Reporter: SHIRL BRADY
HAS GONE WHERE NO WOMAN HAS
GONE BEFORE.
IN 2010, SHE WAS THE
FEATURED CLOTHING SPEAKER AT
T.D. JAKES' ANNUAL MAN-POWER
SEMINAR.
SHE TELLS HOW SHE WENT FROM
A QUIET AND SHY PERSON TO AN
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER IN HER
NEW BOOK "YOU HAVE IT IN
YOU."
Terry: CHERYL BRAD DEIS
Y IS
WITH YOU NOW.
HOW DID YOU GO FROM BEING
INCREDIBLY SHOW TO A
FEATURED SPEAKER?
IT IS WHAT THEY CALL A
MIRACLE.
OVER THE YEARS, I WATCHED
GOD PROGRESSIVELY REACH INTO
MY LIFE AND PULL OUT THINGS
ALL ALONG THE WAY I HAD NO
IDEA WAS THERE.
Terry: T.D. JAKES WAS
YOUR MENTOR.
HE IS AN AMAZING, POWERFUL
SPEAKER.
HOW DID THAT RELATIONSHIP
COME ABOUT?
I WALKED INTO A CHURCH IN
CLEVELAND, OHIO, ONE NIGHT
AND HE WAS THE SPEAKER.
I WAS TRYING TO BE COOL AND
CALM AND COLLECTED.
AND BY THE TIME HE GOT
FINISHED, I LITERALLY SAW
MYSELF ON THE FLOOR.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
THAT WAS AN EPIPHANY.
I BELIEVE GOD PERIODICALLY
WILL PULL DOWN THE CURTAINS
IN YOUR LIFE AND GIVE YOU A
GLIMPSE OF WHAT IS ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
AS I WATCHED HIM PREACH,
SOMETHING IN ME WAS GOING, I
CAN DO THIS.
I CAN DO THIS!
Terry: REALLY?
IS THAT CRAZY.
AND THE OTHER VOICE WAS
SAYING, DON'T EVEN TRY IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A FOOL
OF YOURSELF.
BUT IN THAT MOMENT, I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT,
BUT I KNEW DESTINY --
Terry: SOMETHING ROSE
UP IN YOU.
-- PUNCHED ME IN THE GUT,
YES.
Terry: TALK TO ME ABOUT
THE CHALLENGES YOU HAD TO
OVERCOME AS GOOD OPENED
DOORS FOR YOU TO MOVE INTO
THE SPOTLIGHT.
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES?
I HAD TO GET OVER MY OWN
TIMIDITY AND SHYNESS, AND
WHAT OLD FOLKS CALL
BACKWARDNESS BECAUSE THAT'S
HOW I WAS.
BUT I WATCHED GOD.
AND I WATCHED HIM SIT ON MY
LIFE.
THE BIBLE SAYS HE SAT ON THE
EARTH.
AND I BELIEVE THE BIBLE SAYS
HE BROODED OVER THE EARTH.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE BROUGHT
THINGS OUT OF THE EARTH THAT
NO ONE KNEW WAS THERE.
AS HE BROODED, FISH BEGAN TO
SWIM AND BIRDS BEGAN TO
FLY.
AND I SAID, LORD, IF YOU SAT
ON THE EARTH BECAUSE THERE
WAS SOMETHING IN IT, SIT ON
MY EARTH AND BRING OUT OF ME
WHAT YOU HAVE IN ME.
I WATCHED HIM, LITTLE BY
LITTLE, WAKE UP THE GIFTS.
WITH A FATHER LIKE BISHOP
JAKES.
Terry: HE DOES THAT
OFTEN IN THE WORD, AND YOU
MENTION THAT IN SEVERAL
STORIES YOU TALK ABOUT IN
YOUR BOOK, FROM THE WORD,
WHERE GOD CHOOSES SOMEONE
WHO DIDN'T SEE THEMSELVES
QUALIFIED AS SOMETHING, AND
THEN GOD QUALIFIES THEM.
BUT THERE ARE OVERWHELMING
FEARS IN THAT.
HOW DO YOU OVERCOME FEARS?
THEY HOLD US BACK SO MUCH.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THIS BACK STAGE.
YOU HAVE TO TRUST HIM.
WE SAY WE TRUST HIM.
WE SING ABOUT TRUSTING HIM.
BUT A AT THE END OF THE
DAY, WE HAVE TO TRUST HIM.
AND TAKING THE VOICES AND
MENTORS OF PEOPLE IN THE
LOVE THAT LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO
BE HONEST.
I SAY I'M TOO OLD TO GO
AFTER STUFF THAT DON'T HAVE
MY NAME ON IT.
I NEED TO SAVE MY ENERGY AND
MY STRENGTH.
HAVING GOOD VOICES IN YOUR
LIFE IS ALWAYS A BLESSING.
Terry: YOU SAY THAT
MOST OF US DON'T KNOW WHAT
GOD CREATED US FOR.
HOW DO WE FIND THAT?
I BELIEVE -- TAKE ME, FOR
INSTANCE, I WAS A HIGH
SCHOOL DROPOUT.
I WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN I
LEFT SCHOOL, JUST BECAUSE OF
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IN
LIFE.
I LOOK BACK OVER MY LIFE
NOW, AND I SEE IT IN
HINDSIGHT.
I FIND OUT THAT WHEN I'M 30,
I REALIZE THERE IS A
PREACHING GIFT IN ME.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT WAS
THERE.
IN MY 40s, GOD BEGAN TO
WAKE UP THE PASTOR THAT WAS
IN ME.
AND IN MY 50s, NOW I'M
FINDING OUT THAT THERE IS AN
AUTHOR IN ME.
I BELIEVE DESTINY IS
TIME-RELEASED.
WHEN YOU'RE FAITHFUL OVER A
FEW THINGS, HE MAKES YOU
RULER OVER MANY.
Terry: AND HE GETS YOU
THERE OVER TIME.
HE DOES.
HE SAID TO ME ONE TIME,
CHERYL, I'M THE MAN IN YOUR
LIFE.
AND I SAID, YES, GOD, YOU'RE
THE MAN.
HE SAID, I DON'T THINK YOU
GET IT.
I'M THE MAN AND I WILL GET
EVERY DOOR FOR YOU.
AND THAT'S WHAT HE HAS
DONE.
Terry: WOW!
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE
DONE IS TO HEAR THE STILL,
SMALL VOICE THAT GOD SAYS HE
SPEAKS TO US IN.
HOW DO WE TRAIN OURSELVES,
CHERYL?
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
TURN DOWN THE VOLUME OF LIFE
BECAUSE LIFE WILL BE SO
LOUD.
AND ALSO THE VOICES OF THE
MULTITUDE.
HE HOLDS OUR DESTINY.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE PUT IN ME
BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE
WORLD.
THINGS THAT I DIDN'T SEE
COMING HE KNEW WAS THERE.
SO I HAVE TO BE IN THAT
POSITION.
THE SONGWRITER USED TO SAY
HE WALKS WITH ME AND HE
TALKS WITH ME.
Terry: I USED TO SING
THAT SONG WITH MY GRANDMA.
AND IT'S THAT
RELATIONSHIP.
IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO HAVING
A REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS CHRIST.
Terry: YOU KNOW, GOD
WANTS TO CHALLENGE ALL OF US
TO BE AND TO DO WITH HIM IN
OUR LIVES.
TO HAVE THE KIND OF WALK
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, TO
HAVE THE KIND OF WALK YOU
WRITE ABOUT IN YOUR BOOK.
YOU HAVE IT IN YOU.
YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
THIS.
IT IS HOW TO DO THE
IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE GOD WANTS
TO DO THAT THROUGH YOU.
THIS IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER
BOOKS OR SOLD.
AND WE HAVE A WEB EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW THAT WAS DONE WITH
CHERYL.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG ON
TO cbn.com, AND CLICK ON
THE "IN THE GREEN ROOM" LINK
AND GET AHOLD OF HER BOOK.
"YOU HAVE IT IN YOU."
WHAT AN AMAZING STORY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
IT IS AN ENCOURAGEMENT FROM
ALL OF US TO BE ALL THAT WE
CAN BE BECAUSE HE IS ALL
THAT WE NEED.
