Coming up on the Men at the Movies podcast, Paul and Sarah discuss A Star is Born.

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The process of becoming a star

Calling

• You have something to say that needs to be said, an expression of the Kingdom.
• Your calling will be ridiculed, downplayed, and dismissed
• Discover a circle of like-hearted people

Invitation

• Invitation to come on stage-starts out terrifying, then becomes something that brings our hearts alive in joy
• We need to give ourselves permission to accept the invitation
• Our creativity is about bringing something into existence that doesn’t currently exist

Enemy

• Twists lies to sound like truth
• He takes what God creates and distorts it
• Goal is to get us to tap out and quit, to blow up our lives
• He introduces the trauma/sadness/grief we need to become who we were meant to become

Questions

• What is your talent? Gifting? Calling? Purpose?
• How has that been dismissed? Ridiculed? Downplayed?
• In what ways do you step into sharing your voice?
• Who are the like-hearted people in your life, the circle of people who love the same things, moving in the same direction?
• In what ways have you been invited on stage? How have you resisted the invitation?
• How do you express your creativity and gifting? What do you bring into existence that doesn’t currently exist?
• How has your grief shaped who you became?

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