Joy by Denis N of Uganda

JOY

Joy a feeling of great pleasure and happiness. Joy comes with inner peace.

Biblically, joy is a deeper feeling with a spiritual attitude which comes with inner peace with God being the source of it all and is not based on the circumstance surrounding you.

1 John 1:4 “And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full”. Many Christians today lack the fullness of the Lord’s Joy because they are so much focused unto the temporary things other than the external things. 2Corithians 4:18

Romans 15;13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit

Joy is the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in man’s life as a fruit of the Spirit of the Lord. Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, JOY, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Importance of Joy

It’s a sign of God’s presence in our lives. Psalms 122:1, strengths our hearts, trust and faith in the Lord

What steals our Joy?

Sin, fear, Hate, Psalms 51:3-4

How to be and remain Joyful

Keeping and bidding the word of God at all times Psalms 1:2, Love always. John 15:11-12 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full, Be filled with the Spirit of God. Psalms 51:11-12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Always be contented and satisfied of the Lord in everything and reduce the complaining against God about anything

Prayer Father our Lord God, teach us to keep our hearts and mind on you always offer to you the Sacrifice of Joy and we may continue to bide in you as you bide in us, to learn to trust you more and more in everything in Jesus’ might name. AMEN