Day 10: Joy | Freedom & Flow 2025

We’re halfway through this challenge, and today is all about joy for the journey.

Happiness can be fleeting—it comes and goes with good news and bad, successes and setbacks, wins and losses. But joy is deeper, rooted not in our circumstances but in our Creator. Unlike the joyful feelings that fade with hard times, the scripture says that joy of the Lord is our strength. It sustains us through challenges.

As you press on through this fast, let God’s joy be your strength. Don’t just finish with discipline and perseverance; finish strong, finish joyfully. And consider it a privilege to lean into Him so deeply in this season (even if it was something challenging that led you here.)

Take a moment today to reflect on the gift of joy that’s always available in His presence. How are you allowing God’s joy to strengthen and sustain you right now?

Passage

“Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” – Nehemiah 8:10

Prayer

Lord, let Your joy be my strength today. Fill me with joy that strengthens and sustains me.

Prompt

What brings you joy in God’s presence?

Practice

Celebrate joy today by expressing gratitude for three specific blessings in your life.

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Love, Maaden