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
He Makes Beautiful Things
As I arrived at the row I'd be sitting in Sunday morning, I saw people behind us I did not recognize. We shook hands over the chairs, making our introductions. I moved along toward my husband since church was about to start. I first met Michael, then Nikki, and next...! "Well, hello.....!" I exclaimed with surprise. She stood up, and we hugged over chairs, as instruments doused our conversation. I took my seat and joined in the singing. I'm so grateful for spiritual and relational family in...
Let Freedom Ring
In Galatians 5:1, 5, 13 the Bible says, "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery...For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness...For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another." After some really hard years due to circumstances beyond my control, I was struggling with victim mentality...
Jesus is the only way
In John 10:9, Jesus says, "I am THE DOOR; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture." In John 14:6, Jesus tells His disciples, "I am THE WAY, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me." One dusty afternoon in Senegal, while serving at Dakar Academy, I chatted with the neighborhood pharmacist who subscribed to the local religion. He parroted what many self-directed people in our world purport, "All roads lead to...
Shields & Swords
My husband can't breathe. Your car broke down again? Her family has the flu, for the second time, or third time. Their heaters went out last month, this month. His bank account drained faster than the kitchen sink! Adult children raised in Christ are running away from God. And I'm so restless at my job - up days and down days. Why do I fight this calling? It seems like one problem after another. People I love are struggling and can't seem to catch a break. What is going on, God? This stinks!!...
Faith like a child
Dear Abba, You sent your One and only Son, Jesus Christ, on an important mission to Earth. Jesus came shining - The Light; testifying - The Truth; leading us - The Way; reviving us -The Life. Jesus, God in the flesh, was and is the most important person in all of existence. He could have commanded boardrooms, palaces, and city gates. Instead he tended to fields of paupers, women, and children - The Good Shepheard. And Oh, the children...how Jesus loved the little children! "Let the little...
HELP!!
"God! I can't go on like this!" My marriage was a constant wrestling match. We were missionary dorm parents. We had handfuls of dorm children and four boys of our own. I was downright miserable with constant conflict, seething judgmentally over the most recent clash. In this chair on the flat roof of a two-story cement dorm in West Africa, I was desperate for a Holy Ally. As I read through my Bible in Psalms, God highlighted verses to let me know He had a...
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
- Kindle: How to Study Your Bible | Kay Arthur, David Arthur, Pete De Lacy
- 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
I'm in love with Jesus!
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.