My children, do you still not understand how important it is to keep your joy? I want you to meditate on what I tell you today. The enemy has been after your joy from the very start. Your joy is your strength. It brings much hope and helps you to enter fully into My presence. Your joy works with peace and your belief is built up. It brings you fulfillment and happiness to My heart. Your joy is medicine that helps heal your body, mind, soul and spirit. .

Holding onto your joy is like holding onto to a thread of your life line in Me. If your joy is missing it makes part of the link between us weaker. You become battle weary because that connection between us has diminished. Without joy your hope fades away. You begin to lose your peace and you take your eyes off of Me. This makes you take on many battles that you should not be fighting. So you see little ones, the strategy of the enemy is to make you believe your joy isn’t that important. I want you to see how essential it really is.

So I ask you today, where is your joy? Where is your joy in serving and loving Me? Without your joy you cannot give to others because your joy is what brings the peace and hope that the lost and dying need. They are not going to want Me if they think I will not give them what they are looking for. The world is filled with enough misery. They need to see that in Me comes the joy, love, hope, and peace that they are so desperately seeking. They need to see these things in your life as an example. .

Some of you are wondering why you haven’t felt My presence like you should. You have been asking why the Holy Spirit has not been residing in you constantly. It is because your joy is missing. When you find your joy and let it come back and bubble up inside of you, it will bring music and praise back into your soul. A sweet melody of celebration and thanksgiving will play as you again rejoice and enjoy serving Me and being a part of My kingdom. Your life will begin to harmonize as you continue to walk in joy because even though your circumstances and situations have not changed, your strength to endure them will be there and you will begin to feel strengthened. All because you have finally reclaimed your joy and realized how much it matters.

Without your joy the enemy is not defeated. He will find a way to continue to steal from you and make you feel beaten down. Come up from that miry clay and out of that pit of defeat. Rise up and receive My joy and allow it to manifest in your life. Let it fulfill its purpose so you can enjoy your life in Me. Find and keep this joy today. See the importance of keeping and using your joy and do not allow the enemy to steal it again. Do not let him have not one piece of it. This joy is so vital to your survival in the times ahead. You must learn to use it daily. It will help you stay afloat when all seems lost because with this joy, comes the peace and hope you will need.

It is in the joy, little ones! Receive and hold onto your joy! Enjoy yourself in Me and serve me with gladness. Become strengthened and alive once again. When you really grasp My joy it will bring much positive change to your life.

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” (Romans 12:12, NIV)

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness” (Galatians 5:22)

“Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.” (John 16:24)

“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy.” (1 Peter 1:8)

“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 14:17)

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” (Proverbs 17:22)

“Being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully.” (Colossians 1:11)

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me–put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” (Philippians 4:4-9)

“You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” (Psalm 16:11)

“My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you– I, whom you have redeemed.” (Psalm 71:23)