Why\u00a0Jesus-Followers Should See Themselves as Leaders<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where is the Joy of the Lord? I feel like I’ve failed my husband because…. I feel like I’ve failed my children because\u2026 I feel like I\u2019ve failed my friends because…. Oh, God, I grieve over my past sins, stumblings, and failures, the way I have disappointed You and hurt others in the process. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1545,"featured_media":25945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[560,74],"tags":[658,1051,1052,154,1054,1053,708],"yoast_head":"\n
Is the Joy of the Lord Your Strength? - Bible Advocate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I will find my joy and be strengthened for the battles ahead knowing that MY GOD delights in me.The joy of the Lord IS my strength.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is the Joy of the Lord Your Strength? - Bible Advocate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I will find my joy and be strengthened for the battles ahead knowing that MY GOD delights in me.The joy of the Lord IS my strength.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bible Advocate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-04T10:00:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-29T17:28:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/08\/stefan-stefancik-0wMmxNB6Xzc-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1709\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anita Fedoriw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anita Fedoriw\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anita Fedoriw\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7b4da308cde2cdf33d8eda6d402845f0\"},\"headline\":\"Is the Joy of the Lord Your Strength?\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-04T10:00:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-29T17:28:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/\"},\"wordCount\":824,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/08\/stefan-stefancik-0wMmxNB6Xzc-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"encouragement\",\"failed\",\"failure\",\"joy\",\"opportunities\",\"repent\",\"repentance\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Lead Up\",\"Restoration\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/\",\"name\":\"Is the Joy of the Lord Your Strength? - Bible Advocate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/08\/stefan-stefancik-0wMmxNB6Xzc-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-04T10:00:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-29T17:28:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"I will find my joy and be strengthened for the battles ahead knowing that MY GOD delights in me.The joy of the Lord IS my strength.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/08\/stefan-stefancik-0wMmxNB6Xzc-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/08\/stefan-stefancik-0wMmxNB6Xzc-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1709,\"caption\":\"Is the joy of the Lord your strength\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Is the Joy of the Lord Your Strength?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/\",\"name\":\"Bible Advocate\",\"description\":\"Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bible Advocate\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/cropped-BA-Online-Logo-1-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/cropped-BA-Online-Logo-1-3.jpg\",\"width\":380,\"height\":80,\"caption\":\"Bible Advocate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7b4da308cde2cdf33d8eda6d402845f0\",\"name\":\"Anita Fedoriw\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b542877d988ab7f75fb2386f7c2e7b62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b542877d988ab7f75fb2386f7c2e7b62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anita Fedoriw\"},\"description\":\"Anita Youngs Fedoriw, wife of Steve and mother to eight children, resides in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Growing up in the COG7 with her nine siblings, she was mentored by many church brethren across the country.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/author\/anitafedoriw\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is the Joy of the Lord Your Strength? - Bible Advocate","description":"I will find my joy and be strengthened for the battles ahead knowing that MY GOD delights in me.The joy of the Lord IS my strength.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is the Joy of the Lord Your Strength? - Bible Advocate","og_description":"I will find my joy and be strengthened for the battles ahead knowing that MY GOD delights in me.The joy of the Lord IS my strength.","og_url":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/","og_site_name":"Bible Advocate","article_published_time":"2020-08-04T10:00:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-29T17:28:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1709,"url":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/08\/stefan-stefancik-0wMmxNB6Xzc-unsplash-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anita Fedoriw","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anita Fedoriw","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/"},"author":{"name":"Anita Fedoriw","@id":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7b4da308cde2cdf33d8eda6d402845f0"},"headline":"Is the Joy of the Lord Your Strength?","datePublished":"2020-08-04T10:00:03+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-29T17:28:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/"},"wordCount":824,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/08\/stefan-stefancik-0wMmxNB6Xzc-unsplash-scaled.jpg","keywords":["encouragement","failed","failure","joy","opportunities","repent","repentance"],"articleSection":["Lead Up","Restoration"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/","url":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/","name":"Is the Joy of the Lord Your Strength? - Bible Advocate","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/08\/stefan-stefancik-0wMmxNB6Xzc-unsplash-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-04T10:00:03+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-29T17:28:23+00:00","description":"I will find my joy and be strengthened for the battles ahead knowing that MY GOD delights in me.The joy of the Lord IS my strength.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/08\/stefan-stefancik-0wMmxNB6Xzc-unsplash-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/08\/stefan-stefancik-0wMmxNB6Xzc-unsplash-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1709,"caption":"Is the joy of the Lord your strength"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/is-the-joy-of-the-lord-your-strength\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Is the Joy of the Lord Your Strength?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/","name":"Bible Advocate","description":"Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#organization","name":"Bible Advocate","url":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/cropped-BA-Online-Logo-1-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/cropped-BA-Online-Logo-1-3.jpg","width":380,"height":80,"caption":"Bible Advocate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7b4da308cde2cdf33d8eda6d402845f0","name":"Anita Fedoriw","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/baonline.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b542877d988ab7f75fb2386f7c2e7b62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b542877d988ab7f75fb2386f7c2e7b62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Anita Fedoriw"},"description":"Anita Youngs Fedoriw, wife of Steve and mother to eight children, resides in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Growing up in the COG7 with her nine siblings, she was mentored by many church brethren across the country.","url":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/author\/anitafedoriw\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1545"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25937"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25939,"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25937\/revisions\/25939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}