In the Bible, joy is a spiritual state of contentment and strength that is not dependent on external circumstances, unlike fleeting happiness. It is considered a gift from God, a fruit of the Holy Spirit, and a deliberate choice to respond to life’s situations with faith and hope. This deep-seated joy can be experienced even amidst trials and suffering, as it stems from one’s relationship with God and the assurance of salvation.

Joy is produced by the Holy Spirit and is a supernatural gift from God, not a feeling that believers must conjure up on their own. It is connected to finding one’s purpose and contentment in Christ Jesus.

THIS JOY THAT I HAVE THE WORLD DIDN’T GIVE IT TO ME,AND THE WORLD CAN’T TAKE IT AWAY.

Galatians 5:22 NKJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Nehemiah 8:10b  KJV
….; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Psalms 16:11 NKJV
You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalms 30:5 NKJV
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

John 15:11 NKJV
“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

John 16:23-24 NKJV
“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. [24] Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Romans 14:17 KJV
for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

James 1:2-4 NKJV
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, [3] knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. [4] But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

I Peter 4:13 NKJV
but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

Jude 1:24 NKJV
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,

PRAYER GOES WHERE YOU CAN’T GO,DO WHAT YOU CANNOT DO, AND GIVES GOD ACCESS TO MOVE QUICKLY ON YOUR BEHALF.

” Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, YET YE HAVE NOT, BECAUSE YE ASK NOT.”( James 4:2 KJV).

PRAYER is a dialogue that goes two ways,you talk to God,then you listen. In John 10:27 Jesus said,”My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me”.

Then in John 10:5 He said,”And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers”. As disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ we are to know His Voice and His vocabulary (His Word).We must intentionally listen to hear the voice of God.Consistent prayer, study and meditation in God’s Word helps us to hear his voice.Remember prayer is not to just tell God what you want in Jesus Name and run. After we have prayed. We need to wait and listen for God’s Voice.

Prayer is also dialogue between God and us.Exercise this discipline consistently to hear God’s Voice and it will change your entire life for the better. Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!

In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy – being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:4-6

Let’s  Pray 🙏🏽 …
Dear Father in heaven, we thank you for the work you are doing. We thank you for working through people of all kinds and of all vocations and through the many hearts that know your goodness. We thank you for the great work led by the Lord Jesus, who will overcome the world with patience and with gentleness. He will overcome the world, opening the door wide for all, including the poorest of the poor, to come to you, their Father in heaven. Grant that with the light we have been given we may remain firm and true. Do not let us come into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Loving Father thank You for Your gift of joy and for Your fruit of rejoicing. Help me to take all my thoughts captive… especially those doubts and imaginings that are prompted by the enemy to steal the heavenly gift of joy that is mine in Christ. Thank You, Father, that You are worthy of all my praise and that Your joy is a heavenly medicine and spiritual muscle that strengthens my trust and increases my love for You. May I never cease to rejoice in You all the days of my life. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours forever. IN THE ALMIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN.

As Jude 1:24-25 KJV says:
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, [25] to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.