Romans 15:13 (ESV)
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
There is a connection between what you believe and your
joy! Choose to believe what God and His Word say to you and about you.
Meditating on your failures, mistakes and what someone did or said will make
you negative and zap the strength out of you. What you meditate on becomes a
belief. Therefore, you must guard yourself from wrong thinking and wrong
believing.
Think happy thoughts! Sing happy songs! Hum a tune. Do
something positive. Create. Do things that inspire you to be your best. Laugh.
Spend time in God’s Word and worship Him in joy and freedom. Life is in Christ!
Out of a personal relationship with God, you can believe good things about who
you are in Him, and you can rejoice!
It takes effort to make yourself believe good things when
others are negative, but you will have what you believe.
Don’t let the enemy steal your joy with regrets, dread of
what you have to do, legalism, ruts, worry, anxiety, mental reasoning,
negativity, manipulative people, unbelief or over commitments! Believe what God
says, and serve the Lord with gladness. He is better than anything anyone can
do or say against Him!
Joy is contagious! People should see you smile and know
that there is something different about you! This hope you have in Him will not
leave you disappointed! Get your happy on!
Dear Lord, we pray that we would not focus on the
negativity but instead look at the joy. Help our hearts be full of joy so that
those around us will see You in us. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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