Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20190516

May 16, 2019
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus taught us to be servants of one another, “even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:28 ESV) Life #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

May 16, 2019
By Joy Taylor

Father God, Abba, Yahweh Shammah, you are the God who is there. It is hard to watch someone I love go through great difficulty. The only thing I know to do is to lean into God’s promises that He holds us in His victorious right hand. He promised to never leave us. He promised us…

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Prayer for Today

May 15, 2019
By Joy Taylor

Father God, I humbly seek your will over all these for whose salvation we pray. Call them to you. Reveal Jesus in dreams and visions. Make his presence and reality undeniable. Give them the desire to please you greater than the desire to please man. Overwhelm them with your covenant love. Redeem them through your…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20190515

May 15, 2019
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus recognized what we must sacrifice to believe, but it pales in comparison to his sacrifice to give us eternal life, “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20190514

May 14, 2019
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus pointed us away from asking what deeds we can do to gain paradise, and he pointed us to the one Savior by whom we attain everlasting life, “And behold, a man came up to him, saying, ‘Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?’ And…

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Prayer for Today

May 14, 2019
By Joy Taylor

God of Hope, God of Salvation, God of Power and Might, there is none like you. Sometimes I forget that you love me and those for which I pray far more than is possible for me to comprehend. I forget that you work continually for the greater good and for your glory. I forget that…

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Prayer for Today

May 13, 2019
By Joy Taylor

Word of God, speak to us and heal us. Remove the impurities of our food, the infirmities from our bodies and unfaithfulness from our hearts. May your will hold sway. Be glorified in the outcome. I pray in the precious name and powerful authority of Jesus, according to the good and perfect will of the…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20190513

May 13, 2019
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus repeated important concepts, “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 10:39 and 16:25 ESV) Life #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20190512

May 12, 2019
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus is the narrow gate, “For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” (Matthew 7:14 ESV) Life #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

May 12, 2019
By Joy Taylor

Father God, you hear our prayers of longing. You hear our prayers of grief. You hear our prayers for our children. You hear our prayers for peace. You hear our prayers for the salvation of loved ones. You answer them according to your merciful will. Conform our hearts and morph our prayers to be your…

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