Hope Mangiafico (00:00)
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Yeah, we have a guest here in which is a cool story. This is Britt and we're going to share so much about how all of our paths have crossed and just the beauty of how the father works to bring forth community. We're in a community series and Britt is ⁓ originally a dear friend of mine and we all met through community and you Britt are just someone that has always had a heart for community sharing community no matter whether it's like.
your own platform, helping other people build community on their platforms. Anyways, I just, love your heart for people and spreading the gospel and sharing the good news. So we're so happy to have you here.
Britt Mognoni (01:39)
I'm so happy to be here. That intro, I'm like, who wouldn't want to listen to that? That was so good. That was so good. Thanks. I feel so honored and so special that you guys invited me on as your first guest besides yourselves. thanks. I'm excited for our conversation.
Hope Mangiafico (01:41)
You
So excited, so very excited. Honestly, it's sort of start off. I just want to do a quick intro of how Britt and I met because I think that's actually the beginning of like how the different faces of community. way back in the day, there was Periscope, which was live streaming. And there is this lady that I followed that I love that did like
cooking and just healthy recipes and stuff. And I'm watching her. I always like took notes of like the stuff she was making and she shouted Britt out as like her social media manager or something. And at the time I was nobody, but I was like, I can't handle all this work. I need help. And I like, I don't know if I sent you an email. I don't know if she posted your email or you posted your email. Someone did it. No chats. And I reached out and we connected so quickly and rock and rolled with work.
And then from that point on, I honestly don't know if it's through our Zoom calls of catching up on business or what, but then as you were telling Nikki prior to the call, like we found ourselves in a little cottage in the middle of nowhere for the first time meeting together sharing a bed.
Britt Mognoni (03:02)
It was crazy, it was crazy. The Lord definitely works in hilarious and great ways. I'm here for it, here for it all.
Hope Mangiafico (03:09)
I had to, we've been talking this on this trip, like how adventurous life is with the Lord. And when you just say, okay, I'm sitting back, back then, I mean, we're talking what 2016, 2017, maybe, do you think? Yeah, it was a long, it was kind of, it was kind of a long time ago. I didn't even know what it meant to just be like, all right, Lord, take the reins, but he's fun nonetheless.
Britt Mognoni (03:24)
I think so. Yeah.
Yes.
Hope Mangiafico (03:36)
So
it's great. And then you helped build and be a part of Free Bird Fly, which is no longer, ⁓ what would you call that? No longer a business, would you call it a business? Ministry. yeah. No longer a ministry under that name, I should say. But through that, I introduced Nikki to Free Bird Fly and then all of our paths were intermingled. Now probably about five years ago. Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (03:49)
Yeah, ministry business.
Yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (04:04)
I just see like this like beautiful woven tapestry that God creates through community, through people. Like you two are such good friends. You invited me into the community. I felt welcome. I felt seen and heard and embraced. know, Brett, you're so prophetic and you you've said things over me and things that I will always remember. And we were talking about maybe
bringing on a guest and I'm like, it's gotta be Brit because God kept putting you on my heart like time and time again, like Brit should be your first guest. Brit, you bring Brit on and it was just like, I told Hope about that and she's like, of course, like that just fits, right? just makes sense. Yeah, absolutely. We're so excited. And so I don't know, I guess the first question that comes to mind for me is like, what fostered that love and drive towards community in your heart, Brit?
Britt Mognoni (04:48)
Thanks guys.
Mm, that's such a good question. ⁓ I think I really just, I've always been a stereotypical extrovert. I get filled up from being around people. I love my quiet time and alone time with the Lord, but there is something about being around people. And so I think once I started to really pursue the Lord on my own, get in a church community, I've just realized there's... ⁓
Hope Mangiafico (05:14)
you you
Britt Mognoni (05:31)
you need people like you were wired for connection, we're wired for community. And so I think the Lord just slowly like fortified that and open that up in me
the more I got involved. And so to me serving in a faith community wasn't just like, because you're supposed to it's like the good Christian thing. It's like, no, this is where like you find your people. I don't know about you guys. Why no hope. We are external processors like it helps to process externally with the Lord with other people like
Hope Mangiafico (05:40)
Okay.
Britt Mognoni (05:59)
you get so much revelation and healing and maturity through and breakthrough through processing. And I
Hope Mangiafico (06:06)
Okay.
Britt Mognoni (06:08)
think I started to recognize that I wouldn't maybe be able to articulate at the time, but I think I, looking back, I recognize, that's really where I started to like totally feel like I was getting confirmation on like maybe what like my spirit was like picking up or what I feel like the Lord was teaching me. It really got brought out and pulled out through community. And so
Hope Mangiafico (06:09)
So,
Britt Mognoni (06:29)
really since then, like I've just gone after like, what is community to me? I need it wherever I go because we're we're create like,
Hope Mangiafico (06:38)
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Britt Mognoni (06:38)
look at the Trinity, it's community, it's three, you know, it's three in one. And so that really was, it's just been, I've seen the fruit of community in my life time and time again. And the more I pursue it, the more fruit I bear. And so I'm like, I want to be a fruit bear. I want to look more like Jesus and
Jesus looks like us. And so I really just, I trust that community is really what keeps us sane. It keeps us pointing
toward the Lord. Like we can only do so much on our own. Like we need the Lord, yes, but we also need each other. And so really that's kind of like a huge pillar in my life is community.
Hope Mangiafico (07:10)
Yeah.
Yeah, that's amazing. to build on that for your personal life of what I've observed in your life, is you've relocated a couple times. And it's like, I feel that every time you've relocated, you have found.
a solid group of people. It doesn't mean it's 50 people, right? An entire church. But like, I just feel like every time you moved, you found the right people to build you up and to give that mutual benefit in community. it's, and I think about the times I've been with you, it was always for us to connect together and then go out to an event. Every time. And then our times together.
Britt Mognoni (07:54)
Yeah. Yep.
Hope Mangiafico (07:59)
were so sweet because they were the quiet times on the couch. And I did feel like the Lord would just download stuff to us when we were together, you know, for that season. was just this bouncing back and forth and it was so rich. And I don't think it would have been that rich had we have done it over Marco Polo, for example.
Britt Mognoni (08:16)
Yeah.
And it's so as you're talking again, externally processing, it makes me think of like how community is reciprocal. Like, I know a lot of people, there may be people listening, who they don't have that, or they've never had that, or they maybe they have that and they relocated and they true like it's an ache in their heart. I really believe it's an it's an ache in all of us like, for for deeper community and for connection. And
Hope Mangiafico (08:21)
Hahaha!
Mm-hmm.
Britt Mognoni (08:45)
it's reciprocal and so it's, if you're not finding that, you get to go be the person to pour into people and to pour into others. And so to me, when I relocated, no matter how many times or where, it was like, how can I use the gifts that I have to serve well? And from that, the fruit of community came. Like, yes, it's a very much a priority in my life. So like when I
first moved to Florida, I'm like, I want a good solid gym and a church.
And to me, like that's the two places that I'm like, those are what I love. I love fitness and wellness and I love Jesus. And so those are the two places where I looked. And so really once I started to teach at the gym, I started to serve at church. And so to me, it's those places, like it's my, takes intentionality on my part, not just to be like, why can't I find community? It's like, what are we doing as, you know, as people to seek that out and where are you putting yourself? What are the environments? Are they healthy?
Hope Mangiafico (09:13)
Mm-hmm. Okay.
Britt Mognoni (09:42)
It kind of takes the pressure off when you're like, these are all people who even if they don't articulate it, they're also there for community. Like yes, they'd be there for Jesus, but a huge part is there's something about us in our DNA that the way the Lord made us is to be with others. And so it's just, it's a reciprocal opportunity or invitation to how can I serve my community well? How can I serve the body well? And so that kind of.
Hope Mangiafico (09:48)
Yeah. . ⁓
Britt Mognoni (10:09)
is what comes up for me when I think about like, it is reciprocal. It's not just waiting around or it's not just because I'm Brit and I'm special and I have, you know, the gift of community. No, like I sought it out. I truly invested in community and it's paid off because I have amazing, I have amazing community all around the country, really. So.
Hope Mangiafico (10:28)
You do. love that you're saying that because we were talking last week on the podcast.
how the enemy hates community. The enemy wants to get you alone and isolate you so he can control your thoughts, he can control your perspective. But in order to, like you just said so well, Britt, in order to find community, you actually go out into the community. And I was just saying in January, I finally realized that, because I was so lacking community and I was feeling so alone and so isolated. And God was like,
Nikki, if you're gonna get community, you have to get out of your house and do things in your community. Just like you said, Britt, like go find things that you love, go do those things that you love and the community will naturally evolve for you. It's not always easy, but you'll pick it up piece by piece just by different interactions with others.
And I know for your story, both shared like little small tidbits of our testimonies. Each of them have something to do with community. Would you say that community played a part on your journey to like saying yes to Jesus and led you down that path?
Britt Mognoni (11:46)
It was definitely the, like I had this re, I don't know, reawakening, I guess, in alone, it was an intimate moment with the Lord. But then it was when I was like, okay, I know I need to do something with this. Like I'm wanting to reengage, to reignite my faith. And I'm like, what better place to do that? What would be to be around people? Like I truly believe that's the pull. Like it's pulling you towards
Hope Mangiafico (12:08)
All right.
Britt Mognoni (12:15)
yes, towards community, but it's really, it's the body of Christ. And so that's the pole. And so, I don't know if that really answers the question, but ⁓ that kind of was where I think about where it started was, my own reawakening and knowing I can't just do this, I can't cultivate this completely on my own. takes
Hope Mangiafico (12:18)
Okay.
Thank you.
Britt Mognoni (12:36)
people to come around you, it takes people with more wisdom, to have more history with the Lord. I've been in church my entire life, but.
there comes a time when I was like, okay, this is my decision to pursue the Lord and I had my own encounter. And so I knew that, I think I've seen it, you you see it modeled in church, there's different ministries and whatnot. But I think when you start to actually have that, you know, the encounter, the desire, the invitation and the pull, like you recognize, I can't
do this by myself and I'm not made to do this by myself. So yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (13:11)
Absolutely. I think that's wonderful. I have another question for you. I'm like rocking my brain. like, what is all the history I know of it? ⁓ So I've always found that for you, when I observe what you've done throughout the years, especially like with your business and just people hiring you, for example, for like social media or whatever it may be.
Britt Mognoni (13:17)
There, here we go, here we go. Yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (13:35)
or just part of their team, that's probably a better way to say it, you get hired for a team. You did always have what seemed to be like this concentration, like the community manager, you know, like you had this gifting and fostering the community and bringing it together. And I share that trying to form a question of like, what would you say helps build community around...
other people. So not so much like you were sharing of like you need to put yourself out there, but it's like, what do do to foster community? Is that a good way to ask that question?
Britt Mognoni (14:10)
Yeah, no, that's a great question.
And I think it truly is, it helps me even when you ask that, understand part of like how the Lord wired me is that we are wired and created to hear his voice. And to me, it's like, I foster that through knowing that God can speak through people, whether they're believers or not. And so it's like, well, that's, I, you I want to be around
Hope Mangiafico (14:36)
Okay.
Britt Mognoni (14:37)
to be around other people, whether they're believers or not. I want to be around people because we're created in his image. And so if we're image bearers, they have something that I could learn or they have something. So I kind of go into community, even like building community, cultivating community, virtual community. To me, it's about knowing
and trusting that I'm gonna hear the voice of the Lord for wisdom, for encouragement, for whatever. And that's kind of how.
Hope Mangiafico (15:02)
Okay.
Britt Mognoni (15:03)
I think it's cultivated is around my own pursuit of his presence, of his heart, his, yes, of his people, but really it's about him. Like Jesus is the point. He's the point of it all. But like to me, me, the fostering and building community and relationship is like, how can I hear the voice of the Lord for myself or others and from others, let the
Hope Mangiafico (15:06)
Okay.
Britt Mognoni (15:24)
Lord speak to others, to me through others. Yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (15:30)
That makes me think of ⁓ a time where I was really chatting with you a good bit ⁓ in a season about honor. And it's like, would you say it coincides with honoring each individual? Again, if they said yes to Jesus or not already, like they're all made in the image of God, so they have something. And so it's entering every space that you walk into.
ready to honor whatever God has put in that person.
Britt Mognoni (15:58)
Yes, and that really does put even like a pin in it for me of like, that's really where like, I think community really just took on a whole new like form for me. Like, again, I've been around community for my entire life and different communities. But it was when that time in my life, it was probably maybe almost 10 years ago now that the culture of the faith community I was in was so heavy on honor. I had never been like, I think we all know
Hope Mangiafico (16:14)
Thanks.
Britt Mognoni (16:26)
honor. We know like in our head like, yeah, I know, I know what that kind of means, or I know what it means. But there's something that happens when it like makes its way or like things make its way down to your heart. And you see it expressed, taught, lived out. Like
Hope Mangiafico (16:36)
Thanks.
Britt Mognoni (16:42)
that to me is where I'm like, it's not just about being nice to people. And it's not just being respectful. Like honor is you don't you're not assigning value to them.
based on what they're doing, based on my preconceived notions, based on my experience with them, you're assigning the value that the Lord has given them as a son or a daughter. And we have to operate and look through that lens, like the lens of honor, in order to see his people rightly. And so that to me is where my dog agrees.
Real life guys, real
Hope Mangiafico (17:18)
I love that. I love honor. The concept. I feel like the community you were in at the time, my husband and I were actively in it too and like learning at the same time. And I felt like that was my first time really understanding the weight of honor, what it truly meant. And it allowed me to love people differently too, which you can't build community without love and having the father's heart.
Britt Mognoni (17:44)
That's so good. That is so good and so true.
Hope Mangiafico (17:48)
I have this, it just keeps coming up. Please go girl. It's kind of shifting gears, so this might be out of order when people are listening to this, but Holy Spirit just keeps bringing it up, because I think it's going to be so impactful for the people to hear you answer this question. You've had a lot of up and downs in your life, and you had to go through some really hard times. And how did community play a part in that? Were you relying on community? Was there certain people, trusted people that you confided in for direction?
Did the enemy try to isolate you during the time? Like, how did you navigate that? Because thinking about some of the things you went through, like, that's really hard stuff, you know?
Britt Mognoni (18:29)
That's such a good question. I'm sure, I mean, I think the beginning of our conversation really laid the foundation to dive into this, because this truly is part of the reason why I still am and continue to be so passionate about community is we all go through difficult seasons, times of transition. And had it not been for a community in my life and being intentional with cultivating it for myself, like I would not be where.
Hope Mangiafico (18:36)
Mm-hmm. ⁓
Britt Mognoni (18:56)
I wouldn't be as healthy, I wouldn't, like all the things if it weren't for community. And I think there's something valuable in seasons of hiddenness, but we can't confuse that with isolation.
Hope Mangiafico (19:08)
We talked about that last week. We did. And knowing the difference because they can feel so similar but you could stay in it for way too long.
Britt Mognoni (19:10)
Yeah!
Yes.
Yes, yeah. And I think
when we go through difficult times, I really feel like there's the opportunity to pull away and be with the Lord. ⁓ So he can wrap you in his love and in his goodness and in his promises and in his word. Yeah, you need that all the time. But especially when we're going through really difficult times or trying to make grief, whatever, those are the times. I don't even...
Hope Mangiafico (19:24)
Yes. ⁓
Britt Mognoni (19:46)
I wouldn't necessarily call it, there are seasons of hiddenness, but there's just those times where you need to be held. Like
I just need to be.
Hope Mangiafico (19:51)
That's it. I call
it like my Jesus cocoon of comfort like I just get in my Jesus chair and I wrap myself up and I have my tea and my whatever I need like yeah
Britt Mognoni (19:55)
⁓ there it is.
Yes, yes.
Yes, and there are times when we literally, it's like the people who hold your arms up. Like it's the people who you know you can just sit with. Like who you know, you're like, know this person is the person who I would go to for X, Y, and Z. Like there's a person who I go to for like honor or.
Hope Mangiafico (20:10)
and
Mm-hmm.
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Britt Mognoni (20:27)
whatever, like there's certain people that hold certain, you know, places in your heart. And so to have those people in community, it really does ⁓ help when you're going through something difficult because you don't need to do it alone. Like,
Hope Mangiafico (20:41)
Right.
Britt Mognoni (20:41)
and these things sound so cliche, like you're not meant to live life alone. But like, but truly, like we are called to be people who help one another, who encourage one another. That way, when you go, what's, I forget the scripture, but it's like,
Hope Mangiafico (20:44)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (20:56)
when you go through trials, that way you can encourage and be there for other people. Like it's biblical, it's biblical. And
Hope Mangiafico (20:59)
Mm-hmm.
Britt Mognoni (21:01)
so to me, I always wanted to make sure I kept myself in the posture of humility and like knowing that I'm in a time of need, like not letting pride get in the way of like, I can do this myself. can lean on myself. It's just me and the Lord. Like yes, and it's both and. Like yes, you want to be reliant on the Lord and depend on him and also.
Hope Mangiafico (21:09)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah. Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (21:25)
we have people and community around us for a reason because we get to lean on them for support. The amount of wisdom that I've acquired from being around people is truly invaluable. I think about how much time, when you talk about like bending time, get to like
people who have lived longer than you or have spent more time with the Lord or have just more knowledge on a particular aspect of the Lord or just in your walk.
Like think about just spending time with them. You've literally bent time by spending, you know, spending a few hours with them, all their years of knowledge coming into that moment. Like I get to glean that in a moment or in a short amount of time versus a lifetime of whatever their hardships, what got them through it. It literally shortcuts your time of transition, of delay, of hardship. Like it literally shortens it. And I'm like,
If anyone's gone through anything hard ever, you know you usually want to shortcut it you're like, I just want to get over this. Can I get over this? The key, the answer is community. Find community. It will help you.
Hope Mangiafico (22:31)
That's so good. ⁓ I love that. I would have never thought of like bending time and like it all just coming together to work in your favor. that was so good.
And I think too, like being on, I talked about this in that episode too, you know, like sometimes you see a person in your community struggling, but God's like, not yet. Like you don't want to intervene on that cocooning time too early to kind of mess up that process for them. And I just remember one time I was like this woman at my church and God was like, not yet, Nikki, not yet. And then he was like, go. And I'm like, I'm coming. It's like, I'm coming. And
You know, so it's like, it works both ways where that you have to tap into the Holy Spirit of when to be obedient, to minister to somebody too who's going through a difficult time or a difficult season because we don't wanna mess up what God is doing in that moment.
Britt Mognoni (23:24)
Absolutely. And
it just proves the point and the need and the importance of knowing how to be people who are led by his spirit, led by his voice. That way, like you said, how would we know when to maybe pump the brakes on it or when to push or when to go if we're not leaning into his voice? We need to, we need his voice. It's our sustenance. And so that's such a good reminder and point to everybody.
Hope Mangiafico (23:46)
Yeah. Yes.
Britt Mognoni (23:53)
What is the Lord saying? Like, I may, like you may wanna come in, like I know I'm guilty of it too, of having the the savior mentality, savior complex where like, I can be Jesus to this person. I can save him. I got the keys. I know what to do here. But what is the Lord saying? Like, what if he's like, let them, like let them process or maybe he has a different strategy. Maybe it's just cooking a meal for somebody or maybe it's just sending them flowers or an encouraging word. It's not.
Hope Mangiafico (23:58)
Thank
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (24:20)
coming in to save and even though you have the answers or you've been through something similar doesn't mean that it's what I should be doing in that moment. It's what is the Lord saying. So it's such a good reminder to really just be focused on His voice
above our own other peoples and all that.
Hope Mangiafico (24:36)
Right,
yes, I'm still learning to do that because I want to help everybody who I...
Britt Mognoni (24:39)
I know it's hard. really, it's
definitely, definitely easier said than done, but it's the, again, there's so much fruit in it and trusting that you're risking on what you're hearing. What if the Lord's saying not to reach out and you're like, but I really want to. It's like, will we be obedient to what we, what we truly feel the Lord saying? And I just feel like he honors our obedience. He honors when we risks. So yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (25:04)
That's right.
Would you be open and comfortable with sharing about many years ago when you were in Vanguard and you were at the mall? Because I'm thinking, we've been talking about community in different ways. So you've got the intimate community, right? But then also you have like, there's a coffee shop here that's ran by these beautiful Christian woman and her kids, her daughters.
and ⁓ it's wonderful. And so you go out into the community outside of the church, the quote unquote safe space, right? And you go build out there, you go speak and prophesy, whatever the Lord's leading you to do. And you have such a cool story building off of what you just said about God honoring your obedience. So would you be comfortable sharing that?
Britt Mognoni (25:52)
Yes, I so would because literally, it's so funny. I was literally thinking about that situation within the last week and I'm like, I should probably write that out. Like, because it's so good. I don't want to forget. It's probably an journal somewhere, but like I need to revisit it. And this is like the perfect opportunity. So thank you. Thank you for asking. So I was in a supernatural school of ministry ⁓ and it was a nine month school. And again,
Hope Mangiafico (26:06)
Hahaha
Britt Mognoni (26:19)
you're in community. I was in a small group of people and yes, multiple times a week we met as just the of the core group, but there were times each month where we would go out into the community. And it was when I was really just kind of going after hearing God's voice like in bigger, more risky, I say riskier ways, things that weren't just like in my quiet time of like, I'm going to open the Bible and see what verse comes up. Like those are sacred times for sure. But I do feel like there's times
Hope Mangiafico (26:39)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (26:47)
There's moments in our faith walk where the Lord invites us to go deeper
and it's risky. Like it's scary. It's uncomfortable. ⁓ My dog, his name is Samuel, which means like pause and reflect and be peaceful.
Hope Mangiafico (26:51)
Yeah.
Hahaha!
Britt Mognoni (27:09)
So we were outside at a mall and we were kind of gathering together and we split off into groups and there was just like maybe two or three of us in a group. And I remember like praying and I think I said it even out loud, like I want to see something mega. Like I remember using the word mega. I don't usually use that word a lot, but I just remember being like, I want to see something mega. And within like a few minutes, this man,
Hope Mangiafico (27:27)
Wow, yeah.
Britt Mognoni (27:36)
like was walking towards us with his wife and like in between us was like a, you know, the fountains and stuff in the middle of malls. So he was like barely walking, like hobbling, hobbling, walking. And something overcame me where I literally just like beelined it to him. Didn't even think about it. And I'm just like, are you in pain? And he's like, yes. And I'm like, can I pray for you? And he's like, yes. And so I just laid my hands on him. I prayed.
Hope Mangiafico (27:41)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (28:06)
And he used profanity when I asked him how he felt. And he's like, that's effing weird. He's like,
Hope Mangiafico (28:14)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (28:15)
I have no pain. And I was like, okay, like this is amazing. And it was just such a beautiful moment. The power and the presence of the Lord was so strong. And had it not been for me taking risks on what I'm hearing, letting the Lord highlight somebody, like that was part of our prayer before.
Hope Mangiafico (28:18)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (28:36)
Lord, highlight people who need your love, who need to hear your voice, who need to be pointed and redirected to you. And this guy, like, not only does he literally, like, it happened so quickly, where, like, I turned,
he was coming at me, he was hobbling, and it just was, like, tunnel vision. And I feel like that's what the Lord, like, he gives us those opportunities. And I had, like, a split second, like, a millisecond of a moment to be obedient. I could have...
Like I'm risking looking like a ridiculous fool. It didn't even cross my mind in that moment. What if he doesn't get healed? Like I just knew that I was praying for this man. And the crazy thing was he like, when he held his heart and he said, that's weird, he's like, I
Hope Mangiafico (29:03)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (29:17)
feel no pain. And his wife was like, shaking your head, shaking your head. And he like was stunned. And she goes, this isn't the first time that someone's prayed and this has happened. And I'm like, the Lord is after your heart, my friend.
Hope Mangiafico (29:29)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (29:30)
much more clear could you get? And it was just to me to be able to see the fruit of my obedience in a second by trusting that it's not about me. It's about Jesus being like, I want to show my
Hope Mangiafico (29:31)
Okay.
Britt Mognoni (29:46)
people my love and my power in a moment. And it was so crazy because even as I'm saying this, remember after the interaction and he was healed, he was literally like scheduled to have surgery.
within a week and he's like, I don't feel anything. So I'm like, I should have gotten his number and then like, did you have to go to the surgery? But a woman, ⁓ different stranger came up to me after and she was like, I just have to tell you, I was watching from afar and that was incredible. Even just her watching, the Lord ministered to her and who knows what it did to her faith, but I just have to believe and trust that the Lord ordained that moment.
Hope Mangiafico (30:05)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (30:26)
And he ordains moments for us if we're aware and we're humble and we're willing to take our eyes off of ourselves and to be like, Lord, you told us that we'll do greater things. You told us and you promised and you said that we'll do greater things than you, which is a bold statement. It's
Hope Mangiafico (30:32)
Yeah. Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (30:45)
one of those verses in the Bible, like, do we really understand the magnitude of that? And so that was something mega. And I'm like, if that's one moment.
Hope Mangiafico (30:45)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (30:54)
There's so many more mega moments in our life that we get to partner with the Lord on, if we're willing to say yes, if we're willing to look a little silly or look wild and crazy. It's because of him. It's because of his radical and ridiculous love for us. That's what we get to partner with. And so anyways, I love that moment. I love that memory. I wish I had it recorded. I wish I knew all the things, but to truly just be able to reflect on it, I'm like, Lord.
Hope Mangiafico (31:17)
Yes.
Britt Mognoni (31:23)
I didn't even hesitate. And I feel like so many times we hesitate. like, was I really God? Did I really stop and pray? I have other things to do. We're like, this is like we hesitate. And it's like, what if we just lived a life of just going for it? Like when we see something, we just go for it. The worst that can do, OK, they don't maybe they don't get healed in the moment, but maybe they we we get to give them an encouraging word or maybe we get. Who knows? We can't we can't put God in a box. And so to me, it's such a beautiful.
Hope Mangiafico (31:24)
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No.
Britt Mognoni (31:53)
opportunity to to partner with him and his voice and his power. His power, his miracle, miraculous, incredible, glorious power. So yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (32:04)
This story has so many elements to it. You you stepping out in faith, something mega happens, the healing of the man. But what I focused on was the wife. And it made me think about if your miracle is coming and God is waiting for your yes, he will keep putting it in front of you time and time again, because the wife said, this isn't the first time that this happened. You know, so
It happened maybe the first time and the guy's heart posture didn't change. Maybe a second time. But God's not going to stop what's ordained for you. It's going to keep bringing it up then. And so many times as the people were like, we missed it. We missed opportunities. Like that won't happen again. And God's like, no, I've got you. I'm just waiting for your heart posture to change. I'm just waiting for your yes. I'm just waiting for you to come to me.
Britt Mognoni (32:41)
Yes.
That's so good. That is so good.
Hope Mangiafico (33:01)
And it makes me think from the very beginning what you were sharing about community and going in, like just knowing that someone has something that God put in them to come out. so, you know, I actually think about this every once in a while of like, you know, you see someone on the side of the street or whatever it may be and they just look different than you. Right. And you're like questioning, not even like, OK, God, are you telling me to do something? But you're just like questioning.
like what decisions have they made, right? it got them. You're just like asking all these questions, which at the end of the day, this is me at least, I'm a big question asker across the board. ⁓ It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. And that is actually probably the hardest hurdle for me to jump over because I would say it's because I want to understand everyone's story, but like that's not my job.
Britt Mognoni (33:43)
No.
That's so good. That's so true. You're right, Nikki. There is so many different parts of that story. Like there are so many facets to it. It's not just about the healing in the moment. It's about the what it's there's so much to it. That's so good.
Hope Mangiafico (34:09)
Yeah. And it's just, I got like the chills. It's just like, God loves us so much. He's never going to take something away from us that was meant for us. It's like by our choices and our actions of whether we're going to be obedient to his next right step or not.
Britt Mognoni (34:21)
Yeah.
And it made me even think even when you said that, like the humility of the man, like the humility of the man, like people might say no when you ask to pray for them. the fact that he was even willing and open to that, to me, it's, God would never force himself on us. Like we literally get to say, yes, it's a choice. And so he chose, he chose at that moment, like,
Hope Mangiafico (34:30)
Mm-hmm.
Yes.
Mm-hmm.
Right. That's right.
and
Britt Mognoni (34:51)
He was in so much pain that he's like, will do, I'll do it, I'll take it. Even if he was, maybe he's never like, who knows where he was at in his faith? And who knows the people that you might encounter, like they have choice. And so we get to be people to invite. We don't have to be the ones to like force it upon them. It's an invitation for us to pardon with the Lord and for them. it takes.
Hope Mangiafico (34:56)
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Britt Mognoni (35:15)
it takes something on their part. Like there's skin in the game for them because it's risking for them, like risking on allowing somebody who they don't know, or it is somebody they know to speak into it a part of their life that may be vulnerable or painful or hurting or whatever. So there really is something beautiful about partnership with the Holy Spirit and with others.
Hope Mangiafico (35:35)
I love that we've been talking about this today, situation my daughter is in and it's just like when you are hurting, it's so hard to express your hurt to another person, even if you trust them, even if they're in your close circle. Because like you said, it takes humility, it takes vulnerability, takes, you know, it's a risk to open yourself up to other people and let them know that
Britt Mognoni (35:58)
Hmm.
Hope Mangiafico (36:02)
that you are hurting.
Britt Mognoni (36:04)
Yeah. Yeah. And I think that's when you talk about humility and vulnerability, those are two huge components of community. Like what actually community work and have it be healthy and functioning is humility, like having a posture of humility and vulnerability, because you can't go deep with people if you're not willing to be vulnerable. And so I think it's good.
Hope Mangiafico (36:12)
Mm-hmm.
And we've, we've
talked about in the past about just like faking it into the community because you think it's your community. So they're doing this, that and the other things. You're trying to do this, that and the other thing to like fit in. And then you're not really honoring them or yourself at any point. Yeah. You know, what keeps coming to mind as you both speak with both ends of the story, when I hear Britt's part of the story, I hear
I've got nothing to lose. When I hear that man's part of the story, it's what do I have to lose? I've got nothing to lose. And I just, don't know why I feel like I just like declare, may we all both as someone to give a word and move on God's behalf and someone to receive something from community. May we just believe in the depths of our heart that we have absolutely nothing to lose.
Britt Mognoni (36:56)
you
Yes.
Hope Mangiafico (37:14)
across the board, it's the same mentality, just sometimes you get there through pain, and other times you get there because now through the pain and through the history with the Lord, you trust Him so much, you're like, I've got nothing to lose.
Britt Mognoni (37:24)
Yes,
that is so good. Wow. Yeah. It's really just like it feels like a call for whoever's listening, whatever, even for the three of us. Like this is it. get it's that choice. Am I going to be complacent? Am I going to just be in that lukewarm kind of skating by thinking about what you can get from things or from life or if you're going through your own difficult time, like sometimes it can pull you out of your
you know, it's the key to your breakthrough is actually risking and doing that for other people. And so it's, it really is, it's convicting, lovingly convicting me of like, man, what if we just went for it? What if we, what if we truly lived that as like a posture, not just like a once in a, I don't want that story to just be the one breakthrough moment in my life. Like I want it to be about like that lifestyle of that. And so that's really good. It's convicting.
Hope Mangiafico (37:56)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
A lifestyle. really, I love that wording for it. Because so often when we hear stories like Britt shared, it's like, man, that's really cool. She did so great. She arrived at being able to hear the lore, but it is a daily walk and saying yes.
and there's no arrival point ⁓ because every day is a new opportunity to see him move in greater ways and do greater things than Jesus did. And you're right, we have no understanding of what that means.
Britt Mognoni (38:56)
No,
no. So good. And I think about too, like just hardship and difficult seasons and what community really does. Yes, they can, people rally around you, but the people, I think about the most difficult season of my life, the people who I was closest with pointed me to Jesus. And so it's a good question and a good opportunity to take inventory on the people you're surrounding yourself with.
Hope Mangiafico (39:18)
Okay. Okay.
Britt Mognoni (39:25)
Are they pointing to their own advice? Like, yes, your testimony is so powerful and it can be used, but at the end of the day, like, I try to think of myself as this like information gatherer, like through good and bad, like I pull from different well, people who are like, I would
consider like wells of wisdom. And like, then you have your close circle, you have your, like your close family, friends, whoever like you lean on. Like we get to pull from them, but ultimately like it's our job to steward it and bring it before the Lord to be like, this is like,
this is what I've heard and gathered. Like, what are you, and this is what I might be sensing, but what are you saying? Like, what are you saying for this
Hope Mangiafico (39:55)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (40:02)
situation? And I know, I'm sure people who are listening maybe have gone through similar situations. I went through divorce and I know that I know that I know ⁓ every situation is so different. Every relationship is so different. And I know that I would not have made it through
Hope Mangiafico (40:02)
Okay.
Britt Mognoni (40:23)
the time that I went through without community. Like
Hope Mangiafico (40:25)
Okay.
Britt Mognoni (40:27)
looking back at my history with the Lord and the reason why I, it makes so much sense as to why I like dove into healthy community and to be, to go after the Lord like with everything, to go after community. So then when things do happen, like I did not feel like my life was totally shaken and turned upside down. Like I knew that I have the unshakable one in me.
Hope Mangiafico (40:32)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (40:52)
And so I'm like,
well, if that's, if God is who he says he is, if he provides the peace that surpasses my understanding, like when you go through those dark times, it's painful, it is excruciating, it is very painful, it's sad, there's so much disappointment, there's rejection. And like those things are real. So it's not like, it's not spiritually bypassing over that. Like it's acknowledging those things and knowing that.
Hope Mangiafico (41:06)
Okay.
Britt Mognoni (41:17)
greater is he who is in me. So what I'm like, what I'm experiencing really is like external. And what's happening internally is, I've built history with the Lord. So I know that
Hope Mangiafico (41:28)
Yes.
Britt Mognoni (41:28)
he that like, this isn't the end of my story. There's hope. There's like, there's grace for to move on. There's like, he's the God of promises. So anything that I've gotten from the Lord about marriage or whatever the situation might be, in my case, it was marriage. I've
The Lord showed me things, like in my quiet time, in my prayer time, in my life, words that he's given me, other people have given me. And I think it's so incredible that when we take those things, we get to choose, is he
Hope Mangiafico (41:47)
Mm-hmm.
Britt Mognoni (41:56)
the God of promises? And is he who he says, or is all this empty? Well, the Bible says that God doesn't lie. And so I have to lean on this and trust and know that every promise, every word would be fulfilled, even if it doesn't look like.
Hope Mangiafico (41:57)
Where. Thank you.
Britt Mognoni (42:12)
what I envisioned or what I thought it would look like. Like he totally shows himself. one of his names is Redeemer. And so he redeems everything. And really like my marriage testimony, now that I'm remarried, like God
has truly redeemed every aspect of marriage in my life. And I'm like, it just looks different than what I thought, know? Seven years ago, eight years ago, I would not have even thought of this. But then I'm like, what?
Hope Mangiafico (42:26)
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Britt Mognoni (42:39)
would I have done if I didn't have community or if I didn't pursue the Lord and I allowed something like this to happen and just to go down a completely different path? Like we get, again, it's that choice. We have choices every single moment, whether big and small, but especially through dark and difficult
times or seasons of pain, like we truly get to choose. Like I'm choosing amidst my pain. Yes, I'm experiencing real heartache or devastation. I'm also like, it's like, what are you rooted in?
Hope Mangiafico (42:55)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (43:08)
I'm not rooted in man. I'm not rooted in, I'm rooted in him and in the Lord. And so it really just helps you. It helps you navigate through difficulty. I've said it so many times. How do people go through life without the Lord? Like they're doing
Hope Mangiafico (43:20)
I don't know.
Britt Mognoni (43:22)
it, but are they, they're not get, like there's so much more. Like I have learned and gotten so much wisdom from my own healing, my own processing with the Lord. I would not have gotten that had it not been.
Hope Mangiafico (43:24)
Okay. .
Britt Mognoni (43:35)
and then through these difficult situations. And it's just, makes me so grateful. Like it's, really is about like rejoicing in our suffering, like knowing that it, what it produces and the perseverance, the character building that it does, like all these things that are like are in the
Bible, like we are walking, living, you know, partners with the Lord and we're one with Christ. And so it's like this, it's the word coming alive in our own lives. If we allow it, if we let it, if we choose.
Hope Mangiafico (43:52)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (44:04)
And that's where faith comes in. It's faith. That is the, like, literally the picture and expression of faith, like, walked out and lived out, is when, like, the difficulties come, when tribulation comes, persecution, heartache, devastation, like, grief, loss, like, all these
Hope Mangiafico (44:05)
Yeah. ⁓
Britt Mognoni (44:20)
things that are so real. It's like, I get to know that I have the unshakable one in me. So even if the world is swirling around me and feels so unstable and steady, like, we just get to, have something that is so sure.
that is so strong, is so unshakable, that it's like, is where I get to put and lean on. It's not my own understanding. It's not my own strength. It's all about Him. It truly is all about Him. Again, I'm so
Hope Mangiafico (44:44)
Yes.
Britt Mognoni (44:49)
grateful for the Lord. I'm so grateful. I know you guys are. I know you guys have your own journeys, but really, it's so beautiful to reflect on, even just encourage people that are listening. Look at your history with the Lord.
Hope Mangiafico (44:49)
Yeah. Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (45:03)
pull on that, especially if you're going through something difficult like, has he not shown himself faithful by waking you up this morning? Has he not shown himself faithful by providing, you know, up to this, like, it's just such a beautiful opportunity we get to look at. And
Hope Mangiafico (45:17)
Thank you
Britt Mognoni (45:17)
in community, I can look at faith, know, at Hope's life, like the faith that she has ⁓ through, you know, through her own trials and difficulties, like, and loss. Like, I get to pull on that, on her testimony of her faithfulness and her
you know, her journey of community, like we get to pull on those and that's why a huge reason why I think community is so valuable is like when I don't see it around me or happening for me, we get to pull on the testimony of Jesus through other people's testimony and it's so beautiful. It's so beautiful.
Hope Mangiafico (45:47)
It is. I love how you're telling your story. You shared so many great things. My favorite part, I'll have to re-listen because I mean there are so many nuggets in it. It was just so rich. But I love that and this is my part of my personality too, which probably why it was highlighted to me. Like you're sharing, you're like super calm and it's good. And then you can hear your excitement and your joy of the Lord coming out as you're telling more. And I'm like, we can't help but to just be so.
happy and excited and joy filled and to your point like it's so much richer with him and you literally just went from talking about your hardest season that you walk through and you end with a smile and joy and a higher pitch because it's coming out like that just really makes my heart so happy.
Britt Mognoni (46:34)
⁓ it's
so good. It's so good.
Hope Mangiafico (46:38)
It was just like, Britt, you really emphasize first that you have to have community with God. Yes. And all those things that we already talked about, being humble, being vulnerable, telling your father everything, spilling it all out on him. We call it like that holy exchange. He will take everything that you unburdened on him, everything that you give to him, every sorrow, every hurt, every trial, everything that's ever come.
Britt Mognoni (46:47)
Mm-hmm.
Hope Mangiafico (47:07)
at you when you pour it out to him and do that holy surrender and humility he shows up every single time. He doesn't have a magic wand it doesn't all go away but you feel comforted you feel his presence you feel his love and it just makes everything better for you. It like lights your way for like what whatever you need to do next in his presence. ⁓
Britt Mognoni (47:27)
Mm-hmm.
Mmm, so
good. It's so true.
Hope Mangiafico (47:39)
⁓ Life with him is so rich.
Britt Mognoni (47:41)
It is, it is.
think too, even when you're talking, Nikki, I think about how important and how crucial it is to not miss that step. Like, yes, community is so great and there's so many benefits and the Lord is in it and he's wired us for it. And it's so important that we, what is Matthew 6.30? Seek his kingdom, seek him first.
If we're going to community before we're going to the Lord, we've missed it.
Hope Mangiafico (48:13)
Yeah, we missed it.
Britt Mognoni (48:15)
And so I don't want to miss it. I don't want to miss it. And it's not that the Lord can work in through anything and turn everything to good, but I think there is something so wise that we start in that posture of Lord, you are first. I'm looking to you first. then it's like, then we get to enjoy all the fruit of whatever that is, community.
Hope Mangiafico (48:17)
Yeah.
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (48:38)
external, you other voices. But when we go to him first, it truly is like, that's what we're, I mean, it's, it's biblical, like, it's a command to seek him first.
Hope Mangiafico (48:47)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (48:48)
And so it's his voice, like, that way, to me, it almost makes it a little easier to when you're trying to make it, you know, a difficult decision or whatever you have that you're faced with. If we've already consulted and
Hope Mangiafico (48:52)
Yes,
Britt Mognoni (49:03)
and humbled ourselves before the Lord and opened ourselves to Him like, want what you want for me. Like even if it's difficult, even if it's hard, I want what you want for me and give Him space to actually speak and show you. That way it can be confirmed through other people. So if hope tells me something different than what Nikki
Hope Mangiafico (49:17)
that's
Britt Mognoni (49:21)
tells me, I know what the Lord has told me. And so to me, it's about being accountable. Like who am I accountable to? To my community or to the Lord?
Hope Mangiafico (49:27)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (49:31)
It's going to be the Lord. And so that to me is, it just, has proven itself in my life over and over again when I've, when I've not done that. And when I listen to even people who are healthy, who are great people, who are on my side, who would champion me, like they, ultimately I want to hear the Lord for myself. Like getting a prophetic
Hope Mangiafico (49:33)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Britt Mognoni (49:50)
word from people is amazing. It's encouraging, but I don't want that to be where I'm getting, getting it all from. I want it to be confirmation. I just want it to be.
Hope Mangiafico (49:52)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (50:00)
the thing because what if God's actually not saying that? Just because someone says something good and helpful and nice to you doesn't mean that it's what the Lord is saying to you. So it's a good call for like, it's him first. It's his voice first. It's his seeking his will, his way, his word. He's called the way. He's called the way for a reason. So I
Hope Mangiafico (50:03)
Right. Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (50:20)
don't wanna go another way. I wanna go his way. And so, yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (50:23)
I
love that. And just to add on to that, because feel like it's important to compliment what you just said is you can get a prophetic word and it may be on point. But I don't know if I was just telling you this. I feel like I've been saying this a lot lately, probably because I'm learning the same lesson you're talking about, is I'll run with something that's said. And it may have been a confirmation, but because whatever the word was maybe involves someone else and we all have free will. God's the only one that knows when the
the plans change. And I have learned that I've done that where I received something, someone confirmed it and gone running. And whether it was my free will. Yeah, we talk about that all the time. We go, call them the curly Q's, but you can be on the path, but things can change because it's not all about hope building or Brit building with no one else. There's other people involved because we're the whole body we're building.
Britt Mognoni (51:01)
Yep, I got it all. I'm good. I'm good.
Hope Mangiafico (51:18)
to make this beautiful kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. And so we have to go to him first because it is not a straight path. And that's why we can't depend on those prophetic words as much as all of us love them and giving them.
Britt Mognoni (51:34)
Yes, and that, mean, I think about the power of community when it comes to the prophetic. Like we get the ability and the opportunity to process with people. I think that helps you grow in your faith, helps in hearing God's voice. When I can come to somebody who I have history with ⁓ relationally to say, this is what I feel like the Lord is saying, they get to partner in prayer with me for it. And so I've just seen that so many times where I've
I've experienced fruit in my life or confirmation and accountability. Like they can come back and be like, who can be like, hey, you said the Lord was speaking or teaching this. Like what does the fruit look like or what does that look like? And to me, like that's a missing, can often be a missing piece is when someone like you said, gets a word, runs with it. And it helps to have that accountability within community, within safe community that you can be like, this is what I'm sensing.
Hope Mangiafico (52:08)
Yes.
Britt Mognoni (52:29)
and someone could actually be the key to helping you steward it well. you have a tendency especially, like I often do to just like to run with it, you hear a word, you're like, got it, I'm so good. But I really want, like that's why I invite people who I have relational equity with to bring correction. Like if we're not able to be corrected, I saw a quote somewhere about like, if we're not able to be corrected by our friends, like what are we doing?
Hope Mangiafico (52:32)
Yeah. Okay.
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (52:57)
we can't be so closed off to someone being like, hey, like, I'm actually not sure that's what the Lord is saying. Like, can we, can we just pause and like spend some time in prayer together around that? Like, I need that. We all need that. That is maturity. That is not rejection from people. Like someone bringing you correction, like that you have relational equity with is not rejection. It literally
Hope Mangiafico (53:10)
Right.
Britt Mognoni (53:18)
is an invitation to grow in maturity. And I
Hope Mangiafico (53:19)
Yes. Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (53:22)
we should always be growing in maturity. We should always be growing and producing that type of fruit. And so I'm so grateful for the people who I've given access to in my life. And it's a good opportunity for those listening, taking inventory of the people that you think are those people. Who would I go with to go to about this? Or who would I go with? And literally tell them. Don't just assume like, yeah, hope knows that
I can do that. We can talk that way to each other. No, go give them.
them permission. Be like, value hope. I value our relationship so much. I love you so much. I invite you to bring correction and to show me my blind spots. Help me. And so again, there's that humility. There's that vulnerability piece. Yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (53:53)
Yeah. That's wonderful. I love that because I can honestly say I don't know if I've ever vocalized that, know, to somebody.
Britt Mognoni (54:14)
Right. We
assume it and you're like, ⁓ she knows that I can go to talk to her about anything. She knows that she can say, but there is something so... Literally, it's almost like you're making covenant with somebody. Like, it's that serious where you're like, ⁓ I'm ⁓ inviting you into the spots that I don't see. And it can be embarrassing. It can be messy. It can be painful.
Hope Mangiafico (54:27)
Yes.
Britt Mognoni (54:39)
but it literally gives you like a safety net where you're like, hey, remember when you brought like, when you said like that you're giving me access, like, can I go there? Like you're asking for like, there's something so powerful and it literally like deepens and strengthens connection with people. You're like, ⁓ man, like hope, trust me this much that I can like, I can like maybe step on our
Hope Mangiafico (54:42)
Yeah.
Britt Mognoni (54:59)
toes a little bit, even if it doesn't feel good, like better a wounds than a friend. What's scripture like?
Hope Mangiafico (55:02)
Yes.
Britt Mognoni (55:04)
That's what that is. Like it's allowing somebody
who has access. And to me, there's something so beautiful about giving people access, not just thinking it, but truly verbalizing it. Like the spiritual realm hears you when you talk. And so if I'm like, hope, I'm giving you access. Like there to me, it's just, it's such a beautiful way to strengthen, even strengthen relationships. Cause we get to walk through, then it's like on hope to walk with me through things that I don't see.
Hope Mangiafico (55:13)
Yes.
Britt Mognoni (55:33)
If I need correction in the area, like if we
Hope Mangiafico (55:36)
That's right.
Britt Mognoni (55:36)
don't see our blind spots. And so that's where, again, we need community. Yes, the Holy Spirit absolutely can convict you and show you, but sometimes it's your closest friends or a family member or your spouse that's like, hey, can we talk about this? And so I'm so grateful for that, for the people in my life who I've given access to, to go there with me. I'm not gonna let anybody do it. I need to have relational equity. It's not just anybody. So don't come at me if you see like...
Hope Mangiafico (56:01)
I'm
Britt Mognoni (56:03)
But people who I've personally given like I make sure I tell them. ⁓ And so I think that's a great like takeaway for people is to like go do a little inventory of like your closest, you know, the three, the 12 people that are in your circle that that you're like, no, I need to make sure they know that that I have access that they have access to me and I'm giving access to them to go and to go into those places that might not be safe because I need that. Like that's how we grow and mature. So.
Hope Mangiafico (56:31)
⁓ was so good. That was so good. It's awful.
Britt Mognoni (56:34)
I thought you guys
were gonna turn and like, we give you your access.
Hope Mangiafico (56:43)
I how rich that really is because safety is something a lot of people lack feeling. ⁓ It's been a theme. You were talking about the loss I had in the beginning of the year and what God has shown me since that loss in beginning of the year that was passed through the bloodline to the family of not feeling safe. ⁓ I'm learning as I've shared that with certain people, that is a common thread.
Britt Mognoni (56:49)
yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (57:09)
And if you can just have something, someone literally say that to you, you can breathe. like, it's like naturally walls fall down. It brings healing just by someone saying that to you.
Britt Mognoni (57:25)
Yeah. When you were saying that just like that you can breathe easier, before we started the podcast, all three of us like took a collective deep breath together and prayed. And it really is like, sets the stage for like, okay, like I'm going to just take a second and you're giving space. And that even that is vulnerable, like allowing the Lord to come in. It's not about Nikki. not about hope. It's not about me. Like we've literally just collectively took that breath together and
Hope Mangiafico (57:26)
It's incredible.
Yes.
Britt Mognoni (57:54)
like this is for you. And so I think that's such a good, it's vulnerable, it's making space for the Lord that it's necessary. Take a deep breath, people. Take a deep breath. ⁓
Hope Mangiafico (58:04)
Yeah. It really is.
Oh my gosh. Yeah. I mean, I loved that so much. Oh, wow. Thank you so much for sharing all of that. It was so good. Yeah, I think that'll do it. I think that might do it. I don't know. Do you have anything else that's kind of on your heart at the moment?
Britt Mognoni (58:23)
will help you know that I'm a very, very big on prayer. And so I just want to pray over, pray over anyone who's listening. Yeah, I just, I always have to go there. ⁓
Hope Mangiafico (58:29)
Love it.
Yeah, please, we close on
prayer every once in a while too. Please do, my friend.
Britt Mognoni (58:38)
Lord, you're faithful. You're faithful, faithful, faithful. And so we just thank you for the gift of community. We thank you just ⁓ for how you wired us to need one another and to need you, Lord. And so we just come into agreement with your design for community in our unique individual lives, Lord, whatever that looks like.
I just pray a blessing over every person who's listening, God, that they would feel you as the author and finisher and perfecter of their faith, God, that they would feel your presence, that they would hear your voice louder than ever in this season, God, that where there's been pain and even abuse or just, yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (59:20)
Yes.
Yes.
Britt Mognoni (59:26)
pain from community God or spiritual abuse or physical, whatever it is Lord, that you would come in now and just bring your shalom peace, your healing,
your healing from heaven, even now just from the top of your head to the soles of your feet. Lord, would you just bring your healing? Would you restore areas that have been, like there's been a breach God in trust and safety God, would you just come in as the breaker Lord? Break through with your love, break through.
Hope Mangiafico (59:39)
and
you Okay.
Britt Mognoni (59:55)
with your grace and your healing God. And I just ask Father that those who are desiring healthy community God, that you would equip them with eyes to see and ears to hear and a heart to know where you're leading them
and the ability to respond quickly Lord. The courage to step out Jesus. The courage to take our eyes off of ourselves and to see others Lord, how you see them, to see where there's a need God.
And so we honor you, Jesus. We honor you with our bodies, with our communities, with our voices, God. We just, we bless you and we just trust that you know what you're doing. You know what you're doing. And so we just
Hope Mangiafico (1:00:26)
Hmm.
Britt Mognoni (1:00:39)
want to come alongside and we say yes to the invitation, to community, to partnership with you. And so we love you, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen.
Hope Mangiafico (1:00:45)
Amen.
Amen. That's so good. my gosh. Yeah, that'll do it. That'll do it. Man, if this blessed you, please share it with a friend that you're saying, hey, I give you permission to speak into my life. And as Britt said,
You're my friend, to point me to Jesus, ⁓ because that's what it's all about. Be blessed and until next time.
Britt Mognoni (1:01:11)
Yeah.
Thank you, bye.
