JOY

Jesus Others Yourself

Nehemiah 8:10

"The Joy of the Lord is my strength."

There are days when I think how can I keep going on with.......(you can fill in your own word) again today? 

You name it and it seems like it is happening on a weekly basis. 

There are Family issues, schedules overpacked and overflowing, and many days we just don't feel joyful. We can become drained of our strength and our JOY.

What do you do to maintain your Joy? Where do you receive your strength?

Remember that ol' childhood song we sang?

     I've got that Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy down in my heart!

     Where?

     Down in my heart!

     Where?

     Down in my heart!

Each time we sang the chorus we tried to sing louder and louder. It was so much fun!

We usually sang this song with the small children in the pre school and elementary grades at church. Once the children started to grow up we stopped singing it. Why?

What do we allow to steal our JOY and our strength?

No matter how grown up we become we still can and should sing out loud with JOY.

It's time to live out the real Joy of the Lord and sing it out loud!!!

Don't be afraid to shout out loud how much you love the Lord! Share His Joy in your heart with others.

Scripture says if we tell the world publicly of our faith in Jesus and acknowledge Him, then He will acknowledge us in the Heavens. Matthew 10:32

Time for you and I to start shouting out loud again!

Today's Thought:

Dear Jesus, I love you and you are my JOY!

Help me, keep singing!