Printables

Lean into these verses, write them in a journal, choose one or two to memorize, and then think about who else might need to read them too. The Word of God is alive and powerful, able to bring us comfort in a way that nothing else can.

Photography challenges are a fun, personal challenge, a commitment to pick up your camera, phone, tablet, or Go-Pro and capture a photo every day for a month or a year.

Learn what it means to truly “love one another deeply from the heart.”

Of the 307 questions of Jesus recorded in the Bible, 52 are listed here - one for each week of the year.

Use the questions slowly, one question and one conversation at a time over many month in any order you choose. This is an exploration and an opportunity to grow more deeply in love as you rediscover one another.

A beautiful, artisitic form of story-telling that offers us an opportunity to explore difficult, painful, or vulnerable parts of our stories from a safer distance and a fictional character’s perspective.

An Ebenezer is a "stone of help" - a reminder of God's faithfulness.

A bucket list is an invitation to dream with God as He encourages you to hope, reminds you of forgotten dreams, inspires your passions, and ignites His purpose for your life.

Photography challenges are a fun, hope-filled invitation, a commitment to pick up your camera to simply notice, and click.

Looking for creative ways to connect with others as you unpack the Chronic Joy studies? This FREE printable does just that and more!

Depression can make it difficult to practice and implement healthy self-care. Building an Action Plan gives you quick concrete steps each day.

God created us with a complex range of emotions, which can be difficult to identify and explain. The Emotions Wheel is a tool designed to grow our emotional intelligence, strengthening our relationship with God, and our compassion and empathy for others.

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Eye-Spy • People Watching

Holy Attention draws us into fresh gratitude. When we pay close attention to creation we can experience the awe and wonder of God’s infinite creativity.

In your presence there is fullness of joy! Psalm 16:11

Step in slowly. Sit with God. Allow yourself time and space to feel and experience your pain. When you’re ready, take up your pen, and explore the precious and life-giving gift of lament.

The Language of Pain

Sometimes what we experience because of chronic physical or mental illness can not only be difficult to explain, but difficult for those who don’t experience it to understand. Metaphors can be a useful tool.

Sometimes all we need to get us started are a few words. Include these short prayers in a notecard or email, or send them in a message or text to a friend or loved one.

To reconcile means to bring together—or to heal—that which is broken.

What is your favorite Psalm? Why? When did you choose it? What was happening in your life at the time? Have you ever considered writing your own Psalm?

Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God's thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him. St. Augustine

Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us. Henri Nouwen

Chronic Joy® Prayer Prompts are an invitation to take one gentle step, to pray in a comforting and familiar or perhaps new-to-you way, or to cry out on behalf of one precious life today … maybe even yours.

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With your doctor’s guidance, and a little creativity, exercising with chronic illness is not just possible, but can be rewarding. Log your steps, reps, and prayers.

Creatively Express Your Story

We can feel isolated and powerless when living with chronic illness, but what if your story begins to bridge those barriers?  What if your story offers a glimmer of hope to someone standing at the edge of hopelessness?

Invite a friend or family member to do a 16-Day Suffering & Joy devotional or journaling exercise with you. Each day, share one image with each other. Read the quote. Talk about it. Think about it. Write about it. Pray about it.

Do you love yourself like God loves you? Do you live like you’re valuable? And do you live like you’re set free?

With chronic illness, every day is an adventure!  It isn't a life we would have chosen, but it is one we're learning to walk through with courage, tenacity, humor, and grace. We are so much more than our illnesses!

Lean into these verses, write them in a journal, choose one or two to memorize, and then think about who else might need to read them too. The Word of God is alive and powerful, able to bring us comfort in a way that nothing else can.

Gratefulness is choosing to focus on God rather than ourcircumstances. Fixing our eyes on Jesus reminds us of His gracious, compassionate love and unending faithfulness.

When we seek God’s calling for our lives, our journey begins with love, with who we are in Christ, and who we were created to be. 

30 Creative Ways

Pause. Seek. Notice.
Allow yourself to be inconvenienced by the will of God. Then take the first intentional step forward and see what He will do.

Photography challenges are easy and fun. Pick up your camera, notice, and click. Take a selfie, go on photowalks, choose a theme, or how about photos of books?

Creatively Express
Your Story

We can feel isolated and powerless when living with chronic illness, but what if your story begins to bridge those barriers?  What if your story offers a glimmer of hope to someone standing at the edge of hopelessness?

If you’re feeling overwhelmed and need encouragement, these verses will give you courage and confidence. Why not meditate on them throughout your day and share them with your friends?

Joy is discovered in big events and in small, seemingly insignificant moments, in both mountain-top experiences, and expressions we can easily overlook, like a kind word or a helping hand. 

Do you love yourself like God loves you? Do you live like you’re valuable? And do you live like you’re set free?

Have fun with your special kindness activity today. Draw or write what you did and especially how it made you feel.

• How does it make you feel to be kind?
• What special kind thing would you like to do?

As tweens learn to identify and label their emotions, they not only grow in emotional intelligence, but also take an important step in learning to identify the feelings of others, which forms the foundations of empathy and compassion.

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Stories are vital to us as people: who we are as individuals and who we are as a community. We each have a story to tell. YOU have a story to tell, and there are many creative ways to tell it and maybe even to share it with others.

Have fun with your special kindness activity today. Draw or write what you did and especially how it made you feel.

• How does it make you feel to be kind?
• What special kind thing would you like to do?

Kid-friendly photography challenges are fun and an easy way to express creativity. Go on a photo scavenger hunt, photo walks, notice the shadows, or how about clicking a picture everyday for a month?

The Emotions Wheel is a resource designed to help children learn to recognize and name the emotions they are feeling as they learn a greater emotional vocabulary, and grow in their ability to effectively communicate what and how they feel.

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We believe in salvation by grace, a free gift from God, given to all who believe in His Son Jesus Christ and accept Him as Lord and Savior.

Chronic Joy's mission field is tremendous - more than half the world’s population - yet our ministry focus is always one precious life at a time.

We offer a wide variety of programs to meet the needs of all those affected by chronic illness, mental illness, chronic pain, and disability. 

At its core, friend-raising is all about relationship and it begins with story – our why - why we give, serve, pray, and invest in the mission and ministry of Chronic Joy.

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