I want to try something different for this particular study. Let’s swap different definitions of “joy” in place of the word “joy” itself and see if we can get a deeper understanding of that particular scripture.
Psalm 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but [...]
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Fruit of the Spirit – Joy – Interpretation of Scriptures
Posted in Biblestudies on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fruit of the Spirit – Joy (Scriptures)
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There were many more scriptures for the subject Joy, however I was led to expound on these few scriptures. What will follow later is my interpretation of these chosen scriptures and the reason why I chose them.
Psalms 30:5Psalms 51:12James 1:2-3Phillipians 2:2
Psalms 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may [...]
Fruit of the Spirit – Joy
Posted in Biblestudies on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Joy – Gladness of heart; exuberance
When I look in a thesaurus for the word “joy“, the words that flowed were almost non-stop. If you cross-reference each of the words that you find for “joy”, you find yourself coming up with more and more definitions. Now these were just a few of the words that I [...]
Scriptures on Love
Posted in Biblestudies on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Proverbs 10:12John 13:351 Corinthians 131 John 4:7-8, 18
Proverbs 10:12
“Hatred stirreth up strife: but love covers all sins.”
That scripture speaks for itself. If there is any chaos, bitterness, anger, resentment, dissension, love can be a shield or a buffer for all of that. Hatred is an abomination. Love is more powerful than hatred. It’s easy to [...]
Come on Lord, Light my Fire
Posted in Biblestudies, Commentary on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ever since it’s discovering to man, fire has become an invaluable resource. We use it to cook our food and heat our homes and sometimes to even rid ourselves of excess garbage (burning dead leaves, etc. )
We also use fire as an expression meaning an all consuming feeling that doesn’t seem to be able to [...]
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