In this special excerpt, Kirsten Larsen and Katherine Carter share insight into how we are created and what God is calling us into.  Below are some notes from our Partners-only Monthly Mentoring Session. These sessions have been recorded and you can access them by becoming a Partner today! Find out more at DougAddison.com/TimeOff.   Katherine started out the session telling the Partners that she is a native Southern California girl who loves In-N-Out Burger, Trader Joe's, palm trees and sunshine. She and Kirsten have been doing ministry together for over a decade. Some of the topics that they teach on include remaining unoffendable, learning how to forgive, learning how to move toward your mission and purpose in life, co-creating with God, etc. They love to see the lives of their students explode, have their minds renewed—going to the next level. Sometimes one word from the Lord is all it takes! And that's what Kirsten and Katherine were praying for all the Partners … That just one word would completely change everything. When they asked the Lord what He had for the group, they heard that the Lord desires to partner with the Partners. When we come into a place of being able to support another ministry, it's such a blessing to that ministry, and of course we reap the rewards, the anointing and blessing that comes from that ministry. Sometimes we can go through seasons where we kind of coast in that place. We might be happy just to be a supporter. Sometimes we can adopt a mindset where we just think of ourselves as supporting characters. We forget that the Lord has dreams that He has put in our heart and things that He desires us to go for. People are from all different backgrounds who may have been pursuing dreams all their lives with the Lord. Perhaps you even feel as if you’re finally living the dream. Some are putting one foot in front of the other, faithfully moving forward. Others have some beautiful dreams but they’re sitting on the shelf. Maybe sometimes you even walk over to that “bookshelf” and look at your beautiful dream sitting there. You might think about a powerful word you received in the past … and think that someday you will walk in that reality. Katherine and Kirsten wanted to talk about partnering with God in pursuit of your dreams and what that means … not just at the beginning of the journey, but maybe seasons into the journey. What does that look like? And how do we step forward? We have to continually come to the Lord and keep dreaming. Sometimes, it’s a frustrating process and it can be challenging when the more you dream, there's also discouragement … So, there's this whole person that comes into the process of dreaming. We think: Do I want to do that again? Am I ready? Kirsten and Katherine said that especially in this last leg of 2024 and stepping into 2025, they wanted to bring some fresh life to the dreams of God for you … those things in your heart … and empower you to step into that. They referenced Genesis 1 in The Passion Translation: When God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was completely formless and empty, with nothing but darkness draped over the deep. God's Spirit hovered over the face of the waters. And then God announced, “Let there be light,” and light burst forth! The word “announced” is the Hebrew means to think, to imagine or to speak with your heart. If you've had a dream that's bubbling in your heart, just speak it and think it and dream from within your heart! There’s a process of thinking, dreaming, speaking and creating. Genesis 1:11 in The Passion Translation says, God said, “Let the land burst forth with growth: plants that bear their seeds of their own kind, and every variety of fruit tree, each with the power to multiply from its own seed.” And so it happened. You have been created to multiply! You have been created to bear fruit! God created us in His image with the capacity to dream, to imagine, to speak it, and then to keep increasing! Next, Kirsten and Katherine referenced Isaiah 9:3–7 and pointed out that God will increase the nation and multiply their joy, they will rejoice before you like the joy and jubilation of the harvest. And then in verse 7 it says, “Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end.” Those phrases really started to bubble up as Kirsten started dreaming with God in this season and partnering with Him. There’s the element of increase and multiplication that God wants to impart to us today … that He is actually speaking over you. You are designed and created in His image to dream, to bubble up and to be able to continually increase. Kirsten said that personally in her own life and journey, that used to be something that was really hard for her to believe. She used to wonder if she needed to keep growing. She didn’t know if she needed to keep expanding and growing. But the Lord kept highlighting this. Growing and expanding is in our design and nature. Every day, every cell in our bodies multiply. Every day our hair grows. We are physically and spiritually designed to do this. This is within our own design, and we have physical reminders that we are created to multiply! This is something that you can look at every day. It can change the way you look at your hair growing and your fingernails growing, and even the aging process … and seeing our reach over time.   InLight Connection thanks Katherine and Kirsten for sharing their heart with us. P.S. Thank you to all of those who partner with InLight Connection and give on a regular basis. You are holding their arms up in the spirit right now, and they are truly grateful. For those who have not yet given, or it’s been a while, please consider giving now (or partnering monthly) … to help, just click HERE. Becoming a Partner will give you access to the upcoming guest speaker events. These meetings are POWERFUL! Doug Addison is the founder and president of InLight Connection. Doug is a prophetic speaker, author and coach. He is known for his Daily Prophetic Words, Spirit Connection podcast and blog. He and his wife Linda live in Los Angeles, California where they are impacting the arts, entertainment and media industries.