"When was the last time you laughed for the sheer joy of your salvation? People are not attracted to somber doctrines. There is no persuasive power in a gloomy and morbid religion. Let the world see your joy and you won't be able to keep them away. To be filled with G*d is to be filled with joy." -Anonymous
Health Benefits of Laughter
A study by cardiologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore gives evidence that laughter along with an active sense of humor, helps protect against heart attack. The study, which was the first to indicate that laughter may help prevent heart disease, found that people with heart disease were 40 percent less likely to laugh in a variety of situations compared to people of the same age without heart disease. The results of the study were presented at the Scientific Session of the America College of Cardiology on March 7, 2005, in Orlando, Florida.
Day 21 Let's Review What We've Learned
- Read and review each of the week's five devotionals.
- Read out loud each of the five declarations at the end of the devotionals.
Questions
- Which of the five devotionals spoke to you in the greatest way? Why?
- What one sentence from the five devotionals stood out to you the most? Why did this speak to you?
- How did you do with last week's steps to increase your strength through joy?
- What two or three steps can you take this week to move forward in strengthening your life through joy?
"Whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory..." (1 Peter 1:8)
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