Sep 26, 2022
Re-set. Lifted out of the pit of despair to a new direction of life, guest author, speaker, and founder of Bold University, Latoya Rattery shares her God story as inspiration and motivation to our audience. Latoya offers some great tips with prayer on how to re-set from a past of broken pieces.
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Kimberly Hobbs
Welcome to Empowering Lives with Purpose. And I'm your host,
Kimberly Hobbs. I'm the founder of Women World Leaders. We are so
happy that you decided to join with us today. And can we all
welcome our guest, Mrs. Latoya Rattery welcome, Latoya.
Latoya Rattery
Thank you for having me, Kimberly. Hello, everyone who's out there
watching tonight. Or in the morning.
Kimberly Hobbs
I know all over the world. We don't know what they're tuning in.
And Latoya, where are you from?
Latoya Rattery
Yes, I was originally I was born in Jamaica. Actually. I came to
the US when I was nine years old. And I moved to West Palm Beach,
Florida. And after high school, I moved to Orlando. And so I've
been in Orlando for almost eight or 10 years after college. And so
I'm here now just really enjoying Orlando, and open to move if God
said so. Yeah.
Kimberly Hobbs
Well, Orlando is awesome, the home of Disney World. And I'm sure
everybody that lives in Orlando is so used to people identifying
Orlando with Disney. So we are so happy ladies that you joined with
us today. And we are going to be talking about reset. And we are
hoping that today's podcast interview is going to inspire you and
encourage you and strengthen you and empower you in the Lord Jesus
Christ to walk out your beautiful purpose that God has just for
you. God says that they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and
the word of their testimony. That's revelation 1211. And ladies,
Latoya is going to share her story in just a moment. But first I
want to introduce a little bit about who she is. And Latoya is a
speaker. She is an ordained evangelists and our business coach.
She's a transformation leader who is compassionate about seeing
individuals live a life of enjoyment, growth and freedom. Latoya
has worked developing programs around the world with empowering
women and youth. She has experience in health, social behavior,
case management, program development and education. Latoya is the
founder of bold University of faith based wellness and business
network that educates and empowers and engages women to advance
their spiritual, personal and professional development. Latoya
helps women in leadership establish wellness roadmaps to improve
their standards in life and business. Latoya has her degree in
psychology and is pursuing right now her master's in leadership.
She's been featured in magazines, and on podcasts on TV shows and
also a top five finalists in the 2020 Coca Cola pitch competition,
and a member of the Christian coaches Alliance. And we're happy to
welcome Latoya here today with us as our guest and she is one busy
woman. Let me tell you, my goodness, this girl. So I am so happy
again to be able to share this time with you Latoya and with our
audience. So can you talk to us a little bit, we're going to talk
about reset today and you have a lot of goodies in store for us.
But you have a story, Latoya, we all have a story. And you had some
brokenness, and God brought you from brokenness to reset. So can
you share with us a little bit about your story before we get
started?
Latoya Rattery
Yes, I love, Kimberly, I love the fact that you said we all have a
story. That bio, that BIOS my story, but it's just it sounds like
it's confetti ease. But never the pain have been highlighted in it.
And so when God brought me from brokenness to reset was everything
because it started there. A couple of years ago, before I was at
University of Central Florida. That's when I really met Christ. And
I grew up in a family, a Christian family that had Christian values
took me to church and was church but never really had a
relationship with God never really had an encounter with God, but
feared Heaven and Hell, in some aspect, because it was taught in
some way. So when I got off to college, it was like party time.
Let's go out let's have fun. I went to the club. I had funded
everything that was not price like and there came a time in my
turning life while I was in college, that the Lord was pulling on
me, but I didn't really know. And so after that I went through a
time period of disbelief about heaven and hell, and so mind you
that month reminding you that I went to church when I was younger,
but never really had that encounter with God. And so I really cried
out to God one night after I broke up a relationship with a guy
that I used to talk to. And I said to God, I, you know, after God
start pulling on you, everything that you used to do, don't feel
the same. And the things that you used to say doesn't, you know, be
the same, because God is now ready for that always been ready for
you, but he's tugging at you. And so that was my situation. And so
I remember that and knocked down on my knees, and I said, God, if
you are real, you're gonna have to show me that you're real. I
became like, the doubting Thomas like, because I was dealing with
this disbelief, if this heavenly father that I was going to church
clapping for singing on the choir, is he really real because I
never really had an encounter with them. And so long story short, I
came into a time where I surrendered my life to God. And that's
begin and openness of my brokenness where God started to open up
and unlock in the hurt and the things that he was ready to deal
with me with. And so that started the broken area, in in me where
God started breaking those things. And so later on, I started
looking at my life rejection and different things like that, that
I've been through and how God wanting to use it. And so it leading
into so many things have fallen my pathway based on generational
stuff, some things consequences, or things or decisions that I've
made. And so all of this God of wanting to take, and so I can
recall and and, and I can recall a time when I was moving in
college, and I remember moving, like I was moving something
downstairs like the third floor. And it was, I believe it was like
a glass and I remember the glass broke from the third floor. And
guess what happened when glass broke, it shatters. So the glass is
everywhere. And what Revelation that brought to my mind in order
for God, and it is something that always embedded in from in order
for God to to use you, he has to break you. And so what happened,
when you look at the glass, the glasses were able to be distributed
everywhere. And so that is the process of God has given me an
example of Latoya, what it means to truly be broken, is that you
are going to be broken. But one thing about broken glass, that you
can use those as making it in beautiful, beautiful masterpieces.
And that's where the reset start.
Kimberly Hobbs
Oh my goodness, amen. Amen to that. And when you just said that I
always love sharing this verse, but Ephesians 210, so that we are
God's masterpiece, right? We're created anew in Christ Jesus to do
the very good things that he planned for us long ago. And I am so
thankful that he took all your broken pieces and reset them onto a
new path in life. And God's Word also says that as soon as I pray,
you answer me, you encourage me by giving me strength. And this is
really beautiful. Because that's Psalm 138. Three, God took
everything he formed you back gave you strength, and he reset. So
reset was in your belief, your image and your purpose, which you
were telling me about earlier, when we were able to share together,
Latoya. So can you talk to us a little bit about some of these
things, the belief, the image, the purpose and what you can do to
reset?
Latoya Rattery
Year, so reset started for me, reset has been an echo. Honestly,
with the bold University, we have a reset club. And is really for
women who have dealt with burnout or those individuals are high
achievers and not resetting. And so reset is everywhere. But with
my personal life when I really created and courageous space. For a
professional working woman, I wanted the corporate woman to know
that you bleed too. And you hurt too. And just because you have an
education, and you have an amazing bio, there is scars on the
inside of you that you probably work over, you might have went into
relationship with the same scar, but you cannot unpack the old you
to think that you can get your new you the Bible that is no god
that in order for us to, to live again is to be born again. And the
Bible also flutters in the know that God wants everything new, but
he doesn't put new wine in old wine skin. And so when I remember
that I understand that God is not going to patch you up with all
new things. He's ready to kind of make you over. And so for me, I
began to see how God was not so much of a call to ministry. But God
is more concerned. He's so concerned about the man internally than
even the man's ministry. Because what profits for man to gain the
whole world and lose it lose our soul. So as I begin to see that
God wanted to go internally, and deal with Latoya, and heal me, in
order for me to be called, and continue to do the work that he has
called me to do. And so that deals with my image. So for a long
time, God, I knew that God has called me and we were talking about
how do you reset, the first thing is your image, I want you to know
that I dealt with low self esteem, I dealt with issue for those
ladies who are Listen, listen, and now you are those are the things
that you you might be dealing with. And those are the images of the
enemies goal is to allow you to feel as if you're not beautiful,
you're not confident that the scar that you have is the thing that
makes you feel guilty and shameful. And I look at your image to be
even your your story as well, there's some story that we're not
happy about. There's some things that I wasn't happy about and even
share it. And so with that, I realized that God has a way to allow
us to look at him in his image and his likeness, because we were
created in His image and his likeness. And so as I understand those
things, I realized that I have to first get into know my imaging
God. And that started helping my belief a little bit. Because when
I realized that I was transforming, and the image of God and in the
likeness of God, it has nothing, the best way to change my mindset,
how was looking at myself the belief, what am I? How am I thinking,
what am I doing with my time? How am I building my mindset? What am
I doing to change my mental state, because I know that it's going
to change someone else. And so as I went deeper and realize that
God wanted to heal trauma and things that I didn't know, that was
trauma. And so as I begin to move into those things, in my belief
start changing, I realized that God is ready to talk purpose to me,
because oftentimes, we move into purpose and thing, our purpose
will, it will, it has a way to change your image, and it has a way
to change your belief. But many women today has taken their careers
as purpose. Yeah, and just because you're doing a role, and or they
have even allow themselves to be confined in certain position,
because that's what the image, that's the mindset, you can't go
around the block. You know, that's what you're thinking, you're not
passing any milestones. And so we cannot box ourselves in, when it
comes to our belief. God wants us to expand our mind, and I had to
get there to a place where I start saying, God, no longer I start
thinking little of myself, but it's time for me to see me the way
that God sees me.
Kimberly Hobbs
Amen. Amen. Wow, you really touched on a lot of things there. That
is amazing. And and God says that is soon as, as soon as you pray,
he hears our prayers, right? That scripture I shared just before
you started and and there were so many things you were trying to do
in your life, that it it's useless for you. But God's word says
it's useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late
at night, anxiously working for food to eat, when God will give you
rest he's gonna give rest to his loved ones, right? And he gave you
that rest LaToya and allowed you to put the broken pieces back
together and show you what he can do with your life and give you
purpose is which is what he did. And ladies, that Scripture is
found found in Psalms 127. To that he will give you rest, he will
put those pieces back together, he's going to heal those broken
pieces of your past. And then he's going to reset your life into a
new purpose. And as LaToya and I were talking about a little bit
about her sharing her story and the broken pieces and everything
she was telling me about prayer therapy, and freedom and
deliverance in prayer therapy. Can you talk about that a little bit
for our audience?
Latoya Rattery
Yes. This has been and this has been a journey with God when it
comes to ministry and everything that prayer therapy started was
that I was praying, I was praying about God, deliver God save God,
renew my belief. God renewed my purpose, God in my image, and I and
I was pushing towards Jesus and I was pushing towards the
community, of having a church family, which I still do today and
have the privilege to serve with my leaders. But God brought up
something that I think we have made an option and not a
requirement, a part of our DNA, to change our DNA and to be a part
of our life and the Word is therapy. Many of us are shun it, some
of us have shun it, some of us don't have a therapist, I'm a life
coach. But I truly believe that you need a therapist as well. And
so when I started looking at the way of, of looking at, you know,
just really serving the Lord, and going after God, there is trauma
in itself or anything with pain is on process at times. And so it's
important with prayer therapy, it is really a spiritual
intervention. And I'm looking so forward to doing retreats on
prayer therapy, because there's a lot of things when it comes to
deliverance and freedom, freedom from mental illness, freedom, from
the abuse, those things that you might be going to therapy for, but
there's not any prayer that's connected to it. Not all says this,
do pray. And it depends on what type of therapist that you're going
through your sin. But I truly believe in the power of prayer as
well. And it's so important to integrate those things. And so I
want to create spaces for women who have undergone trauma or mental
illnesses. And we are in a society today. And when you look around
it, many woman, especially in the church, don't know what wellness
look like, for us. What are some things that we can do, and then it
becomes this do and don'ts. But there's something that God wants us
to get back to is the power of prayer, and the power of
communication. And prayer don't have to always be you, Warren and
prayer prayer to be you're going in therapy for prayer with God as
well. And so the communication with God has to be embedded, and
really teach a woman the power of prayer and the principles of
prayer, but also backing it up with a clinical psychologist, or
clinical personnel to be able to help facilitate that session. And
so prayer therapy, I do yearly prayer therapy Summit, where I
invite out cycles, therapists, and we'll have a pastoral counselor
in the mix. And also social worker, we talk about the community. We
also talk about what's happening in the church and what the church
is doing for mental health. And we talk about what's actually going
on in the offices when psychotherapist are seeing clients. And the
goal is to advocate for that. And so each and every year, I get the
privilege to do that. But the great thing that I'm doing in Orlando
is that I call I started a walk called Walk with bold, and we are
going to be having different therapists being highlighted to come
on these walks with us, because the goal is to get women into a
place of freedom and health.
Kimberly Hobbs
Wow. Yes, I mean, it's so important, so important. But I love that
you are integrating prayer and you are trying to get others to come
along with you because there is so much power in prayer, right?
That's where everything begins our communication with the Lord and
only he is the one that he says for us to bring all our cares to
Him because He cares for us and, and we do need to pray about
everything. The Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Yes, yeah,
pray without ceasing. So God's Word says, I am certain that God who
began the good work within you will continue his work until it is
finally finished. On the day when Christ Jesus returns. That's
Philippians one, six. And we believe truly that God has begun a
good work and all of us he has, and he's going to complete it until
the end of the age it we're a work in progress, all those broken
pieces take time to come back together. But God is not going to
give up on you not whatsoever, and we need to trust Him. We need to
walk it out. We need to seek that help. That we need. You know,
mentors, like she like Latoya was talking about therapists. But
everything needs to be coupled with prayer, because that's what God
tells us all the time. Throughout his word, go to the Lord in
prayer. So, Latoya, I have asked Latoya, if she would pray over you
are sisters, those of you that are listening that are broken like
she was, and has all these broken pieces. Can you please just pray
a powerful prayer over that listener that is thinking How are my
pieces of my life ever gonna come back together?
Latoya Rattery
Yes, and for those for that woman that's listening right now. I
want you to stop everything that you're doing. And I want us I want
you to reset and what that mean is to stop, reset, it really means
to recalibrate, to rethink and to realize, and what prayer does it
has the ability to do that. And when God in the Holy Spirit, it he
wants to visit you right now and he wants to come where you Are
because he's concerned about your, your scars. We can't heal
without God. And many of us have tried our self healing and it's
not working, because we need a savior to do that. So just close
your eyes and let the Holy Spirit come in. God, I thank you for
that woman that is listening, listening right now. God, I decree
and declare that you are healing every scars, and that every broken
places are becoming straight God, God, I thank you that you're
mending. Oh, God, every stories and everything that she has left
behind. God, I pray that you're resetting her today. I pray that
you are given her the ability to soar among everything and above
everything that will try to hinder her growth, God's decree and
declare that the healing and anointing is coming now. And I pray
that you will continue to use that woman and use her for your
glory. I decree and declare that there isn't a trauma. Is there any
abuse and anything and places and phobias and fears and any type of
disorders God that they're battling with God, I decree and declare
that the peace of God will become peaceful upon them now, and I
decree and declare that every curses is broken. In the name of
Jesus God, I pray deliverance now and I pray the power of Jesus
over their lives, I pray that they will never be the same. And they
will prophesy and they will call your name great. In the mighty
name of Jesus, I pray I plead the blood of Jesus now, and I decree
and declare that God there's a peace that is happening after this
prayer. In Jesus name I pray, amen. And amen.
Kimberly Hobbs
Oh, wow. Amen. Oh, my goodness. Yes. I decree and declare with you
and all of us that were praying together, we just decree and
declare over one another ladies that God is doing something
powerful he is he is in you and, and just as Latoya was praying the
scripture that says, Call on me, when you are in trouble, and I
will rescue you, and you will give me glory. And just as God
rescued Latoya, with all the brokenness that was in her life, she
is now giving him glory. And it's so beautiful that Psalm 50 Verse
five, there's so much power in God's word, ladies, it just look for
the scriptures that give you promises. Now Latoya is serving him
wholeheartedly. She's walking out her life, she's able to share all
of these different things that were in her life as broken pieces.
But behind each of those is a story, a story how God stepped in and
rescued her and reset her life. And he can do that for you, ladies,
you just have to trust him. You have to seek Him with all your
heart. God says if you seek Him, you will find him. So I just
encourage you ladies to dig deep go into his word. Ask him God, I
know you're there God, you can help me pick up these broken pieces
of my life. And I want to give you glory, I want to give you glory
with my body with all that I am. And ladies, he'll hear that prayer
and He will guide you and direct you to the Word of His scriptures.
And before you know it, you're just going to start walking those
out by faith every single day. And here we have a precious
beautiful sister that came in to just share and pour into you she's
doing and if you were moved in any way and one of reach out to
Latoya to just know about her further and know about bold
University know about some of the things she's doing. She has
welcomed us to get in touch with her. So how can they do that?
Latoya? How can they reach out to you? They want more?
Latoya Rattery
Yeah, there's several ways I'm on social media at coach Latoya if
you look me up on IG, or Instagram, which is Instagram IG or
Facebook is Coach Latoya. Also you can find me at WWI bold
University dot club. That is where our community for our corporate
woman normally have different events, VIP day and wellness and
we're taking woman back into getting in tune with themselves and
retreats and you name it. I also have an upcoming sisterhood
circle. starting very soon with a great friend of mine and I'm so
excited business. It's a lot of things going on. But one of the
things when I dealt with burnout that I've learned is to make sure
that I'm leveraging in order to do what I'm doing today. So I'm
just so grateful to be here but if you need me, you can contact me
at BoldUniversity.club.
Kimberly Hobbs
Amen, amen. Okay ladies, so she gave it to you how to reach out to
her and she is one excited woman she is just full have the joy of
the Lord. That's why she's so strong in the Lord. So I'm sure she's
willing to pour into anybody that wants to reach out to her and
Latoya as we close out today, I'd like to ask you if in in a minute
or so can you just give that woman right now that's thinking about
resetting her life, what is one word of encouragement to leave her
with right now, the first thing she should do when she wants to
reset her life?
Latoya Rattery
First thing that you need to do is, let it go, seem so simple, but
let it go. You know, I remember when I dealt with burnout, and I
lost my car and my apartment, and that was hard. And I remember
saying something to myself that I can't go with what left me. And
that was a wake up call for me to know that whatever, left your
life, let it go, and whatever needs to be all get away from your
life, let that go as well, because there's time that we're holding
on to things, and God wants to release something new in your life.
But before he can do that, he has to allow you to let the old go so
that the new can come in. And so I want to let you know, again, let
the old go so that the new can go come in. And that's when your
reset began with the realignment and the rethinking of how you view
life and how you do your story and how you do your healing. And
take your healing very seriously. Let nothing come between you and
your healing. Because it's very, it's a priority.
Kimberly Hobbs
Amen. Very important. Very important words. Include God in
everything, and I so appreciate your good word. Latoya. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. And thank you for being our guest today.
Latoya Rattery
Yeah, I'm excited ladies. Thank you again.
Kimberly Hobbs
Oh, we're so excited to have you guys and have a new plug in and
women were a leaders it's so beautiful just to connect with women
around the world. i We are just so grateful how God has just opened
up this ministry and and ladies, there are so many women within
this ministry that are just here. They've they've come in through
connections such as these podcasts such as the books that we're
writing, and voice of truth magazine that we're doing. And ladies,
you all have gifts, right? And so we want to hear from you. We want
to know how can you serve the Lord here in this amazing, worldwide
ministry with us because we can't do it alone. We are an army of
women of all shapes, sizes, colors, races, we just come together to
serve our Lord together. We're going to live together forever in
Heaven, right? So we just want to serve him together. If you have a
gift, and you just want to connect with some women around the
world, we have a new leadership, we're well it's not new. We've
been doing this a couple of years. But we are going to open our
leadership meeting to the whole world. So ladies, every third
Monday, it's a standing meeting on Zoom, you can connect with us
for more ever you are you can ask, I'm gonna put a link on this
podcast where you can sign up, give us your email, let us know that
you want to come to our monthly once a month leadership connect
Zoom meeting, and you are welcome in and then you can hear more
about the ministry more of what we're doing opportunities that you
can use your gift here, because we believe that everybody has a
gift. And why not use it for Jesus right? He's given you the gift
to us to glorify Him. So and there's many other opportunities and
ways you can serve. And ladies, we also have these podcasts
available to you each Monday, Wednesday, where we have teaching
podcasts walking in the world, walking in the Word. We're all
walking in the word world, but lacking in the word and you can
glean some amazing teaching from this podcast and we also have
celebrating God's grace every Friday ladies, so there are tools for
you here in this amazing ministry. So ladies, again, thank you for
joining us today. Thank you Latoya Ratterree you are an amazing
powerful woman of God continue walking out your purpose sister are
glad to have you today.
Latoya Rattery
Likewise, thank you for having me.
Kimberly Hobbs
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a fantastic beautiful day.
Latoya Rattery
Bye bye