Contagious Joy Blog

Week 15, Thursday Kathy Ferguson Litton   “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 (nkjv) “God moves in a mysterious way His…

Week 15, Wednesday Kathy Ferguson Litton   My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9 Certainly suffering is a sacred place, one designed as a platform or stage for the demonstration of our confidence in God in unwanted circumstances. God calls to us to trust Him. And…

Week 15, Tuesday Kathy Ferguson Litton   Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 (nkjv) For believers suffering is a sacred place. It’s certainly not always the sacred experience we would choose for ourselves or loved ones, yet it’s a place God has chosen for us. The landscape of our suffering may be…

Week 15, Monday Kathy Ferguson Litton   In Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. John 16:33 (nkjv) Nothing is more universal in this life than suffering. Suffering is a road that may lead us on a journey of loss, conflict,…

Week 14, Weekend Tammy Ethridge   Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. Colossians 3:15 Who is ruling in your heart—the Prince of Peace or the prince of chaos and confusion? Confusion is not of God; therefore, put the works of the Enemy…

Week 14, Friday Tammy Ethridge   Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. Mark 4:39 (nkjv) Is there a storm brewing in your life? As Jesus’ disciples entered the boat at His command, they found themselves in the…

Week 14, Thursday Tammy Ethridge   He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 This week we have been looking into God’s Word to see what He has to say about the peace of…

Week 14, Wednesday Tammy Ethridge   This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been…

Week 14, Tuesday Tammy Ethridge   You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 Several years ago, our family became certified scuba divers, thus enabling us to dive together and experience God’s amazing underwater creation. On an excursion to the Cayman Islands, we were all geared…