Happiness Guide – Gratitude Journal Day 3 – October 16, 2019

By Connect UMC / October 16, 2019 /

This week we’re asking you practice journaling. Grab a notebook and for the next few days read the daily verse and journal question, then write your thoughts. Journaling can be a great way to “voice” or organize the jumble in our heart and mind to more clearly see God’s path for us. Wednesday Read: 1…

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Happiness Guide – Gratitude Journal Day 2 – October 15, 2019

By Connect UMC / October 15, 2019 /

This week we’re asking you practice journaling. Grab a notebook and for the next few days read the daily verse and journal question, then write your thoughts. Journaling can be a great way to “voice” or organize the jumble in our heart and mind to more clearly see God’s path for us. Tuesday Read: Philippians…

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Happiness Guide – Gratitude Journal Day 1 – October 14, 2019

By Connect UMC / October 14, 2019 /

This week we’re asking you practice journaling. Grab a notebook and for the next five days read the daily verse and journal question, then write your thoughts. Journaling can be a great way to “voice” or organize the jumble in our heart and mind to more clearly see God’s path for us. Monday Read: 1…

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Happiness Reflection Guide – October 11, 2019

By Connect UMC / October 11, 2019 /

Friday Read: Luke 21:1-4 1″ As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 3 “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth;…

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Happiness Reflection Guide – October 10, 2019

By Connect UMC / October 10, 2019 /

Thursday Read: 2 Corinthians 9:5-7 “5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given. 6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously…

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Happiness Reflection Guide – October 9, 2019

By Connect UMC / October 9, 2019 /

Wednesday Read: Luke 6:36-38 “36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For…

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Happiness Reflection Guide – October 8, 2019

By Connect UMC / October 8, 2019 /

Tuesday Read: Philippians 4:13-14 “13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.14 Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles.” (NIV Philippians 4:13-14) Study: Paul’s words are handled almost superstitiously—a spiritual rabbit’s foot—inscribed on skin or apparel with hopes of Divine favor. With the best of intentions, this phrase is rehearsed…

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Happiness Reflection Guide – Octoer 7, 2019

By Connect UMC / October 7, 2019 /

Monday Read: Acts 20:35 “35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ” (NIV Acts 20:35) Study: Have you ever considered the ability to give as a blessing? Most…

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Happiness Reflection Guide – October 4, 2019

By Connect UMC / October 4, 2019 /

Friday Read: Isaiah 12:2 2 Surely God is my salvation;    I will trust and not be afraid.The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense;    he has become my salvation.” Study: Could you be happy if you were in prison?  Or what if you were called at a young age to enter a cloistered monastery and live in seclusion throughout your life? …

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Happiness Reflection Guide – October 3, 2019

By Connect UMC / October 3, 2019 /

Thursday Read: Proverbs 3:27-29 27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,    when it is in your power to act.28 Do not say to your neighbor,    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—    when you already have it with you.29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,    who lives trustfully near you. Study: This is a…

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