“And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.” (Mark 3: 2) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks of the men who were watching to see if Jesus would heal the man with a paralyzed hand, so that they could accuse him. There were people positioned to oppose the healing of the man with the paralyzed hand. There were people who were going to be offended with the idea of healing t

“And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.” (Mark 3: 1) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks of the man with a withered hand. That man had a paralyzed hand. He had a hand, but the hand was not working. He had a hand that he could not use. He had a hand that could not bear burdens for him. He had a hand that could not perform a function for him. He had a hand that could no

“God blessed Ishmael, and as the boy grew older, he became an expert with his bow and arrows. He lived in the Paran Desert, and his mother chose an Egyptian woman for him to marry.” (Genesis 21: 20 CEV) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks of how God blessed Ishmael, and he grew older to become an expert with his bows and arrows. In the sequence of the narrative, a blessing came upon Ishmael, and he grew. Ishmael did not b

“And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.” (Genesis 21: 19) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. When Hagar was being sent away from the home of Abraham, she got a bottle of water. It was not long before her bottle of water was spent. Notice that when God would intervene, He didn’t just get her another provision of a bottle of water. God opened the eyes of Hagar, an

“And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.” (Genesis 21: 19) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In our Focal Scripture, God opened the eyes of Hagar and she saw a well of water. God opened her eyes, and she saw what heaven already kept for her benefit. Notice that God did not just create a well for Hagar; He simply opened her eyes to see the well that was already p