Apr 15

  • haleyjones
    haleyjones added a text contribution It means nothing
    All I once thought gain, I have counted loss. Spent and worthless now, compared to this: Knowing you, Jesus Knowing you. There is no greater thing You're my all, You're the best You're my joy, my righteousness And I love you, Lord! Nothing I own compares to the joy found in knowing Christ!! All I have and do should bring glory to Him. To be found in Christ is to gain. :) Read more »

Apr 9

  • haleyjones
    haleyjones added a text contribution Count it pure joy.
    Count it pure joy? That's not easy to do....I know that when I'm going through things, it's so easy to question God's plan for my life. "The testing of your faith develops perserverance. Perserverance must finish its work so that [I] may be mature and complete, not lacking in anything." Read more »

Apr 4

  • haleyjones
    haleyjones added a text contribution Not of this world
    I love these verses! It's such a good reminder to me to know that I'm NOT supposed to be living like "the world." God tells us to present our bodies as a living, holy sacrifice. It's so easy to come to God. We can come JUST LIKE WE ARE. He tells us to renew our minds [daily, by spending time with Him] so that we can glorify Him! He also warns not to think too highly of ourselves [that "holier than thou" attitude!]. I like this, because it humbles me to know tha… Read more »
  • haleyjones
    haleyjones added a text contribution Being a Doer.
    It's so hard to be slow to speak, especially when someone attacks us. It's our natural instinct to defend ourselves. This is my challenge for myself: to be slow to speak and slow to get angry. Even though it's tough, I want to kill people with kindness! By thinking about my words before I say them, it's so much easier to not say something you'll regret later! Read more »

Apr 3

  • haleyjones
    haleyjones added a text contribution God's timing
    I'm a huge planner and a lot of times, I really struggle with waiting on the Lord. I struggle with his answers to me! I can totally relate to Mary and Martha in this! They called on Jesus, but he didn't get to them until after Lazarus had been dead for four days. Lazarus was probably really stinking it up. But, it was all part of God's timing. I see two views on this. 1. Mary and Martha felt like they could call on the Lord. They had such a close relationship with Jesus that t… Read more »