** Today, choose to walk in the joy of the Lord. **

Date:   1/10/2019 3:13:10 PM ( 5 y ago)

Life is about living and loving those around you even if you do not realize it yet!


Romans 6:4 (NKJV)
4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in a newness of life.


It seems in life that so many tend to see but not heed! Remember if you go around just kicking cans all you get is a sore toe.



Many people ignore the Blessing which are available to us and pray for Joy and guidance! Start using your God given intelligence to be joyful and have a happy heart, loving others. Life is too short to be miserable!




LUKE 1:39-56 (read)


Here, Mary makes a very clear distinction between her soul magnifying the Lord and her spirit rejoicing.



Our soul is the part of us that is considered to be our personality. It is our intellect, emotions and will. Our spirit is the part that gets changed at salvation and it is always operating in "love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance" (2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 5:22-23).



That's true whether our souls (feelings and emotions) "feel" it or not.



Many believers wait until their emotions feel like praising the Lord before they enter in to worship. They think it's hypocritical to act like they are rejoicing in the Lord if they don't "feel" it. But our spirits are always rejoicing in the Lord. It's actually hypocritical to go by our feelings and not magnify the Lord with our souls when our born again spirits are already rejoicing.



Our born again spirits are always in tune with the Lord and walking in the joy of the Lord. Our flesh is often dominated by what it sees and feels.

Sometimes it doesn't feel like praising the Lord, but the choice rests with our souls. If we choose to praise the Lord, our emotions will follow.

The decision is yours (Dt. 30:19).



Today, choose to walk in the joy of the Lord.



 

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