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Get Your Joy Back!
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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
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“Rejoice always,
pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will
for you in Christ Jesus.”
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(1 Thessalonians
5:16–18, NIV)
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TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
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Did you know that it is God’s
will for you to be joyful always? He wants you to be happy and carefree. He
wants you to love your life no matter what your circumstances look like. In
fact, when you have joy in the midst of difficult circumstances, that is evidence
that you have faith and trust that God will bring you through.
Joy is strength. When you
have His supernatural joy, you can stand strong no matter what’s going on
around you. You might say, “I’m just not a real jovial person. I’m more
serious. I never laugh much.” And of course, God made us all differently, but
you can train yourself to laugh more. One article said that the average child
laughs over 200 times a day, but the average adult only laughs 4 times a day.
What’s happened? We’ve allowed the pressures of life, stress and more
responsibilities, little by little, to steal our joy.
Make the decision today to
get your joy back! Decide that you are going to look beyond your problems and
look at what God will do on your behalf. Ask Him every day to fill you with
His supernatural peace and joy so that you can live in His strength and
victory all the days of your life!
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A PRAYER FOR TODAY
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Heavenly Father, I
humbly receive Your Word today. I choose to open my heart to You and invite
You to fill me with Your joy and strength. Thank You for showing me Your
goodness and empowering me with Your grace. I bless You today and always in
Jesus’ name. Amen.
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— Joel &
Victoria Osteen
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Today's word
Trusting God – Do you have faith –? What is faith – faith gives substance to the things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. So how is ones faith tested –? When the going gets tough do we abandon our God – do we jump ship because we are “going through” The answer is NO , as Christians we must keep the faith – even when it does not look good or feel good – you have to know its working for the good – you must learn the lesson – the season of testing – your harvest season is over – it’s time for reaping your reward – you stood the good fight - they lied on you, they cheated on you, they ignored you, your finances fell so below it’s a wonder you are still standing- and yet through it all you kept harvesting and trusting – storing up on his word and planting good seeds. The bible says : Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 - For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to pl...
