Joy that comes from within!

Doubts prevent the happiness that faith wants to give you!

What are your biggest doubts? Doubts about your future? Doubts about your appearance? Even doubts about whether you are "good enough" for God? 🤔

Ah, these are all subjects that are very pleasing to the enemy. Because he knows, "If I can feed that lie, then you will never be truly happy." And you want to be happy, don't you? God wants you to be happy!

"Yes, but life just isn't always easy, Déborah. Do you really think God wants us to be happy?" You might like to ask me that question because it doesn't seem like that’s what God wants in your life right now.

What I tell you always comes from my heart. And I fill my heart with the word of God, which says:

"How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings. You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your river of delights.” (Psalm 36:7-8, NLT)

I love the clear connection of love and joy in this verse! It just emphasizes that God loves us even when we are "not good enough" in our eyes or fail over and over again (something the enemy wants to keep bringing to our attention).

But God wants to give us grace and give us joy to drink from His “river of delights” (see Psalm 36:8). He fills us with joy! Isn't that a beautiful picture?

Paul also reminds us of this truth: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV).

And that Paul, of all people—who had a, well, not sinless past—could trust God's grace like that is proof enough that we all can!

Don't let your doubts distract you… Because God wants to give you joy today! 😍

You are a miracle!