okay I'm rolling. Make sure you're comfortable. Good morning!
I mean hello good day hello and happy Saturday folks. happy Saturday morning
well I'm here and I am filled with joy aka coffee I don't know what the here
does my voice is awful why cuz I'm a little bit I'm a little bit sick well
Andre is filled with the joy of coffee but we're both filled with the joy of
the Lord oh I wonder what that really means so before we go into that and
define it we want to hear what you think joy means we'll give you a few seconds
to drop your comment below okay cool what is joy the dictionary defines it as
a feeling of great happiness or pleasure I have another definition I'm going to
read that for you guys it's not a dictionary definition it's from John
Piper it's a good feeling in the soul produced by the Holy Spirit as he causes
us to see the beauty of Christ in the word and in the world being joyful
doesn't always mean being happy for example we can still have the joy of the
Lord even if we're going through a tough situation I think oftentimes Christians
use the phrase of allowing someone to steal our joy and really if our joy is
rooted in the Lord then it can be stolen it can't be taken away to me joy is like
salvation it's something that's irrevocable it can't be taken away from
you and it is something that you can have that is not fleeting unlike
happiness you know joy is perpetual I like how Hebrews 12:2 puts it says
fixing our eyes on Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith who for the joy
set before him endured the cross scorning in its shame despising the
shame and see I'm really bad at this this is why I was really bad at bye
for drill and I hated it I'm just gonna read it for my phone just to pretend to
be cooler it says fixing our eyes on Jesus the
author and perfecter of our faith who for the joy set before him endured the
cross despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of
God it is joy that we look forward to its what we look forward to that gives
us joy sometimes it can be so easy to just wallow in the drama
Andreea what tips would you give to someone who's looking to apply or have
more joy in their lives joy is an active thing we need to
remember that whatever we're going through whatever's tearing us down we
need to remember God loves us and God will use whatever we're going through
for our good my tip would be to remember to count your blessings every day and
there are little things that we can look for in our lives that can be great
blessings and that Joy's constant if you truly have the joy of the Lord it will
never go away I just want to tell these people that think I don't know the Bible
I'm know things and I have a phone that also reminds me of this verse in James
chapter 1 verse 2 to 4 believe consider it all joy my brethren when you
encounter various trials knowing that the testing of your faith produces
endurance and let endurance have it's perfect result so that you may be
perfect and complete lacking and nothing yeah a man
I like the movements one thing I've learned too is that being poor in spirit
which means having humility and not being arrogant reminds me that I'm not
in control and that gives me joy it lifts this weight off of my shoulders
and gives God back the control it's not our responsibility yeah and it reminds
me of a recent Superbook show vlog where they talked about being poor in spirit
and really dope into what that means and broke it down for us watching it and you
know there's another thing that really brings me joy is hearing other people's
testimonies hearing their stories and so the 700 club always has amazing stories
about people and just their trials their joy their victory and so you definitely
want to check those out all right folks we hope the joy of the
Lord permeates you throughout this weekend and the rest of the week before
we go Mike yeah subscribe and also comment below
I remember that question at the beginning just go a little bit backwards
see what it was and it's right at the bottom alright guys we'll see you next
week bye