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We're only a few weeks into 2026, and the rush is REAL.

The noise. The fear-mongering. The hysteria on social media. The pressure to move fast, make decisions, and figure it all out NOW.

But here's what God is saying: "He who believes shall not make haste." (Isaiah 28:16)

The devil rushes, but God guides. And if we slow down, we'll actually get there FASTER.

In this video, I unpack:
✨ Why we're losing our capacity to wait well
✨ The wisdom, strength, and blessing that comes in the wait
✨ How to discern spirit-led action vs. fear-based action
✨ Why waiting on God is the safest place to be (even when it doesn't feel like it)

📖 SCRIPTURES REFERENCED:

• Isaiah 30:15 - "In return and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength"
  
  
• Isaiah 28:16 - "He who believes will not act hastily"
  
  
• Isaiah 40:31 - "Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength"
  
  

If you're feeling the pressure to rush, move, decide, or act out of anxiety—this word is for you.

Slow down. You'll get there faster.

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📚 MY BOOKS:
"Get Out of That Dead-End Relationship NOW" -
"A Woman's Journey Home: 14 Keys to Ascending to the Next Dimension" - https://tonikamarcus.com/books/

🎙️ PODCAST: The Well Centered Woman
📧 EMAIL LIST: www.tonikamarcus.com
📱 INSTAGRAM: @tonika.maria

#DontBeHasty #Isaiah2816 #WaitOnTheLord #SpiritLedAction #WisdomInTheWait #GraceGritGrowth

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ABOUT ME:
I'm Tonika Marcus, a Christian Life Coach, author, podcaster, and corporate professional helping Kingdom women 45+ navigate midlife transitions with grace, grit, and growth. I believe in spirit-led action over fear-based hustle, and that waiting well is a spiritual discipline we all need to reclaim.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro: We're Rushing and Losing Our Capacity to Wait
1:30 - Why Is It So Hard to Wait? (Uncertainty, Control, Anxiety)
3:00 - "He Who Believes Shall Not Make Haste" - Isaiah 28:16
4:30 - The Devil Rushes, But God Guides
5:30 - Wisdom, Strength & Blessing in the Wait
7:00 - Final Encouragement: Slow Down, You'll Get There Faster

Everyone wants to sprint into 2026 with big goals and high energy. But emotions fade. Willpower runs out. And by February, most resolutions are dead.

In this video, I unpack Zechariah 4:6-10 and share why the first quarter of 2026 is your FOUNDATION season.

Intro: Not By Might, But By His Spirit
The Temptation to Sprint in the Flesh
Don't Despise Small Beginnings
How to Use Q1 to Build Systems That Last

📖 SCRIPTURES REFERENCED:
Zechariah 4:6-10

📚 MY BOOKS:
"Get Out of That Dead-End Relationship NOW"
"A Woman's Journey Home: 14 Keys to Ascending to the Next Dimension" -

https://tonikamarcus.com/books/

📱 INSTAGRAM: @tonika.maria



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ABOUT ME:
I'm Tonika Marcus, a Christian Life Coach, author, podcaster, and corporate professional helping Kingdom women 45+ navigate midlife transitions, relationships, and re-becoming with grace, grit, and growth.

Listen in on this Livestream that I did last week as I unpack how unworthiness causes us to place ourselves in a dangerously vulnerable situation, one that causes us to seek from others what we REFUSE TO FIRST GIVE OURSELVES! If you are still seeking validation (from a man or anyone else) that you are lovable, worthy, and deserving you will always be forever proving and performing, struggling, and striving to be loved. It shows up in the over giving, overcommitting, overextending ourselves and other unconscious ways.

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I'm back! It's been a LOOOONG time and I'm excited to get back to my WCW family. Sooo let's dive into this Facebook and YouTube live where I am unpacking what happens when we repress, run from, resist and ride over the top of emotional pain.

When that restless sad feeling comes don’t brush it off or go do something to occupy your mind...You are Worthy of Your Tears 🙏🏼❤️🙌🏼

Pain is a teacher. It comes to pass and not to stay!

If you are in some kind of emotional pain right now - great or small - this episode is for you...

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Have you ever been in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting where everyone is overtalking and interrupting each other? How do you conduct yourself as a woman of faith when you are under pressure and there are too many cooks in the kitchen and the temptation is to go off on someone? How do we practically maintain poise under pressure? Listen in as I speak from recent personal experience on how to not let your emotions hijack your testimony and ability to think and problem solve in stressful situations.

In this episode I reference the Scriptures and also a book by Ryan Holiday – The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials Into Triumph which is a great read on how to keep it together under pressure. Click here for Amazon link.

Books & digital courses for your personal development & emotional healing:

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If you have just endured a major life season or completed major life milestones, please, please take your time, recalibrate, and reflect before you jump out to do something big, stressful and new to fill in the gap! A new baby, a new job, a new relationship, changing churches, moving, ending a relationship, last kid moving out and now living the empty nest life, loss of job, death in family…. All of these are very major life events. Sometimes in our emotional state, restlessness, the newness and weirdness of it all, we can jump too quickly on the next new big thing. Listen in on this episode on why it is so important to take a pause before jumping too soon.

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God is good! I’m getting better and better at exiting #StageLeft when I see the #RedFlags. As high achieving women of faith over 40, we don’t have time to stay in limbo land with man and neither do we settle or compromise our values and standards! Listen in as I discuss why at our age it is so CRITICAL to believe what we see at face value instead of waiting, praying and giving the “benefit of the doubt”…

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Pain is a teacher! It doesn’t come to stay. It is supposed to pass on through us. But when we get stuck in it, by running from, hiding, pushing it away, avoiding, medicating, we delay our destiny… In this episode, I unpack the last five subtle and sneaky ways that unprocessed pain, hurt, trauma, drama, and disappointments. We don’t realize this is happening until we look back and realize how far off course are. Don’t let it be you!

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