17. How Do We Walk in Joy?

Welcome back to the kitchen table! Pull up a seat today as Bethany is talking about finding Joy through God’s grace. Surprisingly enough, the word joy doesn’t have anything to do with a feeling at all. The word joy in greek means grace recognized. Some days it is hard to find Joy. Maybe it’s your kids not listening, they are fussing and fighting, or maybe you just have a million things on your to-do list for the day. It’s hard to feel joy in these moments!  Then we start to think, if it's hard to find joy in these light afflictions, what are we going to do when the hard stuff hits? 

God promises us his grace in all the moments. God’s grace rescues us. His grace can release us from the bondage of the places that we feel held back or ashamed. The gospel changes everything. 

 

This week Bethany shares 5 ways that God’s Grace can help us become anchored in Joy in our daily lives. 

 

It changes the way we walk

We don’t get burdened down as easy, but we know to quickly go to our source of Grace. No matter how many times I have to go back and be reminded of this grace. 

 

It changes our sight

God is the one we can run to in everything with our sight locked on him. Grace helps us recognize he is the one we need to see. 

 

It can deepen our faith

In the painful and hard moments we walk through, this will become our anchor. 

 

It helps us introduce faith to others

We get to share this grace with our kids and be the aroma of Jesus to our kids. 

 

It is promised that you will be filled with his joy

Romans 15:13 says, “may the God of hope fill you with all the joy and peace”

This is the way we walk, and this is what we put our hope in. 

 

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