Is joy absent in your life?

Stay tuned as today’s guest shares ten habits we can cultivate to seek, find, and—if necessary—create joy daily.

Welcome to Staying Real About Faith & Family. If you’re looking for a community where you can get real about life without resistance, you’re in the right place. I’m Linda Goldfarb. Each week, my co-host Heather Greer and I, along with our guests, offer personal insight to encourage transparent living from a biblical viewpoint with practical applications. Staying Real with the Holy Spirit’s leading is what we’re all about. We pray today’s episode blesses you.

Hey everyone, this is a solo interview today, as I’m on-site at the FCWC. I’m so happy to have Tama Fortner join our conversation as we discuss ten habits we can cultivate to seek, find, and—if necessary—create joy in our lives every day.

Tama Fortner is an ECPA award-winning and bestselling author with more than sixty titles to her credit. She is the writer behind the million-selling Indescribable for Kids series with Louie Giglio and several books in the Jesus Calling children’s line, including the wildly successful Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions for Kids. Tama has collaborated with well-known authors such as Max Lucado, Levi Lusko, Sadie Robertson Huff, and Emily Ley to create inspirational books for all ages. Her latest releases include The Gospel Story for Kids from Tyndale and Everyday Joys Devotional from Ink and Willow/Waterbrook. Tama lives on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee, with her family and two pups, one who is a bit feisty and convinced that he’s people, too.

Today’s conversation covers the following:
Is it really possible to have joy in our lives every single day?

Is there a difference between joy and happiness?

The ten habits we should begin to cultivate.

• Begin each day with God
• Get outside and into His creation
• Seek the signs of His presence
• Talk to Him
• Do something that makes someone else smile
• Do something that makes you smile
• Do something that makes God smile
• Unplug
• Rest each day
• End the day with gratitude and praise

Today’s thought Consideration – One Changed Habit Can Impact God’s Kingdom 

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Tama Fortner
Everyday Joys Devotional ––

The Gospel Story for Kids —

All of Tama Fortner’s Books —

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