Get your joy back

Neh 8:10 10 For the joy of the LORD is your strength. (KJV) We are living in a day that we have so many weak Christians, and the root of the problem is a lack of joy. Your strength e!e is "eter#ine" $y your joy e!e . Whats the easiest thing for you to lose? Your glasses? Your keys? Your mind? Your Phone? The easiest thing of all to lose is your joy. Do you allow people and circumstance to steal your Joy? Do you e ery find yourself like Da id who lost the joy of his sal ation? !David had the joy, but now he is asking God to restore his joy" %s &1:1' 1' Restore unto #e the joy of thy s( !(tion. (KJV) The word #restore# implies that it is something that the Psalmist once had and needed to reco er. !Do you need your joy restored?" $e find Da id in !' )(#.*:1+" dancing before the %ord with all his mighty. !Did you use to dance& but now the dance is gone?" 'n !Vs.1&" we find Da id and all the (ouse of 'srael shouting with the sound of trumpet. !Did you use to shout& but now the shout is gone?" The secret of Christain joy: The secret of )hristian joy is to belie e what God says in (is $ord and act upon it. * faith that is based upon the $ord will produce joy that will weather the storms of life. *s Jeremiah said in (Jer.1&:1*)+ Your $ords were found& and ' ate them& and Your $ord was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. *s (%s.1,:8) says+ The statues of the %ord are right& rejoicing the heart. 'n (%s.11,:1*') it says+ ' rejoice at Your $ord as one who finds great

treasures. 'n ,ible days people would hide their wealth in jars buried in the ground. 'f a farmer was plowing his field and suddenly disco ered a jar filled with gold& he would rejoice. This is the application that the Psalmist was using in rejoicing at (is $ord as one who finds great treasures. What is the Kingdom of God? The ,ible talks a lot about the -ingdom of God& in !Ro.1+:1-" we find what the -ingdom of God is not& and what the -ingdom of God is. Ro# 1+:11For the .ing"o# of /o" is not #e(t (n" "rin.0 $ut righteousness1 (n" 2e(3e1 (n" joy in the 4o y /host. (KJV) The -ingdom of God is not+ !.eat and drink". The -ingdom of God is/ 0ighteousness. Peace& Joy in the (oly Ghost. One of the most obvious evidences of our wal with Christ is joy! The word joy appears 123 times in the ,ible. 'n !53ts 6:87," we find a lame man being healed as Peter said to him+ 4il er and gold ha e ' none+ but such as ' ha e gi e ' thee/ 'n the name of Jesus )hrist of 5a6areth rise up and walk. 'n !Vs.-" we find that he took him by the right hand& and lifted him up/ and immediately his feet and ancle bones recei ed strength. 'n !Vs.8" we find he leaping up stood& and walked& and entered with them into the temple& walking& and leaping& and praising God. !7ull of Joy". 'n !Vs.," we find the e idence of his walk& *nd all the people saw him walking and praising God/ 'n !Vs.10" we find something that is about to happen to you& you ha e been sitting at the beautiful gate of the temple& but not going in. *nd they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the ,eautiful gate of the temple/ and they were filled with wonder and ama6ement at that which had happened unto him. !God is about to ama6e you". "oy is about attitude: 4($(..u. 6:1-: 89hough the fig tree "oes not $u" (n" there (re no gr(2es on the !ines1 though the o i!e 3ro2s f(i s (n" the fie "s 2ro"u3e no foo"1 though there (re no shee2 in the 2en (n" no 3(tt e in the st( s...8 (e says& !!. 18" #Yet ' will rejoice in the %ord& ' will joy in the God of my sal ation. #egardless of the circumstances$ you can rejoice% (Isaiah 12:2-3) Behold, God is my salvation; i will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvation

 !n (Vs.3) it says; therefore with "oy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation 5otice it didn8t say well of sal ation& it says& #wells# !plural" of sal ation? $e ha e inherited many wells& and 9ach well contains a uni:ue blessing/ $ell of healing. $ell of prosperity. $ell of joy. Joy keeps you strong and enables you to draw from the wells of sal ation. #ejoice in the &ord$ always! !%hi i22i(ns +:+" says& #0ejoice in the %ord always. ' will say it again/ 0ejoice;# (ow often are you to rejoice? You are to rejoice always& because #joy# is the easiest fruit to lose. You can8t li e off of the joy you had yesterday. You might say& #' don8t feel like rejoicing.# God didn8t say& #0ejoice& only if you feel like it.# 5o; (e said& #0ejoice always.