Sep 19, 2022
Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found. Psalm 119:35 NLT In the order of things (gratitude, goodness, happiness, joy), happiness is the third leg. The world tells us happiness comes from pursuing whatever will make us...
Sep 18, 2022
The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all His creation. Psalm 145:9 NLT On the continuum of joy (gratitude, goodness, happiness, joy) we come today to goodness. (See here for thoughts on gratitude). Goodness is one of many attributes of God. Having...
Sep 17, 2022
It is not joy that makes us grateful. It is gratitude that makes us joyful. Brother David Steindl-Rast Joy is impossible without gratitude. In the order of things, gratitude comes first. Followed sequentially by goodness, happiness, and finally, joy.
Sep 16, 2022
The importance of disciplined worship is demonstrated by each of the great patriarchs of Genesis. In Genesis 12:8, Abraham “pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the...
Sep 15, 2022
There are some things that always go together. A person and her shadow, two sides of a coin, the blades of scissors, and the Spirit of God with the Word of God. It is the Word of God that establishes God’s will for His creation, and it is the Holy Spirit who enables,...
Sep 14, 2022
But he took her by the hand and said, “My child, get up!” Luke 8:54. NIV Sometimes, when our circumstances just don’t seem to line up, God may be requiring a step of faith. Think of it this way: when the children of Israel crossed the Jordan River, they had to get...