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What Should I Bring?
What Should I Bring?
This week we have learned how joy is a surprise party in the midst of sorrow. We have a happy host. He extends an open invitation into His joy. So when you are invited to a party, what’s the next question? What should I bring? What should I bring into the party of God’s joy?
In the last post, I referenced John 15:11 and John 17:13. Notice in both verses Jesus mentions “these things.”
These…
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Your Invitation to the Party
Your Invitation to the Party
I’m about to go middle school awkward, but I’m 46, and it still hurts! Back in the day, they called middle school, “junior high.” Junior high was 2 years of academic purgatory for pre-teens. I digress. But in my 7th-grade year of junior high, there was a party, and I wasn’t invited. Did that ever happen to you? Probably not if you somehow avoided that “not quite sure what to do with my hair, body…
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Our Happy Host
If you can grab on to this Biblical truth it will revolutionize your faith. God is happy. Today's devotional from BrianBranam.com.
In the previous post, we found out that joy suspends sorrow and finds a reason for celebration. In Nehemiah 8, Nehemiah calls an end to mourning and commands the people to observe a festival. Why? Because “the joy of the Lord is your strength (Neh. 8:10).” Joy is like a surprise party in the midst of sorrow. A great party needs a happy host.
God, Our Happy Host
I have never been to a good…
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Joy is a Surprise Party in the Midst of Your Sorrow
Joy is a Surprise Party in the Midst of Your Sorrow
In 1995 Henry Strongin Goldberg was born. A few weeks later, doctors diagnosed him with a rare disease that compromised his bone marrow. Sadly, Henry passed away at the age of 7.
Though his life was short, Henry’s happiness, despite his sickness, impacted a lot of people. Through their experience, Henry’s parents realized the challenges families face in caring for seriously ill children. In…
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Request and Release
You may not be able to say it to someone, but you can say it to God. How to stay happy all day, ways 4 and 5, request and release.
We have a hard time staying happy. This week, I am sharing insight from Philippians 4:4-7 on how to stay happy all day. Here are the treasures of the text thus far.
Rejoice and Repeat– “Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I will say, rejoice.” Repeated rejoicing deals with our negativity bias. We are wired to take more notice of negativity. Rejoicing in the Lord creates a mindset in which we…
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Reject Anxiety
This week I am sharing 5 ways to stay happy all day. Our instruction for this comes from Philippians 4:4-7 and to this point, I have shared 2 of the 5 ways, let’s review. #1 – Rejoice and repeat.“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice (Phil 4:4).” Because you and I are wired with a negativity bias we need to make repeated efforts to take joy and express it. Ultimately, we must seek…
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(Un)Reasonable Reaction
Americans are some of the most stressed, worried, angry people in the world. Is it even reasonable to think we can be happy?
Since 2006 the folks at Gallup have been measuring America’s levels of anger, stress, and worry. I bet you can guess what I’m about to say. Our levels in all three categories are rising. When it comes to stress, Americans scored 20 points higher than the global average.
With so much going on in the news and with so much demand on our lives, it’s not surprising to hear that Americans are…
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How to Stay Happy All Day
How to Stay Happy All Day
If you are struggling to stay happy all day, you’re not alone. According to an analysis of 509 million tweets from 2.4 million users over a span of 3 years, we are our happiest early in the morning. Our mood begins to decline after 9 am and we are the least happy between 3 and 4 p.m.
Apparently life is ruining our day!
Unless you are retired or rich, the rest of us are supposed to be…
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What No High School Football Coach Will Say This Friday
What No High School Football Coach Will Say This Friday
If you are a high school football fan then you know that we are in that special part of the season in which there are only a handful of teams left competing for a state championship. The stakes are high as with each game there is a chance to advance. One team goes on. One team goes home.
For the past 4 seasons, I have served the Christian Heritage Lionsfootball team as a chaplain. I have…
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Joy is a Guaranteed Good Day (Video) Studies show that we are struggling to stay happy. Why is this? One reason is because we have a…
The Guarantee of a Good Day
How to guarantee a good day.
What if you could guarantee yourself a good day? Imagine starting the day without dread. What would it be like to go through a day successfully handling situations rather than trying to deal with stress? Think about how much would change if you could guarantee that today would be a good day.
Apparently, we are NOT dealing very well with our day!
Livescience.comreports that two sociologists…
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5 Places Joy is Always Available
I have not been happy lately. So I searched for joy and I found it. 5 Places Where Joy is Always Available! #blog #joy #counsel #Bible
What if I were to tell you that joy is always available? Are you interested in knowing more? I am. If you are reading this post, that must mean that you are as well.
I am starving for joy. I’ll admit that I have not been very happy. I walked through quite a streak of stresses and difficult circumstances over the past 3-4 years and it got the best of me. I’ve been waiting on the next bad thing…
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Joy is Always Available
Joy is Always Available
Did you know that the word “joy” is used 433x in the Bible? Did you know that “rejoice” is the most repeated command in the Bible? Truth is, God is so concerned with our happiness that He commands it! If this is true, joy must always be available.
But joy seems elusive. Joy is an emotional response to an experience. Joy has to have a reason. When it comes to love we are commanded to love even…
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What's on Netflix?
What’s on Netflix?
Netflix has quickly become America’s movie and media outlet of choice. 38 million households subscribe to satellite television. 48 million households pay for cable. 60 million American households subscribe to Netflix. Currently offering more than 5,500 titles for streaming, Netflix is a massive media source available at your fingertips.
Have you ever stopped to ask, what am I watching? I’m not…
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Gender? Determined or Decided?
Gender? Determined or Decided?
An article in a 2016 issue of Time Magazineis entitled, “My Brother’s Pregnancy, the Remaking of the American Family.” A growing number of teens describe themselves as gender non-conforming. This means that they do not believe that their biological sex necessarily determines their gender. Did you know that there are over 100 gender descriptions registered on social media? Where does it end? Is…
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What is Truth?
In one generation moral wrongs have become political rights. How does it happen? The answer is very simple. If you can slide the standard of truth, then you can blur the lines of morality. What is truth?
America is embracing secularism as the prevalent worldview. In secularism, truth is relative. Right and wrong depends on the individual and the situation. But does this worldview really work?
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Live in Harmony with One Another
Football Team Talk #4 - No one had a perfect season because it was a perfect season. Live in Harmony with One Another
There are two things every team must have to make it until the end; endurance and encouragement.
We are 3-0. That means every season goal that we have set before us is still in tact. You control your own destiny. We are not depending on “this one to beat that one.” You take care of business and you can win a region championship. That begins tonight. You take care of business, we make the…
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