Ripple Effect

Max Lucado Daily Devotional

Max Lucado

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 1 minutes

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The first Christians were joyful Christians. The phrase “joyful Christian” is redundant. Do we need the adjective? Ideally, we should...

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0:00.0	This is Max Lakato. The first Christians were joyful Christians. The phrase joyful Christian is redundant.
0:08.0	Do we need the adjective? Ideally, we should not have to put joyful in front of Christian, but we do because we tend to major in contingent joy and not courageous joy. Let's invite God to deposit
0:23.9	unspeakable joy in our hearts. According to a study from sociologists at Harvard University,
0:32.2	joy is contagious. Spreading among friends, neighbors, and colleagues like the flu.
0:38.9	Joy has a ripple effect.
0:41.2	The pursuit of happiness is more than a line in the Declaration of Independence.
0:45.8	It is a necessary step in enhancing the happiness of others.
0:51.5	Is it time for you to bump up your joy level? This is Max Lakedo.

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