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Joy Stories: Amazing Grace

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Joy Stories: Amazing Grace

by Diane Roe We all know the touching song, “Amazing Grace.” Instead of trying to sing that without crying, now I sing it smiling. The words “I once was lost but now I’m found, was blind but now I see,” speak volumes to me. I became lost at an early age through a circumstance that...

Got Joy? Latest JoyAlive.net posts 12-18-15

Catholic family / Fr. Bob Hilz / Jesus / Joy / Nancy Ward / Parenting / Prayer / Sacraments / Scriptures

Got Joy? Latest JoyAlive.net posts 12-18-15

A short story of Joy – Deanna learns from 8-year-old Cameron the importance of allowing children to make little sacrifices and experience the joy of sharing. Seven ways to love God by praising him – Seven ways to love God in return by praising him in hymns, songs, Scripture, spontaneous acclamations of gratitude for who God is. Friars's Corner: Cry out with...

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 9-11-15

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Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 9-11-15

Six Lessons of 9-11, part 2 – 9-11 taught me the lesson of the power of praise to bring us into his presence. Six Lessons of 9-11, part 1 – My cries of helplessness, which somehow came out as cries of praise, became an invitation to God to encompass the tragedy before me on 9-11....

The Miracle Prayer

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The Miracle Prayer

  Lord Jesus, I come before you, just as I am. I am sorry for my sins, I repent of my sins; please forgive me. I renounce Satan, the evil spirits and all their works. I give you my entire self, Lord Jesus. I accept you as my Lord, God and Savior. Heal me, Change...

The Glass of Milk

Healing / Hospitality / Identity / Nancy Ward

The Glass of Milk

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the...