Fruits of the Spirit- JOY

WELCOME BACK TO FRUITS FRIDAY! TODAY, WE WILL FOCUS ON A REAL IMPORTANT FRUIT. JOY!!! OH WHAT JOY  YOU CAN HAVE AS A CHILD OF GOD!

THE REASON FOR JOY IS THE SPIRIT! HIS DIRECTION, BLESSINGS, AND PROMISES ALL BRING FORTH JOY! SOME FROWN AND HAVE A SAD FACE ALL THE TIME, THIS REALLY MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT KIND OF JOY THEY HAVE. A PERSON THAT HAS REAL JOY IS VISIBLE. YOU CAN SEE IT ALL OVER THEM!
* JOY IS POSITIVE, SADNESS IS NEGATIVE! HOW CAN ONE BE JOYFUL AND BE NEGATIVE ALL THE TIME. IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FULL OF TRUE JOY! ONE CAN STILL BE JOYFUL EVEN THOUGH TRIALS COME IN THEIR LIFE. EXAMPLES WOULD BE LOSS OF LOVED ONES, SICKNESS, BETRAYAL OF FRIENDS, ALL OF THESE ARE TRUE EXAMPLES OF ONE, PEOPLE I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEEING JOY IN THEIR LIVES. WHEN MY SISTER HAD OVARIAN CANCER, SHE WAS THE MOST JOYFUL I HAD EVER SEEN.. WHY?? BECAUSE SHE HAD THE JOY OF THE LORD, HE WAS HER STRENGTH!

 

Psalm 28:7 King James Version (KJV)

⁷ The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
 THIS IS THROUGH ADJUSTMENT.WE CAN CHOOSE  TO ADJUST TO CHANGES LIKE THIS AND BE JOYFUL.. BE BETTER , NOT BITTER!
WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES ARE TRYING TO KILL YOUR JOY, WE CAN STILL FIND JOY. THERE IS JOY IN KNOWING THAT GOD IS WORKING FOR HIS GLORY THROUGH YOUR PROBLEM!
* LIFE IS STILL WHAT YOU MAKE IT.. FULL OF JOY OR FULL OF SADNESS.SELF WILL DOES NOT EQUAL JOY, IT CAN BRING TRUE DISSAPOINTMENT, THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO FULLY RELY ON GOD. LOOSING YOURSELF EQUALS JOY! REMEMBER JOY= JESUS, OTHERS, AND YOU!
*YOU DO NOT CHASE AFTER HAPPINESS. JUST DO THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND THE RIGHT KIND OF JOY WILL FOLLOW.. * TRUE BLUE RIGHT HERE 
EXAMPLES OF THIS WOULD BE, ROBBING A BANK, LYING ABOUT SOMEONE, RUINING SOMEONE'S CHARACTER, JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE JEALOUS OF THEM OR JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO BE HAPPY, STEALING ANOTHER  MAN'S WIFE OR AND/ OR ANOTHER WOMAN'S HUSBAND.. BTW, * THIS ONE WILL NEVER BRING FULL JOY!
WHY? CAUSE IT IS NOT OF GOD!

Psalm 30:5 King James Version (KJV)

⁵ For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

*JOY ENHANCES HEALTH AND ADDS DAYS TO YOUR LIFE! I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I WANNA LIVE AS LONG AS I CAN!! CHOOSE JOY!
*JOY IS IMPORTANT TO JESUS. JOY WHICH IS ROOTED IN CHRIST IS AN EXAMPLE OF GODLINESS!
OUR JOY IS LASTING BECAUSE WE AS A BELIEVER, IS JOYFUL ALWAYS, BECAUSE WE ARE LIKE CHRIST.
* IN CLOSING, OUR FUTURE EQUALS JOY! THINK ABOUT HOW HEAVEN IS RIGHT NOW.. RIGHT NOW, WE CAN BE JOYFUL BECAUSE HEAVEN IS SO VERY NEAR. OUR LOVED ONES THAT HAVE GONE ON, IS A REASON TO BE JOYFUL. IN CHRIST, THEY ARE REJOICING WITH JESUS!
* I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT.. WHAT IS KEEPING YOU FROM TRUE JOY?? WHAT IS ROBBING YOU FROM JOY YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE TIME? IS IT FAMILY OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD? IS IT SICKNESS THAT YOU CAN NOT GET HEALED FROM? IS IT A WAYWARD CHILD? IS IT A FINANCIAL REASON? JESUS CAN GIVE YOU VICTORY OVER ALL OF THESE THINGS AND EVEN EXAMPLES THAT I DID NOT TALK ABOUT. TRUSTING THE LORD IN ALL YOU DO AND YIELDING YOUR LIFE TO HIM IS THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE TRUE JOY!
REMEMBER JESUS LOVES YOU.. THIS CAN BRING JOY TO YOU LIKE NO OTHER.

EVOLVING AROUND JOY INVOLVES  ELIMINATING THINGS THAT DO NOT BRING YOU JOY! 

HOPE YOU HAVE A WEEK FULL OF JOY! CHOOSE JOY, JESUS, OTHERS, AND YOU!