John 16:22 So also you have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you! You can feel the intensity. Yeshua is sharing His parting thoughts and prayers with the Disciples and ultimately with God (as we will soon see in…
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John 15:11 These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be full. Let’s try this again. Last time, we dealt with this same verse, but naturally, there was much left unsaid. Joy is a huge subject in the Bible, mentioned 165 times. It is…
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John 15:11 These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be full. Joy is mentioned twice. Yeshua never speaks without a purpose. He is teaching us the principles of the kingdom of heaven (His kingdom) for a purpose, and that purpose has a lot…
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Did you know that God is a dancing God? My guess is that you would say, “Yes!” thinking of the well-known verse in Zephaniah 3:17 where we read in some translations that “He will dance for joy over you with singing.” (TLV) I would also venture to guess that when most believers think of God…
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The Course towards True Contentment The statistics for those that are deeply hurting, depressed, and even suicidal have risen to tragic levels in recent years. Even among followers of Yeshua, there has been a dramatic increase in chronic depression, loneliness, and resentment about life. The World Health Organization statistics are daunting: Globally, more than 280…
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What are you empowered by? What’s the fuel in your tank? I’d like to suggest that we are designed by the Lord to run on the powerful fuel of joy. Joy can mean a feeling of great pleasure, happiness, rejoicing, cheerfulness, or even calm delight. This is not the caricature of joy where one is…
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“Trust in Adonai with all your heart; do not rely on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him; then he will level your paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6 CJB When we get that call for ministry, whatever that calling may be, we tend to initially feel a bit apprehensive. We may start to question…
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Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacks in wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all…
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