Note: the following is taken from hymnary.org Joy to the world! The Lord is come:let earth receive her King;let ev’ry heart prepare him room,and heav’n and nature sing,and heav’n and nature sing,and heav’n, and heav’n… 

Good News of Great Joy And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night… And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I… 

The good times of the wicked are short-lived;    godless joy is only momentary.The evil might become world famous,    strutting at the head of the celebrity parade,But still end up in a pile of dung. Job 20:5-7 Things… 

Jesus provides us with a new source of joy: himself. We are not satisfied with the things that our sinful nature craves because we are only completely satisfied with Jesus as our source of joy.… 

I have heard it said that when someone starts following Jesus, they begin to experience at the same time greater joy and sorrow than ever before. This is because our eyes are opened more and… 

The constant bombardment of life’s demands makes it challenging sometimes to live with inner peace. There is a passage in Philippians 4 that helps with this: …whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just,… 

I’m leaving you well and whole. The message of Jesus as he was preparing for the last days of his time on earth was that of comfort: My parting gift to you is peace. “I’m… 

Reject not those who live contrary to yourself. If you reject anything, reject the practices in your own life that are contrary to your convictions. Today, I want to say no more than the statement… 

Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the… 

What does it mean to have peace with God? Romans 5:1-2 states the following: Since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access… 

There is an ancient understanding of the concept of Peace that we likely don’t often think about. It is the concept of wholeness or completion. The Hebrew word for peace, shalom, was used to describe…