Fill Me With Joy

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The following is written in a psalm of David…

“You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”

Psalm 16:11

(This photo was taken in October of 2014 at Kaanapali Beach on the island of Maui)

 

Share The Good News

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“You are the light of the world.  A city on a hill cannot be hidden.  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.  Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”

Matthew 5:14-16

(This photo was taken in June of 2013 at the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota)

Peace

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The words of the angel speaking to the shepherds in the fields nearby in the Gospel of Luke…

“But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid.  I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people.  Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord’.”

Luke 2:10-11

(This photo was taken in July of 2016 near New Salem, North Dakota)

Joy

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The following was written by James, a brother of Jesus…

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.  He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.”

James 1:17-18

(This photo was taken in October of 2014 at sunrise on the island of Maui)

Thankful For God’s Love

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“This is how God showed his love among us:  He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.  This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

1 John 4:9-10

(This photo was taken in February of 2013 in a neighborhood near Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Thoughts and Ways

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“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.  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

(This photo was taken in July of 2016 while driving in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming)

The Gift of Grace

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“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is a gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Ephesians 2:8-10

(This photo was taken in August of 2016 near Glacier National Park in Montana)