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Hello. Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Saved Night Soft. What's going on, everybody? It's a happy day. It's almost Christmas, and I'm so hyped. Absolutely hyped. Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love to rap. I love not like boots and cats, but, like, I love wrapping presents because I'm just such an aesthetic girl. This year I should have brought one. My presents are green on green, like an emerald green with a velvet green ribbon. My God, it is so beautiful. And so that has nothing to do with what I'm talking about today. I was just thinking of Christmas. I'm excited. I love giving to people. And today we're filming a podcast, and this was not on my agenda for today and quite honestly, for the rest of the year. But I believe the Lord has given me a word to share before the year ends going into 2025. And if you do not know who I am, my name is Emmy Moore. I'm the host of Save Not Soft. And basically this podcast is navigated to let y'all know that you are heard, loved, and seen by God. You are valuable, you are important, and God has his compassion and his eyes upon you. Amen. And so today, I don't really have that much of an agenda. I really just wanted to bring the transparency of the gospel today to y'all and also what it's going to look like walking into 2025. Things we need to leave in 2024, and how to finish strong. Yeah, I don't know where this podcast is going to go. I just knew the Lord was telling me to come and sit down and do it before this new year ends and before God has this podcast transition into. Into a new season. For those who are watching on YouTube, we got a cutesy little camera, and we got a cute little camera fe me. And it's so exciting because my camera bad for, like, two and a half years. She's been great. She desperately needed an upgrade because it was doing all sorts of damage on me. So we got a new camera by the grace of God in this next season that the Lord has me going into. Just even apart from ministry, like, the fact that I'm a fiance and going to be a wife halfway through 2025 is insane for me to think about. So with. With the change of how God is. Is moving through my life, there's also going to be some great changes to this ministry. That's not like a, hey, we're going to try to take this to the next level. Do all these. Theatrics like n. We're still doing the podcast from the bedroom. You see it. I just switched a few things around and got a new camera. And we're keeping everything for the most part the same. It's just a matter of implying rest and stepping back in certain areas. Speaking not as if this hasn't been happening, but like really empathizing and embracing Jesus. And God has really put on my heart for the, the, the word that he gave me for next year, which I'm not going to release it just yet because you'll hear it next season. But man, the Lord has been wrecking me my. In my secret space, I'm talking like laid out flat in glory and even things that aren't super profound. I think sometimes we think I have to get this new, fresh divine revelation in in order for me to be wrecked by God's glory. And the other night in this very room, actually, I was watching a TikTok video out of all things in the corner of, of of this room. There's a chair that's over there and I started to meditate on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. And it's not even this crazy, profound theological like discovery about Jesus. It was just his presence. It was just his face. It was just meditating on what he has done for me. I was laid out in glory for like hours, crying like an absolute baby. And the Lord's just been moving in my heart, man, so beautifully. So, so beautifully. And so, yeah, I don't, I don't really have a big topic about what's going to happen today. I just know that God is going to say whatever he's going to say and it's going to pertain to finishing well. So we're just going to let the Holy Spirit flow. And these are fun episodes because usually this is where the Holy Spirit just gets to exercise his perfect will because I'm completely weak in this moment. And God just to get. Just gets all the glory. Amen. So let's pray and let's see what God wants to share with us. So, dear Heavenly Father, we thank you and praise you, Father. God, I thank you that God. I'm not doing this alone. None of us are doing this alone. God, you are here with us. You do not forsake us nor abandon us. God, you are close to your children. God, you are close to our hearts. Your presence is near. God, your presence is even in this room that I'm in right now. Father God, I ask that no matter where the other person on the other side of the screen is whether they're at the gym or in their car on their way to work or getting ready for church. God, I just ask that you encounter them with your presence. God. God, let them know that you are not far from them, that you are close. God, that you have not left them or abandoned them. God, that. God, you are encouraging them to finish this year strong and to even obey when it's scary. Father, I thank you that you say in your word that thy word is a lamp onto my feet and a light onto our path. God, let your word be the light onto our path. Let your word lead us in the correct direction. God. God, I thank you for your sovereignty and your mercy and your grace, which we don't deserve or let alone. We've never earned it. God, we thank you for the best gift of all. And it's your presence. Your presence is something we'll never get sick of. Jesus, speak to us tonight. Speak to me, oh, God. Speak to your children. God. This is your platform, not mine. God. This is your podcast, not mine. Even my body is yours. God, use me for the gospel. Use me. Father, this is not about me. This has nothing to do with anybody else except for you. You're all we could focus on, God. So just show us your face. We love you. Let this be an impactful, impactful episode. Jesus, we trust in you and I. So this prayer in Jesus my name, Amen. So there's a few things that, as I was praying, the Lord was showing me that he wanted me to talk about, especially when it pertains to finishing. Well, how do you finish out of a season? And I'm just even going to prophetically speak right now, in the mighty name of Jesus, that whatever you had to endure this year, it is planting seeds for your harvest of next year. Hey, come on, somebody. Because truth of the matter of fact is, is that your tears, one, are never wasted, and two, your. Your pain will never be in vain unless if you allow it to be so. As we step into this 2025 season, if 2024 was a very hard year for y'all, have expectation that God can turn it all around. Just through your repentance, through. Through your praises, through your thanksgiving, that if you've been suffering on the behalf of. Is urging you of. Of. Of. Of. Of. Son, daughter, the pain that you're going through, it's purposeful. It's not just something that you're going through for a silly reason, like God is actually using your pain for acceleration, your suffering to catapult you to the next season of your entire Life. I believe 2025 have has something in store. And if you believe that's for you, you can hold on to that revelation and believe in it for in Jesus mighty name, but it's by God's grace. I thought, just being fully Transparent, I thought 2024 was going to be a great year for me, which it has been. God has done a lot of things this year that I'm very, very blessed for. Simultaneously, this has probably been the year with the most challenges that I've ever experienced in my entire life. And so whenever I came from 2023, 2024, I was like, God, you're not gonna let this year be bad. I'm not gonna go through any suffering. I'm gonna be just fine. And what, for instance after instance and. And challenge after challenge and tribulation after tribulation, when I tell you I was going through the absolute ringer with God, and it wasn't even because it was like fruits of disobedience, it was just sharing the sufferings of Christ. Like how Romans 8 says, if. If we are heirs of Christ, then we share his glory in order so we could also share his suffering. Right? And so I was absolutely receiving the suffering of God one thing and then two was dealing with a lot of my thorn in the flesh, as Paul would call it. And so this year has been really interesting navigating it. But I have so much hope in the mighty name of Jesus and confidence, because God has already told me and confirmed it that next year is going to be a year of momentum, that next year is going to be a year for God's people. And I claim in Jesus mighty name, for some people, it might be challenging. This year may have been their year of harvest, and next year is going to be their year of work, work and toil and suffering. But y'all, I'm just gonna say it off the bed. I suffer way too much this year to where I'm ready. I'm ready for. For my. To watch my work come into fruition by the grace of God and by the obedience of God. And the only person who's watering it is not mine. It is Jesus. I just partnered with him. I'm barely doing anything, but when it comes to finishing. Well, I wanted to talk about Hebrews chapter 12. If I could turn there. I was on my way there and then I stopped and I almost forgot. Okay, let's go there. I'm gonna make this a shorter episode too, just for the sake of Time. So let's read this. Therefore, since we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him. He endured on the cross, scorning his shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. And so the reason that's why God put this on my heart right now is because as we're finishing out the year, imagine as if you're finishing a race and you're needing to run well. And when I think of running a race and finishing well and running well, I just think of a race. I just come back to the scripture because it's honestly so comforting, especially in verse two, where it says Jesus, fixing our eyes on him, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. When the Bible says that Jesus is the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, it's insisting that Jesus has already been the places that we haven't been yet. A pioneer literally means to discover a new terrain in a new area. So when the Bible says. When Hebrews 12 says that Jesus is the pioneer and the perfecter of our faith, we could come to the throne of. Of God and confidence knowing that the places where we're struggling and we don't see breakthrough and we don't see the end of it, Jesus has already been in those places because he is the pioneer and perfector of our faith. In Hebrews 11, verse 1, which is the page right before this, faith is confidence in what we hope for. It's not what we see, it's what we don't see. And so we have to have a good perception of what we don't see and we have to have a good morality of it and have trust that God is good. Because faith isn't. Hey, I'm just looking at my natural circumstance of what I'm going through right now. Faith is seeing the natural circumstance, taking it into consideration. Go, okay, God, why am I going through this right now and understanding that your current cir. Circumstance is not going to be forever. It's just going to be your season. And God's going to use your right now to cultivate your further seasons in faith. And so when we go through struggling and suffering and hard seasons or even good ones, it's with the intention that God is going to somehow use that to give him glory and that is going to cultivate our faith. And yeah, I just really believe that in this next year Jesus is going to move wonders in his bride. I mean people who are really obedient to the things of God, not people who just say that they Christian and they action speak differently. Right. I believe we're going to see a new wave of on fire Christians that is going to absolutely set the world ablaze. And then I believe there's going to be a lot of people who have platforms and have all these theatrical things in replacement of the gospel. I believe God is going to tear a lot of those false idols and golden calves down. I believe that there is going to be a breakthrough of the true authentic gospel and God is looking for a willing bride. And I almost just see in 2025 how God is going to just strip down everything that does not glorify him, even if it's his own people trying to idolize themselves in ministry. And so it's interesting to see what God is doing, what he's told me and even just in areas where God has convicted me and to like step back. I think a lot of the things I've learned in 2024 is one man, two, three, five, ten things. Which one do I want to start with? I think think one of the number one things is to take a step back even when you're popping. I think sometimes when where we get the promotion or we get the man or we get all the views on Tick Tock or on Instagram, we feel this urge to like capitalize off of that moment. But I read in scripture that every time Jesus, every time he hit like a super high moment, it wasn't like, oh, I gotta capitalize off of this. Like that moment was just enough within itself because God was fully glorified. And like the more Jesus became famous and like well known, like he, he just like stepped back and came back into the heart of the Father and he rested there. I think that's one of the things where God has really taught and ministered to me as a leader, is that as God starts to take me higher, I've been getting absolutely low. I'm talking my face on the ground weeping and crying out for God and, and, and, and embracing his presence in His Word. I think I'm a huge nerd when it comes to the Bible and I know theology pretty well. Not the best. There's tons of people who are way more qualified and better than me. But I do believe that I, I Work a lot in scripture. I study a lot, and that's never a bad thing. But a lot of my time as of recently has just been getting in God's presence and just staying there. It's been a place of gratitude and of appreciation and exalting God to the authority of which where he is at. And that's been showing a lot of fruit because it's just like I'm spending time with my father. I spend time with my dad. And just sitting in his presence and hearing him and feeling him, receiving him like it never makes me want to leave that position ever. I Talked about Isaiah 6, was it two, three weeks ago? Talking about how whenever Isaiah had this vision of God calling him as a prophet, Isaiah was quite literally stunned with glory. He was just wrecked by the presence of God. And he is bowing down at the presence of God and he's saying, for I am in iniquity. And even if I didn't commit this iniquity, my, my neighbors are in sin. The world I'm in is in sin. Like God cleanse me for I'm not worthy. And, and God cleansed him and gave him a mission. And, and I think a lot of us want to be sent out for the things of God, but we won't have a heart like Isaiah and be purified through our humility and allow God to consult us and comfort us and confront us in certain areas where we need to be healed. Because God is not going to send you out if you have an unrepentive heart. When we see the story of Isaiah and Isaiah 6, Isaiah understands his condition, that he's in sin. And even if he wasn't in iniquity and if he wasn't the one fully partaking in disobedience, then he understood that the world that he was in was sinful, that he was far from God because of the separation of sin. And God wasn't able to ordain Isaiah as a prophet until Isaiah first came to the heart of God in repentance. And sometimes people want to be sent out or God send me out for 2025 and make. And make me a minister to all the nations. Elevate my podcast and my platform, my TikTok this and give me a higher promotion in my church and whatever it may be. And it's like God's not to exalt you if you won't even humble, humble yourself. And one of the things I've learned from God is that if you fail to humble yourself, he will absolutely humble you. And I Think there's a lot to learn from humility and from being quiet and being quick to listen. I, I believe Gen Z and this like new mainstream like Christianity is striving for very vainest things that's just wrapped and clothed this demon of vanity. Like it should be our desire to live a quiet life. And if God does call you to the stage, and if he does call you to the podcast or to the platform or to the nations or in front of your church or leading a small group or whatever may be like, let it be from a place of obedience and humility, not from a place that's in vain, not from a place that just wants to be heard, seen and recognized. Because the reason as to why Isaiah was so known and why he is one of the most famous prophets of all time wasn't because he wanted to exalt himself, but because he was a willing vessel to allow God to exalt himself. God himself through Isaiah, like Isaiah wasn't glorified. God was glorified through Isaiah. And so the question is, how many of us are actually willing to partner with God to fulfill his his will and not ours? And I believe the best way any of us can step into 2025 is stepping into the will of God. Matthew 6:33 all day first, seek the kingdom and everything else shall be given onto you. And we shouldn't seek the kingdom because of the second part. We shouldn't seek the kingdom because we want everything to be given on to us. Seeking the kingdom comes with the security. It comes with a promise. If you seek the kingdom, if you seek the kingdom, all these things are going to come onto you. Therefore you don't have to worry about these things because you are putting God first if you surrender these things to the heart of God. Therefore, if you are granting God responsibility over your finances, responsibility over your ministry, or over your family, or your relationships or your social media platform, whatever it may be, over your job. If you release those things into the hands of God and you seek the kingdom first, all those things are going to be taken care of because you're putting your Father first. And I think a lot of people are seeking the kingdom not with the intention to actually partner with God and pursue the things of the kingdom, but because they actually want the things that God has to offer. But there's a lack of a desire to want to partner with God. And my question is, why don't we want to partner with God? And why is there not a desire to partner with the things and with who God is Essentially not even the things of God, but who God is as a whole. Like the reason as to why we live and breathe on this earth is one, to be loved by God. That's like, that's the number one thing he wants us for, is for us to share a compassion with him and two, to be used by God for His glory and for his kingdom. And so what ways are we doing that in 2020? How are we seeing the heart of the Father? How are we empathizing with Him? How are we carrying out his will without selfish ambition? How are we being obedient to the things of God? Are we leaving our old lives behind? And are we carrying up our cross knowing that the destination is death? Like we have to preach a self denying gospel because that's all that God talks and writes about. Like this isn't a self glorifying gospel. This is deny yourself. And I believe as we take steps. Not even if it's into 2025, even if it's just tomorrow. Because Lamentations 322 to 23 says that there are new mercies each and every single day. What? You have the opportunity to wake up new tomorrow. I'm gonna say that one more time. You have the opportunity to wake up new tomorrow. Because Lamentations 32223 says that we have new mercies each and every single morning. That mercy is obtainable and that grace is obtain. A new day is for you if you just believe it. A lot of people are living in their sin on repeat and on replay in their lives because there's a part of them that doesn't believe that God wants to make them new. It's a matter of believing it and stepping into that. That place where God is wanting to restore you and redeem you. And it comes from belief. And God could just accelerate us into this next season of our lives. In this next season of 2025, if we just, just amped up our faith and if we amped up our belief system in God and our trust in Him. And that comes through prayer, it comes through fasting, comes from being in the Word and soaking in his presence and just admiring all of who he is. Because Jesus is worth it. Jesus is so worth it. Not even just for the sake of myself, but for the sake of everybody. God is truly so, so good. He is. He is good. I don't even know what the heck I'm talking about. I just pray to God is helping somebody. I'm going no outline today. I'm just telling you what I'm learning. I think one of the things that have been helping me with self denial is to know that to live is Christ and to die is gain. And when Paul writes this and we talk about crucifying our old lives, to die is gain literally means it's better off to die and to be reconciled with the Father than to live a life and you're actually dead in sin. I live for Christ and dying is gained because I get to be reconciled back into the heart of the Father spiritually. That is amazing. And it's kind of hard to understand if you're having a hard time with crucifying the flesh and living for Christ, especially if you're suffering and going through a lot of hardships, it's hard to see that lining. But the moment God gives you that revelation that greater is in me than he who lives in the world, nothing is impossible. Can I absolutely. Can I absolutely tell y'all something? The Bible. Bible says greater is in me than he who is in the world. So you're telling me right now that what is stored up inside of me, the Holy Spirit that I host, is greater than every trial and tribulation that is out there trying to steal, kill and destroy everything that God has stored up for me? Yes. Because we are hosts of the Holy Spirit, because we are walking mobile temples of the Holy Spirit. Greater is in us. Not because of my own self confidence, not because of my own strength, not because of the miraculous prayers I pray or how much I serve at church. No, greater is in me because Christ dwells within sight of me, because I've accepted His spirit. And so everything that has been conquered, a trial, tribulation, a breakup, you getting fired from your job, going through mental health distresses, whatever it may be, that's not conquered by the strength of yourself. It's by the strength of the Holy Ghost that lives inside of you. That's why it says I could do all things through Christ who gives me strength. It's not the strength of yourself. It's. It's not the. It's not the. What's the word I'm thinking of? Yeah, it's just not. It's not the strength of yourself. It's the strength of God who rests inside of you. And we could touch and agree with that strength when we just accept Him. Yep. I'm thinking about so many things right now. I'm. I'mma hop on or I'm going to stay on for about five more minutes. Ah, so many things to talk about. I'm just telling you what I'm learning right now. This is kind of more of like a little authentic episode where I just sit, talk what's on my mind, what God's been showing in the secret space. I already said that in the beginning. I don't have to ramble again. But y'all know me. I don't like to cut, cut no episodes. What's something else I would like to share? I'm just going through my notebook. There's a lot of things I've learned this year. I've learned how fear blinds you from love. I've learned what it means to lay down your life for Christ to leave your old life and pursue him with everything that you got to give. Give God everything you have and not just have, like, half faith, because when you have half faith, you're gonna get half blessings. So in order to receive everything that God has promised you, like, go forth in full faith and make every effort to do the things of God. I think something that also helps me, that I'm going to take into 2025 of next year as well, is because I think, how do I want to say this? A lot of us are desperate for the hand of God to work in our lives, but will not take time to pray about it or will not dwell in our secret space to really consult with God or let alone dive deep into our. Our Scripture study or won't even dive deep into the Bible whatsoever. A lot of us have a need for God to move in our lives, but there's a passivity and a laziness that we're friends with because it's not because you don't want your problem solved, but it's just because there's a laziness. I think it's just simply that. And something I'm taking into 2025 is what God taught me earlier this year is, Emmy, do not leave your secret space until I release you. It's so good. It's so good. My life started to change for the better when I didn't leave my secret space in my prayer closet on my terms. My I started to see blessings in my life when I stayed in the presence of God. And I did not leave until he told me so. Because a lot of us will bring prayers to God or we'll only be in our Bible for about five minutes and then wonder why we're seeing no fruit in the natural. And it's because we're spending no time in the spiritual. You're not making a spiritual deposit, and because of that, there's no spiritual equity. And it's because you're not coming to the throne of God and spending time with him. A lot of, a lot of my healing and a lot of, a lot of the healing that I've experienced with God. And a lot of the progression that's been made in this past year has been from not leaving my secret space and soaking up the presence of God and being laid out in glory. And I think if we were a little more honest with God and just say, hey God, sometimes I get a little bored in your presence and I don't know how to stay here, he would be able to help the desires of our heart to, to melt and enmesh and mold into his. It just comes with humility because what it means to be in a posture of humility, it just means to be honest and that's that. So that's one thing I'm taking in 2025 that really helped me this year. It was that do not leave your secret space until God has released you. Because you may think, oh I'm hungry, I need to go eat a sandwich. But God's not done talking yet and he was two sentences away from giving you your breakthrough. But you wouldn't have known that because you weren't saying you weren't staying in your secret space. So stay in that place. Learn from God. Don't get bored in his presence. Fight your flesh. Stay there because God wants to speak to you. It's just a matter of you staying. It's that. It's honestly that. And the Lord is good and he is faithful, my God. That's really all I have. And I'm going to close out with this because I felt led to just share what the Lord's put on my heart and then also just kind of a transition going into 2025 regarding safe not soft. So Safe not soft is transitioning from season two to season three. So with that being said, I am going to take a very needed a real life rest because I say I rest and I've. I don't even think I've actually really rested in the things of God. The ministry still will continue. It's just going to be under a new system, a new team. I've gotten help which is amazing. Many hands makes the low light. I'm very excited for what God is going to do but save us off will not be coming out with another episode until the end of January or the beginning of February. Just had to let y'all know. But I love you guys so much. May God bless you and finish well this year, y'all. Finish the race. Finish the race. Well, throw off anything and everything that throws you into hindrance and take your eyes off of the old and focus your eyes on the new, which is Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. All announcements, whether if it regards to prayer, requests, tithing, merchandise, it's all down below. But until then, I'll see you guys in 2025. Love you guys. Bye.