Archive for the 'Happiness' Category

“My Joy . . . Your Joy”

By Oswald Chambers on

These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full —John 15:11

What was the joy that Jesus had? Joy should not be confused with happiness. In fact, it is an insult to Jesus Christ to use the word happiness in connection with Him. The joy of Jesus was His absolute self-surrender and self-sacrifice to His Father— the joy of doing that which the Father sent Him…

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Can You Come Down From the Mountain?

By Oswald Chambers on

While you have the light, believe in the light . . . —John 12:36

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We all have moments when we feel better than ever before, and we say, “I feel fit for anything; if only I could always be like this!” We are not meant to be. Those moments are moments of insight which we have to live up to even when we do not feel like it. Many…

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