Do You Want More Joy?
People search everywhere for joy’s door. Why true joy is not a passing feeling, but an attitude rooted in our relationship with God.
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Short devotionals that build on each other, from Gaylyn’s devotional books and studies.
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Where’s the Joy?
A short Bible study on Galatians 5 and John 15 exploring how joy grows as fruit of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
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Self-Esteem Affects Our Joy
How accepting yourself and others as God’s unique creations opens the way to the full joy Jesus intended.
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Prayer Maintains Joy
A harrowing journey over Guatemala’s mountains taught Ken Williams to respond to crises with prayer first, and find joy.
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The God of Hope Gives Me Overflowing Hope
A devotional on Romans 15:13: how the God of Hope fills you with joy and peace and causes you to overflow with hope as you trust Him.
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Gratitude Encourages Joy
Stranded in a sweltering airport in Pakistan, Ken Williams chose to thank God, and discovered joy independent of circumstances.
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Joy Is a Choice
Pain is unavoidable, but misery is optional. Lessons on choosing joy learned through the life and loss of a son.
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Unlocking Joy
Ministry can steal your joy, but it doesn’t have to. Gaylyn shares how she found peace and joy while her baby son Daniel was critically ill.
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An Amazing Story of Praise
Facing a vast army, Jehoshaphat sent a choir out ahead of Judah’s soldiers. What 2 Chronicles 20 teaches about praising God in hard times.
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Worship: A Key to Joy
Worship is both a key to joy and an expression of it. Why 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 belongs together: rejoice, pray, and give thanks.
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Gratitude Releases Joy
Why the practice of giving thanks can make room for joy, even before our feelings change.
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Trials Build Joy
A personal story about grief, trust, and discovering that pain and joy can exist together.
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Knowing God Unlocks Joy
A year of reading only the Bible revolutionized Ken Williams’ life. Why a growing heart knowledge of God is the first key to joy.
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Joy and Trials
We can worry and complain in trials, or trust God and rejoice. How thanksgiving in hard times builds a trusting relationship with Him.
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What Are Some Results of Seeking God?
Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. A short study of what Scripture promises to those who seek God with all their heart.
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His Faithful Love Endures Forever
A verse-by-verse journey through Psalm 136 and the God whose faithful love never quits, in creation, rescue, hard times, and our weakness.
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Joy as Spiritual Warfare
How rejoicing redirects attention from consuming problems to the Lord and safeguards the heart in difficult circumstances.
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The Choice to Rejoice
Paul told the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord three times. Why God commands us to rejoice, and how focusing on Him changes our perspective.
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