Those things weren’t for sale either, and they’re still not
Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God. (Luke 12:21 NLT)
If you give Him your love, your obedience, and your life…
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. (1 John 5:5 ESV)
You wonder
Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. (Psalm 37:5–6 NLT)
There are many “destinations”
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all. (2 Thessalonians 3:16 ESV)
Profound and intense happiness
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 1 Pietro 1:8 KJV)
We need to be thankful
For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. (Psalm 33:21 ESV)
So, relax. Trust Me
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. (Psalm 28:7 ESV)
We cultivate joy
In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. (Psalm 33:21-22 NIV)
Faith, hope, and gratefulness
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy. (1 Peter 1:8 NIV)
He did promise
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. (Psalm 146:5)
Renewed zest for life
Your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart. (Jeremiah 15:16 ESV)
Life is certainly not easy
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you. (Psalm 55:22)
Even if you feel like…
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! (Psalm 100:1, 4 ESV)
Wear a smile
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. (Psalms 4:7 ESV)
Practicing Gratitude
A glad heart makes a happy face; a broken heart crushes the spirit. (Proverbs 15:13 NLT)
Trust in the Lord
Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. Be still in the presence of the Lord and wait patiently for him to act. (Psalm 37:5–7 NLT)
Happiness is…
That you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17-19 ESV)
A prayer for Christmas
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. (Romans 11:36 KJV)