Season 4 (Episode 1): Progressive Miracles: Shoulder Injury

Welcome to Pain, Passion, and Purpose. I am your host, Shakeeta Torres, where I share mental health education, biblical teachings, and tips to help you to heal on purpose so you can walk boldly in your God-given purpose. This podcast is sponsored by Empowered Purpose Academy, a certified online Christian academy where where we provide services such as certification for Christian life coaches, mentorship for master's level aspiring and existing Christian therapists, mentorship for Christians, and continued education courses for the body of Christ. You can visit www.empoweredpurposeacademy.com to learn more and to download your free guide. If you like today's episode, please subscribe and leave us a raving review so that others can tap into the knowledge and wisdom that will be shared on this podcast. Thank you so much for being here. Alrighty, here we go. So I am live today on Instagram, I'm live on Facebook, and I'm live on YouTube. And so I'm going to give people just a moment or two to be able to get on if they can. If you're coming back later, welcome back to the replay. You can come back and watch that. I will leave that up as well on Instagram, on Facebook, on YouTube, and it will turn into a podcast. So for those of you who are on my podcast, thank you all so much for listening. I am super excited today about today's teaching in this series that God gave me called Progressive Miracles. Progressive Miracles. Hello, how you doing? That's Pretty 247. Thank you so much for, um, tuning in. So I'm going to give it just like 30 more seconds or so, and then I'm going to go ahead, um, and just go into prayer and begin. Um, so I did want to make a couple of announcements first while we wait. So first, um, if you follow me on, um, Instagram or on my email list, you will see that I have a new book/workbook coming out called Unashamed. It's called Unashamed, you guys, and, um, it's a vision that the Lord gave me, um, to write to help, um, his people who are battling with, um, shame to break free from it. And so the book is 3 parts. The first part, I'm sharing like my testimony about my own past shame. I'm sharing, um, what shame is, what that looks like. Then I'm giving you strategy as though you will be like my therapy client, okay? And then at the end, I'm sharing biblical, um, teachings about shame and giving you the tools you need to help you to break free from shame, um, because God does not want you to be operating in self-condemnation, okay? And so that book is called Unashamed. It is on my website. If you go to www. Faithandmentalwellness.faith, you'll be able to see on the book. But I also have a quiz you can take up there that you could, um, take to test yourself to see if you battle with any kind of shame. Okay, so thank you all for, um, joining in. And also, I'll share the other stuff towards, um, towards the end, but I did want to announce that first before we got on and got started. Um, but oh yeah, also I want to share that I am a prayer hub leader under Apostle Jennifer LeClaire's ministry. And so recently, um, I've moved my prayer hub to being like more private. It's still private, but, um, I'll be going, um, going live for prayer every Monday at 12 PM Eastern Standard Time, okay? But you have to actually go to Awakening Prayer Hubs um, and, um, join the firewall. So it was easy to, to get on, to hop on. Um, this coming up Monday, I may be live, I'm not sure, it depends on how many people we have to show up. But the point of the prayer hubs is to pray for our city, pray for, um, our nations, pray for, um, the things that God put on our heart to, um, to intercede for. And also, um, I'm also a human trafficking, um, prayer, a cause-based prayer hub leader as well, and we'll be covering that. But from week to week, I'll be led by the Holy Spirit as to what to pray for. And our Apostle also releases, um, prayer points every single month. And so this particular prayer hub is not for your personal prayers, okay? I've had people try to come in and join who just need personal prayer, and that's okay. We can do that. We'll pray, you know, I'll pray for you, we'll pray together. But the whole point is to pray for revival to intercede for what's going on in this world. Um, and so that's the whole point of that. So again, if you're interested in joining, um, me while we pray together, um, I'll be praying every Monday at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. And you can go to www.awakeningprayerhubs.com and click on Firewall, and then you can, um, just click the link at the top, then the time. All right, so That's out the way. So let's get into today's teaching, you all. So before I go into it, y'all, it's gonna be so good, it's gonna be so good, so excited. I'm gonna go into prayer. And so, Father, I just thank you right now, God, for this day. Holy Spirit, I invite you into this live today, God. I invite you, Lord God, into this space. Holy Spirit, have your way. Holy Spirit, speak through me. Holy Spirit, um, just give me even more insight and revelation into your words today, God. I pray, God, that this word will strengthen your people, edify your people, and encourage them, stretch them, increase their faith, God. But most importantly, God, point them back to you and your son Christ Jesus. So God, I just thank you right now that this live is going to be fiery, it's going to be life-changing, and you will get the glory. In Christ's name I pray, amen. And so if you are joining me on Facebook Live or YouTube Live, I actually have like a little, uh, PowerPoint type presentation, okay? It's very simple, nothing fancy or elegant, but just to kind of keep us on track to know what the topic is about as I'm speaking today. And so, um, you know, if you follow me for a while or heard any of my lives before, you guys know I always have a story behind how God gives me revelation and give me word, especially whenever I'm like releasing a word to the body of Christ and the preparation of that and what that looks like. And so this time is no different, okay? Hello, you guys. Thank you guys so much for joining. And so let me go back a little bit. So, um, I had the Faith and Mental Wellness Summit March 13th and 14th, and it was virtual, okay? It was from 9:00 AM on Monday to about 3:30 on, um, each— for both days, that Monday and Tuesday. And so I was present during the whole entire, um, live, uh, teachings, and I was in the background doing a lot, okay, between me and my assistant. We were doing a lot, but I was doing actually more than he was because he was actually like running, you know, the day for the most part. But I'm still present trying to make sure everything's going great, but also in the background, you know, sending out emails, um, you know, allowing, um, the people to like message me, you know, if they have any questions about anything as far as the speakers. Okay, so long story short, I had got a really bad headache. Okay, so that Monday, by the end of the day, I had like this huge— like my head was hurting so bad. I knew it was because I was taking in so much springtime, um, being, um, virtual. And then also, uh, I was doing a lot. I was doing a lot, y'all. I was actually a little overwhelmed, to be honest, which is kind of natural, uh, given everything that I was doing that particular 2 days and then prior leading up to that. All right, and so that was Monday. So that Monday night, you know, I took a shower, I took ibuprofen, I anointed myself, I prayed over myself, I did all those things. And, um, it got better, but Tuesday it was still pretty— it was still pretty intense, okay? So Tuesday morning I woke up, it was still like lingering. And by the way, you guys, I wear glasses and contacts, so I can't— I can't see. So my left eye has what they call, um, astigmatism in my eye. And so all the pressure was like literally going there to that particular eye, okay? And so, um, I remember I said, God, please like, oof, just help me because I'm struggling. My head hurts so had. And so, um, Tuesday, the last day of the summit, um, I ended up leaving, um, pretty much like an hour or so after that. And I ended up going, um, to get me a massage because my body was just like tense, you know. I had, you know, took on a lot. And so I know I need to go and like relax and just like, whoo, debrief. And so I did. I went. It was great. The massage was amazing. The woman did a great job. She really like targeted my temples, targeted my neck, my shoulders, areas where I carry the most stress at when I do get stressed, okay. And so, um, my head was still hurting. My head was still hurting, you guys. It was still hurting. And so that Wednesday morning, I was scheduled to go to the gym. And so it was like 5:30 in the morning, I'm driving to, to the gym, and I just felt like this, this weight of just worship just fall upon me. And I just begin to worship God. I begin to just worship him for almost like, y'all, about 15, 20 minutes. Like, I was like listening to a song that Holy Spirit put on my heart to listen to, to worship. And I was just crying. It was to the point I couldn't even like get out to go work out. That's how good it was. I was like, oh God, I don't even want to work out. I just want to go and, um, and you know, just sit here in this— in my car, my truck, and just worship you. And so by the time, you know, my spirit came down, I calmed down and everything, I noticed that my headache was gone. And I said, oh my God, like, Lord, thank you for touching my body. Thank you, God, for touching my head because it was hurting just that bad. And so that was that too, on that, that Wednesday morning. Um, then the weekend, the same, that same weekend, um, I was doing my daughter's hair and, um, progressive miracles just kept falling in my spirit. I kept hearing those words, progressive miracle. And I was doing my daughter's hair and, um, God has healed me from a lot of stuff, y'all. A lot, a lot. Some things he did, you know, he did immediately, and there were things that I had to walk out as far as my healing. And so not only just physical, but also mentally, spiritually, okay? And so I was like, God, I was like, man, I said, I wish my eyes were healed. And the Lord said, you never asked me, you never asked me or pursued healing for your eyesight. And I said, oh God, I said, you know what, Lord, you're right, I, I have not did that. And so what God was telling, pretty much showing me, was that you pursue certain things that you need me to do for you in your life, okay? And I have done that before. I had to contend for or pursue healing and miracles in my life to, to, to show up, all right? So today I'm going to share my testimony, one of them, and I'm going to share a teaching that God gave me today, all right? It's going to be a series. I'm not sure how long it will be. I'm not sure if it's going to be 5 weeks, 10 weeks, however long the Lord put it on my heart to share I'm going to do that because I feel like, and I know for sure, that in this hour particularly, people are losing faith in God. People truly don't understand that God is the same God yesterday, today, and forevermore, and he still desires to perform miracles in our lives if we ask him. Hey, hey, hey! I hope you are enjoying this episode so far. Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a raving review. I also want to share with you more about Little Warriors in a Bottle. This is healing anointing oil that God instructed me to prepare back in 2015. I have received so many testimonies since 2015 about this oil. 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And I said, okay God, you know, and I'm not gonna lie, I told my husband this morning, even, um, during that time that I was nervous because I realized that a lot of people have been believing God for something as far as healing of a family member or themselves and it didn't happen. And they either they passed away or, you know, they're still pursuing it. And so I had like some— whoo, you guys, I was like, oh, well, God helped me to really reach these people because there's people who have lost a lot, who have lost so much. Like, they believed you for a miracle, but it didn't happen. And so, you know, I know God's going to give me even more information and revelation on why it didn't happen. He kind of already has, but I want to make sure I have the full revelation of that before I share it with you all today, okay? And so, um, as you can see, once again we're going to talk about progressive miracles. So miracles are all throughout the Bible. In the New Testament, the miracles is also a gift from the Holy Spirit, okay? 1 Corinthians chapter 12 and verse 10. Many people have stopped believing that God is still the same God today, yesterday, and forevermore. Hebrews chapter 13 and verse 8. Some do not believe at all that miracles can still happen in today's time. In this series, I will be sharing my personal testimonies on progressive miracles and teachings that Holy Spirit would give me each week. For how long, as I said earlier, I'm not sure, but the primary goal of this series is to build your faith and inspire you to seek after God with all your heart. Okay, so if you follow me or see me teach, I'm teaching at all, I always like want you like look up word and like define certain words. Okay, so of course the first word I looked up was progressive. Okay, this means happening or developing gradually or in stages, proceeding step by step. Other words for progressive means continuing, continuous, increasing, growing. Developing, ongoing, intensifying, accelerating, escalating, gradual, step by step, and cumulative. Okay, so it's an ongoing thing. Definition of miracle is this: a surprising and welcoming event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency. It does not obey the law of physics or what our human minds can comprehend. I love that. That is so true. That is so true. What I've learned is that when you experience a miracle or see a miracle happen in somebody else's life and there's no law, there's no phys— I mean, I know when miracles are happening, but you still have people who are, you know, into scientific things and into, you know, law of physics, and they don't want to believe that God is real enough to do something this great in our lives. Okay, so I looked up what is the biblical definition of a miracle. It's an extraordinary event taken as a sign of the supernatural power of God. Some synonyms are marvel, phenomenon, rarity, revelation, surprise, wonder, sensational sensation, and supernatural occurrence. Okay, so what is the definition of miraculous? Because like whenever I went and looked up the word a miracle, the word miraculous came up too as well. And that means amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, extraordinary, incredible, inexplicable, magical, marvelous, spectacular, strange, superhuman, supernatural, unbelievable, y'all. And the list goes on. So as you can see, you know, the word miracle carries a lot of weight. It really does. All righty. And so, you know, I was in prayer this morning and asking God, okay, God, give me exactly what it is that you want me to teach. I said, I've read some of these scriptures before, you know, time and time again. I said, give me fresh eyes and fresh revelation of your word and how you want me to give it to your people today. And so the very first thing that he said to me was, my people, we are a walking miracle. The fact that we are here, the fact that we have breath in our lungs that come from the Lord Okay, that is a miracle all in it by itself. All right, and I begin to think about my own life and the things I've endured, the things that I've healed from, the things that God has snatched me out of. Okay, and I'm like, God, my whole entire life is a miracle. My whole entire life is a miracle. I'm not supposed to be here. Am I supposed to be, you know, live here with you all today? What the enemy has set out for me was for me to be somebody, somebody, uh, baby mama with a whole bunch of kids, okay? I came out of poverty. I now, I'm educated. I'm a woman of God. I love God with all my heart. He desired for me to be trapped and stuck in sin. I'm stuck in, you know, generational curses, generational trauma. And all of the above but God. My life is a miracle, and I thank God, you know, daily. And sometimes I get so emotional just thinking about my life and where I come from. And I look at my life now, and I see the hand of God on my life. I see my husband, I see my children, I see how God uses me, Molly, for his people, primarily, mostly in secret. And I'm, I'm fine with that. And so my life alone is a miracle, okay? I'm not going to go into all that today. You know, I did write about it a little bit. It's on my podcast as well where I share, you know, my story about my childhood and my trauma, things I've been through. And so you are a miracle too. You are a walking miracle. You are a walking progressive miracle. Because I know that some of you guys, God is continuing to like refine you. He's still healing you from past things. So it's a miracle, it's a process, okay? You have to walk this thing out. And you know, none of us are perfect, um, but I know I've healed from a lot of major events from my life, okay? The next thing he told me, he said, my son is a miracle. Christ is a miracle. The fact that Mary was pregnant with Jesus by way of the Holy Spirit is a miracle all by itself, y'all. It's a miracle all by itself because, as you know, in order to get pregnant, you must have, you know, those eggs have to come together with sperm to produce a baby, okay? Whether you are, you know, having sex, whether you are, um, you go and you get injected, however you do it, it takes that for you to get pregnant, okay? And what you do is between you and the Lord. Okay, and so he was saying that his son is a miracle, his life is a miracle. Christ himself was a progressive miracle. Think about it, right? He was born, he was born, he's a baby, he grew from a little boy to a teenager to a man to, uh, the one who went on the cross and died for our sins. He died, rose on the third day after getting the keys from hell to get authority so we can have authority through him. Think about that. That's a progressive miracle, okay? That blessed me. I'm like, God, that is so true. That is so, so, so true, okay? And so as I begin to, um, do some more studying, and I'm like, okay God, give me some word to back this up, give me some word to really share with your people today to, um, meditate on. So let's look at Matthew chapter 14, verses 15 through 21. Um, as evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, this is a remote place and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away so that they can go to the village and buy themselves some food. Christ replied, they should not go away. You give them something to eat. And the, um, the disciple said this. He said, we, we have here only 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. Okay. And Jesus said, bring them here to me. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the 5 loaves and the 2 fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up 12 basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about 5,000 men besides women and children. And so, as you can see, they gave Jesus 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish, okay? And what Jesus did was he prayed over it, he gave thanks for it, and I'm pretty sure he asked— he asked God to multiply, to multiply, right? Feed God, feed your people, okay? And so then it says here, because it's commentary, so Christ offered up a prayer of blessing before the Lord. To increase this fish and this bread. 2 fish, 5 loaves of bread to feed 5,000 men, not including women, women and children. And so oftentimes, you know, as believers, right, or not just believers but people in general, we're always looking for a sign. We want God to always prove himself to us. God, show me who you are. If you are the God of the universe, if you're the God of this earth, if you're the God over all gods, 'Father, please, like, show me a sign or a miracle,' right? Because people, we are visual people, and we want to see things manifest for us to believe, right? But here, as you can see, you know, this is a progressive miracle that happened. There was no fire, there was no thunder, there was no earthquake. There were— he didn't have an Elijah experience. He didn't have an experience where all these things were happening in nature and then boom, it happened. No, he just prayed to God. He had faith that God would do it and God did it. And so oftentimes, right, whenever we're pursuing God for healing or pursuing God for a miracle, it takes time. It takes time. And I read more commentary and it said that, you know, when you look at the Bible you know, yes, you see Christ doing all these miracles, signs, and wonders like immediately, and it still happens. I've still— I've seen that happen. I've seen people receive like healing on the spot, but I also seen people who God performed a miracle but they still had to walk out certain aspects of their progressive miracle, okay? And I have myself also experienced that as well, a progressive miracle. Now this one time but many times, okay? And so the question— so when I'm teaching and I'm like looking at the word of God, I believe what God is saying in the scripture. Sometimes I'm like, whoa, okay God, this is— whoa, this is like, wow, I'm in awe and I'm in shock, right? Because the word sometimes, like the revelation that God give me, it just be like mind-blowing at times. And so I try my best to look at scripture as well from the outside looking in And I'm like, what question would somebody have about progressive miracles? What questions would someone want to, you know, ask Holy Spirit as to why he does things a certain way? And so I asked God, I said, God, so why do you operate in progressive miracles? Why not just like perform the miracle, make it, you know, um, instant for us so that we would not be suffering anymore? Right? So I'm pretty sure we will all love that, including myself, okay? And so the Holy Spirit revealed to me this. He says, number one, he wants to build your faith in him, okay? So as you grow in your faith, this pleases God. Hebrews chapter 6 says this: Without faith, it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists. And he rewards those who earnestly seek him. And so faith pleases God. He delights as you continue to walk in faith, even though you might not see it, even though you don't, you know, feel like it's not working. But your belief, your mindset, and all you need is a mustard seed of faith. That's all you need. That's all you need is a mustard seed of faith. And as God began to prove to you who he is through progressive healing through progressive miracles, it builds your faith in him. And so you can believe God for bigger and bigger and bigger. I remember I was a baby in Christ, like God would do little stuff for me, right? Not little stuff, but things that were where I was at, okay? A baby in Christ. And I'm just like, oh wow, you know, I was part of a ministry, the Fivefold Ministry, as well. And they operated heavily in miracles, signs, and wonders. And I was like, whoa, like this right here, this is like Whoa, next level, okay? It was like intense in a good way. And so my faith actually grew pretty quickly because I saw that operating. I saw how God was healing his people. I had experienced supernatural healing, um, in this ministry, okay? And so God grew me up in the area of faith really quickly, really quickly, you guys. And so I actually do have the gift of faith, as it says in, um, 1 Corinthians. I think it's chapter Don't quote me on that. I think chapter 12. Yeah, chapter 12. And so I had the gift of faith, okay? Number 2, the reason why God operates in progressive miracles is to build an authentic relationship with him, okay? So think about this, right? Think about a child and their parent, okay? So if every time the child say mom or dad or whoever, grandma, grandpa, whoever it is, uh, uncle, whatever, whoever it is, right, the caregiver and like, hey, I need money for this, or I need that, and they always just give it to them when they ask. They're only going to come to that person— the child only gonna go to that person wherever they need something. And God is like, I'm not a genie. He's a whole being. He's a person. Holy Spirit is a person too, okay? He has feelings like we have feelings too, because the word of God says that we are made in his image. So God has emotions, y'all. He has emotions, okay? And so he desires to have intimacy with us. He desires to love on us. He desires for us to get to know him because he knows us, right? And so if we only go to God when we need something and it happens, you're probably not going to invest in your time with him. You're probably not going to really invest in getting to know God's character and allowing him to do a true work in you. You only go to him when you need something. And so when God operates in progressive miracles and you're pursuing him and you're praying, you're believing, and you're reading the word of God, you are also building a relationship with the Lord, okay? And many people, they do, they do give up because they get tired of waiting on certain things, okay? And the third thing the Holy Spirit gave me was this: the reason why God operates in progressive miracles is to produce the fruit of spirit in us according to Galatians chapter 5, and that is patience. Patience. Patience. Oh my God, I think a lot of us struggle with that at some point, right? Patience. So in other words, patience, um, also means your composure, diligence, endurance, fortitude, grit, humility, moderation, um, persevering, self-control, tolerance, you know, backbone, and so, so much more. And so the fruit— one of the fruit of the Spirit is patience. God wants to produce patience in us, endurance in us, and continue to build our faith and our relationship with him. This is why we have to have what we call progressive miracles. You know, and I'll share this story as well when it comes to, uh, my— okay, my mother-in-law, she don't mind if I share her story. So, you know, many, many, many years ago, you know, she struggled with, you know, drinking. It's been a while, it's been a long time now, okay? And so God performed a miracle for her, and he literally took the taste of alcohol out of her mouth to the point where she only craved water, okay? She had no desire to drink alcohol within them. A moment, y'all. It was a miracle. That's a— that's an instant miracle. But there were some things that she was enduring and battling with in her body, right? And so God didn't take that from her. He could have, but in that she pursued God, in that she sought God, she prayed, she prayed, she, she pursued him, she pursued a relationship with him, she was able to hear God, she was able to to feel, you know, it's so much that goes into that, you guys. And so as she begin to walk it out, God begin to heal her from other areas of her life. And so that's where we're building that momentum in relationship with the Holy Spirit, okay? And so that's all I have, I would say, for part 1 of this particular teaching, okay? So every time I go live on this particular series, I'mma share scripture and then I'mma share a testimony. And so now I'm going to part 2, which is sharing my testimony about progressive healing. Okay, so back in 2019, um, in the fall, I was going to a gym local— locally in my area, and I was like working out pretty hard. I'm, I'm not gonna lie, I had a personal trainer. I mean, she was great. I mean, she was, she was good, but she had me doing a lot of like overhead pressing, right? We take the weight and I had like one of like big old huge weights, right, where you got going over your head like this, okay? But we had been doing that a lot that week and I was like, okay, I feel like this is maybe too much on my body. Like, this is— it seemed to be a little intense, but I like a challenge, okay? So I kept on, kept on going. So one particular day I was in the gym and I was doing that, she was there with me. I felt like a pop in my arm here, right here, and I was like, oh God, that cannot be good, that this cannot be good, okay? And so, you know, I put the weight down, I felt fine in that moment, you know. I went home, I told my husband, I said, yeah, I was at the gym today and this like something like pop. He was like, his eyes got real big like, oh Lord, what's going on, right? So the next morning I woke up, I was in like pain. It wasn't horrible, but it was like, it was kind of up there. And so I was like, okay, oh, what happened? And so, you know, I took pain medicine and all that good stuff. You know, when you work out, depending on how hard you work out, you know, you feel sore the next day, right? And even the second day, okay? So then, um, by like that third day, by the time I woke up in the morning, y'all, I could not move my arm. I could not move my arm to the point where my husband had to help me get dressed, like help me put my shirt on. He had to, you know, he had to tie my shoe for me. Like, he was just so attentive. Like, babe, like, you need to go get checked out. And I'm like, no, I'm fine, you know, it's okay. But it kept— it wasn't changing, y'all. It was getting worse. So he said, no, I don't care what you say, go to urgent care today. Go. No, you need to go. So I go to urgent care and, oh, well, we're going to order you an MRI because we can't really tell what's wrong with your, with your shoulder. Okay, so I had to, you know, come back a different time to get the MRI scheduled. It's a whole process, right, with insurance stuff. So I'm still in pain, I'm still hurting, and so I, I'mma go like a week later to get the MRI done, and they tell me you have a tear in your rotatory cup. Your— I can't pronounce the word right now, y'all, sorry. I have a tear right here in my shoulder. And they were like, um, but it can get better, but it's going to take time. So I'm like, okay, cool. So talk to my doctor. Y'all end up having to get like cortisone shots in my back. It was so bad. It was— I was in so much pain. Um, I end up having to go to rehab for about 4 months. I was going to rehab about 2 or 3 times a week. Um, I had to get dry needling in my back where they take the needle and they kind of like go through the muscles in your back Uh, my physical therapist at the time, his name was Tyler. He was amazing. He was very patient with me. But y'all, I was in so much pain. And so, you know, I told the gym what happened. Of course, you know, it's a liability, you know, this is— no, it's on you. You signed up, you know, a liability release contract, whatever you want to call it. And so I couldn't get any, you know, help there. And I thought I was going to heal pretty quickly, y'all, but I wasn't. I wasn't healing fast at all whatsoever. And so I began to cry out to God, and I'm like, God, um, I can't live my life like this. I said, um, it's my fault for pushing myself. I know that it's my fault. I said, but Lord, I got too much to do. I said, I got children. I said, I have my husband. I said, I have things to do for the kingdom. I have I got things to do and I can't operate like this in pain 24/7, okay? I took ibuprofen, I end up getting some turmeric, I was going to the chiropractor and also using my own anointing oil, okay? I get, um, into this in a moment. And so I remember I was, I'm in prayer at the altar and I was praying, I'm talking to my husband. My husband's very present, y'all. Y'all don't see him on social media, but he's very present in present in my life and everything, okay? So he come upstairs with me, he was like, babe, let's pray. So I'm like, babe— I was just crying. I'm like, God, babe, it hurts so bad. Like, it hurts so bad. I was like crying. I was in pain all the time. And so he began to like massage my back, he began to put the oil on my back for me. He said, the Lord said just keep doing what you're doing and he is going to provide a miracle for you. I said, I need a miracle because I cannot live like this. I was irritable, I was aggravated, you know, I was just really going through a lot of emotions because I was just in pain all the time. I ended up having to go get shots in my back 3 different times. My doctor at the time, he was amazing. He was like, well, Miss Torres, he was like, you know, you can get surgery, but I don't advise it for you. He said, number one, he said, you're still young. He said, and if you get this surgery on your shoulder, it can cause your shoulder to be stuck that way. So however way your shoulder heals, your shoulder gonna begin to lock up like that, okay? So I'm like, oh God. He said, so just keep going, keep going to rehab, keep doing your exercises, keep doing all these different things, okay? And also, um, I went to the chiropractor, but I noticed that depending on who was working that day, not everyone was equipped to really help my shoulder to get better. So certain ones really understood that, you know, the whole shoulder part, and some of them didn't. So I had to actually stop going because the doctor told me, you actually like, you know, taking like 5 steps back whenever you go to the wrong person. So you better off just exercising when you can, doing rehab, um, getting the shots in your back. You're better off doing those things, okay? And so I stopped going to chiropractor. I did rehab for about 4 months, and here it is, it's 2020 at this point. So it's 2020 going into the fall, and I'm just like, God, I need a miracle, Lord. I need a miracle. I need a miracle, Lord. I just cried. So I began to anoint myself with this oil every single day, and I can feel myself getting better over time. It took some time. I could tell God was working, but my shoulder also had became frozen. And so frozen, what that means is that my shoulder had experienced so much trauma that it was trying to defend itself, and so it actually had locked up on me. So I couldn't raise my hand up high like this. It was like this, like this high. Can y'all see me? Like this high. Okay, and then, um, I couldn't like put it behind my back. I couldn't like lift my shoulder, my, my arm up my back. I mean, y'all, it was bad. Like, I don't wish that process and pain on nobody. Um, thank God for my husband. He was so patient. He was like, babe, keep going, babe, work out today. And so not only that, you know, I was still doing cardio, but I couldn't do any weights yet. I couldn't. I can only do about 5 pounds of lightweight. So even doing that It was a lot on my body. I'll be exhausted from just doing rehab for 30 minutes, you know, for, you know, twice a week. I was exhausted. My body was like literally trying to fight and rehabilitate. So I was doing that, using my oil, you know, all that good stuff. And so in the fall of— I think it was 2019, 2020 with the pandemic— that was during the time that I was going to rehab, getting shots in my back. Then we go into 2021. Okay, and I'm getting better, but it's still not where it should be. Okay, so in the fall of 2021, I end up going to a conference, a conference, um, in Florida. And, um, y'all, it was amazing. It was like for almost 4 hours straight, we were in just God's presence. We was praising, we was worshiping. We was in prayer. It was just so, so, so amazing. And so, um, after it was over, you know, I had a hotel room with me and my sister and her daughter. Went back to the hotel, and, um, it's like, have you ever like been so high on the spirit with the Lord to the point where you don't like feel nothing? Like, I didn't feel anything at that point because I was so like in God's presence that particular night that I was just consumed with his, with his glory, y'all, to be honest. So, you know, I went to bed that night, I went to sleep. It's like September 2021. Woke up the next morning at a hotel, and I was— I got up, you know, got out of bed and checked my phone and, you know, reading my devotional. And then I sitting on the edge of the bed at the hotel, and I was like, wait a minute. I was like, hold up, my shoulder. Hold up, Lord, hold up, y'all. My shoulder had no pain at all whatsoever, whatsoever. And I was able to lift my arm up straight, okay, y'all. I said, oh my God, oh my God! I was like yelling, and she was talking about my shoulder, my shoulder, my shoulder. So like, y'all, I went into pure weeping mode, okay. I went on the balcony and I played, um, the song by Maverick City, Wait on You, and I just played it like over and over again. I would just crying and just worshiping God. Because I don't think— like, I want y'all to really get this, y'all. So from 2019 all throughout 2020, okay, then 2021 is when I got my full healing from my shoulder being injured, okay? The doctors didn't do it. I— Shakeeta Torres didn't do it. I was doing— I was doing all the things in the natural to show that I was serious about my— about God giving me a miracle in this particular area. I prayed. I know on my shoulder almost every single day I spoke life to my shoulder. I said, you know what, I speak to every muscle, every ligament, every fiber, every tendon. Holy Spirit, I ask you, God, to go in, God, and do surgery on my shoulder. Like, that's kind of prayers I do over myself, my family, other people, all that, okay? I spoke life into my shoulder, life into my shoulder. So whatever it is that you're battling with You have got to speak life into it. You have got to work that miracle. You have got to pursue God. I said, God, I don't care what it costs me, but God, I need this to happen. And so once again, that's your faith in action. That's your faith operating. And God, it pleases God. And it makes God think, you know what, she believe in me for this. Okay, I got something for her. I got something for him. Okay, that pleases the Lord. And no matter how I felt in my body, no matter what was going on over that year and a half or so, I still believe God for a miracle, and God did that, y'all. Okay, and so, you know, I went to the doctor. He was like, wait a minute. He was like, your shoulder— he was like, you're doing a lot with that shoulder. And I'm like, I am, right? And so then, you know, after that as well, I had to keep, um, like working out and doing those certain things because I was weak. It was healed, but it was weak. And so I had to start working out again. So anyway, long story short, last year, 2022, I was working out a little bit here and there at home, going to the gym, taking it easy. Um, and I said, God, you know, I really want to really get back into like doing weights again because I know that, you know, it's good for your body, men and women, to do weights, okay? It preserves those muscles, okay? You need muscle to like sustain your body and your structure and all that good stuff, right? So I'm not about— I'm not a bodyweight champion or nothing like that. That's not what I'm saying. But it is good to do that for your body, all right? And so, um, I ended up rejoining a gym that I used to be a part of before the pandemic, um, which is Orange Theory in Fayetteville. Hey, you guys, how you guys doing? And so, um, I started back going there, and like, this is definitely like you doing rowing, you doing weights, you doing cardio, you doing all of the above, okay? So now I'm back and I'm going there about 3 or 4 times a week, okay? So your girl can lift about like 40, 50 pounds now, not like those but, you know, squats and things like that. But I can go overhead and stuff now, about 20, 25 pounds. Before, I could do maybe about 5 pounds or less. Okay, and so that is an example in my testimony of just one progressive miracle that God did in my life, y'all. And there's so much more I want to share with you all in the next coming weeks about how God healed me from things also mentally, um, spiritually, okay, that I had to contend for and contend with. And so we live in a society where I feel like, you know, people, they're looking for God to do something for them right now, right? And again, as I shared before, you know, God wants to produce patience in you, he wants to produce faith in you, He wants your faith to be increased. He wants to build a relationship with you, right? Because we— it's like, once again, it's just— I see it all the time. We see it on social media, like nothing can hold our attention past 10 minutes, if that, these days, okay? Because there's so much going on, okay? But do you believe God? What do you believe in God for? And so with that being said, um, as I said before, this is the oil that I have been making. Since 2015. I do have a video about this on YouTube that I've done. I'm sharing more details about it, so I'm not going to go over all that today. It's just, it's going to be too long. Um, but I do sell this oil now, and to be honest, initially I didn't want to because I'm like, God, I don't want to like pimp my anointing in a sense. And I share more about it on my video as well. But what God shared with me, he was like, your oil on your life, it came with a cost, okay? You can't keep giving your oil away. Pretty much. And so I have been praying over my own oil for me and my family and others. My God, like I said before, since 2015. And initially I used to give them away, right? And God told me to stop, stop giving it away. Now there are times when God will put it on my heart, especially my husband's heart, to give it to people that he know, or he might see on, you know, Facebook group, whatever, and they end up buying it because it blessed them so much, okay? And so, um, y'all, it's just a lot. This I have, y'all. Y'all go to my website, www.empoweredpurposeacademy.com/shop. Um, I'll put the link as well, um, here, um, in you on my video. But if you on Instagram, if you go to the bio section and click on my link to my website, you'll see a link that says Little Warriors on a bottle— in a bottle. And when you click on that link, it'll take you to a page to see testimonials, okay? And so in that link, you'll be able to, um, see a guide where I create— God had me create with people's testimonials. Um, this morning the Lord told me, I want you to create small videos sharing these testimonies that people have given you over the years, okay? It's not all of them, okay? Um, one recent testimony I was— I received from a woman of God back in February, me and my sister hosted a women's conference called Inside Out. And, you know, I had made some fresh oil before the conference, okay? And I'll tell you a little bit about that experience. And so, um, she told me— Shakeeta, she said, hey, when you, you know, get done speaking or whatever, she said, I want to buy oil from you. I'm like, okay. Well, y'all, we ran out of time, okay? The conference was just so powerful and so great that we had to like get out. And so I didn't know that my husband had saw her outside and she ended up giving my husband cash to buy oil, okay? So I didn't get a chance to talk to her or anything like that. And so, um, like 2 days later, my sister called me, Shakeeta. She was like, um, remember the woman who bought oil from you? I'm like, I kind of do, but I didn't give it to her, my husband did. So I don't know what kind of talk they had or whatever. Long story short, she said that, um, her son had came out of prison and was living with her. And so when he was living with her, he was pretty much like tormenting her, like just cursing her, coming up against her. And what is her son— he's got out of prison, she wanted to help him, but he was just being so just nasty towards her. So she anointed like his feet, his clothes, his room while he was asleep at night. And then the very next morning, she said he woke up and he was like throwing up, throwing up, throwing up, throwing up, throwing up. I was like, what, are you serious? And she like, she told my sister that he had received deliverance. Like, whatever he was battling with, whatever that was, um, any, any, you know, was like, you know, trying to use against her through him, God said, nah, we, we done with that. This is why it's called little wars in a bottle. And again, I'm not going to go into the whole spiel of that and all that, but I will share with you about, about this oil. Okay, so for me, like I said, I made it 2015, and I probably made so far about 4 batches of oil. It is like— and for me, it's like, it's very intense for me preparing to make this oil because I get nervous. Let me tell you why I get nervous, because I know that, you know, I'm about to like encounter God's like full countenance. Not full, but like really encountering him in a very unique way that don't happen often. So you ever read the story about Moses and how, you know, he had to turn his back to God because it was like his presence was just so like— it was just so powerful and so strong? That's how it is, to be honest. Okay, um, and so the last time I made the oil, I said, okay God, I'm like, um, but I made the oil, like what you want me to do? Because like I know I'm about to like step into his glory. And he said, um, I want you to wash your hands, I want you to wash your feet, okay, before you come in my presence. I'm like, okay. So I had to go wash my hands, my feet, all this stuff. And so I went to my prayer altar, and immediately, like immediately, I fall to the ground. I couldn't get up, I couldn't get up. I had the, you know, the, the, the bottle in my hand, um, I had it open, and all I can do was just start speaking in my heavenly language and just pray. I was there probably about half an hour just doing that nonstop. And each time I pray over these, over the oil, it's been a different experience for me. And what I've noticed too as well is that every batch I've made over the years becomes stronger and stronger and stronger. And that's because the anointing of my life is increasing, okay? Uh, my, my anointing is increasing, my knowledge increasing. And so as you— as I grow from faith to faith and glory to glory, right, and I'm doing what God's asking me to do the oil becomes more powerful. And so when I first made the oil, I was nervous. I was like, I was like, oof, I can't even put into words, y'all. Like, it's a lot. Like, I'm fumbling a little bit because my brain is like trying my best to really explain to you all verbally the power of this oil. And I don't think I can ever truly really explain it. And I tell people all the time, I hardly ever talk about this oil on social media because for one, I want people to get the oil who God is calling to buy this oil, okay? Because you'll receive what you believe in God for, either it'll be right now, it happened immediately, or what happened over time. Just like for me, this oil worked for me and my shoulder over time. The things that God was asking me to do, like going to rehab, you know, going, going to physical therapy you know, doing all the things I'm supposed to do in addition to my prayer and this oil, it— I got a miracle. Okay, see the miracle. There are times where I've used this oil and I've seen things happen instantly and break instantly. Okay, and so today I'm not going to go into every single testimony I received so far, um, but you know, as I was saying before, go to the link in my bio if you're on Instagram and you'll be able to see, um, where I put, you know, Little Warriors in a Bottle. You click on that link. And then, um, up here on YouTube or Facebook, go to www.empoweredwithacademy.com/shop and you'll see the oil in there, um, as well. And so it's according to your faith, to be honest. According to your faith, um, according to your faith, y'all. Like, my brain right now is just swirling around with all these different testimonies that I received over the years. And one of my prayers is that God let this oil reach people I'll never ever meet. Because— and I'm okay with that, all right? Yes, I want to hear people's stories and testimonies, but because it helps me to keep going, it increases, you know, it helps me to keep— okay, God, I'm doing the right thing, you know, I'm gonna keep going. Because the enemy tries to attack me to make me think that, why are you wasting your time? Like, why are you doing that, right? But it's just the enemy trying to sow, you know, seeds of doubt into my mind, into my spirit about this oil, when I know this oil is powerful. And so I will be talking about this oil pretty much every single week because every testimony I had so far is about this oil. Now let me tell you this, do you need oil to heal? No, you don't need oil to heal, okay? This is just a resource. God is the source. I'm just a resource, right? And God let me know because of my faith, because I carry the gift of faith, because I carry the anointing of God on my life Some of that's in this bottle. So if you want to make your own, your own oil, go ahead, go right ahead. I'm okay with that. I'm not, I'm not offended, okay? But you do need to have faith, faith to use this oil. So, but anywho, I don't keep on going about it right now, but, um, yes, progressive miracles, progressive miracles. And so I pray that this, um, has blessed you guys. Um, thus far. And I'm going to say a prayer and pray us out. Um, but before I do, I had to make, I think, one more announcement. I think I already made it. Yep, already made it. So Father, I just thank you right now, God, for every single listener, for those who will come back and watch the replay. Holy Spirit, I ask you, God, to just invade their hearts, their space, their minds, God, and remind them, God, that you love them unconditionally and that, God, they are fearfully and wonderfully made and they are made in made in your image. And if, God, we are made in your image, God, that means that, God, you love us. You know what we're going through. You know every emotion, every pain, every physical ailment, God, every mental, um, ailment, God, that we're going through. And so, Father, I ask you, God, to release your healing virtue, release your healing power unto your people on today. Holy Spirit, I pray that this word today has increased their faith, has caused them to go back to you to seek instructions, to seek strategy, to meditate in your word. Holy Spirit, I ask you, God, just to have your way in their lives. Holy Spirit, I ask you, God, to answer, um, their prayers. God, let them know, God, where they are, where they stand with you. And so, God, I thank you again for the opportunity to be able to just share your word, to teach your people, Lord. Father, I pray that, God, you are pleased. I pray, I pray, God, that you get all the glory and all the honor. In Christ's name I pray, amen and amen. So that's all I have for today. If you guys want to go back and look at the replay, you can. I'm not sure if any of you guys left any comments because I was just going, going, going. Let's see, some— okay, waving at everybody. All right, so that's all I have. I'm gonna go in on Instagram. Okay, and then on Facebook, I'm going to end. Thank you all so much for watching. Um, Lord willing, I will see you all on next week. All right, bye. Thank you so much for being here today. If you liked today's episode, please take out time to rate my podcast and subscribe and share with your family and your friends. Thanks again, and I will talk to you soon. Shakeeta Torres.