My Hallelujah Journal!: Praising You Lord, All Day & All Night

By Joyce Saffell Jamerson

You are reading this because you desire to have a closer relationship with God...Perhaps you are burned out, tired, unfulfilled, and unsatisfied. You have reached the point in your life where you are ready to remove the mask and get rid of the fake-it-till-you-make-it attitude... You know that something is missing. I know exactly what it is, who it is! Its God! Know that this is the day that the Lord has made specifically for you and Him! A meeting time, a chance to catch up time, a loving and growing time. God is calling you, reaching out to you, waiting for you to reach back. You have a purpose for your life greater than anything you have accomplished so far, a destiny higher than you have allowed yourself to imagine and a Father that loves you more than anyone has ever loved you. An unconditional, sacrificial, forgiving, and limitless love can be yours if you really want it. I know you want it. Youve been looking for it all your life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jun 22, 2010
• ISBN: 9781450222853

Joyce Saffell Jamerson

Joyce Elaine Jamerson is an inspiring Christian educator who has dedicated her life to ministering to the spirit, heart, and mind of children and adults. Instructing others in a practical manner, she communicates relevant information for true understanding and growth. Her poems, inspirational stories, and life testimony have helped people discover hope, renewal, and restoration through Jesus Christ. In addition to serving as a classroom teacher, a literacy coach, a full-time college instructor, and a performing arts director, Joyce has presented literacy workshops and providing teacher training for the last 10 years, teaching on multiple subjects, helping children and adults become better writers and helping classroom teachers become effective teachers of writing. In her role as the Children's Church minister at Christ Temple Global Ministries in Muncie, IN, Joyce mentored youth of all ages and was dedicated to helping children grow, know and serve Jesus. Along with her husband, who is also an educator, they continue to help children to develop assets that enable them to live successful, Christ-like lives. Both Joyce and her husband Derrick, are answering the call of leadership and are currently serving in the field of education as administrators. Through writing and spending quiet time with God—in spite of life’s hectic pace—Joyce has discovered peace, freedom, healing and joy! Even though she suffered physical, sexual, and emotional abuse as a child, tremendous sadness after suddenly losing a 14-year old brother as a young adult, and the disappointment and pain of a failed first marriage, Joyce lives a victorious and exuberant life! She believes that she was created to give God praise and confesses that this is the key to keeping the enemy under her feet. Sharing her life experiences in a down-to-earth manner is how Joyce helps others apply in their own lives what God has taught her. Refusing to stumble over obstacles behind her, choosing instead to focus on the promises of God’s Word, Joyce is an extraordinary testimony of how God can rescue a person drowning in sin and despite their past, give them a purpose that makes a positive difference their own life and in the lives of others. She is evidence of God’s abundant grace, undeserving mercy, unconditional love and encouraging faithfulness! Joyce earned a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Ball State University, and a Master’s degree in Education and Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University. Joyce and her husband Derrick have been married for 11 years, and they are the parents of four young children. They enjoy shopping for bargains, traveling and playing video games with their children, sharing a good book, and texting each other love notes. Joyce and Derrick make their home in Arizona.

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My Hallelujah Journal:

Praising You Lord, All Day & All Night!

Poems, Encouragement, and Prayers

from the heart, spirit, and soul of

Joyce Saffell Jamerson

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My Hallelujah Journal!

Praising You Lord, All Day & All Night

Copyright © 2010 by Joyce Saffell Jamerson

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS…A MOMENT TO SAY THANKS!

INTRODUCTION

ANYTHING NOT GROWING IS DEAD

I AM A CHILD OF GOD!

WHEN GOD HAS CONTROL

MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD

FATHER, I WANT TO BE BETTER

BECAUSE OF YOU, I AM VICTORIOUS!

MY FRIEND, MY FATHER, AND MY GREATEST LOVE

BACK INTO YOUR PRESENCE

FINDING MY WAY BACK TO YOU AGAIN

COMING HOME

I WAS A HOPELESS CASE UNTIL YOU CAME ALONG…

BE WHO GOD MADE YOU TO BE

WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

I REALIZE

FOREVER YOURS

MY GOD YOU ARE WITH ME

I HAVE SO MUCH TO LOSE IF I DON’T PRAY TODAY

YOU ARE MY FRIEND

I DON’T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND YOU TO KNOW YOU

ADDICTED TO YOU

DILIGENTLY SEEKING GOD: MY TESTIMONY

Acknowledgements…a moment to say Thanks!

To Derrick…my loving and supportive safe haven on earth. Thank you for believing in me! You have accepted me for me, loved me unconditionally, and I am blessed to be your wife.

To my children…my wonderfully amazing miracles in life. I love you all so very much. Thank you for sharing your mommy time! It’s finally finished. I’ll race you to the swings!

To my family, friends, sisters and brothers in Christ…I would run out of space trying to name you all and thank you personally. Just know that I appreciate all that you have done for me. I am blessed as a result of your prayers, your support, and your love (and hugs). I could not do all that I do without God working through you! God knows you all by name and I ask Him to pour out His favor upon you all!

A special thanks to Kim, Bonnie, Lori, and Shirley…THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, for your repeated readings, words of encouragement and advice. May God bless you and reward you for your patience, wisdom, and love!

My readers…May God bless you all abundantly, so much that your cup runs over! Thank you for supporting the ministry our Father has birthed in me! May your spirit be renewed as you enter into His presence. And, may you be closer to God than ever before. Selah (which means pause and think about that for a moment)!

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Introduction

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Hebrews 11:6

Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

You are reading this journal because you desire to have a closer relationship with God. You may be a Christian who has allowed life to slip in and in-between you and the Father and you want to be more intentional about putting God first in your life. Perhaps you are burned out, tired, unfulfilled, and unsatisfied. Some of you