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Joy Petroelje

Joy Petroelje serves as the Advancement Operations Manager for CURE International, a global nonprofit organization. Aside from work, she enjoys spending time with her family, coffee with friends, reading, and traveling local trails on foot.
Devotionals

The Time Is Now

Read: Esther 4 And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? (v. 14) I appreciate the many displays of God’s power

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The Spirit Speaks for You

Read: Mark 13:3-13 And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you

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An Encouraging Word

Read: Philippians 4:1-20 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (v. 19) Years ago I claimed as my life

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Thorns

Read: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 For when I am weak, then I am strong. (v. 10) In Paul’s second letter to the believers in Corinth, he addresses many subjects: a previous

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Devotionals

Overcome Evil

Read: Romans 12:14-21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (v. 21) Sometimes, I feel like there is evil all around me. I hear about a

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Rest

Read: Matthew 11:25-30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (v. 28) In 1894, Labor Day became a federal holiday in

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Mere Man

Read: Psalm 56 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. (v. 3) In the United States, many people remember where they were on September 11, 2001. The

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Troubled

Read: 1 Samuel 1:9-17 But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring

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In Times of Uncertainty

Read: Matthew 6:25-34 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? (v. 27) “Your biopsy results came back and both are

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