Thank you Lord

The speaker starts by thanking and praising God for their blessings and emphasizing that things don't happen by chance, but are guided by God. They express gratitude for their parents and family who have shown them love and support. They encourage others to seek God and be part of His purpose. The speaker acknowledges that they are not a Bible scholar, but they share what God puts on their heart. They conclude by thanking God for his presence and asking for guidance for themselves and others. Lord, I come before you today, and I lift up each and every person listening. I ask that you open their ears, their hearts, and their minds, Lord. I want to thank you, praise you, glorify you, because without you, none of this would be possible. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Hey there, it's Anna with God's Podcast. Today's episode, I want to give praise and glory to God. First off, I want to start with, do you think things happen by chance? Do you believe that luck exists, or do you think things coincidentally happen in life? I want you to think about these things. I want you to go back to the Bible and research for yourself. I used to believe this, but as I have been learning God's word, digging deeper in the Bible, I realize none of that is true. We are not lucky. We don't coincidentally meet someone. Things don't just happen by chance. You are guided. You are put in that place for that exact moment and experience in time. You don't realize it at that moment, but you are placed there for a reason. Either it's a learning lesson, an experience to grow, and to become so close to God so that you know and that I know that it is Him to depend on, that it is Him who gives us everything in this life. All of our blessings come from above. They are not luck. They are not coincidences. We all have purpose. We all have paths that God has for us. But it's up to us on the path we choose, and it is up to us how we live our life. What we choose, what we allow, God does give us free will. We can't control those around us, but we can control ourselves. That's the beauty of God. He allows you to follow Him, to come to Him for His purpose, His plan, His will, because it's so much bigger and better than ours. It always is. You just have to have faith. You just have to believe. You just have to have trust in God that His plan is to prosper you, never to harm you. Just like the Bible says, we don't see with our eyes, but we see with our faith and our trust and our belief that the Lord is going to do all things for us, for our good. And this brings me to want to praise the Lord. I want to thank the Lord, because He gave me parents who allowed me to know Him. Parents that showed me what love was and how unconditional it is. That God has always been important. Parents who sacrificed for me and for my siblings. Parents that allowed me to put God first. I want to thank the Lord because He gave me a family and surrounded me with family who love and support me. He placed me exactly where I needed to be, put obstacles in front of me that I needed to get through to become who He needed me to be through Him. I know not everyone gets placed in families like mine. I want everyone to know that through God, we all have a family, just like the one He gave me. Through God, we are all loved by the Father who forgives, a Father who loves us unconditionally. Through God, you can have a family that will support you, that will love you, that will help you. Through God, they will have it all. God thank you for allowing me to know you and to share you with others. There is no excuse to have a relationship with God. There is no excuse. The choice is yours. You God give us that. You give us free will. And that is what makes us different from all other animals. You allow us to make that decision and allow us the choice of free will. Thank you Lord for giving me parents that allow me to have that chance. And now I ask you Lord to use me to be that for everyone else, so they too can experience you God, to have a relationship with you God, to grow in you God, to use our free will to come to you Lord. Lord, you sacrificed your only son for us. You showed us your love for each of us. You didn't have to give any of us a second chance, but you did. And I want to thank you and praise you. And I am so grateful, so filled with gratitude, so filled with your love, so filled with your joy. God, you are like no other and I thank you. My words will never be enough. None of our words can be, but our actions and our lives can. I ask you Lord to use me for your will, for your purpose, not mine. And those who are listening, for your purpose Lord. Lord, let me be the family they may need, the family to bring them to you, the family that lifts them up, the family that they may not have, because family does not need to be blood. But in you and through you, we are family. And you have given me so many family members that lift me up, love me, support me, and I want to do the same in return for them, for you. This is my prayer Lord. This is my dedication to you Lord, to all those of you, my brothers and sisters in Christ listening. We are family, family in God, family in our Father, by his blood we are united as one body. Just like the Bible says, the body needs all parts to function. We are needed to do God's work, God's purpose, for his kingdom, just like the Bible talks about church. He is not always figuratively talking about a physical building. He is talking about us, his children, his chosen. We are his church, that church lives in our hearts. He says to love everyone, to love your neighbors as yourself. Do you ever wonder why the Bible doesn't specifically name his brothers and sisters directly? The Bible never gives us his brothers and sisters names in the Bible. That always used to bother me. But now I understand, I get it, it's not about that, but that we treat everyone as though they are family, with love, with compassion, with understanding, because we are God's church, one body in Christ. We make up the body. Each of us has a purpose. Each of us allow the body to work together, to function. That is how God wanted us as a family. It's not about us individually, but about us together, working together for God's kingdom, God's purpose. I was gifted a wonderful family, by blood, but I was also gifted so many other people who I call family, who love me, who support me, who are just like family, even though they're not blood, because they are people of God. They love God, they put God first, and they choose him. So I am here as family. And there are so many other people out there that would love to be your family in Christ. You just have to surround yourself with them, look for them. And I encourage you to be part of God's body. Be part of God's purpose and plan, because he has a plan for each of us. I want to thank you for coming each and every week. I truly hope that I encourage you and that I give you insight, just a little bit to the Bible and explain God's word to you as God gives it to me. I am not perfect. I am not a scholar in the Bible. I am only sharing what God puts on my heart. And I appreciate your support, you coming every week and listening. I encourage you to seek God, to do his will and his purpose. Dig deeper in those Bibles, because he will give you ultimately the answers you are searching for. We are always searching for something, and the answer is right in front of you. So until next episode, keep Bibling, keep spreading God's word, and be part of God's family. Be part of his body. Be part of his church. Lord I lift each and every person up to you, whatever they may be going through, whatever they may be seeking, whatever they may need, Lord, I ask that you guide them, that you are with them, that you surround them. I lift them up to you, Lord. I ask that you fill their hearts, that they can become your church, your family. Lord, I want to thank you. I want to glorify you, because you are with us each and every day, even though we don't see you, even though we may not see the blessings that you give us each and every day. We have breath in our lungs. We are given another day. And for that, I thank you, I glorify you, and I praise you. In Jesus' name, Amen. Thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you for keeping me humble, for picking me up when I stumble, and although I change, you stay the same. And I don't thank you enough for my mama, for my friends, for your love that never ends, for the song that made us dance on this old dirt floor, for my baby, for my girl, for the way they changed my world. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far. I got to thank you, Lord, for a hard time, a light in the way, and a dark time, a pull in the hand, forgiving again the times that I took you too far.