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Joseph Mazzella

Ah! There You Are!

"I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them." (John 17:13  NIV) I misplaced my joy this morning. I woke up to find it missing like a set of lost keys. I started...

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A Wet Walk

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance." (James 1:2-4 NIV) A walk with my boys got cut short the other day. We had been out for just a little while when...

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A Better Life

"Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare." (Isa 55:2 NIV) "I want a better life." That has become the slogan of our society today....

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Work

"The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy." (Ps 126:3 NIV) I noticed something unusual today as I was working around the house: I wasn’t really working at all. I wouldn’t call it work when I was making the spaghetti for dinner, because I was...

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Winter in the Mountains

"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they...

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What Can Be…

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation" (2 Cor 5:17-18 NIV) Albert Einstein once said, "Most people see...

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Time to Live

"There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven." (Eccl. 3:1) The longer I live the more I realize just how precious a thing time is. Time is our most valuable resource. It is the one thing that we would all like to have more of. The...

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The Pursuit of Happiness

"You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever." (Ps. 16:11 NASU) There is a wonderful quote from Ben Franklin that always makes me laugh and smile. It goes, "The Declaration of...

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Pay Attention

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." (Ps 19:1 NIV) God gave me another gentle reminder of what is essential this morning. I was rushing around trying to get too many things done at once and not doing any of them very well....

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