Friend, do you wonder if it is possible to have joy in a season of suffering? What kind of joy this could be and how can we cultivate such unconditional joy?
How to Cultivate Joy in Life’s Discouraging Seasons
How can we cultivate joy in life’s discouraging seasons? Discouraging seasons take all shapes and forms: stress on the home-front or job-front, relationship struggles, health scares, global pandemics, grief, and so much more. Learn how to cultivate joy with these powerful tips by my writer friend Stacey Pardoe.
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The Best Preparation for Christmas – 3 Steps
What is the best preparation for Christmas? It is such a busy season with a thousand things to accomplish and prepare – some pleasant, some stressful and overwhelming. We decorate our houses plan meals, buy presents, meet relatives, participate in church activities, and so much more. But when the time comes, are we really prepared?
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7 Ways to End the Disappointment with God
In the previous article, we looked at the state of disappointment with God and its serious negative consequences on our lives. Here we will look at how to put an end to the disappointment with God. Continue reading “7 Ways to End the Disappointment with God”
13 Ways to Love Others by Expressing God’s Love
How does God love us? What are the expressions of God’s love? How does this affect our communication with other people? How can we love others truly and deeply by imitating God?
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3 Biblical Keys to Satisfaction and Contentment
What brings us satisfaction and contentment? Is there a way to live an everyday life of satisfaction and contentment? What do we do when our days do not develop the way we want? Continue reading “3 Biblical Keys to Satisfaction and Contentment”
How to Experience the Joy of Transformation
There are many kinds of joy. The various positive events in our lives bring small or bigger moments of joy. However, they are fleeting and sooner or later they are diminishing. But there is a greater, higher joy, which is a constant, deep state of the soul. This condition is the product of intimacy and communion with God, that is the joy of our transformation. Continue reading “How to Experience the Joy of Transformation”
5 Biblical Steps to Keep the Joy
The way to maintain an attitude of joy and satisfaction is to make the daily choice to refusе to worry. And turn the focus instead on the reality of God’s presence. Continue reading “5 Biblical Steps to Keep the Joy”
Choosing Joy as Part of God’s Anti-stress Therapy
God’s anti-stress therapy is God’s rest. In the previous post, we talked about God’s rest and the main way of entering and staying in it. Another very important tool is the choice to rejoice and the attitude of joy and satisfaction. Continue reading “Choosing Joy as Part of God’s Anti-stress Therapy”
Not Designed to Worry – a Poem
“Not designed to worry” is an inspirational and faith-filled poem.
No, I am not designed to worry
I am to live with endless joy.
I am designed for sacred rest,
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