Tag Archive for: Joy in Jesus

Keep a Healthy Perspective

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Let us not become weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest, if we do not give up. (Galatians 6:9)

I am enjoying this 7 week series of learning how to live a joy-filled life with you. I would love to hear how you took time to maximize your moments last week. How did you minimize your distractions and get the most out of the moments that God gave you? Please feel free to share your thoughts with me or if you need to read last week’s secret you can read Maximize your Moments. 

This week, I want to share my second secret to a joy-filled life. A joy-filled life is only possible when we keep a healthy perspective. This morning, as I went to work to clean out the dishwasher once again and unload the clean dishes I was faced with a choice. I could grumble and complain that here I am once again taking care of these dishes. The pile of dishes is unending and as long as people eat in my house (which I’m pretty sure with three boys in the house, that will not end soon) I need to remind myself how blessed we are. Those dishes remind me that God has provided for our family. We have not gone without a meal. My boys have never had to wonder if their little tummies will be filled.

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Joyful Choices

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Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the harp O God, my God. (Psalm 43:4)

Today

I choose to focus on God’s mercy

I choose to focus on the pain of the cross instead of my personal pain

I choose joy not because circumstances are good but because God is good

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Bountiful Joy

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You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. (Isaiah 55:12)

Live It Out

I absolutely love this verse and the feeling it provokes in my heart. I don’t think you can read this verse without experiencing a burst of joy. The words captivate me and describe a beautiful picture to me.

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Joy and Praise are Linked

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Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy in his dwelling place. (1 Chronicles 16:27)

Live It Out 

You can’t have joy without praise, and it’s impossible to praise God without feeling joy. It’s in the moments we take our eyes off of ourselves and place them on the Lord that we experience joy. It’s when I say, “O God, You are good even when life doesn’t feel so good.”

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Joy vs. Happiness

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The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. (Psalm 126:3)

There is a huge difference between joy and happiness. You can experience joy without feeling happy, but you can’t experience happiness without being joyful.

Happiness is a feeling that changes with the emotions we have in a day, but joy is a constant state of being that we choose.

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