J - O - Y down in my heart, deep deep down in my heart!
Jesus gave it to me, and NOTHING can DESTROY it!
You will have true JOY, if you follow the acronym J - Jesus, O - Others, Y - Yourself. Serve Jesus first, then others, then yourself. Seems like a lot of times we get the Jesus first part, then we seem to put the Yourself part next, then lastly the Others part. If you do that, it spells "JYO" which spells absolutely nothing!
The Bible says in Psalm 5:11, "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee."
The Lord is letting us as Christians who trust Christ rejoice! He wants us to SHOUT with JOY! And if we love the Lord we should be JOYFUL in Him!
The Bible also says in Psalm 16:11, "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."
The Lord says if we follow His path in His presence, we will have JOY and pleasures!!
Let's practice not only having JOY at home, and work, but also at church. If something unexpected happens, be JOYFUL about it! If someone is sitting in your seat / pew, if someone is parked in your parking spot, if you are asked last minute by someone to do something like working in the nursery or singing a special. Be excited, have JOY that you GET to serve the Lord!! Have JOY that you have church pews to sit in, be JOYFUL that you have a church parking lot!
Remember Jesus didn't die for Himself.... He died for OTHERS!!
Mrs Amy Sapp
O'Fallon, MO
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