Category: The Godward Life

Joy Is…

8 August, 2015 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 2 categories

  Joy is a by-product of self-forgetfulness. Those who hunt down Joy are perpetually frustrated, but those who walk humbly, prayerfully, and gratefully with God find Joy a regular companion on their journey. Instead of

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Joy Is…

1 August, 2015 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 1 category

Joy is picking a fight with the Devil because you can and knowing you can’t lose in the long run. “Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast

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Joy Is…

25 July, 2015 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 1 category

Joy is the unmistakable pulse of childlike self-forgetfulness and the herald of a coming kingship founded on humility. A joy-filled man, woman, or child is no longer preoccupied with self, but aimed upward and outward

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Joy Is…

11 July, 2015 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 1 category

  Joy is… Recalling your true identity, waking each morning to the assurances of God, and going to bed at night having pursued His calling.   “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,

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One Sentence Inspiration

4 July, 2015 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 1 category

“Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life…and the determined choice to praise God in every situation.” –Kay Warren

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One Sentence Inspiration

27 June, 2015 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 1 category

“No one who ever said to God, “Thy will be done” and meant it with his heart, ever failed to find joy—–not just in heaven, or even down the road in the future in this

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One Sentence Inspiration

30 May, 2015 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 2 categories

Some are lonely, most asleep, but we have come to make them leap!     painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Each Decision Is A Hammered Nail

23 May, 2015 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 2 categories

Each moment is a becoming: complaining or rejoicing, fearing or leaping. Each decision is a hammered nail in the eternal house of my soul.     Picture from http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcodede/72442746/ |Date=December 9, 2005 |Author=Marcos André

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