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Don't Count on the Ideal
When you define contentment as an ideal match, you're subject to the fact that it's like passion: it often doesn't last long.
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Zion Living
Very few of us [Christians] could say with Paul's conviction, "For me to live is Christ." If we experienced this as a transforming joy, ...
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Exhilerating Obedience
Freedom does not mean the absence of constraints or moral absolutes. Suppose a skydiver at 10,000 feet announces to the rest of the group, "I'm ...
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There Is Always Room for Joy
Good Friday came after Christmas, but the angels still sang at the manger. In the midst of the hardest reality of life, there is always a welcome for ...
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When Loss Is Gain
In his book of sermons The Living Faith, Lloyd C. Douglas tells the story of Thomas Hearne, who, "in his journey to the mouth of the Coppermine River, ...
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Curious Alchemy
I can see that Jesus drew men and women into the Kingdom by promising them two things: first, trouble--hardship, danger; and second, joy. But what curious ...
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Pain Precedes Joy
I don't envy those who have never known any pain, physical or spiritual, because I strongly suspect that the capacity for pain and the capacity for ...
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Live Joyfully Like Paul
God is no distant deity but a constant reality, a very present help whenever needs occur. So? So live like it. And laugh like it! [The apostle] Paul did. ...
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Not Seeking Happiness From God
Happiness of heart can no more be attained without God than light and sunshine can be had without the sun. Happiness is heavenly born; its aroma is of ...
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Beyond Happiness
The Bible nowhere speaks about a "happy" Christian; it talks plentifully of joy. Happiness depends on things that happen, and may sometimes ...
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