All posts tagged: Joy

You’re Always There for Me

You listen to my prayers;
You hear my every plea;
I’m safe because I know
You’re always there for me.

Consider HIM

When I track my weary way,
When fresh trials come each day,
When my faith and hope are dim,
Then, my soul, consider Him.

What to Do While Waiting for God

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Waiting for God to respond to our urgent petitions is often a challenging experience. We pray to Him hoping for a quick answer. But things rarely happen as quickly as we would like. Therefore, we must wait.
Psalm 13 captures the emotional and spiritual strain that Believers often experience while waiting on God and gives us insight on how to cope.

Rejoicing in The Saviour Readies us for His Service

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Mary rejoiced in The Lord her Saviour, therefore God could commission her to give birth to His Son.

Where do you find your joy? And what can God do with your life?

Annunciation Appreciation | Highly Favoured: Lowly Humbled

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The priceless benefit of being “highly favored” by God is being able to have fellowship with Him, being blessed to live in His presence where there is fullness of joy.

Money can buy…

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Money can buy:
Food, but not an appetite
A bed, but not sleep
Medicine, but not health
Books, but not brains

God’s Joy in the Midst of Life’s Pain

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This is a point of testing that we often fail. We believe God is loving and good when things are easy and we can see a smooth, comfortable course ahead of us. It’s so easy to feel love and praise for God when we get the promotion at work, when a dear saint in the church is healed, when our children delight us and our friends admire us. But when sickness strikes and sees no relief; when a colleague maligns us and we find ourselves out of work, when children rebel and we feel alone and rejected – where is our faith then?