Posted on September 2, 2021 by Catey Stover in Victory Call
โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ.โ – ๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ญ๐ฑ:๐ญ๐ฏ ๐
Just wanted to share a ๐ God Sighting ๐ from the other day. Lately my Scripture readings have been centered around the word โJoy.โ The joy of the Lord is a precious thing, and even in the midst of busy or difficult seasons, I want to experience it. About a week ago, I opened my Bible to the concordance and wrote down the address of every verse that contains the word โjoy.โ Every day, I write down one verse, study the chapter, and meditate on why the people in the text experienced joy and how it can apply to my life.ย
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The other day, I was babysitting my precious niece. As we were playing with the rubber duckies I keep in my room (donโt ask!), she pulled a clear bag off of my bedside table that has been there since Christmas. It was a book my church had given me for serving in Childrenโs Ministry, but I always assumed it was just a notebook, so I never opened it.ย
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She took out the book and it was titled, โChoose Joy: 3 Minute Devotionals for Women.โ When I saw it, I smiled, because I knew it was a book God had sitting in my bedroom for this very moment. But the story doesnโt stop there. My niece looked at me and insisted we read it together. When I suggested that we read one of the picture books I had in my house specifically for her, she kept saying โNo! I want to read this little book.โ ๐ย
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So there I was, snuggled up on the couch underneath a big fuzzy blanket, reading all about the joy of the Lord with sweet Bella Rose. Not only was I *reading* about the joy of the Lord, but I was EXPERIENCING it because the Lord gave me such a gift in THAT moment. In HIS presence. WITH my sweet, love-filled, giggly niece. It was one of those โThank you, Lordโ highlights of my month.ย
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Deuteronomy 31:8 tells us that the Lord is with us. That begs the question, have you had a God-Sighting in this past month? If so, write it down! Donโt forget it! Itโs a great thing to revisit when times get tough.ย
Written by Erin C.: Erin served for four years as a Marketing Assistant and Staff Writer. She loves encouraging women through her Victory Calls and finds such joy in praying for her sisters in Christ. Her favorite activities include reading her Bible, encouraging others with scripture, buying new makeup, buying dresses, and eating at the Cheesecake Factoryโฆ In that order!
Think About This: Spiritual strongholds begin with a thought. One thought becomes a consideration. A consideration develops into an attitude, which leads then to action. Action repeated becomes a habit, and a habit establishes a “power base for the enemy,” that is, a stronghold. ย – Elisabeth Elliot
The Daily Bible Reading: Reflectionย |ย You can download our 2021 Daily Bible Reading Planย byย clicking here.ย
This Weekโs Verse to Memorize: 23ย And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christย and love one another, as He gaveย [f]us commandment. -1 John 3:23
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