I'm struggling with some personal issues today that require JOY STRENGTH. So I typed out a half-sheet of promises from the Word of God for myself that I will be considering throughout the weekend. Maybe they will be of value to you:
"You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32.
"God's discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening - it's painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way." Hebrews 12:10b-13
"In my distress I prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered me and set me free." Ps. 118:5
"For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." II Co. 3:17 and finally,
"Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ, we were set free from the power of sin." Romans 6:5-7.
Someone once said: Dead people don't carry grudges. Dead people don't crave what they don't have. Dead people don't rant and rage. Dead people don't....whatever.
The key to my freedom and thus JOY STRENGTH, is dying with Christ and then resurrection living. JOY
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