How Making Comparisons will Always Steal Your Peace, Hope, and Joy
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How Making Comparisons will Always Steal Your Peace, Hope, and Joy

It’s the season of comparisons. Advertisers tempt us to compare every part of our celebrations so they can entice us to make purchases that will “make us feel better about ourselves.” Theodore Roosevelt once said… “Comparison is the thief of joy.” And I believe he was right. The enemy of our souls uses comparisons in…

How to Find the Joy You Want When Life is Hard
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How to Find the Joy You Want When Life is Hard

Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.  James 1:2 This is how Jesus’ half brother, James, began his letter to Christian Jews who had scattered to other parts of the Mediterranean world because of persecution. Can you imagine? Other translations say… Consider it nothing…