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Joy Petroelje

Joy Petroelje serves as the grants manager for a faith-based international nonprofit organization. Aside from work, she enjoys family time, coffee or dinner with friends, writing, reading, and running.
Devotionals

Grateful for What Has Been

Read: Psalm 139 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! (v. 23) Are you grateful for how your life has gone so far?

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In Times of Need

Read: Matthew 5:1-16 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (v. 3) Today’s reading takes us back to the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus

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In Times of Plenty

Read: Proverbs 3:1-18 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. (v. 5) It’s easy to want more, isn’t it? More money.

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Gratitude Takes Focus

Read: Matthew 6:19-34 The eye is the lamp of the body. (v. 22) The closing verses of Matthew 6 are one of my favorite portions of Scripture. The reminders there

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Giving in Gratitude

Read: Galatians 6:1-10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone. (v. 10) In the United States, we’re approaching Thanksgiving, a day when we pause and

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Gratitude

Read: Psalm 100 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! (v. 4) Pastor, author, and speaker Max Lucado has defined

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Hope!

Read: Psalm 71:1-18 But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more. (v. 14) The author of Psalm 71 is a mystery. There is simply not enough

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Peacemakers

Read: Psalm 34:1-18 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. (v. 14) We live in a sinful world where many people feel that what they want

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Pockets of Love

Read: Psalm 15 He does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor bring shame on his friend. (v. 3 NASB) In a recent sermon I heard,

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