Sep 19, 2022
Kimberly Hobbs
Welcome to Empowering Lives with Purpose and I'm your host,
Kimberly Hobbs. I am the founder of Women World Leaders, and we
want to welcome you on to empowering lives with purpose as well as
our guest today, Mellisa Lambert. Welcome me, Lisa.
Mellisa Lambert
Wow. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be here on today.
Thank you, Kimberly.
Kimberly Hobbs
You're so welcome in Mill. Lisa is from what part of Florida
Mellisa Lambert
I'm from Lake Mary, Florida.
Kimberly Hobbs
Lake Mary, Florida. That's up near Orlando, right?
Mellisa Lambert
Yes, absolutely. We're in the central part of Florida right? About
50 minutes away from Disney.
Kimberly Hobbs
Awesome. Yes. Love it up there. Well, ladies, we are happy to have
you. And today we are hoping to inspire you and encouraging you to
live on purpose. That is the title of our podcast today. That is a
tagline that meal Lisa came up with. And she stands by it live on
purpose. And we believe Ephesians 210 in the Bible where God says
that we are God's masterpiece we are created anew in Christ Jesus
to do the very good things that he planned for us long ago. And
ladies, God has a plan for your life and He wants you to live with
purpose. We believe that wholeheartedly. So as we get into today's
podcast, I just want to share a little bit about Melissa and she is
a beautiful woman after God's heart who passionately helps others
find their purpose. Her enthusiasm for helping people realize their
goals is contagious. And when you listen to Melissa speak today,
you are gonna see that she is just contagious with her joy. And I
love that I love being around joyful people. Melissa is adept when
it comes to bringing out the best in people and beliefs totally in
them. Over the years she has helped people as a life and health
coach, a business coach, and she's helped them to meet their dreams
and excel in lives and businesses. Women eMERGE network is
Melissa's ministry and mission and her company where she uses that
to impact people, the community and the world where she brings
together resources, education and opportunities in business that
will help make a difference in many mill Lisa is the speaker. She's
a prolific author of books, children's books and beauty and me
inspired by her lovely daughter Chelsea. Melissa has lost a son and
a sibling. And they too inspired her to write her son Caleb Malisa
is a has humble servant of God who is dedicated to the service of
her community at large and the world and she is ready to serve God
each day and live life on purpose. So the tagline that Melissa came
up with live on purpose said it spoke volumes to me because I'm all
about that. In fact, that's the title of our podcast here
empowering lives with purpose. So I said, Wow, that is a great
title for today's podcast. And she agreed. So God's word says in
Philippians 312 to 14, not that I have already obtained this or am
already perfect. But I press on to make it my own because Jesus
Christ has made me his own. But one thing I do, forgetting what
lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on
toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus. And if that's not living on purpose, I don't know what is
right, Mellisa.
Mellisa Lambert
That's right. That's right.
Kimberly Hobbs
Well, my sweetie, you had a defining moment. And when we were
talking on the phone prior to this podcast and getting to know each
other, you had a relationship built with God at a young age.
However, you had a surrendering moment. Can you open up by telling
us a little bit about you and your growing up and then that
surrender moment with God?
Mellisa Lambert
Thank you so much, Kimberly, I truly honored to be here today. And
I grew up in a Christian home. My mom was the quiet director. And
my dad, to this day is still a deacon of the church I grew up in.
So all my life all I knew and had an experiences was experienced
was with God like I knew God for myself. I am at the age of 12 I
be, I gave my heart to the Lord at the age of 13, I was filled with
the Holy Spirit. So all I knew was God. But as you age, you got to
now not just know God, but have a relationship with God. So as an
adult, I began to grow into who I am in God. And my MO, the moment
when I really have to surrender to God came like in 2018. But I had
my first miscarriage. And I never knew about having a miscarriage
because my mom never had it. My sister, no one in my family had
that. So I didn't understand why would God take my babies, and the
second miscarriage was again in March of 2019. And at that time,
I'm like, Oh, my God, what is going on? Lord? Why are Why are my
babies being taken from me? Why is my body failing me, and I begin
to cry out to God. Then the third baby, you know, I had was Caleb,
that same year, and I waited till about 13 weeks to go to the
doctor and kind of get my I got my checkup, eight weeks, and
everything looks okay, when it can at 13 weeks and come to find out
my son had as a 70, which mean his skull was informed. And I'm
like, God, you don't make imperfection, you are perfect God, why is
this happening to my son. And that moment, you know, was when I
really began to see God the more and had to build a secure
relationship, because my faith was tested. And I had to lean not on
not on my own understanding, but the understanding of God because
He knows all and he knows how to give you stuff, but he can also
take away. So I knew that that was my moment, when I had to pull my
strength together and say, Lord, my hands, my life is in your
hands. So that was my moment where I had to fully surrender all to
God, in those time periods of my life.
Kimberly Hobbs
Wow. And I'm sure there's some ladies out there that can totally
relate to you. And in when these things happen in our life, I mean,
there's so many different situations, but it is it sad. And then
you wonder even how are you going to go forward and live, you know,
let alone live with purpose? You feel like, you know, you felt I'm
sure, like motherhood was taken away from you. How do I live? What
what do I do with my life? And what we're going to talk about is
living on purpose. God is our source. He is our comfort. He is the
one who helps sustain us. He is the one who gives us a purpose and
a plan for our life. He is what we're going to talk about today is
our destiny helper. He's the ultimate destiny helper. Right? And
that's the Bible talks about that in Deuteronomy 3326, as he is our
helper. So can you talk about a destiny helper and how you cried
out to God in a time when you needed him? And you started to look
toward Him as your destiny helper, but also realized that there are
other Destiny helpers? Can you talk about what a destiny helper
is,
Mellisa Lambert
I love the word Destiny helper. And I always use that to the point
where when I wake up in the morning, I will say a statement to God,
I will say Lord, I call my destiny helpers forth from the east,
west, north and south of this land. Let my destiny helpers find me.
Because God allow our angel, his angel to account around us. He
says, I will give my angel charge over you. So that's what His Word
says. His Word also says that goodness and mercy shall follow us
all the days of our lives. So why wouldn't Destiny helpers his own
creation God, a man and a woman? Why can they be our helpmates on
this earth? So Destiny helpers are people that are coming to that
God will use to come into your life to help you forward into your
destiny. So God sent down in different areas. There are five
different ones I call forth. And I will go into details with the
five Destiny helpers, but those are charging Angel that's on this
earth, like you and I, that God will send in our lives like a
Candice Candice. Candice was one of my destiny helper because of
Candice, I met Kimberly and that's how we have connected so our
destiny helper is around us each and every day.
Kimberly Hobbs
I love that. I love that middle Lisa and until I met you, I never
heard of that term Destiny helper. But wow, as I started to talk to
you further and deeper, I thought, wow, God, you do you provide
Destiny helpers in so many areas and especially think about it,
ladies, when we're going through some tough and difficult times,
think about all the ways that God is as our provider is there to
help us. So I had asked Melissa, if she can go through some detail
of Destiny helpers, and what we can look around about at us, when
we go through some of these storms in our life. We don't want to go
through those alone. We want to find our purpose, and we're
struggling, and we're hurting, and the enemy wants nothing more
than to stop us dead in our tracks, right? But no God, God gives us
helpers along the way that are going to provide different things.
So let's talk about those Malisa what are some of the Destiny
helpers?
Mellisa Lambert
So as we begin our journey to live on purpose, you know, just like
Kimberly says, let's ask God, send me my destiny helpers, so they
can help me live on purpose. So the first Destiny helper you want
to call for is an introducer. So your destiny helper first is an
introducer. Someone like a Candace, who introduced me to Kimberly,
that brought me on this show, you always need somebody to introduce
you to somebody that's going to help you open up doors into your
destiny. The second Destiny helper is a lifter, he always needs
somebody to lift you up to get you to that place where when you are
strong, and God will find somebody to come into your life, to be
that lifter to lift you up, because you're going to need the
strength to get through your destiny each and every day. And the
third, Destiny helpless is a provider, just like God is our source.
God is our provider, but God will send people along your path, your
path, to be a financial provider, of physical provider, a emotional
provider, a spiritual provider, you just need somebody that's going
to help provide the provision, you need to walk into your destiny.
And the fourth, Destiny helpless is an interpreter of dreams.
Sometimes you have dreams, you have ideas, you have business, but
you don't know how to put it together. You're gonna need a Kimberli
in your life, you're going to need a canvas in your life, to kind
of say, tell me what you have in your hands. And let me interpret
that for you. So you can live on purpose. And the last and the
fifth Destiny helper is an encourager. You always need someone to
say, I'm going to encourage you, I'm going to say that God is your
source and he's your strength. You shall lift up your eyes unto the
hills from whence cometh your health, because your health coming
from the Lord seeking first the Kingdom of God and His
righteousness. And all these things will be added on to you that
encourage a will tell you the word of truth that encourage will say
Go girl, you got this, get up off your feet, you can do this.
They're gonna say you can do all things through Christ who gives
you strength. So all these five, Destiny helpers are necessary,
your introducer your lifter, your provider, your interpreter of
dream, and yes, your destiny helpful, who will encourage you into
your destiny. So those are the five Destiny helpers that we all
need to live on purpose.
Kimberly Hobbs
I love that, Mellisa, I'm never gonna look at this the same destiny
helpers because God is our ultimate destiny helper. He ultimately
will say, okay, to whisper in one of our ears go and help this
person, I need you to be my hands and feet. And he provides all
these helpers in these different areas. And I'm sure ladies as
you're thinking about different trials in your life, different ways
that people have showed up, and God has used them significantly to
help you. You know what, pray for those people. When you are asking
God in your prayer life when tragedy hits, it stinks to go through
it alone, and get asked God to help and in means of provision for
you in the ways that you need it and he knows exactly what that is.
He knows what ways you need to be provided for. But maybe you've
not sought him out. You're on your own. And that's important
because God says that, and you will seek Me and find Me when you
search for Me with all your heart. He says that in his word, that's
Jeremiah 2913. So ladies, we encourage you seek God out with all
your heart, and he says that you will find Him and He will provide
you everything you need to exist to live on purpose, with purpose.
So, Melissa, talk to us too, about living on purpose. And what?
What does that mean to you? And why? Why did you hold on to that as
your tagline?
Mellisa Lambert
Wow, I've always feel that we are destined for greatness. But
sometimes we don't realize that because all we do is work. And we
actually some, you know, it's okay, because we got to pay the
bills. We got to work, what in the process of working, don't
forget, you have a God given purpose. And God reminded me that
years ago, I would say, actually, it started for me when it began
to form after my left mind in 2019, when I lost my son, I remember
2020. In March, God says, daughter arise, it's your time. And I
said, God, why? I don't want to get up, that he said, daughter,
arise. It's your time when he said that to me. He was telling me,
You're just floating. You're just working, but should not live in
and serving me on purpose. So each and every one of us were planted
on this earth for such a time as this, we're on this earth to serve
God were planted as his angel as his hands, as his feet as his eyes
for us to serve on purpose. So we got to awaken our spirit man, and
ask God, God, why do you have me on this earth? And, and once you
begin to Acts, he will begin to open your eyes, so you can see what
he needs of you. So you can begin the journey of walking out your
God given purpose. So I had to ask him, I had to seek Him. And when
I asked, and I see God, Kimberly, I was able to find what he wants
me to do. And in that moment, it was define that, Melissa, don't
sit here and work your purpose away. live out your God given
purpose.
Kimberly Hobbs
Amen, sister, amen. And you know, ladies, again, you can be one of
those Destiny helpers, God will use you if you are willing. And
just like he's using Mellisa, she never probably never thought of
walking out her dreams with passion. And the God of the universe
giving his stamp of approval. He is using her as a destiny helper.
It's so beautiful. So now you started this. I think it's a
business. Right? Melissa, what you do and tell us a little bit
about that, because that's so exciting.
Mellisa Lambert
Woman emerged network, oh, my goodness, God had, this is his baby.
I'm just he's the captain. And I'm just his, um, his hands and
feet. And he told me to bring forth women from all walks of life,
to take their rightful place in business, and emerge. Because each
and every one of us have something great inside of us that the
world needs. And in the process, he says, As you emerge with woman
eMERGE network, you're going to create categories, you're going to
embody a woman from every walks of life, that are coming together,
to support each other, to educate each other, to give to each
other, to equip each other, and allow the light of Christ to shine
through each and every one of them. So women eMERGE network comes
together to help each and every one of us to take our rightful
place, and emerge and do what God has called us to do, and serve
and help each and every one in our cities in our states, and all
around the world.
Kimberly Hobbs
Amen, sister, amen. And there's that woman that is listening right
now. Mellisa and she needs to emerge from where she is right and
ladies, you know who you are and you're just sitting there, and
you're stifled in your own your own little shell of a world. But
God wants so much more. He has created you with the beautiful
purpose, the most precious purpose. So how do you get from where
you are right now in that shell to emerge out? So, Melissa, speak
into that woman right now with all the encouragement you have, and
then pray over her police right now where she is,
Mellisa Lambert
Wow. First, I want to say to you, where are you stuck where you
are, and take a deep breath. And know that the break that you're
taking gives you an understanding that you are above the earth and
not beneath. And because you are still above the earth, you have
purpose. There's greatness in you, and it's time for you to arise.
It's time for you to emerge. And it's time for you to take your
rightful place. Just like the general the to the guys that was in
the Bible that God gave talent that he gave the example of the
talents. You have some talents in your hands, X God. I said, God, I
have some stuff in my hands and I don't know how to use it. accent
to show you first your talents. What does he have in your hands?
And secondly, ask God, Lord, send me my destiny helper. I call them
forth from the east, west, north and south of this land. Let all my
destiny helpers, let my introducer let my lifter let my provider
let my interpreter of dreams. Let my encourager Destiny help refine
me. So I can No my god given purpose. And when you do that, when
you have X God, open your heart, open your mind, and open your will
to do and fulfill the purpose that God has for you. So I'm going to
pray over you that whatever spirit that is blocking your ear gates,
your eye gate and your mouth gate, it shall be opened unto you now
and that God will you allow the Holy Spirit to get to be your guide
to be your comforter to be your your teacher on this journey and
living on purpose. So Lord, we thank you, thank you for our
listeners lower, we thank you that they are willing to know why
they are here. We think that you have taken off the the blindfold
off their eyes, you have unblocked their ears, you are your unblock
their mouth so they can hear you God. They can see you and they can
speak about you. I pray that you will stir up the gift in them
right now. Allow them to see you the more and hear you the more and
be hungry, to go forth and do your will and begin to serve on
purpose. I pray God that you will reveal their destiny revealed
their purpose and let them begin to serve on purpose. Thank you for
their destiny helpers, which I call forth from the east, west,
north and south of this land. Let their destiny helpers find them.
And as they find them, they will be open to receive them well. I
pray that you will always make provision for them to go forth, to
teach and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to allow their
business their dreams, their ideas, to also be fulfilled by you. Be
thou glorified God, now and forevermore, let your will be done this
day, be in their lives today. Each and every listener they will be
a walk in today. And that will be emerge, they will emerge God to
take their rightful place. Thank you, Lord for waking them up right
now. And let them be calm. World leaders, world changers, and God
movers on this earth. Thank you, Jesus, for what you're doing right
now. In this season. now and forevermore, we will never fail to
give you the glory, the honor and the praise. In Jesus name we
pray. Amen.
Kimberly Hobbs
In Jesus name, amen. Awesome, beautiful prayer. Thank you Melisa,
thank you. Thank you, ladies, the verse the scripture verse, that
is women world leaders verse Ephesians, 320 I speak that over you,
in the name of Jesus now unto him who's able to do exceedingly,
abundantly above all you can ask or imagine, according to the power
that's at work within you, you And ladies, as you trust Jesus as
your Lord and Savior, and surrender your life to Him, He gives you
that power through the power of the Holy Spirit that lives within
you to do great and mighty things to live your life with purpose,
like we were talking about. And again, Melissa, that prayer was so
beautiful as you prayed it over these ladies, thank you so much. So
how can they reach out to you if they want to get in touch with
you? Mellisa or maybe even purchase some of your books? How would
they find you?
Mellisa Lambert
Wow, you can find me on social media at Mellissa m e l l i s a
Lambert, as Mellisa Lambert L A M B E R T on Facebook and
Instagram. You can also email me at info at woman emerge
network.com That's info and woman emerge. network.com you can also
even go to coach Mellissa that's coach M E L L I S A.com To just
book a time just to have a conversation. So I thank you so much,
Kimberly, for allowing me to be able to serve you today. And every
woman has listened to him. Every woman we're a leader that's less
than on purpose. So thank you.
Kimberly Hobbs
Amen. Well, we are sisters Mellisa. And we're all serving God
together, at least I hope we're all serving God together. And we're
living with purpose living on purpose. And ladies, we at women,
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is calling you. So again, I thank my sister, my Lisa, for being on
with us today and sharing. Ladies, thank you for your time today.
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