GOD’S WORD IS THE SOURCE OF JOY

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When we gave our lives to Christ, we receive God’s joy into our spirit (Joy of salvation) and when we receive God’s word into our spirit the joy remains and grows fuller.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John 15:11
When most folks received Christ into their spirit, they soon lose the Joy they received in their spirit because they nolonger expose themselves to God’s word. The worst thing you’ll do to yourself is to cut yourself from God’s word because When you do, the joy of God will start to diminish till your are nolonger joyful as bitterness would take over.
When we lose out the joy of God, bitterness and hatred grows and bitterness is the environment where evil thrive.
Someone once asked me, how does a believer stay vigilant, is it by always be prayerful? I said, prayer is good, but you can only be vigilant when you are joyful. The devil can’t attack the joyful person.
And again, the power of God increases in you as the joy of your salvation grows (Ne 8:10). Your joy grows the more as you come under the ministry of God’s word.
If you’ve lost God’s joy, your prayer has lost its power.
God bless you
Pastor Promise Ikpe
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