CULTIVATING COMMUNITY
Prayer, Service, Creativity, Movement, and Generosity
Cultivating community is a slow and intentional work that takes time, courage, and creativity. Chronic Joy’s unique prompts invite you to take the first brave steps on a brand new journey.
…so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Romans 12:5
We are created for community, first with God then with one another.
Jesus said, “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and will all your soul and with al your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:37-39
Community in a 37-word nutshell.
Cultivating is a slow and intentional work. Just as there is no shortcut from seed planting to harvest, there is no quick method of learning to love one another.
Cultivating community takes prayer, time, courage, and creativity.
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PRAYER MINISTRY
Welcome to the Chronic Joy Prayer Pond. Your Safe Harbor for Prayer. Share prayer requests, updates, and shouts of praise. It’s safe, secure, and always without judgement. LEARN MORE.
SERVE
Chronic illness can make serving in traditional or culturally familiar ways more challenging, but not impossible. Galatians 5:13b says, “…serve one another humbly in love.” How can we do that with chronic illness?While we may no longer be able to serve in traditional or culturally familiar ways, today we invite you to discover creative new ways to love God and love others right where you are, however you are able. LEARN MORE.
CREATIVE SPARKS
Though few of us would call ourselves creative, that amazing grace-gift is woven straight into our DNA. As we engage with God, He ignites our curiosity, waking us to wonder and the joy of possibility. Today, be brave. Be curious. Create!. LEARN MORE.
#STEPREPPRAY
#StepRepPray is an opportunity to meet with God in prayer as you intentionally move in whatever way you are able. With each step or every rep, we invite you to pray for others, to seek God’s guidance, to worship and praise Him, and to thank God for the gift of movement. LEARN MORE.
WHAT’S IN YOUR POCKET?
When we give, God multiplies. Give Simply. When we give what we have, where we are, with a cheerful heart, community deepens, strengthening the bonds between us and delighting the heart of God.
MONTHLY GENEROSITY
Ignite hope one precious life at a time. Give Monthly. Touch hearts. Change lives.
When you give monthly, you invest directly in the live of those with chronic physical and mental illness, their caregivers, spouses, children, parents, friends, small group leaders, and churches.