The Source of Real Joy

Friday’s Reflection

LOVING GOD, you are the source of real joy.
Help me to remember that
and to live in a way that
brings joy to me
and to those around me. Amen.

- Pockets, July 2011

From “My Journal,” page 16 in Pockets: For Kids Who Love God, July 2011. Copyright & copy; 2011 by The Upper Room. All rights reserved. Used by permission. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.

Today’s Question

Pray today’s prayer. Share your reflections.

Today’s Scripture Reading

Romans 8:1-11

This Week: pray for families. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
Tips for Your Spirit:
Personalizing Scripture: Sometimes we can personalize a passage of scripture by placing our own name in it. Some passages lend themselves to becoming personal prayers as we make ourselves the recipients of God’s Word. Try the practice, Personalizing scripture.
Saints, Inc.:
This week we remember Alice Paul (July 9).
Lectionary Readings:

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