Dear God I'm Grateful Podcast

Dear God I’m Grateful That I Am Free .  “So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.” - John‬ ‭8:36‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . Today is the 4th of July, otherwise known in America as Independence Day, a day where Americans celebrate their independence from Great Britain. While not everyone agrees with the holiday since minorities were still enslaved when this day actually became a holiday, days of celebration...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Psalms 1 . The first chapter of Psalms is so powerful because although it is short, it highlights three simple directions that will lead to prosperity, protection and salvation. . Do not follow the advice of the wicked Do not stand around with sinners or join with mockers. Delight in the law of the Lord and meditate on it day and night. . By not following the advice of th...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Fasting . Fasting is a form of worship and sacrifice unto the Lord. Tony Evan’s defined it perfectly as he said, “ Fasting  is a deliber- ate abstinence from physical gratification—usually going without food for a period of time—to achieve a greater spiritual goal.  Fasting  is intentionally denying the flesh in order to gain a response from the spirit.” .  Jesus fasted i...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Blessings . “Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭16:5‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . ““If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world. You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God:  . Yo...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Tests & Testimonies . ”Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the Lord tests the heart.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭17:3‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . I believe the first word in testimony is “test”, because our testimony is designed to help others pass their tests.  . It was God’s testimony that brought us Life through Jesus Christ and it is our testimony that continues to spread the good news...

Dear God I’m Grateful For The Foundation Of Jesus Christ . “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem, a firm and tested stone. It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on. Whoever believes need never be shaken.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭28:16‬ ‭NLT‬‬  . Long ago our Heavenly Father laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with Hi...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Willingness . “So the people of Israel—every man and woman who was eager to help in the work the Lord had given them through Moses—brought their gifts and gave them freely to the Lord.” - Exodus 35:29 NLT . Embracing the call that God places on our lives requires a willingness to put in the work.  . We can have all of the skills in the world, but if we lack the desire to...

Dear God I’m Grateful That Vengeance Is The Lord’s . “O Lord, the God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!” - Psalms‬ ‭94:1‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . When people wrong you it’s easy to want revenge or wish the worse on them. Being born into sin, we naturally revert to emotions of anger when wronged, which, if not checked, can manifest in our actions and responses to situations....

Dear God I’m Grateful For The True Vine . Today I visited a vineyard for the first time and learned so much about how wine is made. From the time it takes for a grape tree to grow, to the time it takes to ferment and harvest grapes for wine, it’s amazing what we can create when we bear good fruit. . While learning our guide explained the importance of the grapevine and how weather, elements, or an...

Dear God I’m Grateful For My Land Of Milk & Honey . “They said to all the people of Israel, “The land we traveled through and explored is a wonderful land! And if the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us safely into that land and give it to us. It is a rich land flowing with milk and honey.” ‭‭Numbers‬ ‭14:7-8‬ ‭NLT‬‬  . I believe my land of milk and honey is San Diego, CA. . This may be...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Generous Giving . “Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:38‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . As much as we are a consumer driven society who love to receive, God gives us a heart to give and He loves a ch...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Childlike Fun . It’s crazy how the older we get the more our ideas of fun start to change. When we were kids, fun was playing outside, using our imaginations, coloring, building things out of boxes or making tents out of blankets, playing with friends, and just having pure unadulterated fun however it came.  . Somewhere over the years, we lost that innocence and fun becam...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Wholesome Teaching . Although short, The Book of Titus teaches the importance of training the next generation. It mentions how the older generation should live, as well as what they should teach those who will follow in their footsteps. While we typically look to our elders for wisdom, Titus confirms why wisdom is found in the wholesome teaching that is passed down from g...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Great Examples of Faith . The Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God and Hebrews 11 mentions many amazing stories of biblical leaders who accomplished great things by faith. . In today’s podcast episode we read through this chapter and dive deeper into some of the faith filled men and women mentioned, but for the sake of reminders here are some great...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Fathers . ““Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise:” ‭‭- Ephesians‬ ‭6:2‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . I’m grateful for the men that God trains to serve him and the men that He prepares to love their wives. I’m grateful for the men that God teaches to train their children in the Word and the men that he calls to become fathers.  . I’m grateful for the men...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Tears  . “He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”” - Revelation‬ ‭21:4‬ ‭NLT . With tomorrow being Father’s Day, I am overwhelmed with sadness and realized just yesterday that although it’s been over 6 months since he passed, I haven’t actually allowed myself to grieve my fat...

Dear God I’m Grateful For The Lord’s Prayer . Yesterday we touched on the intimacy of Prayer and today we are breaking down how to pray.  . Matthew 6:9-13 instructs us to “Pray like this:  . Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us today the food we need, and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven th...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Intimacy In Prayer . Over the years, I’ve met many people who have told me that they don’t know how to pray.  . They believe that only long, drawn out messages reach the ears of God or that people with greater influence have prayers that are more powerful.  . The thing is, prayer is just a simple conversation with God and the Bible actually mentions that prayer should be...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Anniversaries . Today marks my 7 year wedding anniversary and I am in awe by how much God has blessed me.  . Not only have I lived through seven marvelous years of love, joy, laughter, and peace, but the Lord found it fitting to send me a man whom he knew my soul longed to love!  . Through marriage I’ve learned how to submit to my husband as I submit to Christ and I’ve wh...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Spontaneity .  When life becomes routine and you fall into common patterns, it’s nice to mix things up sometimes or do something spontaneous!   . Tonight, on a Tuesday, hubby and I had a spontaneous date night filled with love, joy, laughter and lessons. It was a surprise to me because I was definitely ready to turn in for the night (gosh I sound old lol), but a night on...

Dear God Im Grateful For Reminders . I read an article today that 3 days ago a man named Michael Packard was swallowed by a whale. He lived to tell his story and while it now has international coverage, every article portrays his situation as new news. I am reminded, however, of the biblical story of Jonah.  . While disobeying and running from God, the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jon...

Dear God I’m Grateful For A Sound Mind . The most important thing we can protect is our mind.  . The devil aims to gain control of our minds by making us believe that we’re not worthy, that we can’t be forgiven, that we’re not enough or that our life isn’t worth living. He wants us to believe that we’re a lost cause and that we need something or someone outside of God to give us purpose or meaning...

Dear God I’m Grateful For The New Body . “For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will...

Dear God I’m Grateful for Mustard Seed Faith . According to Mark‬ ‭4:30-32‬ ‭NLT, Jesus illustrates‬‬ The Kingdom of God as “a mustard seed planted in the ground. It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of all garden plants; it grows long branches, and birds can make nests in its shade.”” . The parable above explains how through Faith, God can use something small to produce som...

Dear God I’m Grateful For Help . “I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!” - Psalms‬ ‭121:1-2‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . It’s okay to ask for help. . We were not created to take on anything alone and it is outside of our power to control everything that comes to us. At some point in life, we all need help.  . Asking for help is not admitting...