Called by Name: Redeemed & Beloved with Eloisa Guerrero
Welcome to the Holy Spirit Untethered. My name is Amber Beals, and it is my job and my mission to allow the Holy Spirit to speak through me, to help demystify who he is, what his role is, and to deeply encourage you to seek a relationship with him. Alright. Let's get started. Hey, guys.
Amber Beels:Welcome back to the Holy Spirit Untethered podcast. My name is Amber. And today, I have a special guest. Actually, a returning special guest, Eloisa. Hello,
Eloisa Guerrero:everybody.
Amber Beels:Alright. Hey, Eloisa. I'm so glad that you're back. Eloisa was on how long ago were you?
Eloisa Guerrero:I was one of the earlier episodes.
Amber Beels:Alright. So Eloisa was on episode 16 called the fruit of the spirit with Eloisa Guerrero. So it should be easy to find, and I loved that episode. I think it did you did a really great job in describing the fruit of the spirit and what, like, what each of them mean and and all the things. So it was really good.
Amber Beels:So if you haven't know already, go ahead and listen to that one. But today, Elisa, what are we talking about?
Eloisa Guerrero:We are talking about seeing ourselves through God's eyes. Yes. And our identity and what it is and what it isn't.
Amber Beels:Yes. Yes. I love that. And I had you on again because, well, when I you did really great the first time, and I love you. But also, you did a talk at our women's event
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm.
Amber Beels:Just recently, what, about a month ago? Less than a month ago. And this was your talk. This is what you talked about. And Yeah.
Amber Beels:You did a shout out to my podcast, so I appreciated that. But I thought it was a really good reminder for us about your identity because, like, I remember when you first started talking about it, I was like, yeah. This is good stuff. Good stuff. Like, I'm good.
Amber Beels:I'm good. I'm good. And then, like, halfway through, I'm like, oh, I need I need to work on this more. There's always something. Right?
Amber Beels:Yep. So it doesn't matter how far along you are in your walk, always coming back to the identity portion because there's always gonna be something there. There's always something that you are believing that is not true. Yeah. You know?
Eloisa Guerrero:Well, this world is so loud. Mhmm. And the things that the world says that you are compared to what the Lord says sometimes speak louder. Mhmm. Or we allow them to speak louder into into our hearts.
Eloisa Guerrero:And so, it it's definitely a good reminder for for not just women. This this was specifically targeted for the women of our church. But it's not just a reminder for women. It's a reminder in general of who the Lord says you are Right. And who the world says you are, but you are not.
Eloisa Guerrero:Right. So we have to remind ourselves that we are who God says we are, and it doesn't matter what the world says about
Amber Beels:us. Totally. Alright. Well, before we dive into that, let's go ahead and pray. So if you can and it's safe to do so, go ahead and pray with us.
Amber Beels:So dear heavenly father, I just thank you so much. I just thank you for this opportunity to be on this podcast, Lord. I thank you for Eloisa. I thank you for her life, Lord. I thank you for her yes her many yeses, Lord, in serving you and loving you and just sharing your good news.
Amber Beels:I just pray a blessing over every single person that's listening to this podcast, Lord. I pray holy spirit that you would that your words would come through and that our words would fall away, that your message would ultimately be heard and planted in our hearts, Lord. So I just pray you repair our hearts for that, and we pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Awesome.
Amber Beels:So where did you wanna start?
Eloisa Guerrero:So I wanted to share Psalm one thirty nine thirteen fourteen that I shared with the women, and it is a very popular verse. Everybody knows it. It states, for you created my my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Eloisa Guerrero:And the craftsmanship of God used to form us, speaks of his love for us. So that that's one of the things that I spoke about is that it's it's personal to Him. Mhmm. It's intentional. It's intimate.
Eloisa Guerrero:It's truth. Yeah. The world will tell you that you're too short. You're too tall. You're too fat.
Eloisa Guerrero:You're too you're too skinny. You're too Mexican. You're not Mexican enough. You're too white. You're not white enough.
Eloisa Guerrero:You're too black. You're not black enough. The Lord says, I created you before you were even born. Mhmm. I know you inside and out, and you are perfect in my eyes.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm. So everything else falls short. Yeah. And that's that's the difference between what the Lord tells us about ourselves. He speaks life into us, and the world war will tear us down.
Eloisa Guerrero:And half of the time, unfortunately, we believe the lies. But that's where the the Holy Spirit reminds us every single day or tries to remind us every single day that we don't listen to his voice half of the time is a different story.
Amber Beels:Well, it also his voice is very Right? Yes. It's a very soft voice and so you have to be super intentional to listen to that voice.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:He has to be the loudest voice in your head. Yeah. And that's hard when he's talk when he talks so softly. Right? And so but he does it on purpose because then we're super, like, turning to him because we want to hear his voice.
Amber Beels:It's not because it's the loudest voice. It's because we know that voice is speaking truth.
Eloisa Guerrero:Exactly. And that's where that's where our relationship comes into play. That's where our everyday talk comes into play. And and wanting, desiring to want to be in conversation with Him to make it personal. Like I said, it's personal to Him.
Eloisa Guerrero:Right. So we have to make it personal for us, knowing that He knows our name. That's one of the things that I spoke about.
Amber Beels:Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:The God that created the heavens and the earth knows you by name. And I just think, every time I think about that, it blows my mind.
Amber Beels:Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:Like, not only does he know every single person's name in the whole entire world, but he knows my name. Right. It's personal. He knows me. He knows my most inner thoughts, my most intimate thoughts.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm. That's a little scary sometimes too.
Amber Beels:Yeah. Because we know it's in there.
Eloisa Guerrero:Right? We're just like, oh. So that that also checks you. Right? Because, okay, what am I thinking?
Eloisa Guerrero:What am I saying? What am I going to say about myself? Because the Lord says this, now what am I going to speak about myself? It took me a long time to love myself. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And that also plays into your testimony. Right? Because everybody has a testimony. What the Lord does in you, through you, and around you, that's your testimony. That's what that's what people see.
Eloisa Guerrero:So when they see you all tore up from the floor up, and you're just like a hot mess, that's what people are seeing. And they're gonna be like, I don't wanna be like her.
Amber Beels:Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:I don't wanna know her. I don't wanna hang out with her. But then when you have the joy of the Lord in you, and you know who you are because God says you are this person, then you're going to shine. Mhmm. You're going to reflect his love.
Eloisa Guerrero:You're going to reflect his joy. And that's where our testimony comes in. And that's where people are like, oh, I want what she has. Oh, what is she doing different? Where is she going?
Eloisa Guerrero:What's she doing? Yeah. I want some of that. I also wanted to share Isaiah forty three one. This is my favorite.
Eloisa Guerrero:It says, but now, this is what the Lord says. He who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel, do not fear for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name. You are mine.
Amber Beels:It's good.
Eloisa Guerrero:I'm his. Yeah. I may not belong anywhere else. I may feel out of place in all of the places, but I am his. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:Again, the maker of the heavens and the earth loves me, wants me. I am his.
Amber Beels:Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And I think that's so powerful when we get it, when we understand it, when we receive it.
Amber Beels:Yeah. That's the important part. Yeah. You have to believe it.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. Yeah.
Amber Beels:Receive it and believe it. Yeah. In the the event that you had, you gave us all a mirror.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yes.
Amber Beels:And then you had us say or, like, make a declaration
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm.
Amber Beels:And write down a word or two words. Mhmm. Like, I am, Lord says, and I am, and then you you write down whatever it is.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:And then you have to look at yourself. Yep. In the mirror and say it. Mhmm. And that's always, like, for me, the ultimate test Mhmm.
Amber Beels:Of is this an issue for me? Uh-huh. Can I say it to myself? Yeah. I don't even need a mirror.
Amber Beels:Like, normally, I I'm like, can I say it? Because if I can't say it without, like, tears welling up, then I'm like, oh, okay. I don't believe that.
Eloisa Guerrero:Work on that. Yeah. Yeah.
Amber Beels:And but having a mirror just makes it even worse. Yeah. Because you're looking at yourself. Yeah. You're telling yourself.
Amber Beels:Right? And I know I've mentioned there's power in the spoken word. So if you say something and your self conscious Mhmm. Or your subconscious doesn't believe it
Eloisa Guerrero:Right.
Amber Beels:It's gonna be real difficult to to say.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. And you have to continue to say it. I I I told you I told all of the ladies that day, I want you to take this piece of paper. So there was a piece of paper and it said, because God calls me by name and made me wonderfully, I declare I am, And then that's where you plugged in. Fill in the blank.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. Fill in the blank. You are chosen. You are loved. You are enough.
Eloisa Guerrero:You are redeemed. You are forgiven. What word is calling to you that you either want to believe or you know to be true. Mhmm. And those two are just like, oh.
Amber Beels:Or you know that you don't believe it. Exactly. Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:So and and then I told all the ladies, I want you to take that piece of paper, and I want you to put it
Amber Beels:Like, on your mirror.
Eloisa Guerrero:On your mirror. Yeah. Somewhere where you're going to look at it every single day because it takes repetitiveness. You've shared this. It takes, you know, twenty one days or however many days, thirty days, however many days.
Amber Beels:Forty.
Eloisa Guerrero:Forty days? Oh my word. Forty days for us to become accustomed or
Amber Beels:It's less if you do that hack that I showed you. But Yeah. The reprogramming hack. Yeah. But yeah.
Amber Beels:Same concept.
Eloisa Guerrero:But that's that's how that's how we are as humans is is we forget. Mhmm. And and we repeat it to ourselves every single day, and yet we still during the day, we still forget, oh, yes. I am enough. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:Oh, yes. I am chosen. Oh, yes. I am forgiven. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And sometimes, we have to remind ourselves every single day, multiple times a day Mhmm. In order for us to remember that. Right.
Amber Beels:And for it to sink in. And that's one of the rules of the Holy Spirit. Right? Yep. I mean, it says that he's the Holy Spirit will bring remembrance to what Jesus said.
Amber Beels:Yeah. Because the Lord knew that we're forgetful. It gets distracted. Are we forgetful? Yeah.
Amber Beels:For sure.
Eloisa Guerrero:So I wanted to share with you about four four weeks ago. Oh, no. Maybe a month and a half ago Okay. The Lord brought me to a place where he reminded me who I was. And he reminded me of my purpose.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm. And it was so powerful. So about two months ago, I was in the hospital. I'm in the hospital a lot, unfortunately.
Amber Beels:I do get a text from you saying you're in the ER quite more often than other people. And I'm like, what happened now, Eluisa?
Eloisa Guerrero:I gotta keep the prayer team alive. No. But I was in the hospital because I was having some stomach issues. Mhmm. And I've had a lot of issues with with my health.
Eloisa Guerrero:And I I hit a rock bottom that night that I was in the hospital, and I cried out to the Lord. And I said, Lord, why me? Why can't you heal me? Why not me? Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And I cried out to him, and I was I was in tears at at the hospital because I was in so much pain. And then the next day, I didn't go to work because I I was in pain, and I was at home. And I had I had an encounter with the Lord. I don't know if you if you listening watch The Chosen. I know that you watch The Chosen.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm. So in in the show The Chosen, there is a character, little John. Yeah. And he has issues walking, so he always walks with Cain. And the Lord reminded me of little John because Jesus and little John had a conversation in an alley, and little John asked Jesus, why haven't you healed me?
Eloisa Guerrero:Why not me? Mhmm. Why everybody else around me and why not me? And Jesus reminded him that his testimony was greater than his healing. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And that brought me to tears. He told me, your testimony is bigger than your healing. I can heal you in an instant. I can make everything go away in an instant. But the fact that you still love me, the fact that you still follow me, the fact that you still worship me, no matter what's going on, no matter the circumstance, no matter what you're dealing with physically, financially, no matter what, you still worship me.
Eloisa Guerrero:You still put me first. And that reminder was just like, oh, it hit me to the core. Mhmm. And it reminded me that I am chosen. I am chosen.
Eloisa Guerrero:I am chosen for such a time as this. I am chosen for a purpose. I am chosen because he loves me. I am chosen because he made me. I am chosen because I've been forgiven.
Eloisa Guerrero:I I am chosen because I've been redeemed. I am chosen because of who I am in him, not because of who I am by myself. Mhmm. Because I am no one. But because he made me, because he knows my name, I am chosen.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm. And despite the fact that he hasn't healed me on this side of heaven, I'm still gonna worship him. And ever since that, I don't know if you've noticed. Ever since that, I've tried to not complain about my body, about how I'm feeling, about my my aches and pains. Not that they're not there, but I'm choosing to not focus on them.
Eloisa Guerrero:I am choosing to focus on who he says I am. Mhmm. And he says that I am healed. When that healing is going to happen, I don't know. Only he knows.
Eloisa Guerrero:Is it on this side of heaven or on the the other side of heaven? I don't know. I am loved. And because I'm loved, I am going to walk in that love. And when you walk in love, nothing else matters.
Eloisa Guerrero:Like, you could be sick. You could be down. You could be sad. But when you're loved, you're like, I'm okay because I'm loved. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:I am chosen, and I choose to live a life of a chosen person instead of a victim. I am no longer a victim of my physical ailments. I am chosen by him, and I will live my life that way. And it's an eye opening. Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:It's it's because I allowed yeah. I took it for myself. Mhmm. I said, okay. This is me.
Eloisa Guerrero:This is this is who I am. This is who God says I am. Mhmm. And when you accept that, everything falls into place. Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:Not that you won't have any difficulties, not that you won't have any troubles, not that you won't have any ailments because literally the next week, I was in the hospital again because I crashed. But my whole mentality changed. And even with my crash, I I any other day, I would have been, like, so scared and wouldn't have wanted to get back on on my moped, but I'm excited to get back on my moped Mhmm. Even though everybody else is like, no.
Amber Beels:What are you doing, Gogisa?
Eloisa Guerrero:But because my mentality changed, I'm like, I'm fine. I'm okay. I caught this. I can do this. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:Because I accepted who God says I am. Mhmm. And when we accept that, oh, powerful things happen.
Amber Beels:Yeah. That's awesome. Thank you for sharing that. You're welcome. Yeah.
Amber Beels:I I it's powerful when God meets you in a place where you're calling out to him. And I recently, I think it was last week, I did an episode on, like, when you're in a season of transition or blessing
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm.
Amber Beels:You have to be a little bit more intentional about seeking time with the Lord because things are going well. Right? When things are not going well, it's like, Lord, why am I here? Like, you're constantly crying out. Right?
Amber Beels:Because you're in the you're going through it. Yeah. But when you are in a season that is a little better, sometimes it can be distracting. And you have to be a little bit more intentional and more he puts it on you Yeah. To come seek him
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm.
Amber Beels:To spend time with him.
Eloisa Guerrero:He's a gentleman. Yeah. He his door is open. His arms are wide open. But he's such a gentleman.
Eloisa Guerrero:He's such a good father that he just waits. The invitation is there and he says, alright. I'm ready for you.
Amber Beels:Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And I love the fact that he says, come as you are. Yeah. Because most everybody is like, well, no. I can't. I can't go to church.
Eloisa Guerrero:I can't go to God because of x y and z.
Amber Beels:Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:He says, come as you are. Everything else doesn't matter. Like, those things will fall away when they fall away in his timing. Right. Not in our timing.
Eloisa Guerrero:But when we come to him redeemed and just completely surrendered, everything else falls into place. But we do have to be intentional with him
Amber Beels:Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:In the good and in the bad. Not just in the bad, but in the good.
Amber Beels:In the good as well.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. It's so much harder to to do in the good.
Amber Beels:Yeah. Because you're so distracted. Yeah. There's a lot going on. Right?
Amber Beels:So being more intentional with that. And then after I did that episode, I was like, okay. I'm gonna be intentional. I'm gonna do it. And so when I did, I got he spoke to me.
Amber Beels:He he met me too in in the good, you know, and encouraged me even even more even though I'm not going through a ton of trials right now. Not to sell, knock on wood, that that keeps going. But, you know, he's still there's still areas in your life,
Eloisa Guerrero:right Yeah.
Amber Beels:That aren't resolved. Like, when I went through the women's event and I wrote down my things, the things I wrote down were enough and called. And I know you said one thing, but I I did too. But They
Eloisa Guerrero:don't miss it. You're not the only one
Amber Beels:that did
Eloisa Guerrero:more than one.
Amber Beels:But because I don't know. Those those two both resonated with me. And Charlesy, actually, her mom, when I gave my testimony a few weeks back, she gave me a bracelet and it said, you're you are enough. Aw. She she's like, I wore this today knowing I was gonna give it to somebody.
Amber Beels:What? And she's like, that's you. After I gave my testimony and I was like, of course, crying and I was
Eloisa Guerrero:like, thank you. And
Amber Beels:so I was like, yeah. Okay. You are enough. I have to like, those and you are called kinda go together because if you're called, then you have to be enough for your calling. Right?
Amber Beels:So to me, those things go together.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:And so when you had us do that with the mirror, I couldn't get through it. I couldn't say it. And so I was like, okay, Lord. Another thing. Like, first, my my thing was love too.
Amber Beels:Like, I couldn't say, like, I'm worthy of love or I deserve love. Like Yeah. I could not say that without tears. And or somebody would ask me, like, Amber, you okay? And I'm like, tears.
Amber Beels:Like, subconscious level of, like, I guess I'm not okay. I thought I
Eloisa Guerrero:was fine until you asked me that question.
Amber Beels:So got past that. But there's always something. Right? There's always something that you have to work on. And it's it's that partnership with the Holy Spirit Yeah.
Amber Beels:That's going to help you get over the lie Yeah. That you believe because he's saying you're enough. He's saying you're called. Mhmm. He's saying you're worthy of love.
Amber Beels:You are you've been redeemed. You're chosen for such a time as this. So those things are true. Yeah. But you're obviously not receiving it.
Amber Beels:Or there's something in your life that caused you to not believe that.
Eloisa Guerrero:Because that chatterbox sometimes, we let we let the chatter in our mind win over God's still voice. And just because God's still voice is is quiet, doesn't mean that it's
Amber Beels:Not powerful?
Eloisa Guerrero:Not powerful.
Amber Beels:Oh, yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. When we tune ourselves to His voice, it is powerful. Mhmm. And it'll knock you to your knees.
Amber Beels:Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And that's exactly what He did to me after that incident at the hospital. The next day, it was small and still, but it was so powerful that I was sitting in my living room crying my eyes out by myself Mhmm. And just like overwhelmed with the love of God and with the power that came with that small still voice telling me, you are chosen.
Amber Beels:Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:It's okay. It's not that I don't hear you. It's not that I don't see you. Mhmm. I do.
Eloisa Guerrero:And this is why I've called you.
Amber Beels:Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:So the the fact that you almost made me cry right now when when you said that, you know, that you were struggling with that. I'm just like, are you kidding me? Because I love this woman.
Amber Beels:Thank
Eloisa Guerrero:I love this woman. And and to know that those are the things that you still have issues with, I'm just like, woman?
Amber Beels:Well, but the thing is there's things I didn't even know I was struggling with. Right. They were so deep that I was just kinda like, okay. I'll write it out. Okay.
Amber Beels:Say it. And I'm like, say it. Just say it. And I'm like, can't say it. I'm like, okay, Lord.
Amber Beels:Like, thing.
Eloisa Guerrero:Why it's so good for not just women, for everybody Yeah. Specifically speaking about women right now. That's why it's we're not supposed to do life alone.
Amber Beels:Right.
Eloisa Guerrero:Because there are times that we need other people to remind us of who the Lord says we are because it's so hard for us to to tell ourselves. And and we're just like, alright. I I believe it, but I can't say it. I I know it, but I literally can't say it out loud. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And then people come and tell you. Mhmm. You know, people like Charles says, mom remind you, God uses them to tell you, hey. I I I hear you. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:I know you're struggling with this.
Amber Beels:Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:Let me just remind you how amazing you are.
Amber Beels:Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:Let me just remind you how loved you are. Mhmm. Let me just remind you that you have been forgiven. Let me just remind you that you are enough. And and that's one of the reasons why at the women's event at the end, I I did a application and encouragement for, like, each group of women that we had there.
Amber Beels:Yeah. And and called out, by the way.
Eloisa Guerrero:It's not my fault. You were the only pregnant woman there.
Amber Beels:It was like this section, expectant mothers, and everyone's staring at me. I'm like, yeah. I'm the only one.
Eloisa Guerrero:So we had we had one for mothers and and caregivers. Do you mind if I share?
Amber Beels:Yeah, please.
Eloisa Guerrero:Okay. So we had, mothers and caregivers, and I gave them Isaiah sixty six thirteen that says, as a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you. And I think that's so powerful because us as mothers and as caregivers for those that are not mothers, but care for people, which is like basically everybody, there is someone in your life that you care for or care about and you love on them. Right? Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And and it's so awesome to know that although we give out all of this love and all of this care, and sometimes it's not reciprocated by that person, It's given to us by our father. Mhmm. So he he will comfort us. He will love us. He will be there for us.
Eloisa Guerrero:So I think it's so amazing. And I shared I shared your labor of love at home is not invisible to God. Sometimes we feel invisible. Mhmm. Sometimes we feel like we are doing all of the work and we don't get acknowledged.
Eloisa Guerrero:But it's okay because he sees it. Mhmm. Because he knows what you're doing. Because he appreciates you. So when somebody else doesn't appreciate you, just remember that God, the God of the heavens and the earth, appreciates you and sees you.
Eloisa Guerrero:And then it was for young ladies. First Timothy four twelve says, don't let anyone look down on you because you are young. And I asked them to, that week, speak life into another young woman. We have to remind each other of of who we are in God and who they are in God. Just a loving word goes so long.
Eloisa Guerrero:And so knowing that young women and and that night, we had several young young ladies there, and they loved that thing that we did with the mirror.
Amber Beels:Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And even one of them called out, you are enough. And I said, yes. You are. You are enough. Because they need reminder more than anybody else.
Eloisa Guerrero:The world attacks young ladies, young men so much, and they need us to remind them who they are in Christ. And so I thought it was amazing. And then we have expectant mothers. And Amber happened to be the only one there, so it's not my fault that everybody turned around and looked at her. And then I gave you Psalm one thirty nine fifteen sixteen.
Eloisa Guerrero:Your eyes saw my unformed body. You are literally carrying, living proof that God is still forming new life today. Mhmm. And I had the women around her lay hands on her and speak out loud. We are fearfully, wonderfully made.
Eloisa Guerrero:We are known. We are yours. That was powerful.
Amber Beels:It was.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. And then I had word for all the women. Ephesians two ten, for we are God's masterpiece. No relationship status, no career title, or outward label defines us. Only God's voice does, and it says, you are mine.
Eloisa Guerrero:And just that reminder alone, every single day, if you cannot remember anything of what was spoken about in this podcast, just remember that you belong to him. Yeah. And that the Holy Spirit is here to remind you of that every single day and to walk in that truth
Amber Beels:Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:To know that you are his, to know that you are called, to know that you are enough, to know that you are forgiven, to know that you are redeemed, to know that you are loved, and to know fill in the blank. Mhmm. You are his. Mhmm. He knows you by name.
Eloisa Guerrero:He calls you by name. He doesn't want you to change anything about yourself. He takes care of that. He just wants to love on you. He wants to show you how much you mean to him.
Eloisa Guerrero:And when you allow him to do that, it's so beautiful.
Amber Beels:It's easier said than done, though.
Eloisa Guerrero:Oh, for sure.
Amber Beels:Like, yes. But it is it is a it's an intentional process
Eloisa Guerrero:Yes.
Amber Beels:That is difficult. Can be can be difficult. I know that when I if the Lord finally revealed to me that I didn't feel like I was worthy of love Yeah. I realized I was like, oh, this is a problem. And he's like, yeah, it's a problem.
Amber Beels:And he's like, we can't I can't develop or like, our relationship can't develop anymore
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:Until you accept that you are worthy of my love and that you love yourself.
Eloisa Guerrero:Wow.
Amber Beels:And I was like Wow. I'm like, okay. What do I do? How do I change that? Because obviously, it's not something that I consciously was doing
Eloisa Guerrero:Right.
Amber Beels:And so or believing. And so there's many different ways to address it.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm.
Amber Beels:And I found a way that was a little easier. I'm not easier, but just faster. But affirmations is number one, I think. Saying it over yourself. Yep.
Amber Beels:Saying it to yourself in the
Eloisa Guerrero:mirror. Yep.
Amber Beels:And always just being cognizant of what you're saying over yourself.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm.
Amber Beels:Like, I've been around people still that, like, speak negative over their lives. Yeah. And I'm like, stop it. Mhmm. Why are you saying that over yourself?
Amber Beels:Yeah. Like, I actually had my nail tech lady, you know her. She you went to her this last time. She was like, do you believe she asked me, do you believe in manifesting? And I was like, I believe in the spoken word.
Amber Beels:Yeah. I believe that the Lord gave us authority in that there's life and death in the tongue. Yep. And so what you say over yourself can kind of command what happens to you because the Lord gave you that authority.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:And so it's not because, oh, look at me. I can say and conjure or manifest things into my life. No. I it's power that I need to be very careful with.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm.
Amber Beels:And so it's not something I take lightly and I try to be more intentional about what I say over myself like
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:My delivery. What because I'm due at the end of this month. And so I'm just kinda like, I try not to say like, oh, there's gonna be a lot of pain or it's gonna be long or she might come late. Like, I try to say like, nope. I'm gonna have a quick and pain free delivery, Lord.
Amber Beels:Thank you, Jesus. Like, quick and pain free. And so it's like, try to like, I'll catch myself Yeah. Because I'm like, no. No.
Amber Beels:I'm not gonna say that over myself, you know?
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:Because what I say can come true. Yeah. And so I'm trying to be intentional. It's just one aspect of my life, but it it applies to everybody.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:Right? Whether you're about to go through something or just your everyday thing, like, maybe you struggle with memory.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:Like, oh, my memory. Oh, I can never remember things. Like, don't say that of yourself.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:Yeah. Yeah. That's gonna keep happening if you keep saying that. Right? And so just say, instead of, well, I don't wanna lie.
Amber Beels:Okay. Well, don't lie. Just say like, I'm working on my memory. My memory is getting better. Yep.
Amber Beels:My memory gets better every day. Yeah. Keep saying that over yourself and it will. Yeah. You know?
Eloisa Guerrero:And then you can also have people to remind you of those things when you yourself again, we're human and, you know, we fall short every single day. So having those people be reminders of the truth that the Lord has spoken over you Mhmm. Is powerful. That's why I always say, you cannot do life alone. Right.
Eloisa Guerrero:You need people that will love on you, that will speak life into you. The word of God says that our our tongue is a double edged sword.
Amber Beels:Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:So it there there is power in the spoken word, like you always say. What are you gonna speak over yourself? And what are you gonna allow others to speak over you? Yeah. Is it life or is it death?
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm. That's one thing that I always tell Anthony every single morning, don't forget to speak life into someone. Mhmm.
Amber Beels:It's good.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. Because our our words are powerful Mhmm. And they can go both ways. You can speak life into someone, or you can speak death into someone. And that someone is probably you every single day.
Amber Beels:It's true.
Eloisa Guerrero:So what are you speaking over yourself? Are you speaking the truth that the Lord has given you in His word? Or are you speaking the lies that the world is speaking over you? Mhmm. Which one are you gonna work on?
Eloisa Guerrero:Which one are you gonna believe? Which one are you gonna retain every single day? Which which are you going to allow in your life? Are you gonna allow the Holy Spirit to speak into you, or are you gonna lie allow the chatterbox to speak into you? Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:So we have to be very careful, and it's a daily thing.
Amber Beels:Yes.
Eloisa Guerrero:And it's intentional. You have to be intentional about it. Mhmm. So like how you were saying, if you if you usually say certain things for certain aspects of your life, switch it. Make it intentional that from now on, no, you're not gonna do that.
Eloisa Guerrero:So with me, it's like, you know what? I'm doing good today. And when people ask me, how how are you feeling? How how is your body? How how are you?
Eloisa Guerrero:You know, are you aching today? I'm doing great today. Mhmm. I'm doing good today. I'm blessed today because I don't want to live in the negative.
Eloisa Guerrero:Right. I don't want to live in in the pain. I I live it. I don't want to live in it. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:There's a difference. Right?
Amber Beels:Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:Like, I have pain every day. I'm not going to live by that pain every day.
Amber Beels:Yeah. It's good. Yeah. It's really good. You know, there's a my family is very sarcastic.
Amber Beels:I have one of those. Yeah. And it's funny when Eric and I first started dating, he's like, your family is so sarcastic. And I was like, yeah. Isn't everybody?
Amber Beels:And he's like, nope. And at first, I, like, didn't really see an issue with it because I grew up around it, you know. No. They're just joking, you know. Was just fine.
Amber Beels:But as we got married and we, you know, we talked to each other and we're we're having a family now, I'm just kinda like, you know what? Sarcasm has its place and it's fun. It's funny, but you're still speaking that over someone.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:It may be a joke, but you're still saying the words. Right. And so that still has power.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:And so it's one of those things that I've tried to dial down in my own life because I grew up with it. Right? So I tried to dial down the sarcasm, especially around kids.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:Because, like, from zero to seven years old, that is all the programming they're they're gonna live with. Like, everything you say over them, they're gonna believe and that's how they're gonna That's the place they're gonna operate from. Yeah. And so even if you're being sarcastic, like, it's still to them
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:It gets planted as a program. Yep. And so I'm like, okay. Especially for kids, like, can't be that sarcastic around them. Or if I do say, you know, something, try to be like, no.
Amber Beels:I'm just kidding. I'm kidding. Like
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. Right away.
Amber Beels:Yeah. Like, you know, two things. So I think that's a hard one because I feel like a lot of people are sarcastic these days. But Yeah. And it's we don't do it out of hurt.
Amber Beels:Right. It's just a it's a joke. Right?
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:But I feel like that is something we all probably need to tone down a little bit.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. Again, it's it's that power of your tongue. Yeah. Are you speaking life into someone, or are you speaking death into them? Do you know the movie The Help?
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. Okay. So you know Mabel in in what the little girl that that that one of the one of the ladies watches? Yes. Yes.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yes. He tells her every day, you was kind. You was smart. You was important. Michael, I didn't even know my husband, Michael.
Eloisa Guerrero:He does that to Anthony, my son, every single night. So every single night, Michael goes and prays with Anthony. That is their ritual. That's what they do. Every single night, they go, they talk all of the men stuff.
Eloisa Guerrero:Sure. And they have conversations that maybe they don't wanna talk about with mom, and they pray. They have like a little power whatever. And Anthony, one day, Michael was working, and I had to put him to bed. And I had to.
Eloisa Guerrero:Okay. I had to put him to bed. I put my own son to
Amber Beels:bed. I didn't have to. I had the opportunity and the privilege.
Eloisa Guerrero:I was able to put him to bed. And and Anthony said, mommy, you gotta do the thing. And I said, what thing? He goes, daddy always tells me he was kind. He was smart.
Eloisa Guerrero:He was important. I said, he does? And he goes, yeah. Up until he's 15 now. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And he still tells him that every single night. Wow. So Anthony knows that he is kind. Anthony knows that he is smart. Anthony knows that he is important, and he included, and you are chosen.
Eloisa Guerrero:And so those are the things that are being spoken into our son every single day since he was born up until right now that he's 15.
Amber Beels:Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And Anthony knows that. Anthony knows that he is chosen. Anthony knows that he is. And if you know my kid, my kid is a walking, breathing heart. Like, he loves on people.
Eloisa Guerrero:He is very kind. He's always helpful. He's like any 15 year old. I'm not saying that he's not. You can see the love that we have poured into him Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:Burst out of him. Mhmm. And that's one thing that I am so grateful for that Michael and I have been doing is that we remind him every day who he is in God, who the Lord says that he is, who the Holy Spirit says he is. And we remind him every single day, the world is going to tell you x, y, and z. That is not the truth.
Eloisa Guerrero:You believe what God says you are, and who you are in him. And so and he speaks that into people. We remind him every single day, remember to speak life into someone today. Remember to be the light. Remember to be kind.
Eloisa Guerrero:Remember to be loving. And then we always ask him, Anthony, who are you? And then he tells us, a child of God. Mhmm. It's good.
Eloisa Guerrero:And we have to remind ourselves every single day. Mhmm.
Amber Beels:I think that's especially important for young men.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm.
Amber Beels:Because I know that's something that Eric struggled with for a long time. And I think most men do even if they don't voice it, but they find their identity in their work. They're the provider for their family. They're the head of their family. They have all this pressure and responsibility.
Amber Beels:Even if we have we as women don't put that on them Yeah. They put it on themselves because it's just a culture thing. Right? And so I know that Eric struggled with that for a long time. And it wasn't until, you know, that we had an episode where we did a digital fast that he, like it finally clicked for him of, like, no.
Amber Beels:I'm a child of God and I'm gonna do the things that he tells me to do. Yeah. And that was, like, the kind of the switch for us in our marriage of, like, the Lord confirmed with me, let him lead.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:I got him. Let him lead. Yeah. I was like, alright. And so I let go of the reins and he's been doing a great job.
Amber Beels:So Yeah. And I'm finally in, like, a position where I'm meant to be in, where I'm not I don't have all that pressure because we're not designed to have that pressure.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:Right? And so and he feels empowered
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:Now that he has that responsibility. It's not the Lord designed us with roles. Right? And so he's in his role, I'm in mine, and now we're doing great, you know, type thing. So I think it's so important that you do that with Anthony because, like, that should be his identity, not his work Yeah.
Amber Beels:Not what he can provide, and he's a child of God.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. We we had a similar issue in our marriage because I I am a leader. And you spoke about that too. You're just a born leader. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:I'm a leader too. And if it wasn't for somebody that called us out to my pastor, I won't say who, but she's sitting right next to me. And then my pastor had a conversation with me and my husband about our roles. But because of that conversation, Michael and I were were able to be in the roles that the Lord has called us to be in. And I was able to let go of the reins too and allow Michael to be the man of the house Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:Allowed him to be a leader, allowed him to take control, and and that was freeing for me. And I think that's one of the reasons why the Lord has been able to speak to me now more clearly, and I've been able to listen because I'm not, you know, with all the pressure of everything Right. On on my shoulders. And so and because of that, I've been able to say yes to a lot of things that I wouldn't have been able to say to because I was so tired, because I was so beat up, because I was, you know, so
Amber Beels:Doing too much.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. Although I'm
Amber Beels:You're still doing a lot.
Eloisa Guerrero:Still doing a lot. But I don't feel the weight of it. Yeah. It's so different now. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:Because I am allowing the Lord to remind me every single day who I am in him. And because of who I am in him, I am strong. Mhmm. I can do the things. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:I am able to, you know, do x, y, and z. And I'm able to be in roles that I thought I was not going to be in anymore. Mhmm. And and when the Lord says, oh, no, you are. And then you're like, no.
Eloisa Guerrero:I'm not. And then he says, yes. You are. And and and then he wins.
Amber Beels:Funny how that works. Every time. Every time.
Eloisa Guerrero:But because you allow your self to be reminded every single day, every single day, I have to remind myself every single day that I am chosen. Mhmm. That I that I am doing this because I am loved, because I am his. Mhmm. And and that that one to me is the most powerful one.
Eloisa Guerrero:I am his. Mhmm. Even though sometimes I feel like I don't belong, even though sometimes I feel like I I am minuscule in the the things of this world and and I don't matter, I am His. Mhmm. And I do matter.
Eloisa Guerrero:And the things that I do are for His kingdom and therefore are important. And so therefore, I'm important.
Amber Beels:Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:And I've always said, I'm his favorite. The word of God says so.
Amber Beels:It does. Doesn't John say that?
Eloisa Guerrero:I am his beloved.
Amber Beels:I am his beloved. Right. Uh-huh.
Eloisa Guerrero:See? So I am his favorite. Yeah. But so are you. Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:And you have to remind yourself of that. Yeah. And you have to have people in your life that remind you of that. And you have to allow the holy spirit to speak to you every single day and remind you of that. And the only way that that's gonna work is if you have a personal relationship with him.
Amber Beels:Right.
Eloisa Guerrero:He wants it to be personal because to him, it's personal. So now you have to make it personal for yourself. Mhmm.
Amber Beels:And all you gotta do is ask. Yeah. Like, holy spirit, when I wake up in the morning, like, holy spirit or whenever you do your devotional, just holy spirit, help me today. Yeah. Help me remind me of who I am.
Amber Beels:Yes. Allow me to include you in all the things that I do so that doesn't matter if it's an email or I'm making a big decision. I want you to be involved in it because you're important to me. Yeah. What we say over the Lord is important too.
Amber Beels:Mhmm. Like, that is a realization that I've had over the last year or two of, like, what am I saying to God? Yeah. Am I always complaining? Or am I like, thank you, Lord.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:I love you, Lord. Yeah. I love you
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:Lord. Like, I didn't say that enough before Mhmm. Because I knew he loved me and I'm like, he knows I love him.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. But the Lord wants to hear it too. Yeah.
Amber Beels:You know? Yeah. The Holy Spirit wants to hear it. Yeah. The Holy Spirit is the most emotional member of the Trinity.
Amber Beels:Like Yeah. Talk to him. Mhmm. And that is so powerful too, what you say to him.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah.
Amber Beels:And, you know, he knows your heart, but again, he wants to hear it.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. You know, something that shifted in me a while ago, I don't know when it happened, but before when I used to pray, I would, you know, ask of all the things. I would say, you know, father, you know, I pray for this person, or I pray for healing for that person, or I do this. I changed it to, Holy Spirit, thank you for the healing that you are going to bring. Thank you for whatever necessity was going on.
Eloisa Guerrero:I would thank him
Amber Beels:In advance.
Eloisa Guerrero:In advance for what He was going to do. So I would thank Him for the day that we were going to have because it was gonna be blessed. I would thank Him for traveling mercy mercies. I would thank Him for healing. I would thank Him for provision.
Eloisa Guerrero:I would thank Him. When when we shift the way that we say things Mhmm. Are we complaining, or are we in gratitude? Yeah. It it makes a whole difference.
Amber Beels:Mhmm. It does. Changes your mindset.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. Heart posture.
Amber Beels:Heart posture. Yeah. I haven't said it yet in this episode, so thank you. All of that your heart posture.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yes. Which is something that I've been I continue to say to the worship team right now in the season that I'm in right now. I I tell I tell the worship team, it is about heart posture. How are we coming to the Lord? Are we coming to have a performance, or are we coming to worship the Lord?
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm. It's all about the heart posture. How are we coming before the throne of God? And how are you waking up every single day? Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:It is it's going to make a huge difference. How are you going to sleep every single day? It's going to make a huge difference. Are you waking up and thanking the Lord? Are you going to sleep and thanking the Lord?
Eloisa Guerrero:Or are you waking up and complaining? Mhmm. Are you going to sleep and complaining?
Amber Beels:Yeah. Your identity has a lot to do with that. Mhmm. How you identify who you identify with will dictate how you do anything, dictate how you do anything, how you serve the Lord, how you work, how you glorify him. And I know this is a little bit of a tangent, but this morning, we today is Sunday, so we came back from church.
Amber Beels:And Eloisa, she is one of the worship leaders now, and you've been doing a great job so far Thank you. The last couple weeks. And today, while we were singing, I it brought tears to my eyes because I just stopped singing, and I was like, this is what heaven's gonna be like. Yeah. Like, I just heard everyone's voices.
Amber Beels:I didn't even hear it. Like, the band kinda you guys kinda fell away a little bit, and I just heard people's voices. And I was like, this is what eternity is gonna be like.
Eloisa Guerrero:Was it during gratitude? Yes. Wasn't it awesome? Yeah. So we sang gratitude this morning.
Eloisa Guerrero:Shout out to Ivan. He was he he was awesome today. And we we had a moment where we went back into the chorus Mhmm. And we threw up our hands. Mhmm.
Eloisa Guerrero:And it was oh my goodness. It was so awesome. It was That's when when you felt it. Mhmm. I felt it too.
Eloisa Guerrero:I was up on the stage, and I was like, whoo. I stopped singing. Mhmm. And I was just worshiping.
Amber Beels:Yeah. Yeah. It was awesome. I was like, man, this is this is gonna be good. Because I'm going through my another tangent.
Amber Beels:I'm going through my pastor class right now. Yeah. And one of the things one of the articles of faith is heaven. Heaven, hell, and judgment day, basically. Right?
Amber Beels:They kinda lump those three together. And heaven in scriptures, it says, literally, that is designed for the saints Yeah. To worship forever Yeah. To just worship God.
Eloisa Guerrero:This is just a glimpse.
Amber Beels:Yeah. It's just a little taste of what heaven's gonna be like, and it's just amazing.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. When we actually allow ourselves to think about it Yeah. You're just like, whoo. Yeah. It's powerful.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm. It's powerful. For those of you that don't know, miss Amber over here is studying to become a pastor. So it's gonna be pastor Amber
Amber Beels:Oh, yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:Pretty soon.
Amber Beels:Well, that's just Amber for you. I won't be calling
Eloisa Guerrero:her pastor. I will have respect for her as a pastor, though. Yeah. She's amazing. She deserves it.
Amber Beels:Thank you. But And we're back. No. And yeah. And we're back.
Amber Beels:Okay. Squirrel. But no. The the talk that you had at the women's event was really it's a good reminder of what we are supposed to be pursuing towards. We're supposed to make sure and do these checks, these spiritual checks, check-in with the holy spirit.
Amber Beels:Like, hey. How am I doing? What are things that I need to work on? And Yeah. We those were those things were the things he revealed to me that I am enough and I'm called, and we need to work on that together.
Amber Beels:Okay. Well, that's what we're working on. So it's just like, okay. There's always something. Right?
Amber Beels:Until you're in heaven with with Jesus, there's always something. Yeah. Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. I I did a closing prayer, and I don't know if you're okay with us closing with this.
Amber Beels:Let's do it.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. And it's a it's it's it's a small little prayer, and it's it's just a reminder. It says, father, thank you that you have called us by name. Thank you that we are yours. We reject every lie that says we are invisible, forgotten, or not enough.
Eloisa Guerrero:Today, we embrace the truth that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, redeemed, named, and beloved daughters and sons of the king, strengthen our hearts, deepen our trust, empower our lives to reflect your glory. We love you, Jesus. Amen.
Amber Beels:Amen. Awesome. Well, thank you, Eloisa. Thank you. Is there anything else that we didn't touch on that you wanna wanna mention?
Eloisa Guerrero:Just remember that you are loved.
Amber Beels:Yes. Yeah.
Eloisa Guerrero:And he knows your name.
Amber Beels:He does.
Eloisa Guerrero:That's powerful. It is. Yeah. The god that made the heavens and the earth, everything around you. Just look around.
Eloisa Guerrero:Look look around you right now. Everything that was made by the creator, he knows your name personally. Mhmm.
Amber Beels:And if you don't believe it, read it.
Eloisa Guerrero:Mhmm.
Amber Beels:It's in the scripture. Yeah. Everything that all these good affirmations and everything, it's all truth. And we know it's truth because it came from scripture. That's right.
Amber Beels:So if you ever doubt it, look it up. Yep. And if you have a hard time saying, like, I am loved or I am worthy of love, read the scripture then. Yep. Because that's God speaking to you.
Eloisa Guerrero:Yeah. Or reach out. We'll remind you.
Amber Beels:Yeah. True. We we will. Awesome. Well, thank you, Eloisa.
Amber Beels:I really appreciate you coming back on here, and I'm excited to release this episode and just, again, remind everybody, like, who they are. It's so important because that's how we operate. That's where we operate from. It's from our identity, so it's super, super important. And, guys, I hope you enjoyed this episode.
Amber Beels:Again, if you haven't already, please leave this podcast a review. And just a friendly reminder that I am gonna be taking a break at episode 52. I know we're on 48 right now, so we got a few more weeks. But just so you don't get caught off guard, I am gonna be taking a little bit of a break since I'm having a baby, but I am. But I will be back.
Amber Beels:Alright, guys. I hope you have a great week, and I'll see you next week.
