A Happy Heart
Help me to find humor, joy, and contentment in the simple things in life, Lord. Give me a happy heart that continues to feast on Your goodness—and then passes that joy along! Amen.
Positivity
Fill Your Mind with Good
Do you categorize yourself as an optimist or a pessimist? Even if your mind goes directly to the negative, God can change you. Ask Him to daily fill your mind with good things. . .
An Eternal Perspective
Father, like this man’s account of the Great Depression, help me to also see my circumstances with an eternal perspective. . .
The Antidote for Complaining
No one likes a complainer. The antidote for complaining is praising. Praise is the language of Christians. When we are praising, we are focusing not on ourselves but on Christ and His glory. . .
It’s About How We Respond
Living the abundant Christian life isn’t about what happens to us. It’s about how we respond to what happens to us. . .
A Joy-Filled Life
Want to live a joy-filled life? All you have to do is turn your focus from the pain to the glimpses of heaven right in front of you. . .
Count It All Joy
What kind of reaction do you have during tragedy? Do you blame God? Turn to sin? Or hold fast to the truth, despite the pain?
A Sound Mind
Turn on the evening news and be prepared to see tragedy and chaos. If we’re not careful, fear will paralyze us and take over our lives. We must not lose sight of God’s promises. . .
Laugh at the Days to Come
To laugh at the future is hard to imagine. To see hope instead of futility? Promise in the pain? Here’s how we can be like the Proverbs 31 woman. . .
Put On a Happy Face
Sometimes we become discouraged with the direction of our lives. Our God is not a God of negativity, but of possibility. . .