My Daily Devotions for Facebook (Volume 2)

De: James Thomas Lee Jr

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

This book is the second daily devotion book that I have written for regular daily use on Facebook. As such, it is very similar to the first devotion book that I wrote for Facebook. The main difference, however, is that many of the devotions in this book are based on some of the other books that I have also written. For example, some of the devotions are based on the characters that were identified in my book entitled "A Guide for Life Is God for Life." Some are based on the book "Twenty-one Steps to Living One's Best Life." Some are based on the book "The Apostate Church Will Soon Be Here." Some are based on the book "Marriage and How to Have a Godly Home." Some are based on the book "Becoming a Christian and Living a Blessed Life." So by bringing those ideas into this book, one can get small glimpses of Bible truth in brief one-page summaries rather than having to read through the entire book upon which many of these daily devotions have been based.

That might be very helpful since so many people are so busy. The most important thing for any person in this life is to come to Jesus through faith in the right spirit and with the right attitude to be saved. After that, the second most important thing is to serve the Lord however He is leading. Therefore, it is hoped that this book will be a daily help as people try to do those two things. It is also hoped that the Lord will be honored, praised, and glorified by this presentation of His Word. The Bible should be each person's handbook for daily living. It is the most important and clearly most profitable book ever written. II Timothy 3:16-17 says, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." So read it. Enjoy it. Live by its never-failing principles.

Now before concluding this Introduction, there is still one more important thing to share. It is that from a spiritual perspective, one might say that all people can be divided into the three groupings of J-O-Y, Y-O-J, or just Y. That being the case, it is the belief of this author that the most content and most satisfied people in all the world are the J-O-Y's. The least content and least satisfied are the Y-O-J's. The unhappiest and most miserable individuals are the Y's. So who are the J-O-Y's, the Y-O-J's, and the Y's? They are the individuals whom Jesus identified in Matthew 22:37-39. Those verses say, "…Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

So based upon those verses, the letter "J" stands for Jesus. The letter "O" stands for others. The letter "Y" stands for yourself. So putting it all together, the most content, most satisfied people in this world are those who consistently put Jesus first, others second, and themselves last (J-O-Y). For example, the medical report is not so good. J-O-Y. The car breaks down. J-O-Y. This is not a really great day. J-O-Y. I did not want that to happen. J-O-Y. But the unhappiest and most miserable individuals in this world are the Y-O-J's and the Y's because they consistently put themselves before everyone else and everything else. So this devotion book has been written to try to daily encourage everyone to be a J-O-Y. That means that a good response to every situation in life is J-O-Y no matter how unpleasant the circumstance.