May 4 2025 … Filled With Joy …

May 4 2025 …  Filled With Joy …  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with the group Rend Collective singing  … Joy of the Lord,  to find our joy in praising the Lord and following His ways … ALWAYS.  

Highlight Passage: …  Psalms 16:11 … [NLT] … 

11 You (i.e., my Lord) will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of Your presenc and the pleasures of living with you FOREVER.           

…  David is filled with joy knowing that he will live with the Lord FOREVER>   

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … Psalms 16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… King David sings of the joy in his heart which only comes from The Lord.                                  

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 5:11  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Once again, King David, sings of the joy and praise which comes from the protection The Lord provides for His faithful followers.

Reference Passage: … Nehemiah 8:10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…God’s people rediscover God’s Law thru Ezra who declare to God’s people the joy which comes from being under and following God’s truth. 

Reference Passage: … John 15:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…Jesus, in the upper room shared His words to give His disciples joy in the midst of their turmoil and confusion.       .         

Reference Passage:… Romans 14:17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians about the essence of God’s joy found in following Jesus as our Lord.  

Reference Passage:…  Philippians 4:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also commands fellow Christians to be filled with joy.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Kirsten Holmberg … AT THIS LINK     …  relates a true story of a village in Norway in 2014 putting up a sign on a street crossing in their village which instructed those crossing that one street to do so in silly ways, … giving those who crossed that one street at least a little laughter and joy for just a moment in their day.     

And if my readers have take in the scriptures shared above and the linked song, I’m hoping - nay, I’m praying -  that YOU, my fellow Christians, are seeking to find the joy that a deep and abiding relationship with Christ  provides for all who follow where our Lord leads those of us who follow Him down the streets of our lives.   

         

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for showing me Your way to joy.  

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all of us, Lord, will let You lead us down Your path to joy.  … AMEN

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