Five Reasons to Be Happy Today – Psalm 100

Five Reasons to Be Happy Today – Psalm 100

by | Oct 29, 2016 | Word for Today

There’s so many reasons to be happy today.

  1. A believer in Christ can be glad because he has chosen his God… the one true God.
  2. A believer in Christ knows that God made us and we are being shaped by Him.
  3. A believer in Christ knows that we are God’s people and He shepherds us.
  4. A believer in Christ can experience the joy that comes with a grateful heart to our God who sustains us and leads us throughout life.
  5. A believer in Christ can be sure that God is good, His mercy is everlasting and His truth endures.

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Psalm 100

1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

 

I’ve Been On My Own Since I Was 12

I’ve Been On My Own Since I Was 12

by | Sep 15, 2016 | High Impact Stories, Ministry To Fatherless, Ministry Update, Word for Today

on_my_ownYesterday, I was with a group of six high school boys in one of our outreach programs in a juvenile facility. Two of the six boys made this statement, “I’ve been on my own since I was twelve.”

They went on to explain they weren’t homeless since age twelve but they were “on their own” in the sense that their parents had essentially “checked out” on them by the time they were twelve. In some cases, fathers leave and never return and moms fall into crime or are battling addictions at such a deep level they can’t function well enough to be a parent.

There are no easy answers, but I’d like to hear from others who have overcome difficult circumstances like this. What advice would you give a teenager who said, “I’ve been taking care of myself since age twelve.”