Wisdom for Wednesday - Rejoice Evermore!

Happy Wednesday!

My Pastor has been preaching through I Thessalonians and we are into chapter five, so this week's quote comes from one of his sermons on verse 16:

Rejoice evermore.

I Thessalonians 5:16

I consider myself a pretty joyful person (and I hope those around me would say the same thing), but every once in awhile I do allow my circumstances to affect my attitude. 

When my Pastor said this, I promptly made sticky notes (I heart sticky notes) to put in various places as a reminder. He went on to say this (which got several sticky notes as well):

Rejoice evermore is not based on my circumstance--but on my God!

Don't you love that? No matter what is going on around us we can still rejoice because of our God. We can rejoice in His deliverance, His mercy, His grace…the list could go on.

Here's a few of my favorite reasons to REJOICE!

In the Word!

 (Psalm 19:7-11, 138:1-2)

In what God has done, is doing, and will do!

 (Psalm 5:11-12 and Psalm 13:5-6)

In hope!

(I Peter 1:3-9)

Thanks for stopping by for this week's:

Have a wonderful day! 

Make it a joyful one!

Wisdom for Wednesday - J-O-Y

J-O-Y

Down in my heart...

 

 

Deep, deep down in my heart...

 

Jesus put it there...

And nothing can destroy it...

 

I just love that song from when I was a kid. Every time I think of joy, I start to sing it! You should see the looks I get in public...just kidding. I will admit I have broken out into this song in class before and some of my students look at me as if I've grown two heads. Ha!

 

Anyway, I've always known there is a big difference between happiness and joy. Happiness is temporary. It can be with you one minute and gone the next depending upon your circumstances.

 

The joy of the Lord, however, goes deeper than our circumstances. It is based on Him and our relationship with Him...and just as this quote suggests...that kind of J-O-Y becomes our strength!

 

Now go ahead...sing the song...and don't forget the actions! ;-)

 

...the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Nehemiah 8:10