Tag: Joy
“If you follow this advice, and if God commands you to do so, then you should be able to endure,…” Exodus 18:23 NLT From morning until evening, people needed him. They came to Moses to decide cases between them, when they had a falling-out;… Continue Reading “Can I Endure This?”
Category: MeaningTags: Advice, Alone, Anger, Commands, Empower, Enable, Endure, Follow God, God, God's Power, God's Will, Heavy Load, Help, Humility, Jethro, Joy, Judge, Lighten the Load, Longsuffering, Moses, Pain, Patience, Steadfastness, Strain, Strength, Suffering, Weak, Work, Worn Out
Posted on December 9, 2022
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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This season’s looked different for us. From my going down again off and on (mostly on) for a couple weeks, affecting our plans to get together with my side of the family for Thanksgiving; to both of our kids having jobs, now, and seeing… Continue Reading “Rejoice! God’s with You!”
Category: MeaningTags: All Out, Attention, Aware, Confidence, Elizabeth, Emmanuel, Exceedingly, Favor, Feelings, God is With You, Great, Immanuel, Intensity, Interest, Jesus, John, Joy, Lean in, Leap, Mary, Measure, Presence of God, Purpose, Recognize, Rejoice, Relationship, Savior, Son of God, Spirit, Spirit of God, Strength, Thoughts, Total Effort, Value
Ugh! Another e-mail…another thing to look through/respond to/read. I didn’t have time for that…yet the Spirit urged me to open that one…I’m glad I did. In it was a challenge to not grumble (Yup! Pegged!)! It gave some specific ideas for each day during… Continue Reading “Grumble-Free Challenge”
Category: LifeTags: Affection, Beautiful, Benefit, Conversation, Desire, Emotions, Experience, Faithful, God, Grumbling, Happier, Healing, Hug, Hungry, Joy, Life, Longing, Love, National, Personal, Pleasant to Someone's Ears, Pleasing, Power, Relationships, Satisfaction, Senses, Soul, Sweet Flavor, Truth, Wholeness, Words
Written by Guest Writer, Shirley Taylor Have you ever been so excited about an upcoming event, but when it arrived, something happened that felt like it robbed you of the joy you were anticipating? This has happened to me more times than I’d like… Continue Reading “Joy Breakers”
Category: LifeTags: Accusations, Actions, Afflicted, Anger, Believer, Blasphemous Claims, Breaking, Bruised, Brutal Comments, Chief Priests, Council, Crucified, Death, Defend, Despised, Envy, False Witness, Family, Granddaughter, Grandkids, Grandson, Grieved, Jesus, Joy, Lamb, Mockings, Oppressed, Pilate, Rejected, Robbed, Shame, Shut Up, Silence, Sin, Slander, Slaughter, Witness, Words, Wounded
Getting the kids caught back up in school from being out with Covid, post Covid cleaning, Christmas shopping, decorating, plans with family, parenting…There are many things that are occupying my brain space, yet God keeps reminding me this season of joy. “But the angel… Continue Reading “Where’s My Attention/Emphasis This Christmas?”
Category: LifeTags: Approval, Attention, Aware, Bends Toward, Emphasis, Excitement, Fear, Forgive, Good News, Grace, Jesus, Joy, Messiah, Share, Shepherds, Support
Have you ever been somewhere, when you feel like you’re being watched? You look around, only to find out that, indeed, you are?!? “As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that… Continue Reading “Focus and Run the Race Well”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Choices, Crowd, Determination, Finish Strong, Focus, Gaze, Hanging On, Joy, Load that Weighs You Down, Move Forward, Perseverance, Place Away, Pressure to Keep Carrying the Load, Pursuit, Race, Redirect, Run His Course, Sin, Watching, Weighs Heavily, What's Important, Witnesses
I can hear thunder, as I begin to type this. It started about 10 minutes ago, but the rain is just now coming down. My kids are walking to a local park to watch a friend’s baseball game, and we’ve been playing phone tag,… Continue Reading “Ride out the Rain Delay”
Category: LifeTags: Blessings, Complete, Endurance, Faith, Favor, Give Honor to God, Grace, Joy, Little League, Maturity, Promise, Protection, Rain Delay, Remain Under, Ride it out, Share Joy, Spiritual Growth, Storm, Suffer, Tests, Thoughts, Wait Patiently
Joy Breakers
Posted on April 9, 2022 by Michelle Taylor Baum
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Written by Guest Writer, Shirley Taylor Have you ever been so excited about an upcoming event, but when it arrived, something happened that felt like it robbed you of the joy you were anticipating? This has happened to me more times than I’d like… Continue Reading “Joy Breakers”
Category: LifeTags: Accusations, Actions, Afflicted, Anger, Believer, Blasphemous Claims, Breaking, Bruised, Brutal Comments, Chief Priests, Council, Crucified, Death, Defend, Despised, Envy, False Witness, Family, Granddaughter, Grandkids, Grandson, Grieved, Jesus, Joy, Lamb, Mockings, Oppressed, Pilate, Rejected, Robbed, Shame, Shut Up, Silence, Sin, Slander, Slaughter, Witness, Words, Wounded