JOY is Powerful (Focusing on Joy)
“Joy is strength.” ― Mother Teresa We have heard the scripture, “…for the joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10 ESV)” but how can we understand the strength we receive? In […]
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JOY from God’s Word (Focusing on Joy)
“The Word of God is the source of man’s strength, wisdom, and joy.” ― Janet Fuller To briefly summarize the last three posts, we learned that joy is a gift of […]
JOY from the Holy Spirit (Focusing on Joy)
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” ― Richard Wagner In the last post, we learned that Jesus ensured that we would have access to His joy. So, how […]
JOY from Jesus (Focusing on Joy)
“The only lasting and fully satisfying joys for any man lie on the other side of a cross.” ― Walter J. Chantry Recently, we discovered that joy is produced by […]
JOY – God’s Presence (Focusing on Joy)
“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.” ― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin In the prior post, we concluded that “joy is produced by the grace of God and is not […]