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How To Keep Peace & Joy

The Key To Peace & Joy

     The peace and joy I have is from God. You too can have it. The first step is to be born again. Joy is a heart condition, and in order to have peace in your heart you need to fill the emptiness by being born again. In Jeremiah 15:16 it says "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts." Our joy needs to be in the Lord, the bible tells us in Isaiah 29:19 "The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel." You can only keep your joy by serving & walking with the Lord, we get our strength from the Lord. In the bible it says in Nehemiah 8:10b "for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength." When the storms in your life come, you need to keep your eyes on the Lord to keep that peace & joy. When I hear the word joy I think of sunshine. As a child where we lived it would often storm. It would rain on one side of the road and on the other side there would be sunshine, usually divided in the middle. I thank the Lord for that experience as a child, because now that I'm saved when the storms come I think of it. Satan tries to keep me focusing on the storm, because he knows if I search for the sunshine I will have the joy & peace he doesn't want me to have. Search for the sunshine during the storms don't let satan win, remember the bible says in 1st John 4:4 " Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." It is up to us whether or not we keep our peace & joy. I heard this saying & I thought thats the key to keeping our joy "Don't do things you like, like what you do." When the storms come look at the blessings, most of all look for the sunshine. In the bible in Galatians 5:22-26 it talks about the fruit of the Spirit and peace & joy are two of the fruits. But in order to have the fruit of the Spirit we need to walk in the Spirit. One can only walk in the Spirit if they are being filled by the Spirit, and we get filled by the Spirit by reading Gods word the bible (KJV). We need to abide in Christ to remain in our joy in John 15:10-11 it says "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full." Just keep your eyes on the Lord. Keep looking for the sunshine, doing His will, and being filled by the Spirit & you will keep your joy.

Here are some verses that will help you to keep your joy.
Psalm 9:14 Psalm 42:4 Phillipians 4:4
Psalm 13:5 Psalm 95:1-2 Hebrews 12:2
Psalm 20:5 Psalm 98:4-8 3rd John 2-4
Psalm 32:11 Luke 15:7 1st Thess. 5:16
Psalm 35:27 Phillipians 2:2-3

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