Erika Kirk Calls Women to Biblical Womanhood and Holy Defiance in a Spiritual Battle

[00:04] She is an entrepreneur. She has her own

[00:06] podcast as well. The best mom in the

[00:08] world. She is my hero and the love of my

[00:10] life. Erica Kirk. You are here because

[00:13] we need you here because God needs you

[00:15] here. And you are in this specific era

[00:18] for a reason. Be thankful and find

[00:21] gratitude in the seasons and the things

[00:23] that you're going through in life. You

[00:25] have to keep your your sword so sharp.

[00:27] It's a crazy time, but at the same time,

[00:29] it's one of those things where it's

[00:31] like, what an opportunity to be able to

[00:33] live boldly for Christ. You are the

[00:35] result of your actions and decisions of

[00:37] how you spend your time and how you live

[00:38] your life. Your role here is to make

[00:40] heaven crowded. Your role here is to

[00:43] recruit and your role here is to be so

[00:45] bold and so fearless. Always be

[00:48] thankful. Always have your heart in a

[00:49] posture of gratitude because God saves

[00:52] your soul one time, but he changes your

[00:55] life every single day.

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[01:21] Hello. Love you. You guys look so

[01:24] beautiful. Young Women's is always my

[01:26] favorite. It's very special in my heart.

[01:29] First, I have to do a shout out to my

[01:30] daughter cuz she's watching. Baby Buff

[01:32] Buff is here. He's safe. She gave it to

[01:36] She always gives me something before a

[01:38] speech. Last time it was a flower. It's

[01:40] always a thing. Baby Buff Buff this time

[01:42] is in the house. So, I'll just place him

[01:44] right here to just guard. I think he's a

[01:48] bobcat, so we'll just go with it. But 10

[01:52] years, you guys,

[01:54] that's unbelievable. I'm so proud of my

[01:57] husband. I mean, I'm obsessed with my

[01:59] husband. I love him deeply. But he has

[02:02] an amazing team. He does. And it it

[02:04] takes a village. and everyone that's

[02:07] backstage, everyone that you've met in

[02:09] registration, everyone that you meet in

[02:12] the exhibit halls, it's it's a team.

[02:15] It's a family. But thank you guys for

[02:17] still showing up every 10 years. And

[02:20] it's been an interesting 10 years. Think

[02:22] about how much has happened in 10 years.

[02:24] You have different presidents. You have

[02:26] different culture war issues going on.

[02:29] People used to know who a woman was or

[02:31] what a woman was and now you don't. Like

[02:32] it's really it's like a you a wave that

[02:35] we're going through. But it's

[02:36] interesting because the enemy is having

[02:38] a total heyday with how everything is

[02:40] going right now and the it's so all that

[02:44] to say thank you guys for being here.

[02:46] Cheers to 10 more years after this and

[02:49] 10 more years even further than that. Um

[02:52] but again the Lord is definitely not

[02:55] caught off guard in what's happening in

[02:59] this world right now and in our nation

[03:02] and neither should we be. We should, we

[03:05] should not. And being a mom in this time

[03:08] and during this 2025

[03:11] era, if you will, puts a lot into

[03:13] perspective because when I look at my

[03:16] kids, especially my daughter, because

[03:19] she's older now, you you realize that

[03:24] you're raising these children that are

[03:26] meant to be in this time in this time

[03:30] period. So many people have said before

[03:32] and I've mentioned this before

[03:33] previously that you know some people are

[03:35] like oh well years past I would have

[03:38] loved to have lived in XYZ generation.

[03:41] I'm so grateful we're in this

[03:43] generation. I'm so grateful we're in

[03:44] this day and age because we get to fight

[03:49] metaphorically but we get to fight in

[03:51] the spiritual battle and we get to see

[03:53] things happening that are just in ultra

[03:57] speed. And again, being a mom seeing

[04:00] this, I love being able to tell my

[04:02] daughter that you are made, fashioned,

[04:05] and appointed for this time. You are not

[04:09] in the wrong time, the wrong place.

[04:11] You're exactly where you have to be. And

[04:13] the spiritual battle is

[04:16] I know you guys feel it. It is so deep

[04:19] in the soul. You can just you can walk

[04:23] into a room and feel the enemy.

[04:27] It's it's a wild time right now. And the

[04:31] battleground is for your heart. It's for

[04:34] your home. It's for your future. And the

[04:37] enemy is is very cunning. But his

[04:40] mission is very simple. He wants to

[04:42] steal your joy. He wants to kill your

[04:45] peace and he wants to destroy your

[04:46] legacy. But God gives you very strategic

[04:50] weapons. He gives you prayer. He gives

[04:52] you scripture. He gives you obedience.

[04:55] He gives you submission and holiness.

[04:58] But our life is a battlefield and our

[05:00] faith even more so. And the enemy's main

[05:03] goal

[05:05] is to disconnect you. It's to isolate

[05:09] you from your relationship with the Lord

[05:12] and put something in the middle of it.

[05:13] Whether that's you thinking that you're

[05:16] not good enough, whether that's any type

[05:19] of disconnection you could even think

[05:22] of, but all of us need to remember not

[05:25] to mistake God's silence for his absence

[05:30] and really know that yes, we are all

[05:34] going through a unique battle right now.

[05:37] We are all in our own battlefield,

[05:40] separate but also together. And I think

[05:44] the call for all of us right now is very

[05:47] universal.

[05:48] And I've really prayed on this and I and

[05:50] I see it in Technicolor with how

[05:53] different waves of things that are

[05:56] happening in culture and in society, but

[05:58] then also seeing it through the the eyes

[06:00] of my child is we our call is for a

[06:05] revival of biblical womanhood.

[06:08] And that is something that is so

[06:10] important right now. And as I teach my

[06:12] daughter,

[06:15] it's again, I know it's so simple, but

[06:18] when you really go down a rabbit hole

[06:20] with it, as a woman raising a daughter,

[06:24] raising another young raising a woman,

[06:26] raising a young woman, raising a woman

[06:27] in society,

[06:29] you you are you're looking at womanhood

[06:33] from the standpoint of how do I explain

[06:35] to a two-year-old what womanhood is? I

[06:39] can have her obviously see how my

[06:41] actions are, but I'm not gonna give her

[06:44] a phone and say, "Look at this

[06:45] influencer who's a homemaker that's

[06:48] making sourdough bread and is having

[06:50] like, you know, selling shampoo and all

[06:52] these things." Like, that's I can't show

[06:54] that to her because she doesn't get

[06:56] that. She watches Bob Ross and Charlie.

[06:58] Those are like her two things. So, it's

[07:00] like, but

[07:03] for me, it was like, okay, who are the

[07:06] people that I can have her kind of look

[07:07] to as a blueprint? And for me, again,

[07:11] it's biblical womanhood. It's

[07:15] realizing like I want to raise my

[07:17] daughter

[07:18] to be the type of woman

[07:22] that is literally a a little warrior. I

[07:26] don't want to raise a weak a weak woman.

[07:28] I want to raise a little warrior who

[07:30] wears modesty like armor, carries truth

[07:34] like a torch and conviction like a

[07:37] crown. Because the devil fears a woman

[07:40] who is anchored in Christ. He cannot buy

[07:43] her. He cannot sway her. He cannot

[07:46] distract her. That's what I want my

[07:48] daughter to be like. That's what I want.

[07:53] And so as I'm to me, and I'll get into

[07:57] this further, the nursery and my

[08:00] daughter's room, my son's room, that's

[08:02] like a sanctuary to me. Being able to

[08:05] pray over them, pray with them, hear my

[08:07] daughter sing Jesus loves me on repeat,

[08:09] like that is that's everything to me.

[08:13] And I want her to be able to see

[08:17] and hear the stories of women who were

[08:20] anchored by the strength of the Lord.

[08:23] And I know that, you know, previous

[08:26] speaker was talking about Esther and and

[08:29] I'm going to I'm going to follow suit in

[08:31] that because it's important. I I feel

[08:33] like we need to look at these women as a

[08:36] blueprint. So for who? Raise your hand

[08:40] if you're a student in college or in

[08:42] high school. Okay, good. Great. It's

[08:46] important because I feel that for women

[08:49] that are called to courage in a culture

[08:51] of fear,

[08:53] that's when Esther enters the chat for

[08:55] that one because Esther's battle was not

[08:58] fought with swords. It was silent

[09:01] obedience.

[09:03] She stepped into the royal halls, not by

[09:07] accident, but by divine appointment.

[09:10] And she stood between death and

[09:11] deliverance in a palace that was not

[09:14] built for her voice.

[09:16] But she spoke anyway.

[09:19] You don't need to be masculine to be

[09:21] strong, and you don't need to be loud to

[09:23] be heard.

[09:27] a woman under authority.

[09:30] When you are a woman under authority,

[09:32] you get to see how God uses your life in

[09:36] such a powerful, beautiful way. And if

[09:39] you feel like in college you're in your

[09:41] Esther era from the standpoint of you

[09:45] feel like you can't say the things you

[09:47] want to say,

[09:49] remember that your degree fades.

[09:52] It's a piece of paper. Your knowledge of

[09:54] everything that you gained is always

[09:56] going to be with you. But your degree

[09:58] fades, but your godliness does not.

[10:01] The opinions of your professors, they

[10:04] won't outlive you.

[10:07] They're going to come and go, but your

[10:09] faithfulness

[10:11] that will stay with you. If you stand

[10:13] for Christ, do it boldly even when

[10:16] you're alone. And let your conduct

[10:19] preach

[10:21] even when you're silenced. and be found

[10:23] faithful. Because although culture is

[10:26] saying you're not doing enough, culture

[10:29] is saying you need to own a business by

[10:30] the time you're 23. You need to go viral

[10:34] for this on Instagram. You're falling

[10:36] behind. Whenever you feel that, I want

[10:39] you to say out loud, I don't care if

[10:40] you're looking at a mirror. I don't care

[10:42] if you're writing it down. I want you to

[10:43] say, "I am not behind. I am becoming."

[10:47] Do not feel like you're running out of

[10:49] time. The enemy loves to make you feel

[10:51] like you're running out of time, but you

[10:52] can always have a career. It is not

[10:55] going anywhere. LLC's will always be

[10:58] able to be created. There is a

[11:01] government institution for that. Like,

[11:03] it's not going away. You will always be

[11:05] able to create your own company. But

[11:07] children, family, your husband,

[11:10] marriages, that is not a renewable

[11:13] resource.

[11:15] That is not don't delay the eternal for

[11:19] temporary and do not sacrifice the

[11:21] sacred for the secular. It is not worth

[11:24] it.

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[11:31] And I know some of you especially the

[11:33] students are not even thinking about

[11:36] husband kid life like that. I get it.

[11:39] Trust me. I was wired at a very young

[11:43] age because I was raised by a single

[11:46] mom. Never let never let yourself be in

[11:49] a position where you can't support

[11:50] yourself and don't rely on a man. Those

[11:53] that was ingrained in me. So before I

[11:55] met Charlie, I was not on the path of I

[11:59] want to have six kids and a white picket

[12:03] house fence. That was not my mindset.

[12:06] But this is how amazing God is. When you

[12:08] meet the right man,

[12:11] everything shifts. Everything changes.

[12:14] When I met Charlie,

[12:17] that was it. I could care less about the

[12:19] career. It was

[12:22] it was a beautiful moment. And I that's

[12:25] why I just want to plant the seed of

[12:26] encouragement because motherhood is it's

[12:28] not a pause. A lot of people think it's

[12:30] a pause in your life. It's a launch pad.

[12:33] It's not something where you feel like,

[12:36] you know, you wasted your degree. You're

[12:39] not wasting a degree when you're raising

[12:41] your children with wisdom, love, and

[12:43] truth. That's that's not wasting a

[12:46] degree at all.

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[12:52] And being a mother is incredible. And I

[12:55] know you guys, some of you aren't there

[12:57] yet, but it's amazing. It is so special

[13:00] to be able to see the world through your

[13:02] baby's eyes all over again and to

[13:05] relearn things that you kind of forgot

[13:08] and just be able to see that

[13:11] again the nursery is sacred.

[13:14] Mothers are culture shapers. They're

[13:16] legacy builders and no government can

[13:19] outgo a righteous mother and no platform

[13:24] can match the prayers

[13:26] of a righteous mother. you just it'll

[13:30] never match up.

[13:32] And I never want you to think that when

[13:35] you have a family

[13:38] that that makes you in a position where

[13:42] you you can't be what God has called you

[13:44] to be. It's the exact opposite. When you

[13:47] become a mother, that is what God has

[13:50] called you to be.

[13:52] Don't

[13:55] I know a lot of you do want a career and

[13:56] I respect that because I do still have

[13:58] my own, you know, my my Bible ministry,

[14:02] but hold it into perspective. I don't

[14:04] want you to be chasing a paycheck and a

[14:08] title and a corner office and sacrifice

[14:12] such a short window that you have in in

[14:16] this time period. So just hold that in

[14:18] your heart because if you build your

[14:20] family, you raise your children, then

[14:23] you can create your platform with a

[14:27] tender heart and not in the furnace of

[14:31] exhaustion.

[14:33] It's it's a special perspective.

[14:36] And so Esther's position, if you're in

[14:39] the boardroom, if you're in the schools

[14:41] or social sphere and you have it on your

[14:43] heart, if I speak, will I lose

[14:45] everything? Esther reminds you that God

[14:48] has placed you in those holes for a

[14:51] reason and your voice was meant to echo

[14:54] in those holes. So speak

[14:58] truth because Esther did not fall. God

[15:01] was within her. And for the women that

[15:04] are called to lead during a time of

[15:05] devastation, you have Deborah to look

[15:08] towards for that blueprint. Deborah led

[15:11] when men around her wavered. She judged.

[15:14] She prophesied. She marched when others

[15:18] stalled. And her battle was to lead

[15:20] boldly in a generation that had

[15:22] forgotten how.

[15:24] This is relative to women who carry the

[15:27] burdens in her home, in her ministry, in

[15:29] her workplace when others won't step up,

[15:32] bearing the responsibilities that others

[15:34] have abandoned. But like Deborah, your

[15:36] strength does not come from yourself.

[15:39] Your strength comes from God who goes

[15:41] before you. So remember that because

[15:43] Deborah did not fall. God was within

[15:46] her.

[15:48] For women who are starting over

[15:51] in unknown fields of life,

[15:54] Ruth is your girl.

[15:57] Read read the book of Ruth. Ruth buried

[16:00] her past and followed Naomi into foreign

[16:02] soil. She had no husband. She had no

[16:04] title. She had no plan.

[16:07] and her battle was the ache of

[16:09] rebuilding a life with no guarantee.

[16:12] She chose loyalty

[16:15] over comfort.

[16:17] And you might be a woman who stands in

[16:19] that same field.

[16:21] You might be widowed. You might be

[16:22] divorced, betrayed, or starting a whole

[16:24] new life in a world that is very

[16:27] unfamiliar. But Ruth's life whispers,

[16:30] "God

[16:31] writes redemption stories out of broken

[16:34] soil."

[16:36] And I want to speak to this for a second

[16:38] because I know that after a breakup or

[16:41] even to the single women in this room,

[16:43] singleness is not a disease.

[16:47] It's a stewardship. It's not a disease.

[16:50] And I know I've heard horror stories

[16:52] because my friends have told me horror

[16:53] stories of dating right now and how it's

[16:56] a total circus. Um, but hear me when I

[17:00] say this. You were never meant to

[17:02] audition for your own worth.

[17:06] Never.

[17:11] You are not a backup plan.

[17:14] You are not a placeholder. And you are

[17:17] not a maybe. You are definitely not

[17:20] someone's emotional experiment. If he

[17:24] won't pray with you, if he won't lead

[17:27] you, if he won't honor your purity or

[17:30] envision a future of serving God

[17:32] together, let him go.

[17:35] Let him go.

[17:40] You are not losing a man. You are

[17:43] shedding a distraction.

[17:45] Let him go.

[17:48] So if you are in this Ruth season, don't

[17:51] waste it. Don't despise it. Use it to

[17:55] strengthen your roots, to know the Lord

[17:58] more deeply, and to pray and prepare for

[18:00] the upcoming season. Because a godly man

[18:03] is not looking for a woman who fits into

[18:05] culture. He's looking for a woman who

[18:07] will kneel before Christ. That is what a

[18:09] godly man is looking for.

[18:13] And marriage is a beautiful calling, but

[18:17] but

[18:19] so is becoming a whole and healed woman

[18:23] who doesn't need a man to complete her

[18:25] because she's already completed

[18:27] by Christ in Christ. Remember that.

[18:31] before you try to seek someone out to

[18:33] complete you.

[18:36] Wait until you are already complete in

[18:38] Christ.

[18:40] Ruth did not fall. God was within her.

[18:44] For the women who are wrestling with the

[18:47] waiting and the surrender season, that's

[18:51] Hannah.

[18:52] Hannah's pain was private.

[18:55] Her womb was closed, but her heart was

[18:57] open.

[18:59] And her battle was the quiet ache of

[19:01] unanswered prayer and misunderstood

[19:02] grief. And for those of you in this

[19:05] battlefield, Hannah echoes your prayers.

[19:09] You're praying for healing. You're

[19:10] praying for children purpose.

[19:13] And sometimes the silence feels louder

[19:15] than the answer. But like Hannah, you

[19:18] learn

[19:20] God treasures the tears of the

[19:21] surrendered.

[19:24] And so I just want to say an

[19:26] encouragement to the women who are

[19:28] dealing with any form of infertility or

[19:31] the waiting season for having a family.

[19:35] The matriarchs, they also dealt with

[19:37] infertility.

[19:39] You have Sarah who laughed in unbelief

[19:42] and God still gave her Isaac. You have

[19:45] Rachel who wept with bitter longing and

[19:47] God gave her Joseph. You have Hannah who

[19:49] poured out her her heart and her soul

[19:51] and God didn't forgive her. And you have

[19:52] Elizabeth who conceived in her old age.

[19:55] God opens wombs. Remember that

[19:59] he opens wombs. So just wait for him.

[20:03] Keep praying. Don't despise the waiting.

[20:05] And don't mistake again the silence for

[20:07] absence because God is near even now.

[20:12] And he will see all of your unseen acts

[20:15] of obedience. and he'll weave it all

[20:18] together for something so special and so

[20:21] great, something greater than you could

[20:23] ever imagine.

[20:25] And so what God builds in the dark, he

[20:27] always unveils in glory. And he he does

[20:31] it at his time, not yours, which is

[20:34] tough. That's not always fun. Does it on

[20:37] his time. But Hannah did not fall. God

[20:40] was within her. And then we have Mary,

[20:44] the mother of Jesus.

[20:46] For the women called to carry what

[20:48] others don't understand,

[20:50] that's Mary.

[20:52] Mary bore the greatest assignment in

[20:55] human history and the greatest scrutiny.

[20:58] Her battle was not only spiritual, it

[21:00] was social. Vulnerable and young, she

[21:03] said yes. Anyways, she accepted the

[21:05] weighty task of the motherhood of to our

[21:08] savior. And Mary's obedience speaks

[21:10] volumes because you might be dealing

[21:12] with an in invisible calling to that no

[21:14] one no one gets, no one understands. The

[21:18] motherhood that no one values, the

[21:20] purity that no one respects, and the

[21:22] obedience that costs you popularity.

[21:25] But Mary reminds you, you don't need the

[21:27] world's approval when you have heaven's

[21:28] assignment.

[21:32] Mary, the mother of Jesus, did not fall.

[21:34] God was within her. And so while the

[21:37] battle rages, while all of you guys are

[21:38] going through your own form of spiritual

[21:40] warfare within your family, your

[21:41] friends, your sphere of life, if you

[21:44] will, uh what feels like a delay is

[21:46] often divine preparation. So just hold

[21:48] on to that because it could feel like

[21:51] stagnation,

[21:53] change it in your mind to

[21:54] sanctification.

[21:56] Two totally different mindsets.

[21:59] I have to to I get to. It's powerful

[22:03] when you shift

[22:05] those patterns. The hidden years, the

[22:07] years of uncertainty in the battlefield

[22:09] of silent faithfulness, they're never

[22:11] wasted. They're a refining fire,

[22:14] chiseling your soul so that you can

[22:17] carry the weight of the calling that God

[22:19] has for you. And one day you'll look

[22:20] back on the season, you'll be like, I

[22:22] get it now. I see why I had to let that

[22:24] go, that guy go. He was the distraction.

[22:26] I'm married to this guy. I have amazing

[22:28] babies. I have the life that I've always

[22:30] wanted. You just have to trust.

[22:33] You have to trust.

[22:35] And while you're trusting, don't grow

[22:37] dull. Agreement without action is is

[22:40] disobedience. And the enemy disguises

[22:42] bondage as empowerment. So resist

[22:46] deception.

[22:48] Revival is not going to come through

[22:49] louder politicians and

[22:53] other and more influencers.

[22:56] It's just not. Revival is going to come

[22:58] through the living rooms of mothers who

[23:01] are praying with their children, praying

[23:03] over their children, loving on their

[23:05] husbands. It's going to come through

[23:07] college campuses of the you ladies that

[23:09] are students that are going to be like

[23:11] Esther. You're going to let your voice

[23:13] echo through those halls, even when they

[23:15] tell you not to. That's what you're

[23:17] going to do. And it's going to come

[23:19] through quiet prayers and bold actions

[23:22] of unshakable devotion to Jesus Christ.

[23:25] That's how revival is going to happen.

[23:28] So, I'm here to say welcome to the

[23:30] spiritual war. If you're not aware of

[23:33] it, put on the armor. Stand your post.

[23:36] You're a woman of the word. And when you

[23:38] feel isolated or unseen, go back to that

[23:40] blueprint.

[23:42] Ruth, Deborah, Hannah, Esther, Mother

[23:46] Mary, any of them. Go back to the

[23:48] blueprint. Fix your eyes on Christ

[23:51] because this is not for the faint of

[23:54] hearts. This spiritual battle,

[23:58] it's not also for Coachella Christianity

[24:00] where people are like, I'm just going to

[24:01] go with the wind of whatever the

[24:03] Christian flow is. Don't. No, no, no.

[24:06] This is for someone who is fixing their

[24:09] eyes on the Lord, who speaks truth and

[24:11] love because you are not some dainty

[24:13] decoration.

[24:15] You are a weapon in the hand of Almighty

[24:18] God.

[24:19] [Applause]

[24:24] And yes, these women that I talked

[24:26] about, they were in different times.

[24:27] They were in different cultures. They

[24:29] were, you know, you can't really relate

[24:31] always to their context. But what you

[24:34] can relate to is that they said yes when

[24:37] they didn't see the full picture.

[24:39] They had no idea how history was going

[24:41] to write out their yes

[24:44] when they said yes to God. But heaven

[24:46] did. Heaven knew exactly what was going

[24:49] to happen. So, I want you to take heart.

[24:53] Don't worry about the school. Don't

[24:55] worry about the job. I actually think

[24:58] that that's some form of feminism to be

[25:01] so caught up in I have to have this

[25:04] career and I have to have this and I

[25:05] have to that. It just is it's a

[25:07] distraction.

[25:08] The enemy loves that. But it's a total

[25:11] distraction. I think that that anxiety

[25:14] is what feminism is all about for what

[25:17] they want. They want you to be anxious.

[25:19] They want you to be on anti-depressants.

[25:24] They want you to be numb.

[25:26] They want they don't want you to feel.

[25:30] They don't want you to feel. So, I want

[25:32] to release you from that. Don't shrink

[25:34] back. This world and this generation

[25:37] needs women who echo the gospel.

[25:40] This world names women who are marked by

[25:42] the cross.

[25:44] So my mission for all of you after you

[25:48] leave here,

[25:50] please

[25:51] go confuse the culture.

[25:55] Confuse the crap out of it. I don't even

[25:57] know if I'm allowed to say that, but

[25:58] confuse them. Go and confuse them. Do

[26:01] not conform to it. Let them stare at

[26:03] you. Let them write the meanest

[26:06] Instagram comments.

[26:08] Let them wander. Let them whisper. And

[26:11] while they're doing all of that, because

[26:12] that's just noise,

[26:15] build your family.

[26:17] Go raise a family.

[26:19] Go build a life of holy defiance. Go

[26:22] love your husband. Go love your babies.

[26:26] Go teach your children how to blaze a

[26:29] trail of glory.

[26:31] Go lead in truth and go be the light.

[26:33] You don't have time for their noise.

[26:35] Don't seek their applause. It's not even

[26:37] worth it. Not even worth it. Go f go

[26:40] fulfill your purpose because you just

[26:42] need Jesus.

[26:44] It's all you need.

[26:46] So, while the world is watching,

[26:49] heaven's cheering for you,

[26:51] cheering you on

[26:53] because just like the women before you,

[26:56] that blueprint, God is within you and

[27:01] you will not fail.

[27:03] You guys are so loved. I'm so proud of

[27:06] you. Pour into each other this weekend.

[27:10] Get everything you can out of this

[27:12] weekend. You're sitting in that chair

[27:14] for a reason.

[27:16] That exact chair,

[27:18] that person that's sitting right next to

[27:20] you was meant to sit right next to you.

[27:26] I'm not telling you to how figure out

[27:28] why,

[27:31] but just know that nothing is by

[27:33] mistake.

[27:35] nothing.

[27:37] I will never forget the time I was in

[27:38] Israel with my hus well not with that

[27:40] was the second time but the first time

[27:42] with my mother on a pilgrimage

[27:44] and I was standing in the ticket line

[27:46] and I remember looking behind me and in

[27:50] the snake of the ticket line was a guy

[27:52] who looked very familiar. I had no idea

[27:54] who he was and I told my mom, "This guy

[27:57] looks so familiar." And as a typical

[27:59] mother, she said go and say hi.

[28:02] No, we were late for our flight and I'm

[28:05] not going to come off like a crazy

[28:06] person with a That's just weird.

[28:10] That ended up being Charlie.

[28:14] Nothing is by coincidence. Now, did I

[28:17] did we know that that No, not until we

[28:19] were like 3 months into our relationship

[28:21] and looking at time stamps seeing that

[28:22] both of us were in Israel at the same

[28:24] time.

[28:25] But nothing is by coincidence

[28:29] when God is within you. Okay.

[28:32] So you guys go blaze a trail. Okay, God

[28:35] bless you all.

[28:36] [Applause]

[28:44] [Music]