Christians should use their creativity to flip culture upside down and monetize their calling, understanding that success requires hard work and dedication, and praying for creatives to have godly character and conduct.
00:00 🤗 After giving his life to God, Ryan Adams traveled to 36 countries, met his wife, and was called to move to Brazil, sparking a new purpose in his life.
05:34 🙏 I sold everything and moved to Brazil to do ministry, eventually recognizing the anointing on Brazil for creativity and laying the vision for You Rev Creative School, which has since grown to train over 86,000 people in business as missions.
12:43 🎬 We used creative events like a film festival to reach people and share the gospel in an innovative way.
18:14 💡 Creatives can use their gifts to flip culture upside down and monetize their calling, but they must reprogram their thinking to understand their anointing and calling.
23:37 💡 Christians should strive for excellence in their work, embracing their creativity and understanding that success requires hard work and dedication.
28:12 🙏 Ask God for wisdom and He will give it, plus remember that discipline is necessary to do what He has called us to do.
33:47 🙏 Pray for creatives to have godly character and conduct, and for missionaries to be trained and sent out to the marketplace worldwide.
38:42 🙏 Pray for healing and breakthroughs for entrepreneurs and missionaries, and for investments in creative people in the name of Jesus.
- Ryan Adams is a brother in Christ, gifted with apostleship, who has planted churches, preached to nations, started a creative school, and is the Chief Product Officer at Reveal Media.
- I'm 34 years old and have had a lot of chapters in my life, but the Lord has beautifully written a story in my and my wife's life.
- Moving from Southern California to Oklahoma was a culture shock, but it sparked a passion in me for connecting with different types of people.
- God opened my heart to missions after I gave my life to Him before graduation.
- I traveled to 36 countries in two years, met my wife, and was called by God to move to Brazil, which changed my life.
- God revealed to the speaker a new purpose for their life.
05:34 🙏 I sold everything and moved to Brazil to do ministry, eventually recognizing the anointing on Brazil for creativity and laying the vision for You Rev Creative School, which has since grown to train over 86,000 people in business as missions.
- 13 years ago, he highlighted Brazil for the speaker to share their journey.
- I prayed for nations for two years, and one day realized I had been praying for Brazil, which had a corrupted government.
- The Lord told me to go to Brazil and marry Jessica, fulfilling two visions I had been praying for two years.
- I sold everything and moved to Brazil to do ministry, eventually recognizing the anointing on Brazil for creativity and laying the vision for You Rev Creative School.
- We joined churches and set up creative exhibitions in Brazil, something that had never been seen before.
- YouRev was born out of a desire to reach people in a creative way and has since grown to train over 86,000 people in business as missions.
12:43 🎬 We used creative events like a film festival to reach people and share the gospel in an innovative way.
- Creative people often don't know where to fit in the church, as they don't fit into the traditional roles of musicians, pastors, teachers, dancers, or actors.
- God is restoring the arts and media, and using creatives in the church to be missionaries in the marketplace and reach those who have been overlooked.
- Creative evangelism is utilizing every form of gift and talent to reach people in an innovative way.
- Using creativity to reach different communities, invite them to a mini film festival to build their own short films.
- We used a film festival as a platform to connect with people and share the gospel in a creative way.
- We progressed from creative events to photography, design, cooking, and more.
18:14 💡 Creatives can use their gifts to flip culture upside down and monetize their calling, but they must reprogram their thinking to understand their anointing and calling.
- Creativity gives people a voice to share their faith and leverage in people's lives.
- Creative evangelism is powerful as it allows creatives to express themselves and connect with people in a language they understand.
- Many young adults put their gifts on the shelf when they enter the real world, unable to monetize them.
- Creatives often don't know how to turn their gifts into a career, so this show exists to help them find and fund their calling to flip culture upside down.
- The church should stop teaching that the only two options are full-time ministry or a "secular" job, and instead recognize that ministry is a 24/7 calling.
- Creatives must reprogram their thinking to understand their anointing and calling, and that money, time, and opportunities serve their calling, not the other way around.
23:37 💡 Christians should strive for excellence in their work, embracing their creativity and understanding that success requires hard work and dedication.
- Christian creatives need to be prepared for the marketplace, which has a higher level of excellence than the church, by changing their mentality and understanding who they are.
- Creative people in the church need to deconstruct the mentality that it's impossible to reach the high standards of the world and embrace their creativity.
- We need to change the laxative mentality of getting things done when we can and instead be more disciplined in our service to God.
- Christians should do all work with excellence, as an example to others, and with the Lord in mind.
- Creatives need to understand that professional success requires showing up and doing the work, not waiting for inspiration to strike.
28:12 🙏 Ask God for wisdom and He will give it, plus remember that discipline is necessary to do what He has called us to do.
- Ask God for wisdom with faith and He will give it liberally.
- God gives wisdom to create, so ask Him for wisdom when needing to execute something.
- God has given us wisdom and salvation, but discipline must come from within us.
- Creators need to understand that joy comes from God and discipline is necessary to do what He has called us to do.
- Discipline is a key theme throughout the episode and should be considered when thinking about one's story.
33:47 🙏 Pray for creatives to have godly character and conduct, and for missionaries to be trained and sent out to the marketplace worldwide.
- By faithfully doing the small things, God will open up tremendous doors and allow you to meet your destiny.
- Our mission is to help creatives walk in godly character and conduct to be influencers in the world of creativity.
- Reveal's mission is to teach creatives how to have godly conduct and character in the marketplace and to create opportunities for missionaries to work in the marketplace worldwide.
- We are providing opportunities, training up missionaries, and investing in the local church to have a greater impact before Jesus returns.
- Pray for those listening and let the Spirit lead.
38:42 🙏 Pray for healing and breakthroughs for entrepreneurs and missionaries, and for investments in creative people in the name of Jesus.
- Paul showed us how to sustainably fund our ministry by working and not relying solely on donations.
- Pray for individuals, entrepreneurs, and missionaries to receive healing and breakthroughs in their endeavors in the name of Jesus.
- Pray for entrepreneurs and business people to invest in creative people and open doors for them in the name of Jesus.
- In the past year and a half, almost $120,000 has been invested into missions and creative missionaries in Brazil, Europe, and other parts.