"Believing in yourself is your greatest superpower!" - Melinda 🦸‍♀️

✨ If this sounds like you, then you're in the right community! The truth is, you’re not too old. It’s not too late. In fact, you’re right on time! You're exactly where you need to be to start stepping into what God has called you and anointed you to do. Here’s what I’ve learned - stepping out in faith is the believer’s greatest superpower. And the best time to start stepping into your dreams is right now!

The Mentorship with Melinda is a monthly online mentorship designed to help you renew your mind, break limiting beliefs, and step into your dreams. Through live teaching, practical activations, and ongoing encouragement, you’ll grow in identity, freedom, and purpose—while being supported in a powerful, faith-filled community. 

Melinda’s Mentorship covers ✨ Melinda’s DREAM Framework™ (Melinda's Dream Framework will be available beginning June 2026 as a part of the mentorship program) which is a practical step-by-step plan that will move you from surviving and into stepping into your dreams. You’ll move from stagnation and into momentum. Melinda helps others increase their talents. 

Stepping into your dreams is entirely possible, and it starts in the realm of the mind. Most of us were taught by our parents how to ride a bike, how to drive a car, and how to brush our teeth, but many of us never learned the most important life skill, which is how to think. 

I have realized that the number one area the enemy targets is in our thoughts, because that’s where he can launch his biggest and most effective attacks against us. I have also learned that the battle is not in what to do, rather, the battle is in how to think. 🧠 Once we realize that we can actually control our thoughts, it changes everything. ⚡️

God does not limit us. In fact, Jesus said that with God, all things are possible. So then, the question is, why do our lives feel so limited and why do we feel so stuck? The answer is found in our belief systems. “All things are possible for him who believes.” Notice, it does not say, all things are possible for those who act right and do the right thing. No, all things are possible for those who believe right. In other words, what you’re thinking, determines where you’re going. 

I have learned that transformation starts in the realm of the mind. Today, I have done things I never thought would be possible for me, and I want to help you do the same! As of today, I have authored several books, spoken at conferences, created several courses, started a deliverance and inner healing ministry, started a YouTube channel, and led an international ministry. 

But all of this only happened after I went through a season of intense frustration. During this season, I started realizing that God was not limiting me by stopping me from stepping into my dreams, rather, I was limiting God by what I was believing about myself. The good news is, frustration is just a sign God is inviting us into breakthrough, so if you’re feeling frustrated and stagnant, know that you’re definitely being set up for breakthrough! 

During my season of frustration, I had a dream in the night where I was holding 14 rare gold coins in my hands. They were beautiful and each gold coin was unique. I knew in the dream that the gold coins were each worth $14 million dollars - I also knew the coins represented my legacy and inheritance. The enemy was also in my dream. As I was holding the coins, a woman began to chase me - she was trying to steal my gold coins! Thankfully, by the end of the dream, I was able to avoid the woman and I was able to hold onto the gold coins. The dream was a kind Father (God) revealing to me that I had so much to offer the world (the gold talents), but I was allowing fear and intimidation (the woman who was chasing me) to bury my talents and stop me from stepping out into my dreams. 

Maybe you feel like me, like you have so much to offer the world, but you’re afraid to start. Or maybe you don’t know where to start, or you believe the lie from the enemy that you have nothing to offer. Or maybe you’re waiting for more clarity before you begin. That’s where I come in with the Dream Framework! I want to help you start, and bring your dreams to the finish line, so that you can finish the race and say that you’ve stewarded your talents well. 

You might be asking, why is it so important to step into my dreams? Isn’t it selfish to promote myself? I would say that it’s actually selfish to bury our talents because our dreams are not just for us - our dreams are for others. I realized that if I did not start stepping out, and doing what God called me to do (which involved public speaking - one of my biggest fears!), I was actually burying my talents - my gold coins - which was the very thing that others needed from me. 

Do you remember the man who buried his talent in Matthew 25 because he was afraid of his master? I was like that servant for a long time. I was so worried about getting it right for God that I didn’t do anything at all. 

Here’s the thing about the parable of the talents, God gave more responsibility and resources to the servants who stepped out in faith and multiplied what they had. In other words, two of the servants put their talents to work for God and, as a result, God rewarded them with more. 

Years ago, I was insecure, full of anxiety, stuck, broken, and my mind was a mess because it was filled with lies. The good news is, despite how I was feeling, Jesus had plans for me to step into what I never dreamed would be possible, and He has those same plans for you! 

If you’re anything like I was years ago, you don’t know where to start. That’s why I would love to help you.

What will I receive with Melinda's Mentorship for only $47 per month?


🩷 1 Weekly Video Teaching from Melinda
✨ 1 Live Monthly Group Mentorship Call over Zoom
💌 Weekly encouragement emails and reminders
📚 Digital Copies of Melinda's 3 Books
💬 Private Group Chat with Melinda and the other Mentees
🛠 Melinda’s DREAM Framework™ (available beginning June 2026) with activation exercises, worksheets, and practical tools to help you move forward and step into your dreams!
🎁 Bonus Resources (PDFs, declarations, teachings, and more.)


Meet Melinda

Melinda is a pastor, a prophetic voice, author, speaker, and a true visionary who loves to teach, train, and equip the body of Christ. Melinda's powerful deliverance and marriage restoration testimony demonstrates that love conquers all and dreams can be resurrected, no matter the circumstance. Melinda believes that with God, all things are possible! Melinda is a licensed Pastor at Bethel Church in Redding, California, alongside her husband, Pieter. Melinda is the co-founder of Arise and Shine International as well as Melinda Lagaay Ministries. She is also the Director of Operations at Igniting Hope Ministries and co-founder of Igniting Marriages with Steve & Wendy Backlund. 

"Here is a photo of me standing next to my oldest daughter in a bookstore. We are standing next to one of my DREAMS coming true - my published book! My life is a testimony that with God, all things are possible. I believe the same thing about your life! You will look back and be blown away by where God takes you." - Melinda