Rejoice!

Philippians 4:4 says, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!” This is a very interesting thing for Paul to say because he was sitting in a Roman prison at the time. (See Philippians 1:7 and 1:13.) Philippians was one of four letters that Paul wrote from prison, Read more…

Joy vs. Happiness

If you look up “happiness” and “joy” in the dictionary, there’s not much difference. Indeed, in my dictionary, one of the definitions of “happy” includes “joy,” and one of the definitions of “joy” includes “happy.” So is there a difference between “happiness” and “joy”? I believe there is. Let’s look Read more…