Devotionals about Joy

Guidance

Obedience and Surrender

Read: Proverbs 3:1-12 Trust in the LORD with all your heart. (v. 5) Author and psychologist David Benner crafts a beautiful analogy for the love of God in his book

Guidance

Obedience and Love

Read: Lamentations 3:19-33 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end. (v. 22) Who was the last person you told, “I love you”?

Obedience

Obedience and Care

Read: Matthew 6:25-34 Look at the birds of the air. (v. 26) If you’ve ever been on a flight, you may be familiar with the experience of turbulence. It’s a

Guidance

Obedience and Joy

Read: Matthew 7:7-14 How much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! (v. 11) Some people are natural gift givers. They

surrender

Obedience and Rest

Read: Matthew 11:25-30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (v. 28) When I go out for coffee with a trusted

Guidance

Obedience and Trust

Read: 1 Kings 8:54-61 Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant. (v. 56) When things in life don’t go our

Trust

Why Obey God?

Read: Psalm 19 The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. (v. 7) Children often want to do the opposite of what their parents ask. Something in them

Joy

The Community of Christ

Read: Philippians 4:10-23 I know how to be brought low. (v. 12) What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “brought low”? Is it rejection, loneliness, the sacrifice

Joy

The Promise of Shalom

Read: Philippians 4:1-9 And the peace of God . . . (v. 7) In the busyness of life, in the confusion of culture, in the constant bustle at breakneck pace,