Contagious Joy Blog

Week 17, Friday Lori Frank Three times a day [Daniel] got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. Daniel 6:10 Prayer is often spoken of as a spiritual discipline, and rightly so. And yet, this insinuates that prayer is merely a task or a duty to…

Week 17, Thursday Lori Frank All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 We live in a world where people want to deny the existence of moral absolutes. We are raising our…

Week 17, Wednesday Lori Frank Teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home,…

Week 17, Tuesday Lori Frank For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son. Romans 8:29 God, in His sovereign plan for you, has predestined you to be conformed to the image of His Son. As you grow in knowledge of God you are transformed. This process—sanctification—is manifest by…

Week 17, Monday Lori Frank Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. Matthew 22:37-38 According to the dictionary, passion is “a barely controllable emotion.” Jesus stated that loving God passionately is to be the believer’s…

Week 16, Weekend Jeana Floyd Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day. Psalm 25:4-5 (nkjv) “Show me . . . teach me . . . lead me.” These are strong…

Week 16, Friday Jeana Floyd The Word of God came to Solomon saying, “About this Temple you are building—what’s important is that you live the way I’ve set out for you and do what I tell you, following my instructions carefully and obediently. Then I’ll complete in you the promise I made to David your…

Week 16, Thursday Jeana Floyd When my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:2 (nkjv) Overwhelmed? I hate to admit this, but I spend much of my life feeling overwhelmed. But I also want to share that I’ve learned the only real way to relieve the stress of…

Week 16, Wednesday Jeana Floyd But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say ‘You are my God.’ My times are in your hand. Psalm 31:14-15 (nkjv) Have you ever had a day that didn’t quite end up the way you planned? All of us have experienced that more than once—maybe even habitually….

Week 16, Tuesday Jeana Floyd Just one thing: live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Philippians 1:27 (hcsb) Recently, I had an artist come to my home and paint the above Scripture over the cabinets in my kitchen. To me, personally, it serves as a measuring stick of what I want…