Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. | William Arthur Ward
Tag: joy
Happiness & joy
“The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow is not. When sorrow arrives, happiness dies. It can’t stand pain. Joy, on the other hand rises from sorrow and therefore can withstand all grief. Joy, by the grace of God, is the transfiguration of suffering into endurance, and…
What is love
Joy is love rejoicing, Peace is love at rest, Patience is love waiting, Kindness is love interacting, Goodness is love initiating, Faithfulness is love keeping its word, Gentleness is love empathizing, Self-control is love resisting temptation. Nicky Gumbel posted on 9/20/21 on Instagram @nickygumbel
A blessing
May His peace be yours in the midst ofthe busyness and difficulties life brings; May hope in Christ fill you with purpose; May His love be your motivation and comfort; And may His joy fill each cell in your bodyknowing He is working all things for your good.
Grief and happiness
For those who live with loss in their lives, grief and happiness often live together as two sides of one coin. Amidst the “best day ever”, the ping of sadness introduces itself in the most inopportune moments, stinging joy with depths of grief. “I think we just learn to live with the sadness that will…
Musically Christmas // Joy to the World
Song lyrics to focus our hearts on Christmas this Christmas week. “Joy to the World; the Lord is come!Let earth receive her King!Let ev’ry heart prepare Him room,And Heaven and nature sing.” – Joy to the World by Isaac Watts
Stand in awe
You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds, O God our savior.You are the hope of everyone on earth, even those who sail on distant seas.You formed the mountains by your power and armed yourself with mighty strength.You quieted the raging oceans with their pounding waves and silenced the shouting of the nations.Those who live at the ends of the…
Uncontainable joy
Now may God, the inspiration and fountain of hope, fill you to overflowing with uncontainable joy and perfect peace as you trust in him. And may the power of the Holy Spirit continually surround your life with his super-abundance until you radiate with hope!// Romans 13:15 TPT
Worthy
“He is worthy of the first, worthy of the last, and worthy of every moment in between. Instead of giving Him the leftovers this week, give Him the best moments of each day and watch Him fill the rest with unending joy and grace upon grace.” – Gretchen Saffles
Sorrow into joy
Truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy. John 16:20 CSB
Happy 2020
Happy New Year, friends. Here’s to following God closer, to stepping out in faith more often & finding the joy in the journey! Let’s do this year!
True at the same time
Words that hit close to my heart from Sarah Bessey – https://sarahbessey.com “This has been a very hard year. I will tell the truth about that. I will also tell the truth that we made it. We survived. We held on to each other and kept going. This was the year I learned all over…
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