INTENTIONALLY STRIVE TO PRODUCE JOY IN YOUR LIFE Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!! (Phillipians 4:4 NLT) Find some way to create joy in your life. The days are difficult and if you don’t take care of yourself, you can lose your joy due to bad news, such as…
WHAT CUSTOMS WILL WE LEAVE? The custom of having choir directors to lead the choirs in hymns of praise and thanksgiving to God began long ago in the days of David and Asaph. (Nehemiah 12:46 NLT) David began this custom of singing with all the people giving thanks t0 God. Nowadays, some families pass down…
TAKE WISE ADVICE IN THE PANDEMIC It’s good to have advisers, but not just any type of person. …We will follow the advice given by you and by the others who respect the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law of God. (Ezra. 10:3 NLT) If you want to have…
IN NO WAY …and said: “Let us build with you,…. Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other leaders of Israel replied, “YOU MAY HAVE NO part in this work. We alone will build the Temple for the Lord, the God of Israel… (Ezra 4:2-3 NLT) There will be times in life that you will have to learn…
THE SHOUTS OF JOY MIXED WITH THE CRIES OF GRATITUDE This will be heard after the coronavirus. But many of the older priests, Levites, and other leaders who had seen the first Temple wept aloud when they saw the new Temple’s foundation. The others, however, were shouting for joy. The joyful shouting and weeping mingled…
HOW CAN I SEE THIS AND DO NOTHING? For how can I endure to see my people and my family…destroyed? (Esther 8:6 NLT) We can’t sit around and not take action when we see suffering in society, knowing the solution. We weren’t created to be insensitive people. God wired us in such a way that,…
FOLLOW YOUR WAY TO THE END “As for you, go your way until the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days, you will rise again to receive the inheritance set aside for you.”(Daniel 12:13 NLT) These days, people are tempted to give up, but we must continue our way to…
THE GRIEF I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them and exchange their sorrow for rejoicing. (Jeremiah 31:13 NLT) Grief is a difficult process that people go through when there is a loss of any kind (loved one, health, job, divorce, finances, etc.) Something changes in their personal world and they…
YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR PAIN He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. (2 Corinthias 1:4 NLT) We can do two things with deception and pain: Sink into our tears and…
CELEBRATE SOMETHING GOOD DESPITE THE PANDEMIC He told them to celebrate these days with feasting and gladness and by giving gifts of food to each other and presents to the poor. This would commemorate a time when the Jews gained relief from their enemies, when their sorrow was turned into gladness and their mourning into…