Welcome to the Gospel Truth Project podcast.
I'm your host, Jason, and I usually have my co
-host, Dylan, and he is unavailable to join us
today, but we do have a guest today. Danielle,
do you want to introduce yourself, kind of tell
people who you are and what you do and potentially
why you're here? Okay, my name is Danielle Anderson,
and I am from Greensboro, North Carolina. Professionally,
I am a professional ship. Um, I teach culinary
arts. Um, I am a praise and worship leader at
church, uh, children's choir director. Um, uh,
I have many, many hats, but the main reason I'm
here today is, uh, the ultimate goal is to make
God clear and visible and to let people know
that he is real. Awesome. Good stuff. Yeah. No,
I was reading up on you and I think, uh, like
you, the book you have, we're going to get into
that. We're going to get into a little bit more
about how you've, uh, I think you had a metaphor
about an onion and peeling back the layers too.
And I, I've seen some stuff and I think, I think
how you correlate your talents and God given
abilities and what he's helped you like get like,
uh, profess that and um has really shown like
you using those things to talk about god in the
relationship with god and i think uh that's definitely
something we we definitely need to get into a
little bit more too but it sounds like you have
a whole bunch of plates all over the place i
do yes yeah that's good i know that um so first
off i wanted to Touch up on the book, because
I know your your memoir in this instance for
from darkness to light. Right. Did it take the
16 years to write or was this kind of like over
time you were writing stuff and then kind of
put it together over the last couple of years?
Or how does that look like and how did God intervene
on that one? Wow. It was really since I was a
little girl, I've always written because that
was my way of escape. Um, went through some,
some things as a child, um, and then into my
teen years. And of course, you know, that's like
a root. So whatever root you have as a child,
you usually take it into adulthood. So some things
that manifested in my childhood, um, of course,
you know, it's like baggage. We, we take it along
with us. And God began to deal with me while
it's been probably about, I think when he really
started purposing in my heart that I needed to
write a book was in 2001, I was diagnosed with
stage four cervical cancer. And he began to speak
to me then about writing the things that I had
been through. the things that he had done for
me. And I wrestled with it. Of course, we all
do. We don't want people to know, you know, things
that we've done in our life, things that we may
have went through, you know, in our family, things
like that. So I wrestled with it and pushed it
to the back burner. And then again, in 2009,
I was diagnosed with stage four sarcoidosis and
sarcoidosis. a more aggressive disease than cancer.
It really destroys all your major organs. So
it was like God said, okay, you're going to be
obedient and do what I tell you to do. Because,
you know, I was busy. I know I was in 10 ministries
in church, just running, running, running, doing,
doing, doing. And it was like he kept saying,
I need you to write the book. And sometimes when
we don't do what God tells us to do, he'll make
it so we have no other choice. So when I was
diagnosed with the sarcoidosis, I was out. I
was down for the count to the point where I asked
God to take my life because that's how. And it
was like then he said, OK, it's time. for the
book to come forth so he wouldn't open up a door
for a job I was out of work I had no other choice
I was home so I began to write and it was like
the more I wrote the more that was released from
inside and we we don't realize the stuff we hold
on to it's like cancer and it truly eats away
at us and it was like Each chapter, when it came
forth, it was literally like scales being shed.
And as you stated earlier, it was like that onion.
He was getting to that root. So each chapter
was like a layer that he was peeling off. And
in our writing, it's not really for us because
at the end of my writing, there was a young lady
that, was in church with me. We were good friends.
We were in the unmarried ministry together. We
did a lot of stuff together. And one day she
disappeared. Nobody heard from her. Nobody knew
where she was. And I got a letter in the mail.
And in that letter, she wrote to me and said
to me, Danielle, I can't tell you where I am,
but I just want to let you know that I read your
book. And she had been in an abusive relationship
for 20 years. And by her reading my book, I'm
trying not to cry. By her reading my book, she
was able to walk away from that relationship
and not turn back. So that to me really said
a lot. And it let me know that really, the book
had to be put out. And it had to go forth. And
not only that, my mom, like I said, I wrestled
with, you know, even allowing the book to come
forth. So God prompted me to send the manuscript
to my mom. And when I sent the manuscript to
my mom, my mom called me and she said to me,
baby, this book has to get out. And my mom was,
you know. A hard woman that never cried. My mom
was in tears and it opened the door for her to
begin to tell me stuff about her past and stuff
that she had been through that I would have never
known had I not written the book, had I not been
obedient. So it started something in my mom to
be able to also get to the root. of some problems
that she had been going through and that she
had been dealing with. So our books are not for
us, just like the Bible. The Bible, everything
that the disciples and the apostles and everybody
in the Bible, everything they went through was
for us today. So God has let me know that everything
that we go through is for the future people coming
in behind us. doesn't know God or didn't have
the relationship that we may have or has not
yet been introduced to the God that we know.
So this opens up the door of opportunity. And
that's why I believe Romans 8, 28, when it says
all things work together, everything we go through
is going to work together, not because it says
for your good, but it's to me, it's for. The
good of revealing who God really is. Gotcha.
No, that's good. I think, yeah, that's really
cool to see the Holy Spirit use your stuff and
use you to be a voice to people. And I think
that that's something that is really crucial
because you don't see it at the time. You may
not see like, oh, it's just. It's just something
I have. For me, I was looking at the stuff I
was doing. I was like, I'm insignificant in a
sense that there's so much more famous people.
There's more people, more reach. And to see God
use... an individual and to such an extent of
releasing the Holy spirit to show himself to
people through it is just a beautiful way to
show how God uses us. And as long as we're obedient,
we obey him, we follow him, step out in that.
And that's what that faith is, is stepping out
in faith that we are obeying God and following
God. And then he uses that to bless others around
us and to. bring his spirit to the people around
us. So I definitely see that. And it's like that,
it kind of reminds me of the parallel with, obviously
with Jonah, with the whole like, hey, I need
you to go do this. Like, well, no, not right
now. Not right now. It's fine. And it's like,
well, now you're in a fish's stomach. So what
are we going to do? All right, send me back.
I'll do it. And literally, that's how I felt,
really. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, no, I definitely get
that, especially like because our listeners know
that I was writing and I have a book that I wrote
and there was chapters in it when I was writing
it that while I was studying and writing, I was
convicted myself on things and it brought me
to tears and the Holy Spirit showing me, you
see this, you know this, this is what I'm calling
you to do. And it really. It's really cool to
see once you're stepping out in obedience that
God will work with you, work on you and work
through you. And it affects not just people around
you, but it will affect you, too, because you're
stepping out in something God's called you to
do. And it's just something where it's like,
wow, OK, hi, this is cool. And the funny thing
is, you know, within writing the book, the first
thing I said was God. I don't know what to do.
I don't I don't have the finances. I can't do
this. And when I finished writing the last word,
I had been through culinary school. And I got
a call from the head person over the culinary
department, and he said to me, I want you to
come back and work. Awesome. And the job that
I have now. you, you're supposed to have a master's
degree. I don't. And it's like when God opened
up that opportunity, it caused me to have the
finances, not just for the book, but to, you
know, to sustain me. And he said, now what's
your excuse? So I, I didn't have any more excuses.
No, that's really cool because you can see God's
using that and working with that. It's really
cool to see God come back and bless because of
obedience or because you're living in that and
living with him as ruler of your life in that
sense. Okay, I'm listening to you. I'm following
you, faith in you. And then he starts opening
those doors to help and to show you like, I got
you, trust me. And it's really cool. I love that
stuff. I think I was going to ask, because this
is something that I know a couple of our more
dedicated listeners who talk in our Discord and
stuff. Because you're incredibly active in your
local church, as you mentioned, like praise leader
team, soulist drama, ministry leader. You're
kind of like an all around. How do you balance
all of these creative outlets with your faith?
Wow. Because everything I do, I do unto God.
Nice. So when I'm doing it, my first question
is, God, is this what you want me doing? I try
not to do anything unless he prompts it in me.
And when you talk about the drama, yes, because
I'm on a local TV show here in Greensboro. All
of that is the gifts that he has given me. And
I believe. What scripture is that where it says
he gave one 10 talent, one five talents, one
two talents. My prayer is that every gift that
he has given me, that I will use it to the fullest.
And I have realized that it seems like the more
I use the gifts that he's given me, the more
I look around and wow, it's like. I have more
stuff that I didn't realize I could do that.
So it's like, I don't know. Like I said, everything
that I do, I'm doing unto God. And my prayer
to him is, if it's not pleasing to you, let me
know so that I can release it. Because I have
stepped away from some ministries that I was
in at church. And it was because he said, okay,
your season is up. It's time to move on to the
next. So if we just take the time and just listen
and seek him, that's why he says, seek me first,
my kingdom and my righteousness and all other
things shall be added. So if we're seeking after
God and listening for his voice, then we're going
to know where we need to be. Absolutely. Yeah.
For our listeners, if you go to Matthew 25, 14
to 30, that is the parable she was talking about
of the talents. Definitely recommend reading
that. And I agree with the statement because
it's like, even with the Colossians. three if
you go read that colossians 3 i think it's 17
and then uh 23 and 24 talk about do everything
unto the lord right we work as if we're working
for god directly not for any human masters as
it puts it in this instance it's like we work
for god um That, it's funny because that mantra
or that idea of like we work for God, I have
that at work. I have that written on my whiteboard,
just the verse reference, because I'm like, that
is how we live life, is we live life according
to Christ, that everything I'm doing is for God.
Everything I do is to the abilities that God
has given me and that I thank him for it and
I give thanks by doing what I can in that sense.
Yeah, no, that's beautiful. That's right up the
alley. I'm with you all the way. So that's really
cool. So in your book, so from what I've been
kind of picking up on, just to kind of pick your
brain a little bit, because you talk very candidly
about the friction between your ambitions to
be like an entertainer, I think modeling, singing,
acting. That stuff. And then your desire to live
a life pleasing to God. So how do you navigate
those two colliding worlds? Because then I didn't
know the importance of protecting my gifts. Now
I do. One of the things that God showed me, I
don't know if you guys were. you know, watching
all this stuff that was going on with Diddy and,
you know, and all of that. I was in that world.
Wow. Oh, my goodness. And the year that I decided
I was going to turn my life over to God, I was
given the opportunity, was in Atlanta with one
of the big name producers. And I was sitting
at his keyboard and he was like, we want to sign
you, but you have to deny your children. That
did something to me. Now I know it was the Holy
Spirit prompting me. Then I didn't know because,
like I said, I was just starting my relationship
with God. But it was it was something in me that
cringed. And he said to me in this industry.
You have to appear younger than what you are
and you can't have any attachments. Yeah. And
instantly I looked at him and said, you know,
I've decided I'm good. You can keep your record
contract. And I walked away and never turned
back. Yeah. And when all of this stuff started
happening, you know, in the media and everything
about Diddy and all, you know. God said to me,
that could have been you. And it was like, sometimes
God will do like a playbook, you know, and let
you see and remind you. If I hadn't of that day
when I was sitting there at that keyboard, made
my decision to say no, my relationship with God
is more important. Then any record contract or,
you know, anything that the world, because now
I know that it's the world, anything that the
world can give, God can give that. And then some,
because God gives eternity. And he allowed me
to see, had I not made the decision to come with
him, I would have been lost in all of that stuff
that was going on. I'm very, very, very protective
over all of my gifts now because they're not
my gifts. They come from God. There was a pastor
that came from Africa a couple of years ago,
you know, and with me singing. And one of the
things he said to me was, you have to make sure
you protect this gift because God is going to
use it. to do many things to draw many to him
and that right there just it was like a shield
that all of a sudden I made sure you I can't
you can't like he said you can't be lukewarm
and you know there was a time in my life where
I was lukewarm where I was going to church but
yet and still I was you know doing the things
of the world and when I made up in my mind that
I couldn't live that way anymore. I knew that
I had to make sure I was guarding. Like he said,
we have to guard our hearts with all diligence.
And we have to be real careful of what we allow
to come into our spirit because that stuff attaches
itself. And once it do, it's hard to get it.
It's hard to release it. To answer your question,
I'm very, very protective over my gifts that
God has given me. That's good. Yeah, that reminds
me of Proverbs 4 .23. It says, guard your heart
above all else for it is the source of life.
Yes. If you look at the translations of that
from Hebrew, to guard or is to maintain ownership,
it's to maintenance, care, support. It's more
of... Not just a, oh, I'm just going to not look
that way, that way, but it's a maintenance. It's
maintaining this and guarding it. I mean, even
with what you referenced near at the end there,
1 Peter 4 .10 talks about as we receive a gift,
use it to serve one another as good stewards
of God's very graces, right? It's God's grace.
And so those talents are to be used. to glorify
God and I see that. And that's the cool thing
is that you recognize that and the Holy Spirit's
like, hey, you don't want to do that. Yes. And
that's where it's like that following is good.
It hurts when you, I often tell people because,
you know, when I first got saved, I loved God.
But when I fell in love with God, That changed
everything. So it's the difference between loving
and being in love. When you're in love with someone,
you try everything in your power to make sure
that you don't do anything that's going to hurt
that person, disappoint that person, or discourage
that person in any kind of way. And that is where
my relationship with God is. Everything that
I do, I want to make sure. That. It not in any
way. Makes him look any differently at me, which
he he won't, but still. I keep that in my mind
because that's that's how much he means to me.
Mm hmm. Yeah, I've used to actually I use that
metaphor in the sense of like I'll talk to people
about like my wife. Right. So I'll be like, well,
if I love her. And she's like, hey, I don't like
going to sushi. She does, but she's like, I don't
like going to sushi. And then I'm sitting here
like, okay, cool. Well, let's go out to sushi
every night. That doesn't show that I'm responding
in love, but I'm like, oh, I love her because
she's gorgeous. I like her, like she's artistic
and all those cool things. And then I'm like,
but let's go to sushi. It doesn't show that I
actually do. I'm in love with her. It just shows
that I love what I think about her, but not necessarily
I'm in love with her. So if I'm in love with
her, she's like, I don't like this. Gotcha. I
don't like it either. I won't do that either.
I'm with you on this one. And that's kind of
the beauty of our relationship with God, because
we have this loving, all -powerful, all -knowing
God who's like, I want to do what's best for
you. I know what's best for you. And then we're
like, we have the option and the choice. Do we
love him where we trust him, believe in him?
And now I want to follow him because I believe
that this is true. And he tells me what he does
and doesn't like. Okay, cool. Then if I really
do love him, then I'll do that. I think that's
like the main point when you go into James, for
example, he was going up against these people
who believed in what's known as cheap grace,
where they just thought, oh, Christ died for
me. I can go live the life I want to live. It
doesn't matter. And James is like, actually,
true faith has a response to it. If you truly
believe in God, then there will be evidence of
that by how you live your life because you're
in the reflection of that. And I think that's
really cool because it shows it's like, okay,
I believe is that there's a difference between.
I love God and I'm in love with God. And exactly
what you were saying, it's transforming. It's
life altering. I can't say the same after that.
And one of the things he showed me was, because
like I said, I'm a writer, so I'm always writing.
And he asked me one day, Daniel, do you want
to look like me or do you want to reflect me?
And of course, you know. I want to look like
you. And he said, no, that's the wrong thing.
He said, they say your daughter looks like you.
He said, looking like someone and reflecting
someone, when you reflect someone or when you
reflect something like a mirror, a mirror is
reflecting the true image. Looking like someone,
you don't necessarily have their heart. Just
you can look like them, but you don't have their
heart. But when you're reflecting, you're reflecting
that true image. Wow. I would have never. So
I said, okay, God, I want to reflect you. Yeah.
Yep. I think that that's an important distinction
because I think a lot of people think they just
have to look like. And they just try to put on
the clothes and say, look, I look, I'm wearing,
I'm wearing daddy's shoes. I'm wearing daddy's
clothes or whatever. And that's where I think
it's not necessarily what we're called to do.
Cause we, we see in scripture, for example, like
in Corinthians three is talking about it is like
we are transformed in the image of Christ and
we were given a new heart. And then we were.
reflect it right we give it we show people but
that's because the holy spirit resides in us
and so it helps us walk that walk but not necessarily
just putting on the clothes like like you were
saying it's like i am reflecting this because
this is who he is to me and i'm reflecting this
to others so um It's like sharing his heart to
others. So that's like Galatians 5, we're talking
about the fruits of the Spirit. We can see that
the fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and
gentleness, and self -control. And those are
the things that we reflect to people because
Christ is in us, Holy Spirit's in us. So we reflect
that to people. And it's evident that he's there
with us. So yeah, that's good stuff. Um, I was
going to ask a question cause I think this is
something that our listeners, I, again, with
our listeners, I highly recommend going and getting
darkness to light. Uh, that's on Amazon. Uh,
if you actually search it, uh, darkness to light
by Daniel, uh, Daniel Anderson, you will, it'll
pop up everywhere. I tried it. That was an easy
way to find it. Um, so when people finish reading.
From darkness to light, what is the single most
important gospel truth that you hope that they
take away from your life story? That God loves
us unconditionally. In spite of. In spite of.
Yes. He truly loves us unconditionally. I think
that's good. I like that because I think any
interaction, I hope. And I'm sure you would agree
is if I have an interaction with someone that
doesn't know that God loves them, that they experience
God's love or at least a taste of it through
what I'm doing and how I'm interacting with them.
It was Dylan and I were talking about it on our
last episode and we mentioned and we were talking
about it saying that it's not our capability
or ability to love Jesus, but to love Judas at
the table. It's like this is because we're called
to love those around us. So we are called to
show that love that Christ has shown us. And
it does mean including the love, the Judas that's
at our table. And that's sometimes a hard message
to swallow. It was hard for me at first because
as we talked earlier, I didn't grow up in church.
So I couldn't phantom in my mind that someone
could really love me. knowing, you know, the
things that I had done, the things that I had
been through. I couldn't imagine why would someone
love me knowing that because I often tell people
I was looking for love in all the wrong places
because I was searching for my father's love,
natural father, not knowing that I had a father.
That was there even in all the things that I
was doing, all the things that I had been through.
He was there all the time. And it wasn't until
that light bulb went off that I realized that,
wow, I can have someone that because I was in
an abusive relationship and in that relationship,
my daughter's father would say things to me.
You know, who's going to love you? Nobody is
going to want you but me. And, you know, he would
say things to me. And I didn't grow up in church,
but my grandmother still instilled in us prayer
and, you know, trust in God. So I remember one
night falling on my knees and crying out to God
because I had been trying to leave this man for
seven years. And when you have low self -esteem,
you take on whatever somebody says about you,
you begin to believe it about yourself. And as
I stated, I didn't grow up in church. But when
I fell on my knees and cried out that night,
now I know that it's the Holy Spirit that began
to speak to me because I didn't know anything
about the Bible. But I began to hear, Danielle,
you were created in my image and likeness. You
are fearfully and wonderfully made. I love you
in spite of where you are or who you are. You
are my child and you are precious in my sight.
And I began to hear these things. And as I began
to hear these things, that voice overrode anything
that my daughter's father could have ever said
to me. And not just my daughter's father. people
in my family, because I got pregnant at an early
age, got pregnant as a teenager. So I was told,
you're never going to amount to anything. You're
just like this person. But there was a person
that was speaking to my heart, my inner person,
that was letting me know that I was more than
what anybody could have ever thought that I was.
And once that happened, When I say when the light
bulb went off and I walked away from that relationship,
my life was never, never the same. So if there's
anybody out there that's listening, that's in
a place where you don't think that you have worth,
go to God. Because trust me, he's there and he's
just waiting on you to come to him. Just like
that night I fell on my knees and I cried out.
He was waiting on me. He was always there because
he's not going to force himself on us because
that's not the God he is. He wants us to come
to him willingly. So when I fell on my knees
and I cried out to him, when I say he showed
himself and when he showed himself and I began
to see him for who he really was. It changed
me. It changed the inner me because it's not
what's on the outside that counts. It's what's
on the inside. So my inside will never be the
same after that day. Amen. Yeah, that's good
stuff. There you go. That's really important
because for people just back. her up in what
she's saying. Psalms 139 .14 says that where
he's like, I praise you for I'm fearfully and
wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works. My
son knows it very well. We have scriptures constantly
in 1 Corinthians 13 and Song of Solomon 2 .7,
2 Corinthians 9 .7, where it talks about that.
that love is not forced. Love is a gift and it's
been given as long as you accept it. And so it's
not forced. So this is where I think this is
a good point because I have friends who are,
you know, are atheists who sit there and they're
like, well, you know, if there was a God, he
wouldn't love me. And if there is a God, why
doesn't he make me love him? And then I explain
it's like, because love is not forced. And God
loves you regardless of what you have done because
he loves what you will become through him. He
loves you as you are, but he loves you enough
to where he doesn't want to leave you where you're
at. He wants to pull you out of that and show
you the promises and the goodness that he has
for your life. And that's what he calls us to
is goodness because goodness comes from God.
So I think that's really important. important
bit is actually one of the questions i was going
to ask you so you kind of answered that perfectly
went into that so um i i think uh i think this
is a a good point to bring up just to kind of
turn it a little bit is because i see that you
you went through pain and you've seen pain and
you've had people who were touched by your book
and touched by your testimony and how God can
move and it shows that God's moving. So with
this showing that all this pain was put into
purpose for God's kingdom and he's using it to
advance the kingdom for it and to reach out to
more people. What, what is, um, what's next for
you? Like whether ministry writing or even your
culinary work, like what's kind of like your
next steps? What are you thinking that you're
going to? I'm already, I was up just the other
night, the entire night. I was like, but God,
I got to go to work in the morning. But I am
working on book number two. Book number three,
I started it. But book number two, he wants to
come after from darkness to light. And the name
of it is There's Power in Forgiveness. And once
you come from that darkness and all that stuff,
all that pain, you have to forgive in order to
truly move on. Um, because we have to learn to
forgive because I have learned some things through
forgiving my daughter's father, you know, for
the things that we went through and, you know,
not just him. Um, I was molested at an early
age and like I said, that stuff become a, becomes
a cancer. And that's where most of our major
diseases come from is from holding on to stuff
that really doesn't belong to us anyway, because
he says that it cast our cares upon him and he
will take them on because it doesn't belong to
us. So if we forgive and move on with our life,
then I'm in a different place than where I should
be, according to. Man, I'm in a different place.
And just last year, my daughter's father was
diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. And him and
his family called me and asked me to pray with
them. Wow. That, to me, said a lot. And it said
a lot about... Who God has called and changed
me to be, because in the past, I wouldn't have
done it. But now. I'm not holding on to to all
of that. That baggage and God made me realize
that. When you get on a plane, they only allow
you a certain amount of weight on a plane. Right.
And he said the reason. is because if you bring
on a whole lot of baggage onto that plane, then
that plane can't fly the way it should. And it's
the same thing with our lives. If we're carrying
around a whole lot of unforgiveness and baggage
and old stuff, that's why he says you can't put
new wine in old wine skin. You have to let all
the old stuff go in order for the new stuff to
take place. So that's to me is a part of forgiving.
You have to you have to let that stuff go so
that you can really soar like the eagle that
he's called you to be. Because now I'm in that
place. I'm an eagle and I'm flying and I'm soaring
and I'm flying above all the stuff. Because if
you think about it, an eagle is really one of
the only birds that can fly over a storm. And
you can't become that eagle. If you're carrying
around all of that stuff, because you will never
be able to get up high enough to get over those
storms. So there's power in forgiveness. Agreed.
I mean, we see it where Ephesians 4, 31, 32 says
that we forgive others as Christ forgave us.
And does Christ hold back on forgiveness? Well,
no. So therefore we should not. hold back on
forgiveness. And Matthew 11, 28 and 30, Christ
says, come to me, all who are weary and burdened,
and I'll give you rest, right? Take my yoke upon
you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble
in heart, and you will find rest for your souls,
for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. And
this is something that I have a friend that suffers
from anxiety. hardcore anxiety. And I was showing
them like, this is where you, you are going to
have a harder time in the sense of like, you're
being fed all this information to your brain.
Like, Hey, this is like, I need to be anxious
about this, this, and this, this is where you
lean on God. This is where you go to God and
say, I trust you. And I believe in you and I
have faith in you. And I'll walk in that faith
that whatever this anxiety thing is I have, regardless
of if it is just driving to work or back or whatever,
I will have faith that you have me. You got me
and I'll step out in that faith and live life
that you are with me. And so I agree that that's
a really important message to know and to hold
on to, I think. I think that's really good. And
our words have power. True, true. Our words do
have power because Christ is in us. And so if
we are ambassadors in the sense of representing
Christ on earth, in the sense that we live a
life according to what he's called us, how we
talk to people, what we say to people, everything
is very important to know what and why we say
things and to watch what we say in that sense.
It's for me being like a gamer guy that plays
video games. I got to be careful when I'm talking
to friends. I'm not doing banter of like negative
banter, like, oh, you suck or whatever. Because
if I am trying to represent the kingdom of God,
even the video games, I'll sit there and I'll
be like, God, you are good. And I'll say, no,
you got this. I believe in you. It's like it's
that reinforcement of like I'm bringing life.
because i speak life because god is alive in
me like christ is alive in me and i want to speak
life to those around me even if they do or don't
believe they'll know because they're like well
they're always there's always going to be that
seed of like why is that different and then hopefully
i can talk to them so and continue that so that's
good stuff i do i like that that was a good good
point there um thank you so let's, let's do this.
Cause I know we're coming up on our time here
pretty quick. So where can our listeners connect
with you online or find your book or like, what's
the, what's some stuff that you want them to
know how to kind of find things. Okay. What you're
doing. My book is on Amazon and all the major,
um, books online, uh, Barnes and Nobles. Um,
wow. It's even in, I think she said 150 countries
now. So you can get it on all the major outlets.
I am on Facebook. I'm on Instagram and YouTube.
And as you stated earlier, there's a character
that I play that God has really been using called
Grandma Adame. So Grandma Adame is about to start
her own podcast. So she will be giving you a
call to come on to her podcast. But it's called
Real Talk with Grandma Ida Mae. So that will
be coming out in the next couple of weeks. And
it's like you're like you're doing. It's sometimes
people just need to talk. And it's in that talking
that revelation is spoken. And sometimes people
are in places that they don't realize they're
in. And if they begin to talk about it, it opens
up a light bulb like it did for me. It opens
up a light bulb and lives can be changed through
it. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I agree with
that. That's really good. Yeah, I saw a little
bit about that online about Grandma Ida Mae.
So that's really cool. Yes, that's my comedic
side. Love it. Love it. So for everybody listening,
the book, highly recommend it. It's Insider Weekly
Best Inspirational Memoir 2025, Silver Global
Book Award winner and number one Amazon bestseller
for a time. So it's really, really well worth
it. And it's not just like a... Not like my book
where it has like 10 or 20 who knows what's,
but it's highly recommended. Definitely go check
it out. And yeah, I appreciate you, Danielle,
coming on. I think it's really cool to see what
God's doing in your life. Thank you. And seeing
another, like a sister in Christ, just Holy Spirit
using. And it's really awesome to see. I really
do appreciate you coming on. Well, you keep doing
what you're doing as well. I appreciate it. It's
one of those things where I want to do everything
I can for God, and I know that I have a lot of
tech stuff. The only thing I'll tell people on
this... podcast is that i'm working on an app
gospel truth project is working on an app it's
called prayer flare what happens is a user will
go onto the app you you invite your friends and
you add certain ones of your friends to be um
close friends like close like i trust these people
And if you're struggling with temptation or you're
struggling with something in your life that's
trying to pull you out of trusting God or cause
anxiety or fear, you click the button on it and
your close friends will get a notification. And
it says, please pray for them. They're dealing
with something. And they click the button. You'll
see a little flame around the circle that you
pressed showing that they're praying for you.
So it's just to try to help you see that there's
others. Instant communication that they're praying
for you and you see the reaction that they're
praying for you And I just wanted to create like
a kind of like accountability app So that will
that should be coming out in the next month I
think but I just kind of want to share because
this is the first time we mentioned it But it
just reminded me. It's like yeah, that's something
coming to And it just makes me think about peter,
um when they were praying for him and how god
knocked down the walls and and you know Brought
him out of jail. And, and that's what our problems
are is jail. And that's awesome. Wow. Yeah. I
think stuff like that is just instant communication
with other believers and making sure that we're
all working together for the glory of God and
helping each other. Like scripture says that
we carry each other's burdens. We help each other
up. We gratify and we serve God and, and bless.
Bless others because of it. So I think all this
has been good today. I've been. thank God for
our conversation today. And I think this is,
this is really good. So, um, once again, I do
thank you for being on, on the podcast, um, for
everyone listening, we're going to continue to
do more episodes more consistently. I know that
we've had some gaps and that's because a lot's
been going on. I moved Dylan, moved Dylan, got
a kid. Dylan's now at a new job and then I'm
moving stuff. So, so much fun. So again, I, I,
I pray God bless you and continue to keep you
and to continue to hold you in the ministry that
he's called you to. And I thank you for your
presence here and being able to talk about it
and be open about it. And I guess I'll see everybody
else on the next episode. Thank you. And have
a wonderful day.