Category Archives: joy

mystery and joy

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

LET GOD SORT IT OUT Ecclesiastes 8:14-17 14 Here’s another example of impermanence reigning in the land: that there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I … Continue reading →

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acceptance and joy

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

KEY TO HAPPINESS Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 18 Take note of this! I have discovered that the proper and appropriate way to live is to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all your work under the sun. A person only has … Continue reading →

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accountable

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

LIFE MATTERS Ecclesiastes 3:12-15 12 I figured out that there is nothing better for them than to be joyous and to do good as long as they live; 13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in … Continue reading →

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what time is it?

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

TODAY’S PRAYER CHALLENGE Ecclesiastes 3:5-8 5 a time to fling away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing; 6 a time to pursue, and a time to destroy; … Continue reading →

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unity and joy

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

WHAT WOULD YOU SACRIFICE FOR UNITY AND JOY? Mark 14:10-11 10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to give him over to them. 11 When they heard it, they rejoiced, and promised … Continue reading →

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the “show me” State

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 66:5-11 5 Listen to this word from Yahveh, you who are anxious about keeping his word: Your own people who hate you and exclude you for my name’s sake have said, “Let Yahveh show his glory, so that we … Continue reading →

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the days of a tree

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 65:18-22 18 But rejoice and keep shouting joyfully over what I am creating; because I am creating Jerusalem as a reason to rejoice, and its people as a joy. 19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem, and have joy because … Continue reading →

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permanent joy

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 61:7-11 7 Because their shame was double, and insult was celebrated as their lot, therefore they will possess a double portion; permanent joy will be for them. 8 Because I, Yahveh, love justice, I hate robbery and violent crime; … Continue reading →

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permanent light

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 60:18-22 18 Violence will not be heard in your land any more, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. 19 The sun will no longer be your day light, … Continue reading →

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no joy in Mudville

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 24:10-16 10 An empty city is broken; every house is shut from entering. 11 I hear an outcry over the wine in the streets. All joy turns into nightfall; the joy of the land disappears. 12 The city is … Continue reading →

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