Dear God I'm Grateful Podcast

Dear God I’m Grateful That Love Will Heal The World . Today’s the anniversary of my dads death, and the one conversation we had that stays on my mind is when he told me this: . “The root of all of this is Love. If people get back to love everything will heal; racism, everything. People just need to get back to love.” - Eric Cummings . With these words in mind, my focus for the day was to love on p...

Dear God I’m Grateful For My Enemies . “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies!  . Pray for those who persecute you!  . In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.  . If you love only those who...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Prophetic Messages . “The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones. He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out. Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?” “O Sovereign Lord,” I...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Righteous Judgement  . “Suppose a certain man is righteous and does what is just and right. He does not feast in the mountains before Israel’s idols or worship them. He does not commit adultery or have intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period. He is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given as security by poor debtors.  . He does not rob the poor but in...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Goals . “Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.” - 1 Thessalonians‬ ‭4:11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . Goals give us the drive to reach for something greater. They give us motivation to manifest our visions and make things that once seemed impossible, closer and within reach.  . Setting goals is an exe...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Answered Prayers . “The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer.” - ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭6:9‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . We often pray for our desires yet quickly forget what we prayed for. We become so focused on our wants and needs, we fail to acknowledge when we actually received things.  . Everything we have right now is an answered prayer. It is a blessing from the Lord and shows...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Thanksgiving . “Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” - 1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:18‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . Today and everyday is a day for thanksgiving, a day that we can spend time with loved ones, and a day where we can come together to enjoy a meal.  . The thought crossed my mind that although we celebrate Thanksgiving as a holiday...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Paul’s Prayer For Spiritual Wisdom . “Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God’s people everywhere, I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.” - Ephesians‬...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Protection. . “The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.” - Psalms‬ ‭121:7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . Today I received a call from a close friend about a car accident. The text came through as an image with two vehicles that endured a head on collision and both cars were completely wrecked.  . She told me the story of how she went to hang out with friends last night and...

Dear God I’m Grateful That The Lord Is My Refuge . “Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  . This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings...

Dear God I’m Grateful For My Own Work . “Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. For we are each responsible for our own conduct.” - Galatians‬ ‭6:4-5‬ ‭NLT‬‬ .  In today’s world it’s easy to get lost in comparison when we’re looking at the success of others. It’s easy to move differen...

Dear God I’m Grateful That We Harvest What We Plant . “…The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” - Luke‬ ‭10:2‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . “Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Hannah’s Prayer For A Child . While I don’t have kids yet, I can already see how motherhood is a true blessing and a gift from God! To co-create a life in whom your love and legacy grows is powerful and just the thought of new life being the result of the process from conception, to pregnancy, to birth, blows my mind.  . Two days ago, our focus of gratitude was Hannah’s p...

Dear God I’m Grateful for The Moon . “Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened.  . God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set these li...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Hannah’s Prayer Of Praise . This is a prayer of Praise that Hannah prayed after receiving favor from the Lord, being blessed with a son after years of infertility, and giving her son Samuel back to the Lord!  . “Then Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the Lord! The Lord has made me strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I rejoice because you rescued me.  . No one...

Dear God I’m Grateful That God Is Incomparable  . “To whom can you compare God? What image can you find to resemble him?  . Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold, overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains? Or if people are too poor for that, they might at least choose wood that won’t decay and a skilled craftsman to carve an image that won’t fall down!  . Haven’t you heard? Don...

Dear God I’m Grateful For The Prince Of Peace . “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all.” -‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . “The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine. The Lord will enlarge the nation of Israel, and its people will rejoice. T...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Deliverance From The World .  “The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. The Lord chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. - John‬ ‭15:19‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . According to John‬ ‭17:14-16‬ ‭NLT‬‬, Jesus says, “I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, jus...

Dear God I’m Grateful For The Women Who Followed Jesus . “Soon afterward Jesus began a tour of the nearby towns and villages, preaching and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom of God. He took his twelve disciples with him, along with some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases.  . Among them were Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons; Joanna, the wife of Chuz...

Dear God I’m Grateful For 300 Days Of Gratitude . As I like to celebrate every great milestone, I’m grateful for today being day 300 of Dear God I’m Grateful.  .  Consistency has always been a struggle for me, but having the desire to find something I’m grateful for everyday has truly been a blessing. So, with 65 days left in our gratitude challenge, today I’d like to highlight blessings throughou...

Dear God I’m Grateful For The Hope That Lies Before Us . “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.” - Romans‬ ‭15:13‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . “For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Jesus, The High Priest . “Every high priest is a man chosen to represent other people in their dealings with God. He presents their gifts to God and offers sacrifices for their sins. And he is able to deal gently with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to the same weaknesses. . That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as theirs....

Dear God I’m Grateful For A Single Sacrifice  . “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” - John‬ ‭15:13‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . “The old system under the law of Moses was only a shadow, a dim preview of the good things to come, not the good things themselves. The sacrifices under that system were repeated again and again, year after year, but they were never able to provide perf...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Honesty . So often we value honesty from others but we struggle to be honest with ourselves. We hold onto relationships that hurt us, we stay in positions or places that bring us down, we do things that don’t bring us joy, and yet we expect others to be honest with us.  . What would happen if you spent 30 days being honest with yourself? . What would happen if you said no...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Design . “The Lord will work out his plans for my life— for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.” - Psalms‬ ‭138:8‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . Design is defined as a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is built or made. . The beauty in design is that it serves as the visual origin of an idea or concept...