Trail Mix - 5.11.19

May 11, 2019 – “The joy that Jesus gives to those who ask is not natural exuberance, human enthusiasm, circumstantial exhilaration or manipulated emotion! It cannot not be worked up, it must come down from the “Man of sorrows!” Joy does not depend on (praise and worship, gospel songs, high church or whatever label you call it) music or the lack thereof. You can have joy in a jailhouse like Paul or on Patmos like John. Many modern services are dependent on “religious cheerleaders.” This is not the joy that Jesus offers.” Vance Havner


My prayer for you is that you might have the true joy of the Lord in all its fullness.

John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. KJV

“I have just uncovered alarming evidence that Jesus condoned bribery of the police force on a comprehensive scale. In his parable about settling with your opponent before going to court, he mentions that if you fail to do so you will end up in prison. ‘You will not get out’, he concludes, ‘until you have paid the last copper’. (Luke 12:59, RSV). Of course this could just be a corrupt text.”

2019 Bible Reading Schedule for today - 1 Chron. 7-9