Learn to rejoice in the goodness of God. You can let joy flow from you regardless of your circumstances. This is part of walking in the spirit instead of the flesh because joy is included in the fruit of the Spirit.
Walking in joy is so much more than a feel good thing too. There is genuine power for you to thrive there because that joy is your very strength for victory. When we rejoice we are fulfilling God’s will for us. Not only that, but joy is one third of the Kingdom of God.
When you neglect joy and choose to worry instead, you drain your strength and forfeit your victory. A gloomy defeatist mindset plays into the enemy’s hands.
Instead, you will do far better to respond to an apparent hopeless situation like Paul and Silas did when they were beaten and thrown in prison. They chose to joyfully praise God. Not only were they freed from prison as a result, but the jailor and his entire family were born again as a result.
Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” — Nehemiah 8:10 (NKJV)
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