SUNDAYS WITH JOYCE

 

 

WORKS

 

Romans 1:28....And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose

Psalm 19:1....For the director of music. A psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

1Peter 1:2.....Who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance

Phillipians 1;6.....Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Collossians 3:23..... Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. 

Genesis 2:15.....The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 

Ephesians 3:20.....Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us

 

 

 

God said:

Let Me just enfold you in My arms. Stay with Me today. Take ten steps with Me today, and then you will take more and more. Keep Me with you today. Think of how happy you make Me. Think of how loved you are, and what you mean to Me. You are an expression of Myself. I am enchanted by you. Think of Me.

I do keep My eye on you, and you are My delight. You always make Me smile. I am either responding to your smile, or I am smiling affectionately at your foolishness. In any case, I exult in you, My happiness.

I am never alone. I always have you in My awareness. I take you everywhere with Me, even though I go nowhere. It seems like we go someplace. It seems like We dance on the top of a mountain or on the top of a pin. It seems like We dive into the Ocean of Love, and yet how do We dive into the Ocean when We have never come out of it? We are square in the middle of the Ocean. We can only dive deep into the depths of Our One Heart, the One Heart that you think is manyfold.

We are singularly One.

Beloveds, you have never been adrift on the surface of the Ocean. Waves come and go, yet you are immovable in the Ocean. The Ocean stirs, and yet the Ocean is still. You ride on the shoulders of the Ocean even as you are at Its depth. You swim, you dive, you cross-crawl without moving away even one inch from My heart. I would not have it any other way. The flow of your swimming or coasting on your back is the flow of My heartbeat.

In a way, you show off for Me. You show Me what you can do. "Watch me," you say. And I, Who hold you in My arms, I answer: "I am watching you. I see you. I see what a good swimmer and diver you are." And, all the while, I hold you fast in My arms. I secure you close to Me. I am indeed your Security, beloveds.

Now, this is not to make you beholden to Me. This is not for you to clutch hold of Me because there is no alternative or because you think you'd better get on the good side of Me. You are already indisputably on My good side. There is nothing for you to gain by being close to Me but your awareness of Our closeness.

What a wonderful thing your awareness is, most especially your awareness of Me. Be aware of Me, as I am aware of you. There is nothing to it. It is perfectly natural. You were born for this, beloveds. You were born in order to find out how intimate We are. You were born in order to find out We are One, and then to exult in this Oneness of Oneness. We were never twain, beloveds. We were always One, and there is nothing else you can be or I can be but Oneness.

We are the Oneness of Love that can only be Itself. Love is all We are and all that We know to do. We can't help it. When love bobbed to the surface of the Ocean, it was still love. Love cannot stop. We have loved forever, and Our love never wears out.

Our love is the adventure of a lifetime, rather, the adventure of Eternity. Here We are, and there is nowhere to go. We are love on love, love layered in Oneness.

We are like cloth that is white on white, and that is the whole cloth, and that is the whole story of Who We are and What We are to each other.

There is no away-ness, beloveds, only Awareness.

　

SUNDAYS WITH JOYCE

 

Apologetics

1. Be light o the world    Mathew 5:14    Ye are the light of the world.  A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
2. Be ready with answer    1 Peter 3:15    But, sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:  and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.
3. Be salt    Matthew 5: 13    Ye are the salt of the Earth:  but if the salt has lost its savor, where with shall it be salted?  It is henceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men
4. Contend for the faith    Jude 3    Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
5. Paul reasoned with the Jews and the Gentiles    Acts 17:2; 18:4,9    And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scripture.    And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.    And he came to Ephesus, and left them there:  but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

 

 

 

When you have a decision to make, know that what you decide is not monumental. Here is some monumental advice, however: Do not make decisions from fear, nor make decisions to prove that you are not afraid. Do not try to prove anything.

Do not be afraid in the first place. And do not promulgate fear. Be careful about warning others about what you fear. Fear promotes fear. Remember the story about the little red hen who sincerely thought the sky was falling. Do not be a fear-monger.

When you see a fire, yell “Fire!” and run for the exit. Do not yell, “Fire!” ahead of time. This is what you have often done. All the terrible things that could happen. There could always be a fire, beloveds.. Come from the predilection of No Fire.

Are not your thoughts powerful? Negative thoughts carry their seeds with them. Positive thoughts as well. Remind yourself to carry powerful high-vibration thoughts and abandon powerful low vibration thoughts. You shudder to think of impending doom. How do you feel when you think of Heaven and Me? Pretty good, I would say. Place your bets where you want them to be.

You have a choice as to which end of the pool you dive in. You have a choice as to which chair to sit in. You have a choice to lead your thoughts. They don’t have to lead you.

Beloveds, when all is said and done, you are responsible for your thoughts. You are not a weather vane that blows in the wind. Be more like an anchor. Anchor your thoughts where they work well for you.

You do not choose for yourself alone. Your thoughts are not secluded. Your thoughts are like a computer key that you press, and your thoughts are impressed upon the universe. Voiced or unvoiced, your thoughts are impulses of electricity that reach far. You are a wireless, beloveds. Do not just pass on messages that are given to you. Originate healthy messages.

What message do you send on the airwaves today? If you were given the privilege of standing on a mountain top and saying something for the whole world to hear, what would you say?  Would you say, “Watch out!” or would you say, “The blessings of God are upon us.”

Perhaps you would say: “The sun is shining.  Join me on this mountain top. The view is marvelous.”

 

FINISH THE THOUGHT...(Back By Request)

 

 

1. What kind of mood did you wake up with this morning?

2. What is your theme song for today?

3. The color of your cell phone?

4. How many TV's are in your house?

5. What did your breakfast consist of?

6. How long would it take you to explain love ?

7. Are you right-handed or left-handed?

8. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?

9. Have you ever been rendered unconscious?

10. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? Why, or why not?

11. If you could change anything about you , what would it be?

12. What food could you eat every day, for a week and not get sick of?

13. What are your pizza toppings of choice?

14. What do you like to put on your steak?

15. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $10,000?

16. What is your favorite resturant?

17. Last person you talked to?

18. Last person you hugged?

19. What is your favorite season?

20. what is your favorite holiday?

21. Day of the week?

22. What kind of mood are you in right now?

23. What are you listening to?

24. What's the last movie you saw?

25. What's on your wish list for your birthday?

26. Can you do the newest dances?

27. Does the future make you more nervous, or excited?

28. What is the last song that made you cry?

SUNDAYS WITH JOYCE

 

HOPE

Be ready to explain your hope to others....... 1 Peter 3:15...... But sanctify the Lord the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear

Be strong and take courage....... Psalms 31:24..... Be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord

Confident Assurance....... Hebrews 11:1..... Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen

God's plan involves hope....... Jeremiah 29:11..... For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end

Hope gives endurance....... 1 Thessalonians 1:3..... Remember without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father

Hope springs eternal.......1 Corinthians 13:13.....

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

　

　

Grace Comes Unexpectedly

Grace comes unexpectedly
In barns on bitter nights,
Ultimately ordinary
Lest we claim our rights.
Invisible to those who see,
A veil to those who know,
No miracle or mystery
Descends to us below;
Just immanence immaculate
Awake within our sleep,
Salient as a centipede
Out strolling on a heap,
Not strange enough to keep.

 

　

 

Opening Our Hearts To Love

Let us open our hearts
the way we open a book we love,
not as a check-book,
wanting to know your balance.
Your balance of love is full.
There never can be a debit.
This is what you must know.
Your heart is full of love.

It doesn't matter how much
or how little other people love.
It matters how much you love.
Stir love in your own heart
and to open it up the way you would a door
to the beloved house you were born in.

This heart is not only where you have lived
and loved, this is where you live and love now.
There is no life but of the heart.
And your heart is not meant to be a secret passage.
There is no code to get in except the code of love,
and that is an open book where the pages turn automatically.

There is no use in stocking your love.
You must take it off the shelves.
Love hoarded is not love.
Only love given is love.

There are not meant to be closets for love to hang in.
Love is to be exposed to the elements.
Your love is to enter other hearts
so other hearts become aware
of the love that is already there.

If your heart needs reprogramming,
reprogram it now.
Set it back to its original fullness.
There are no empty hearts,
only deluded ones.
Give your heart a briefing.
If it has been stalled, set it afire now.
Rev it up. Get it into gear. Let it go.
Let it race to other hearts and get them going.
Let your heart revolve around love.

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Whoso loves, believes the impossible

Who has not found the heaven below
Will fail of it above.
God's residence is next to men,
His furniture is love

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

We need not think alike to love alike.

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.

Love must be as much a light as it is a flame.

You Bring Me Joy

 

 

In some kind of way each of you brings me JOY...

What bring you sheer Joy?