Have you ever felt like 00:00:01.36\00:00:02.70 something was lacking in your life? 00:00:02.73\00:00:04.07 Well, stay tuned to discover the missing piece. 00:00:04.10\00:00:06.43 My name is Jason Bradley, 00:00:06.47\00:00:08.04 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:00:08.07\00:00:10.27 Hello, and welcome to Urban Report. 00:00:32.59\00:00:34.76 My guest today is Dr. Nadine Collins, 00:00:34.80\00:00:37.27 author, international speaker, spiritual wellness coach, 00:00:37.30\00:00:40.74 and host of Dare to Dreams' program 00:00:40.77\00:00:43.07 The Missing Piece. 00:00:43.10\00:00:44.87 Welcome to Urban Report, Dr. Collins. 00:00:44.91\00:00:48.18 Hi, it's a pleasure to be here. 00:00:48.21\00:00:50.98 It's a pleasure to have you here. 00:00:51.01\00:00:53.11 You know, we wrapped up 00:00:53.15\00:00:55.58 recording season two of The Missing Piece, 00:00:55.62\00:00:59.42 and ventured a little bit into season three 00:00:59.45\00:01:03.63 and this was definitely a different season. 00:01:03.66\00:01:07.16 I kind of threw something at you, 00:01:07.20\00:01:09.00 I threw a little curveball at you 00:01:09.03\00:01:10.47 at the last minute 00:01:10.50\00:01:12.03 and let you know that 00:01:12.07\00:01:13.40 you'd be hosting it by yourself 00:01:13.44\00:01:15.44 and the timing of it would change. 00:01:15.47\00:01:19.57 But, thank you for moving forward, 00:01:19.61\00:01:22.18 pressing forward with that, 00:01:22.21\00:01:23.78 I think that these two seasons 00:01:23.81\00:01:25.35 are going to be extremely powerful for sure. 00:01:25.38\00:01:28.72 Amen. 00:01:28.75\00:01:30.09 It was a big curveball, but I mean, we made it. 00:01:30.12\00:01:33.22 God really came through and so I'm so thankful for that. 00:01:33.25\00:01:37.06 Amen. Amen. 00:01:37.09\00:01:38.93 Before we start talking about The Missing Piece 00:01:38.96\00:01:41.63 in a little bit more detail. 00:01:41.66\00:01:43.47 Why don't you tell us 00:01:43.50\00:01:44.83 what a spiritual wellness coach is? 00:01:44.87\00:01:48.84 Okay. 00:01:48.87\00:01:50.21 So, I know that sometimes when people hear, 00:01:50.24\00:01:52.71 you know, spiritual, 00:01:52.74\00:01:54.31 you know, especially in the world 00:01:54.34\00:01:55.84 that we're living, 00:01:55.88\00:01:57.21 everybody's always talking 00:01:57.25\00:01:58.58 about some kind of spiritual something 00:01:58.61\00:02:00.42 because truly we live in a spirit world. 00:02:00.45\00:02:02.55 And, I know sometimes, 00:02:02.58\00:02:03.92 you know, we may have our little kind of qualms 00:02:03.95\00:02:06.52 or ideas or even discomfort around 00:02:06.55\00:02:09.09 maybe the word spiritual wellness, 00:02:09.12\00:02:11.13 but I just want to just comfort you 00:02:11.16\00:02:12.79 and our viewers 00:02:12.83\00:02:14.16 because the truth is, 00:02:14.20\00:02:15.53 I had no idea what that was myself. 00:02:15.56\00:02:17.87 I never intended to ever be in a space like that, 00:02:17.90\00:02:20.84 but it was through prayer. 00:02:20.87\00:02:22.20 One day I was working on 00:02:22.24\00:02:23.97 my certified prayer counselor class. 00:02:24.01\00:02:26.24 I was preparing to launch that in 2018. 00:02:26.27\00:02:29.01 And while I was praying for clarity on it, 00:02:29.04\00:02:32.05 I heard a whisper like spiritual wellness coach, 00:02:32.08\00:02:36.22 like two, three times. 00:02:36.25\00:02:37.85 And I was like, what am I doing with that? 00:02:37.89\00:02:39.92 I simply wrote down that name. 00:02:39.95\00:02:42.62 I didn't know what to do with it for a few days. 00:02:42.66\00:02:44.89 I was on my way to Kenya, 00:02:44.93\00:02:46.29 and that was like two days before that. 00:02:46.33\00:02:48.16 And so I was getting ready for the airport 00:02:48.20\00:02:50.40 and I was having a meeting with one of my coaches, 00:02:50.43\00:02:52.97 and I said to her, you know, 00:02:53.00\00:02:54.34 the Holy Spirit actually told me 00:02:54.37\00:02:55.70 spiritual wellness coach 00:02:55.74\00:02:57.07 and I don't know what to do with that. 00:02:57.11\00:02:58.71 And so, and she said, 00:02:58.74\00:03:00.28 "Why don't you check out the domains?" 00:03:00.31\00:03:01.84 And so I checked out the domain, 00:03:01.88\00:03:03.55 spiritualwellnesscoach.com, 00:03:03.58\00:03:05.75 spiritual wellnesscoaching.com, 00:03:05.78\00:03:07.92 and both domains were available and a whole, 00:03:07.95\00:03:10.49 you know, array of domains with either .net 00:03:10.52\00:03:13.39 or anything around that. 00:03:13.42\00:03:14.76 And I was shocked 00:03:14.79\00:03:16.12 because I thought we live in such a spiritual kind of world, 00:03:16.16\00:03:19.29 how it was possible that 00:03:19.33\00:03:21.46 that domain could have actually been available. 00:03:21.50\00:03:23.43 And so, of course, I had to go back to God 00:03:23.47\00:03:25.33 to help me define what that is. 00:03:25.37\00:03:28.30 And, so what I can say is 00:03:28.34\00:03:30.04 based on the work that I'm doing with women 00:03:30.07\00:03:32.01 for the past few years, 00:03:32.04\00:03:34.38 as a spiritual wellness coach is helping women 00:03:34.41\00:03:37.25 to really uncover what their true purpose is. 00:03:37.28\00:03:40.12 But we're using biblical principles. 00:03:40.15\00:03:42.95 We're using prayer as the avenue 00:03:42.98\00:03:45.95 through which we can uncover our true purpose 00:03:45.99\00:03:48.79 and also the avenue 00:03:48.82\00:03:50.16 through which we can work around 00:03:50.19\00:03:51.89 creating successful ministries brands, 00:03:51.93\00:03:54.70 even businesses around 00:03:54.73\00:03:56.46 what our true purpose is. 00:03:56.50\00:03:57.83 So it's really coaching women, 00:03:57.87\00:03:59.70 but using prayer as the foundation, 00:03:59.73\00:04:02.80 using biblical principles as the foundation, 00:04:02.84\00:04:06.57 the foundation that gives us strategies 00:04:06.61\00:04:09.04 to be able to set up these businesses, 00:04:09.08\00:04:11.48 to be able to launch these brands 00:04:11.51\00:04:13.08 and ministries and so on. 00:04:13.11\00:04:14.45 So, it's, coaching, 00:04:14.48\00:04:15.82 that's rooted in the Word of God 00:04:15.85\00:04:18.15 and coaching rooted 00:04:18.19\00:04:19.59 in a deeply spiritual and effective 00:04:19.62\00:04:22.42 and meaningful prayer life. 00:04:22.46\00:04:23.93 Amen. Amen. 00:04:23.96\00:04:26.16 It's definitely very powerful. 00:04:26.19\00:04:28.56 And, I believe that you share principles 00:04:28.60\00:04:30.83 that also go beyond the realm. 00:04:30.87\00:04:33.54 I know that you, you seek to reach women with this, 00:04:33.57\00:04:36.81 but the principles that you share 00:04:36.84\00:04:38.97 are applicable to anybody's life as well. 00:04:39.01\00:04:42.04 Correct? 00:04:42.08\00:04:43.45 Totally, totally, totally, 00:04:43.48\00:04:44.88 it's just that I am focusing on women 00:04:44.91\00:04:47.08 in corporate 00:04:47.12\00:04:48.58 because that is where God led me. 00:04:48.62\00:04:50.39 Ironically this year, 00:04:50.42\00:04:51.75 He's also leading me to do certain things with men 00:04:51.79\00:04:54.32 and I will fall in line in terms of being obedient, 00:04:54.36\00:04:57.13 but definitely the principles are for both male and female 00:04:57.16\00:05:01.00 because they're biblical principles for us 00:05:01.03\00:05:03.26 to experience success in this life, you know? 00:05:03.30\00:05:06.84 And so, because there's so much coaching 00:05:06.87\00:05:08.30 available out there 00:05:08.34\00:05:09.67 and a lot of it are not aligned with our Christian values. 00:05:09.70\00:05:13.94 And so I guess God just kind of raised me up 00:05:13.98\00:05:16.41 to be able to create something 00:05:16.44\00:05:18.51 that could really help to align many more of us, 00:05:18.55\00:05:21.35 His children in our true purpose, 00:05:21.38\00:05:24.25 doing things that are aligned with the gift 00:05:24.29\00:05:26.42 that we were brought into the world to actually use. 00:05:26.45\00:05:29.89 But we are using the principles of God. 00:05:29.92\00:05:32.03 We're using the Word of God to be able to create success, 00:05:32.06\00:05:35.70 so that we can be true examples 00:05:35.73\00:05:37.70 that we can live a life aligned with the will of God. 00:05:37.73\00:05:40.30 We can continue to be faithful Christians 00:05:40.34\00:05:44.07 honoring God, 00:05:44.11\00:05:45.44 by while still experiencing success. 00:05:45.47\00:05:47.48 And that's basically 00:05:47.51\00:05:48.84 what the spiritual wellness coaching movement, 00:05:48.88\00:05:50.85 or what God has called me to do with it is about. 00:05:50.88\00:05:53.95 Yes. Got you. 00:05:53.98\00:05:55.45 So how did you know 00:05:55.48\00:05:57.22 that it was your purpose to teach people 00:05:57.25\00:05:59.49 on the topic of prayer? 00:05:59.52\00:06:00.86 Because you've been teaching people 00:06:00.89\00:06:02.22 on the topic of prayer for a while now, 00:06:02.26\00:06:04.23 and that was even, I think if I'm correct, 00:06:04.26\00:06:06.66 correct me if I'm wrong 00:06:06.70\00:06:08.20 even before the spiritual wellness coaching? 00:06:08.23\00:06:11.43 Oh, yes, 00:06:11.47\00:06:12.80 the way before that 00:06:12.83\00:06:14.40 I started right after I finished off my PhD, 00:06:14.44\00:06:18.47 I believe in the year 2014, 00:06:18.51\00:06:20.51 that was the direction that God was leading me, 00:06:20.54\00:06:22.74 and it's ironic. 00:06:22.78\00:06:24.18 You just ask how, 00:06:24.21\00:06:25.61 how did I even know that 00:06:25.65\00:06:26.98 that is what God has called me to do? 00:06:27.02\00:06:28.95 But what I didn't realize is I was being prepared to do this 00:06:28.98\00:06:33.59 maybe for my entire life. 00:06:33.62\00:06:35.12 I just didn't know it yet. 00:06:35.16\00:06:36.76 You know, it happened that, for example, 00:06:36.79\00:06:39.83 I was in the UK on vacation 00:06:39.86\00:06:42.83 after I finished off my PhD 00:06:42.86\00:06:44.77 and after I had chilled out in Asia for a little bit, 00:06:44.80\00:06:47.64 and now I was on vacation 00:06:47.67\00:06:49.00 and a pastor calls and says to me, 00:06:49.04\00:06:50.91 Nadine, I heard you're in town. 00:06:50.94\00:06:52.97 Can you speak on Sabbath for communion? 00:06:53.01\00:06:56.08 And I thought to myself, what? 00:06:56.11\00:06:58.45 I'm like, I just finished a PhD in education 00:06:58.48\00:07:01.05 and not theology. 00:07:01.08\00:07:02.42 Yeah. 00:07:02.45\00:07:03.79 And so, I had to go through my little struggle with God, 00:07:03.82\00:07:06.72 but he eventually answered and said, 00:07:06.76\00:07:08.09 "No problem." 00:07:08.12\00:07:09.46 I had no idea 00:07:09.49\00:07:10.83 what I was going to speak about. 00:07:10.86\00:07:12.63 Did you have a Moses' moment? 00:07:12.66\00:07:15.53 Oh, my goodness I think, 00:07:15.56\00:07:16.90 I have most like maybe exponential Moses' moment 00:07:16.93\00:07:21.67 because I'm like, what am I going to do? 00:07:21.70\00:07:23.57 How do I write that summit for communion? 00:07:23.61\00:07:25.67 It's not even a Wednesday night, 00:07:25.71\00:07:27.18 it's communion. 00:07:27.21\00:07:28.54 And so I had, what's a God 00:07:28.58\00:07:30.85 and I had to of course respond first, 00:07:30.88\00:07:32.85 then go to him 00:07:32.88\00:07:34.22 and get instructions on what to do. 00:07:34.25\00:07:35.58 And that happened. 00:07:35.62\00:07:36.95 And the following week 00:07:36.99\00:07:38.32 I went to another church to sing. 00:07:38.35\00:07:40.02 While I was at that church, 00:07:40.06\00:07:42.69 a lady came up to me after 00:07:42.72\00:07:44.69 and she said we were having 00:07:44.73\00:07:46.06 our women's ministries weekend next month, 00:07:46.09\00:07:48.73 I would like you to sing for us. 00:07:48.76\00:07:50.20 So, I said, I'm actually on vacation 00:07:50.23\00:07:53.07 heading to the US next week. 00:07:53.10\00:07:55.00 She took my details and she said, 00:07:55.04\00:07:56.87 "I'll get in touch with you. I have to leave." 00:07:56.91\00:07:58.57 And that lady began to call me and email me and text me. 00:07:58.61\00:08:02.54 And she said, 00:08:02.58\00:08:03.91 "Nadine, God said, it's your time to speak." 00:08:03.95\00:08:05.31 So we're talking about how did I know that 00:08:05.35\00:08:06.88 he asked me to really focus on prayer. 00:08:06.92\00:08:08.75 So it so happened at that church 00:08:08.78\00:08:10.32 that I sang at in London, 00:08:10.35\00:08:11.85 the following year 00:08:11.89\00:08:13.22 they asked me to come and do attendees of prayer. 00:08:13.25\00:08:15.72 I'm like, what? 00:08:15.76\00:08:17.29 So, that was the beginning of me 00:08:17.33\00:08:19.79 going into that direction 00:08:19.83\00:08:21.33 as if God was directly leading me 00:08:21.36\00:08:24.00 to actually get into that space of prayer 00:08:24.03\00:08:26.30 and everything that I'd been learning over the years 00:08:26.33\00:08:28.97 and all of the principles 00:08:29.00\00:08:30.34 that I was learning through my own personal prayer life. 00:08:30.37\00:08:33.01 When I went off to college, when I took God at His Word, 00:08:33.04\00:08:36.11 when I began to trust Him. 00:08:36.14\00:08:38.05 And when I didn't know what was happening, 00:08:38.08\00:08:40.08 every single principle that I now teach on prayer 00:08:40.12\00:08:42.85 comes from my personal experience 00:08:42.88\00:08:44.69 and my relationship with God over the years, 00:08:44.72\00:08:47.89 how it has been developing. 00:08:47.92\00:08:49.26 And so then God said, 00:08:49.29\00:08:50.63 I want you to write books on prayer. 00:08:50.66\00:08:52.26 And he told me the names of the books 00:08:52.29\00:08:53.80 that he wanted me to write on prayer. 00:08:53.83\00:08:55.43 It was through his direction 00:08:55.46\00:08:56.83 also that I reach out to your mom when I did, 00:08:56.87\00:08:59.43 because all of that was part of his instruction for me. 00:08:59.47\00:09:03.20 One year when I was fasting and praying, he said, 00:09:03.24\00:09:05.44 "I want you to focus on prayer. 00:09:05.47\00:09:06.98 I need you to write books on prayer. 00:09:07.01\00:09:08.64 And I also want you to contact Yvonne, 00:09:08.68\00:09:11.31 and you ask about a program on prayer." 00:09:11.35\00:09:13.62 All of that came through the instructions of pray, 00:09:13.65\00:09:16.25 of course, way before 00:09:16.28\00:09:17.95 the spiritual wellness coaching, 00:09:17.99\00:09:19.55 which now still uses 00:09:19.59\00:09:20.92 the same principles of prayer as well. 00:09:20.96\00:09:23.19 Wow. Yes. Yes. 00:09:23.22\00:09:24.59 And I'm so glad that you did go in that direction 00:09:24.63\00:09:27.43 because The Missing Piece is extremely powerful. 00:09:27.46\00:09:30.90 And, I know that you've touched a lot of lives 00:09:30.93\00:09:33.00 by the grace of God, 00:09:33.03\00:09:34.47 and we get calls 00:09:34.50\00:09:35.84 still with people wanting to get in touch with you 00:09:35.87\00:09:38.07 and find out more about your books 00:09:38.11\00:09:40.88 and all of that, 00:09:40.91\00:09:42.24 and how to book you for speaking engagements 00:09:42.28\00:09:44.08 and all of that. 00:09:44.11\00:09:45.45 And we want to get into all of that as well, 00:09:45.48\00:09:47.42 because we want people to know how they can contact you. 00:09:47.45\00:09:50.89 But do you ever have, 00:09:50.92\00:09:54.29 like, you seem very solidified in your calling, 00:09:54.32\00:09:58.89 but do you ever have doubts 00:09:58.93\00:10:00.36 about the calling that God has placed on your life? 00:10:00.40\00:10:02.96 Have you ever had doubts about that? 00:10:03.00\00:10:06.00 The truth is when it comes to the calling, 00:10:06.03\00:10:09.60 if there was anything that I was really sure about, 00:10:09.64\00:10:13.58 I think it's the calling. 00:10:13.61\00:10:15.11 Because the truth is every time, 00:10:15.14\00:10:18.65 like every time I find it so strange, 00:10:18.68\00:10:22.12 if I'm questioning God about something 00:10:22.15\00:10:24.29 and I'm going through that moment with Him 00:10:24.32\00:10:26.29 and I'm spending time seeking Him in prayer, 00:10:26.32\00:10:28.66 even when I have not had the answer, 00:10:28.69\00:10:30.93 even when I feel, oh, Lord, You're not, 00:10:30.96\00:10:32.79 I'm not sure if You've heard me right now, 00:10:32.83\00:10:34.43 even when I have these moments, 00:10:34.46\00:10:36.10 I still find myself 00:10:36.13\00:10:37.73 going and talk right back to Him. 00:10:37.77\00:10:39.93 And so when it comes to that calling, 00:10:39.97\00:10:42.14 I see sometimes 00:10:42.17\00:10:43.51 I may not be feeling my best today. 00:10:43.54\00:10:45.34 I may not wake up today feeling like, 00:10:45.37\00:10:46.98 "Oh, I'm on top of the world 00:10:47.01\00:10:48.34 and I'm ready to make it happen." 00:10:48.38\00:10:49.71 But as soon as I get on the call 00:10:49.74\00:10:51.28 with one of clients, 00:10:51.31\00:10:52.65 it's almost as if, just as if, when I go to speak, 00:10:52.68\00:10:55.78 when I go to present at an event, 00:10:55.82\00:10:57.49 even now when I speak online, 00:10:57.52\00:10:59.15 even when I feel within myself 00:10:59.19\00:11:01.46 that I'm not able to do this, 00:11:01.49\00:11:02.96 I just feel new breath coming into me 00:11:02.99\00:11:06.09 and I'm doing this thing. 00:11:06.13\00:11:07.46 And it's almost like an out of body experience 00:11:07.50\00:11:08.86 in a way, 00:11:08.90\00:11:10.23 because it's like, I know within myself, 00:11:10.27\00:11:11.83 I don't have that capacity right now, 00:11:11.87\00:11:13.77 but I'm just seeing God show up. 00:11:13.80\00:11:16.10 And that for me, every time just, 00:11:16.14\00:11:19.01 just helps me to confirm that 00:11:19.04\00:11:21.74 I am doing what God has called me to do that. 00:11:21.78\00:11:24.11 I'm in my place of purpose 00:11:24.15\00:11:25.81 and this is what I'm meant to do for now. 00:11:25.85\00:11:28.85 And so I may doubt many things in life, 00:11:28.88\00:11:30.89 but one thing I cannot doubt is the calling 00:11:30.92\00:11:33.62 that God has given me to really help empower people 00:11:33.66\00:11:36.89 and inspire them 00:11:36.93\00:11:38.26 to have a more effective prayer life 00:11:38.29\00:11:40.80 and everything else that I do. 00:11:40.83\00:11:42.23 For example, the work of purpose, 00:11:42.26\00:11:44.20 helping women to uncover their purpose, 00:11:44.23\00:11:45.83 helping women to build successful ministries 00:11:45.87\00:11:48.27 and brands and businesses, 00:11:48.30\00:11:49.64 all of it stemmed in prayer 00:11:49.67\00:11:51.27 because without prayer, I say to my clients, 00:11:51.31\00:11:53.74 I cannot do any of these things 00:11:53.78\00:11:55.84 because prayer is 00:11:55.88\00:11:57.28 my number one business strategy. 00:11:57.31\00:12:00.32 Without it, there is nothing. 00:12:00.35\00:12:02.38 Amen, all the credit goes to God. 00:12:02.42\00:12:05.45 That's, yes, amen, amen. 00:12:05.49\00:12:08.99 So what is it like walking in your purpose 00:12:09.02\00:12:12.69 and your calling? 00:12:12.73\00:12:14.20 Do you feel that sense of fulfillment? 00:12:14.23\00:12:17.23 And can you describe that? 00:12:17.27\00:12:20.47 Definitely, 00:12:20.50\00:12:22.00 I would say that 00:12:22.04\00:12:23.94 I think one of the greatest pleasures in life, 00:12:23.97\00:12:28.31 one of the greatest feelings in life 00:12:28.34\00:12:30.91 is being able to know that 00:12:30.95\00:12:33.25 you are doing what you are here to do, 00:12:33.28\00:12:36.85 that you are doing what it is. 00:12:36.89\00:12:38.49 God brought you into the world to do. 00:12:38.52\00:12:40.46 That is what it's like 00:12:40.49\00:12:41.82 walking in my true purpose, I know. 00:12:41.86\00:12:43.66 That's why sometimes I see 00:12:43.69\00:12:45.36 when I don't even feel like doing it, 00:12:45.39\00:12:47.76 it's almost like it gives me life 00:12:47.80\00:12:50.13 because this is it. 00:12:50.17\00:12:51.50 You know, I can see God showing up all of the time. 00:12:51.53\00:12:54.87 Sometimes, like I have sessions with clients 00:12:54.90\00:12:57.24 and they would say to me, 00:12:57.27\00:12:58.61 "Oh my goodness, you're a genius." 00:12:58.64\00:13:00.01 And I'm like, "No, I'm not." 00:13:00.04\00:13:01.38 I said, "This is all God." 00:13:01.41\00:13:03.51 And I remember had a meeting with the client recently. 00:13:03.55\00:13:05.68 And she said to me, 00:13:05.71\00:13:07.05 "You just changed my life today." 00:13:07.08\00:13:08.42 I said, "No, it's not me. It's God." 00:13:08.45\00:13:10.19 And so, just knowing every day 00:13:10.22\00:13:12.55 that I am able to make a difference 00:13:12.59\00:13:14.06 in the life of women. 00:13:14.09\00:13:15.92 At this point every day, 00:13:15.96\00:13:17.29 I make a difference in the lives of other people, 00:13:17.33\00:13:18.96 just knowing that I can, 00:13:18.99\00:13:20.93 because I am doing what I'm meant to do now, 00:13:20.96\00:13:23.50 help other people do what they're meant to do. 00:13:23.53\00:13:26.17 It's almost like the greatest feeling on earth. 00:13:26.20\00:13:29.77 Recently, I said to a client, if I die today, I'm content 00:13:29.80\00:13:34.51 just knowing that so many lives have been touched 00:13:34.54\00:13:37.08 and people are literally more intentional 00:13:37.11\00:13:40.25 about knowing 00:13:40.28\00:13:41.62 what they brought into the world to do. 00:13:41.65\00:13:43.08 That is what propels me 00:13:43.12\00:13:45.25 and motivates me every single day 00:13:45.29\00:13:47.82 to keep on doing this, 00:13:47.86\00:13:49.19 because I know that as I walk in my true purpose, 00:13:49.22\00:13:52.69 as I answer the call of God, 00:13:52.73\00:13:54.86 because in Jeremiah 1:5, 00:13:54.90\00:13:56.93 the Bible actually says that even before I was formed, 00:13:56.97\00:13:59.93 even before we were formed, 00:13:59.97\00:14:01.30 He had already set us apart and appointed us 00:14:01.34\00:14:04.44 to do something amazing to do that great thing. 00:14:04.47\00:14:07.18 And I believe at this phase in my life, 00:14:07.21\00:14:09.98 I am doing what I've been appointed to do 00:14:10.01\00:14:12.55 and set apart to do. 00:14:12.58\00:14:14.08 And I see that 00:14:14.12\00:14:15.45 by the lives that have being changed 00:14:15.48\00:14:16.82 and transformed and inspired and empowered. 00:14:16.85\00:14:19.49 And that is what gives the sense of fulfillment. 00:14:19.52\00:14:22.39 Just knowing that I'm doing what God wants me to do today. 00:14:22.42\00:14:25.56 Amen. 00:14:25.59\00:14:27.06 That is where my greatest fulfillment comes. 00:14:27.10\00:14:28.43 Amen. 00:14:28.46\00:14:29.80 Well, let's help some people today. 00:14:29.83\00:14:31.43 So, what recommendations would you have 00:14:31.47\00:14:34.54 for that man or that woman 00:14:34.57\00:14:36.27 that's out there 00:14:36.30\00:14:37.64 and they're searching for their purpose? 00:14:37.67\00:14:40.04 What would you recommend that they do 00:14:40.08\00:14:41.68 in order to find their God-given purpose? 00:14:41.71\00:14:45.21 I think one of the first things that we need to do is 00:14:45.25\00:14:49.15 to believe that we have a true purpose. 00:14:49.18\00:14:54.46 It's so ironic 00:14:54.49\00:14:55.92 because as I've interacted with thousands, 00:14:55.96\00:14:58.89 every I interact with thousands of new people, 00:14:58.93\00:15:01.30 whether I was in person or even virtually, 00:15:01.33\00:15:04.47 it's just that first having that belief 00:15:04.50\00:15:07.30 that you have a true purpose 00:15:07.34\00:15:08.67 because we have not been taught that. 00:15:08.70\00:15:11.17 We did not grow up knowing that you have a purpose 00:15:11.21\00:15:15.18 and you need to know what that purpose is. 00:15:15.21\00:15:17.15 Many of us, for example, 00:15:17.18\00:15:18.61 especially coming from a Caribbean background 00:15:18.65\00:15:21.35 where, you know, 00:15:21.38\00:15:22.72 we were taught about the value of education 00:15:22.75\00:15:25.05 and how education was the road to success. 00:15:25.09\00:15:28.06 And that's the thing that you need to do. 00:15:28.09\00:15:30.03 You need to be able to, 00:15:30.06\00:15:31.59 you know, go to school and get good grades 00:15:31.63\00:15:33.50 and then get a great job and you're successful. 00:15:33.53\00:15:35.76 You get married and you have kids. 00:15:35.80\00:15:37.50 And so many of us grew up both male and female 00:15:37.53\00:15:40.00 with the idea 00:15:40.04\00:15:41.37 that if I go to school and I get that good education 00:15:41.40\00:15:43.67 and I get married and I have kids 00:15:43.71\00:15:45.14 and I have a good job and I'm making money, 00:15:45.17\00:15:46.71 then I'm successful. 00:15:46.74\00:15:48.34 But purpose is not defined by any of these things. 00:15:48.38\00:15:52.31 It's really defined by that one thing 00:15:52.35\00:15:55.05 that Jeremiah 1 speaks about 00:15:55.08\00:15:56.69 that you have been appointed to do set apart to do. 00:15:56.72\00:15:59.72 And so, for that man or that woman 00:15:59.75\00:16:01.42 who is searching for that purpose, 00:16:01.46\00:16:02.82 first, you need to believe that you actually have one. 00:16:02.86\00:16:07.33 Now, when you believe that 00:16:07.36\00:16:08.70 you actually have a true purpose, 00:16:08.73\00:16:10.50 that God has brought you into this world 00:16:10.53\00:16:12.93 to accomplish a great thing, 00:16:12.97\00:16:15.20 now that you believe that, 00:16:15.24\00:16:16.91 you need to also believe that your purpose matters 00:16:16.94\00:16:19.74 because 60% of the women, for example, that I work with, 00:16:19.77\00:16:23.08 when they come to me, they actually believe that 00:16:23.11\00:16:25.55 they have a true purpose 00:16:25.58\00:16:26.92 or they have a vague idea 00:16:26.95\00:16:28.92 that they're supposed to be doing something else. 00:16:28.95\00:16:31.35 Because deep down, 00:16:31.39\00:16:32.72 sometimes inside you may be doing things 00:16:32.75\00:16:34.49 that look successful to other people, 00:16:34.52\00:16:36.66 but inside of you, 00:16:36.69\00:16:38.03 you don't feel that sense of fulfillment, 00:16:38.06\00:16:40.06 you know, something is missing. 00:16:40.10\00:16:41.56 So, now when you believe that you have that true purpose, 00:16:41.60\00:16:44.17 you need to know that your purpose actually matters. 00:16:44.20\00:16:47.27 Whatever it is God brought you here to do, 00:16:47.30\00:16:49.44 it matters. 00:16:49.47\00:16:50.81 And that is why the third thing you are going to do is 00:16:50.84\00:16:54.38 to expend your time and efforts, monies, 00:16:54.41\00:16:57.81 whatever you need to do to know what that purpose is. 00:16:57.85\00:17:01.68 And then, of course, we go to God in prayer 00:17:01.72\00:17:03.45 to help us to know how we can create success 00:17:03.49\00:17:06.55 around that purpose. 00:17:06.59\00:17:08.52 So, there are like three fundamental things 00:17:08.56\00:17:10.76 that has to happen 00:17:10.79\00:17:12.13 even before we can begin 00:17:12.16\00:17:13.50 to create success around our purpose. 00:17:13.53\00:17:14.86 And why do I say create success around it 00:17:14.90\00:17:17.23 is because the Bible says 00:17:17.27\00:17:18.67 your gifts will make room for you, 00:17:18.70\00:17:21.87 whatever it is 00:17:21.90\00:17:23.24 that you have been brought here to do, 00:17:23.27\00:17:25.07 that is the thing that is going to create room 00:17:25.11\00:17:28.01 and set you up before kings and not mean men, 00:17:28.04\00:17:30.85 according to Proverbs 22:29. 00:17:30.88\00:17:33.48 So, what we do as many of us, as even Christians, 00:17:33.52\00:17:37.02 is we try to find outside of ourselves 00:17:37.05\00:17:42.02 what it is we can do to create success. 00:17:42.06\00:17:44.23 That is why we have the education rounds. 00:17:44.26\00:17:46.09 That is why we have all of it. 00:17:46.13\00:17:47.46 Mind you, yes, I have a PhD 00:17:47.50\00:17:49.06 and I am a proponent for education. 00:17:49.10\00:17:51.50 However, I understand that what God has called us to do, 00:17:51.53\00:17:56.30 He has equipped us. 00:17:56.34\00:17:57.81 We say these things, 00:17:57.84\00:17:59.17 but sometimes do we really believe it? 00:17:59.21\00:18:00.61 We already have everything that we need to succeed 00:18:00.64\00:18:04.15 because we were already born with it. 00:18:04.18\00:18:07.05 And so, one of the things I have clients say, 00:18:07.08\00:18:08.95 sometimes I had a pregnant with purpose event, 00:18:08.98\00:18:11.22 a virtual event for women and I had them say, 00:18:11.25\00:18:14.49 I am pre-qualified to do what God has called me to do. 00:18:14.52\00:18:19.06 And I am overqualified 00:18:19.09\00:18:20.96 by a reason of my experiences in life, 00:18:21.00\00:18:24.93 because every single one of us 00:18:24.97\00:18:27.20 were born already with that thing 00:18:27.24\00:18:28.97 that we were supposed to do. 00:18:29.00\00:18:31.01 And when we uncover it, 00:18:31.04\00:18:32.91 that's when the beginning of fulfillment comes 00:18:32.94\00:18:35.11 because now I know why I'm here. 00:18:35.14\00:18:37.05 Why am I here in the world? 00:18:37.08\00:18:38.48 Now, what am I going to do with this information? 00:18:38.51\00:18:41.45 So, on that quest 00:18:41.48\00:18:42.88 to searching for purpose 00:18:42.92\00:18:44.42 is understanding these three things 00:18:44.45\00:18:46.72 and then going to God to give you wisdom, 00:18:46.76\00:18:49.69 to know how you can begin to be successful in that thing 00:18:49.72\00:18:52.73 that you were brought here to do, 00:18:52.76\00:18:54.10 which is your purpose. 00:18:54.13\00:18:55.46 Wow. Wow. 00:18:55.50\00:18:57.03 That was a lot. 00:18:57.07\00:18:58.43 So, when you're teaching, right, 00:18:58.47\00:19:01.97 when you're giving these seminars, 00:19:02.00\00:19:04.01 how has COVID impacted what you do? 00:19:04.04\00:19:08.34 Ooh, to be honest, 00:19:08.38\00:19:10.75 COVID kept me busier than when I was traveling in person. 00:19:10.78\00:19:17.15 As crazy as it may sound because the truth is, Jason, 00:19:17.19\00:19:21.16 when I was traveling 10 to 11 months of the year, 00:19:21.19\00:19:24.63 I was still able to write books. 00:19:24.66\00:19:27.13 I was still able to do some of the things 00:19:27.16\00:19:29.86 that I want to do, 00:19:29.90\00:19:31.23 but with COVID I find myself being so busy 00:19:31.27\00:19:33.80 because from the time it came, 00:19:33.84\00:19:35.24 I had to immediately switch up everything to online, 00:19:35.27\00:19:38.37 cancel a lot of in-person engagements, 00:19:38.41\00:19:40.61 but still figure out 00:19:40.64\00:19:41.98 how I can still reach clients online, 00:19:42.01\00:19:44.21 how I can still help to minister to people online. 00:19:44.25\00:19:47.58 So, I do speak quite a lot online 00:19:47.62\00:19:50.52 and I have created new coaching programs 00:19:50.55\00:19:53.25 because of COVID, 00:19:53.29\00:19:55.16 had new programs that I never had 00:19:55.19\00:19:57.23 because of COVID to be able to impact 00:19:57.26\00:20:00.30 even more women 00:20:00.33\00:20:01.66 than probably I would do in person. 00:20:01.70\00:20:03.26 So I can say in a sense that COVID has pushed me 00:20:03.30\00:20:07.54 to be a little more successful 00:20:07.57\00:20:10.51 in how I reach people, 00:20:10.54\00:20:12.31 because yes, I would go in person, 00:20:12.34\00:20:13.78 but now I have the virtual space 00:20:13.81\00:20:16.11 and I'm able to meet many more women 00:20:16.14\00:20:18.68 through my Facebook women's groups, 00:20:18.71\00:20:20.62 through my prayer group online, 00:20:20.65\00:20:21.98 through different programs that I'm speaking in online 00:20:22.02\00:20:24.35 because now I'm not in a physical location, 00:20:24.39\00:20:26.62 but in one weekend 00:20:26.65\00:20:27.99 I could travel virtually to four different countries, 00:20:28.02\00:20:30.96 whereas before it was one country 00:20:30.99\00:20:33.40 for the weekend, you know? 00:20:33.43\00:20:34.90 Yeah. Such kind of way. 00:20:34.93\00:20:36.26 Yeah. 00:20:36.30\00:20:37.63 So, you've been stretched in multiple directions there. 00:20:37.67\00:20:41.24 Yeah. 00:20:41.27\00:20:42.60 So, if somebody wants to book you for, 00:20:42.64\00:20:46.11 let's say a seminar 00:20:46.14\00:20:47.48 or wants to take advantage of your online courses, 00:20:47.51\00:20:50.91 how do they do that? 00:20:50.95\00:20:52.28 What's your website? 00:20:52.31\00:20:53.65 And then if somebody wants to get in touch with you, 00:20:53.68\00:20:55.88 what's your email address and your phone number? 00:20:55.92\00:20:58.55 Okay. 00:20:58.59\00:20:59.92 With regards to booking, for example, 00:20:59.95\00:21:01.92 for speaking engagements, 00:21:01.96\00:21:03.99 they could write at booking@nadinecollins.com. 00:21:04.03\00:21:07.43 That's to book me, 00:21:07.46\00:21:08.80 but if the person wants to get in touch with me 00:21:08.83\00:21:10.80 with regard to any of my coaching programs, 00:21:10.83\00:21:13.74 my online prayer class, 00:21:13.77\00:21:15.20 the certified prayer counselor class, 00:21:15.24\00:21:16.84 they could write us at info@nadinecollins.com. 00:21:16.87\00:21:21.31 And my website is nadinecollins.com. 00:21:21.34\00:21:23.48 It's very easy. 00:21:23.51\00:21:24.85 It's my name, right? Okay. 00:21:24.88\00:21:26.21 And so, there are multiple ways to reach me. 00:21:26.25\00:21:29.08 If you check nadinecollins.com 00:21:29.12\00:21:31.05 information might be there 00:21:31.09\00:21:32.42 of how I could be reached on Instagram. 00:21:32.45\00:21:34.06 You know, there are so many ways nowadays 00:21:34.09\00:21:35.42 to actually send a message, 00:21:35.46\00:21:36.79 but info@nadinecollins.com is a good place to start. 00:21:36.83\00:21:40.03 And if you're looking to book for speaking engagements, 00:21:40.06\00:21:42.96 you know, women's weekend, a prayer weekend, 00:21:43.00\00:21:44.83 whatever it is, 00:21:44.87\00:21:46.20 a leadership training and so on, 00:21:46.23\00:21:47.60 bookings at nadinecollins.com, 00:21:47.64\00:21:49.57 regardless of what email you may sent, we will get it. 00:21:49.60\00:21:51.84 But we're just trying to funnel bookings 00:21:51.87\00:21:53.78 into that particular email 00:21:53.81\00:21:55.34 so that it does not get mixed up or lost in, 00:21:55.38\00:21:58.11 you know, a muffle of emails that sometimes I get. 00:21:58.15\00:22:00.55 Yes. And your... 00:22:00.58\00:22:01.92 A number where they can reach you is? 00:22:01.95\00:22:05.05 (817) 719-3099. 00:22:05.09\00:22:09.69 That's our business number. 00:22:09.72\00:22:11.46 Okay. Okay. Wonderful. 00:22:11.49\00:22:13.13 I know people are gonna want to get in touch with you. 00:22:13.16\00:22:15.46 What are some practical tips 00:22:15.50\00:22:16.93 that you can share in regards to prayer, 00:22:16.97\00:22:20.34 how to strengthen your prayer life? 00:22:20.37\00:22:23.20 Yeah. 00:22:23.24\00:22:24.57 And so some of these practical tips 00:22:24.61\00:22:26.74 will take us to what we did in season one 00:22:26.78\00:22:30.65 of The Missing Piece. 00:22:30.68\00:22:32.55 And then, of course, we built on so many 00:22:32.58\00:22:34.68 because I think we filmed the last time 00:22:34.72\00:22:36.65 I think 20 episodes, 00:22:36.69\00:22:38.25 and so many other concepts, 00:22:38.29\00:22:40.06 but some of the basic principles 00:22:40.09\00:22:41.96 to really having an effective prayer life, 00:22:41.99\00:22:44.63 one of them is, 00:22:44.66\00:22:45.99 of course, to build a relationship with God. 00:22:46.03\00:22:48.66 And you may ask, how do I do that? 00:22:48.70\00:22:50.80 The same way you work on building relationships 00:22:50.83\00:22:54.30 with anybody else. 00:22:54.34\00:22:55.67 Flip off, let's have a conversation. 00:22:55.70\00:22:59.01 So, now prayer, 00:22:59.04\00:23:00.68 we know is that conversation that we have with God. 00:23:00.71\00:23:03.04 And we said before, it's a two-way conversation. 00:23:03.08\00:23:06.05 So, it's not a conversation. 00:23:06.08\00:23:07.88 Actually, it's not a conversation 00:23:07.92\00:23:09.48 if I do all the talking, it's a monologue. 00:23:09.52\00:23:11.72 And so, what we want to do is 00:23:11.75\00:23:13.62 in these fundamental principles is, 00:23:13.66\00:23:15.92 first of all, recognizing that 00:23:15.96\00:23:17.46 I need a relationship with God. 00:23:17.49\00:23:19.33 And prayer is the only way 00:23:19.36\00:23:22.06 that I can establish a relationship with God, 00:23:22.10\00:23:25.07 because communication is the only way 00:23:25.10\00:23:27.37 that we can establish relationship with anybody else. 00:23:27.40\00:23:30.11 And prayer is how we communicate with God. 00:23:30.14\00:23:33.98 And so, what we're doing or what we need to do 00:23:34.01\00:23:37.51 if we really want to have that effective prayer life is, 00:23:37.55\00:23:40.85 first of all, wanting that relationship, 00:23:40.88\00:23:42.78 wanting to talk to God, 00:23:42.82\00:23:44.25 but also giving God the opportunity 00:23:44.29\00:23:45.65 to speak back to us. 00:23:45.69\00:23:47.32 Another thing is for us to be able to learn 00:23:47.36\00:23:51.26 to distinguish the voice of God 00:23:51.29\00:23:52.76 and how we do that 00:23:52.79\00:23:54.23 is by ensuring that we don't talk all the time, 00:23:54.26\00:23:57.20 but we actually silence our soul. 00:23:57.23\00:23:59.80 Ellen White actually has a quotation that I love. 00:23:59.83\00:24:03.57 She says, 00:24:03.61\00:24:04.94 "When every other voice is hushed, 00:24:04.97\00:24:07.24 and in quietness we wait before Him, 00:24:07.28\00:24:10.38 the silence of the soul 00:24:10.41\00:24:12.18 makes more distinct the voice of God." 00:24:12.21\00:24:14.58 And so we want to be able to distinguish 00:24:14.62\00:24:16.65 that voice of God. 00:24:16.69\00:24:18.02 We also want to practice dying to self. 00:24:18.05\00:24:20.59 So, I'm giving a few of the principles. 00:24:20.62\00:24:22.12 First, we establish communication with him 00:24:22.16\00:24:24.36 a two-way conversation. 00:24:24.39\00:24:25.83 We want to be able to distinguish that voice. 00:24:25.86\00:24:28.60 We also want to be able to die to self 00:24:28.63\00:24:31.17 because self is the greatest hindrance that we have 00:24:31.20\00:24:34.24 in having an effective prayer life, why? 00:24:34.27\00:24:36.87 Because self will always cause us to pray prayers 00:24:36.91\00:24:40.51 that are inconsistent 00:24:40.54\00:24:41.88 with what the Spirit of God wants us to pray about. 00:24:41.91\00:24:44.35 And why should you want to pray 00:24:44.38\00:24:46.31 about what the spirit wants you to pray about? 00:24:46.35\00:24:48.48 Because the only prayers 00:24:48.52\00:24:49.85 that are guaranteed to be answered 00:24:49.88\00:24:51.39 are the prayers that are actually prayers 00:24:51.42\00:24:54.89 that are led by the Spirit of God. 00:24:54.92\00:24:56.46 And we get that in 1 John Chapter 5:14-15, 00:24:56.49\00:25:00.26 where the Bible actually says, 00:25:00.30\00:25:02.13 this is the confidence that we have in God, 00:25:02.16\00:25:05.27 that if we ask anything according to the will of God, 00:25:05.30\00:25:08.60 we know that He hears us. 00:25:08.64\00:25:10.77 And if we know that He hears us, 00:25:10.81\00:25:12.77 then we are sure to have an answer to that prayer, 00:25:12.81\00:25:16.04 and we want to be able to pray in the will of God. 00:25:16.08\00:25:19.51 But the only way to pray in the will of God is 00:25:19.55\00:25:21.82 when we are printing the Spirit of God. 00:25:21.85\00:25:23.69 And the only way to pray in the Spirit of God 00:25:23.72\00:25:25.82 is when self is dead, because self is inconsistent. 00:25:25.85\00:25:29.99 It's always going to cause us to want the opposite 00:25:30.03\00:25:33.23 of what the Spirit of God wants us to pray about. 00:25:33.26\00:25:35.70 So, these are four quick principles 00:25:35.73\00:25:37.77 that I just shared here 00:25:37.80\00:25:39.13 on how your prayer life can begin 00:25:39.17\00:25:40.54 to make a drastic turn, 00:25:40.57\00:25:43.10 so it can become much more effective. 00:25:43.14\00:25:45.61 Those are excellent principles. 00:25:45.64\00:25:47.41 And I'm so glad that you mentioned the fact 00:25:47.44\00:25:49.41 that you need to pray in the will of God, 00:25:49.44\00:25:52.85 because, you know, 00:25:52.88\00:25:54.22 it's like if somebody just prays and says, 00:25:54.25\00:25:55.98 Oh yeah, I, you know, I really want a Bentley, 00:25:56.02\00:25:58.95 or I want, I want a Maserati 00:25:58.99\00:26:01.32 or something along those lines or some, 00:26:01.36\00:26:04.16 you know, temporary thing that's, you know. 00:26:04.19\00:26:07.66 If they pray for that 00:26:07.70\00:26:09.60 and it's not in the will of God for them per se 00:26:09.63\00:26:14.67 and then they're wondering, 00:26:14.70\00:26:16.04 well, why weren't my prayers answered? 00:26:16.07\00:26:18.24 Yeah. 00:26:18.27\00:26:19.61 And then we get mad at God when should I say to people, 00:26:19.64\00:26:22.74 a lot of times when we think we pray to God, 00:26:22.78\00:26:24.88 we're actually praying to ourselves. 00:26:24.91\00:26:26.78 And the saddest thing is, 00:26:26.82\00:26:28.58 you cannot answer yourself 00:26:28.62\00:26:30.79 because anytime self is alive, when we're going to God, 00:26:30.82\00:26:33.99 we're not going to ask Him 00:26:34.02\00:26:35.36 things that are in accordance 00:26:35.39\00:26:36.73 with the will or the Spirit of God. 00:26:36.76\00:26:38.19 So, it means, I'm asking it 00:26:38.23\00:26:40.46 according to what's okay for me. 00:26:40.50\00:26:42.60 And God cannot answer me 00:26:42.63\00:26:44.57 when I'm praying these self-prayers 00:26:44.60\00:26:46.10 or these selfish prayers. 00:26:46.13\00:26:47.47 And so, we need to now begin to make the shift. 00:26:47.50\00:26:49.30 So, we stopped getting angry at God 00:26:49.34\00:26:51.07 and begin to look at ourselves in the mirror and say, 00:26:51.11\00:26:53.98 this is what you need to be angry at. 00:26:54.01\00:26:55.64 And that's why you need to die to self, 00:26:55.68\00:26:57.28 because you are the greatest hindrance 00:26:57.31\00:26:59.21 to having that effective prayer life 00:26:59.25\00:27:00.98 that you would like to have. 00:27:01.02\00:27:02.35 Amen. 00:27:02.38\00:27:03.72 So, we have a way of blocking our blessings? 00:27:03.75\00:27:06.42 Yeah, exactly. Yes. 00:27:06.45\00:27:08.42 Now, we covered a whole bunch of topics 00:27:08.46\00:27:11.06 and I know that our time is escaping us 00:27:11.09\00:27:13.80 in season two and season three, 00:27:13.83\00:27:16.87 just give us a quick snippet of what we covered? 00:27:16.90\00:27:22.34 Well, season two and three is gonna to be really packed 00:27:22.37\00:27:25.94 because we look at, for example, 00:27:25.97\00:27:28.28 we talk about distinguishing that voice of God. 00:27:28.31\00:27:30.85 We spoke about being able to pray for revelation, 00:27:30.88\00:27:33.68 praying in agreement, 00:27:33.72\00:27:35.05 topics that people really want to know much more about. 00:27:35.08\00:27:38.19 And so, I look forward to seeing, 00:27:38.22\00:27:40.46 you know, how it continues 00:27:40.49\00:27:41.82 to transform the lives of others, 00:27:41.86\00:27:43.19 because we covered so much. 00:27:43.22\00:27:44.76 Yes, amen. 00:27:44.79\00:27:46.13 And it was very rich information. 00:27:46.16\00:27:48.93 Thank you for what you do. 00:27:48.96\00:27:51.63 And thank you for coming on here 00:27:51.67\00:27:53.00 and sharing with our viewers. 00:27:53.03\00:27:55.04 Well, we've reached the end of another program. 00:27:55.07\00:27:57.57 Join us next time. 00:27:57.61\00:27:59.01 It just wouldn't be the same without you. 00:27:59.04\00:28:00.44