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Jan 4

Thoughts That Inhibit Joy: If I don’t do it, no one else will

I grew up with two younger brothers. I was older by 3.5 years than my oldest brother, and he and my younger brother were just 16 months apart in age. Those two were always competing with each other! One fine Saturday afternoon, sometime around 1979 or so (I was 8…

Joy

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Thoughts That Inhibit Joy: If I don’t do it, no one else will
Thoughts That Inhibit Joy: If I don’t do it, no one else will

Dec 27, 2021

Joy: The Desires of our Hearts

Keep trusting in the Lord and do what is right in his eyes. Fix your heart on the promises of God, and you will dwell in the land, feasting on his faithfulness. Find your delight and true pleasure in Yahweh, and he will give you what you desire the most. Give God…

Joy

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Joy: The Desires of our Hearts
Joy: The Desires of our Hearts

Dec 18, 2021

Thoughts That Inhibit Joy: I am not safe

God’s word tell us to take our thoughts captive. To transform our minds so that we think like Jesus thinks. It says that we have the very mind of Jesus, if we follow Him. God’s word also tell us that we have an enemy who comes to steal, kill, and…

Joy

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Thoughts That Inhibit Joy: I am not safe
Thoughts That Inhibit Joy: I am not safe

Dec 16, 2021

Defeating the Enemy of Joy

What is it that really holds us back from joy? The more I learn to recognize, seek out, and experience joy, the more I’ve been faced with need to defeat thoughts that thwart it. Negative thoughts that feel uncontrollable; natural. They’re lies that feel like truth. Things like: This won’t…

Joy

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Defeating the Enemy of Joy
Defeating the Enemy of Joy

Dec 15, 2021

Joy Defined

During a sabbatical in 2021, in the midst of a global pandemic, I took some big questions to the Lord. I was looking for practical answers about what to do with the next chapter of my life. …

Joy

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Joy Defined
Joy Defined
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