Faithing It Til You Make It.

In this episode of You Have a Dream: Living with Purpose, we discuss how Faithing it til you make it puts faith over fear, build you faith in the waiting, and core principles for a mind shift to be authentic and intentional when you walk in faith. 
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Hi, Coach Brandy here. Somewhere inside you, there is a dream that refuses to let go. A quiet whisper from God reminding you that your life has purpose. This is You Have a Dream Living with Purpose Podcast. Faith Italy Make It, a message on walking faith, not fear, through every step of your purpose journey. Welcome back, dreamers. I'm Life Coach Brandy, and this is You Have a Dream Living with Purpose Podcast. Today we are talking about how to walk in faith, not fear, through every step of your purpose journey. This episode is called Faith It Till You Make It because sometimes we can't see the way, but you can still believe your way. While here, while you're here, um don't forget to like, follow, or subscribe this video so you don't miss any of the newer the newer episodes. We're so used to we're so used to hear fake it till you make it. But this is deeper. This is about spiritual confidence. When you have faith, don't pretend things are fine. You trust that things will align. This is a mindset shift, one driven by faith rather than by pretense. Instead of imitating confidence to mask insecurity, you rely on genuine genuine trust in your goals and keep believing even when the results haven't shown up yet. Because remember, underneath that seed, when we buried the seed, it's growing underneath, and so you can't see it. So patience. And so the shift matters. Why? First, authenticity matters more than imposter energy. When you're not authentic and intentional, you can feel fake, and others can sense it too. But faithing it grounds you in your core values and in what you truly have to offer. This is allowing you to show up with confidence naturally. Second, it builds resilience and difficulty. When progress is slow or obstacles arise, faith encourages you to stay intentional and authentic. Trust the process and keep moving until the vision begins to materialize. Corinthians 5 7 reminds us, for we walk by faith, not by sight. When we lead with fear mind with a fear mindset, our focus gets trapped in those negative what-ifs. We begin operating in self-reliance, becoming unstable and often freeze in anxiety or just run away from those challenges. But the faith mindset centers us on taking the next step. Even if it feels small, you know, God loves those little as long as there's movement, as long as there's motion. It means we're moving forward, regardless, regardless of our obstacles, we're trusting God and believing in your own God-given resilience. Faith and fear both ask you to believe in something you cannot see. The difference is the direction. Fear believes in loss. Faith believes in love and possibility. You get to choose which one leads your day. And faith doesn't erase fear, it redirects it. You don't need perfect, you just need confidence to walk in faith. So we don't need to be perfect, right? So we just need to have confidence to walk in faith, just the courage to take one step forward. So why don't we just ask ourselves? I want you to take this reflection moment and ask, where have I been faking it when I could be faking it? Before we continue, it's time to take a dream moment. Take a breath for just a second. Think about the dream that's been placed in your heart. Maybe it's something big, maybe it's something quiet that only you and God know. But if that dream is still there, it's there for a reason. So keep walking in faith, keep taking the next step, and trust purpose grows one day at a time. Now, let's get back to the episode. Alright, so the core principles of faith it till you make it. I am going to do a little coaching right now. A little miniature coaching session. And we're gonna ground ourselves. We're gonna ground ourselves in our core principles of faithing it till you make it. At the heart of this mindset is authenticity and intentionality. And it's over that pretense. We don't need to pretend. We need to be confident in our confident in our faith and in our abilities. Align your goals and actions with your core beliefs and values, and be intentional about becoming the person you are called to be. Faithing, it also requires consistency. I hope that we have already created that habit of journaling every morning and taking our time in prayer and in scripture. So this is this is your consistency, and your faith is building. Every time you reach out and touch God and pray to Him and read His Word, you are building your faith, and that's what it takes. We have to have faith to be consistent, and that means that we're continuing to move forward, even when the results aren't visible, because like I said, the seed is underneath the soil, you can't see what's going on underneath, but it's growing, and it's getting a glow up, right? It's growing to be what it's meant to be. So trust your steps in shaping your future. Have faith, be resilient, be authentic, be intentional in all your actions that you do. So it also means that we're viewing our obstacles and failures, their opportunities, and they are for spiritual and personal growth rather than just setbacks. That's when you have time to reflect and you know the obstacle, and you you didn't feel like you successful successfully overcame that obstacle. It's not failure. It's a time to learn and grow. You're not a failure. I mean, are you getting up and are you dusting yourself off off and getting back on that horse again? Yes, you are. You're being intentional, you're being authentic, and you're trusting and being faithful. So when we see an obstacle that we feel like we can't overcome, I wonder how I can do this, is what you need to say. You don't let the negativity come back in there. We're building a positive mindset so you can set your mind to do anything that you want to do. You just have to figure out the ways to get there. And with faith, hope, and love, you can. So what feels like a delay may actually be preparing you for something. What feels like disappointment may be developing strength, wisdom, and endurance in you, and applying it to your life. How do we apply it to our life? We start by identifying our faith in goals, which I think we've already done. But I if you're just joining and you're just finding me, what you do is you write down your goals, and then you break them up into small goals, but you have to have your why, you have to have your anchor to understand why do I want this, and your anchor is what is gonna keep you focused on the task at hand. So, like my anchor are my kids and my grandkids, as always, but I also want to make a difference in the world, I want to bring more happiness and positivity back to the world because sometimes it seems like people are just getting stuck in what's going wrong instead of focusing on what's going right. So we're gonna write our goals down and make sure that they align with your values and they truly align with your faith and they align with your authentic self, and you can be intentional about them. So, what milestones, what specific milestones are you believing for? Is it your career? Is it relationships, or is it your dreams? Write them down clearly, then embody the identity, begin acting and thinking and carrying yourself like the person who is already in those walking in those in your dreams or in your goals. Imagine yourself already being successful and achieving your goals. How would you carry yourself? Let yourself know how that feels, carry that emotion. So my dream is that my podcast is successful and I start having extra income from it. Okay, so I'm going to carry myself and I'm going to continue to pour out my love and joy and positivity to you. Even it's all if it's only five people a week right now listening to my podcast. That's five people that I'm touching. So I am living and feeling like my podcast is successful and we have a wonderful tribe, and that we're gonna continue to build it forever. Or well, I'll pass the torch. Okay, so I'll pass the torch on. So I just really want you to think about how you would feel if your dreams came true, or if the goals that you have for your um career and your relationships have already happened. Close your eyes. How do you feel? Now carry yourself that way. So you're already walking in that alignment with those goals. Be authentic and intentional as you grow into who you are becoming. Remove the negativity, get it out of here. We don't want it, has no place in our life. Replace self-doubt with affirmations, truth, and positive energy so you can authentically attract the right opportunities. So on my Facebook page, um you have a dream living with purpose, and my Instagram. I post videos daily, at least five. And I share something uplifting each day. Except Sunday, because Sunday's my record day, so I can't. Otherwise, I'd be um working a hundred hours a week instead of just eighty. So I do a dodo, I did blip blip blah, I read a devotional, a sprinkle of joy, a thought for the day, a positive affirmation, and why what I call an affirmator. And those are so fun because they're kind of silly, but they they touch you. So follow along if you want daily encouragement and a steady stream of positivity. Okay, so it's Facebook. Facebook is you have a dream living with purpose, Instagram is you have a dream living with purpose, tick tock is life coach brandy. So our guarded guided reflection is we're gonna stand in faith. Stand in our faith. So close your eyes, breathe deeply, think about the dream you've been waiting for. Now picture yourself standing on solid ground. The ground of faith. You don't see the full path yet, but trust that every next step will appear when you move. Whisper to yourself, I walk by faith, not by sight. Let that peace peace rise within you. That is the faith taking root. Okay, guys, grab your journals. Open your journal and let's reflect on these questions, okay? What area of my life is God asking me to trust Him more? What promise or vision am I holding on to in faith? How can I take that one little step forward even without seeing that full picture? Because you have to take accountability. You have to participate to reach your goals. They're not gonna be handed to you on a silver platter, they're not just gonna be snap poof, they're there. You have to create the work and you have to move and do the actions to make it happen. Otherwise, it's not gonna happen. Here's a bonus writing exercise. Alright, so write down one fear and one faith statement. Cross out the fear and replace it with your faith truth. Do that every time Tao shows up. Keep a faith journal so you can record answers and record. So record your answers, your answered prayers, your moments of growth that you're actually seeing in yourself, and you're taking the time to look and reflect at how you've grown, and reminders of how God has already carried you. Still, I think of footprints in the sand, where God carries you in those difficult and trying times. So He will carry you when it does become too difficult, but you still have to put in the work and you still have to have faith. You have to have faith in God and you have to have faith in yourself that you do have the ability to make your dreams a reality. You can do it. I know you can. Just one little step at a time. You can't just jump there and be there. You have to grow as a person to make your dreams your reality. Okay. So the affirmation this week is again, um, Corinthians, I walk by faith, not by sight. I am guided, equipped, and aligned for everything meant for me. Let's say that again. I walk by faith, not by sight. I am guided. I am equipped, and I am aligned for everything meant for me. Thank you for joining me today for Faith It Till You Make It. Remember, your faith is your foundation. I'd love to hear what you're believing for this week. You can email me at youhavadream.com or share your reflections using the phrase faith it till you make it. Or you can hashtag it on any social media site. That way I'll see it. Faith it till you make it. If you're ready to strengthen your faith and walk in your faith, or you just need encouragement in your purpose, I'd love to support you through one-on-one coaching. You can also follow along again at Facebook and Instagram. It's you have a dream living with purpose. And TikTok is Life Coach Brandy, and YouTube is You Have a Dream Living with Purpose. And remember, don't fake it. Faith it. Also, um, I'd like to have you um recommend that you check out Folds of Honor. I mentioned them in the podcast intros, and I've just not put it in the videos, but I want to rehash that, and I wanted to make sure to include that I reminded you here because Folds of Honor is a great foundation that helps the uh our military service members that were injured or um killed in action, and it leaves it leaves their legacy, it provides scholarships for their children so they can continue the legacy that their parents started. Sometimes faith means choosing to trust God's promises even when you cannot see the outcome. There is purpose in the waiting. Waiting can be character building. It is often the process God used to trust. Stretch your patience and prepare your future blessings. Waiting is not passive, it's actively continuing to show up. Pray and trust God works behind the scenes. Put faith over feelings, rely on solid truth of your scripture rather than your current circumstances. Scripture is full of people who trusted God's plan before his promises were fulfilled. Abraham believed God for God for a son, even at an old age. Remember, he God promised Abraham a son and he was elderly. But he delivered that promise. Esther stepped forward to talk. To the king with not knowing the outcome, and it was uncertain, but she was trusting God in that moment. Their stories remind us that faith is not about having all the answers, it is about trusting the one who does. Faith grows in the waiting room. When they don't happen instantly, that becomes your opportunity to develop endurance and deeper trust. Every not yet from God is an invitation to grow. It is not denial, it is divine timing. So keep preparing, keep showing up, and keep believing. That is all for today. I will see you on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok. And I will see you next week. Have a blessed week. Life Coach Brandy out of here. Bye. Before we go, remember this: you have a dream, a dream that matters, a purpose that matters. And when you walk in faith and live with courage, that dream becomes a light for the world to see. Until next time, keep living with purpose. Be blessed.