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Tag Archives: Joy

Love is the Fruit

Hospice Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on October 12, 2024 by Steve DurkacOctober 29, 2024

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” — Galatians 5:22-23 NIV Love is a unique quality to the Christian faith. The emphasis on love is not to be compared in the sacred writings from other religions like it is in the Bible. It identifies God as love and speaks extensively … Continue reading →

Posted in Team Reflections | Tagged devotional, faithfulness, forbearance, fruit of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23, gentleness, God, God is love, goodness, Holy Spirit, Joy, kindness, peace, Reflection, self-control

Joy and Laughter

Hospice Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on June 23, 2016 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

Last night at our Midweek Fellowship we were talking about the topic of joy, and afterwards I remembered two other important Bible verses that we could have looked at: • Nehemiah 8:10 – “for the joy of the Lord is your strength” • Proverbs 17:22 – “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.” Also, here … Continue reading →

Posted in Mere Observations | Tagged Joy, laughter, Nehemiah 8:10, Proverbs 17:22
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