Equipping Women to Live a Set Apart Life
Rejoicing reminds me of a geyser. Joy lies deep within us, remaining unseen until it bubbles up and shoots right out of us. At least, that is how it is supposed to work. Joy and rejoicing feed each other; rejoicing is the outward expression of joy, and joy is increased by rejoicing. But, if you […]
“No one will take your joy from you,” Jesus promises in John 16:22. Yet, here I am pursuing joy because I lost it. The apparent contradiction confused me; “If no one can take my joy, then why is my joy missing?” I repeated the contradiction over and over again in my mind. “No one can […]
Welcome to part 2 in foundations of biblical joy. Last week I shared the biblical definition of joy (if you missed it, read it here). With a clear understanding of joy as gladness in the Lord, we can now look at what the Bible says about joy. As mentioned last week, joy is referred to […]
Before starting my blog about pursuing joy, I spent time gaining a deeper understanding of biblical joy. And while I shared a brief summary of my findings (read here), I wanted to start the new year by laying out foundations for biblical joy. Today we will look at the biblical definition of joy. The Basics […]
What is joy? Stop and ask a random person in the grocery store and they might tell you it means happiness, or even a great happiness. But happiness just doesn’t cut it for me, not even great happiness. It doesn’t truly capture the essence of joy. When I looked it up in the dictionary I […]
