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.

What is LIFE without the LOVE of God?
+A LIFE without the LOVE of God is like living a life of death before one dies.
+Life is for Living and Loving.
+To LOVE is to LIVE Life, and Life is to LIVE is to LOVE. Let’s look at what God has to say about this :

I John 3:14-16 NKJV
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. [15] Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. [16] By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

I John 4:7-11 NKJV
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. [8] He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. [9] In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. [10] In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. [11] Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

John 1:1-4, God is Love and Life.
+To LIVE the LIFE of God is to first LOVE God with the full and maximum capacity of our hearts, and to Love others with the LOVE of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16
For God so LOVED the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE.
+God gave His Son for us so that we can start right now, in this life to LIVE the ETERNAL and EVERLASTING LIFE and LOVE of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
+You will begin to experience His Love in your spirit, soul and lifestyle. Amen!

Remember  what the previous scriptures said:  WE  know that we have passed from DEATH unto LIFE, because we LOVE the brethren. He that LOVES NOT his brother abides in DEATH.
He that LOVES NOT knows not God; for God is LOVE.

+Alleluia! The Word of God is the Absolute Truth.
+The Holy Spirit exposes LIES and reveals TRUTH to us.
+Let the Love of God be the the motive or reason for all that we think, say and do.
+Not walking in love can throw our lives off balance, and causes us various issues like illnesses, instability in our souls, minds, emotions and bodies.
+Walking in the Love of God brings peace, joy, happiness, wholeness, wellness, prosperity, longevity and causes the Power of God to be manifested in our lives. Amen!

•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!

Jude 1:24-25 AMPC
Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight]– [25] To the one only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory (splendor), majesty, might and dominion, and power and authority, before all time and now and forever (unto all the ages of eternity). Amen (so be it).

I must remain steadfast in my beliefs on what the Word of God says. IT IS WRITTEN, AND WILL NEVER CHANGE.

” But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”( 1 Corinthians 15:57-58 KJV).

” let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)”( Hebrews 10: 22-23 KJV).

” I had fainted, Unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”(Psalms 27: 13-14 KJV).

” that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:  which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil “( Hebrews 6:18-19 KJV).

” God is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? ( Numbers 23 : 19 KJV).

REMEMBER: WE are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. The Fruit of the Spirit demonstrates God’s personality and character. Which activates the gifts of the Spirit, which is the power and authority of God to cast out demons, heal the sick, doing miracles, signs, and wonders.

“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,  to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”[Jude : 24-25 KJV].