My WWW Conference Experiences

First before I go any further I just want to thank God for His faithfulness. I said to a friend once, "God is faithful". His response was "Why did you say that?" -because He Is! No matter the circumstance God is unfailing. His promises withstand every test! He has never let me down, He has never forsaken me, and no matter how far I strayed away from Him, He has never left me; that's faithfulness! As many of you who are familiar with my blog may know, I started working on this blog the Sunday after I made it back home from last years The Women Who Win Conference (2014). It was in the midst of my worship, during one of the night services that I received the word from God to write and publicize my own blog. I had been praying about my ministry outlet for months. I said God I have so much inside of me, I just feel like it's time for me to let it out. Speak to me Lord and tell me what to do to glorify you. I prayed prayers like this during my early morning worship time (4am daily), for months straight. The decision to blog about my testimonies and life experiences came about when a couple of my friends at the time thought of including me in their idea of a Christian online talk show. I liked the idea and approved of its purpose, so I agreed to be apart of it. We talked about it, started bouncing ideas around, and all agreed to pray about what it would be we would do both individually and as a unit to bless the world by sharing Gods Word and expressing His faithfulness. Before I knew it we had the ball rolling and great things we're ahead of us. God had another plan. A week or so before the conference things took place that made me take a step back and say "Lord, I'm just going to wait on you". See, before I heard from God I moved forth myself. I'm impatient. Sometimes I refer to myself as "Impatient Patty", if there's something I believe in and there's something I want to have happening, I'm all in. I'm ready to get the ball rolling right then! Lol. I laugh at myself so much now when I reflect on the things I cause to happen in my life; especially those things that crash and burn. Scripture states: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (‭Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭31‬ KJV) How much do you want to bet that I grew weary with what I was getting ready to do? How many of you want to bet that at one point I felt like I was going to faint? I exhausted myself with overwhelming passion for a cause that God didn't confirm I should be apart of. I was doing what I wanted to do. MY WILL, not Gods Will, left me emotionally fatigued, spiritually weak, and uncomfortably planted in a pot that I had no business being in. I attended The Women Who Win Conference 2014 feeling depleted. Then I heard from the lord. I left Remodeled and Restored. The ENTIRE time I was there the lord used every speaker and psalmist to minister a word to me. Of course I wasn't the only person there, but it felt like I was....it was just me, the presence of the Holy Spirit, and Gods Word. As each day progressed I felt more and more freed of myself. It was like I was a banana, every time the word came forth God was pulling back another strip of my skin. I literally felt He was depleting me of ME so He could finally use me. He confirmed my NOW purpose in this earth and I took heed to it. No matter how ugly my truths were...no matter how embarrassing my past may have been. If God said do it, I was willing and able to do it! I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. (‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1-8‬ KJV) Now there's the Women Who Win Conference 2015. The theme this year was, Discovering The Winning Life! The Lord must have known how much I needed to learn how to win again. I fiend for this conference like a crackhead who needed his hit! A lot can happen in a year! I left the conference last year Remodeled and ready to change the world with my ministry outlet. I began blessing the lives of others with my testimonies, I became "that person", "that role model", and " that young woman" people began to depend on for her transparency. Before I knew it my blog started touching the lives of the people whose lives touched me. The fear of messing up and making mistakes in my personal life began to suffocate me. I felt pressure from everyone around me to constantly get life right...there was no room for error. At one point I felt like a hypocrite. Here I am writing and telling people what God had already done for me and How I'm learning and made it through certain situations, but I'm going through a constant fight for my life even while I write. I'm telling people to have faith all the while my faith was slipping. The pressure became to be too much. So, instead of continuing to fight, I gave up. Within two months (it seemed like years) I went from perfect peace, ministering the word of God, sweating in the midst of my test, to giving up and rebelling because things weren't going right in my life. I went from praising God and preaching His word (some people would say), to paying to get into the clubs and acting like I didn't know what my purpose in this earth was. I went from praise dancing, to twerking. Anointing myself with oil in the midst of my troubles, to drowning my sorrows with alcohol. I went from speaking life to on the brink of killing myself. My business (my only source of income) was failing, my friendships were failing, my ministry was failing, my long term relationship with my boyfriend was failing. I just wanted to end it all. I've never lost in my life and I was loosing tremendously! The devil had me right where he wanted me and he almost won; but I have a friend in Jesus! Thank God for His FAITHFULNESS! God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on); by Him you were called into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬ AMP) The day I decided to kill myself, I don't know why, but something inside of me told me to get in contact with my newest friend at the time. I had only known him for a little over a month and for some reason I trusted Him enough with my pain to talk to Him about it. He was busy doing something and couldn't physically talk; but he said I could text him what was going on. I sent him my problems and told him what I was planning to do. He replied with The Word of God and in layman's terms told me I could be dumb if I wanted to, the devil was attacking me for a reason. After our conversation I cried and as I cried the word of God that had seemed barricaded from my thoughts began to rush in like a tidal wave; washing away every suicidal thought that captured me. I began to pray for the first time in weeks, those tears of sorrow became tears of joy. A random text came through to my cell phone that read, " God is not dead", whomever sent it followed up by saying "don't worry about who this is, as a matter of fact, delete the thread." And I did. It didn't matter who sent it. It's not about the messenger but the message. I began to rejoice because God proved to me His faithfulness again! I became weary in well doing. I felt like I was a living breathing sacrifice and testament of His works and He wasn't there for me. I gave up on my purpose, but God didn't give up on me. From that moment forth I made a promise to myself that I was going to fight. No matter how long it took me to build myself back up, I was going to fight! I said Lord I put my life in your hands and I'm going to leave it there! My business has made a complete turnaround. I'm no longer out partying and drinking (like I was before I knew who God was). I've removed all relationships with toxic people and those who've had negative influences on my life, and now I'm working on myself and learning to win again in my life and my ministry. This was the first year I've attended The Women Who Win Conference and felt like every speaker was speaking directly to me. Bishop Hilliard exhorted about sowing to receive "The Wisdom For Winning In Life". I'm so very grateful to God for connecting me with this ministry. I joined New Light Christian Center the very first time I heard the Bishop preach. Sowing is vital to winning in life! Sowing is sometimes a sacrifice, but it's NOT to be looked at negatively! God recognizes our sacrifice. There has been times I had nothing but $20 in my wallet and NO MONEY in my bank account. Barely any food in my refrigerator to eat, and my rent has been due, but I've sown my seeds into the Kingdom of God and into the lives of those who teach me the word of God. Among those times God has ALWAYS raised up somebody, somewhere to use their power, their ability, and their influence to help me. Including my landlord at the time! How many of you owed your landlord money and you told Him you didn't have it yet and he said, "okay just call me when you get it". Then took his money to pay the light bill and water bill portion of that months rent- multiple times! Because I was faithful to God he turned the heart of my landlord to show Gods Grace towards me! My landlord an older Caucasian man in his late 60's who knew nothing about me before he took over our apartment complex, never referred to me and my dog as his tenants, but as his granddaughters. Lol. Oh, how I love that man! He and his wife are just some of the sweetest people I've ever met. That's just one testimony I have on being a faithful thither and sowing seeds into the lives of others. So when the Bishop started exhorting I just praised God, because everything he's taught me about sowing is true and real! #Trill lol Pastor Sheryl Brady opened up the conference and the title of her message alone was all I needed to hear. Everything thereafter was reassurance and the ammunition I needed to fire myself up for winning again in life. Simply put, "I'm too close not to win!" **inserts shouts of the highest praise- HALLELUJAH !** "When you are a winner and you lose there is more at stake than the battle... You're uncomfortable... There's something that happens when you're in the fight. You find strength you didn't know you had!" -Pastor Sheryl Brady Pastor Isha reminded me of the Olive and the phases it goes through. **cues Jekalyn Carr- "Greater Is Coming" ** First there's the Shaking, The Beating, and The Pressing.

Her words reminded me that everyone goes through something! I had to remind myself, "You're not the only person going through these battles so stop acting like it's all about you." God will not bring me to something that he won't bring me through. I look at the phases of the olive like this: The Shaking: -Some things in your life have to get shook up in order to reveal to you who and what is for you and against you. So you can rid yourself of those people and those things that deplete you of your power and distract you from your purpose. This phase happens so that we can "Cut the suckers loose!" -Pastor Bridget Hilliard. The Beating: -The beating happens to bruise our egos and rid us of our self-righteousness. We are human. Sometimes when things go right in our lives we get a little caught up in ourselves...we get a little power and think we're running stuff. Sometimes we have to be reminded of why we are in the positions we are in and who made it possible for us to get there. This phase reminds us to

"Stop acting like your poop don't stink" -Pastor Isha Edmondson. The Pressing: - Here's where the pressure comes. The only way to get the oil out of the olive is to squeeze/press it out of it. This is the phase where the testing comes. Here's where you figure out why you're doing what you're doing, who made it possible for you to be doing what you're doing, and to remind you of whose name is going to be magnified in the end. It's in the pressing that we understand our purpose completely. It's in the pressing where we discover our potential. It's in the pressing when we can fully comprehend what it means to be anointed. It's that oil that flows through us. It's in this phase that we are most effective, but we can't get to this point without first going through the shaking and the beating. "There are things inside of you that don't come out until the odds are stacked against you...sometimes you have to be crushed to know what God has for you and to show you, it's not about you!" -Pastor Isha Edmondson. Then there was Dr. Teresa White. Whoa! I look forward to hearing her every year at the conference. Her delivery is so straight forward, direct, and real to the point where you're just like, " YOU BETTER PREACH!" I've never been a "shouter", but honey this conference birthed a new attitude out of me! Dr.Teresa closed out Thursday's morning session with her lesson on "Discovering How To Unleash Your Winning Potential". I could identify with every bit of her lesson but this stuck with me: "Potential is important, It dies and is no good as long as it's called "potential". If we aren't using it we aren't developing what God gave us. Potential is the possibilities, capabilities, and power waiting to be engaged in the kingdom and the earth." -Dr. Teresa White I'm always getting on people and telling them how much potential they have and how they're wasting it by not doing what they need to do to use it and change the world. When she said that I was taken aback because I've never applied my own words towards myself. I'm always telling people what to do (because I'm bossy) and never adhering to the words that come out of my mouth. It was an "aha" moment for me. I have the potential to fill in the gap and create a change in the thought processes of the youth around me, but what am I doing aside from allowing it to die? It's time for a change! The only way to create a change is to first be that change. I am a vessel to be used by God. She made me "get it". You know how you hear people say, "oh, now I get it"? Yeah, well, now I get it! Sometimes we let our failures get the best of us. I know for a fact if I'm not careful I'll start thinking about areas that I've failed in and start thinking I'm not good enough or start telling myself I'll never do "this" because I went through "that" situation. Well if there's nothing I learned from Dr. Ireashea, I learned that "EVEN NOW" I can accomplish any goal or achieve any dream. "Coming out of failure is possible, but you have to redefine the failure moment and give it a new meaning for your life. The power to define is the power to establish an emotional state of mind. What you're going through and what is happening to you is not the end. It's an opportunity for God to show His Glory." -Dr. Ireashea Hilliard When bad things happen you just have to change your perspective. I always say when people leave out of my life, " Yes, it hurts, but God must be protecting me from something that I don't need in my life". When things fall through I just say "God, thank you. It just wasn't meant for me". Your perspective determines your attitude. Losers think negatively, winners look at the positive and come up with a plan to win in the midst of the failures that have occurred in their lives. " If I redefine it I can change the outcome. Failure should be our reacher not the undertaker. Failure is a temporary detour, but not a dead end; because when I take a detour I don't miss my destination." -Dr. Ireashea Hilliard It may take you a little while longer to get where you're going, and your surroundings may seem a little unfamiliar, but you will come out victorious as long as you keep on pushing and don't quit! -Note to The "runner" in me. Prior to me attending this years conference one of my aunts were placed in ICU. Long story short, because of how things looked and what the doctors were use to seeing, they basically lost hope that she would live. Throughout the conference I kept hearing it's not looking good. Problem after problem began to occur. It seemed like every time my aunt (who I attended the conference with) got an update on my other aunts condition something new was going wrong. In these types of situations it's easy to lose hope. Especially when the people who are caring for your loved ones are constantly telling the family bad news. Luckily for me I attend a faith teaching church. I've been taught how to fight the fight of faith. I've been taught the power of the words that come out of my mouth and not once will I speak anything but faith filled words regarding her circumstance. Every night of the conference during the prayer connection I prayed and spoke the word of God over her life. I reminded God of who He Is and how Powerful He is, not that He's forgotten or anything, but simply because that's just how I worship. See when I remind Him of His power, I'm reminded that the same power resides on the inside of me! All throughout the conference, everyone who spoke, all mentioned the power of the words that come out of our mouths. They were reassuring me that I was doing the right thing. Apostle JoAnn Long came forth Friday morning and gave both my aunt and myself a new and improved outlook on the Miraculous power of God. So much so, that when we got to the hospital Saturday my aunt took the healing oil we received during the conference, anointed my comatose aunts head and led us in prayer. We all laid hands on her as we interceded in prayer. Immediately the atmosphere changed. My aunt then placed the altar cloth we received on her bed by her feet and told her when she wakes up it will be there so she can read the confession because she is a winning woman of God! The change I witnessed in my aunts demeanor after Apostle Long spoke was heart warming! Her testimony was amazing. She is the healed woman of God and so is my aunt! We don't believe the report of the doctors but the report of the Lord! "The word and you must become one. You have to get intimate with the word. You have to allow the word to abide in you. It's quick, alive, powerful, active, operative, and energetic! Medicine is limited, but the word of God flows where medicine can't go. P.O.W.E.R. Is: Powerful, Overcoming, Working, Eternal, Results You have to know who you are mad at...you're mad at a spirit that came to steal, kill, and destroy. Stop taking it out on people and God. You get mad at that spirit. Go to war with the spirit. Fight with the word of God." -Apostle JoAnn Long There is power in what we say! Watch the words that you let come out of your mouth. Speak life to every dead situation! There are so many things that can go wrong in our lives, the devil literally tries to take us out every day, but because I am a winner and you are a winner we can fight the devil and his devices with our faith and the word of God! Pastor Bridget closed out the conference with a bang, like she always does! She is absolutely one of the most encouraging people, EVER! I look forward to hearing her teach any opportunity I get because she delivers the word with boldness and confidence! She always gives us the tools we need to apply what we've learned during her teaching to our everyday lives. She's not just a Pastor, she's a Teacher of the Gospel and she looks cute doing it. Lol. Side note: New Light has the flyest, most anointed First Lady, hands down! Lol. Yes I'm biased when it comes to those who lead me into the knowledge of God. The title of her lesson was " The Dominion For Winning In Life/ Winning Through The Dominion Mandate". She reminded me of the steps I needed to take whenever I face difficult situations: 1.) Step Forward 2.) Take Charge 3.) Use My Faith 4.) Get The Victory 5.) Glorify God Had I remembered these steps last year the enemy wouldn't have had a chance to step into my life like he did. However, when I got tired of losing I realized I needed to do whatever it took to get myself up and out of the slump I was laying in and back on track with the things of God. I'm taking charge of my circumstances and using my faith to make it through every difficult moment. "Stop sitting around and letting the devil have havoc in your life! There's an endorsement of dominion. It's one thing to know you have power and authority, but it's another thing to know that you will be backed up. The Holy Spirit is your backup!" -Dr. Bridget Hilliard It's because of the Holy Spirit that resides in me, that I am able to win in life! Slowly but surely I'm getting the victory and when I do no one will be able to stop me from glorifying God! I praise Him in advance now because I know I've already won! My conference experience was nothing short of amazing and it always is! This year we were able to attend a private screening of Sony Pictures New Movie, " WAR ROOM", that comes to theaters August 28th. The movie was so encouraging and up lifting. I can't tell what the movie was about, just know that it changed my perspective on how to properly handle my relationships and the importance of being that vessel in the earth God uses to change and bless the lives of other people. CONFERENCE GOODIES!!!!!

As you know by now the theme for the conference was "Discovering The Winning Life". Wednesday night when we arrived at the conference we were handed our really cool Journey bag -you get it? We're on a journey to discover the winning life, so when you're on a journey you carry a bag to pick up the things you find along the way... I totally got it once they handed it to me lol. Anyway... Inside the bag was the WWW Magazine (I haven't read it yet) and Discover Journal.

Y'all this is the first time I've attended and received a journal to write my notes in and jot down my goals, important dates, and keeping myself motivated to win throughout the remainder of the year. The journal is awesome. I planned on giving it to my mom but I'm not sure about that anymore, I actually opened it up and fell in love with it. Lol. We shall see...I'm going to have to pray about it hahaha. Not really, lol. Okay so at the very back of the journal there were 6 blocks we were to have filled with a sticker. Well, the deal was you had to go into the empowerment zone (where the vendors were) and visit at least 6 tables, receiving a sticker from each table you stopped by. The catch was everyone didn't have stickers, so it gave people the opportunity to visit everyone's table. I thought it was genius! Good Job!

Our reward for getting each block filled with a sticker was the Pink Glitter Bag -This bag is so awesome! I got one last year and loved it! It says "Women Who Win" and has the logo on the zipper. Inside the free bag was a free gift. Mine was the WWW House shaped Measuring Tape. I was hoping it was the WWW t-shirt shaped hand sanitizer I got 2years ago. I looooooved that sanitizer. Seemed like it lasted forever too. Okay so since we had to go to every table, there I was standing at a table waiting to be greeted and HANDED MY STICKER lol, the lady at the table directly next to where I was standing was giving this really heartfelt summary of her book "Priceless Pearls". She was so sweet and you could just feel that she was speaking from her heart so I absolutely could not pas up the opportunity to purchase her book. I said, how much are they...I want one!" She said, "See, I just knew I was going to sell some books today!" Her smile made me smile! I can't wait to read her book.

On our way into the sanctuary, Friday morning we were handed a PINK altar cloth. I was like YAY, Another one to add to my altar! Then I was like YESSSSS, it's PINK!!! Lol I'm obsessed with pink y'all it's my favorite color.

After the morning service we had the opportunity to attend a private screening of the new movie "War Room" -A-MA-ZING!!! After the screening there was a coin we were to pick up on our way out to put in our wallet to remind us of the movie and to remember to always pray, no matter what's going on. On our way into the Sanctuary before the final service we were handed the women who win magnifying glass.

Before I went on my hunt for stickers I purchased my WWW water bottle! It's soooo pretty! Sad they didn't have pink or my second fav color green -Speaking of pink and green, they had pink and green WWW shirts (of course they were sold out when I got there Friday morning). So I got a blue one since, as of late, blue has been added to my list of favorite colors lol.

I also purchased the 30th edition of "My Thoughts On Victorious Confessions" by Pastor Bridget Hilliard. I already have two copies of the 11th edition, but this one has waaaaay more confessions in it. I purchased the 11th edition after I had a conversation with one of my coworkers at my old job. She was one of my high school friends mom. We had a conversation one day while business was slow (I was working at David's Bridal then) and she asked me what church I attended. I started told her "The Light" and she said oh I know that church, with Dr. Hilliard. Then she started telling me about Pastor Bridget's confession book and how she made my friend (her son), confess the children's confession everyday since he was little. She told me she used the book so much her pages were all torn out and the book was barely a book anymore. She told me how powerful they were and how much those confessions changed her and her family's lives. So I said I'm going to have to get one. I didn't get one, I got two. One for me and a new one for her...I haven't had the opportunity to get hers to her yet, but I will. Ever since then I've been using the confessions and blessing the lives of the people who come to me for prayer over certain things they're facing. I always send them a confession and if there isn't one in the book I write one and send it. That's one of the perks of being a member at The Light (Shameless Plug), not only do we get to learn the word of God but we're taught how to confess the word and write our own confessions. Shoutout to "The Church Like No Other"!!! So yeah, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get the latest version of the book that blessed mine and so many others lives. If you don't have it, get it! Visit www.newlight.org to purchase it online. Lastly, there was the Healing Confession and Oil packet. Since I'm a member of the church we were given a healing package some time ago. Since I received the package I've anointed my body with this oil and prayed over myself numerous nights.

Sleepless nights, night of pain and discomfort, I've even anointed my dog Bella with this oil, multiple times. Scripture states that when believers lay hands on the sick they shall recover...well sometimes there won't be anyone around you to do it for you, so you just lay hands on yourself! There were many nights I fell asleep in pain and woke up feeling like a new woman. There is power in confessing the word of God over your life. There is power in prayer. And there is power in "That Oil" as I like to call it. :-). If you're reading this and you received one of these packets. Don't throw it aside, use it and believe wholeheartedly in the power of God working through "That Oil"! I love, love, love That Oil! This year at The Women Who Win Conference I learned, I worshiped, I prayed, I sang, I rejoiced, I watched a movie, I shopped, I sowed my seeds, and I exercised -Yes, we exercised and it felt good! My muscles are still sore. That's what I get for working out in stilettos, smh. I got the tools I needed to know how to win in life and some great gifts and books. The conference was amazing! If you'd like to attend next years conference with me, email me and I'll send you all the links and information you'll need in order to register for The Women Who Win 2016. Thanks for reading! Enjoy the video!

Love, ChelCy