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Welcoming Words Newsletter    April 2024

By Debbie Sorensen

Inspiration

Today’s Focus:  Where does inspiration come from?

Application: Here are some helpful suggestions to move from discouragement to joy.

  1.) Pray. Try something new in this regard. Set aside a short eight minutes when you get up. Use two minutes to be quiet and come into God’s presence. Read a passage of Scripture for two minutes. Take two minutes to praise and thank God for his blessings. Spend the last two minutes interceding for the needs of others and yourself.   

2.) Stand for God. Use His Word to advocate for what is right. Exhort others to return to the Ten Commandments.  

 3.) Do good. Reach out to others. Look people in the eye and greet them. Make a quick phone call to say “Hello, I’m thinking of you.” Send a text of encouragement. Be willing to open a door, or let someone step ahead of you in line.

Joy, is as close as a sincere welcoming word. God created a new world from nothing, and He said, ‘It was good.’ Joy is good for body and soul. If you feel you have no joy, give it to the Sovereign God of the universe and allow Him, to create something, out of your nothing. 

Isaiah 42:16 NKJV tells us. “I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, and not forsake them.”

Why it matters:  

We all have heavy burdens in life. Use words that welcome and encourage others. Those burdens can be shared and a load lightened. 

In Psalms 30:5b NKJV, “Weeping may endure for a night. But joy comes in the morning.”

Contact:  Debbie Sorensen at [email protected]