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
TRUST AND OBEY
This hymn, learned in church when I was a child, drives my will forward when God calls my husband and I to take what feels like huge risks. When His voice rings clear, we obey to sit still, dig in, or step out, praying He'll strengthen us to remain surrendered as He works out His good and perfect will. Over years of repetitively walking by faith, and seeing how God works things out, we have gained confidence to anchor ourselves in His grip. Yet often, I grow weary when the journey winds longer...
MY PRAYER FOR YOU
Who is holding your heart right now? Who is your strength, encouragement, and support to get you through this day? Who will rejoice with you in triumph or cry with you in pain? I pray that as you read this, the Heavenly Father’s loving presence pours over you from head to toe, and that you hear His Holy Spirit say, “Pick Me.” God is with you. In this very moment, His breath is in your lungs, His design is in every building block of your DNA. His mind is eager to share wisdom and guidance with...
CELEBRATING COMMUNITY
Bill and I have been privileged to belong to numbers of communities that will never stop being missed. Chances are you’re reading this because you have been part of one or more of them. We have never forgotten you even as the years and miles have taken our journeys around the globe. Philippians 1:2-7a “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, in view of your...
SHARE THE GOOD NEWS
John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him.” John 14:1-3 “Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare 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.