JOY During Sorrow (Focusing on Joy)
“Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.” ― Thomas Moore In the last post, “Joy during Trials,” we mentioned three […]
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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 Defined (Focusing on Joy)
“Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” — C. S. Lewis Before we get too far along on this journey of “focusing on joy,” let’s understand what joy means. The […]