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Joy is from God

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We all want to be happy.\xa0 Happy is temporal and temporary.\xa0 It depends on what is happening at the moment.\xa0 Joy is deeper.\xa0 Joy comes from God.\xa0 That feeling that can make you weep from the inside.\xa0 That feeling like seeing the birth of your child, the return of your child, feeling the love of your child, feeling the love of a close friend.\xa0 You know that feeling. its safety, security, outside of time, that can occur wherever you are.\xa0 Satan hates joy.\xa0 he sends demons and his people to stop yours as soon as you feel it.\xa0 Think about the last time you felt some joy.\xa0 It wasn't long before someone made a offhand, sarcastic, negative, nasty or straight up evil comment or action you had to recoil or defend.\xa0 That was not from God.

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Psalm 51:12

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

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Joy is evidence (fruit) of the Spirit of God in you.\xa0 We are to seek to be filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

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As Christians, as disciples of a living God, followers of Jesus. you should expect to fight with the enemies of God.\xa0 You are in a constant fight against good and evil why are you surprised?\xa0 if you weren't on Gods side, the devil wouldn't bother with what he already had.\xa0 You'd be a part of the world, part of the lost, part of those going on an express one way ticket to hell.\xa0 but you are not.\xa0

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so you woke up this morning feeling good.\xa0 a few minutes later someone said something that changed your mood, we have to learn how to fight better than that.\xa0 learn to bob and weave, parry and side step. Don't stand there and marvel at how you got hit.\xa0 Or worse stand flat footed and just take a spiritual beating. Prepare for battle so your joy will stay intact by the end of the day. work on yoru responses to negatives, the verbal judo, the war for your soul.\xa0 I didn't say counter punch or try to hurt them but deflect, reflect and do as Jesus would.\xa0 Pray about that and how you will respond the next time.\xa0 don't stand in the octogan with a demon and take punches.\xa0 It could come from anyone that does not have the spirit of God to be used by other spirits.

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1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

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Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God. - Sam Storms

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A few years ago I was having conversations with a rabbi from NY that moved to FL about music and the charismic side of judism.\xa0 I was going to write a book about joy.\xa0 You know what happened.\xa0 The rabbi crashed his motorcycle and almost died. The pandemic hit. My wife had a brain tumor removed and it changed our lives.\xa0 I never did finish my research for that book.\xa0 Up until now I didn't put all this together.\xa0 There must be something to this joy thing.\xa0 Not saying I caused all this mess but it difinely put a hurt in my getty up.\xa0 It put me down like four flats on my cadillac.

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\xa0Prayer\xa0

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Rejoice, rejoice, again I say rejoice. Lift up your countenance to the Lord, for He is good, and His mercies endure forever. Forgive me father, I plead the blood of christ over my situation so I may approach your throne.\xa0 You have already blessed me in so many ways. thank you, thank you, thank you.

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My Lord and my God, you are tender and merciful. thank you for your son Jesus, that you gave to me so that I might live.

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You are the lover of my soul. You know my weaknesses and my foolishness. You love me despite my failures, and you long for me to be filled with Your joy.

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Lord, I confess that I get distracted by the cares of life, and regularly loose sight of your goodness. I have a tendency to get discouraged easily. I confess that I focus too much on myself and my problems instead of focusing my attention on You.

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Lord I surrender my life to you.\xa0 Have mercy on me.\xa0 please help me not to hinder the flow of joy in my life, reveal to me what I need to do to stay with you.\xa0 May your will be done.

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Thank you for my life, and the capacity you have given to me to experience Your joy. Thank you for my family. Thank you for my home. Thank you for friends who care about me and who share my interests. Thank you for my work. I pray that you would fill it with meaning and purpose, and that you would give me opportunities to honor you with it.

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Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

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John 16:24

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.