JOY

Good Morning... The Humidity in PA has to let up eventually...Right? Supposed to feel like over 100 today. Question of the week... Are you Joyful? I Hope and Pray that you Are!

If you think about it, We probably All know people that just don't seem Happy with Life:(... Joy is More than Happiness! Joy comes when We can be Content with Life not only when we are Happy, but when the Trials of this World are Upon Us... (Health, Anxiety, Financial, Work, School, Family) Life Can Be Hard! I heard this definition of Joy in a sermon. "Joy, is the Unshakable Assurance that God is in Control of ALL of the Details of My Life. The Quiet Confidence that Ultimately Everything will be Alright. And the Determined Purpose to Praise God in All Things! Read that a couple times! This is a CHOICE! It is as Easy to Choose it, as it is to Not. You may be familiar with another quote, "It's not about what happens to you, but how you react! This is a true story, it just doesn't Always seem Easy! Circle back to that Faith Muscle again... Remember Muscles Only Grow when we Use Them. I hope You All Choose Joy and I Pray for Joy to ALL. Please let me know if you ever want to discuss further. Have a Joyful Week!

Romans 15:13 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.

James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

1 Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice always,

Psalm 70:4 May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!”

Isaiah 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

2 Corinthians 6:10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.