Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.- Romans 15:13

The Lord has promised us a sense of joy in every circumstance we face.

These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. - John 15:11

What did Jesus do during storms? He rested! Think about that.....So with everything going on in the world, the storms of global war anxiety, alongside financial struggles and the emotional stresses of life, how can you REST? How can you hold onto your inner peace and joy and not lose it? The apostle Paul tells us in (Romans 15:13 above) that through BELIEVING, through the experience of your faith, the Holy Spirit will fill you with hope. The all important key is belief. It's OK to have questions and doubts but don't ever doubt that God loves you, Jesus paid too high a price for you on the cross, for you to doubt his love, and don't doubt his faithfulness towards you.

One Bible teacher writes: 'I remember one evening when I was feeling strongly dissatisfied and discontented. I had no peace or joy and was absolutely miserable. I read (Romans 15:13 above) and it was a 'rhema word' to me. My problem was simple, I was doubting instead of believing. I was doubting God's unconditional love for me, doubting that I could hear from him, doubting his call on my life, doubting that he was pleased with me. I was filled with doubt....doubt....doubt. When I saw the problem and got back into faith and out of doubt....my joy and peace returned immediately. I found the same thing to be true again and again in my life. If your joy and peace are gone, check your belief and then seek God.

I personally, in the darkest time in my life, suffering despair and suicidal depression over the betrayal of my husband and the loss of my marriage, was advised to turn to formal prayer, because every time I prayed in tongues I ended up in tears. I discovered for the first time the beauty of liturgical prayer and then the Holy Spirit filled me with peace and joy that was beyond understanding, completely outside of my circumstances. It is in part what inspired this website. I wasn't special, I wasn't more righteous than you, far from it ......thankfully God is merciful and forgiving, He looks at us and sees Jesus righteousness! I didn't deserve it, none of us do, it is by His Grace.....all I did was seek HIM!