Appointed Time by Dalia

Dalia

Dalia is a podcast told in chapters—each one shaped by faith in God, His Word, and the blood of Jesus Christ. What began as The One Proposal has grown into Appointed Time, reflecting the way God leads His people through appointed seasons. Between these chapters, Ebenezer episodes mark moments of remembrance—testimonies of how the Lord has helped along the way. This podcast is a place to dig into Scripture—to learn what is written, to build faith in His promises, and to trust that what God has spoken will come to pass—at the appointed time.

  1. FEB 13

    Arise, Pour, and Marry

    In this episode, I walk through Isaiah 32 — a chapter my Bible titles “Desolation is Foretold.” Desolation means alone… loneliness. But loneliness does not have to be our final outcome. Isaiah 32 reveals a prophetic pattern: desolation, devastation — and then divine reversal. Everything changes at one word: until. “Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high…” I trace this pouring throughout Scripture — in Acts, where the Holy Spirit is poured out; in Matthew 25, where the virgins arise at the midnight cry; and in 2 Kings 4, where the widow pours the oil. Scripture confirms Scripture. The pouring turns everything around. I talk about complacency — what it is, what it costs, and how easy it is to drift into it when marriage feels delayed. I share honestly about moments in my own journey when I felt so close to marriage, but it was almost like I missed it — like the door had been shut. This is the cost of spiritual complacency. But there is a shift. When the Spirit is poured out, the rivers within begin to flow. And when the rivers flow, devastation turns. The wilderness ends. Isaiah 32 doesn’t end in desolation — it ends in peaceable homes, secure dwellings, and covenant stability. No more slumber. No more complacency. It’s time to arise. Support the show To learn more about the Appointed Time journey, visit appointedtime.faith. Buy your copy of One Proposal -- A 60 Day Devotional While Waiting On THE ONE To Marry

    19 min
  2. JAN 30

    Before Marriage, Build Yourself First

    In this episode, I talk about what it truly means to build—to frame, construct, and raise a life that God Himself can dwell in. The word “build” traces back to “dwell,” and that connection brought me into the book of Haggai, where God confronted His people for living in finished houses while His house lay in ruins. I share how a statement from my pastor years ago shook me: a farmer doesn’t keep sowing seed into ground that never produces. At the time, I felt like the Word I was sowing into my life wasn’t yielding anything. But as I prayed, God led me to Haggai 1:8 and helped me see that the seeds He had me sowing weren’t producing quick fruit—they were producing trees. Lumber takes years to grow. Before you can build, the field must be prepared. Scripture confirms this order: “Prepare your fields… then build your house.” (Proverbs 24:27) We see it again and again—first the field, then the building; first the foundation, then the house; first obedience, then the dwelling of God’s Spirit. I walk through Jesus’ words about wise and foolish builders, Paul’s warnings in 1 Corinthians to take heed how we build, and the reminder that we are God’s house—His dwelling place. The real building project is internal: our character, our obedience, our foundation in Christ. And only after God’s house in us is established can the outward house—our family, our marriage—be built with wisdom, understanding, and knowledge. This episode is an invitation: Break up the fallow ground. Prepare the field. Build yourself up in your most holy faith (Jude 1:20). Let the Spirit of God dwell richly in the house you are. Support the show To learn more about the Appointed Time journey, visit appointedtime.faith. Buy your copy of One Proposal -- A 60 Day Devotional While Waiting On THE ONE To Marry

    11 min
  3. JAN 23

    Prophesy (speak by inspiration)

    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.” Support the show To learn more about the Appointed Time journey, visit appointedtime.faith. Buy your copy of One Proposal -- A 60 Day Devotional While Waiting On THE ONE To Marry

    14 min
  4. JAN 23

    The Spirit and the Bride Say, Come

    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. Support the show To learn more about the Appointed Time journey, visit appointedtime.faith. Buy your copy of One Proposal -- A 60 Day Devotional While Waiting On THE ONE To Marry

    8 min
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Dalia is a podcast told in chapters—each one shaped by faith in God, His Word, and the blood of Jesus Christ. What began as The One Proposal has grown into Appointed Time, reflecting the way God leads His people through appointed seasons. Between these chapters, Ebenezer episodes mark moments of remembrance—testimonies of how the Lord has helped along the way. This podcast is a place to dig into Scripture—to learn what is written, to build faith in His promises, and to trust that what God has spoken will come to pass—at the appointed time.