August 3, 2023

1 Thessalonians 5:16 (NIV) : Rejoice always, How can we always be filled with joy?

1. REALIZE THAT “REJOICE ALWAYS” IS A COMMAND FROM GOD AS KING.
   It is absolute, non negotiable. because that is the decision and feeling that must be manifested in our daily lives. So, there’s no excuse not to rejoice. It is extremely important and an order that must be obeyed!
   Philippians 4:4 (NIV) : Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
2. REALIZE THAT TRUE JOY IS NOT FROM PEOPLE, RICHES, MONEY, AND PHYSICAL THINGS, BUT ONLY FROM HOLY SPIRIT.
   So, don’t expect that we will get joy from all of that, we will be disappointed. Focus ourselves to build the awareness of the figure of the Holy Spirit that always reveal the truth and make us joyful because of the work of Spirit and Word. Remember that the true joy only comes from the Holy Spirit! Make no
   mistake to focus!
   Romans 14:17 (NIV) : For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
3. THERE IS A SERIES OF SENTENCES THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT RESOUNDSIN MY HEART : BE JOYFUL BY THE SPIRIT UNTIL IT OVERFLOWS IN OUR HEART.
   Because “joy” will become a “virus” that will spread to people who interact with our lives. That what will wipe out all sorrow and tears because of death, even swallowing death in all victory! Never want to be ‘distracted’ by the enemies who want to divert us from the figure of the Holy Spirit. Focus with the Holy Spirit, then the joy in our hearts will always flow like a spring of water that never stops!J
4. John 4:14 (NIV) but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give
   them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
   John 7:38-39 (NIV) Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow
   from within them.”[a] By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

4. BELIEVE IT, OUR EXISTENCE IN THESE END TIMES WILL BE SEARCHED BY MANY PEOPLE.
   Somehow they want to be close and listen to us speak. They can sense feeling safe, peace, calm, joy when they are near us. That is the moment they encounter God who is the WORD OF ETERNAL LIFE through our lives! So, maintain and increase joy in our life. Anyway, be joyful under any circumstances! This is for the interest of the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, not ours anymore! There is a Kingdom agenda in true joy.
   Philippians 2:14-16 TPT Live a cheerful life, without complaining or division among yourselves. For then
   you will be seen as innocent, faultless, and pure children of God, even though you live in the midst of a brutal and perverse culture. For you will appear among them as shining lights in the universe, HOLDING OUT THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE.

Ps. Steven Augustinus

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