Archive for May, 2009

Maintaining Joy 4

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

Welcome Back! Be sure to leave me a message as I would love to hear from you. A Content and Secure Mindset Maintain Joy One of the JOY stealers was worry. Worry is fear of the future and the ability of God to provide for us in all circumstances.  This had overtaken me and sent me [...]

Maintaining Joy 3

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

A Spiritual Mindset Maintains Joy Let us not put confidence in the flesh and the things of this world.  Be transformed by the world not conformed to the world.  Paul talks about pressing on towards the goal to win the prize. What prize?  Is it the prize of materialism while conforming to the ways of [...]

Maintaining Joy 2

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

A Humble Mindset Maintains Joy   Paul was a very humble man, not seeking vain glory with selfish motive. It is amazing to read that Paul was not bitter but reached out in love while he was in chains in a Roman prison. I ask myself if I could do that. In truth, I know [...]

Maintaining Joy 1

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

A FOCUSED MIND MAINTAINS JOY “James1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways”.  That is what God says when we let our minds wander from this to that.  I remember the days that I was double minded, not being able to make decisions very easily.  A “fence straddler” is a double minded [...]

Joy Robbers

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Joy Robbers are a fact of life. Have you ever thought about what is robbing your joy? People most surely can rob our joy, IF we let them.  Don’ t you find at times that someone will aggravate you or make you angry. Watch out as that is robbing your joy to allow them to [...]

Joy

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

  Why do we live in a cloud of disappointment and depression when God’s word says we can have the "fullness of joy"….Psalms 16:11 Jesus Christ was a man that had many trials and rejections by this world.  He was beaten and cruelly crucified  for us, yet in John 15:11 he said the following  " [...]