REJOICE
I can recall a memorable moment many years ago when Susan and I were taking Kimberly, age 2, and her slightly younger cousin, Able, to church in the car. Kimberly was in a foul humor that morning, but her smily faced cousin decided it was time for a word of exhortation. Though he could
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Contributed by Roger Byrd on Jul 17, 2021
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In the year 490 B.C., the Persian Army, seeking to invade Greece, landed a large force 26 miles outside of Athens. The huge army disembarked from their warships and gathered on the plains of a place called Marathon. There they prepared to attack the Greek Army and establish their presence in
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Contributed by Todd Catteau on Jan 22, 2024
Do you ever find it hard to be happy for people when good things happen to them? I do.
Someone gets a promotion and instead of being happy for them I’m envious. A friend’s child gets an award and jealousy is my first reaction instead of joy.
Why can’t I just be happy when good things happen to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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Rejoice, that the immortal God is born, so that mortal man may live in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
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God wants you to rejoice in your relationship!
*God wants our churches and our marriages to be alive and overflowing with joy. So the Old Testament tells us that the joy of the Lord is our strength; the New Testament tells us to “rejoice in the Lord always.” Then in Proverbs 5 in words too vivid
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Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Jul 8, 2010
It has been said that we should “rejoice in the swift mercy of God, which in the early watches of the night of
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle for me. Its a sort of splendid torch which Ive got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as
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Contributed by Kent Lenard on May 29, 2004
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That’s why Paul tells us to rejoice IN the Lord. He is cautioning us about what we fixate on in life. Because what the we focus on will determine what our life is like.
There is a story about a man had fixation for the power of ‘CRAZY GLUE’:
While visiting the Eagle’s Rock African Safari Zoo
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 11, 2005
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Rejoice in the Shade! (08.16.05--Envy!--Duet. 5: 21)
Standing in the shadows can be lonely at times. When others are taking the bows and hearing the accolades it is sometimes impossible not to be envious. Recognition is something that each one of us by nature yearn for. To be recognized for what
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Lutheran
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LOOKING THROUGH CLEAN WINDOWS
A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
'That laundry is not very clean', she said. 'She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
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"God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire: Rejoice that we may
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Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jun 1, 2008
Sam Haughey (commercial Salmon fisherman from Alaska)told me a story recently, as I gave him a ride back from Methodist Hospital, how when he wakes up in the middle of the night in Alaska, he looks out the window, and he counts his boats. One night, several years ago, he looked out and one was
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United Methodist