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Rejoice and Be Glad

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Do you want to increase the joy and gladness in your life? Are you tired of being discouraged and depressed? I know we often over promise and under deliver, but God has made a way for us to rejoice and be glad. God is wise and knows how to help us in our troubles. God is good and does not just wait for us to discover Him, but seeks us out. God is a Shepherd leading and seeking. I hope God is using me to find some people looking for help in gladness! I have been working on a thirty day plan to increase joy or gratitude in my life. Right now I am compiling a booklet to help others try what I have tried. But I wanted to get this simple prayer plan out there for those who might be looking for some prayer help this Thanksgiving season. This plan will be one of the extras that I include in the booklet. You can go to Slide Share and download a PDF copy or you can copy and paste from here. The Slide Share version is better if you want to use it as a handout. I have also just repu...

God, suffering and other people

To Sum it up Dealing with the pain from the action of others 1Pe 3:8-17 NASB   8    To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;   9    not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.   10    For, "THE ONE WHO DESIRES LIFE, TO LOVE AND SEE GOOD DAYS, MUST KEEP HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL AND HIS LIPS FROM SPEAKING DECEIT.   11    "HE MUST TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; HE MUST SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT.   12    "FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE TOWARD THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ATTEND TO THEIR PRAYER, BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL."   13    Who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good?   14    But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. ...