The Fruit of the Spirit, Joy

Joy

{Singing}

"The joy of the Lord is my strength
The joy of the Lord is my strength
In the darkness I’ll dance
In the shadows I’ll sing
The joy of the Lord is my strength"

Have you ever felt it? Oh, I'm not talking about being Happy. No,no, no. I'm not talking about laughing. Feeling good. No. I'm talking about that touch of God. That indescribable, unimaginable, experience, that you can only understand through experiencing it. That Peace and pure Joy that comes over you when you are touched by God. When you really realize that God, the Alpha and Omega. The Creator of all things. The Lord of Lord, and King of Kings, is now, as a Child of God, your Daddy.

No.no, no. You need to get this. YOU are a Prince or Princess of Heaven. You are a Joint Heir with Jesus Himself. Your home is in Heaven. You are merely walking through this Earth. This time. Your time is yet to come.

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."{Romans 8:35-39}

What do you have to fear? What do you have to worry about. You are in the company of those Jesus was talking to when He made this Statement. He is talking to YOU..

"Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." {Matthew 6:31-34}

Now I know that this takes Faith. But you are NOT a Gentile. You are not the Old Man who is forever linked to this World. You are NOW a Child of God.. God is your Father. You have NOTHING to Fear. You have NOTHING to Worry about. You have NOTHING that can stand against you, when you have God standing behind you.

The Feast of Tabernacles is where the Israelites, who had returned to rebuild the Temple, gathered together to hear Ezra proclaim the Word of God to them. Ezra’s preaching resulted in a great revival as the Israelites confessed their Sins and Repented of them. The Word declares ...

"Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength." {Nehemiah 8:10}

It was also during this Feast that Jesus said,

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." (John 7:37–38).

What is it that you really have to Fear? What is it that you really have to be Sorrowful over? Evil?

"For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. {Ecclesiastes 9:1-9}

Evil exists. Evil is there. Jesus even told us that we need to worry about ourselves, and not others out there. He told us we simply need to be Children of God and allow things that will happen to happen and not worry about them. He said this..

"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." {Matthew 5:45}

When talking about the end times, Jesus went into detail of all the things that we coming, from Sickness and Disease, Natural Disasters, and Wars. People being arrested and Slaughtered from no other reason than they believe in Him, Jesus. Yet, notice what He said??

He did NOT say Pray for this to not happen. He did not say, Pray for the World to repent. He did not say this is going to happen "IF." No. He said,,,,

"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."{Matthew 24:6}

He said, "see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass." He also told us that we should not be fooled because He told us all these things, including False Christs rising, before they happen. See, We are Child of God. When our time is up here, we will be with our Father. We will be in Heaven. There is nothing to Fear or Worry about..

YOU are those that Jesus told His disciples about that they saw Him, and all He did, so they believed Him, yet there are those, YOU, who do not get to see Him yet believe. Peter put it this way..

"Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls." {1 Peter 1:8-9)

This is because of the Holy Spirit whom Jesus told us He would send us. It is the Holy Spirit that brings up the possibility of receiving this Joy.

"Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost." {Romans 15:13}

This is why the Word declares:

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance." {James 1:2-3}

There is NOTHING that can do ANYTHING to you, that your Daddy, GOD, cannot undo, prevent from being done, and yes, even REPAY. It is God who is in charge of your Life. That is, it is God in charge of your Life, if you let Him be. The choice is yours.

Do you know Jesus as your Savior? Have you been adopted into the Family of God? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray..

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus's sacrifice for me. I repent my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"

That's it. It really is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." {Romans 10:9} You need to find a Church that God leads you to, and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A new Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." {Colossians 3:10}

If you want to tell me, or comment, question, give testimonials, or just say "Hi," the Email is opntalk@gmail.com

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. {2 Corinthians 13}

Until next time, be Blessed, be a Blessing, and Jesus IS Lord..