Our Joy Stories for God's Glory
Rev 12:10-11
CONNECTING our stories of God’s engagement in our everyday lives to strengthen, support, and encourage each other on our journey with Jesus. Philippians 2:1-4
Helping Hand
I’m not a great art aficionado or adept at anything medical, so when both of those things converged in my life in the same week, they caught my attention. However, when a third “coincidence” happened, I realized something else might be going on. Those three things confirmed the truth of a quote I once read, “Lord, please make it happen in the most impossible way so they know it’s only You who could have done it.” It really did seem impossible. The first part of this trifecta happened at my...
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
FOLLOW-UP TO "A TESTIMONY IN THREE PARTS" Hebrews 10:23-24 (NAS) says, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds..." When Jeff came to our Wednesday life group for corporate prayer, after his most recent cancer diagnosis, our "Family Strong," as Jeff calls us, surrounded him, literally. He sat on the coffee table in our living room and became hidden in the fold of...
I Want to Change “C” from “Cancer” to “Christ”
A TESTIMONY IN THREE PARTS - PART ONE 1985 is when I met the love of my life. Her name is Tina. We got married the following year in 1986. We talked about having kids and in 1991 we were excited to find out she was pregnant. I already had a son from my first marriage, Kris, so I was hoping to have a daughter one day, too. Unfortunately, she had a miscarriage a couple months in. We were heartbroken. In January of 1993 I found out I had Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Thankfully the cancer was localized...
I Want to Change “C” from “Cancer” to “Christ”
A TESTIMONY IN THREE PARTS - PART TWO In summer of 2005, my daughter asked if she could go to a church camp with her friend. Following that trip, she started regularly attending church with her friend and her friend’s family. And after a while, my daughter started asking me to go to church with her. It took a few attempts, but she finally convinced me to go with her. So I went and then found myself attending on a regular basis. I felt it was time for me to reconnect my relationship with the...
I Want to Change “C” from “Cancer” to “Christ”
A TESTIMONY IN THREE PARTS - PART THREE On March the 25th, 2019, I had an appointment at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida to start a new drug to see if my heart would function better. They admitted me so I could be monitored. Unfortunately, after a day and a half, they had to stop the drug. It was causing my heart to beat too fast. All the monitors in my hospital room were going off, signaling my heart was in distress. This was when I knew I had reconnected with Christ and made my...
Blessings in disguise
God's Sovereignty in our Suffering: Proverbs 31:10 posed a unique question when it asked, “An excellent wife who can find?” In response to this, I thought about several Biblical marriages and was hard pressed to find many wives who would fit the bill. Solomon, who had 700 wives, gave this gem of wisdom in Proverbs 21:9, “It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.” I’m not sure how many houses he owned, but Solomon probably spent a lot of...
Resources
Growing in Christ
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- Know Your Bible| Paul Kent
- How to Study Your Bible| Kay Arthur, David Arthur, Pete De Lacy
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- Help! My Bible is Alive!| Nicole Unice
- Thrill Ride: Thriving Through Life’s Ups and Downs | René Schlaepfer
- The Wonderful Spirit-Filled Life | Charles Stanley
- Surprised by the Power of the Spirit | Jack Deere
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- Holy Habits | Mimi Wilson and Shelly Cook Volkhardt
- Who I Am in Christ | Neil Anderson
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Prayer
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- A Grandmother’s Prayers | Kay Swatkowski
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- The Power of a Praying Woman | Stormie Omartian
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- The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children | Stormie Omartian
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- Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe | Sharon Jaynes
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- The Art of Listening Prayer | Seth Barnes
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- God Guides | Mary Geegh
Deliverance
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- Breaking Free Bible Study | Beth Moore
- Overcoming the Adversary | Mark I. Bubeck
- Scarlet Threads: How Women of Faith Can Save Their Children, Hedge in their Families, and Change the Nation | Perry Stone
- Victory Over the Darkness | Neil T. Anderson
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- The Bondage Breaker Youth Edition | Neil T. Anderson
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- I Give You Authority Practicing the Authority Jesus Gave Us | Charles H. Kraft
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- Understanding the Occult | Josh McDowell & Don Stewart
- Prophetic Deliverance The Missing Ministry of Jesus in the Church | Tim Matther
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Love and Marriage
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- And the Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity | Dannah Gresh
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- When God Writes Your Love Story: The Ultimate Guide to Guy/Girl Relationships | Eric Ludy and Leslie Ludy
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- The Meaning of Marriage Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God | Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller
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- Before You Say I Do: A Marriage Preparation Guide for Couples | Norman Wright & Wes Roberts
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- Love and Respect | Emerson Eggerich
- Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married | Gary Chapman
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- 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage: Updated & Expanded | David and Claudia Arp
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Family and Parenting
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- Foundations: 12 Biblical Truths to Shape a Family | Ruth Chou Simons & Troy Simons
- Celebrating the Christian Year: Building Family Traditions Around All the Major Christian Holidays | Martha Zimmerman
- Treasuring God in Our Traditions | Noel Piper
- The 52-Week Family Devotional: A Year of 5-minute Devotionals to Help Kids, Teens, and Parents | Everyday Grace
- The Pearls of Love and Logic for Parents and Teachers | Jim Fay & Foster W. Cline, M.D.
- Love and Logic Solutions for Kids with Special Needs | David Funk
- Love and Logic: More Ideas About Parenting with Less Stress | Jim Fay, Charles Fay, Ph. D., & Foster W. Cline, M.D.
- Rivers of Grace: Raising Children by the Spirit Rather than the Law | Mark and Patti Virkler
- Raising Lambs Among Wolves | Mark I. Bubeck
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God's Word - Our Firm Foundation
VISION & MISSION
OUR MISSION ~ TheJoyWeaver Community is a discipleship, writing, mentoring, and prayer ministry to strengthen, encourage, and comfort The Body of Christ.
JOHN 15:7-11 (NAS)
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.
Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.
If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
These things I have spoken to you so that MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU, and that your joy may be made full.
OUR VISION for every faithful Biblical follower of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:
Know Him personally
Love Him intimately
Serve Him faithfully
AS ONE.
EPHESIANS 4:1b-7 (NAS)
…walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called
with all humility and gentelness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
There is ONE body and ONE Spirit, just as also you were called in ONE hope of your calling;
ONE Lord, ONE faith, ONE baptism,
ONE God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.