CHEERFULNESS
PROVERBS 15:13 (MSG)
A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face;
a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day.
PHILEMON 7 (NLT)
Your love has given me much joy and comfort, my brother, for your kindness has often refreshed the hearts of God’s people.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Cheerful people refresh those around them.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for cheering me up when I get down. Your gifts can't help but make me smile. I don't understand, then, how it is that I can be such a sour puss at times. Why do I let things drag me down? Lighten my heart again so that I can share the joy with those around me. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
