help believers walk faithfully in today’s often compromised world.

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| Mike Signorelli - Reaching People with Social Media | July 9, 2026

This path is already narrow
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And we will forge forward making no excuse
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For why we can live uncompromised in this generation.
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Lock in, give me a hundred people who will walk that narrow road
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And say, i may have some things in my family,
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But i'm where it runs out.
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So we're gonna have an incredible conversation.
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I have haley julia here
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And let me just say, i wanna say this right off the jump,
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You probably already recognize her,
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But she is super funny, super anointed.
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My family absolutely loves you. i have two daughters.
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My youngest daughter sleeps with her bible bunny.
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Aw. is that right? bible?
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Yeah. do you still have those? i
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Do.
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I do so. okay. we're gonna leave.
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Well, they're, they're not in stock right now unfortunately,
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But they will be in summer.
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Okay. yeah. so we're gonna link it in the description.
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And like, i usually wouldn't just jump off with a,
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An actual sale, but i love hosting.
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It's like, well, like as a dad who has a daughter, like it's
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So hard to find like christian stuff.
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And that is her favorite thing. aw, i love that.
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So she forgot to bring it
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Because she was like, "can haley sign it?
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" so we'll have to, we'll figure that out.
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Then i've got evan wilson.
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Yes, sir. evan, how would i introduce you?
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So evan's been the guy
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Behind my social media for years and years.
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He's gotten me canceled,
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But he's also gotten me to the point
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Where i reach a lot of people.
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Hey, it's a, it's a mixed bag.
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Yeah. but then also you run a creator academy where,
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Because so many people reached out to me like, "how do i
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Win on social?" and i was like, "i don't know, man.
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Ask evan." yeah. yeah. and then
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You are the - and they're asking.
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Pastor v1 global online - yeah. for our church as well.
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So we're just gonna have a great conversation. okay.
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So let's just jump in.
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All right. okay.
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Let's. so let's.
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Okay, so l - i, can i start with the story?
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Okay. okay. so the very first conference i
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Ever did with my church.
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You know, it was like super scary because we're b-
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Based here in new york city
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And i was like, "god, who should i have
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For the conference?" and then i was seeing you online
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And it was like, even though like a lot of the stuff
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That you were doing was like super funny, i, i sensed
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That there was like depth to you.
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Like more, you know, more than just the humor. yeah.
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And i was like, there's, i was
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Like, i don't know, she's special.
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There's something different about her.
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So then i had you come out
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And that was the first year and it was kind of cool.
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We did the billboard in times square.
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That was awesome. which was cool. my little
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Head was like - yeah. yeah. i was like, "oh, it'stime
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Square." yeah, yeah.
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Which side note, like some secular people actually saw the
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Billboard and were like, we demanded that it get taken down.
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So it was like unintentionally controversial. yeah.
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And then we did the conference
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And like you just stepped into that moment and
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Because we did like a panel thing
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And it was like i watched that other side come out.
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And then all these years later i'm catching clips
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Of you like straight up screen preaching or something.
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And like, but so you're so versatile.
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Like tell us about like,
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Because i feel like everybody is
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Especially young people are like,
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"what's my purpose?" what's my destiny?
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Like how do, you know, and i'm watching you just like go
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For it and i don't know how you do it
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And i know it's not easy,
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But maybe tell people like how you are finding it
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And figuring it out in front of everybody.
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Yeah. so actually i remember that conference
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That you were just talking about.
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That was my first ever speaking engagement
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Literally ever in my life.
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That's a real statement. that's
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Crazy.
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And i remember how nervous i was
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And i was like shaking on stage,
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But like the camera didn't catch it, thank god.
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Yeah. but that was, it was so cool.
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But so it's good to be back, you know? no
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Way.
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So you were physically shaking.
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I was so, like,
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I've never been that nervous in my whole life.
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Well, it's crazy because like i, when i saw you online,
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I was thinking to myself, oh, she's brilliant
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And she's got all the, you know, because you f - you,
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You're like creatively presenting all these like deep
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Biblical truths, but through humor
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And it's like making it accessible - yeah.
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Which like jesus spoke in parables and,
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And like he was able to make something really deep
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Very like accessible.
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Yeah. and so i never would've
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Thought that you'd be nervous.
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D- do you still get nervous in
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Front of people? oh
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Yeah.
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Oh yeah, i do. i do. really? i have
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I don't like speaking it over myself - yeah.
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But like i've struggled with social anxietym.
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But i've been, you know, just pushing through and - yeah.
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The lord's been like bringing me out of
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My comfort zone and stuff.
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Wow. you know, i'm just taking it one step at a time,
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One conversation at a time, one in front of it.
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So you've reached like million, you probably have
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Accumulated like a billion views online.
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And so you're telling me like even in the midst of
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That social anxiety, fear, and you just - oh yeah.
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But how, okay, so my youngest, it's kind of weird.
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I'm starting to see something spiritual.
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My youngest daughter, everly, she has that, like the kind
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Of like social anxiety
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Because i'm super introverted so maybe she got it from me
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And then it's weird because you're like one
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Of her favorite creators.
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Aww. and so like - i love that.
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It's how people gravitate towards people
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That carry freedom in an area where they struggle.
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Yeah. so okay, so then for all of us introverts
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And people with social anxiety how do you, so
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How do you do it anyways?
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Like what's, how do you
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Do this?
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Yeah. honestly, when it comes to social media specifically,
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Like i just think it, it's just a lot less nerve-wracking
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For me because i'm not around people.
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Oh. and so like i'm, personally, i know a lot
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Of people say like, oh, they're like shy speaking on camera.
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I'm not. i've always been a
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Performer ever since i was little.
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I wanted to be an actress. so i've always like done things
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On camera on my mom's little flip cell phone she gave me,
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My parents fought me like, i think it was called a
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Video now when i was younger.
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Wow. so i've always been like making youtube videos
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Even though they weren't posted.
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So i've been very comfortable over the ca -
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On the camera over the years.
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Yeah. but yeah, it's just very different in person.
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So that's why i think most of, most people think
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Oh my gosh, you're so extroverted.
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Like you're probably - yeah.
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So fun to be around, which i, i am sometimes.
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But when i'm comfortable. yeah.
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And you could ask like any one
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Of my close friends in social situations i'll just like,
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Especially when there's a lot of people
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And i don't have my emotional support person - yeah.
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Which is literally just anybody. yeah. oh, that's so fun.
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I just stand there. i say, i call myself like a little,
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Little awkward sausage.
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I just like stand there and like - is this the awkward
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Sausage?
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We gotta do it. yeah, it's like
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The awkward sausage.
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Three awkward sausages.
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So i'm a lot more comfortable on the camera, but - wow.
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If there... now, if you put an audience in front of me
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And the camera, no, it's a different story.
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That, oh man, that is so crazy.
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Okay, because it's like, okay,
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This is like my own personal like breakthrough dad moment.
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So everly is on coverstar,
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Which is like basically a little...
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See, you don't even know what it is.
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You're not on coverstar? i don't
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Know what that is.
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Okay. it's like a dance app for litle girls. oh my god.
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So it's like, it's, it's basically like safe from weirdos.
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So they like really did a good job with this app and so
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Because when she was like, "dad, i wanna be on this social
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Media." i was like, "heck no."
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Yeah.
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And then when i did my research, cover stars made
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For like kids, but they do dances and it's,
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And now that you say it, it's like if you put everly in
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Front of people, it's like she freezes up.
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But then i'll walk into her room all the time
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And she's doing her like cover star dances.
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That's so cute. like it's, you know, so that, so you,
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So you've always like been able to do that for the camera,
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But then the crazy thing is now you're preaching in front
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Of people, you're doing panels
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And like you don't look nervous so how do you do that?
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Yeah. so i know
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Before you mentioned like seeing clips of me like preaching,
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That was actually one time that was very recent.
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So i actually have a story about that - yeah.
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And how the lord's been growing me.
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So lately in my content like journey, i, so i always pray
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To the lord, you know, what should i post even when i'm
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Making up my concepts for my videos?
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I'm like, okay, lord, like i always spend time with the lord
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Before that, before i script anything.
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And i felt the lord kind
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Of taking me in a different direction, not, not to say
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That i'm gonna stop doing comedy,
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Like i'm always gonna do comedy.
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Yeah. i have so much fun with it
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And the little skits that i make,
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But i felt the lord tugging on my heart to go more
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Of making like a deeper impact.
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Not to say that the comedy doesn't have an impact
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Because i believe it does, but there's
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So much more of my story - yeah.
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That people don't know about me and that i haven't shared
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And so much to my testimony
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That i feel like the lord wants to reveal.
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Wow. so it's really crazy because i was praying into that
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And like, okay, lord, where do you want to take me?
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What do you want my content to look like?
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Like what is the plan here?
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And then all of a sudden i was praying into that
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And like kind of starting to do that more encouraging videos
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And then all of a sudden in the same week
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It was called north texas revival.
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They reached out to me to to share my testimony there
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And one of my friends works serves on the ministry
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Team there as a youth pastor.
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So she invited me, her church invited me
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And then the same week you guys texted me
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And another church messaged me about one of their
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Conferences or something.
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So in one week i got all three of those. that's crazy.
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Right after the lord showed me - yeah.
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Like where he kind of wanted to take my content. wow.
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So yeah, it's really crazy. it's like so
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Funny how, but there, there's grace.
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Yeah. and i think that's the thing is like some tea -
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Some, sometimes people try to kick open a door.
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You know, and they're like fo - and they're like, "oh,
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It's demonic resistance." and it could be,
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But a lot of times like i tell people, "go
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With the grace." like i've been preaching since i was 15
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Years old and i've, you know, had some moments
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Where i've relapsed and, you know, you have your ups
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And downs in the faith,
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But i told someone, "i've preached all over the world.
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I've preached for 40,000 people or 40 people,
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But i've never opened any of those doors.".
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I've never once even suggested it.
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It's always people reaching out to me - same. yeah.
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And yeah, like i've even had historic stuff in the last
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Couple years and so in dc they were doing this big event
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And they were doing a gen z night
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And i guess their whole team came together and prayed
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And said, "who should we have preach it?
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" and they all submitted their names
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And they all submitted mike signarelli.
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That's awesome. yeah. and i just laughed
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Because i'm like, "well, i'm not a gen z."
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But like the lord, but what i'm saying is like the,
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To preach something in dc that massive,
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People would be like, "that's my biggest aspiration." and
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It's like just the lord opens doors.
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Yeah. and so for you, there's like a grace on your life.
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So what happened when you got up there and preached though?
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Like did you feel like the anointing hit you
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And you kind of like stepped into it?
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Were you nervous and not like - yeah.
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Kind of walk me through it because -
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Yeah.
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So i stayed at my friend's house
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Because like i said, sh - her
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And her husband serve as youth pastors there
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And i was just going
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Through my notes because i've never done this.
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Like i've, so i've spoken on stage before one time like,
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Because with your event, that was more like a panel,
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But like by myself, it was only
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For three minutes at an event in
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Canada, but it was three minutes.
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Yeah. so like not much happens in three minutes. yeah,
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Yeah, yeah.
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So this was like my first like, hey, you, you have a big,
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I think it was like 15 minutes, which still isn't
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That long, but it was long for me.
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Oh no, that's a long time. yeah.
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And i was like, "oh my goodness, like what do i do?
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" yeah. so i'm like writing my notes,
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I'm on the plane finishing up my notes
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And i get to my friend's house
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And i'm like, "wait, is this too much notes?
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Like how, how long is this gona take?" and my friends are
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Like, "just, just like relax." yeah.
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Just like, just let the holy spirit take over.
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And i was like, okay. but i was so nervous.
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Like i was shaking before i went on stage
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And then they called, oh, actually i was supposed
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To go first and i was like, no, no.
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Yeah. what we're not gonna do is put me first. yeah,
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Yeah.
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So i ended up going second and
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Because it was a few people sharing their testimonies there
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And i got on stage the second i opened my mouth when i,
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I prayed like, lord, just speak through me.
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Like i don't want any word that i say be mine, my own.
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I want it all to be through you and your spirit.
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So the second i opened my mouth on that stage, like all
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Of my nerves went away and when i tell you...
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I was gonna bring my, my little notes on the stage.
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I was like, "this is my testimony.
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I'm not gonna bring notes. like i'm
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Not preaching a sermon." yeah.
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So and it just flowed
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And like i've honestly like never felt
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The holy spirit like, like i did in that moment speaking
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Through me because i, i don't really,
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I haven't really gotten the chance
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To put myself out there like that
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And share a testimony and speak like that.
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So the holy spirit really did his thing because -
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Was, were those were the clips i saw then? yeah.
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Yeah, yeah. those were the clips. because
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I felt the anointing
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And even looking at you i was like, wow,
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Like the way you were moving your body
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And the way you're like, there's something about like,
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I guess as a preacher, because that's what i am at the end
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Of the day, i'm a preacher and like i know
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That familiar feeling of the anointing
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And it's h - it's hard to explain,
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But when you said like, as soon as i opened my mouth,
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All the fear went away, that's my story too.
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It's like the hardest part is the obedience. yeah.
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And then once you step, it's like everything leading up is
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Like literally worse than death.
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You know, it's just like, i can't
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Believe i'm doing this to myself.
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Why would i volunteer to the, you know - yeah.
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And then all of a sudden as soon as you step into
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That moment, a moment, the anointing and i transform
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And it's funny because even my family
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And people who know me the most, they're like, they,
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They try to explain to people, they're like,
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"there's just two different mikes.".
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Like there's mike preaching
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And then there's the non-preaching mike.
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Yeah. and it's not the same person.
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That's how i felt. yeah. like literally that is how i felt
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Because i, i don't even see myself - yeah.
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In those situations often. mm.
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I mean, hopefully god willing in the future i will,
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But even looking back at the video
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And usually i get so embarrassed hearing myself - yeah.
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Like i don't wanna listen to any videos.
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I don't wanna, i just post and then i go on my merry way,
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But this time i watched the whole video
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And i was like, wait a minute.
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You're like, let's go. oh, girl.
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I was like, wait a
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Minute, i really did that. i said that? ooh, okay.
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Yeah, yeah.
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But, but i think that should be such an encouragement
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To everybody watching right now because it's like
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Because a lot of people say, "well, i can't do it.
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" and i used to try to convince people, "no, you can. ".
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And, and now like the older i get
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And the more i pastor people, i'm like,
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Actually you're right, you can't do it.
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You, you in your own ability and you're like, you can't,
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But when the anointing comes upon you, when the power
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Of god hits you, you can do it through the anointing.
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Yeah. and i think, isn't that the story
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Of like everybody in the bible
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That did anything great for god?
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Yeah. so we're believing for more.
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So if you're a pastor out there
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And you we got,
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We got her linked in the description, you know what to do.
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She's on tour right now. minimum retainer is a private jet.
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Yeah. let's see. come on, i'm gonna, i'm gonna like,
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I'll take care of the, the, the business side of it.
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But that's good. so, so you're still gonna
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Doing comedy and humor.
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But then you feel god drawn you out
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To some other stuff as well.
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Yeah, just to really help young women
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And just to be more of an, like a direct encouragement.
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Yeah. because i just know so many people, one
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Of the things that i've struggled with for years
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And years was mental torment
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And a lot of people don't know that about me.
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I don't share anything you know, in
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That na - of that nature really - yeah.
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On my page. yeah. and i think the lord was pushing me to do
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That and that's part of the thing that i shared during
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My testimony on that night and online people would dm me
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And comment like, "oh my gosh, you're so joyful.
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Like i wish i had your joy. i wish i was as happy as you.
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I wish like i had like what you have.
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" and little did they know
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That was just me showing up online
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And doing what i had to do and,
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And like, you know, i, that's what i do.
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Yeah. i just, i post comedic stuff even when i'm
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Not in the comedic mood.
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Yeah. wow. so i was just like struggling a lot
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And i was very depressed.
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I was in a really, really dark state.
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I was like having crazy mental torment thoughts
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And people didn't know.
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Yeah. and i, you know,
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That's why i think comparison is such a thief of joy
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Because you're comparing your life to what you see online
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And of course there are people out there
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Who do post the highs and the lows, but not me. yeah.
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Yeah. not me in the past.
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I, i've never really posted the lows. wow. yeah.
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Wow. no, it's like, it's, isn't it f - true that like some
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Of the funniest people that you'll ever meet are some people
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Who've experienced the greatest amount of torment -
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Yeah.
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And it can be such an act of love to give people
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What you need the most.
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Yeah. like i've told people 100% of the time
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That i've prophesied over them, i needed a prophetic word.
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Yeah. or 100% of the time that i've prayed
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For somebody i needed prayer.
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And it's funny because i may,
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I hope i don't say this the wrong way,
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But it's almost like sometimes the most broken people make
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The best ministers - mm.
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Because they know what it feels like to be broken - yeah.
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And they try to be for someone else
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Through christ. what they need the most.
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Yeah. yes. and, you know, it's like -
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Literally, exactly.
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Yeah. it's like i'm just trying to be for you
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What i wish i had.
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Yeah. like a lot of times people are like,
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And i'm not a perfect pastor.
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I make a lot of mistakes and i'm trying to get better,
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But so many people will say like, "man,
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You're the best pastor i ever had not knowing i never had a
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Good pastor." like all the pastors i ever served under
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Their ministries collapsed and infidelity
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And all kinds of controversy.
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So ironically, i've never had a good pastor. yeah.
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So then a lot of it, it's like it's that whole saying,
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It's like sometimes you have to serve under saul so
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That you don't become him.
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Yeah. you know, or it's like sometimes you have to be
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Depressed and discouraged
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And tormented enough to wanna be a source of joy
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For other people but i, i like
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What you said about like showing the people the
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Highlights and the low lights.
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Yeah. you know? so what does that look like for you?
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Like have you figured that out yet or you're just like -
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I'm in the process. are people
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Gonna be shocked?
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They're gonna be like -
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I'm, i'm in the process.
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I actually, i have it on my heart to share more of my,
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Because i i did that testimony at that event
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That i spoke at, but i didn't do,
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Like i wasn't gona post the whole
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Video, you know what i mean?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. so i'm thinking about sharing like parts
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Of that and bits of pieces.
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I have, haven't yet. yeah.
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But that's, that's my plan and,
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And like you were saying how you are, are the pastor
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That you needed - yeah.
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That's kind of where i feel like the lord has me
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Where it's like i wanna be that role model
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For young women or even women my age, you know - yeah.
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Of somebody that i never had growing up
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And it's just i n - i know what it's like to be
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Down in the dumps and depressed and full of anxiety and fear
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And have that literally like cripple you and insecurity
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Because of like things of growing up in high school
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And middle school and getting bullied
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And i just would never want to see somebody else go
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Through the kind of hurt and torment that i did.
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So if i can pull, if i could help
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To pull them out a little sooner -
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Yeah i would love to be that for them. yeah. can
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You do something real quick
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Because like i know that there's like young women
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That are watching like young
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Girls that are watching right now.
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You know, my daughter being one of them.
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Would you mind just maybe looking in the camera
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And just saying something to them from your heart?
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'cause i, i feel like right now their heart's open.
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I know i'm putting you on the spot,
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Like we didn't plan this,
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But like, you know my daughter watches all of my streams.
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And it's so funny because i meet kids all over the world
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Who are just like, you know, they look at me like
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How i looked at mr. rogers or something, you know?
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Yeah. 'cause it's like i'm a part of their life
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And my daughter is like gleaned from your life as well,
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But i know that there's young girls watching now.
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Like maybe if you could just tell them something like
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Directly that they can hold onto right now.
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Honestly, i would say
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Because a lot of my life i felt like the lord made me
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Different and i didn't like it.
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I didn't have many friends growing up
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And i got bullied in school and
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Because of that, i struggled a lot with social anxiety
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And just fear and comparison and not feeling good enough
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Or pretty enough or worthy enough
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And i felt like the lord didn't really have a plan for me,
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But i'm here to tell you that that is a lie from the enemy
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And god does have a plan for you.
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He loves you so much
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And how boring would that be if everybody was the same?
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So he has a special call in your life
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And if you feel different, that's
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Because you are different, you're set apart, you know,
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We're not meant to be like everybody else.
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We're not meant to be like the world.
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So keep pushing and also if you've been praying for boldness
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Or wanting to be more bold, i'm gonna encourage you
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That the lord can give that to you.
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I was like the most anxious fear
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Ridden person ever and of course it's all a process
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And i'm still going through that process now,
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But i'm like the boldness
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That the lord has instilled in me has been so incredible
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And if he could do it for me, he can do it for you.
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Oh, man. i'm like fighting my tears over here, like trying
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To like get myself together
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Because, you know, there's, i believe that there's people
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Watching that will literally re-put that on repeat every day
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To, because you, you think to yourself like that, oh,
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Everybody knows this.
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And it's like no and, and they need to hear it
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And then they need the reminder of it over and over again.
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And thank you for that. like wrecked me.
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And i, i think that there's such a authority
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In the areas that you have experienced victory.
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So it's like it flows from you
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Because it's just like you've done the hard work
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Of being like, "i'm not giving up." yeah.
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And there's something about you
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And i don't like know why i'm so emotional.
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Oh. but like i've watched your life
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And like i could see the fight because i'm a fighter.
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And you are like a warrior
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And that side of you, people don't
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Fully, because they'll miss it.
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They'll look at your stuff and they'll miss it.
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And i think for me, i can see in dimensions and i've,
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And i'm like, this is, woman is one
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Of the greatest warriors.
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And so i wanna thank you on behalf of everybody
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That you're helping for not quitting, for not giving up,
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Because it would be so easy to be like, "you know what,
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Lord, what does it even matter?" yeah.
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You know, algorithms change, this changes, doors closed,
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Doors open, and it can be like...
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But i feel like you're getting ready
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To experience a massive breakthrough into something
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Else and the lord's already s...
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It's almost like he'll release the
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Beginnings of the next level.
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Yeah. you know, like how the doors
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Open in the church and this and this.
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And then i called you and it's like he'll...
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But then what happens is as you continue to do that,
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He'll release the fullness of it.
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Yeah. i've seen that. like i think a lot
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Of times people think that you just go from here
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To here instant and there is times when that can happen,
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But i noticed there's usually clues.
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Yeah. and the lord will give a little bit
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And a little bit and a little bit
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And then you'll pass these tests
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And then he'll release the fullness of it.
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Yeah. and i just, when you were talking
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To everybody watching right now, i was like, oh,
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I feel like this is gonna be like massive into
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A whole level beyond.
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And what i love about you,
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And this is probably if i were to try to name my tears,
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Because i had to like suck them back up into my face.
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It's there's something, there's a power in, in resigning
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To the fact of i don't have to be anyone else.
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And i felt that from you.
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And i think that so many people right now
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Because of the internet is they're copycatting each other.
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Yeah. and it's like you find somebody
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Who succeeds so you copy them.
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You find some, the way they dress,
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The way they look, the way they talk, the way...
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And like, then you just say, "well, if i just repeat
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That pattern, then i can be successful
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And i feel something in you that's like,
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No, i'm gonna be hailey."
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I've actually caught myself doing that before
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And i made a rule for myself where i,
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Every time i content plan or do anything,
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I don't look at trends,
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I don't look at inspiration, i don't look at any of that.
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And i'm actually in a season where i'm trying - oh, come on.
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Not to scroll at all and only - yeah,
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Talk about that. only post.
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I felt it because it's like auth - okay, i'm old, so
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That's my trick is i don't pay attention to trends
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Because i'm too old to know what they are.
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Yeah. you know, so, but the thing is like i come from a
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Pre-cellphone era.
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So a lot of times when i started blow up blowing up online,
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People would say, "how are you going
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Viral?" and i'm like, "i don't know.
00:23:34.941 --> 00:23:36.242
". all i know how to do is just be myself.
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So authenticity is always my superpower,
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But i don't encounter a lot of authentic people.
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Yeah. and so my, i respond to you spiritually, i think,
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Because you are authentic, but because you,
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But it's almost like greater than mine
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Because you know this stuff going on
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And you're like, "no, i'm not bound to that.
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" so talk about that because i feel
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Like it can help people.
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Yeah. so that's actually, if i'm transparent,
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That's been a litle bit of a struggle for me
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Because at first when i started doing social media
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And how i blew up, i was never doing trends.
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I was never using trending sounds.
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I was al- always writing my own scripts,
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Always doing my own skits
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And that, that, it was that way for a very long time.
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I would do a trend here and there, but it was not like the
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Bulk of my content and not how i grew.
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Wow. and then for some reason, kind
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Of recently i would say is i started
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To fall into comparison a lot
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And especially being like a single woman too, i, i,
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I remember i would say, "man, like this is so cringe.
00:24:30.897 --> 00:24:33.366
No man is gonna marry me.
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Like my page is so cringe." and so i kind
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Of like would switch up my content a little bit
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To follow the trends or do this.
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And i was like, wait, no, no, no, no, no.
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This is not, this is not why we grew.
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This is not how the lord wants you
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To operate in the platform that he's given you.
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Like we gotta take a step back.
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And so there was a long period of time
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That i like really didn't post much just
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Because i was kinda in that state.
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And also to go back to the mental torment stuff too,
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Because i know i feel like for people watching a lot
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Of the time when people or people with platforms
00:25:05.598 --> 00:25:09.035
Or pastors talk about things they've gone through, they kind
00:25:09.035 --> 00:25:11.704
Of, they don't really know that timeline
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And they think it's all, well, that's years ago.
00:25:14.073 --> 00:25:15.575
Like, you have no idea.
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But the whole like getting free from mental torment,
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That was like in like the past like three months. yeah,
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Yeah, yeah.
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So very recent. i love that. come on. yeah.
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For, for me i'm always like,
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You don't have to be 10 steps ahead.
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Yeah. sometimes you just need to be two steps ahead.
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Exactly. so with that
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And i, i'm kind of still in the process
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Of like getting back into the swing of things,
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But i just feel the lord doing a lot in my life and - yeah.
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He set me free and he can do that for you too.
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Come on. i like the idea though of like,
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Because a lot of times with social media people are
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Like, i need to follow the trends.
00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:49.375
Yeah. but you're like, you've probably made trends,
00:25:49.375 --> 00:25:52.078
You know, because you do something original and
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People - i did it one time - did
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You?... that i could remember.
00:25:54.847 --> 00:25:56.515
Yeah, yeah. but it happened. yeah. like you
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Said the trend.
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I think well actually maybe a few times,
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But one that i could really remember as i did this,
00:26:02.088 --> 00:26:04.190
It was like such a silly little thing.
00:26:04.190 --> 00:26:06.392
It was like if you, if you want me at my proverbs 31,
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You have to love me at my...
00:26:08.894 --> 00:26:10.296
I forget the other verse, but it was like - ah.
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The first clips were like being super serious
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And like the speaker and like preaching.
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And then the other one is like me running
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Around in a banana costume and like -
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Oh, that's funny.
00:26:20.072 --> 00:26:21.540
Crazy stuff. but i think that, that was really -
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I remember seeing that
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One.
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Yeah. that went viral and then it was kind
00:26:25.511 --> 00:26:26.345
Of like a little trend
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And i was like, oh, that's kind of cool.
00:26:27.613 --> 00:26:28.914
That's awesome. and you know what too,
00:26:29.749 --> 00:26:31.350
Like if i could just say this because you brought up dating
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And i know that's a big like gen z thing like - yeah.
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I'm at the point now with like 40%
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Of my entire seven campus churches single.
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So i'm like actually thinking that through now.
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Because everything's changed so much and so it's funny
00:26:43.829 --> 00:26:47.433
Because it's like, it's sad thinking that you had to,
00:26:47.433 --> 00:26:51.103
In your mind you're like, "i'm gonna change my content
00:26:51.103 --> 00:26:52.872
Because i don't wanna be cringe and i - yeah.
00:26:52.872 --> 00:26:54.373
But it's almost like, and that, that's why i think
00:26:54.373 --> 00:26:56.442
That you started a trend with that post
00:26:56.442 --> 00:26:58.377
Because you're like, no, you have to love me for
00:26:58.377 --> 00:27:00.312
Who i actually am instead of who i pretend to be
00:27:00.312 --> 00:27:03.616
Because once you get married,
00:27:03.616 --> 00:27:04.984
Like all those pretenses go away anyways, you know?
00:27:04.984 --> 00:27:07.620
Exactly. so i think that's, that's awesome.
00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:09.789
Would you give any advice to any gen zs
00:27:09.789 --> 00:27:12.992
That are like thinking about dating or the dating scene?
00:27:12.992 --> 00:27:15.594
Like have you learned anything the hard way?
00:27:15.594 --> 00:27:17.229
Like is there anything that you're like, mike,
00:27:17.229 --> 00:27:19.031
Let me school you, like you're an old millennial.
00:27:19.031 --> 00:27:21.467
But like here's what you need
00:27:21.467 --> 00:27:22.668
To know about like that whole world.
00:27:22.668 --> 00:27:24.904
Hm. well, when it comes to social media,
00:27:24.904 --> 00:27:27.940
I think the biggest thing that i've learned is like
00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:30.609
I think it's so silly to wanna change my content to be
00:27:30.609 --> 00:27:35.047
Appealing to a man - yeah.
00:27:35.047 --> 00:27:36.382
Like the only man
00:27:36.382 --> 00:27:37.817
That i should be like trying to impress is jesus.
00:27:37.817 --> 00:27:39.919
Can i get a name on somebody? because
00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:44.890
It's just so silly when you think about it.
00:27:44.890 --> 00:27:46.425
Like, like i was saying before, the lord has made us
00:27:46.425 --> 00:27:49.562
So unique, every single one of us
00:27:49.562 --> 00:27:51.297
And i feel like even the people that...
00:27:51.297 --> 00:27:53.132
Oh, okay. so even the people
00:27:53.132 --> 00:27:55.935
Who are maybe like these fashion influencers
00:27:55.935 --> 00:27:59.238
Or lifestyle influencers, a lot of the time
00:27:59.238 --> 00:28:02.641
They're not even their full self and because i, i've met...
00:28:02.641 --> 00:28:06.112
Okay, so i'm not gonna say who, but i've met somebody
00:28:06.112 --> 00:28:07.847
Before who does lifestyle content
00:28:07.847 --> 00:28:10.683
And she told me, "man, like, i just love your personality.
00:28:10.683 --> 00:28:15.221
I'm like a lot like you,
00:28:15.221 --> 00:28:16.589
But you can't really tell like through my content
00:28:16.589 --> 00:28:18.290
Because i just like, i don't know,
00:28:18.290 --> 00:28:19.725
I just like put on a front for like social media
00:28:19.725 --> 00:28:21.727
Because i feel like it's cringe
00:28:21.727 --> 00:28:23.229
And embarrassing." and so i feel like a lot of people
00:28:23.229 --> 00:28:26.632
That you're comparing yourself to,
00:28:26.632 --> 00:28:27.900
I wish i was more like them are
00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:29.268
Actually a lot more like you - wow. than you think.
00:28:29.268 --> 00:28:31.370
That's great. so you're comparing yourself to the false
00:28:32.438 --> 00:28:34.406
Version of them.
00:28:34.406 --> 00:28:35.407
Yes, exactly. exactly. that's
00:28:35.407 --> 00:28:37.309
Revolution.
00:28:37.309 --> 00:28:38.811
Most people are weird. like - yeah. i'll just say it.
00:28:38.811 --> 00:28:40.279
Most people are weird. whether, whether you think so
00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:42.515
Or not most people are
00:28:42.515 --> 00:28:43.682
Weird, they just don't want to show it.
00:28:43.682 --> 00:28:45.117
Right. because it's cringe
00:28:45.117 --> 00:28:46.585
And like, you know, with the age of social media now,
00:28:46.585 --> 00:28:49.121
Especially with gen z, i feel like a lot
00:28:49.121 --> 00:28:51.023
Of the content we're seeing is like what,
00:28:51.023 --> 00:28:52.858
Like thirst traps - yeah.
00:28:52.858 --> 00:28:54.026
Just trying to look your best
00:28:54.026 --> 00:28:55.427
And having the best fashion where really like, yeah,
00:28:55.427 --> 00:28:58.731
You could, you could love fashion,
00:28:58.731 --> 00:29:00.466
You can do lifestyle content, you can do all that,
00:29:00.466 --> 00:29:02.168
But you could also be yourself too.
00:29:02.168 --> 00:29:03.502
Yeah. you know?
00:29:03.502 --> 00:29:05.037
Yeah, exactly. man, it's, it kind of makes me think about
00:29:05.037 --> 00:29:07.540
How like in the '80s there was the big ha- hair metal bands
00:29:07.540 --> 00:29:11.210
And they like wore a lot, the men wore makeup
00:29:11.210 --> 00:29:13.445
And they wore like, and then like when nirvana showed up
00:29:13.445 --> 00:29:16.081
And kurt cobain, it was like they totally turned the whole
00:29:16.081 --> 00:29:19.018
Music industry over because they were wearing flannels
00:29:19.018 --> 00:29:22.054
And they were like blue collar looking
00:29:22.054 --> 00:29:23.455
And their hair was all disheveled
00:29:23.455 --> 00:29:24.957
And it kind of feels like social media might be moving in
00:29:24.957 --> 00:29:27.760
The direction of like authenticity.
00:29:27.760 --> 00:29:29.528
Yes. yeah. where it's just like, man, just be, be real.
00:29:29.528 --> 00:29:32.498
I've been thinking about that stuff too a lot lately.
00:29:32.498 --> 00:29:35.634
And, and so i think for you, you,
00:29:35.634 --> 00:29:37.469
What i love is like you're versatile
00:29:37.469 --> 00:29:39.271
And you have all this different like toolkit.
00:29:39.271 --> 00:29:41.540
And so we're excited to see your journey as it unfolds.
00:29:41.540 --> 00:29:44.310
Thank you. and thank you so much for like everything
00:29:44.310 --> 00:29:47.012
That you've invested in, in people's lives
00:29:47.012 --> 00:29:49.281
And like it's just, it's, it gives me a lot of hope to see
00:29:49.281 --> 00:29:53.519
How you can evolve
00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:55.087
And you could live both and not either or.
00:29:55.087 --> 00:29:57.590
You know? so it's like, oh yeah, i can be a comedian
00:29:58.624 --> 00:29:59.825
When i need to and i could...
00:29:59.825 --> 00:30:01.126
And my daughter and i, she's off camera,
00:30:01.126 --> 00:30:03.128
But we actually went to israel to do a ton of filming
00:30:03.128 --> 00:30:06.365
And we were in jerusalem and they were talking about david
00:30:06.365 --> 00:30:09.435
And the historian was saying like, you know, he was a poet,
00:30:09.435 --> 00:30:12.304
He was an artist, he was the,
00:30:12.304 --> 00:30:13.973
And like kind of went down like, but he was also a king
00:30:13.973 --> 00:30:16.742
And he was also a warrior.
00:30:16.742 --> 00:30:18.444
And when it was over, my daughter was like, "dad,
00:30:18.444 --> 00:30:20.279
I really feel like that's you.
00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:21.647
That's david." you know, which is a huge compliment
00:30:21.647 --> 00:30:24.817
And i'm, i'm not, but like thanks, bell.
00:30:24.817 --> 00:30:27.553
But, but the thing was she,
00:30:27.553 --> 00:30:29.355
But it almost was like a reminder of to me like, well,
00:30:29.355 --> 00:30:32.324
Like why do i only have to be, you know,
00:30:32.324 --> 00:30:34.326
I think we believe this lie
00:30:34.326 --> 00:30:36.095
Of why do we only have to be one thing and -
00:30:36.095 --> 00:30:37.997
Yeah.
00:30:37.997 --> 00:30:39.198
Evan's been a part of my journey too.
00:30:39.198 --> 00:30:40.299
Like when i, my social media story
00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:42.935
Was actually the global pandemic happening
00:30:42.935 --> 00:30:45.671
And i hated social media
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And my wife was like, "you need to go online.
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Like your, your church people need to hear you.
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" and i remember saying, "i'm not a social media influencer.
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I'm not, i'm not gona be cr-" to me that was cringe. yeah.
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And then i did it and then all of a sudden millions
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Of people started watching
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And i still don't know what i'm doing.
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Yeah. but like god has used it
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And we have all the testimony so like thank you.
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I guess what i'm trying to say is like on behalf of people
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Who feel like you have to be in a box.
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You know, it's like, no, mike, you're a preacher
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And a pastor, you're not gonna walk around with your phone
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And, but it's like, no, you're also that.
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Yeah. and like david was more than just a
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King, more than just a warrior.
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And i, i think for you, like you're,
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You're breaking out of molds.
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But oh, but that doesn't mean you leave it behind. yeah.
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It's like - definitely. i'm all
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Of these things whenever it's needed.
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So thank you. do you wanna say like any like final
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Word to everybody?
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Or where they, where, where can they find you? like -
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Oh, they can find me pretty much any platform
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Besides x, i'm not on x.
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You're not like a political bro? yeah.
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No. @haiyleyjulia_ a lot of people think
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That's a word play on hallelujah, hailey julia.
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It's not, it's just my first and middle name. wow.
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But amen that it is.
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That's really cool. yeah. yeah.
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I've never noticed it until a bunch of people go like,
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"oh, i thought your username was
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Hallelujah." it's hailey julia.
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That's crazy. well, hallelujah means praise the lord.
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Amen. so that's like kind of like your life is like,
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Yeah, so guys, follow her.
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We got everything linked in the description as well
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And this has been like one
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Of my favorite podcasts, so thank you.
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We'll have to do it again. yes.
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And evan, do you wanna say anything in closing as - man.
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As somebody who is a creator, who's behind the scenes,
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Who help, like you actually help hundreds of people.
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Find their voice. yeah. so i think you were probably taking
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This all in as well because you've unlocked, i don't know
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What the t - you should total it up sometime,
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But it is hundreds of people you've unlocked their voice
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To, to create content.
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Yeah. and you even help actually churches across america,
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You also help their social media as
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Well.
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Yeah. man. well, what, what stuck out to me about
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What you were saying hailey is, you know, there's,
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There's this phenomenon of being typecast.
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Like in hollywood. yeah. like, you know, like ryan reynolds,
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He plays himself in every movie, right?
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Like there's, there's those people who are like, yeah,
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They're typecast, they're in romcoms, they're in - yeah.
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Action movies, but there's a lot of people in the kingdom
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That have let themselves be typecast but to see you
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Breaking out like, okay, lord, like who do you say i am?
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Yeah. like who have you called me to serve?
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And that's something you've helped me do a- as well
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Because in different seasons, different eras saul will try
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To put his armor on you of, of
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Who they think that you should be - yeah.
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Or how they think you should operate.
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And so social media is wild for that.
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Because there is the comparison, you know,
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There are all these things, but thank you
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For showing people it's possible to be original, to be
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Who god called you to be because we
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Need people doing it right.
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Yeah. you know, we say this all the time most of the time,
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Unfortunately, the wrong people are on social media.
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But you're one of the right ones, so
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Thank you. thank you. i appreciate
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It.
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Come on. yeah. all right, y'all, go follow her now.
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See you in the next video. bye.
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Jesus said in matthew seven, "narrow is the gate
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And difficult is the way that leads to life.
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In a world that celebrates compromise, god calls us
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To live set apart, to walk the narrow way with courage,
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Conviction, and faith.
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Stay connected and learn more at mikesignarelli.com.
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Mike Signorelli - Reaching People with Social Media

July 9, 2026 | 34:37

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