Today is a beautiful day, because “God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.” (Gen 2:3) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today beautiful day, because by faith you escaped worldly corruption due to sinful desires; and, now, “for this reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection and brotherly affection with love.” (2…

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Today is a beautiful day, because our enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour, but we can resist and stand strong in our faith with the help of the Holy Spirit. (1 Peter 5:8-10) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because Isaiah prophesied several hundred years prior to Jesus’ birth, saying “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight. I will put my Spirit on him and he will proclaim justice to the nations.” (Isaiah 42:1 and Matthew 12:15) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because “no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophets own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” (2 Peter 1:20 NIV) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because we recognize that troubled times and people who are “lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power” all…

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Today is a beautiful day, because “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is n law.” (Galatians 5: 22-23 ESV) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because athletes exercise with great determination and self-control to receive a perishable reward; believers work for imperishable kingdom rewards. (from 1 Corinthians 9:25) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because as we live a life to honor God, we don’t have to be like Felix “as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgement … was alarmed.” (Acts 24:25) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬