Those of you who check in with my blog regularly, know that I have been positively immersed in an effort to deconstruct a teeny little word: joy. My desire to figure it out, chase it down and make it my own has been challenging, exciting and transforming. Without any reservation I can say that I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Joy’
Announcement!
Posted in Joy, Uncategorized, tagged Joy on March 12, 2009 | 11 Comments »
An Action List for Altitude
Posted in Joy, christian growth, tagged Joy on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Psalm 63:1 O God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is. 5 My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You [...]
Joy: Extreme Thought Makeover
Posted in Joy, christian growth, tagged Joy on January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
For My thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways My ways says the Lord. for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9
I love this scripture and I’ve heard it quoted a lot when people don’t understand [...]
Hand-me-down Joy
Posted in Joy, christian growth, tagged Joy on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
READ: Nehemiah 12
Key Verse: Nehemiah 12:43
Key Principles: 1. Joy comes from an obedient finish. 2. Joy can be handed down to the next generation.
Also that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women also and the children rejoiced. The joy of Jerusalem [...]
Joy and Worship
Posted in Joy, christian growth, tagged Joy on January 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Principle: Joy causes worship and worship causes joy.
I Chronicles 15:16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers to sing joyful songs, accompanied by musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.
I Samuel 2:1 “My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over [...]
Joy and Unmet Expectations
Posted in Joy, christian growth, tagged Joy on January 4, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Ezra 1 sets the background for Ezra 3 – the people have gone out of exile in Babylon to begin rebuilding the Temple. Some in this group of returning captives had been born in Babylon and had no idea what the original House of God had looked like…others, however, had a very clear understanding of [...]
Joy and His Presence
Posted in Joy, christian growth, tagged Joy on December 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Seriously, I could spend a long vacation in the words of Psalm 16. At first glance, it may seem unrelated to the other two scriptures, but hang in there with me and I promise it’s going to make sense and make us all happy in the end.
READ: Psalm 16; Acts 2:25-28; Luke 1:39-46
Key verses: Psalm [...]
Joy and the Tale of Two Kings
Posted in Joy, christian growth, tagged Joy on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While these two stories may look unrelated, I assure you they are a perfect little tag team and essential for our joy project. There is much treasure to be found as we look beneath the skin of these scriptures and continue to dissect joy.
READ: I Chronicles 15 & 2 Chronicles [...]
