It has been quite a while since my last post here, lots going on. I realized something recently, I have joy! Before I was truly saved I always wondered why I never had any joy, I knew that:
"...for the joy of the LORD is your strength." Neh 8:10. I felt tired, and had no strength. I know know that you need the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to have joy, this is not something we can have on our own, we can't manufacture it. This is 100% a gift of God, is not based on circumstance, or even on happiness. When we have joy it is accompanied by a deep abiding peace. Only a peace that Christ can give.
Rom 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Rom 5:2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Rom 5:3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, Rom 5:4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, Rom 5:5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God- John 1:1
thank you for that encouraging message. I need a constant reminder.
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