Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” In this same spirit, on Day 25 of 40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life, Tommy Newberry suggests we take time to look around and see what’s working in our lives, what’s bombing, and how we can improve before it’s too late. This is a perfect activity for … Continue reading 40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 25
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40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 24
More than 3 million people applied for unemployment in the last week due to the shutdown of businesses in the United States because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Being newly out of work, at least temporarily, may have given some a new appreciation of their jobs. If you’ve been lucky enough to stay employed, all the … Continue reading 40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 24
40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 23
I am still traveling on my Lenten journey toward greater joy. I’ve missed a few days, but the important thing is to keep moving forward. The point of the exercise is to enjoy life and the people I do it with even more, to celebrate the victories and focus on the positive. You can’t create joy … Continue reading 40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 23
40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 21
What is joy anyway? The secular definition is generally considered to be “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness,” (https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/joy), but, for our purposes we look to Christian pastor and author, Rick Warren, “Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to … Continue reading 40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 21
40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 20
Yesterday I talked about exchanging thoughts. Directed by the exercise for Day 19 in 40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life, the objective was to come up with three encouraging scriptures to memorize and substitue for negative thoughts. That was good. What I left out is, in my opinion, even better because it feels more doable in a crisis. Have a … Continue reading 40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 20
40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 17
Continuing the Journey to Joy. It takes concentration and focus. It also requires a strong desire to change your mindset. Satisfaction with the Status Quo will only result in more of the same. God has been showing me that my thoughts about circumstances and people cause me more misery than the circumstances and people themselves. … Continue reading 40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 17
40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 16
The message on Day 16 of the book 40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life seems especially appropriate for the times we find ourselves embroiled in on March 13, 2020. Today the world is in frenzy around the health crisis brought on by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Schools are closed. Disneyland is closed. Broadway is closed. Even church … Continue reading 40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 16
40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 15
Tommy Newberry has talked about the importance of gratitude on many of the previous days of his book, 40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life, but today it’s a full-on smack down! He gets serious about the lack of a heart of thankfulness in his “Profile of an Ingrate.” He states that ingrates fall into one or more … Continue reading 40 Day Journey to Joy – Day 15
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