{"id":28126,"date":"2021-07-15T19:20:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T23:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=28126"},"modified":"2021-08-20T10:30:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:30:53","slug":"pastors-ponderings-the-gift-of-laughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=28126","title":{"rendered":"Pastor’s Ponderings: The Gift of Laughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pastor Jim submitted the following thoughts on 7\/15\/21…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Greetings Friends… <\/span><\/strong><\/em>
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\nPLEASE READ: Proverbs 17:22<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nPLEASE READ:\u00a0John 16:33<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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(Jesus said) “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world<\/span>\u201d (NLT).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nClearly, we are living during very intense and challenging times.\u00a0 There seems to be pressures everywhere we go in life. There are so many things happening in quick fashion throughout the country, the world, and in many of our lives that it is hard to keep up. These swift moving events can leave us feeling frustrated, uncertain, and even fearful. These outward circumstances can challenge us and our faith that we become distracted, even lament about so much, that the Biblical mandate of being joyous is forgotten (see Psalms 100:1, Psalms 98:4, Psalms 98:6, John 15:11, John 17:13, for example).\u00a0 Click the tabs to see these verses…\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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