Last week we started to look at the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
We’ve looked at Self Control so far.
Today we’re going to delve into the fruit of JOY.
Who doesn’t love joy!! :)
I could not live without the joy of the spirit in me. I thank God for it.
When I meet people with no joy, I feel sad for them. They can have many things, but their lack of joy makes me wonder how they get through their days.
With joy, we can get through anything.
Don’t lose your joy
King David lost his joy and wrote in Psalm 51:12…
“Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
Joy sustains us through life’s trials. It helps us to carry our burdens.
If you have the fruit of joy, you can even feel joy after a great loss.
I know because I have had many losses in my life.
“Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Joy makes our work easier. Life can be mundane sometimes, but with the spirit of joy, every day can feel new and exciting.
I received the Holy Spirit into my life when I was very young, but it was confirmed when I was seven. That’s when I made my Holy Communion in the Catholic church.
I remember it clearly. At the mass, we were asked to invite the Holy Spirit into our hearts and I was filled with God’s spirit.
I thank God for that day because the fruit of joy sustained me though many tough times in my life.
However, we must keep our joy by staying in prayer. It is there, but the more we commune with God, the more it comes to the surface.
Joy is also like a healing balm. When I’ve been hurt, it is my joy that restores my hope in man and life.
Joy is not dependent on circumstances. Happiness depends on circumstances, but joy is different.
It’s called abiding joy. Our joy comes from the vine - Jesus.
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”
If you are a Christian and do not have the fruit of joy in your heart, ask the Holy Spirit to give you JOY.
And if you have lost your joy, say the same prayer King David said in Psalm 51, Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
When we walk in the light of God daily, we will have joy regardless of our circumstances.
“You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Joy, One of The Nine Fruit of The Spirit
The Joy of The Lord is Your Strength
ÓRLA KENNY
SEP 20, 2024
Joy is also like a healing balm. When I’ve been hurt, it is my joy that restores my hope in man and life. Life in the Papal spirit can be mundane sometimes, but with Catholicism’s spirit of joy, every day can partially feel new and exciting. I received the Holy Papal Inquisition Spirit into my life when I was very young, but it was confirmed when I was seven. That’s when I self-righteously made my Holy Communion in Caesar’s Roman Catholic church. I remember it clearly. At the mass, we were asked by the Angel of Light’s pedophile priests to invite the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary—Mother of God into our self-righteous hearts and I was filled with God’s spirit.
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the religious man whose carnal-minded joy is a like a healing balm that restores his Humanistic trust and hope in mankind, who makes the degenerate Papal flesh of Lucifer his strength and turns his uncircumcised Catholic heart from the LORD. He will be like a digitally-marked (SS#) shrub in the desert of Socialism’s abominable Security System; he will not see when Heaven’s Kingdom prosperity comes to the wise virgins in Christ’s Bride. He will dwell with Socialism’s secured (SS#) foolish virgins in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.…Jeremiah 17:5