Today, My children, is a day of enjoying yourself in Me. I want you to allow the joy that I have placed in you to start bubbling up and overflowing. I want you to share this joy with all those around you. This type of joy that I have given you is the kind that I can use to restore the things that are lost and that was dead inside of you, to bring lite the fire once again, to heal the broken hearted, to bring life back into those who have lost hope, and to draw in those who are looking for that joy that is only found in me. Today, I want to use this joy to spread throughout My people and to draw in My harvest.
I want it to become a part of you that will not be stopped ever again. This joy is the type that I have told you about in My word. It truly is your strength. It will help you to be able to withstand the attacks that the enemy throws you way. You will able to stand up to him and say enough is enough and be able to go about your day with a smile on your face knowing that he is defeated and that you have the victory in your life.
This joy that I want you to walk in today is one that will help you not focus on the things around you but to praise Me in all things. This joy is the joy that will keep you from falling into the traps of despair and discouragement. This joy will be so contagious that no one will be able to resist feeling it. It is designed to overflow from you and be place seeds in others to be able to be planted and to be watered so it can grow inside of them as I have placed it inside of you.
Do not fight this joy, nor let anyone or anything take this joy away. Allow this joy to do the works it is to do and to help you to get through the situations you are in with the right heart and mind. Let this joy help you to not worry or fret about the things around you. Let the problems go and just walk in the joy that I have given you knowing that I am the God of impossibilities and I am taking care of all things.
Let the songs of praise flow from your lips. Let the songs of praise flow from the depths of your heart as this joy bubbles up inside of you and comes out to the surface. As the praise begins to overflow you will feel the joy become stronger and stronger. You will be able to feel the strength of the joy grow the more that you allow the true praise come forth inside of you to the outside.
Let this joy completely over take you, and it will make it easier for you to love. You will be able to see things more clearly with this overdose of joy because this joy will allow you to see more positive of things and the negative will be too faded to be able to focus on it. You will no longer be focused on the bad things but rejoicing in the things that are a blessing and knowing that all promises are coming to pass. Your troubles will fade away and new hope will begin to grow as this joy overflows and bubbles inside of you.
So let this joy bubble up inside of you this day. Walk in it and let it touch your life and the lives of others. Do not allow anything to steal it from you. Let this joy do all the things that I have said it will do and so much more. Do not limit this joy. Let it flow and let the praise come along with it. For truly My joy is completely unspeakable and full of My glory and that is what I want to be overflowing in your life today and everyday here after unhindered and unstoppable.
Allow today be a change in your life and allow this joy to truly blossom inside of you and to come to the surface and flowing out. This is the day to walk in more of the newness of Me and really allowing My joy to mature in your life today. Walk in the joy of Me today, and enjoy yourself as it takes deep root in your life and becomes a part of it as it should be. Let the praises flow from out of the depths of your hearts and flow out of your lips and really get into the joy that I have for you and really rejoice in Me today. Let your strength, hope, love, joy, faith, and peace be renewed in Me today as you truly praise Me will all that you have in you. Make a joyful noise unto Me this day and watch miracles after miracles start to take place in your life and those around you. This is a promise that I give you today as you allow this joy to really take place and bubble to overflowing.
Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 5:11 (NIV)
11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
Psalm 16:11 (NIV)
11 You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Psalm 86:12 (NIV)
12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;
I will glorify your name forever.
Psalm 89:15-18 (NIV)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.
16 They rejoice in your name all day long;
they celebrate your righteousness.
17 For you are their glory and strength,
and by your favor you exalt our horn.
18 Indeed, our shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 12:2-3 (NIV)
2 Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.”
3 With joy you will draw water
from the wells of salvation.
Isaiah 55:12 (NIV)
12 You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
Isaiah 61:10 (NIV)
10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Matthew 5:11-12 (NIV)
11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
John 15:11 (NIV)
11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Ephesians 5:18-19 (NIV)
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,