hey, sis. let's chat: what is 1 thing you are grateful for in this current season? for me: it's simple for me, His presence. I've been thinking a lot about the reality/ truth that the God of the Universe knows me, loves me, cares for me, saved me. And not only is His presence is available to me but he WANTS to spend that time with me too. i'm just grateful, sis 🥲
I lost a lot this year, while others have gained and their lives changed for the better. I needed this. I pray that God leads me through this wilderness. I know that what I lost can’t compare to what I will gain through the LORD. Thank you, and God bless everyone.
In all things give thanks …when waves pull away we don’t say “I lost water” it’s your thoughts it’s God timing trust and give thanks …. You never loose ANYTHING you receive valuable lessons …. I held on to my ex husband when I should have walked away ..he nearly beat me to death …I learned to let go - I didn’t loose my husband. I knew my mom was going to pass ….i gained an angel when she transitioned….when she came in my dreams …I learned that your loved ones can and do visit you in your sleep but they can only stay as long as you’re not aware in the dream that it’s actually THEM….the moment you get that it’s them …they MUST. Go …happens three times and all three when I realized “it’s not a dream” they exited swiftly or told me to scoot over let’s go to sleep… I met the love of my life --that begun to behave like a narcissist…God told me what to do …I didn’t listen …I learned to listen to Gods instructions and stand strong -you can NEVER help God bless you - that’s God blessing …not YOUR manipulation…when it was happening it was the most painful thing I had ever felt in my life …for a time I thought I was cursed …but the lessons I learned were ones that are pivotal to my accomplishing my life’s purpose…they HAD TO BE “impactful” so they are unforgettable…. Look for the lesson the more painful the situation ….the more necessary it is for you to have the lesson be a how to for your road forward… after all I have grown through-the “pain” was my holding on to things that were meant to teach me something….i know I hurt BUT the gift I received through it all was learning to look for the lesson …and the “pain” only lasts as long as you’re holding on to the thing that was meant to teach you. I hope this helps …because it’s a truth ….know that you only hurt or feel like you lost as long as you’re not looking for the lesson ….xoxo God bless
In this season I’m grateful to God for giving my own little family. This year I got married and gained a bonus son. And even though I so desperately want my own child one day, I have a wonderful husband. I remember being sad and depressed around the holidays when I was single I was never in the spirit. But I’m so grateful that now I’m no longer in that place and God had his hand on me and I have faith that God knows the desires of my heart . He always comes through at his perfect timing!
Thanks for this encouraging word! I’m 28, a virgin, & a woman of God. I’ve been a little sad because I just been wondering when will it be my turn. But I just have to continue to thank God in advance & wait on his timing.
I feel like I wasted my 20's and also I wasted a few months with this wolf in sheep's clothing, and felt like im going backwards in my walk with God. But recently, in God's timing, I ran across this event with my peer specialist, and at this certain location they are having people training included to become CNAs. It's one of my desires to become a nurse, and God is blessing me with this. If my brothers and sisters please please please pray that I pass all my training and tests because I have brain damage and short term memory loss. I noticed my memory is slightly improving, but please pray that I get healed from brain damage and pass all my cna tests. Thanks everyone. God bless!
Hey. I lost a lot over the past 3 years. I’m in a season that I would not choose to be in, and I feel as if the Lord abandoned me. Within the last two weeks I have been in a weird mental space. I’m watching everyone around me succeed and it hurts to say the least. Anyway, thanks for the video, it encouraged me to run to God and not away from him. Prayers for everyone who feels this way-God has not forgotten about us ❤
As I’m watching this.. a billboard caught my attention & it said “It can wait. Protect your future.” & it was a message against WEED! 😂 okay God, I hear You lol
In this season. I’ve learned to be grateful for time to rest. Our society teaches us that resting and laziness are the same but they really are not. Sometimes Gos just wants us to slow down and get closer to Him 😊
This Word is for Me!! I’m a 51 year old woman and I never thought I would be single at this age. My life has truly been a faith walk…trusting God’s plan (and process) for my life. As each year passes and friends get married, you tend to feel forgotten by God. However I must remind myself of God’s nature and Word. My story is still being written.
I have literally been kicking myself for this exact thing. These past 6 months have been extremely rough, I’ve been questioning so many things, like myself, my faith just everything. I’ve been emotionally broken trying to figure out when is it going to be my time & get discouraged & I give up. I really needed this word today, thank you so much Melody
The revelation God gave you about the rapid growing weed can also be an analogy for counterfeits. That weed growing in your yard looked like a tree, a good thing - a God thing but it was a counterfeit. Often times when God gives us a promise, a counterfeit comes along, looking like the real thing, a God thing. It looks good, things are moving quickly (just like the weed) but something seems off. Just like you said, not all growth is from God, not all "good" things are from God. So it's good to seek God about whether a supposedly good thing is from Him or not.
I am grateful for the season of singleness. its a season of growth and pressing in more in my relationship with the Lord. the Lord made me realize that when i get married life will never be that same again, so i am grateful for this season
Wow, so good! I graduated from college last year and have seen many friends spring forward into amazing opportunities. It's hard not having a full-time job, close knit community, and just feeling stuck overall. I was super bitter for a good chunk of this season before coming to grips with the reality that me complaining about the season I am in is hindering God from answering my prayers and blessing me. I'm keeping myself from partnering with the Lord in this season to do His will. How foolish! I encourage those feeling discouraged to reflect on Psalm 127, Romans 12:1-2, and James 3:17-18! The last two are really meant to help you live out your daily calling and to have clarity on what He is asking you to do.
Thank you. Ive been feeling stuck and continuously encountering the worst luck! I needed this. May God bless you love! Have patience and live for today because tomorrow Will worry about itself. Your time is coming and may you have the most beautiful future going forward.
That's the exact position I'm in right now, at some point I felt He forgot about me. One thing I realised is that He listens to Everything we tell Him and even those we don't and He answers in mysterious ways, all I know is He's coming through for us soon. Keep faith.
This message has to be for me because of what I'm going through mentally emotionally and spiritually this video came right on time! ✨🙏🏼😌 *One thing I'm grateful for in this season is GOD keeping me grounded within my storm, I thank God for clarity and discernment as well as understanding. Sometimes the world gets to worlding, and spiritually & emotionally you get overwhelmed an overstimulated...but GOD'S word his love, his voice, he has a way of grounding you from within and giving you that Peace that the world can't give you 😔🤞🏼💯
God took away a lot of people, places, and things that were holding me back from serving him whole heartedly. I’m grateful for the shift although I’m unsure what’s on the other side of this season ❤️
God bless you for the word...it was encouraging. My car was stolen but just maybe God was saving me from an accident, he has a new car lined up for me and at least I have legs and can walk...some are having to be pushed around in a wheelchair 🙏🏽❤
LITERALLY, just before you posted I was in tears in my car on lunch break, wondering why I am going through what I’m going through. Asking God why I haven’t finished the “tasks” that could have put me in a different place in life. Why am I where I am? Why have I not moved forward. So I believe God gave you this word for me. I am grateful to God for you. Thank you for your obedience. 🙏🏾
I am grateful to God for my job and financial stability. He has provided everything I need. Thank you for this video and reminder to walk in gratitude.
I know this is for me. I've been in this current season for a long time. God continues to remind me to trust His timing but it is not easy. However I have much to be grateful for...my health, my family is healthy, parents still living, my adult son is working, I like my job, I have good friends and so much more. I am so grateful for you Melody Alisa. Your videos minister to me often.❤
Something I’m grateful for is the faith I had to walk away from an extremely toxic job, even though it was stable and secure. Although it has left me frustrated because I am now in a season of not knowing what’s going to happen next with finances and resources becoming short, I’m praying that God rewards my faith in him that he has better for me…
This was for me definitely! I'm always feeling like I'm behind so I'm always trying to create, create, create and move on different things which keeps me stagnant cuz I overwhelm myself not knowing where to start but ignoring where GOD is telling to not only start but keeping being.. Matthew 6:33. I'm grateful in this season that GOD sends constant reminders to slow me down, to rest in HIM and just lean in more, trust and learn in this season because HE is preparing me. I literally was talking to GOD like LORD idk what's going on. What am I supposed to be doing and then this video came back to my remembrance for me to look at it. Thank u for your transparency, humbleness, authenticity and just being obedient to answering your call
Whew!! I swear this was a hard lesson i had to learn. I use to move and force things rushing them. And they all for the most part fell apart because i was not working with the lord. Now I'm stopping and letting the lord lead me because i haven't a clue where I'm going but i definitely know i want my father to be with me along the way.
This word is definitely meant for me. In fact, it was my prayer point last time. I feel like God always puts obstacles in my path. I am currently employed for 9 years in the same position, no promotion. My applications, whether in the company I work for or other organizations, don't even make it pass the selection stage. After 9 years, I finally secured an interview at my company, did so well, I thought, but still did not get the position. I was depressed I wouldn't lie, but God is good. I am in a good space now emotionally. I am thankful that God has not given up on me even in my darkest hour. Even when I fought with Him and decided that our relationship was over, he always came back to me, and we ended up making peace 😂. I now believe that His time is the best. I can't set terms and conditions for Him. Amen
No lie, this has been my hardest season yet 😮💨 and even though I am going through it, I know that he is making me stronger and I’m thankful that my pain and tears are not in vain.
I needed this, I was just finishing up my prayer talking to God, crying my eyes out about what I’m going through, questioning myself, my faith in God and the plans he has for my life. And as soon as I finished praying I got a notification for this video, I’m grateful for God helping me get through the roughest times of my life that I didn’t think I would ever experience a day in my life.
This message was so good. God, thank you. I’m in an accelerated season of failure and struggle. But I also feel like it’s equally a blessing because I have no one else to turn to but God. I have finally realized that I’ve NEVER been an independent woman. I will always and forever be a dependent of our Heavenly Father. Lord, I pray for everyone tuning into this message to follow your guidance, feel your love and spread your kindness and grace to all That we come in contact with. Most importantly, I pray we all put you first and depend on you for everything we do.
I’m grateful to God that’s he’s not giving me things that my character is not yet ready for! It hurts to be this season of waiting / preparing but I know it’s his will over mine
I’m 60 and I wasted a LOT of my life because I didn’t wait. But I Thank God he has kept me through my hardheaded times. As I look back over my life I should’ve been dead but now I see he kept me for where I am now and I’m enjoying the best days of my life serving him and being still so he can use me.
WOW! So this was definately for me. It speaks to me so loudly. One of the things I am grateful for in this season is God's patience with me. I'm guilty of looking at the lives of others, specifically my age & thinking that I am not where I should be in life. Because of that I have not truly appreciated where He has me now, what I do have, & knowing that things could be so much worse for me. Realizing that my perspective has been wrong & that I Am so blessed. I may not have what I think I want or be where I'd prefer to be, but I do know that God has so much in store for me, I need only to be patient. To Enjoy this time & all the 🎶Million little Miracles🎶 that He allows me to have every day that I wake up & every night that I make it back to my bed. I needed to hear this lesson so thank you for putting it out & sharing it. Blessing to you😇
The last seven years I’ve been going going and going. Busy climbing the corporate ladder and taking care of everyone but myself. I lost my job earlier this year and had enough resources for 6 months. Now those 6 months have come and gone without a job in sight. I’m finding it difficult to get back in my field and to take care of my family. I’ve been looking out of state for work and I haven’t heard a whisper from a potential employer in months. I’ve been looking for a sign from God about what my next steps are because everything Im trying to force isn’t working. Today I just said to God help me to know it’s you speaking to me and I came across your video. Thank you for sharing
*I'm favoured only God knows how much I praise Him,* $230k every 4weeks! | now have a big mansion and can now afford anything and also support God's work and the church.
Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!
I started pretty low, though, $5000 thereabouts. The return came massive. Joey is in school doing well, telling me of new friends he's meeting in school. Thank you Evelyn Vera, you're a miracle.
Wow...I know her too she is a licensed broker and a FINRA agent she is popular in US and Canada she is really amazing woman with good skills and experience.
In this season, I am grateful to God for the right support system/relationships. As well as preparation for the next season of my life; it's so evident.
In this season I am grateful for God's Grace and Love that continues to hold me in peace as I navigate through life. He's been so good to me, and I am so grateful 🙏🏾 ❤
I am grateful that God has spoken to me to remind me to slow down. I am unemployed and having a hard time finding a job. God took care of me before, and I know He will do it again.
One thing I am grateful for this season, is for God’s presence. Lately he’s been showing up in unexpected ways. I love that he’s the God who sees and hears me.
This was definitely for me. I'm in one of those rough seasons, wishing things could be different but I'm learning to slow down and thank God for where I am today. I'm grateful that He blessed me with a supportive husband and savings so I do not have to jump directly to a new job after losing mine last month. Instead I have the opportunity to rest and listen for God's voice.
I'm in this season you've spoken about and chileee it ain't easy! You get to thinking that something is wrong with you and as if you're lowkey cursed 😅 but I've been attacking that mindset through prayer and meditation. That's one thing I've been learning in this season...that meditation brings transformation, it's like a transfiguration of the mind. I've been learning to read the word and speak the word over and into my life as if I was prescribed medication by a doctor. God's word is medication for the anxious mind and heart. I know God's will will be done for my life but it's just like the enemy to tell you lies when you open the door to comparison. My faith has been stretched and I can say I am growing deeper roots in my relationship with Christ as a result of this season.
Omg heavy on the you think you’re cursed, I’m looking I know this can’t be it . I’m only 20 and I genuinely thought it was going to be a movie. I’ve endured a lot of trials and tribulations. I felt stuck because I couldn’t see what God was doing but his promises will prevail 🩷
Our Father indeed listens to us. I just prayed a few minutes ago about seeing others progress while nothing seems to work out for me for years now and i stumble across this video. Thank you Father for listening to my petitions ❤
ME! The message is for me! "All accelerated growth is not from God" I so needed to hear this. One thing I am grateful for in this season is gentle reminders that I am right where I am supposed to be.
I am grateful for clarity. As I’m Navigating through life decisions I’m able to see him working in my heart and allowing me to walk away from things that are not for me with peace. ❤
This season has been so hard for me and I’ve cried so much. But I’m really grateful that this season has helped me get closer to God. I’ve always struggled seeing God as Father and he has just helped me see Him in that way and it’s transforming my heart in so many ways ❤ Congratulations on your podcast!! 🥳 I love your ministry, thank you for your obedience and yielding to the Lord.
This message has encouraged me. As the year comes to an end, I felt overwhelmed with disappointment with how certain things are in my life. In this season of uncertainty, I am thankful for God's grace. I am being patient and being still while God guides me through this season. This word reminded me that delayed doesn't mean denied. Amen.
Thank you so so so much for this word! Very very timely ♥️ I am very grateful for having more time in this season to spend time with God and myself. I have often been on go go go with work and school, but currently not having those things has forced me to enjoy resting for once and working on myself to be the woman God has called me to be. There are days when I wish a job opportunity would come right now, but it’s been nice just really figuring out how to be a good me to me. I’m also grateful that God hears me and answers my prayers ♥️
I'm glad you made this video. I have been currently feeling lost and felt behind because of former classmates that have gotten to travel and leave home on their own. These helped remember that I'm in a different path from them and it's not my time. It's God's timing.
I am grateful of this season of restoration; while also God continuing to keep me from being released into something too soon I that I am not ready for. 🙌🏾
This was definitely for me. I was getting discouraged and growing weary but God knows what I need, WHEN I need it. I’m just grateful for his wisdom and grace that he gives me. I truly love him.
In this season I am grateful that God has blessed me with a new job! Its better pay and better hours than my last job, and its in a career field that I've had interest in when I was a little girl. In this season I have been praying more, studying more, and listening to more sermons during my free time at work. I am looking forward to the next season of my life and all that God has in store for me!
I am definitely grateful for his forgiveness 😭👏🏾 I'm a new Christian and oh my- it's been a rollercoaster ride. Your videos and some other people have been the only thing that keeps me motivated
Ohhhh I definitely needed this Word today. I’m so excited for the future/worries about the future/anxious about the future so definitely “waking up early in vain” was a direct sign to me. I’m grateful that The Holy Spirit would convict me even against my “wants” because He knows what’s best. My takeaway this week, especially being thanksgiving is to be grateful. Be grateful for everything in my life, even for the things “not going my way”. I can be such a toddler so praise God for humbling me and opening my eyes through this message. Thank you Lord
Something I am grateful for in the preparation season I am in is being able to spend quality time with God more frequently and doing this has allowed me to be downloaded with so much more wisdom than I have ever had before
Wow! This was for ME. I’ve been struggling with this for a while now. I’m in God’s will right now, but I’m not in my will. Thank you for the reminder. Seeing others accelerate when you feel stuck can be tough, but His timing is perfect even if it feel’s late to me. I’m not a failure just because I’m not where I want to be yet. Literally saw this video right after I got home from lunch with a friend where she said she’s pregnant. And I was happy for her but also thinking when is my turn coming. So much good truth in this video. My heart needed it. ❤️
Look at our Father’s daughter teaching in parables! Thank you for sharing, Sis. Comparison is something I struggle with…real bad. In this season, I’m thankful that God is kind and loving enough to show the hidden things in my heart, and gracing me through growing pains.
Thanks Melody, this came at the right time for me. I'm watching a lot of people in my life right now (all unbelievers) getting married and I've been single for 8 years now and it's very tough. But you're right - God's will is to protect us from evil and not to deny us good pleasures. So I am focusing on being content with His will in my life right now. As for what I am grateful for, it's the fact that God is really teaching me how to hear His voice and I can't tell you how much I appreciate this. My desire is to walk with Him and He has put me in a season of rest where I really have to ensure I am moving according to His will and instruction rather than my own fleshly desires. I am also grateful for my health and the fact that I can move, jump, dance and sing. Praise be to the Lord our God and thanks again Melody ♥♥♥
I am grateful for waking up this morning and making my son breakfast, it’s the small things that brings me joy. One day at a time 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽. Gods is amazing. Thank you Jesus ❤❤❤❤
This video was definitely for me🥹😮💨 I recently just turned 25 and was reflecting on all the things I can remember I said I wanted at this age at like 21. I’m here now and feel like all that has happened is loss and setback. 4 months into this age and I have really been trying to shift my mindset. I got re-baptized in August and still picking up my cross daily and dying to my flesh. Becoming more anchored in God and his word has been a true blessing and exactly what I’ve needed. Remaining hopeful and faithful that all I need and desire(prayerful that it is God’s desires for my life) will come back tenfold to me! Financially, emotionally, spiritually, in love, etc
I am grateful for God’s faithfulness. 2.5 years ago life blew up in my face and I knew I had to make changes. God led me to a new space to work and He gave me the community that I need for the season my life is in right now. I am surrounded by believers that pray, encourage and genuinely love one another like Jesus. It is so refreshing and in this difficult season, exactly what my daughter and I need. I am so grateful that He loves us so much.
For me, I’ve been waiting for marriage. I’m 35, and have been praying for a godly spouse since I was 28. I’ve celebrated many weddings and motherhoods for close friends, but God hasn’t given me my turn. Recently I felt like I’d come to the end of myself, but I’m still here. I have been living for God since I decided to dedicate my life to Him at age 23. The wait has been long and I can’t help but feel disappointed with God for giving me this significant portion of life spent alone and in loneliness. But I can do nothing but to continue trusting in Him, in the complete darkness of the future.
This message is for me also, I am grateful for the pruning and the discipline God has been instilling in me. Its like He’s just holding my hand like the good Father He is. It hurts sometimes but its so worth it, His presence ❤
Lord I’m grateful you renewed my faith and my hope, you renewed my confidence and the belief that something can happen for me in your perfect timing ✨🙏🏾
I am grateful for my great health. God is such a great father. And although I thought I would be in a different place in life. I still thank him for everything everyday. Thanks Melody for the awesome word. God bless everyone reading this🙏🏼🩷🤗🙌🏼
Grateful for God this season! I saw a few comments talking about people denying God experiencing everything good in life. I used to, even now sometimes, think the same. Then the Holy Spirit takes over and tells me that 'God loves everybody; you are in this season because you know you have God by your side to uplift you in due time, whereas the others don't!They make get completely destroyed in this situation without God' This thought has helped me. God bless you!
I’m grateful for growth. I feel like I’m in this season of caring for family. I’ve been here for a while but this is more of an intimate, meaning having to be someone’s complete help. I’ve never experienced it this way before and whewwwww it’s been tough ! Like I was almost making my own plans to “run” in a sense and take myself out of this scenario because it was something I didn’t ask for . But I’ve been sticking it through and God has been showing me things throughout this experience. I am grateful that he WANTS to have me experience these things to help me grow and really rely on him and my community of fellow believers . I’ve had to go to him and ask for forgiveness a few times, there have been many tears but for good reason . I’m grateful that he chooses me 😭
hey, sis. let's chat: what is 1 thing you are grateful for in this current season?
for me: it's simple for me, His presence. I've been thinking a lot about the reality/ truth that the God of the Universe knows me, loves me, cares for me, saved me. And not only is His presence is available to me but he WANTS to spend that time with me too. i'm just grateful, sis 🥲
Learning Patience in this season❤️
I’m grateful that God has shown me that He is a provider.
Thank you, Sis❤...I am grateful for the grace of God❤✝️🙌🏽🙏🏽👑✨️✝️❤️❣️
I'm grateful for God reminding me that even when I don't feel Him, He's still here.
I'm grateful that God has provided my school fee right on time (thanking him in advance)
I lost a lot this year, while others have gained and their lives changed for the better. I needed this. I pray that God leads me through this wilderness. I know that what I lost can’t compare to what I will gain through the LORD. Thank you, and God bless everyone.
praying for you, friend!! you said it perfectly-- what you are gaining in God is worth it all.
Prayers for you!
I also didn't have an easy year, but I will continue trusting God
In all things give thanks …when waves pull away we don’t say “I lost water” it’s your thoughts it’s God timing trust and give thanks …. You never loose ANYTHING you receive valuable lessons …. I held on to my ex husband when I should have walked away ..he nearly beat me to death …I learned to let go - I didn’t loose my husband. I knew my mom was going to pass ….i gained an angel when she transitioned….when she came in my dreams …I learned that your loved ones can and do visit you in your sleep but they can only stay as long as you’re not aware in the dream that it’s actually THEM….the moment you get that it’s them …they MUST. Go …happens three times and all three when I realized “it’s not a dream” they exited swiftly or told me to scoot over let’s go to sleep… I met the love of my life --that begun to behave like a narcissist…God told me what to do …I didn’t listen …I learned to listen to Gods instructions and stand strong -you can NEVER help God bless you - that’s God blessing …not YOUR manipulation…when it was happening it was the most painful thing I had ever felt in my life …for a time I thought I was cursed …but the lessons I learned were ones that are pivotal to my accomplishing my life’s purpose…they HAD TO BE “impactful” so they are unforgettable…. Look for the lesson the more painful the situation ….the more necessary it is for you to have the lesson be a how to for your road forward… after all I have grown through-the “pain” was my holding on to things that were meant to teach me something….i know I hurt BUT the gift I received through it all was learning to look for the lesson …and the “pain” only lasts as long as you’re holding on to the thing that was meant to teach you. I hope this helps …because it’s a truth ….know that you only hurt or feel like you lost as long as you’re not looking for the lesson ….xoxo God bless
Same like mine🥺
Whew! That last line! “A blessing too soon is no longer a blessing, it is a burden”.
WOW Preach Melody! 👏🏽👏🏽
period, sis!!
Amen 🙏🏽
WOWWW
What’s hard is witnessing those who pay no attention to God or flat or deny Him, progress, gain and advance in life 😔
Yes this!!!
It’s very hard
So hard. But always Trusting God still has so much in store for me
This is the one!
Psalm 37 sis 🤍
In this season I’m grateful to God for giving my own little family. This year I got married and gained a bonus son. And even though I so desperately want my own child one day, I have a wonderful husband. I remember being sad and depressed around the holidays when I was single I was never in the spirit. But I’m so grateful that now I’m no longer in that place and God had his hand on me and I have faith that God knows the desires of my heart . He always comes through at his perfect timing!
Amen! I love this
Yay!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉😊
I hope this testimony will be repeated in others next year!!!
Congratulations 🎉🎊❤
I rejoice with you my sister! God is good! 🙌🏾🩷🙌🏾
Thanks for this encouraging word!
I’m 28, a virgin, & a woman of God. I’ve been a little sad because I just been wondering when will it be my turn. But I just have to continue to thank God in advance & wait on his timing.
Bless you for your faith and endurance. Be assured, God has his plan for you. Keep your eyes on our Lord. Don't step out from his covering.
God is with us ❤
Same, I want kids etc , but Ik God will make away ❤
Me too
Bless you for maintaining your virginity 🎉🎉🎉🎉mad respect 🙏Thank God!
I just had a milestone birthday last month and this topic has been on me heavy. Praying that my latter years be better than my former….
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Praying for you!
Same, sis. Joining you in believing this for both of us. 🙏🏼✨
I feel like I wasted my 20's and also I wasted a few months with this wolf in sheep's clothing, and felt like im going backwards in my walk with God. But recently, in God's timing, I ran across this event with my peer specialist, and at this certain location they are having people training included to become CNAs. It's one of my desires to become a nurse, and God is blessing me with this. If my brothers and sisters please please please pray that I pass all my training and tests because I have brain damage and short term memory loss. I noticed my memory is slightly improving, but please pray that I get healed from brain damage and pass all my cna tests. Thanks everyone. God bless!
you will do just fine babe. study study study and learn visually as well. be blessed.
Try fasting as well there’s nothing impossible for God 🙏🏽 .anything is possible for one who believes .
Prayed for you. Trust in the Lord, and do your part
Prayed for you! You got this!!!
“If God is not with you, why even go?!”
I couldn’t let that word miss me. That was tough to hear, but sometimes the truth is tough to hear.
Hey.
I lost a lot over the past 3 years. I’m in a season that I would not choose to be in, and I feel as if the Lord abandoned me. Within the last two weeks I have been in a weird mental space. I’m watching everyone around me succeed and it hurts to say the least. Anyway, thanks for the video, it encouraged me to run to God and not away from him. Prayers for everyone who feels this way-God has not forgotten about us ❤
God has not forgotten about you. He will give you increase for everything that has been lost. Keep praying, trusting and focusing on God.
Sending you a big hug of encouragement 🫂. Trusting that God will deliver you sooner than later
Sincerely praying for you, from the passing of my fiancé to more disappointment after disappointment, only God has gotten me through.
You literally described my life for the last three years. Hardship after hardship in every area.
@@basketboutiquebyshaI’m sorry to hear that, praying for you and your family
As I’m watching this.. a billboard caught my attention & it said “It can wait. Protect your future.” & it was a message against WEED! 😂 okay God, I hear You lol
In this season. I’ve learned to be grateful for time to rest. Our society teaches us that resting and laziness are the same but they really are not. Sometimes Gos just wants us to slow down and get closer to Him 😊
I am grateful for my new home, new job, new car and the elevation season he has bestowed on me in these last 6 months! So thankful!
This Word is for Me!! I’m a 51 year old woman and I never thought I would be single at this age. My life has truly been a faith walk…trusting God’s plan (and process) for my life. As each year passes and friends get married, you tend to feel forgotten by God. However I must remind myself of God’s nature and Word. My story is still being written.
Amen🙏
I have literally been kicking myself for this exact thing. These past 6 months have been extremely rough, I’ve been questioning so many things, like myself, my faith just everything. I’ve been emotionally broken trying to figure out when is it going to be my time & get discouraged & I give up. I really needed this word today, thank you so much Melody
Hol on, just keep believing 💖🙌🏽🇿🇦
Hold on your change is coming
The revelation God gave you about the rapid growing weed can also be an analogy for counterfeits. That weed growing in your yard looked like a tree, a good thing - a God thing but it was a counterfeit. Often times when God gives us a promise, a counterfeit comes along, looking like the real thing, a God thing. It looks good, things are moving quickly (just like the weed) but something seems off.
Just like you said, not all growth is from God, not all "good" things are from God. So it's good to seek God about whether a supposedly good thing is from Him or not.
Well said!
I am grateful for the season of singleness. its a season of growth and pressing in more in my relationship with the Lord. the Lord made me realize that when i get married life will never be that same again, so i am grateful for this season
Le nna ausi 💃🏾
YES!! THIS!
Wow, so good! I graduated from college last year and have seen many friends spring forward into amazing opportunities. It's hard not having a full-time job, close knit community, and just feeling stuck overall. I was super bitter for a good chunk of this season before coming to grips with the reality that me complaining about the season I am in is hindering God from answering my prayers and blessing me. I'm keeping myself from partnering with the Lord in this season to do His will. How foolish!
I encourage those feeling discouraged to reflect on Psalm 127, Romans 12:1-2, and James 3:17-18! The last two are really meant to help you live out your daily calling and to have clarity on what He is asking you to do.
Thank you. Ive been feeling stuck and continuously encountering the worst luck! I needed this. May God bless you love! Have patience and live for today because tomorrow Will worry about itself. Your time is coming and may you have the most beautiful future going forward.
Amen 🙏🏽 ❤
That's the exact position I'm in right now, at some point I felt He forgot about me. One thing I realised is that He listens to Everything we tell Him and even those we don't and He answers in mysterious ways, all I know is He's coming through for us soon. Keep faith.
@@SurprisedConchShell-fr5zj Amen!! So, so good! Praying for us to keep fighting the good fight!!
I’m grateful for God’s guidance, peace and clarity. 🙏💜
This message has to be for me because of what I'm going through mentally emotionally and spiritually this video came right on time! ✨🙏🏼😌
*One thing I'm grateful for in this season is GOD keeping me grounded within my storm, I thank God for clarity and discernment as well as understanding. Sometimes the world gets to worlding, and spiritually & emotionally you get overwhelmed an overstimulated...but GOD'S word his love, his voice, he has a way of grounding you from within and giving you that Peace that the world can't give you 😔🤞🏼💯
i'm so glad sis. To God be the glory!
@@MelodyAlisaTo GOD Be The Glory Sis🙏🏼💕
Sending hugs
God took away a lot of people, places, and things that were holding me back from serving him whole heartedly. I’m grateful for the shift although I’m unsure what’s on the other side of this season ❤️
God bless you for the word...it was encouraging. My car was stolen but just maybe God was saving me from an accident, he has a new car lined up for me and at least I have legs and can walk...some are having to be pushed around in a wheelchair 🙏🏽❤
LITERALLY, just before you posted I was in tears in my car on lunch break, wondering why I am going through what I’m going through. Asking God why I haven’t finished the “tasks” that could have put me in a different place in life. Why am I where I am? Why have I not moved forward. So I believe God gave you this word for me.
I am grateful to God for you. Thank you for your obedience. 🙏🏾
I am grateful to God for my job and financial stability. He has provided everything I need. Thank you for this video and reminder to walk in gratitude.
I know this is for me. I've been in this current season for a long time. God continues to remind me to trust His timing but it is not easy. However I have much to be grateful for...my health, my family is healthy, parents still living, my adult son is working, I like my job, I have good friends and so much more. I am so grateful for you Melody Alisa. Your videos minister to me often.❤
Something I’m grateful for is the faith I had to walk away from an extremely toxic job, even though it was stable and secure. Although it has left me frustrated because I am now in a season of not knowing what’s going to happen next with finances and resources becoming short, I’m praying that God rewards my faith in him that he has better for me…
This was for me definitely! I'm always feeling like I'm behind so I'm always trying to create, create, create and move on different things which keeps me stagnant cuz I overwhelm myself not knowing where to start but ignoring where GOD is telling to not only start but keeping being.. Matthew 6:33.
I'm grateful in this season that GOD sends constant reminders to slow me down, to rest in HIM and just lean in more, trust and learn in this season because HE is preparing me. I literally was talking to GOD like LORD idk what's going on. What am I supposed to be doing and then this video came back to my remembrance for me to look at it. Thank u for your transparency, humbleness, authenticity and just being obedient to answering your call
Whew!! I swear this was a hard lesson i had to learn. I use to move and force things rushing them. And they all for the most part fell apart because i was not working with the lord. Now I'm stopping and letting the lord lead me because i haven't a clue where I'm going but i definitely know i want my father to be with me along the way.
This word is definitely meant for me. In fact, it was my prayer point last time. I feel like God always puts obstacles in my path. I am currently employed for 9 years in the same position, no promotion. My applications, whether in the company I work for or other organizations, don't even make it pass the selection stage. After 9 years, I finally secured an interview at my company, did so well, I thought, but still did not get the position. I was depressed I wouldn't lie, but God is good. I am in a good space now emotionally.
I am thankful that God has not given up on me even in my darkest hour. Even when I fought with Him and decided that our relationship was over, he always came back to me, and we ended up making peace 😂. I now believe that His time is the best. I can't set terms and conditions for Him. Amen
Just one minute in and whew🔥 1:19 ‘not all growth that we see is from God and not all acceleration is a good thing’
No lie, this has been my hardest season yet 😮💨 and even though I am going through it, I know that he is making me stronger and I’m thankful that my pain and tears are not in vain.
I needed this, I was just finishing up my prayer talking to God, crying my eyes out about what I’m going through, questioning myself, my faith in God and the plans he has for my life. And as soon as I finished praying I got a notification for this video, I’m grateful for God helping me get through the roughest times of my life that I didn’t think I would ever experience a day in my life.
9:28 heyyyy that really hit me!! I been thinking of a saying I saw at the start of this year: "be concerned about direction more than speed." Amen!
I’m grateful for my dog, I’ve a job, I’ve health and a great community. I am grateful for my recommitment and new walk with God. ❤
This message was so good. God, thank you. I’m in an accelerated season of failure and struggle. But I also feel like it’s equally a blessing because I have no one else to turn to but God. I have finally realized that I’ve NEVER been an independent woman. I will always and forever be a dependent of our Heavenly Father. Lord, I pray for everyone tuning into this message to follow your guidance, feel your love and spread your kindness and grace to all That we come in contact with. Most importantly, I pray we all put you first and depend on you for everything we do.
One thing I am grateful to God For in this season, is having health, and the family/ support system around me.
I’m grateful to God that’s he’s not giving me things that my character is not yet ready for! It hurts to be this season of waiting / preparing but I know it’s his will over mine
I’m 60 and I wasted a LOT of my life because I didn’t wait. But I Thank God he has kept me through my hardheaded times. As I look back over my life I should’ve been dead but now I see he kept me for where I am now and I’m enjoying the best days of my life serving him and being still so he can use me.
Praise god! Thanks be to God and thank you for sharing. God bless you🙏🏽❤
I’m grateful that as a young adult who’s still studying I can live with my mom and not worry about food.
I’m greatful that in this season God showed me that he was always going to take care of me.
WOW! So this was definately for me. It speaks to me so loudly. One of the things I am grateful for in this season is God's patience with me. I'm guilty of looking at the lives of others, specifically my age & thinking that I am not where I should be in life. Because of that I have not truly appreciated where He has me now, what I do have, & knowing that things could be so much worse for me. Realizing that my perspective has been wrong & that I Am so blessed. I may not have what I think I want or be where I'd prefer to be, but I do know that God has so much in store for me, I need only to be patient. To Enjoy this time & all the 🎶Million little Miracles🎶 that He allows me to have every day that I wake up & every night that I make it back to my bed. I needed to hear this lesson so thank you for putting it out & sharing it. Blessing to you😇
I’m grateful for the small pockets of joy that I am experiencing again after such a hard past 3 years
I like that “small pockets of joy” this is a great way to deal with life.
I am grateful that I've walked this waiting journey with God even though it has been hard.
The last seven years I’ve been going going and going. Busy climbing the corporate ladder and taking care of everyone but myself. I lost my job earlier this year and had enough resources for 6 months. Now those 6 months have come and gone without a job in sight. I’m finding it difficult to get back in my field and to take care of my family. I’ve been looking out of state for work and I haven’t heard a whisper from a potential employer in months. I’ve been looking for a sign from God about what my next steps are because everything Im trying to force isn’t working. Today I just said to God help me to know it’s you speaking to me and I came across your video. Thank you for sharing
*I'm favoured only God knows how much I praise Him,* $230k every 4weeks! | now have a big mansion and can now afford anything and also support God's work and the church.
Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!
Wow that's huge, how do you make that much monthly?.. I have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??
It's Ms. Evelyn Vera doing, she's changed my life.
I started pretty low, though, $5000 thereabouts. The return came massive. Joey is in school doing well, telling me of new friends he's meeting in school. Thank you Evelyn Vera, you're a miracle.
Wow...I know her too she is a licensed broker and a FINRA agent she is popular in
US and Canada she is really amazing woman with good skills and experience.
In this season, I am grateful to God for the right support system/relationships. As well as preparation for the next season of my life; it's so evident.
For me: the gift of life. I sometimes wondered has God left me, turned his back away from me?. But when the time is right, God will make a way.
I’m grateful for God providing and keeping me through uncertainty and being far away from family and friends.
One thing I am grateful to God for is peace. That’s it 🥺💕
Neimoya!!! my good sis! love this. the way He gives His children the intangible things like peace that money simply could never buy >>>
@@MelodyAlisa Yess, you said a mouthful! And I am so thankful for the intangible things 🙌🏾
In this season I am grateful for God's Grace and Love that continues to hold me in peace as I navigate through life. He's been so good to me, and I am so grateful 🙏🏾 ❤
Sis, like i said in one of your videos that you have been talking specifically to me. i thank the Lord for you.
I'm grateful for God covering me while in nursing school and teaching me that I'm enough so slow down❤❤
I am grateful that God has spoken to me to remind me to slow down. I am unemployed and having a hard time finding a job. God took care of me before, and I know He will do it again.
One thing I am grateful for this season, is for God’s presence. Lately he’s been showing up in unexpected ways. I love that he’s the God who sees and hears me.
This was definitely for me. I'm in one of those rough seasons, wishing things could be different but I'm learning to slow down and thank God for where I am today. I'm grateful that He blessed me with a supportive husband and savings so I do not have to jump directly to a new job after losing mine last month. Instead I have the opportunity to rest and listen for God's voice.
I’m really grateful for my family. Sometimes I oversee what god has really done for me. Keeping them healthy and full of love.
I'm in this season you've spoken about and chileee it ain't easy! You get to thinking that something is wrong with you and as if you're lowkey cursed 😅 but I've been attacking that mindset through prayer and meditation. That's one thing I've been learning in this season...that meditation brings transformation, it's like a transfiguration of the mind. I've been learning to read the word and speak the word over and into my life as if I was prescribed medication by a doctor. God's word is medication for the anxious mind and heart. I know God's will will be done for my life but it's just like the enemy to tell you lies when you open the door to comparison. My faith has been stretched and I can say I am growing deeper roots in my relationship with Christ as a result of this season.
Omg heavy on the you think you’re cursed, I’m looking I know this can’t be it . I’m only 20 and I genuinely thought it was going to be a movie. I’ve endured a lot of trials and tribulations. I felt stuck because I couldn’t see what God was doing but his promises will prevail 🩷
Our Father indeed listens to us. I just prayed a few minutes ago about seeing others progress while nothing seems to work out for me for years now and i stumble across this video.
Thank you Father for listening to my petitions ❤
ME! The message is for me! "All accelerated growth is not from God" I so needed to hear this. One thing I am grateful for in this season is gentle reminders that I am right where I am supposed to be.
I’m grateful that God has surrounded me around people who have helped me tremendously! (Teachers, friends, family, bosses,etc)
This is for me. I keep seeing everywhere that Gods timing is right on time. This is the same narrative I’ve been hearing and seeing everywhere
I am grateful for clarity. As I’m Navigating through life decisions I’m able to see him working in my heart and allowing me to walk away from things that are not for me with peace. ❤
This season has been so hard for me and I’ve cried so much. But I’m really grateful that this season has helped me get closer to God. I’ve always struggled seeing God as Father and he has just helped me see Him in that way and it’s transforming my heart in so many ways ❤
Congratulations on your podcast!! 🥳 I love your ministry, thank you for your obedience and yielding to the Lord.
This message has encouraged me. As the year comes to an end, I felt overwhelmed with disappointment with how certain things are in my life. In this season of uncertainty, I am thankful for God's grace. I am being patient and being still while God guides me through this season. This word reminded me that delayed doesn't mean denied. Amen.
Thank you so so so much for this word! Very very timely ♥️
I am very grateful for having more time in this season to spend time with God and myself. I have often been on go go go with work and school, but currently not having those things has forced me to enjoy resting for once and working on myself to be the woman God has called me to be. There are days when I wish a job opportunity would come right now, but it’s been nice just really figuring out how to be a good me to me. I’m also grateful that God hears me and answers my prayers ♥️
I’m grateful in this season that I’m getting to know God a whole lot more❤️
I'm glad you made this video. I have been currently feeling lost and felt behind because of former classmates that have gotten to travel and leave home on their own. These helped remember that I'm in a different path from them and it's not my time. It's God's timing.
I am grateful of this season of restoration; while also God continuing to keep me from being released into something too soon I that I am not ready for. 🙌🏾
I am grateful for the God's pruning. Getting rid of all the traits that don't belong in my tomorrow.
I'm grateful to God for the wisdom that he is giving me in this waiting season; He has blessed me with the wisdom I never knew I needed. 🙏 🙏
I am really grateful for the slow pace of my current season.
Something that I am grateful for in this season is God's grace.
This was definitely for me. I was getting discouraged and growing weary but God knows what I need, WHEN I need it. I’m just grateful for his wisdom and grace that he gives me. I truly love him.
Grateful that God sees me fully and loves me fully. In Him there is no shadow or turning.
In this season I am grateful that God has blessed me with a new job! Its better pay and better hours than my last job, and its in a career field that I've had interest in when I was a little girl. In this season I have been praying more, studying more, and listening to more sermons during my free time at work. I am looking forward to the next season of my life and all that God has in store for me!
I've been feeling like God forgotten about me, this was needed.
I feel the same way
I am definitely grateful for his forgiveness 😭👏🏾 I'm a new Christian and oh my- it's been a rollercoaster ride. Your videos and some other people have been the only thing that keeps me motivated
Ohhhh I definitely needed this Word today. I’m so excited for the future/worries about the future/anxious about the future so definitely “waking up early in vain” was a direct sign to me. I’m grateful that The Holy Spirit would convict me even against my “wants” because He knows what’s best. My takeaway this week, especially being thanksgiving is to be grateful. Be grateful for everything in my life, even for the things “not going my way”. I can be such a toddler so praise God for humbling me and opening my eyes through this message. Thank you Lord
Something I am grateful for in the preparation season I am in is being able to spend quality time with God more frequently and doing this has allowed me to be downloaded with so much more wisdom than I have ever had before
Wow! This was for ME. I’ve been struggling with this for a while now. I’m in God’s will right now, but I’m not in my will. Thank you for the reminder. Seeing others accelerate when you feel stuck can be tough, but His timing is perfect even if it feel’s late to me. I’m not a failure just because I’m not where I want to be yet. Literally saw this video right after I got home from lunch with a friend where she said she’s pregnant. And I was happy for her but also thinking when is my turn coming. So much good truth in this video. My heart needed it. ❤️
Look at our Father’s daughter teaching in parables! Thank you for sharing, Sis. Comparison is something I struggle with…real bad. In this season, I’m thankful that God is kind and loving enough to show the hidden things in my heart, and gracing me through growing pains.
Thanks Melody, this came at the right time for me. I'm watching a lot of people in my life right now (all unbelievers) getting married and I've been single for 8 years now and it's very tough. But you're right - God's will is to protect us from evil and not to deny us good pleasures. So I am focusing on being content with His will in my life right now.
As for what I am grateful for, it's the fact that God is really teaching me how to hear His voice and I can't tell you how much I appreciate this. My desire is to walk with Him and He has put me in a season of rest where I really have to ensure I am moving according to His will and instruction rather than my own fleshly desires. I am also grateful for my health and the fact that I can move, jump, dance and sing. Praise be to the Lord our God and thanks again Melody ♥♥♥
I am grateful for the connection to a group of community that lead me to know God more 🙏
That's a word, sis! Not all growth or accelaration is from God. Phew 🔥
I am grateful for waking up this morning and making my son breakfast, it’s the small things that brings me joy. One day at a time 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽. Gods is amazing. Thank you Jesus ❤❤❤❤
This video was definitely for me🥹😮💨 I recently just turned 25 and was reflecting on all the things I can remember I said I wanted at this age at like 21. I’m here now and feel like all that has happened is loss and setback.
4 months into this age and I have really been trying to shift my mindset. I got re-baptized in August and still picking up my cross daily and dying to my flesh. Becoming more anchored in God and his word has been a true blessing and exactly what I’ve needed. Remaining hopeful and faithful that all I need and desire(prayerful that it is God’s desires for my life) will come back tenfold to me! Financially, emotionally, spiritually, in love, etc
I am grateful for God’s faithfulness. 2.5 years ago life blew up in my face and I knew I had to make changes. God led me to a new space to work and He gave me the community that I need for the season my life is in right now. I am surrounded by believers that pray, encourage and genuinely love one another like Jesus. It is so refreshing and in this difficult season, exactly what my daughter and I need. I am so grateful that He loves us so much.
I'm grateful to God for healing and for giving me courage to speak up more about my thoughts and to be confident about it❤
Thank you Melody
For me, I’ve been waiting for marriage. I’m 35, and have been praying for a godly spouse since I was 28. I’ve celebrated many weddings and motherhoods for close friends, but God hasn’t given me my turn. Recently I felt like I’d come to the end of myself, but I’m still here. I have been living for God since I decided to dedicate my life to Him at age 23. The wait has been long and I can’t help but feel disappointed with God for giving me this significant portion of life spent alone and in loneliness. But I can do nothing but to continue trusting in Him, in the complete darkness of the future.
I’m grateful to God for my family. They’ve been a steady rock and speak God’s counsel to me
I’m so so blessed !
He spoke to me through a commercial 🥺 I’m grateful for him increasing my faith and trust in him! Thanks Mel ❤
I’m grateful for His constant reminder that He is the answer to everything❤❤❤
This message is for me also, I am grateful for the pruning and the discipline God has been instilling in me. Its like He’s just holding my hand like the good Father He is. It hurts sometimes but its so worth it, His presence ❤
The one thing that I’m grateful to God for in this season? I’m grateful for the season of waiting.🙏🏾
Lord I’m grateful you renewed my faith and my hope, you renewed my confidence and the belief that something can happen for me in your perfect timing ✨🙏🏾
I am grateful for my great health. God is such a great father. And although I thought I would be in a different place in life. I still thank him for everything everyday. Thanks Melody for the awesome word. God bless everyone reading this🙏🏼🩷🤗🙌🏼
This video was specifically for ME! Thank you!
Grateful for God this season!
I saw a few comments talking about people denying God experiencing everything good in life.
I used to, even now sometimes, think the same.
Then the Holy Spirit takes over and tells me that 'God loves everybody; you are in this season because you know you have God by your side to uplift you in due time, whereas the others don't!They make get completely destroyed in this situation without God'
This thought has helped me.
God bless you!
My thoughts all last week.
I’m grateful for growth. I feel like I’m in this season of caring for family. I’ve been here for a while but this is more of an intimate, meaning having to be someone’s complete help. I’ve never experienced it this way before and whewwwww it’s been tough ! Like I was almost making my own plans to “run” in a sense and take myself out of this scenario because it was something I didn’t ask for . But I’ve been sticking it through and God has been showing me things throughout this experience. I am grateful that he WANTS to have me experience these things to help me grow and really rely on him and my community of fellow believers . I’ve had to go to him and ask for forgiveness a few times, there have been many tears but for good reason . I’m grateful that he chooses me 😭