Book Drawing: “Growing a Joyful Heart” by Karen Whiting and Pam Farrel
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Joy
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Kathy Collard Miller
Randy Alcorn
The Joy of Imagining Heaven - Blog - Eternal Perspective Ministries
If God didn’t want us to imagine what Heaven will be like, He wouldn’t have told us as much about it as He has.
8 min readLauren Sparks
Joy as an Active Pursuit: My Word of the Year
I'm raw today, so I might as well be real, even though I chose "joy" as my word of the year for 2023. I'm not feeling it.
5 min readCole Feix
Be All There: The Joy of Being Present
Jim Elliot, a famous missionary to the Auca Indian tribe in Ecuador, once said, “Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.” Jim died a martyr in Ecuador, leaving his wife Elizabeth and daughter Valerie behind. He gave his life for the sake of the gospel in a remote jungle with little to no access to the outside world. How many of us would willingly give up our first-world conveniences and move to a remote jungle for the sake of the gos...
3 min readSharon Jaynes
Jesus is Cheering for You!
Have you ever felt like you just wanted to quit this thing called the “great race” of life? That’s your spiritual legs ache and you would much rather sit on the side of the road and have a good pity party than take one more step? I certainly have. And then I think of my nephew Stu and his mom, Read more...
5 min readLinda M. Kurth
Joy in Tough Times
If you’ve recently been divorced, you may be in a world of hurt. Finding joy may seem impossible. In addition, you’ve most likely been affected in some way by the current pandemic. How can you...
4 min readAbigail Wallace
Fine Wine, Real Life, & How to Actually Choose Joy
The truth is that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life. Choose what you did not choose. And you will choose joy.
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Fine Wine, Real Life, & How to Actually Choose Joy
"We've moved on with another player. The offer is off." When that punch-in-the-gut news came, this is the only way I could choose joy.
7 min readDonna Bucher
The Joy of Unexpected Blessings
we are encouraged by my sweet friend and fellow blogger, Deborah Rutherford, as she shares the Joy of unexpected blessings with us!
5 min readElizabeth Prata
Studying the Bible brings joy in seeing God as sovereign
By Elizabeth Prata EPrata photo Societal, cultural, financial, economic, political collapse. Some say all this collapse is ear. It may be, or. But either way, things seem in disarray. A prophecy fr…
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Is Joy Possible Apart from Feelings of Happiness and Delight? - Blog - Eternal Perspective Ministries
Have you ever delighted in someone without having strong feelings about that person?
5 min readVia Valenzuela
Inspiring quotes about finding joy in simplicity
It can be easy to forget the simple things that make us happy in a world that is getting more complicated. However, as the saying goes, "The best things in life are free." Moreover, yes, there is a lot to be said about the easy pleasures of life, like spending...
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Joy: A Lesson Learned From My Teenaged Daugher
I'd like to tell you about a lesson learned in my life, and the credit goes to my 18 year old daughter, Allie.
5 min readBrenda Seefeldt Amodea
Lead Your Brain: Joy is the Fuel - Bravester
The left brain runs at the speed of words, the right brain runs at the speed of joy--which runs a bit faster. Joy is needed to lead your brain.
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Joy Does Not Exist Outside of Relationship - Bravester
#choosejoy is a popular hashtag but have you ever realized that you and your brain cannot have joy without relationships?
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What Is it About a Face That Brings Joy? - Bravester
Joy centers on faces and that face is happy to see you. You need the gift of people in your life to live this #choosejoy life.
3 min readClaude F. Mariottini
David: Joy in Giving
After David became king of the united monarchy, one of his first acts as king was to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. According to the Book of Chronicles, David gathered his officers, th…
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Kid story- Childlike joy in small things
By Elizabeth Prata EPrata photo The cafeteria is crowded with first and second graders when I am on duty there. It is full, and it is loud. VERY loud. It has to be, with nearly 200 children talking…
3 min readJanis Cox
How Can We Make the Work We Do Enjoyable and Do It for the Lord?
I have been reluctant to post to my blog because I really don’t like the way it is setup now. But this post is taken from Medium.com where I now do all of my blogging. Check it out. . This is Five-Minute Friday. (posted on Sunday.. lol 🙂 Time to write for just five minutes. Now,… Continue reading How Can We Make the Work We Do Enjoyable and Do It for the Lord?
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Should Our Joy Depend on Our Circumstances? - Blog - Eternal Perspective Ministries
For the believer, the ultimate circumstances are happy facts.
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