Hope Mangiafico (00:00)
I am too. I am too. I'm excited and you know, I think I'm most excited because we've said it a million times at this rate probably, but because we've been on this journey but we haven't yet arrived, like I know too that I'm excited for the listener and for us.
Nikki Humphrey (00:00)
I'm excited. I'm ex-
Hmm?
Hope Mangiafico (00:26)
that we are exactly the same as we're journeying this and going through the questions, reading them out loud. Like, the Lord's already highlighting stuff to me and I guess that excites me because I'm like, man, God, I know that this is just gonna get better and better and I'm excited.
Nikki Humphrey (00:44)
Yes.
Hope Mangiafico (00:46)
I guess my whole point of sharing that is to emphasize to anyone listening, you're on this journey with you.
It's the truth.
Nikki Humphrey (00:59)
Yeah.
We're not two perfect people. are. The lack of better terms of janky Jesus girls who are just trying to figure it out with the Lord one day at a time. Like, for real.
Hope Mangiafico (01:15)
Well, it's so
true. No, it's for real because every day looks so different. And every day is a new opportunity to pause and to be like, what's that I'm feeling in my body? What's in my mind right now? Oh God, I feel like I haven't heard you in a couple days. Why is that? You know, like you start...
Nikki Humphrey (01:30)
Hmm? Yeah.
Hope Mangiafico (01:40)
practicing that in your day to day and we just laid that foundation. think that's so valuable. Because you never stop, because you never stop growing. You are reaching to be a reflection of God, to look like Jesus and Jesus was perfect. So that's what life is about is daily going towards that forever. This is training ground.
Nikki Humphrey (01:46)
Hmm.
Yes!
Hope Mangiafico (02:13)
you
Nikki Humphrey (02:13)
Yeah.
And you know, like you said in the podcast, like timing is subjective, right? It might be a good time for somebody, not a good time for anybody else. But I know for me personally, like this timing couldn't have lined up better in my life because I just finished up Bible in the year. And I'm like, now what? We didn't even like purposely do that, Hope.
Hope Mangiafico (02:31)
Hmm.
Yes!
I thought the same thing, Nikki. ⁓
Nikki Humphrey (02:43)
And so Monday, you know, I was like sitting down. I'm like, okay, Bible in the year is done. what? And I just paused with the Lord and was just like, okay, let's see why this lined up the way it did. Not on our timetable, but God just made it happen.
Hope Mangiafico (02:57)
That's so true.
That's so, so true. So yeah, like using your time that we were reading to take these exact questions to the Lord, right, for ourselves. It's so rich. You know, it's, that's, I think I have like thought about that, but I haven't like sat and processed it because when I was wrapping up, you know, reading the Bible in the year, it's like, ⁓ man, what is next? Because it did take up.
Nikki Humphrey (03:13)
We.
Yes.
Yes!
Hope Mangiafico (03:37)
all of our like active reading time, know, or quiet time. That's exciting.
Nikki Humphrey (03:40)
Yeah.
Yeah. And it was unintentional, 100 % unintentional timing.
Hope Mangiafico (03:52)
So cool.
Yeah, he's in the details. And I don't know, Nikki, I know I'm trying to think on our main episode if we mentioned, like we obviously emphasize many times throughout the episode that there's no better time than now, even though I know you just mentioned like, hey, it's not always a perfect time for someone, which is very true. But if you're going to commit to saying, okay, I'm gonna allow the father in to...
Nikki Humphrey (04:08)
Mm-hmm.
Hope Mangiafico (04:19)
assess me and to shine a light in my heart like you said in Psalm 139.
It's important to emphasize, which I don't know if we did or not, that at any point in time you can jump in. I don't know if we emphasize that enough to kind of compliment what you were saying, how great of a time it was for you. Maybe today isn't the right time, but two weeks from now, I don't know, something slows down or something happens, jump in at any point in time.
Nikki Humphrey (04:31)
That's right, yes.
Yeah, no worries!
Mm-hmm.
Yes.
Hope Mangiafico (04:48)
The now
that you say yes is the best now for you. That's the right way to say it.
Nikki Humphrey (04:52)
That is right.
Yes. Yeah. I've done that with a lot of things lately. We did that with the Bible in the year last year. We delayed it a little bit just because the timing was better. You know, God will bring it up. Even if this is not your season, God will bring it up when it is. So don't have anxiety if this is not your time. That's okay.
Hope Mangiafico (05:00)
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Right.
And I feel that's like part of our desire too of what without even probably discussing it for Equipped for Wholeness is like we at least knew that we were going to be doing this alongside people and then also keeping it available for people because Nikki and I have been a part of courses that had countdown timers. is now or never. You're never going to get this great deal again. You're going to be missing all these bonuses.
That's not the case in this scenario. We don't want to play that worldly game for a lack of better term, right? Like, we want this available for you when you're ready with your heart posture of yes to God. So just remember that.
That just led me to like all the courses I signed up for.
Nikki Humphrey (06:10)
Well, I was just thinking
about that. How many courses I did not because the timing was right, because I was desperate of losing the opportunity to do that.
Hope Mangiafico (06:18)
Guess!
Holy cannoli every time!
Nikki Humphrey (06:22)
You get the email. Two more hours, 20 minutes, five minutes.
Hope Mangiafico (06:30)
So you're moving out of fear.
Nikki Humphrey (06:32)
Now I only want to move of goddess like yeah girl, that's for you
Hope Mangiafico (06:34)
my-
That's the truth. So, whoo!
Nikki Humphrey (06:42)
yeah, cause that anxiety doesn't let room for God into, to prompt your heart.
Hope Mangiafico (06:50)
Yeah, that's so true. It creates a divide. It closes your ears and your eyes, all the ways that he can highlight to you and talk to you. You're closed off. It's kind of like I briefly mentioned in the episode of like fight or flight. Like it instantly taps into multiple areas that need to be assessed and blocks them.
Nikki Humphrey (07:14)
Yes.
Yeah. So if it's now, we gotcha. If it's six months from now, we gotcha. No worries.
Hope Mangiafico (07:19)
Wow, that's wild.
That's the truth.
It's truly a journey and that's something Nikki and I talked about when we were going through this. We're like, it's a course, but it's really a journey. Because life with God, you can't break it into courses and to book. mean, you could in theory do books, but it's like, it is a journey. So even if you get just the guidebook and you're like, I'm not gonna pay for having the videos and all of that all in the personal hub, it's like,
That's fine because even the guidebook you could fill it all out six months later, fill it out again and again and again because it's a journey.
Nikki Humphrey (08:07)
Yes.
It is a journey and we didn't want it to be a course because we're not all knowing. We're not the be all end all with this information. Only God is the source. We're providing the scaffolding, a way to communicate with God, but he is going to give you the downloads, not Hope Rye.
Hope Mangiafico (08:15)
Thanks.
Hmm.
So
that's a great, a great point.
I love that.
Nikki Humphrey (08:44)
thinking you missed a start, take a deep breath. You didn't, even though Equip for Wholeness is already underway, you can still jump in and experience the fullness of what God is doing. The lessons are waiting, the community is ready, and your journey towards wholeness can begin today. Link in the show notes.
Hope Mangiafico (08:45)
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