Have you been self-sabotaging?

Lately, I’ve been making some “big moves” in the business and ministry space. If I’m being honest with you (and that is always my intention here on the podcast), I’ve got to admit that I am coming up on a familiar roadblock. You see, I’ve been around this mountain before — at least six times, actually — and there’s always this spot where I start to freak out and think that “it’s not going to work” and “all this effort I’m putting in is going to be an absolute waste.” And it’s right in this spot — every time! — that I seemingly “identify” this really big issue in a different area of my life that needs immediate attention. So I swing my attention and effort over to this “big problem,” and begin to tell myself the story, “See! This is why I can never get all the way there. This is why I don’t see breakthrough.“

Are you familiar with this story or any of these thoughts and “happenings?” Do you find yourself getting 80-90% of the way to breakthrough, and then it just never fully breaks through? Do you find yourself daydreaming and planning for days (and weeks and months and years) and never quite actually starting? Do you find yourself “stuck” and justifying your stuckness by pointing to past failures and pain and saying, “See, I don’t want that to happen again. So I’m being so smart by not ‘taking the bait’ and continuing to the finish line.“? Do you find yourself getting distracted with other “shiny objects” or seemingly “five alarm fire” issues and pivoting away from the fight you’ve been called to finish? These are all indicators of self-sabotage, my friend. I think we need to talk about it.

In this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, we’re going to call out this self-sabotage stuff, understand where it comes from, and discuss Biblical principles and strategies that can help us to stop doing it so we can finally step into the fullness of victory that God has planned for us. Are you ready to get all the way there in the things God has called you into? Are you done partnering with the enemy in his strategy to take you out from the inside? If so, this episode’s for you. Grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let’s Go!

THE JESUS GIRL GANG IS NOW OPEN · REGISTER BY JANUARY 31ST! When it comes to walking out your purpose with Jesus for His Kingdom, you DO NOT want to go alone, Sis. Do you have a few good travel buddies to go with? Are they willing to meet up and have the deep chats, are they committed 100% to the word and ways of God, and are they down to encourage, sharpen and remind you of your God-given identity while you’re moving powerfully in your purpose? If you answered “No” or “Not sure,” or if you’d like to see what something like that could look and feel like, I want to invite you to join us inside The Jesus Girl Gang online discipleship mentorship. To find out more about what’s included in the membership and how it works, and to get signed up, go here: jesusgirlgang.com/membership. See you inside, Sis!

Scripture References Mentioned in This Episode:

Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Corinthians 2:14-16
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Ephesians 5:25-27
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

Genesis 12:1-3
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

James 4:17
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few.”

2 Corinthians 10:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Romans 8:17
Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.

Links to Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

THE JESUS GIRL GANG IS NOW OPEN · REGISTER BY JANUARY 31ST! When it comes to walking out your purpose with Jesus for His Kingdom, you DO NOT want to go alone, Sis. Do you have a few good travel buddies to go with? Are they willing to meet up and have the deep chats, are they committed 100% to the word and ways of God, and are they down to encourage, sharpen and remind you of your God-given identity while you’re moving powerfully in your purpose? If you answered “No” or “Not sure,” or if you’d like to see what something like that could look and feel like, I want to invite you to join us inside The Jesus Girl Gang online discipleship mentorship. To find out more about what’s included in the membership and how it works, and to get signed up, go here: jesusgirlgang.com/membership. See you inside, Sis!

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Erica co-leads a local church alongside her husband, Doug, in Tampa, Florida called REVIVE Church of Tampa. You can visit the church’s website for more information about who we are, what we believe and how we show up as the Church in the heart of West Tampa and beyond.

REVIVE Church of Tampa

REVIVE Church of Tampa streams services live on Friday nights at 7pm ET and Sunday mornings at 11am ET. You can find those livestreams on our church Facebook page:

Live Services – Fridays at 7pm ET and Sundays at 11am ET

If you’re interested in joining the online campus of REVIVE Church of Tampa, you are welcome to join our community group on Facebook where we offer weekly discussion around the Friday and Sunday messages as well as discipleship Zoom groups and the opportunity to host others in your home as you stream services. You can find us here:

The ROCC: REVIVE Online Campus Community

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About this podcast:

Positioned to Prosper is a weekly podcast that covers the ins and outs of what it means to live a lifestyle of breakthrough and victory in your relationships, health, finances and beyond. Your host, Erica Pyle, is no stranger to jumping without the proverbial parachute while maintaining a firm grip on godly wisdom. A self-described slayer of pragmatism and a “walk by faith” kind of girl, Erica is an unabashed believer in the power of God to radically transform lives. Front-footed in faith as she offers straight-up truth, strategies, and wisdom for living victoriously, and equipped with her love for the word of God, her certification as a holistic health coach, and years of experience in personal finance and taxation, Erica is ready to help you get positioned to prosper.