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All right. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Praise God. Praise God. Hallelujah. Amen. Beautiful. So,

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I'm sharing with you this morning on

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a very interesting subject. I'm sharing on

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The Joy Quotient. The Joy Quotient.

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subtitled, "Counting it all joy". The Joy

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Quotient. Counting it all joy. And I'm using

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the word quotient for, to express the measure.

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So, it's really a question about the measure of joy.

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You know, sometimes your joy can be full, and there are times as well that your

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joy can be half full, your joy is not as full. There are also times that

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your joy is at a critically low level, a critically low level.

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You should think about joy as fuel to a car.

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When a car is fueled and the tank is filled,

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the car runs without any problems. But when the car

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has a very low fuel level, the car can easily stop. The car won't move after a while.

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And in the spirit, joy is like a fuel for the Christian. Joy is like a fuel for the Christian.

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So, your joy quotient determines a lot about your life. It determines a lot about your life. It determines your experiences.

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It determines your accomplishments. It determines your even your relationship with the Lord.

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It has an impact on your relationship with the Lord.

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And the way life is, what you'll notice about life, if you live, in quotes, for a while,

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you'll notice that life is full of difficulties, there are so many challenges.

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You wake up, you wake up to a very interesting day. Maybe there are calls that

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are coming in, there are challenges here. Even when you turn on the news, you are hearing bad news after bad news. There's flood here, there's

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tsunami here, there's this demolition here, there's this bad news here, and then you're having calls, there are responsibilities coming to you, there are bills, maybe you have children or

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people to take care of, so you have to go and do this, you have to go and do that. So what happens is that all these things sap joy from you.

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They sap joy from you. So, as you keep living, you'll notice that your joy quotient keeps going down.

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It keeps going down. So, there are days when sometimes the joy seems very high, then there are days when the joy seems quite low.

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But the Bible tells us in Philippians chapter 4, verse 4,

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that, "Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say rejoice."

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It's a very interesting scripture. It says, "Rejoice in the Lord always."

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So what he's saying is that our joy quotient, our measure of joy, should always be full, at all times.

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And then he says, just in case you've forgotten what I just said, "Again, I will say rejoice." Again, I will say rejoice. So God wants our joy quotient

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to be full. And joy is actually the reason that Jesus came. Joy is the reason that Jesus came. When you read

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the scriptures that talk about the coming of Jesus, what the angels spoke about,

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they spoke concerning joy to all men. They spoke about Jesus' coming and they said, "Joy to all men. Joy to all men." So Jesus' coming

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brought joy to us. It brought joy to us. Joy is from Jesus

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and his sacrifice on the cross. You see, joy is different from happiness.

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Sometimes we mix up the two. Joy and happiness are not exactly the same thing. They are different.

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Happiness is a product of happenings.

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You see, so your happiness fluctuates depending on what is happening, what is going on.

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You can be happy today and you can be you can be very sad tomorrow. That's

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that's happiness, happiness.

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But joy is different. Joy is independent of circumstances.

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Joy is constant. Joy is steady.

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The Greek word for joy is the word 'chara', c-h-a-r-a, chara.

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Which means a steady state, a constant state

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of gratitude, of calmness, of excitement, that's joy.

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So joy is different from happiness. Happiness is a product of happenings. It depends on what is happening,

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what is going on, what is going on around. So you can be very happy

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because of something that you've heard. You see, for instance, you when you receive One of the ways we get very happy is when you receive a mobile money alert.

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Yeah. And then, you become very angry when the alert that comes which says MoMo is actually just an advertisement from MTN.

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You see, because whenever you see MoMo message pop up on your phone, you are hoping that there is an alert, maybe there is a windfall from somewhere.

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And so, immediately you see the name that shows up, you are happy. When you see the content, which is an advertisement from MTN, you are sad. That's fluctuating.

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That's fluctuating. But joy does not need a mobile money alert.

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Whether a mobile money alert comes or not, joy is constant.

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Joy is steady. That's joy. That's joy. That's joy. You see? That's joy.

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So joy is not temporary happiness. Joy is not temporary happiness.

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Joy is is a steady state. It is rooted in who God is and what he has done for us.

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Who God is and what he has done for us. Let me explain the concept of happiness and joy a little more.

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So, for instance, you can

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hear bad news and still be full of joy. But bad news and happiness cannot coexist.

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So when you hear bad news, immediately happiness flows out of the window, flies out of the window.

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But you can hear bad news and you still have joy. So you can experience sorrow and you still have joy.

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That's that's 's the beautiful thing about joy. And we see it with Jesus.

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The Bible says that, "Who for the joy set ahead of him, endured the cross." Talking about Jesus.

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Yeah. "Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith." This is Hebrews chapter 12,

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verse number 2. Who Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy set ahead of him,

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endured the cross. The word cross and joy should not be in the same sentence,

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because cross speaks of sacrifice. It speaks of pain. It speaks of humiliation,

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all kind, it speaks of death, that's the cross. But he says that, "Jesus, who for the joy set ahead of him, endured the cross."

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That's what I mean by there can be bad things happening around but a Christian can still have joy.

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A Christian can still have joy. A Christian can still have joy. And I'll explain how that happens in a moment. So joy is more than temporary happiness.

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Joy is not just a product of what is going on, but joy is eternal. I am joyful today, I'll be joyful tomorrow, I'll be joyful in 10 years, I'll be joyful in 20 years,

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no matter what happens, that's joy. That's joy. Joy is not dependent on anything.

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Joy is not dependent on anything. You see? It's not dependent on what happens and what doesn't happen.

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That's that's 'chara', chara. And the amazing thing is that chara, the word chara,

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is also from the word charis, which speaks of grace, okay? So, the reason for our joy is the grace of God. That's the reason for our joy.

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The reason for our joy is the grace of God. The reason for our joy is hope.

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When you read the scriptures, you'll notice that joy and hope are cousins because they appear together in so many places.

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Joy and hope. Joy and hope. You see, no matter what happens on this earth, we can have joy because there's there's a blessed hope.

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We have a living hope, we can always have joy. So even at a funeral, we may be sad, but we still have joy.

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That's why Paul told the church in Thessalonica that even though they mourn, they should not mourn as them that do not have hope.

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You see, they should not mourn as them that do not have hope, we mourn as those with hope.

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Even in all our circumstances, the hope produces a joy in us, it produces a joy in us, and that joy is our strength.

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That that joy is our strength. It says, "The joy of the Lord is our strength." Without joy, you become very weak.

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Without joy, you become very discouraged. Discouragement is like paralysis. When you're discouraged, you don't want to do anything, you don't want to go anywhere, you don't want to attempt anything.

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That's discouragement, it's like paralysis in the spirit. It just holds you back.

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Without joy, there's no confidence. Without joy, there's no faith.

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Joy is the foundation, it's the fuel for the Christian life. It's the fuel for the Christian life.

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Without joy, you cannot enjoy all the things that God God has given to you. That's why the Bible says that with joy shall you draw from the wells of salvation.

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So salvation is like a well. It has all these beautiful things, it has all this goodness, all these blessings, all these wonderful things, that's salvation. It's a well.

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But he says that it is only with joy can you you can draw

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from the wells of salvation. So, the way you can draw all the treasures that God has given you, the way you can draw love is joy, the way you can draw

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self-control is joy, the way you can draw wisdom is joy, the way you can draw favor is joy, everything, joy. Joy is the fetcher.

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Joy is the fetcher.

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So without joy, you'll notice that your Christian walk would would be difficult,

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would be difficult. In fact, without an understanding of joy, you may end up questioning God.

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You may wonder, God, why is this happening to me? Why is this going on? And there's nothing wrong with asking God questions, but there's everything wrong with accusing God.

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With accusing God. So, if you're not careful, without joy, you may come to a place where you think that, "Okay, simply because I'm a Christian,"

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some challenges are not supposed to happen. So as soon as some challenges happen, then it means that God is God is not with me." And then it makes you question things. But when you understand joy,

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you know that from every trial,

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from every difficulty, you can when you squeeze challenges, you find joy.

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You see, Jesus went to went to the cross. The cross speaks of crushing. Crushing.

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Crushing.

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Yeah. In fact, he he went to the Garden of Gethsemane, which is which is an olive grove,

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okay, to signify the fact that he was about to be crushed. When he was crushed, you know when when when the olive berries are crushed,

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it is oil that comes forth. When Jesus was crushed, it was the oil of joy that came forth. That's why he said, "For the joy that was set ahead of him,"

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for the joy that is that is set ahead of him. When you are crushed, when you are pressed to the wall, when you are put under so much pressure,

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the joy of the Lord should come out of you. The joy of the Lord should come out of you.

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The joy of the Lord should proceed from you. Yes,

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you there are there are so many reasons for joy. We rejoice, we rejoice in the Lord, our salvation. Yeah. Rejoice in the Lord, our salvation.

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The joy that we have when it comes to salvation,

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there should be nothing that can happen that can steal that joy. And there are things that try to steal your um your joy. There's there's there's

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there's a joy of your salvation, and there are things that try to steal the joy of your salvation.

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What Christ has done for you on the cross,

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there's nothing that should happen, nothing that should happen, that should take away that joy, that should take away that confidence, that should take away that gratitude. There's nothing that should happen.

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It is called the joy of our salvation. There was a point David lost that joy of his salvation, so he prayed

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and said, "Restore unto me the joy." This is in Psalm 51:12. He says, "Restore unto me the joy

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of your salvation, the joy of your salvation."

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So, when you are confident in your salvation, when you understand

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that you have been saved, this is the greatest experience of your life. This is the greatest event of your life. There's there's no bad news

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that can come that is greater than your salvation. There's nothing, there's there's not even anything more God needs to do for you,

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all what He has done for you is more than enough for joy, for a constant, steady state

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of joy, of chara, of joy. The joy of the Lord is my strength.

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The joy of the Lord is my strength. Hallelujah. Now, I want to I want to get

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into the things that steal our joy. And then, I'll talk about how you can increase your joy because you can

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you can increase your joy. You can you can actually increase your joy. That's why I'm talking about

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the joy quotient. Joy can be increased from the Scriptures, okay?

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Let let me prove it to you. Isaiah chapter 9, verse 3 says, "You have multiplied the nation, You have increased its joy."

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So, God can increase, joy can be increased. Joy joy is is chara, is a steady state,

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but it can be it can be increased continually. It can be increased continually. It never goes down.

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So, what will happen is that you always live a life of an overflow. You see,

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even though your joy is full, God keeps increasing it, so it never goes down and you have you have overflowing joy. You have unspeakable joy.

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It's called the joy that is full of glory. Uh so, there's increasing joy. So, let me let me talk to you about the things that

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try to reduce our joy, like the floor. They try to reduce our joy. The enemies that steal our joy. These things steal our joy, okay?

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So, the first one, we're going to look at them. The first one is anxiety and fear.

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In Philippians chapter 4, verse 6 to 7,

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the Bible says that, "Do not be anxious for anything." Okay? Do not be

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worried. Do not fret when it comes to anything. Do not be troubled when it comes to anything.

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Yeah. Anxiety is being afraid of what has not happened.

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That's anxiety. Fear and anxiety, they they have to do with being afraid

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of things that have not even happened yet. So, you're anxious, you're nervous, you're worried,

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you're troubled, you're jittery, because you're thinking about the future, you're thinking. Anxiety answers to "What if?" "What if? "What if?" "What if?"

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"What if? What if this? What if that?"

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That's anxiety. So, you're always wondering, "What if this doesn't work? What if I fail my exams? What if I don't um um marry a good person? What if

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I suddenly drop down and die?" Anxiety, anxiety, it can consume you

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and steal joy from you. Steal joy from you. It can steal today's joy. You see,

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if you are not careful, you can think about tomorrow so much that today, worrying

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about tomorrow empties today of its joy.

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So, it empties today's joy. It empties today's joy. The more you're worried about tomorrow, the more you notice that you are full of anxiety.

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That's why Jesus said, "Take no thought for your life." When He says, "Take no thought for your life," He's not talking about planning. He's not talking about

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doing the things you're supposed to do. He's talking about worrying. He says, "Don't worry. Take no thought." And the phrase is very interesting. He says, "Take no thought."

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It means you can you can carry a thought, like, "Take no thought." So, don't go and carry a thought.

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Don't go and carry a you can carry a heavy duty

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100-ton thought in your head.

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He says, "Take no thought for your life," because you'll be weighed down by these thoughts. You'll be weighed down by these thoughts. Okay? Whenever thoughts of the future come,

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let God is the one who God is the only one who can exist in the present and also exist in the future. So, since you don't exist in the future,

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submit your future to the one who exists in the future. Cast your cares upon Him, submit your future to the one who exists in the future.

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He can go into your future and perfect all the things that concerns you. So, there's no there's no need to be worried about tomorrow.

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There's no need to be worried about tomorrow. Only focus on what He has told you to do in the now. The more you are anxious, the more you are fearful,

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the more you notice that you don't have joy in the present. You're always troubled. You're you are always

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at a low level of strength. We we spoke about joy being strength. You always be at a low level of strength, a low level of confidence,

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okay, a low level of confidence. Sometimes, when you notice

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how you used to worry and where you are now, you should realize that today's worry is just the same as yesterday's worry. When you were in primary school, look at the things we were worried about.

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We were worried about sharpness, worried about erasers, we're worried about um homework,

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we're worried about um the math teacher and

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exams and some interesting exams. Today, when you look back, you are surprised.

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No matter what is going on, no matter what is going on, conclude it as joy.

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What it means is that the end of every challenge you are facing is joy.

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You know, there was a day that you were worried about BECE. BECE was the greatest problem of your life. Like BECE, when we say BECE,

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It will end in joy.

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that was the greatest problem of your life.

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It will end in joy. That health challenge, it will end in joy.

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That financial challenge, it will end in joy.

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It will end in joy. That's why Jesus came. Jesus' ministry is a ministry of joy.

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But today, even when you watch the news and you see people, you know, getting certain results, you are surprised.

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I showed you earlier how that when the angels came, they said, 'Joy to all men! Joy, joy!'

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They were told to rejoice, rejoice.

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But at the time, it was the greatest problem of your life. It shows you that the mountain that is before you only looks big because you are close to it.

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Rejoice, rejoice.

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Have you noticed that when you are close to a mountain, the mountain is so big? But when you are far off,

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And in John 10:10, Jesus said concerning his ministry, 'That I am come. The thief came to...'

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the mountain is so small? In fact, if you take a flight, you'll notice, one of one of the experiences you have when you take a flight is that

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'...steal, kill, and destroy.' That's the devil's Magna Carta, that's his blueprint, that's what he works by. If he can't steal it, he'll kill it. If he can't kill it, he'll destroy it.

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'...and have it to the full.' When you read other versions, you get some nicer expressions of it.

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He says, 'I am come that they may have life and enjoy life...'

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'...and enjoy life.' God wants you to have a life of joy. From joy, to joy, to joy, to joy, to joy.

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So, it does not matter what is going on. Count it all joy.

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Count it all joy.

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Count it all joy.

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Though you go through various trials, various difficulties, he says, 'Count them all joy.'

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you notice that everything is really small. Everything is really small. As you go up high and high into the skies, you notice that, ah,

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'Joy number one, joy number two, joy number three.' Because no matter what challenge it is,

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no matter what it looks like, no matter how it presents itself, it is

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these big houses, this you can't even notice the cars. You can't even notice the the things that we kill ourselves over, we

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it is actually joy disguised.

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It's an opportunity for joy. Every challenge is joy disguised.

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we worry ourselves over, the houses, their accomplishments, the this, the that. You can't even notice them.

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Every challenge is joy disguised.

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When you have this understanding, it settles you.

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You can The Bible actually says that the earth is God's footstool. You know how you sit down and you put a footstool? That's that's how the earth is to God. It is

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It settles you. You know that the challenge will not be the end of you.

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The difficulty will not be the end of you.

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it's just a footstool. It's a very small thing. Very small thing. The things we are worried about, the things we are troubled about,

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That is our story in Zion. That's our story in Zion. Let me read a verse to you.

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the things we are constantly beating ourselves and battering ourselves about, actually,

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Isaiah chapter 35, verse 10. 'And the ransomed of the Lord...'

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He's talking about us, we are the ransomed of the Lord, we are the redeemed of the Lord.

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actually, when you understand joy, no matter what happens, you know that your Father is taking care of you.

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'And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion...'

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So, don't be don't be worried. Always be conscious of God's faithfulness. What is faith? Faith is simply trusting in God's faithfulness.

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Zion speaks about the church in this age, '...with singing. Everlasting joy shall be upon their heads.'

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He says, 'Everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing...'

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'...sorrow and sighing shall flee away.'

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'Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.' Hallelujah!

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no matter what you face,

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no matter what happens,

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no matter what happens,

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no matter what happens,

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Do you know that even our reward, our reward,

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the story Jesus spoke about, the parable of the talents, okay?

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Sometimes, people are trying to have faith, like have faith, have faith, have faith. I find that that expression can be problematic, because

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'Well done, thou good and faithful servant.'

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um how do you have faith? How do you That's why sometimes, it's like you're having faith, then you're having doubt, you're not sure. What is faith? Faith

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'You have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much.'

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'Enter into the joy of your master.'

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The Bible says that, "Faith which worketh by love." Faith works by your consciousness of God's love for you.

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Heaven and our assignment in heaven is actually the joy of the Lord.

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So, even our reward in heaven is the joy of the Lord.

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The more you know how much God loves you, the more you have faith.

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He says, 'You have been faithful, I will set you over much. Now, enter...'

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'...into the joy...'

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'...into the joy of the Lord, into the joy of the Lord.'

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Oh yes, the more you have faith. The more you know how much your Father cares about you, you know that God will take care of me, my Father will take care of me, your faith becomes strong.

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No matter what happens, be full of joy.

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Be full of joy.

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Abraham staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

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Have a constant position and disposition of joy.

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No matter what happens, be full of joy. Choose joy.

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He was strong in faith. Abraham knew that God would take care of him. He knew that what God had said He would do, He was also able to do.

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Even when you don't understand what is happening, when you are faced with trials,

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That's faith. Okay? So, don't don't complicate faith in your head. Faith is trusting in God's faithfulness,

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choose joy.

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In 2 Corinthians chapter 6, verse 10, Paul said something interesting. He said, 'As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.'

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because he was talking about sometimes we are sorrowful, yet we are always rejoicing.

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but sorrow and happiness cannot co-exist.

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yet still grateful to God, yet still steady.

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Without the joy of the Lord, that sorrow can take you elsewhere. That sorrow can even make you start thinking you are, 'Should I be an atheist? God doesn't exist,' and all kinds of things. No.

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knowing that God is steady, God is constant, God is God's loyal love, that's what Lamentations chapter 3, verse 23 says. It says, "God's loyal love,"

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no matter the trials you are facing,

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the joy of the Lord, the joy of the Lord is your strength.

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God's love is loyal, God's love doesn't vacillate, you see?

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The joy of the Lord is your strength.

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He He doesn't change. He doesn't change.

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He says, 'Be of good cheer.'

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'Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.'

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God is constant, God is faithful. So, anxiety and fear, it will rob today of its joy.

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He says, 'These things have I spoken unto you, that you might have peace.'

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'In this world you shall have tribulation.' The word 'tribulation' is the word 'grinding'.

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It will rob you of your joy. When you think about the future, think about joy.

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Jesus, who, for the joy set ahead of him, the joy As he was going to the cross, he was seeing the joy set ahead of him,

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the joy set ahead of him. Yeah, the joy set ahead of him. As he was hanging on the cross,

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and all those things were happening to him, he was conscious of the joy set ahead of him,

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he says something about, about the church in his letter.

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He says, 'In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a while you have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.'

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So, they were going through many trials, many difficulties, okay?

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these have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith, of greater worth than gold, which perishes, even though it be tried with fire, may result in the praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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He says, 'Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you see him...'

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'...you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with inexpressible and glorious joy.'

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The King James says, 'Unspeakable joy.'

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Unspeakable joy, you can't even, you can't even put it to words.

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the joy set ahead of him. No matter what you're going through, no matter what you're going through. And this is the second thing that

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Unspeakable joy. They were going through many trials, but they were full of unspeakable joy.

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steals our joy, trials, trials, trials, difficulties.

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they were bound.

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very interesting expression. It's like,

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they were, they were, they were singing, giving thanks to God. These are people of joy. A people of joy.

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take the problems and start counting them. Okay? So, there's not enough money, joy number one.

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They are a people of joy. They are people who are not shaken by what is going on. They are people of joy.

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Their lives were about to end actually, because they had been arrested.

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There are difficulties with school or work, joy number two. There are challenges with health, joy number three.

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There are um challenges with family, joy number four. He's saying that, just name them, count it, count it all joy,

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count it all joy, conclude all these things as joy.

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even in the midnight hour, when the night was darkest, when the challenge was greatest,

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they decided to praise God.

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but they did not lose their joy.

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do not lose your joy.

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Unexpected things may happen. Maybe you've applied for a job, you didn't get it. You may be sad that you've been rejected, but don't lose your joy.

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don't lose your joy. You may be sad about it, but don't lose your joy.

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going. Joy is what will keep you going.

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Unforgiveness and bitterness.

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some of the gutters along our streets.

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They are choked. Some gutters, the water cannot flow in the gutter, the water has to flow over the gutter.

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They are choked. Unforgiveness and bitterness clogs your heart. They are the clogs of the heart.

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They clog your heart, and they do not allow things to flow through.

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increasing your joy.

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Increasing your joy. What, what should you do?

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Okay, what should you do to ensure that your joy is constant and steady,

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is increasing, and your joy is overflowing?

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Increasing joy, overflowing joy, steady joy.

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How can you ensure that you have joy at all times, as the Bible tells us to rejoice evermore?

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To rejoice evermore.

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To rejoice evermore. Now, the first thing is the word of God.

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The word of God is a source

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of great joy.

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A source of great joy, the word of God, the word of God.

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The more you read the word of God, the more you walk in joy.

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The more you walk in joy. The more you read what God is saying to you,

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the more your joy quotient just keeps increasing,

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John 15:11, he says, 'These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.'

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no matter what is happening. He says, 'These things have I spoken unto you.'

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read the word. Get into the word of God. Just read the word of God.

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The, the joy quotient you have before you read the word of God

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increases exponentially when you, right after you are done reading the word of God.

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You will be amazed. As you read the word of God, meditate, receive what God is saying, your joy quotient just increases.

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It just increases. What's another way to increase your joy quotient?

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That's why our Saturday prayer meetings are very important.

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Our Saturday prayer meetings are very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, I wish I could say a hundred verys, very, very, very, very important.

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will increase exponentially

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and, and, and you'll be amazed. You'll be amazed. Look at Romans

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chapter, um, 12, verse 12. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

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steadiness, constant... You know, even

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the prophecies, Papa Prom gives us a lot of prophecies, he gives us, he leads us in prayer

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prays for us and declares many things over our lives. All those things produce joy in you.

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Prayer is the presence of the Lord. If you read Psalm 16, verse 11, it says: 'You will make known unto me the path of life.'

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They produce joy in you.

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In your presence is fullness of joy, at your right hand are pleasures evermore.

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I guarantee you that your Saturday morning, your weekend, and your week is better when you join the prayers, rather than when you don't join.

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Where's the fullness of joy? How, how does your joy get full? In his presence, in his presence, in his presence.

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Something happens when you pray.

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Yes, something happens when you join a group of believers to pray.

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So, and there are different expressions of his presence, of course, as you are with the Lord, that's a presence, that's an, that's an expression of the presence of the Lord.

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There is also a, a corporate expression of the presence of the Lord when we come together to pray, and that allows your joy to be full, your joy to be full.

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You see? So, always be interested in prayer.

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Always be interested in prayer. Join the prayer meetings.

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Yes, your joy to be full. Yes, your joy to be full.

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Your joy...

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So, it increases, it increases, um, your joy.

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Then, fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit increases your joy.

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You see, righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. There is joy in the Holy Ghost.

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And remember that joy is actually a product of, um, it's a fruit of the spirit. In Galatians chapter 5, joy is a fruit of the spirit.

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The more you have joy, the, the more you fellowship with the Holy Spirit, the more you can bear the fruit.

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It's a fruit. The Holy Spirit is the seed.

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Uh, so as you fellowship with him, the seed of joy is inherent and you are able to bear

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the fruit of joy. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Now...

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Now, another way for your joy quotient to increase is also

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being conscious of eternity,

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being conscious of eternity, looking at the, the cross and what Jesus has done for us, and eternity. You know, God has great plans for us. God has wonderful plans for us.

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You'll be amazed.

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In, in Ephesians chapter 2, the Bible talks about the plans that God has for us in the ages to come. And one of the plans is that God just wants to show us his kindness. Amazing.

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Yeah, that he might reveal the riches of his kindness. That's what God just wants to reveal, God just wants to bless us.

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Yeah, it... So, when you are conscious, it increases your joy quotient, no matter what happens.

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Then, the last thing I want to mention is always thanksgiving.

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Uh, thanksgiving.

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Thanksgiving is a way to increase your joy quotient at all times.

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At all times.

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Even when it makes no sense, give thanks.

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When it makes no sense, give... The more you are thankful, the more you have strength, you have joy. You see God in everything that is happening.

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Hallelujah. Amen.

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Amen. I pray that from today

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your life will be full of joy.

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Joy, joy, joy, joy, joy.

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You'll experience happiness as an overflow of the joy.

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No matter what happens, you'll be constant in joy. You'll be full of joy.

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In Jesus' mighty name, Amen.

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Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.