With over 25 years of speaking experience, Joy’s topics range from faith and family to rage and reconciliation.  Pick from the top 10 topics listed below or contact Joy with a theme for your event and she will discuss the options of personalized programs based on your target audience.

TOP 10 SPEAKER TOPICS

  1. Anger, Anxiety, Attitude and Atonement: (Ephesians 4:26)

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry…

Life is filled with experiences that produce emotions that given an option we may choose to avoid.  Hear how this Christian woman walked through some very difficult days and found herself filled with anger, bitterness and resentment. How her health was compromised and how an attitude adjustment led to freedom and atonement.  

  1. Depression, Disappointment and Deliverance: (Psalm 143:7-8)

Answer me quickly, Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit. Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.

Life is filled with ups and downs; highs and lows, dreams and disappointments.  Walk with this speaker through a personal journey of survival of depression, disappointment and deliverance.  Experience the thrill of victory as day of doom turned to dreams of delight. 

  1. Death, Dignity and Destination: (Acts 7:55)

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

The only sure thing in life is death.  This speaker will bring hope to the hopeless, smiles to the broken, and humor to the horror of walking through saying goodbye to friends and family.  This message of hope, salvation and heaven will bring any audience to their feet with enthusiasm that death is not the end, it is only the beginning. Hear the story of this speaker walking the last mile with her father and hear the final hours with her grandmother as visions of heaven are shared.

  1. Ego, Education, and  Expectation: (Jeremiah 29:11)

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”.

This speaker was the most unlikely kid to ever go college.  Growing up in a trailer park, riding the bus, fighting to survive, overcoming the stigma of a broken home, being an only child and finding hope with a homerun hit.  This message will make you think twice of what it means to be “college material”.  Hear how high school was a challenge, college was a dream come true for this softball player and how this unlikely student has worked for more than two decades in higher education.

  1. Family, Friends and Faithfulness: (Ecclesiastes 4:12)  

Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Is your husband your best friend, do you tell your mom everything, are your kids with you everywhere you go? This message will walk you through the journey of how a group of friends that met in elementary school became closer than sisters. How after thirty years this group continues to be friends.  They are not blood related, they don’t go to the same church, not all are walking with the Lord but the beauty of doing life with these six ladies will encourage all to reach out and risk having adult friends that are not your spouse, parent or your child.

  1. Hope, Help and Healing: (Jeremiah 33:6)

Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.

This message of hope and healing is inspired by the speaker’s disappointments in life.  Coping with terminal illness with family and friends, processing disappointments within the family unit.  Fear of being truthful about anxiety and depression and learning how to ask for help. Be challenged as you hear about the long months and years of waiting for this speaker’s broken heart to heal. The journey of letting go and letting God direct you even in the midst of your brokenness.

  1. Mask, Make Up and Makeover: (Hebrews 4:13)

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Men and women find it easier to mask their emotions or cover up their true feelings.  Walk with this speaker through a makeover from the Master.  There can be beauty in releasing the pains of life. Learn the truth that forgiveness is a choice and not a feeling. Discover how burdens are lifted when the masks are removed.  Hang on to every word as the horror of betrayal challenges this woman. Be revived as the testimony of this Woman of God exposes her questioning a call into ministry. Celebrate with her the commitment to walk the walk even on dark days.

  1. Marriage, Mess and Ministry: (Joel 2:28)

I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Teach children, take a missions trip, lead a Bible study, but when a woman says she is called into ministry, why do people think she has gone into a rebellion? Women in ministry have caused heartburn for many over the years.  Hear the passion of God’s call on Joy’s life as a child.  Hear the journey of her love for God and her love and respect for her husband. Witness as she recalls the ministry journey.  She will share what started as a sprint as a young woman and feel the frustration she experienced as that energetic sprint turned into more than a 20-year marathon. Sit up straight and listen to the journey. Joy will share from her personal story the years of waiting. Expect to learn how THE RIGHT THING AT THE WRONG TIME IS THE WRONG THING. God’s timing is perfect.   

  1. Sin, Shame and Salvation: (1 Corinthians 10:13)

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

For audiences of all ages the message of sin, shame and salvation will resonate.  The enemy will use temptation to bring shame and make one even question their salvation.  Journey with this speaker as she exposes the truth of how one can be tempted and not sin.  Expect that through this salvation message there will be renewed hope and opportunity for all to release shame of the past. Many will experience a refreshing spirit following this message. 

  1. Rant, Rage and Reconciliation: (2 Corinthians 5:18)

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

Have you ever witnessed a kid throwing a temper tantrum?  Seems normal for a two year old, right!  What about an adult acting the same, seems at that, we question their mental and emotional state.  This message will help us expose that at some point we have all experienced or witnessed a person losing their cool, experiencing fits of rage, and damaging the people around them. Expect during this message to be challenged to find ways to mend the fences with friends and family. Anticipate hearing how broken relationships can be forgiven. Be assured that the act of forgiveness does not mean there is no fault. There are always consequence for one’s actions and usually someone to blame for our behaviors.  Find peace in releasing our right to get even and experience reconciliation with God, while finding renewed tolerance for the world around you.