Tag: joy

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2023-08-09

A Life of Authenticity

Are you willing to be the same on the outside as in the inside? Are you looking for a new beginning?

2023-08-09

Who Am I? What Am I Here For?

Where are you in this faith journey? Has life dealt you some cruel blows? Do you feel excluded from the in-crowd?

2023-08-02

Eating Machine

My 13 year old son is an eating machine. He is 6 feet tall and wears a size fourteen shoe. He has been growing like a weed and doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon.

2023-08-02

Aim for Jesus

The reason so many of us get stuck, unable to move deeper into intimacy with God is because we don’t think it’s truly possible, at least for us. And so we don’t even try.

2023-07-28

Squawking or Singing

What is it that turns my melodies of worship into shrill complaint or depressed moaning? Is it the stress of an overfull calendar?

2023-07-26

You Don’t Know What You are Missing

What are non-believers missing out on? What do we have that they don't have?

2023-07-26

In Search of Wholeness

Take an honest look at your life. Do you feel whole and complete, or is there the sense that something’s missing? If you’re aware of an emptiness, what are you using to try and fill that void? Is it relationships with family and friends?

2023-07-24

Peace and Joy

“Always be full of joy in the Lord; I say it again, rejoice! Let everyone see that you are unselfish and considerate in all you do. Remember that the Lord is coming soon. Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and don’t forget to thank Him for His answers. If you do this you ...

2023-07-23

The Lord will Keep You

Thoughts on today's verse. Our lives are not lived alone. The Lord is with us personally.

2023-07-22

Why God is Smiling at You

God is pleased with us based on what Christ did for us; never because of what we do for God.

2023-07-22

Hunger and Thirst

Do you hunger and thirst after righteousness, for the fullness and power of the Holy Spirit in your life? If so, you can claim that fullness and power right now by faith.

2023-07-21

Friend of the Poor

When we get quiet before God and sit at His feet, we are reminded of Jesus, a friend of sinners and a friend of the poor.

2023-07-20

Hope for the Bone Dry

God doesn’t just want a part of us ? He wants all of us! Half-hearted service will not meet our spiritual needs.

2023-07-15

The Supernatural Power of Praise

Praise is a form of sacrifice. Ninth, praise makes for a more joyful life. Tenth, praise enhances human relationships. Eleventh, praise is a supernatural expression of faith.

2023-07-15

Worship the Lord Your God

Do you feel the passionate heart connection that marks worship? Each day your Abba Father in Heaven awaits that type of connection with you.

2023-07-13

Too Much Grey!

In today’s world, believers need an infallible moral compass to ensure they don’t surrender to popular opinion.

2023-07-04

Different Parts, Different Hearts

When we all do our part in the body of Christ, everyone gets a job, everyone gets honored and everyone's important.

2023-07-03

May You Know the Love of God

May you know the love of God in its fullness, in its endlessness, in its loveliness, in its tenderness—

2023-07-02

Emptiness

Let me just say that emptiness leaves us empty. But without the emptiness how can we be filled? Think about it, if we’re already full, how can God fill us?

2023-06-28

God is at Work in Us

It took prison to show me how empty life is without God.”

2023-06-26

Freedom Reigns in This Place

One of the most incredible things God gives us is the gift of freedom. He lifts the burden of sin and the wages of death and He sets us free.

2023-06-24

God Helps Us Pray

Why do we sometimes feel as if our prayers go no farther than the ceiling? We’re speaking, but is God listening? The truth is that the Lord is always attentive to the prayers of His people.

2023-06-24

Persistent Prayer

God hears your prayers, my friend! No matter what the circumstance is—Matthew 21:22 says, “And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

2023-06-22

For Me or For Him?

We delude ourselves into thinking that our quiet times are primarily for our own benefit. We are intellectually aware that God is always with us, that His eye is not only on the sparrow but on each of us.

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