Author: Joy Forney

The Call of Forgiveness

Hi Ladies! I am so glad to be here with you for another week of our You Are Forgiven study. I hope that you are changing and growing during this pruning of our hearts, minds, and beliefs throughout this study. It is the beginning of Fall time there in the

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The Result of Forgiveness

THE RESULT OF FORGIVENESS Oh friends, I am overjoyed to be here with you today. God is working in and amongst us through this study, isn’t He? Can you feel it? There is a new thing coming… and it is called the result of forgiveness! So far along this journey

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The Conclusion

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments,  For this is man’s all.  For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.” – Ecclesiastes 12:13-14   Solomon has taken us on one wild ride, hasn’t he? I’ve felt

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Work and Rest

 “Go, eat your bread with joy, And drink your wine with a merry heart; For God has already accepted your works. Let your garments always be white, And let your head lack no oil. Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He

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Remain Steadfast

I’ll be honest. These past few weeks, well months actually, have been really difficult for me. I have been struggling to trust God in a situation in our lives. I, to be honest, have been rather upset at Him for not working out my circumstances in the way I felt

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Eternity in Their Hearts

 “What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what

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Jesus Saves Sinners

“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those

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Prince of Peace

  I honestly can’t even imagine what it must have been like for a host of angels to suddenly show up on the horizon, in the sky, praising together the name of God. In those sacred, holy moments God really shows up and displays His glory {albeit just a tiny

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More Than Enough

Jehovah Jireh. Yes, He is our provider, but there are times when Christians think this means health, wealth, happiness, ease and comfort. And this line of thinking leads me to ask the question: What about my neighbor here in Uganda, whose husband skips out when it’s time to pay school

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On Sowing

There are really only two ways about it. Paul lets us know in no uncertain terms that what we sow, we shall reap. In our verses today: “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to

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