MiniSode 3.d: Finding Our Joy in the Lord
SeeKing Holy
English - April 23, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality christ jesus holy god christianity devotion beth moore if gathering jennie allen ann voskamp Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Girls, I feel like I’m constantly working to press in to God. To feel His peace - to rest in Him - to draw joy from HIM. The battle is so hard and thankfully, the Lord is graciously and faithfully with us! He is with you my sisters, He is fighting for you! We only need to keep pressing into Him. So girl - you keep on keepin’ on!
But sometimes in my life I’ve mixed up joy with forcing myself to be happy.
Jesus said in John 16:33 to “be of good cheer, I have overcome the world”. The full verse says: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
Be of good cheer! That’s not to “make yourself be happy” and it’s not to be careless and oblivious to your troubles. The verse says “In the world you may? No - ye shall have - tribulation. So the sooner we accept that, we can actually get prepared, amen?
So you hear that? No matter the pain, toiling, uncertainty, discontentment, fear, anxiety, anger, disappointment, emptiness ...any battle you’re going through, Jesus has already conquered it.
He has overcome the world.
Claim that. Hold fast to it and don’t let go, because those are HIS words.
True joy isn’t contingent on our circumstances or situation, but real joy is deep, abiding, and flowing from the Holy Spirit.
Verses Sighted:
John 15:5-11
John 17
Psalm 32:1-2
Psalm 103:12
Isaiah 43:25
Romans 4:7-8
Hebrews 8:12, 10:17
Mark 8:38
John 16:33
Deuteronomy 28:46-48
Luke 7:36-44
Psalm 16:11
Hebrews 12:2
Philippians 4:4
1 Peter 1:8
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Philippians 3:3