Oct 16 2024 … Seeking the Joy Giver

Oct 16 2024 …  Seeking the Joy Giver 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  

… Please take time to hear David Archuleta, with music and lyrics, singing Joy To The World calling on all of us to seek and see that God gave His Son to the world that we might find joy in and through Him.  

    

Highlight Verse: … John 15:11 [NLT] …  

11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 

… Jesus shows His disciples where - and from Whom - they can - and will - find joy.    

Highlight Passage (in context)  … John 15:9-11  … [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus speaks truth to His Disciples in the upper room, commanding them (and us) to obey His commandments in order to find joy in life. .  .                                                                             

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 118:24  … [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  God’s Psalmist, likely King David, sings every day is a day for believers in the Messiah to rejoice and be glad.       

Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 15:16  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jeremiah witness that he finds joy in consuming God’s words. .                                       

Reference Passage: … John 16:24 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …   

… Jesus commands His Disciples (that’s us too) to seek their (our) joy by praying to the Lord, … IN HS NAME.  

Reference Passage: … John 17:13 NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

…   Jesus prays that those who believe in Him might be filled with joy from HIs Spirit.              

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

…   The Apostle Paul calls on fellow Christians to ALWAYS be filled with joy in Christ.  

Reference Passage: … James 1:2-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  Jesus’ brother, James, assures fellow Christians that they (we) can find great joy in all, even tough times, when we seek and follow The Lord,     

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Sheridan Voysey -  AT THIS LINK  -  told of the ODB author’s tendency to overwork things in life and receiving a word from God’s Spirit … to … “go at the speed of joy;”  and making a commitment to allow joy to guide the author’s decisions and direction for the upcoming year.                

And if my readers today have taken in the linked Christmas classic from David Artchuleta and meditated on the reference verses above, I think you will come to see that God’s word is calling - really commanding - us seek God’s joy in all situations by seeking to follow God’s Spirit and His word.  But, … ARE WE?    

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me joy when I seek after Your way thru Your word.     

My Prayer Today:  Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here will join me to seek Your joy in life, Lord, … by following Your way through Your word.    …  Amen

 

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