Tag: joy

“Praise the Lord!Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!    His faithful love endures forever.” Psalm 106:1 NLT In case you are wondering, this is not the post I had planned for this week. Due to a medical emergency in my family, I am a little behind on the next chapter...

“For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.” Nehemiah 8:9 ESV “My doom is sealed, for I am a foul-mouthed sinner, a member of a sinful, foul-mouthed race; and I have looked upon the King, the Lord of heaven’s armies.” Isaiah 6:5 TLB Sometimes...

“In everything set them an example by doing what is good.” Titus 2:7 NIV “I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.” 2 Timothy 1:5 NIV The apostle Paul wrote these words...

“We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.” 1 John 4:16 NLT God’s Love for Us “For we know how dearly God loves us, because...

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 NIV How do we become more holy? How do we learn to watch...

“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 ESV The Promise When I was a kid I wanted superpowers. I prayed and prayed, hoping God would give me the ability to fly or move things with my mind or run really fast....

“You have rescued me!I will celebrate and shout, singing praises to you with all my heart.” Psalm 71:23 CEV The Bible commands us to rejoice, but what if we don’t feel like it? How do we find our joy when life is hard? We start by remembering what Christ...

“Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.” Ephesians 4:29 NLT In science class we learn that an atom is the basic building block of matter. It is the smallest unit of an element that still...

“Joy is the serious business of heaven.” C. S. Lewis I recently watched an episode of Star Trek: Discovery in which the crew has traveled through a wormhole to the distant future. However, things are not what they expected. In this new time, Starfleet is almost nonexistent. The crew...

“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.” Psalm 100:1-2 NIV The topic this week is worship. As we are instructed in Psalm 150:6 (NIV), “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” God created us to have...