Have you ever desperately wondered: “Where did my joy go? And how do I get it back?” If yes, you’re in good company, friend.

Today's prayer of REST is based on Psalm 30:5: "Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning."

This season, we’re asking God to restore to us the joy of our salvation, and each week we’ll base our prayers on a different Bible passage that speaks of joy. Together, we’ll ask the Lord to do a new work in our hearts as we: 

• Recite God’s Goodness
• Express Our Neediness
• Seek His Stillness, and 
• Trust His Faithfulness

Throughout these guided prayers episodes and their corresponding “Behind-the-Scenes Conversations” with Asheritah and Hannah, you’ll discover God’s promise of delight to His children and learn how to claim His joy as your birthright—the promised fruit from God’s Spirit as we invite Him to do His good work in us.

This season of Praying for Joy is based on my brand new book – Delighting in Jesus: Rhythms to Restore Joy When You Feel Burdened, Broken, or Burned-Out, which releases December 3 and available wherever books are sold. (Amazon preorders guarantee the lowest price and helps more people discover the book too! Thanks for your support: https://amzn.to/3Zb5HAi) 

Until we meet again, may you find much joy in Jesus, the One who delights in you! 

💛 Asheritah 

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Have you ever read the verse about God delighting in our welfare and thought “Well God, You might want to do a wellness check on your girl because I’m not doing great…”? Or maybe you’ve thought, “I need to get myself in a better place so that God won’t be ashamed of me.” Have you been betrayed or abandoned? Are you navigating a dark night of the soul? Maybe you’re starting to think that surely by now God is tired of hearing from you about the same thing over and over… 

We get it. Pull up a seat, friend, and listen in. We’re getting gut-level honest, but just know: There is hope ahead.

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Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund

Psalm 35:27

Psalm 149:4

Please Be My Strength by Gungor

Psalm 42:3

Matthew 6:9-13

Psalm 41:10-12

Psalm 30:5

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DelightingInJesus.com 

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Have you ever desperately wondered: “Where did my joy go? And how do I get it back?” If yes, you’re in good company, friend.

Today's prayer of REST is based on Psalm 51:12, which teaches us that God delights in our salvation: "Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you." 

This season, we’re asking God to restore to us the joy of our salvation, and each week we’ll base our prayers on a different Bible passage that speaks of joy. Together, we’ll ask the Lord to do a new work in our hearts as we: 

• Recite God’s Goodness
• Express Our Neediness
• Seek His Stillness, and 
• Trust His Faithfulness

Throughout these guided prayers episodes and their corresponding “Behind-the-Scenes Conversations” with Asheritah and Hannah, you’ll discover God’s promise of delight to His children and learn how to claim His joy as your birthright—the promised fruit from God’s Spirit as we invite Him to do His good work in us.

This season of Praying for Joy is based on my brand new book – Delighting in Jesus: Rhythms to Restore Joy When You Feel Burdened, Broken, or Burned-Out, which releases December 3 and available wherever books are sold. (Amazon preorders guarantee the lowest price and helps more people discover the book too! Thanks for your support: https://amzn.to/3Zb5HAi) 

Until we meet again, may you find much joy in Jesus, the One who delights in you! 

💛 Asheritah 

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Read your Bible. Pray. Fast. Be in community. Share the Gospel. Worship. Go to church. Tithe. The list goes on and on! Spiritual disciplines can quickly feel like a burden, like something we’re failing at, or like one more thing on our to do list.

Guess what? You won’t find “read your Bible and pray every day” in the Bible! There is no “one right way” to connect with God because God created us one of a kind.

All of these things matter, but it’s time that we talk about the problem with spiritual disciplines and the FREEDOM that is ours in Christ Jesus. Listen in!

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My brand new book – Delighting in Jesus: Rhythms to Restore Joy When You Feel Burdened, Broken, or Burned-Out https://amzn.to/3Zb5HAi

John 15:15

Galatians 5:22-23

Matthew 11:28-30

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Luke 12:32

Revelation 3:20

Psalm 25:14

Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund

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Have you ever desperately wondered: “Where did my joy go? And how do I get it back?” If yes, you’re in good company, friend.

Today's prayer of REST is based on John 15:11, which teaches us that God delights in our joy: "I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!" 

This season, we’re asking God to restore to us the joy of our salvation, and each week we’ll base our prayers on a different Bible passage that speaks of joy. Together, we’ll ask the Lord to do a new work in our hearts as we: 

• Recite God’s Goodness
• Express Our Neediness
• Seek His Stillness, and 
• Trust His Faithfulness

Throughout these guided prayers episodes and their corresponding “Behind-the-Scenes Conversations” with Asheritah and Hannah, you’ll discover God’s promise of delight to His children and learn how to claim His joy as your birthright—the promised fruit from God’s Spirit as we invite Him to do His good work in us.

This season of Praying for Joy is based on my brand new book – Delighting in Jesus: Rhythms to Restore Joy When You Feel Burdened, Broken, or Burned-Out, which releases December 3 and available wherever books are sold. (Amazon preorders guarantee the lowest price and helps more people discover the book too! Thanks for your support: https://amzn.to/3Zb5HAi) 

Until we meet again, may you find much joy in Jesus, the One who delights in you! 

💛 Asheritah 

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What is at the *heart* of the Gospel? Would you be surprised if it turns out the answer is… JOY?

It’s true… Hebrews 12:2 says that what led Jesus to the cross was the JOY set before Him. Jesus deeply cares about your joy.

Grab your Bible and a pack of highlighters because we’re diving into 20+ verses about joy, delight, rejoicing and pleasure! And friend, this only scratches the surface. We challenge you to begin marking up every time you see joy or delight in Scripture… it won't be long until your Bible is covered in highlights from cover to cover.

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My brand new book – Delighting in Jesus: Rhythms to Restore Joy When You Feel Burdened, Broken, or Burned-Out https://amzn.to/3Zb5HAi

Take the free 60-second “what is your devotional personality type?” quiz: https://myonethingalone.com/worship-personality-assessment/

Psalm 149:4

Zephaniah 3:17

Psalm 147:11

Psalm 18:19

Jeremiah 9:24

Luke 15:7

Matthew 17:5

Luke 10:21

John 17:13

Matthew 25:23

Jude 1:24-25

Revelation 21:3

James 1:17

Matthew 5

Genesis 3

John 15:11

Luke 2:10

1 Corinthians 10:31

Matthew 11:19

Matthew 9:11-17

Numbers 6:24-26

Hebrews 12:2

Luke 24:13-34

The Essential Jonathan Edwards by Owen Strachan 

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Have you ever desperately wondered: “Where did my joy go? And how do I get it back?” If yes, you’re in good company, friend.

Today's prayer of REST is based on Zephaniah 3:17, which teaches us that God delights in His people: "For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”  

This season, we’re asking God to restore to us the joy of our salvation, and each week we’ll base our prayers on a different Bible passage that speaks of joy. Together, we’ll ask the Lord to do a new work in our hearts as we: 

• Recite God’s Goodness
• Express Our Neediness
• Seek His Stillness, and 
• Trust His Faithfulness

Throughout these guided prayers episodes and their corresponding “Behind-the-Scenes Conversations” with Asheritah and Hannah, you’ll discover God’s promise of delight to His children and learn how to claim His joy as your birthright—the promised fruit from God’s Spirit as we invite Him to do His good work in us.

This season of Praying for Joy is based on my brand new book – Delighting in Jesus: Rhythms to Restore Joy When You Feel Burdened, Broken, or Burned-Out, which releases December 3 and available wherever books are sold. (Amazon preorders guarantee the lowest price and helps more people discover the book too! Thanks for your support: https://amzn.to/3Zb5HAi) 

Until we meet again, may you find much joy in Jesus, the One who delights in you! 

💛 Asheritah 

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What’s more important: How we view God… or how God views us? A.W. Tozer and C.S. Lewis disagreed, and their thoughts sparked a powerful conversation about how too many of us have turned the Good News of the Gospel into “sin management.”

What actually IS the Gospel? Have we missed something that is wildly and wonderfully true? Listen in… there is very, very Good News ahead.

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My brand new book – Delighting in Jesus: Rhythms to Restore Joy When You Feel Burdened, Broken, or Burned-Out https://amzn.to/3Zb5HAi

The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9–13)

A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy

C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

Genesis 1-2

Revelation 21

Isaiah 59

Jeremiah 31:33-34

Isaiah 61:1-3

Psalm 13:3

Zephaniah 3:17

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DelightingInJesus.com

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Have you ever desperately wondered: “Where did my joy go? And how do I get it back?” If yes, you’re in good company, friend.

Today's prayer of REST is based on Psalm 13:3, which teaches us that God's delights in healing and restoring us: "Turn and answer me, O Lord my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die."

This season, we’re asking God to restore to us the joy of our salvation, and each week we’ll base our prayers on a different Bible passage that speaks of joy. Together, we’ll ask the Lord to do a new work in our hearts as we: 

• Recite God’s Goodness
• Express Our Neediness
• Seek His Stillness, and 
• Trust His Faithfulness

Throughout these guided prayers episodes and their weekly corresponding “Behind-the-Scenes Conversations” with Asheritah and Hannah, you’ll discover God’s promise of delight to His children and learn how to claim His joy as your birthright—the promised fruit from God’s Spirit as we invite Him to do His good work in us. We're excited to see how God will move in response to our prayers!

This season of Praying for Joy is based on my brand new book – Delighting in Jesus: Rhythms to Restore Joy When You Feel Burdened, Broken, or Burned-Out, which releases December 3 and available wherever books are sold. (Amazon preorders guarantee the lowest price and helps more people discover the book too! Thanks for your support: https://amzn.to/3Zb5HAi) 

Until we meet again, may you find much joy in Jesus, the One who delights in you! 

💛 Asheritah 

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“Sinners in the hands of an angry God” is one of the most well-known sermons of all time… but from cover to cover of Scripture, from the Garden of Eden to the marriage supper of the Lamb in Revelation, JOY is central to the Gospel. If you’re afraid or worried that God is angry with you, if you’re anxious because of God’s wrath, there’s really good news in this truth:

Scripture says that Jesus came to make manifest what has always been true about God the Father. What we see in Jesus’ life in the gospels – the way that He reaches out to people, the way He sacrificially loves and serves and seeks out the person who is lost, the way that He wept and danced and chose a wedding party for His first miracle – shows us that we have a JOYful God.

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My brand new book – Delighting in Jesus: Rhythms to Restore Joy When You Feel Burdened, Broken, or Burned-Out https://amzn.to/3Zb5HAi

John 1:18

1 Peter 1:3-4

Psalm 37:11

Matthew 5:5

Hebrews 7:25

Hebrews 4:14-16

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DelightingInJesus.com

The Bible Project https://bibleproject.com/

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✅ JUMPSTART YOUR BIBLE STUDY HABIT

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A story FIVE years in the making… Have you ever desperately wondered “Where did my joy go? And how do I get it back?” You read your Bible, you pray, you have faith… but you’re in a dark valley and delight has disappeared. Friend, if you can relate to the words “I’m a Christian, but I don’t feel joyful right now”, this conversation kicking off Season 12 of the podcast: Prayers for Joy, is for YOU.

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My brand new book – Delighting in Jesus: Rhythms to Restore Joy When You Feel Burdened, Broken, or Burned-Out https://amzn.to/3Zb5HAi

Hannah’s podcast, There’s More https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theres-more/id1501884275

John 12:32

Psalm 16:11

Psalm 23

Acts 2:4, 28

Exodus 33

2 Corinthians 3:18 

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