In this episode, I share a very real moment of sadness—one stirred by a weekend surrounded by reminders of what I’m still waiting for: marriage, family, companionship. After leaving a birthday gathering feeling discouraged, and then unexpectedly running into someone whose life had moved forward in all the ways mine hadn’t, I found myself sitting in that ache.

But the word “come” had already been on my heart. And the next day, when I saw that same word posted on a sign—“Jesus, come”—I knew I needed to return to Scripture. So I opened my Bible, studied the word come in Webster’s 1828 and in the Greek, considered its meanings (to go, to move toward, to arrive), and held them up against my own longing.

As I searched the Scriptures, I wrote down verse after verse where God uses the word come: Genesis 24, John 16, Matthew 25, the Song of Solomon, Ezekiel 37, Joel 2, Revelation 22. I imagined myself inside those passages. I saw Rebekah drawing water over and over, not knowing she was only a handful of draws away from being found. I saw the ten virgins tired and sleeping, yet waking when the cry at midnight declared, “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh.” And I recognized my own sadness in their waiting.

But as I kept reading, the Holy Spirit encouraged me. I realized that the same word echoing through Scripture—come—was the same word the Spirit was speaking over my life. And by the end of the study, I was strengthened again to keep drawing from the well, like Rebekah, and to keep believing that my time has come.

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In the last episode, we talked about the Holy Spirit as the well of living water within every believer. In this episode, we continue that thread by looking at what Scripture teaches about prophecy — something directly tied to the Holy Spirit who now lives in us.

I walk through Acts 1–2, where the Holy Spirit was poured out, and how tongues and prophecy appeared together. From there, we look at what prophecy actually means in the Greek: to speak by inspiration, to declare things to come, to reveal something before it happens. Scripture tells us that when we pray in tongues, we speak to God — and that we can ask Him for the interpretation, turning our tongues into prophecy (1 Corinthians 14:4–5).

We then trace the pattern throughout the Bible: prophecy preserved Israel (Hosea 12:13), advanced God’s people (Ezra 6:14), transformed Saul (1 Samuel 10:6), and revealed God’s plans (Amos 3:7). Today, God still reveals by His Spirit — not through human will, but through inspiration (2 Peter 1:21).

I share how I unknowingly began practicing this years ago: praying in tongues during moments of fear, waiting for a single word from God, and speaking only what He said. One of the first times this happened was when my jaw locked and God sent me Psalm 81:10 — “Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.” That one word became a healing balm.

This episode is an invitation to desire tongues — but even more, to desire prophecy. To speak as the Holy Spirit inspires. To declare the word He gives “in due season.” To become, as Scripture says, the prophets of our own lives — especially in the areas of marriage, purpose, and God’s plans for us.

Like Ezekiel, may we prophesy as we are commanded, and may God cause the bones (see Genesis 2:23) to come together — “bone to his bone.”

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In this episode, I walk through the pattern of Scripture where women met their future husbands at water wells. Rebekah met Abraham’s servant at a well. Rachel met Jacob at a well. Zipporah met Moses at a well. Even in the New Testament, we see a woman at a well in John 4—and the conversation turns to husbands.

But Jesus revealed something deeper: He wasn’t talking about physical water, but living water—a well within a person. A well that springs up. A well that flows. A well He identified as the Holy Spirit.

From there, I trace how this theme continues into Matthew 25, where ten virgins go out to meet the Bridegroom. All had lamps—the Word of God—but only five carried oil, a picture of the Holy Spirit. The same “outflowing” that Jesus described as rivers of living water is the same outflow the virgins used when they went forth to meet Him.

The pattern becomes clear:
Ancient women drew water from physical wells.
Today, believers draw from wells of living water within—through the Holy Spirit.

In this episode, I share how speaking in tongues is the Scriptural way we draw that living water out. Just as Rebekah drew faithfully and consistently until the moment she was found, we, too, draw with endurance and joy—trusting that as we keep drawing from the wells of salvation, we are being prepared for the moment God has appointed.

This is a call to keep drawing, keep praying, keep yielding to the Spirit—as the women of old did at the well—until the Bridegroom is encountered face to face.

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Today we look at the word "appointed" from the servants prayer in Genesis 24.

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This opening episode marks the beginning of Appointed Time—a chapter rooted in Scripture that explores the seasons God uses to prepare His people for what He has promised.

In the Bible, the wilderness is not punishment. It is a place of separation, refinement, and encounter—where faith is tested, obedience is formed, and dependence on God is established. Long before fulfillment comes, God often leads His people into hidden places where He does His deepest work.

If you have followed God faithfully and still find yourself waiting, this episode reframes the wilderness—not as loss or delay, but as preparation.

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This episode marks an Ebenezer—a stone of remembrance.

Dalia is a podcast told in chapters, with each chapter representing a season of the journey God is writing. Between chapters, special Ebenezer episodes are set apart to pause, remember, and testify to the Lord’s faithfulness.

In this first Ebenezer, I share why the podcast has been rebranded from One Proposal to Dalia, and how One Proposal now stands as the first chapter of the story—marking the season that has led into Appointed Faith. This rebrand is a testimony—an acknowledgment of God’s help and direction along the way.

Before moving forward into the next chapter, we stop to remember.

Thus far hath the Lord helped me.

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Habakkuk 2:2 says "And the LORD answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it."

Listen to the Podcast to learn how I wrote the Vision of Marriage:

• I wrote the book “One Proposal – 60 day devotional while waiting on the on to marry”
• I started the One Proposal Podcast, where I explained and made plain the scriptures I sought out of God’s book for answers
• I created scripture affirmations for the single woman that I sell on Etsy
• I created 3 short ebooks and selling them on Etsy (btw my shop is called itiswrittenbyDalia if you are inclined to check them out):
  1. 31 prayers while waiting on the one
  2. From single to married
  3. 30 prayers for my future husband

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Discouraged about your season of singleness? Listen to today's episode.

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