How to Live JOY-full
How to live Joy-FULL!
1) Spend time with the Lord before you get your day started, set your alarm clock 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes earlier to spend uninterrupted time with the Lord so that when your “house wakes up” you are already in a mind of Christ and ready to start your day with JOY!
2) Have daily time in nature, brisk walk around the neighborhood, sitting on the porch sipping coffee, do a local hike with your family or friends, take a quick trip to the beach etc. Nature is calming and it has been researched how people that are intentional in being in nature tend to be happier.
3) Make sure you are taking care of your physical body through some form of exercise: walking, jogging, yoga, water aerobics and the list goes on. It’s vital that you have a primary doctor that you see so that they can have a baseline of your health. Our bodies is the temple of God's Spirit, it’s essential that we take properly care of it.
4) Set emotional boundaries in your life, Before saying yes to various commitments don’t forget to take in consideration your emotional bandwidth. Try to look at what’s going on in your personal life and calendar before you commit and that way you can give your full Yes, it’s okay to say no if you know you won’t be able to give your Best with your Yes. There’s power in a no or not at this time, setting boundaries will help keep your JOY level full.
5) Simplify your home and mind: There’s been a huge push in the media over the last several years to embrace minimalism or to simplify our lives. Some of the main reasons are the less that we have to keep up with, clean and manage the more time we have to make meaningful connections and really have time to enJOY this one life God has given us!
I I challenge you/us to incorporate these five tips over the next twenty one days and see if you notice your JOY increases!
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*Bonus-JOY Ministries is focusing on Bible Verse Mapping so that we can get better and deeper understanding of the Word in an interactive way with other women.
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