Jun 24, 2024
Welcome to empowering lives with purpose. And I'm your host, Kimberly Hobbs. I am the founder of Women world leaders. And I am so happy to introduce to you our guest today, who is Tina rains. And she also runs a ministry called masterpiece women. And today we get to talk about faith in business. Welcome, Tina.
Tina Rains 0:30
Thank you, Kimberly, for having me. I'm so excited to be here with
you.
Kimberly Hobbs 0:35
We are so excited to have you. And ladies, we're hoping today that
it is our prayer to strengthen you, encourage you, and empower you
to share stories with others about how God has moved within your
life. And we're going to hear today from Tina a little bit about
how God has empowered her to move forward into ministry but also
incorporate business into that. So we're hoping that by her sharing
her story, this will encourage you to share your sometime as you
just see what Tina is doing within her business. Ephesians 210 says
we are God's masterpiece, we are created anew in Christ Jesus to do
the very good things that he has planned for us long ago. And as
those of you that follow empowering lives with purpose podcast,
know that I use that scripture. Often when I open up, and I just am
giggling because that is actually Tina and masterpiece women's
verse for the ministry. And I love that. So you're gonna hear more
about that in just a little bit. And I want to introduce to you
Tina, and read a little bit about who Tina is. Tina is an RN. She's
the founder of masterpiece women driven to help women know that
they are a masterpiece based on Ephesians 210. The verse that I
just read. She has a driving passion to help women understand who
they are in Christ, build authentic community and give them tools
to succeed in business. And in ministry. Tina is married to Monty
and together they have seven children. And she's now a meanie to
seven grandbabies. And Tina and Monty serve as couple chose for bi
annual J H Outback marriage retreats. And I've heard about those
retreats and they're supposed to be phenomenal. Tina started her
career as an entrepreneur at the age of 25 and started her first
healthcare staffing office. And in 1995, she was operating out of
her garage. Within a few short years, she had eight offices around
the country and was making millions of dollars per year. Yet, she
still had a void in her heart. So her done, identity was not
completely in Christ. She didn't except when a masterpiece woman
she was. And Tina came from a childhood of poverty and abuse. And
so now we're going to talk about some of Tina's story which led her
into our topic today, which is faith in business. So Tina from a
childhood, you came from a childhood of sexual and physical abuse,
but you had to get healthy again in many ways, and you were sharing
that with me. God took you on a journey to complete surrender and
prepares you for the area of ministry He's called you to which is
faith in business with masterpiece women. So knowing the old way of
living left you feeling solid and spiritually dial into that
inside, you rebuilt the brokenness of your life by climbing a
mountain ladies, this woman has climbed a mountain in India and not
just any mountain. So I'm going to ask her to share about this. But
as I read this verse, Hebrews 611, and then 12 promises us, then
you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you
will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God's
promises because of their faith and endurance. And God called you
to go climb a mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro and India. How in the
world did you get there?
Tina Rains 4:36
Oh, my goodness. Yes, it was quite the it was quite the climb, to
say the least. But I do. I do correlate it many times to my
spiritual climb because as a woman, young woman, I was still very
broken. And I put a lot of energy and a lot of my passions into
building business because that made me feel good put on quote about
myself. And I realized that there was still something missing. And
I knew that and I had made some choices because I was still broken
in my younger days of relationships that weren't healthy for me
things in my life that weren't healthy for me. And I realized,
something has to change. And the patterns that I'm making in my
personal life, are just not working from a spiritual perspective.
And so I went on a journey of really seeking the Lord, I went
through a divorce, and I was devastated and went through a very
difficult time in my life. And so I just said, Okay, Lord, it's you
and me the next couple of years, I'm just gonna dig in deep and I
surrendered. I went through some, some programs, including, you
know, inner healing and broke some strongholds, just really
navigating with the Lord going, what do I need to do to be
completely intimate with you and surrender to you? What what are
those strongholds that are still holding me back. And I recognize
that I still had many that I had to work through, even though I'd
gone to, you know, counseling, etc. And I believe in counseling,
but I believe that when you really surrender your life to the Lord,
and you say, and here I am, us, me, he just transforms your life
completely. And so, in that season, I did that. And I went on my
first mission trip to India, where he spoke to me very clearly, I
was to come back, and I was to do something, but I had no idea what
that meant. And so I had transitioned that already sold a large
portion of my business, I had a small portion left, I was on all
kinds of Board of Directors for many people, you know, many great
organizations, but he said, I want to use your gifts and talents
for me. And I said, Okay, so I thought, Okay, I'll get on Christian
boards, instead of, instead of, you know, business boards and
other, you know, Board of Directors, I just get on some Christian
boards. He's like, no, no, that's not what I mean. Well, fast
forward, I was invited to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, which is the
largest freestanding mountain in Africa won the world, but, and so
I'm, like, climb me, I've never climbed a day in my life. Like,
literally, that was not my passion. And so I said, Yes, after
asking him for days to show me for sure. Very similar to this
mission trip to India, because I didn't really want to go on the
mission trip to India. But I believed he told me to do it. So I did
and all came together. And one thing led to another, I'd met this
amazing woman there that I loved. And we ended up going as
tentmakers to climb Mount Kilimanjaro together. And in that
journey, he showed me that I was to come back and lead that
movement. And so then I went on to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, a
second time base, camp, Everest, the Alps, all these climbs. And
what I saw all over the world, as I spoke, though, is so many women
were just like me, they were still held back by bondage, and
brokenness, and there's so much abuse. And what's beautiful about
that, though, Kimberly, is that even though the enemy meant it for
our destruction, God then was able to use it, to bring glory to Him
to help others. And so I could look back and reflect on all that
pain and all that suffering. And know that as I was dealing with
these women who to or dealing with these issues, gave me such a
compassion for him. It gave me such a passion to help them. And so
as we built that ministry wasn't just about climbing on behalf of
the women, children, we were being voices for it was also very
intentional to provide retreat type training at all of our climbs
where they could just get real and raw with the Lord and break some
of those strongholds themselves. And so it was both for the women
coming, and the women that we were serving, and it was just such a
powerful opportunity to watch God redeem what the enemy meant for
destruction. So it was a very, I
Kimberly Hobbs 9:04
love that. I love that Tina, and you were sharing with me that just
the impact that you were having, when you were able to get raw and
transparent. Lady sometimes that's difficult for us to do as expose
our own our own weaknesses in front of others. But sometimes when
we do that, we can allow others inside and let them know that it's
okay. You're a safe place because you've been through some things.
And just because you're in leadership, it doesn't mean that you
have to hide everything. I mean, women need to know they need to
trust you, and before that they can learn from you. So talk about
how, Tina how you climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, but God took You on
other climbs now. And you were getting raw and transparent with
others? And can you talk about some of those moments of getting raw
and transparent with some of the women?
Tina Rains 10:09
Absolutely. So one of the most powerful things for me in our
community specifically was in when you climb these mountains, there
was a fundraising aspect to it. So you're doing these events. And I
shared my vulnerability and my childhood with hundreds of people
that I had invited to a fundraiser. And it transformed not only my
life, but the so many people's lives that were at that event,
because they had this picture of this business woman who had it all
together, I think some of them thought that I had been spoon fed. I
don't know what they thought exactly. But they'd been in my home.
And they had just, you know, they thought of me in one perspective.
And when I was real and transparent with them, it's a no, look,
this is what I suffered. And this is what I still have to do on a
daily basis, oftentimes, when the enemy tries to use a trigger and
deal with it. And that's what these victims of human trafficking
and repression also experienced, and I correlated it, they were
able to then be raw, authentic and transparent themselves. And I
think as leaders on a daily basis, whether it's in business or
ministry, as being real, with our weaknesses, gives permission to
those around us to be real and raw and authentic. And that's one of
our key pillars and masterpiece women, because I see such great
value, and as being real and transparent, because it brings
freedom, and then others are free to do it as well, because
oftentimes, leaders are isolated, they feel like they can't be real
and authentic and transparent, because it shows them as being weak.
And I don't believe vulnerability and authenticity shows you to be
weak. I think it actually shows you to be a great leader, when
you're willing to do that.
Kimberly Hobbs 11:57
Amen. Amen. And I know one of the things we talked about was when
you're in a key role like this, and you're an example in
leadership, you give permission to the women to when you are
vulnerable, right permission for them to open up and share. And
Galatians 522 expresses how, But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
and self control. And the absolute best type of leadership is a
type where someone demonstrates these nine traits listed in the
Scriptures. And I know you Tina, putting ministry and business
together as God has called you to do you have to show your example
in leadership and in share these nine traits. And how do you do
that if you're not open and vulnerable with somebody if you're not
allowing them to see into your own life, and those things that you
have learned from? So being raw and exposing your past? Sometimes
it's so helpful in leadership. And we're hoping that you understand
that ladies, the Bible is a great business guide to us. So these
fruits of the spirit that I read through God called you teen into
the ministry, to be authentic with others, so that they can hear
and have breakthrough also. So can you share how the power of the
Holy Spirit worked in and through you to deliver some of these
fruits of the Spirit to others.
Tina Rains 13:46
I love that. And it's so key when you talk about the Bible being
it's like the best book for leadership you can ever find. If you
don't know what to do go to Proverbs, like its leadership has
written the wisdom in there, I always tell him, it's really your
very best leadership book. You can spend all day long reading
leadership books, but if you don't get in that word, and really
delve into it, so he can lead you, you're kind of wasting your
time. So I tell I really start there every morning. That's where
your wisdom comes from. But, you know, I would say that joy, one of
the greatest things was when I've been through the most difficult
times, and this is something that you know, I've shared with many
women in the past is how I led many people to Christ that were in
my circle of influence. When I went through this difficult time
wasn't on my successes. It was actually the fact that I was going
through a divorce. And I was struggling in other areas of my life,
even you know, there was the recession in 2008, with the economy
and all that went with it. And I was having some of the most
difficult times in my life personally, but yet I had more joy than
I'd ever had because I had finally surrendered. In my life to
Christ, and so being them, seeing that not me preaching at them,
not me hitting them over the head with the Bible, or like some
people like want to do, but just them seeing that. And seeing that
I still had the joy, and was still able to serve others and love
others, was actually how a few of my friends that I was had the
privilege actually lead to Christ moving forward, that were
business women in my community that I was very close to you, but
they weren't Christians at the time. But they were a great human
beings. And so it was a real privilege to watch that. And as I, you
know, climb these mountains. And as we, we worked with the women
all over the world, I would say, the love and in our ministry, I
think that's really what it all amounts to is the love of Christ
coming out and being exposed to the women that came to give you an
example, my greatest memory, of climbing all these mountains was
when I had the privilege of sharing Christ with one of the women
that came, we knew she wasn't a Christian, she climbed on behalf of
the women and children. And I said, How are you doing? Because I
knew she wasn't a Christian. And here we are all these Christians
around her were worshipping we're doing all these things, right?
She was I've never felt I said, Are you feeling comfortable on she
goes, I've never felt more comfortable than this ever. And I
thought, that's the love. And so one thing, you know, so we had a
conversation about what that meant. And we were able to actually,
as a team of women on the side of a mountain leader to Christ,
like, that's my favorite memory, not all the other things that we
can sit, that's my, my top memory. And then we came off of Mount
Kilimanjaro, we have the same experience with the guy that was our
head guide, I was having a conversation with the mascot. And Murphy
knew Jesus. And you know, we'd built a relationship during that
week. And he didn't know who Jesus was. And so we as a team had the
privilege of leading him to Christ on the way back from the
mountain, like, those are my two favorite memories of the whole all
those years. And it's because the people around him, showed him
love. And in return, he wanted what they had. And that's really why
we're here, right?
Kimberly Hobbs 17:16
That's exactly why we're here and our number one commandment to
love one another. And you did you you showed that love, and you
took that time for those that didn't know Jesus that saw that
difference in your life, which is so beautiful. So So transitioning
into now you are a boss in your business. And there are a lot of
bad bosses in the world today. And no one ever wants to be one of
those bad bosses, or the ones that are talked about, you know, on
on the quiet amongst the employees. So how would you encourage the
listener today to be a leader for Jesus in their work
environment.
Tina Rains 18:05
I think most importantly, it goes back to abiding in him, you have
to spend the time to buy it in him to really have that intimate
relationship with him. So that every step of every day is really
Holy Spirit lead the prayer time during the day even you know, as
as we make decisions on an email, for instance, if we pray before
an email that most of those emails won't even get sent. Right,
think about it. Right?
Kimberly Hobbs 18:39
I, I agree. I pray before I send anything out. And there's so many
times delete, delete, or rewrite, rewrite? Yes.
Tina Rains 18:47
It's you know, it's so important because as people work with us,
and as they see how we behave, I remember you, I told so when I
said, I'm like a bipolar person, if I don't have Jesus in the
morning.
Kimberly Hobbs 19:03
Exactly. Right. Yeah. I know, ladies, we need to start our day
early. Because when we do when we open our eyes, if that's the
first thing that is on our heart is Jesus and you talking to him
and you're giving him the whole day to take control? Right, take it
out of our hands, but give it to him first thing in the morning.
He's going to take us through those days. Do you agree?
Absolutely.
Tina Rains 19:29
100%. I mean, the when you talk to most teams, and as I've done
consulting for businesses, and even for ministries, and you go in
you, you listen to the staff, if they're having difficulties with
the team 90% of what I've experienced in the workplace has been I
don't feel heard. I don't feel valued. And so as a leader is It's
imperative that we listen that we'd be good listeners that we know
who our employees are, what are they going through in their lives,
and really show them compassion, because it's really difficult for
an employee to see someone says, Oh, I'm a godly leader, and I'm
donating to all these things. I'm doing all these good works. But
yet, you don't even know who I am. And the fact that my husband is
suffering from cancer, and my teenage son is run away, because you
haven't taken the time to know me. And those are the kinds of
things that matter to employees and to people that work for you, as
a leader. They want to be known, they want to be heard. So I
believe we can do our greatest value in the workplace in the
marketplace, of just loving others well, and having compassion for
them, and being generous, having spirits of generosity, and seeing
how we can affect them.
Kimberly Hobbs 21:00
Wow. So true. Good advice. Good advice, being a good listener,
right? That's what you're just talking about. Because, you know, if
you just overlook, and you just are pushing your agenda constantly
and telling people what to do, they're not gonna listen to you.
They want to know that you're engaged. And you know, they're,
they're on the same level with you. So, ladies, be a good listener,
be a good listener, to be that good leader.
Tina Rains 21:30
And John Maxwell says, People don't care what you know, unless they
know how much you care.
Kimberly Hobbs 21:36
Right. Amen. That is great. Yeah, that's a great word, John, thank
you. Yeah, speaking Oh, I have another scripture. John 1715 says,
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world, but that you
protect them from the evil one. So ladies, we don't want to take
you out of that work environment, we want to keep you in that work
environment, so that you can be that light that's shining light,
and God wants to protect you while you're doing that. Tina is going
to close out and just share something from her heart, like a word
of encouragement to the business woman out there, that has a heart
for ministry, that sometimes keeps a mouth closed in the workplace.
And it's sometimes it's so hard, because you might be one of those
shy people or people that aren't easily ready to open your mouth
and say something. But Tina, what's your word of encouragement to
that person who keeps her mouth closed? In the workplace?
Tina Rains 22:43
You know what I would say, be bold, not necessarily bold with, you
know, hitting people over the head with Jesus, because they don't
really want that they want it and actions. But I would say if you,
you just share little tidbits where there's something small of you
know, what you learned at church or whatever, just just share the
wisdom, if you're adding value to others, they see it, it reflects
beautifully of who God is, because Christ is always adding value to
us. And I would say just add value to others. And the more you do
that, the more you love others, while the more you listen, you
know, they're, they're gonna see Jesus in you, and they're gonna
ask you questions, and that's when you have the opportunity to be
more bold, and share who he is to you and what it means to you.
And, you know, the best thing we can do is live our lives,
emulating him.
Kimberly Hobbs 23:38
So I was just gonna say that. I mean, that's just what what Tina is
saying, you know, living out like the fruits of the spirit that we
talked about, right? And so ladies, if you don't open your mouth,
necessarily, just remember, live it out, live out your life, having
the fruits of the Spirit, which I can read them again, love. Do you
display love, where you are working? Think about yourself in that
work environment. Are you displaying love to those that you don't
even like working with? It's difficult to do? Do you have joy about
it? Do you have joy about you, ladies? Our prayer is that we all
know Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior. And when we do we have
something to be joyful about Apsos Do you agree to you know, like
we don't want to walk into the workforce. We want to share our
faith in business and we want to be joyful about our faith because
we have a God that died for our sins and we don't have to stay
bound to that that sin anymore that drag us down that goddess into
trouble, right? We have
Tina Rains 24:50
a really, and we fall. Exactly. And you know what, there's nothing
worse to us than to see a miserable Christian. Oh, well, if you're
what a Christian is, and I'm really, I'm okay, because I'm happier
than you are. And I do, I do encourage everyone as well is, if you
have struggles, which we all do, right? Get to a place where you
are free. And what does that mean? Just spend more time with Jesus
praising him learning his word, letting him speak to you. Because
when you're free, then you have those fruits of the Spirit bubbling
out from you. And if you're not, and you find yourself grumpy ALL
the time at work, and you're frustrated, you're this and you're
that step back and take a little, you know, self evaluation, what
in me, is still in bondage? And how do I need to allow the Lord to
cleanse it to heal it and let go of the past and move forward?
Because we can't be good replications of the Lord, if we have all
this stuff going on, that is then spewing out to the people that we
work with, because we're not doing the Lord. Any. We're not doing
justice to you know who God called Mercy.
Kimberly Hobbs 26:12
Exact Exactly. That's right. Right. And we're called to serve
wherever we are ladies. And that includes the workplace if you're
you're working for the Lord, but you know, even if you don't have a
full time job, or part time job, and you are in your home, or your
environment in the neighborhood, or whatever you're doing, we have
to remember to put this into our everyday life that we are in
positions where people are looking at us because we do call
ourselves Christians and and I just love just hearing some of the
nuggets that you learned along the way, Tina, because you know, now
you've incorporated ministry into the business world. That's what
you do, and masterpiece women. And I just wanted to finish some of
these, again, fruits of the Spirit, patience, kindness or again,
remember, as you're in your day to day life, ladies, and this may
seem Elementary, but it's not. It's again, this is what God's
called us to do as believers to just carry this within our person.
patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, self control, that is
huge ladies, we constantly have to have ourselves in check of all
of our emotions. If people frustrate us to no end, we need to have
that self control. Right, Tina?
Tina Rains 27:34
Absolutely. That can be one of the toughest ones honestly,
especially if you have a justice person you want to you want to see
justice and someone's in the workplace not doing what you think is
right. Having self control and reacting in love is so valuable.
Kimberly Hobbs 27:55
So valuable, so valuable. Tina has so many good nuggets and what
she does is amazing and masterpiece women can you share with the
women your website in case they want to look you up and look up the
ministry and and I just know that in the future women were leaders
and masterpiece women may be doing some things together which I'm
really excited about because I love love what Tina is doing for the
Lord. So please Tina, share your your website. Absolutely.
Tina Rains 28:28
It's masterpiece women dot O R G. And I am super excited Kimberly
about this relationship because I know that God is doing something
great. And we have monthly luncheons in South Florida and those are
for all women. Because every woman is a leader you do not have to
be in business to come to our luncheons. And then we have a program
where we actually empower women who are interested in building
business or online businesses. We have tools and a whole membership
platform to help them actually do that as well. So check out our
website. It's masterpiece women, dot o RG and you know we're here
to serve you. So that's what the Lord has called us to do is help
women everywhere know they're a masterpiece, and renewed him in
him, and then help them with the plans that God has given them. So
thanks for having us again. I love what you're doing your
ministry.
Kimberly Hobbs 29:28
Thank you Well, and that's what's so beautiful is together. We are
empowering women, ladies out there. We love you. And we have a
passion because God has called us and this is what Tina and I do
together and all of those that are in our ministry serving. We have
passion to empower one another and point them to Jesus to be the
best leader that you could be wherever you are. Tina happens to
specialize in taking those business women and bringing them to
another level and incorporating ministry. together with it. And I
love that. And that's why I want to continue this relationship. And
ladies and women, we're leaders, we have tools for you. And I just
want to be certain to remind you, one of the most amazing tools
that God has given us to share with the world is voice of truth. It
is a publication that comes out every quarter now, and it is free,
and it's beautiful. Inside the United States, you can get your
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background. Yeah. For those of you watching on YouTube, Tina is
holding up a her color copy of voice of Truth magazine. And we are
just so excited.
Unknown Speaker 31:08
I love it
Kimberly Hobbs 31:09
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thank you for your time today. I'd love to thank you again Tina
Raines for being with us. God bless you in what you do at
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