You have Joy (A reminder)

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Matthew 11:18-19

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

There is this need to mystify the people of Christ, to feel that those who have been been born again do not laugh, eat or have things to do with people around them. When the bible says we should be separate it meant not to do the evil others do and not to be trapped in the philosophy of the world.

Joy is one evidence of our pact with God. We do not go out morose, a sad face does not show that we serve God even if we were fasting.

Matthew 6:16
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Even in the face of persecution, the joy of the believer does not fade away.

Romans 8:35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Acts 20:24
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Thus, the very reason of our JOY is the love of God in us.

Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

It is expressed in His Holy Spirit, who dwells in us:

1Timothy 1:6
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

Yes because our joy as believers is not as a result of physical things NO, it is more divine and an expression that comes right from our inside where the Holy Spirit dwells and just as Bishop Emmanuel Okoro teach: produces great exploits.

Romans 14:17b
but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

I see you rejoicing, depression has no place with you. The love of God would compel you to spread His joy.

Glory to God.

PRAYER
Dear Heavenly Father, Your joy is my strength, keep me rejoicing in You as You do exploits on all areas of my life, delays are over, troubles are overturned and victory is here.

He calls us blessed.

Love
@the watcher

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