Benefits of a Merry
Proverb 17:22 says :
A merry heart does good like a medicine…
MERRY: to be cheerful, filled with joy and gladness.
HEART: your spirit, your inner most and immaterial being.
MEDICINE: that which is used to cure all ailments, sicknesses and diseases and to maintain good health.
+Could it be that the cure that some of us need to over come ailments is a MERRY HEART?
+Everyone needs the MEDICINE of a MERRY HEART.
+Jesus said in John 14:1 Let not your HEART be troubled.
+May the JOY of the Lord be your strength (Neh 8:10), today, tomorrow and everyday for the rest of your life in Jesus Name.
+Knowing that a Merry Heart does Good because it is God’s Medicine for your spirit, soul and body.

+The basis of a MERRY HEART is the Love of God in our hearts.
Romans 5:5
…the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.
+The very first manifestation of the characteristic of the Love of God in our hearts is JOY (Galatians 5:22-23).
+WE are not waiting to get JOY. We have JOY, unspeakable JOY. JOY beyond explanation and comprehension.
+The JOY that we have
…is not of the mind. It’s of the Heart.
…It is not from without. It is from within.
…It is not from Earth below. It is from Heaven above.
+The JOY we have is from God the Holy Spirit Who is in our hearts.Hallelujahs to Jesus!

+Remember a MERRY HEART has the JOY of the Lord in it.
Hebrews 12:2-3
2 Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher (Perfecter) of our faith; who for the JOY that was set before him ENDURED the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider him that ENDURED such hostility of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.
+JOY in the HEART produces ENDURANCE, PERSEVERANCE, and STEADFASTNESS.
+Jesus ENDURED the cross for the JOY was set before Him, so likewise we shall endure all trials and tests for the JOY that is set before us.
+JOY in the Heart keeps us on the path that leads us to VICTORY. Never lose your JOY.

The JOY of a MERRY HEART is needed for the work of the Ministry.
We cannot EFFECTIVELY, SKILLFULLY and POWERFULLY serve the Lord and each other without JOY in our hearts.
Psalm 100:1-2
1 MAKE a JOYFUL noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with GLADNESS (JOY)…
Philemon 1:7
For we have GREAT JOY and consolation (comfort and encouragement) in your love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed by you, brother.
+JOY in our hearts optimizes us in every area of our lives, and in all that we do for the glory of God.
+JOY is one of the products of a MERRY HEART.
+It is God’s WILL and DESIRE that we live a JOYFUL life.
John 15:11 tells us, These things have I spoken unto you, that My JOY might remain in you, and that your JOY might be FULL.

“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.” (I Peter 1:6‭-‬9 NKJV).

ALLELUIA!
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.
Jude 1:24‭-‬25 NKJV