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celestial church- thy joy of thy lord unto we all
Author: snr evanglist ekundayo eyefe jimmy palmer
Posted to the web: 7/7/2011 10:39:30 AM


To  ALL CELESTIAL MEMBER WORLDWIDE,WITH THY LORD BEING THY PILLAR IN OUR LIFE-LET AMKE THY LORD JOY TO FLOW IN OUR LIFE  BY NOTING THAT--------thy lord joy in everlasting with all those that do is will and obey thy lord in all ways--celestial member  how long shall we understand that we can not do anything on our own power except thy lord build thy house in our life        Ran away from sin ,uphold thy lord word and teaching  and abide on it ,because by it we shall have everlasting joy greater than all thing in this lifeFor the joy of the Lord is your strength. Ps 5:1The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength'. Nehemiah 8-9For those who abide in Christ, joy is a continual feastSpiritual fruit can ONLY GROW IN GOD PRENSENCEjoy grows out of close fellowship with the Lord, first founded upon a relationship of actively loving Him.We must place ourselves in a position of listening to the Lord speak… Listen to Him share His promises with you, trust them and believe God's Word. Let Him speak plainly to you of your sin and need to repent. Let the Lord tell you what should be added to your life. Be willing to take no for an answer if necessary. Humbly accept His every commandment and live by them. Joy is a fruit that others take note of when they see it in our lives! It's as appealing as a great big, shiny, red apple for which a starving soul would reach... Sometimes though, there are thieves that would like to steal that shiny, red apple away from you. Will you allow yourself to be robbed of your joy? Perhaps your joy has already been stolen away by 'thieves' in the form of people, circumstances, worry, or things. Even though each of these 'thieves' is different, they all have something in common... They all stem from life on the OUTSIDE of us! Joy is a result of life on the INSIDE of us, the life of the indwelling Spirit of Christ present in every believer! , no matter what storms may be raging outside of you, it is still possible to be joyful because of WHO dwells on the inside. What steals our joy is an improper focus. When our minds are focused on:1) self - it leads to selfishness2) people/others - it leads to disappointment3) things- it leads to covetousness, greed4) circumstances - it leads to fear and anxiety5) cares - it leads to gloominess BUT LET NOTE THE WORD OF THY LORD WHICH SAY IN Acts 20:24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.MY BRETHEN IN THY LORD , as we place ourselves in the proper climate for growth, joy will hang about us, it will grow and spread and feed many nearby. The best environment is the mind of Christ! As believers we have access to the mind of Christ due to the indwelling Holy Spirit in our lives. Hence, we must surrender our will to the Lord at the beginning of each new day. We must let the Spirit of God renew our minds through the reading of the Word. And we must pray daily, freeing up our minds of care by committing and trusting God with those outward circumstances so that our joy, the fruit of the Spirit might be seen! It is all very simple - our God is not a complicated God. It is we who complicate things by our unwillingness to trust and obey. Jesus was joyful simply because He trusted His heavenly Father...Luke 10:21 (KJV)In that hour JESUS REJOICED in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.Jesus Christ found joy in the way that His Heavenly Father chose to do things. Let's be honest ladies, we don't always find joy in God's methods or His timing, do we? Nevertheless, you and I must come to that place in our hearts where we can say, 'Even so, Father', just as Jesus did. The only thing that should matter to us is what God thinks is best! 'For so it seemed good in THY sight'. This is the inward attitude of joy; is it your perspective also? We must not strive for our own way, but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way. Often times though, we have an incorrect focus, we prefer things that seem good in OUR sight, a focus that can never lead to joy! Therefore, the heart that would be filled with divine delight must be yielded and still before God.Psalm 5:11 (KJV)But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.So MY BRETHEN , is the big, shiny, red apple of joy evident in your life as a believer, or has it fallen off the tree in despair and turned brown with decay, eaten up with the worms of worry, things, people and circumstances? Remember - joy is promised to God's children. Moreover, it can be restored and remain forever a fruit in your Christian life because joy is a mark of resting in the presence of God!