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  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter in "A Corner of the Robe"

    Thank you for this reminder!

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter in "Letting Your Father Wound Heal"

    Thank you for this important article! Very well written too!

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "Making Prayer a Priority"

    Thank you so much for your kind comment!

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter in "Are You Worn Down by Weariness?"

    Thanks so much for writing this. It has helped me so much!

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "Making Prayer a Priority"

    I'm glad the article was helpful! Thanks for leaving a comment!

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "How to Put Down Your Phone and Pick Up the Bible"

    I love that you are using your phone for good- kudos to you!! What matters most is not paper vs. digital; it's that we are getting quality time with God's word. Thanks for your comment.

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "How to Put Down Your Phone and Pick Up the Bible"

    That's great! When I got my phone, I had no idea how enticing it could be! It's a good idea to have a plan of how you are going to manage your time on there, and to teach kids how to manage their time as well.

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "How to Put Down Your Phone and Pick Up the Bible"

    It is a new threat to our focus on God that seems to creep in easily without us realizing what is happening! Thanks for the comment!

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "How to Put Down Your Phone and Pick Up the Bible"

    I'm glad this has been helpful! It feels like Satan is always coming up with new ways to distract us! This is just another method, but God can help us overcome it through the power of his Holy Spirit. I have also had several people ask me about the specific tools I use to manage the time I spend. I use a Chrome extension called Stayfocusd on my laptop to limit my time on social media websites, and an Android app called BreakFree on my smartphone to track my overall time used on my phone.

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "How to Put Down Your Phone and Pick Up the Bible"

    Thanks so much for your comment. It gives me a lot to think about! What a great point about rejecting society around us by always being distracted! We need to value people! Thank you for your encouragement as well. Smartphone overuse is not something I am proud to be dealing with, but know that with God's help, I can overcome!

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "How to Put Down Your Phone and Pick Up the Bible"

    Thanks for your comment. That's a great idea to set a reminder to read the Bible!!

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "Why the Women's March Broke My Heart"

    Thanks for the comment, Janet. I too am grateful for God's forgiveness!! I can definitely see what you are saying with King David's example. That is a good point. I did not know that Mr. Trump had turned to God. I agree that God judges the heart! I too pray for our president and our country! Thank you for your comments and your earlier comment. I really appreciate your blogs as well, Janet.

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "Every Eye Will See Him"

    Thanks for your comment. I think that perhaps what Paul was referring to was our natural human nature which leads us to sin. However, God, being the perfect Judge, cannot allow any sin to be unpaid for, which is why His Son died for us. We are grateful to Christ for taking our place and paying the penalty for us. Otherwise, it would have been our responsibility to die forever.
    Here is a link to an article which may be of interest to you on the subject:
    https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/the-new-covenant-does-it-abolish-gods-law/the-justice-and-judgment-of-god

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "Why the Women's March Broke My Heart"

    Thank you for your comment. That is a good point!

  • Joy Porter
    Joy Porter Author in "Why the Women's March Broke My Heart"

    Thank you so much for your comment, Lorelei. I completely agree with you. Abortion is not a worse sin than any other, and God can and does forgive anyone who repents and changes. The issue that I wanted to bring out in the article was the open acceptance and upholding of the pro- choice stance by so many women. I would like to share a link to this article regarding Post Abortion Syndrome for anyone who may be struggling guilt over a past abortion: https://www.ucg.org/beyond-today/can-a-woman-forget

    Here is a quote from the above article: The truth is that God has created women with the wonderful capacity to give birth to children and love those children in a special way. When this process is interrupted because of sin, it creates an identity crisis. How can one who was created with the capacity to have children agree to have a child killed, however small it was at the time? It is more than guilt over something done. It is an attack on a woman’s very nature. A popular saying goes: “Abortion: One dead, one wounded.”