ARE YOU JOYFUL?

WITNESS 3-23-13 ARE YOU JOYFUL Are you a joyful person Before you say yes Think about it Are you joyful Even when your health is falling apart Are you joyful When you don’t have enough money in the bank To pay your bills Are you joyful When your relationship With your significant other Is falling apart Or when your personal relationships Are not what they were--- Or what they used to be If you and I can truly say yes to this question When our lives are falling apart Then we are truly Living in the spirit of God Someone once said, “Joy is the infallible sign Of GOD’S PRESENCE In your life” Joy is one of the aspects And is a sign That God’s word---GOD’S SPIRIT Is alive in us That joy is evident In Jesus’ life The COMPASSION that he showed To those in need---the healing Always making himself AVAILABLE to others And Jesus Teaches us that joy comes from servant hood Even with impending crucifixion and death He gets down on his hands and knees And washes his disciples feet So they would be made clean JOY Comes from Having a servant’s heart “I have set an example That you should do As I have done for you” John 13:16 Joy Comes from Having a servant’s heart “And we pray this In order that you may live a life Worthy of the Lord And may please him In every way Bearing fruit in every good work Growing in the knowledge of God Being strengthened with all power According to his glorious might So that you may have Great endurance and patience And JOYFULLY giving thanks to the Father” 1 Corinthians 10-12 If you can be joyous When you are suffering AS CHRIST DID You are truly living in the SPIRIT OF GOD And if we remain JOYOUS In ALL circumstances Living on the WORD OF GOD It will lead us To salvation “Though you have not seen him You love him And even though You do not see him now You believe in him And are filled With an inexpressible and glorious JOY For you are receiving the GOAL of your faith THE SALVATION OF YOUR SOULS” 1 Peter 8-9 May the JOY OF THE LORD LIVE IN YOU ROBERT P. WALLMAN 3-5-12 Ps WITNESS 3-23-13 “Consider it pure JOY-my brothers-whenever you face trials Of many kinds-because you knot that the testing of your faith Develops perseverance” James 1:2-3 misc. WITNESS 2-17-14 and 11-28-15