Joy with Melissa Kruger

Journeywomen

Hunter Beless

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On today’s episode of the Journeywomen podcast I’m chatting with Melissa Kruger about JOY! We dove right in and talked a million miles a minute about Bible study, hardship, and most of all, the joy that we have in Jesus. She said, “The object of our joy is the substance of our happiness. We like to rejoice in all these things, and we can go to God and say, ‘Thank you for my family, thank you for the fact that we have a meal to eat tonight, thank you that we have a house,” but he is the ultimate substance of our joy. The more we focus on him, the more we will be joyful!” Melissa is definitely a kindred heart and you're going to love hearing from her! She serves as women’s ministry coordinator at Uptown Church (PCA) in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the author of The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World (Christian Focus, 2012) and Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood (Waterbrook/Multnomah, 2015). Her husband, Mike, is the president of Reformed Theological Seminary, and they have three children. She writes at Wits End, hosted by The Gospel Coalition. Her newest book In All Things is a study on JOY that releases tomorrow, June 5, 2018, which just so happens to also be the ONE YEAR anniversary of the Journeywomen podcast! Ya’ll, I have no words to express my surprise that we’ve actually made it this far. It is literally only by God’s grace. We’re releasing a celebratory Ask Me Anything episode later this week, so be sure to subscribe to the podcast on whatever platform you’re using to listen so that you don’t miss it. Thanks so much for journeying alongside me for the past year. It’s truly been a joy. I cannot wait to share this conversation on that very topic with you all! MELISSA’S RESOURCES Being in the presence of the Creator of Joy - time in the word and prayer “20 minutes a day for a lifetime” MELISSA’S SIMPLE JOYS Back porch Pizza Good fiction book CONNECT WITH MELISSA Website Facebook Instagram Twitter FOR MORE: Subscribe: iTunes | Android Follow Us: Website | Instagram | Facebook Support the podcast by writing a review *Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Journey Women Podcast. I'm your host, Hunter Beelis. Life's a journey
0:08.4	we were never meant to walk alone. We all need friends along the way. On the Journey Women
0:12.9	Podcast, we'll chat with mentors about gracefully navigating the seasons and challenges we face
0:18.1	on our journeys to glorify God. On today's episode of the Journey Women Podcast,
0:23.8	I'm chatting with Melissa Krueger about joy. We dove right in and talked a million miles
0:29.2	a minute about Bible study, hardship, and most of all, the joy that we have in Jesus.
0:34.4	Listen to what she said. The object of our joy is the substance of our happiness. You know, we like to
0:42.0	rejoice in all these things and we can go to God and say thank you for my family. Thank you,
0:48.0	the fact that we have a meal to eat tonight. Thank you that we have a house. But he is the ultimate
0:55.0	substance of our joy. And so the more we focus on him, I think the more we will be joyful.
1:02.9	Melissa is definitely a kindred heart y'all. She serves as a women's ministry coordinator at
1:08.2	Uptown Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. She's also an author, wife to my ex-depresident of
1:13.0	reformed theological seminary, and they have three children. Her newest book, In All Things, is a
1:18.2	study on joy that actually releases tomorrow June 5th, 2018, which just so happens to also be the
1:25.8	one year anniversary of the Journey Women Podcast. Y'all, I have no words to express my genuine
1:33.3	surprise that I've actually made it this far. It's literally only by God's grace. Thank you,
1:39.1	guys, so much for journeying alongside me for the past year. It has truly been a joy. I can't wait
1:45.6	to share this conversation on that very topic with you, but you know before I do that I have to
1:50.0	tell you about the sponsors that help to make it possible. Grace based counseling and Kodak.
1:55.4	Everyone tells you to cherish the moments, but how? With our busy schedules, life can speed
2:00.9	by pretty quickly sometimes. It's hard to make the most of those everyday moments that mean
2:05.5	everything to you and your family. Designed with busy parents in mind, Kodak moments, premium
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