Today we continue our series about Joy with our second important truth: 2. We should have joy even during trials. A hanger in my unorganized closet was stuck. Instead of gently untangling it from the other hangers holding it captive, I pulled on it with all my might. After a short tug-of-war, I freed the metal…
1. Joy is Supernatural. “For the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22). The “drill” is getting to me. The morning is my time to spend with the Lord. It is creative time to not only write blogs like this but to work on…
Did Jesus have a favorite disciple? One he loved more than the rest? In the Bible John has been described as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” and quite frankly, that’s bothered me over the years. Doesn’t Jesus love us all equally? Aren’t we supposed to love our neighbor as much as we love ourselves? Showing…
“’And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.’ So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to its kind. And God saw it…
“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places to pray” (Luke 5:16). The sun had fallen and my GPS decided to navigate my car over a mountain. After flying into Greenville, South Carolina, I was driving a rental car to Ringgold, Georgia to comfort a friend who lost her son. Exhausted, I was on the last…