PREPARING MY HEART this ADVENT with JOY (11)

Week of December 11 
JOY

"Joy is Found in the Quiet Stillness"

and so is Hope, Peace (for sure) and Love

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness;  He will quiet you by His love; He will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 ESV

{that loud singing might just disrupt the quiet and many verses on JOY seem to shout or be loud}

22 Bible Verses about Joy
Woman's Day also shares 22 Bible Verses about Joy to Lift Your Spirits(with the bonus of images)

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I will be adding to the following days each day:

December 12 - 17
December 12

"Joy is Found

December 13

"Joy is Found

December 14

"Joy is Found

December 15

"Joy is Found

December 16

"Joy is Found

December 17

"Joy is Found

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I light the 3rd candle - pink for Joyknown as the "Shepherd's Candle" 

Isaiah 12:6
The third candle reminds us thatJesus' birth bringsJOYto all who believeinHim

" Father God, We give You glory for Joy! For Jesus! Thank You for sustaining us through difficult times. The hard parts of life are impossible for us to fully understand. Your ways are not our ways, nor can we search Your thoughts or purposes. But we can trust they are good, because You are good, Father. You took precise care in crafting each of us, and know us intimately and personally. This has been an emotional year, Father. You see us, know us, care for us, and are close when we are brokenhearted. Thank You, for Your presence and Your compassion for our hearts and our lives. We love You, and place You at the front of our minds and top of our priorities. We are grateful for the Joy we have in Jesus. Joy to the world. In Jesus' Name..." "God, help me to embrace the type of joy that comes from knowing You are in control of the things happening around me. I believe You will bring good from it. Help me to have the kind of joy today that isn’t dependent on my circumstances. Amen."

Some of us need to rediscover JOY in our lives!JESUS JOY
Joy unto the World - The Afters


It's time to open the Gift of
JOY
In this season of
CHRISTmas
let's
make space & time
to celebrate
all
the reasons that
we have to be
JOYFUL
Let's EMBRACE
JOY

Help us to have real
JOY
as we focus on
JESUS

What's the next step you need to take to experience the fullness of Joy?

Where (or how) do we find God's continuousJOYbetween our everyday struggles?

What is the secret to living full ofJOY?"The Secret of Continuous Joy"

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