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Psalm 47, Psalm 48, Revelation 19:6-9 "…God ascends among shouts of joy…" Psalm 47:5 "…[God’s] holy mountain, rising splendidly, is the joy of the whole earth…" Psalm 48:1 "Let us be glad, rejoice, and give him glory because, the marriage of the Lamb has come,…

Luke:1:46b-55, James 5:7-10, Hebrews 12:1-2 Mary’s song/poem of praise is often called the Magnificat in the Protestant/Roman Catholic tradition, or the Ode of the Theotokos (Bearer of God) in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. It is a joy-filled response to God by Mary that appears to…

Job 33:14-30, Psalm 126, Luke 1:35-45 In many respects, joy is both easy and incredibly difficult to truly understand. On one hand, we understand that joy is something much deeper than the feelings of the moment. Yet, on the other hand, we use the word…

2 Chronicles 30:13-27, Nehemiah 8:7-12, Jeremiah 15:16 The passage in Nehemiah has some depth. First, the people (the Jewish people) were so ignorant of their own history and holy scriptures, that both had to be explained to them. As they learned what their God had…

Psalm 37:3-6, Joel 2:12-13, Isaiah 12:2-6, James 1:2-4 Integrity, so it is said, is doing the right thing when nobody is watching. It can be tempting to do the wrong thing when no one is watching. It is often easy to do the right thing…