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Join the comment train and tell us what you’re thankful for. Remember to not be thankful for the big things you have in life, but the little things as well. Thank you to all who contributed! God bless.

Thank you Father for being a God of second chances. Without turning to you, I would probably be dead. Thank you for your unconditional love, my family, friends, ministry and purpose that You have for me.

Psalm 106:1

“Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; His love endures forever.”

-Joshua De Gracia

Thank You, God, for today and every day that follows. For the blessings of the past, present, and tomorrow…
Thank You, God, for my life, my health, and each breath I take. For the opportunity each morning to open my eyes and awake…
Thank You, God, for cleansing my sins each and every day. For Your mercy and forgiveness whenever I go astray…
Thank You, God, for friends whom I can laugh with and confide. For a loving family who supports me and provides…
Thank You, God, for trails and tests bestowed by Your command. So I can grow and persevere, and become a better man…
Thank You, God, for pouring out Your unconditional love. For the peace and comfort, knowing You’re guiding me from up above…
Thank You, God, my joy, my strength, my Father, and my friend. I thank You God, for everything, in Jesus’ name… Amen.

-Julius Pecson

I am thankful for waking up in God’s presence every morning. I thank Him for allowing me to live each day with His abundant blessings.
Lamentations 3:22-23
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Thank you Lord for being that one thing that is constant in my life, for being my rock, my comforter, my support, my guidance, my crying shoulder, my friend, my redeemer, my lover, my creator and my Heavenly Father.
Most of all,thank you for giving us the ultimate gift of life when you send your only son to die for our sins. No words can express how privilege and lucky I am to be called your children. Thank you Lord. I love you!

-Alpha Palarca

I am thankful for the relationship that i have with God and I cannot imagine a life without Him! He has given me a new outlook on life, hope and a future that i never thought i would have. Thank you God for loving me unconditionally and always being there for me!

-Travis Yanagida

I’m thankful for God’s unconditional love in my life. His unchanging & steadfast love that has filled my brokenness and emptiness with a love so sweet and satisfying. A love that can only bring me to my knees in utter humility and gratitude of such an undeserving gift of grace & mercy for such a sinner like me.
I’m thankful to be called His princess & He my King.

-Nicole Los Banos

I am thankful for God giving me the gift of salvation. I am thankful of His patience, mercy, grace and unfailing love in the time it took me to figure out that this gift was there for me to take and hold onto forever.

-Chris Laporga

I’m thankful for who God is in my life and all that He has done for me. He is my friend, my hope, my strength, my goodness, my portion, my everything. Without Him, I am nothing. (Psalm 16:2)
I’m thankful for His love. I am loved by Him and it is with His love, that He has given me the ability to freely love others. (1 John 4:7)
I’m thankful for what I have and who I have in my life. My family, my friends, my home, my job, my school. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
wow, I am truly blessed! Thank you Lord!

-Summer Nakamura

I’m unbelievably thankful for God-given friends. For a person that doesn’t have a lot of family, let alone family that’s in proximity to me, God has more than blessed me with friends in my life that love, support, encourage, correct, understand, pray for and especially have grace for me… especially when it really counts. God places the lonely/solitary in families and for that I am so grateful!

-Malia Parker

I am so thankful for answered prayer. This year God has been moving so rapidly in my life and also in the life of my family. We’re coming into a lot of healing, overcoming oppression that has been in our family for generations, and entering an empowered season!

-Kytia L’amour

I am so very thankful to finally see the fruit of years and years of prayer, fasting all coming together in a rather rapid chain of events. By far the most blessed/memorable/amazing year of my life, and it’s not even over yet!To be able to see His fingerprints on your life is awesome. Both thrilling and humbling.

-Jerrell Conner

To be able to live a confident life of purity and singleness!

-Jessica Hoffman

The one thing I am most thankful for is my family. My family loves me unconditionally, supports me, and will always be there for me.

-Jenna Rose St. Pierre

I am thankful for God’s wisdom, it has guided me to meet wonderful people and to make the right decisions.

-Michele Dufour

I’m thankful for God even allowing me to live another day, and for blessing me with awesome people all around me.

-Mary Scroth

I am grateful that God has surrounded me with people that love and support me, and led me to a job that is allowing me to live out a dream I had put to the side a long time ago. I am also grateful for God’s faithfulness, and the grace He has shown myself and others in the last year. He is so much bigger than any problem or obstacles we face in this life, and learning to surrender it all to Him has been a great adventure.

-Mary Carlton

I am thankful that God has chosen me to do His perfect will despite all of my imperfections. My life seemed so ordinary before I found Christ in my life, but since then it has been an awesome journey filled with many exciting experiences that I never dreamed possible.

-Ben Yamashiro

I am thankful for the strength that God has given me. Through him we are made to be tough. He gives me strength to overcome many obstacles to live an empowered life.

-Naedine Amoroso

I’m thankful for a God who gives us a second chance in life.  He gives us the chance to forgive, to love, and to live again.

-Tariya Enos

The never ending love and support of all my friends and family regardless of my mistakes. I thank them for giving me a smile from laughter and words for loving advice.

-Kailene Dela Cruz

I am thankful for a comfortable bed to sleep in every night. Sometimes you can take a basic thing like a bed for granted.

-Noel Nakamura

I am truly thankful for all of you – my awesome family and friends! Life just wouldn’t be the same without your love & friendship. Other things I’m grateful for: Hawaii, sick surf, a sweet place to call home, and a rewarding & fun job. What a year it’s been . Happy Thanksgiving!!!

-Chantel Chang

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. I’m thankful for the family and friends that God has so blessed my life with. Love all of you!

-Kareece Zane

I am blessed to have my friends in life. To have them push me to that next level. When I see people pushing me to having a deeper relationship with God, it really brings me joy. I want that joy and not go back to my old ways.

-Ddubz

The one man and one woman that gave me life.

-Charity Mangayam

I thank God for my family because they are a great example (besides Jesus) of how to live my life.

-Bridgette Tokuda

Please ADD WHAT YOU’RE THANKFUL FOR!!

Revisiting the  “letting love go” series.

Joshua De Gracia

We like to think of ourselves as always being in control. If we wanna get this girl’s number, we’ll go get. If we wanna have sex with someone we just met, we’ll try to achieve it to the best of our ability. It’s all about what makes “me” happy and how soon can I get “it” right?  As men, we hunt and try to find that special someone. Trouble is, we are looking in all the wrong places.

Take a second and ask yourself, “where do I go looking for love?”—- Bars, parties, clubs, the gym, strip clubs?

Besides the half naked attractive people, are you really hoping to find that special person at those places? Well, you might be saying “special for my hormones and for the flesh,” but it is filling and satisfying  for your spirit?

The truth: God doesn’t want you to actively pursue, but He’ll bring that person to you on His timing.

Genesis 2:21-22

^“So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. ²² Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.”

If you feel like you are the only person on this earth than can’t find a mate, let me tell you that God has someone for everyone. He looked at Adam sleeping in the garden and saw that he needed someone to accompany him and gave him Eve. Man was not hunting and looking for girls when God blessed him. No, the Bible says man was in a deep sleep.

Now you must be asking, “so you want me to go to sleep and when I wake up, Megan Fox will appear?” No. This “sleep” time is our preparation prior to being ready for that person. This is the time that God wants to work in us and to do His will. During this preparation time, we need to work on character flaws, junk that’s in our heart and rid ourselves of the baggage that act as strongholds in our lives. It’s better to get rid of all the toxins in your life than take it into your next relationship.

Rather than you be in control and searching for love in all the wrong places, sow into Godly character, pull the weeds out of your life and allow God to be your matchmaker.

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Joshua De Gracia

Abandon all I am, to have you capture me yet again..

Isaiah 55:8-9

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Psalm 139:23

^“ Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.”

I Abandon all I am  to have you recapture me again. No matter where we are in our walk with God, sometimes we need to come to a state of brokenness. In that state, there is no better place to be than in the Father’s will. In His perfect and pleasing will.

How do you get there? By dying to yourself and reaching out to Him with all of your heart.

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Joshua De Gracia

Proverbs 3:4-6

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;  in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.”

Keyword here is “ALL.” If you want His blessings, God calls for us to follow and trust in Him in every area of our lives.

Now ask yourself,

“are there any areas in your life that you need to completely trust in God?“

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