Marilyn and Sarah

“… The Joy of the Lord is our strength” (Nehemiah 8:10).

Our God is a joyful God, and it is with His joy that we become stronger, more powerful Christians. What is joy? One of the Hebrew words for joy is chedvah, which means “rejoicing, gladness.” In Galatians 5:22, joy is the Greek word chara, which means “cheerfulness, delight.” So, joy helps you worship God, and it makes you glad, cheerful, and a delight to be around. You will even start to like yourself better when you receive God’s joy.

Dear God,
I pray you give me strength through Your joy. Help me be a blessing to those around me and spread Your joy to everyone I meet.
In Jesus’s Name,
Amen

The Promise of a Joyful Life

All this joy is mine as I follow your ways! Psalm 119:56 (Passion)

The Word will sustain you under affliction, and enable you to survive ridicule. It gives you a tender heart for the worldly and wicked. The Word furnishes songs of hope and comfort in the still, dark night.

All this happiness and comfort can come from only one thing: keeping the Word of God. When you abide in the will of God, you will find peace and joy unlike anything the world can offer.

Practice is defined as “a customary or habitual performance.” When it becomes your practice to obey God’s ways, the Word becomes an inseparable part of you.

Lord, I will make it my practice to read, meditate upon, and obey Your ways.

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Joy Makes Life Worth Living

Joy Makes Life Worth Living

The Promise of a Joyful Life

The Promise of a Joyful Life