Contagious Joy Blog

Week 9, Tuesday Pam Brewer For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 Now that we have discovered the blueprint for courage, how do we apply it to our circumstances? Verse 8 of Joshua 1 tells us exactly how. We apply…

Week 9, Monday Pam Brewer Be strong and courageous. . . . Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of…

Week 8, Weekend Charlotte Akin Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:18 (nkjv) In May 2010 I saw up close and personal the power of this verse for those who have seldom known peace when Danny and I went to southern Sudan on a mission trip. While…

Week 8, Friday Charlotte Akin But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. James 3:17 (nkjv) This verse shows the contrast between wisdom from above and false earthly wisdom. The word pure means clean and it knows…

Week 8, Thursday Charlotte Akin For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. James 3:16 (nkjv) Our self-seeking ambition comes from earthly wisdom. This is a false wisdom that is not from God. James mades a pretty strong statement when he said that wherever there is envy and self-seeking there will…

Week 8, Wednesday Charlotte Akin This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. James 3:15 (nkjv) When our boys were young we would go to Forest Park, Georgia, and stay with my husband Danny’s parents every Christmas. We would stay for almost two weeks because Danny was a professor and he and…

Week 8, Tuesday Charlotte Akin But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. James 3:14 (nkjv) We have learned all of our Christian lives that a wise person gets his or her strength and character from the Lord Jesus Christ. James 3:14 tells us that…

Week 7, Weekend Amy Hood A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:34-35 Look closely at these verses. They are the words of Jesus. In my…

Week 7, Friday Amy Hood In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Psalm 33:21-22 She was dressed in a beautiful turquoise sari with silver trim. The color was so striking against her brown skin…

Week 7, Thursday Amy Hood Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. . . . How priceless is your unfailing love! Psalm 36:5,7 “Up to the sky and down to the ground,” I said to him. In my mind—the mind of a little girl—that was the grandest thing I could…