Findings: My Journey To Joy                            

This is the true story of a church in America's Bible Belt, the First Christian Church in Florissant, Missouri--a church with a meager beginning and record of steady growth for forty-nine years until the weight of sexual abuse charges against a youth minister left it, and its congregation, broken. This is a case history and analysis of those events.  

This is for the victims.—Joy S. Taylor, Author

Today is a beautiful day, because we can ask for the gift of the Holy Spirit; and our heavenly Father pours out His Spirit on us in response. (Luke 11:13) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Full Circle

Today is a beautiful day, because God gives each believer the manifestation of the Holy Spirit for the common good to show off His mighty works. (from 1 Cor 12:4-11) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because the Holy Spirit helps us; and he points us to Jesus. (from John 15:16) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because the Holy Spirit acted temporarily in the lives of the main characters in the Old Testament as God chose to use them for His purposes, but the Holy Spirit resides permanently in believers after God poured out His Spirit at Pentecost in the New Testament. (from Acts 2:1-18) ‪#‎joyinverse‬…

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Today is a beautiful day, because if you live in the Spirit, you are not under the law; and “the fruit of the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” (from Galatians 5:18-23) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because the Holy Spirit anoints like oil. (from Luke 4:18) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because the Holy Spirit and the breath of the Almighty mysteriously work together to give life. (from Psalm 104:29 and Job 33:4) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because the Holy Spirit is like wind and fire with a touch soft as candle warmth and fresh as the morning breeze, yet powerful as an inferno and stronger than a mighty rushing wind. (from Acts 2:1-3, Luke 3:16 and Matthew 3:11) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

The Fingerprints of God