What if I told you living a truly surrendered life means letting go of your choices, your desires, even your daily routines, and trusting God’s will? In this episode of Unleash & Rise, we pick up part two of a heart-stirring conversation with executive pastor and retired lieutenant colonel Yolanda Stewart. We dive even deeper into her book, The Little Book About Purpose, exploring what it really means to live a yielded life.

Laquvia Garrett and Yolanda get real, raw, and practical, breaking down how yielding to God shows up in the small, everyday moments and how those choices ripple into eternity. Yolanda makes it clear that living yielded isn’t about chasing blessings or trying to manifest your own will. It’s about aligning with God’s intention, walking in obedience, and letting even the simplest actions, yes even those aisle-two-at-Walmart encounters, carry eternal significance.

If you’ve ever wrestled with understanding God’s will, questioned your desires, or felt like your purpose is bigger than your schedule, this conversation is for you.

Missed part one? Go back and catch it, you’ll want the full picture. Then tune in here and let this episode remind you that obedience, prayer, and surrender are not just spiritual buzzwords, they are the keys to living with peace, power, and eternal purpose.

In This Episode:

• [00:00] The power of obedience

• [00:18] The consequences of disobedience

• [00:34] Living in God's will

• [02:26] Purpose is eternal

• [05:39] The significance of yielding

• [10:47] The need for the Holy Spirit

• [13:27] The humbling realization of dependence

• [13:34] The misconception of self-manifestation

• [14:03] True prayer and manifesting His will

• [15:28] The misunderstood scripture on desires

• [19:05] The deception of the heart

• [21:19] The power of words and prayer

• [25:17] Final thoughts and gratitude

Notable Quotes

• [00:13] “The benefits of obedience are perpetual. You can't measure it. And the flip side of that, the consequences of disobedience are far more expensive than you will ever agree to pay.” — Yolanda Stewart

• [02:12] “We are so consumed with our own selves we put ourselves on display. And what we are presenting is a misrepresentation of Him.” — Yolanda Stewart

• [03:08] “Purpose is attached to eternity, you understand? The things I get to participate in with God on earth have eternal significance.” — Yolanda Stewart

• [09:56] “I'm aiming to be super spiritual because too often I'm super carnal. Am I telling the truth?” — Yolanda Stewart

• [11:05] “The enemy has been around way longer than us. The fact that we think we can leverage our intelligence to outwit the enemy, that's foolish.” — Yolanda Stewart

• [17:18] “We have taken the paradigms of this world and superimposed them on the kingdom. And we think that God functions in that type of dynamic. And He doesn't.” — Yolanda Stewart

• [19:29] “Our heart is deceitful. Just because you think you know that your heart is pure, that's probably an indication that you got some things contending with His intention.” — Yolanda Stewart

• [21:56] “If the things that I want are contending with His will for me, then I don't want it.” — Yolanda Stewart

Resources and Links

Unleash and Rise

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• The Little Book About Purpose

Laquvia Garrett

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