Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200407

April 7, 2020
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because we are free to “Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!” (Psalm 9:11 ESV) Praise #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200406

April 6, 2020
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because “I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.” (Psalm 9:2 ESV) Praise #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

April 6, 2020
By Joy Taylor

Father God, I hear drums of war. I hear trampling of boots and rustling uniforms as heroic medical workers everywhere march daily to the battle with an invisible, yet devastating foe. When before have our troops gone to battle within the walls of our hospitals? They pause as they don their PPE long enough to…

Read the rest of this entry

Prayer for Today

April 5, 2020
By Joy Taylor

I am not alone in isolation. I am not alone in my struggle. I am not alone. Ironically, Lord, I have felt alone even in the midst of a huge congregation. Through the growth of my relationship with Jesus, I am no longer alone at any time. Thank you in your name above all names,…

Read the rest of this entry

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200405

April 5, 2020
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because David praised God even though threatened on all sides by his enemies, “I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.” (Psalm 7:17 ESV) Praise #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200404

April 4, 2020
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because God’s people confessed their sins and praised, “Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, ‘Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.’” (Nehemiah 9:5 ESV) Praise…

Read the rest of this entry

Prayer for Today

April 3, 2020
By Joy Taylor

King Jesus, my heart breaks for humanity as I see the numbers increase: the tests, the infected, the intubated, the dying. ‘Going viral’ is a terrible phrase. Forgive us, help us, Lord. Bring us up from this pit of darkness. Drive the threat away. Defeat the enemy. Bring us to a sacred space where we…

Read the rest of this entry

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200403

April 3, 2020
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because the Israelites remembered King David’s directions for praising God as they laid the foundation for rebuilding the temple, “And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals,…

Read the rest of this entry

Prayer for Today

April 2, 2020
By Joy Taylor

Jehovah Rapha, God our Healer, I come to your mercy seat to place all who suffer from the world-wide pandemic there for your favor and mercy. Touch them with your healing hand, Father. Jesus, make yourself known to them. Comfort them. Sustain them. Breathe life into their ravaged lungs. Help them to stand once again…

Read the rest of this entry

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200402

April 2, 2020
By Joy Taylor

Today is a beautiful day, because Jehoshaphat praised God for victory, “And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the LORD and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say, ‘Give thanks to the LORD, for his steadfast love endures forever.’”…

Read the rest of this entry