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40. Three Reasons to Create an Original Piece as a Christian Opera Singer

Do you feel like God is placing something on your heart to share musically? Do you have a creative idea as an opera singer, but you’re not quite sure where to start? Why not creative an original piece! Here is 3 reasons why I think ALL Christian Opera Singers should create original pieces:
 
1. It's Therapeutic
2. It's Vocally Freeing
3. It Can be Glorifying to God
 
Blessings,
 
Sarah 🌟
 
 
Referenced:
36. Singers Are Creators: Reimagine What You Can Do as a Classically-Trained Singer
 
 
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39. Can the Performing Arts Look Like God? New Vision for a New Year

What could the Performing Arts look like when partnered with God? What if people could get healed while seeing an opera? What if God’s presence was tangibly felt in theaters? What if new works were written, inspired by Holy Spirit? Could God be calling you to listen in to what is on His heart for the Arts? As we enter a new year, lets unpack together what might be possible. My prayer is that faith rises up within you to partner with God in a new way in your artistry. Let’s dig in!
 
- Sarah 🌟
 
 
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38. “Be Not Afraid!” God Empowers the Creative Idea He Puts Inside of You

You’re in for a treat today, because I felt an urging to revisit today one of my favorite episodes from this year. Do you have something burning inside of you that you feel like the Lord has given you to do? Does it feel completely terrifying, yet also like something you can’t ignore?
You’re in good company with Mary, who carried in her God’s promise: the birthing Jesus, The Light of the World! The Angel said to Mary: “Do Not Be Afraid!”
So I ask you: What would you do if you had no fear?
The Thing that God has put inside of you to do or to start or to create or to sing or to write - it feels like jumping off of a cliff. It feels terrifying and also a little bit exciting. 
This episode was originally released earlier this year, but the message couldn’t be more timely:
Are you afraid of doing the thing burning in your heart from the Lord? The good news is that you carry the Light of the World inside of you. This Christmas season, every time you see a string of lights, or the stars out in the sky tonight, or hold a candle during a Christmas Eve service, remember WHO lives inside of you! Remember who’s power is living in you to see his Word fulfillled!
I urge you this Christmas season to STEP OUT and allow God to enable you to do thing he has called you to do! 
Let’s go!!! 
 
Sarah 🌟
 
 
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37. Move from Loneliness into Fruitfulness for Christian Opera Singers

Do you struggle sometimes with a sense of loneliness or not quite fitting in? Perhaps you're a Christian in a secular art form and you feel like you might be a bit of the odd one out at times or you might be living in a different country and culture.
Maybe you have longings from God about something that he wants to birth in you and through you. And you might find that those around you don't really understand that. And you might just be feeling this deep sense of longing in your heart for something that you can't quite put your finger on.
I’ve got good news for you today! In this episode, I unpack how God is in the business of taking the lonely, the outcast, the abandoned, the rejected and turning it around. He is bringing new life into you, giving you identity and purpose, putting you in community and causing you to flourish. Let’s unpack all of this today! We will take a deep dive into Psalm 68:6.
 
"God sets the solitary in families;He brings out those who are bound into prosperity.”
Psalm 68:6, NKJV
 
Blessings,
Sarah 🌟
 
 
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36. Singers Are Creators: Reimagine What You Can Do as a Classically-Trained Singer

I want to highlight something that I believe is naturally in us from birth that we may have forgotten as musicians. And that is:
SINGERS ARE CREATORS
We are born with ideas, curiosity, and the ability to think of a melody and speak it forth - to sing it forth.
I believe we were created, yes, for singing beautiful music composed by others, but even beyond that, I believe we can use our classically trained voices for expression and new sound creation. I believe we have melodies, words, and concepts we are meant to share, sing and declare over people and into the world. 
Are you intrigued? I invite you to prepare your heart to listen in for the MORE that God has for you today. Let’s go!
 
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35. It’s Time to Activate Your Creative God Dream Within the Performing Arts

In today's episode, I want to share with you more about the vision that I feel like the Lord has given me over many years for the performing arts when partnered with Him. Especially for opera and for singing. 
Vision for opera companies and singers when surrendered and led by Holy Spirit
Vision for a coming Renaissance on the earth - a renewal of the arts, and innovation, and creativity.
And much more!
I believe that God wants to ignite something in the hearts of His singers! He is calling YOU to be a part of what he wants to do on earth as it is in Heaven! 
Does this sound like something you’re longing for too?
Let’s keep talking.
 
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34. Three Clues You Are Pregnant with a God-Sized Creative Dream

How do you know if God has given you a creative dream for within the Performing Arts? 
 
1. It feels impossible - bigger than you! 2. You feel overwhelmed, but you can’t stop thinking about it and writing about.3. You start to feel pregnant with a promise and you need to get it out!
 
SCRIPTURES QUOTED
Luke 1:30“Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.” 
 
Luke 1:37
“For with God, nothing is impossible"
 
Isaiah 54:13
“All your children will be taught by the Lord,And great will be their peace.In righteousness you will be established.”
 
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Free Discovery Calls - In the next 2 Weeks
Do you feel like you’re pregnant with a dream or idea from God in the Performing Arts, but don’t know what to do next? I would love to process this with you to figure out 1) What it is and 2) What to do next. I am making time during the next 2 weeks for free Discovery Calls.
Email me: hello@sarahtoth.com. I would love to walk along side you as you discover what God would like to birth through you! 
 
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33. Starting Singing Again as a Busy Mom - Say YES to What God Has Placed Inside of You

Are you a busy mom who has no time to sing, and you feel like you struggle to find time to connect with God? But maybe you feel a tug deep down inside of you to start singing again and to worship the Lord with your voice. I invite you on a journey of saying YES to the Lord, even if it feels scary and inconvenient! He is waiting to spark something alive in you again. But here’s where we start. We start small. We start by saying yes, and opening up our mouths to sing again - right in the middle of real life. Let’s go!
 
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32. Stewarding a Prophetic Word for Spiritual Breakthrough

I love the moment when God speaks to us, and deposits a promise into our lives. This might be a promise directly from the Bible, or through a prophetic word spoken from another believer who is listening in to the heart of God.
Do we have any responsibility to help see this promise come to fruition? Mary’s response in Luke, Chapter 1 teaches us about agreeing with God's promise, and aligning ourselves with the testimony of others who have walked a similar journey! 
 
 
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31. "I'll Sing On!" 3 Steps to Peace When Your Circumstances Feel Out of Your Control

Do you feel like there’s something in your life that feels out of your hands? Do you feel like your circumstances are not what you would wish, but you know you can’t do anything to change it? I have felt that way too recently, in several areas of my life. And the Lord has showed me time and again the road to His peace. In today’s episode, we will unpack 3 tools for processing our circumstances and re-orienting our heart around God’s perspective. 1. Journaling 2. Worshiping 3. Re-orient around the Word.
Scriptures mentioned:
John 3:16Ephesians 1:18-23, The Passion Translation
 
 
WHAT WONDROUS LOVE IS THIS
 
1. What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!What wondrous love is this, O my soul!What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of blissto bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,to bear the dreadful curse for my soul!2. When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,when I was sinking down, sinking down,when I was sinking down beneath God's righteous frown,Christ laid aside his crown for my soul, for my soul,Christ laid aside his crown for my soul.3. To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing;to God and to the Lamb I will sing;to God and to the Lamb, who is the great I AMwhile millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing,while millions join the theme, I will sing.4. And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on, I'll sing on,and when from death I'm free, I'll sing on.And when from death I'm free I'll sing and joyful be,and through eternity I'll sing on, I'll sing on,and through eternity I'll sing on.
(Public Domain)
 
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