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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

Mere Man

Read: Psalm 56 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. (v. 3) In the United States, many people remember where they were on September 11, 2001. The

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Devotionals

Troubled

Read: 1 Samuel 1:9-17 But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring

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Devotionals

In Times of Uncertainty

Read: Matthew 6:25-34 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? (v. 27) “Your biopsy results came back and both are

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Devotionals

Why?

Read: Job 3:20-26 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? (v. 23) I am sitting in our local library as I

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Devotionals

God, Our Refuge

Read: Psalm 121 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. (v. 5) The game of soccer fills a portion of our family calendar

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Devotionals

A Very Present Help

Read: Psalm 46 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. (v. 7) Hardship + Worry = Feelings of Isolation. I allow this equation

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Devotionals

Humility in Prayer

READ : Luke 18:9-14 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted. (v. 14) It doesn’t take too much digging into the

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