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JOY 365: Day 32 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.” – Luke 2:10 What a Sunday! I shared from Acts 2:41-47 about the church as an authentic family devoted to the Word, fellowship, the breaking of bread, prayer, generosity,
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JOY 365: Day 31 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. – John 16:21 Today is my daughter’s 19th birthday. It doesn’t seem possible. She was born
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JOY 365: Day 30 Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with singing. – Psalm 100:2 I served at our church’s women’s ministry conference tonight. Typically, I serve by preaching when at church. I arrived early to shovel snow off the downstairs walk so those who could not take the stairs could enter the fellowship
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JOY 365: Day 27 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
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JOY 365: Day 26 You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace. – Isaiah 55:12 I lost some of you with that title. How could there be joy in shoveling…anything? The sleet storm we had covered the ground with a thick, heavy ice that was not going to melt away easily,
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JOY 365: Day 25 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him with joyful songs. – Psalm 100:1-2 Because of the winter weather, we couldn’t attend church today. We missed being with our church family as Sundays bring a lot of joy to our lives. Our worship pastor and
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JOY 365: Day 24 “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” – Isaiah 1:18 The snow is here! Well, it’s mostly sleet, but it covered most of the State and
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JOY 365: Day 22 Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints. – Philemon 1:7 Tonight, we met with a dear family in our church struggling with grief. As it often does, losing a loved one has caused them to respond in varying ways. We can face hurt, weariness,
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JOY 365: Day 21 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. – Acts 3:19 As our staff met for prayer this morning, we read Acts 3. We are reading a chapter a week together and using that as our foundation for prayer. Peter
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JOY 365: Day 20 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy. – Luke 1:58 My morning was full of meetings, five to be exact. After a couple of afternoon meetings, I took food to someone recovering from surgery. Before I left home this morning, I prayed,
stephen R Harrison 