1Pet.1:8; John 15:11; Heb.1:9; Isa.61:3
It is often said that momentum is a leader’s best friend. I can say from my experience that this is so very true. Momentum is the energy that enables a leader to run with the vision without burning out even in the midst of adverse situations. It is the drive in a leader that impacts on the institution or group they lead. God did not leave us to ourselves in this wicked world. He said He would not leave us comfortless but would return to us. He kept his word when on that great unusual day of Pentecost, at the upper room; He visited the 120 disciples who were awaiting his visitation. On that day, the Church was born. God’s longtime dream of finding a place of rest in the heart of man was actualized.
Since then, we have had the privilege of the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in our lives. In His office as the Spirit of might, He releases the oil of joy into us that enables us to rejoice with what Apostle Peter describes as joy unspeakable full of glory! Joy is the fuel that powers the believer with supernatural ability for accomplishing the unaccomplishable by natural standards. The result of this is usually described as a miracle.
Many have confused joy with happiness and have ended up experiencing a roller coaster life because happiness is a transient feeling based on circumstances around us that we like. Joy on the other hand, is spiritual energy supernaturally imparted to us by the Holy Spirit and the revealed word of God. I want to describe joy as active faith that enables a believer to stay believing with the right attitude until the manifestation of what they have believed God for. It is the other side of the peace of God. Joy and peace work together to bring a balance in our faith walk.
The joy of the Lord is so powerful that if we allow it to stay with us, we would never experience depression. Due to the supernatural grace of joy, the spirit of depression is cast out cheaply.
In these evil days when men’s hearts are failing them, the antidote for depression and all that make men’s heart to fail is the oil of gladness. The oil of gladness has the ability to take away mourning of any kind from our lives. It is what energizes us to offer sacrifices of praise [when physical circumstances resist praise] because it dresses us up with the garment of praise taking away all the ashes of our lives.
This grace is so beneficial for keeping us in faith until the soon return of the Lord that we must spend time this month to understand it. To this end, this month, we shall be looking at a series I title: “Understanding the importance of the Joy of the Lord”. This grace is however a spiritual virtue that is only accessible to the redeemed as one of the keys of the kingdom [see Mt.16:19]. If you are yet to make Jesus Christ he Lord of your life, you cannot take advantage of this grace yet until you do so. Should your desire to do so now, please say the following prayer out loud in faith and you shall be granted access:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.
Congratulations! For more information and resources that would help you grow in this new life, please visit our website at www.kingdomheirsministries.org and our blogs at www.flourishinggirl.blogspot.com and follow us on twitter at alero_nanna and on face book on www.facebook.com/flourishinggirl www.facebook.com/khmii2015; www.facebook.com/thewellbeingcenter. Or www.facebook.com/kingdomjointheirsfamily email: jointheirsfamily@gmail.com.
Remain on top of your challenges in Jesus’ name!
It is often said that momentum is a leader’s best friend. I can say from my experience that this is so very true. Momentum is the energy that enables a leader to run with the vision without burning out even in the midst of adverse situations. It is the drive in a leader that impacts on the institution or group they lead. God did not leave us to ourselves in this wicked world. He said He would not leave us comfortless but would return to us. He kept his word when on that great unusual day of Pentecost, at the upper room; He visited the 120 disciples who were awaiting his visitation. On that day, the Church was born. God’s longtime dream of finding a place of rest in the heart of man was actualized.
Since then, we have had the privilege of the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in our lives. In His office as the Spirit of might, He releases the oil of joy into us that enables us to rejoice with what Apostle Peter describes as joy unspeakable full of glory! Joy is the fuel that powers the believer with supernatural ability for accomplishing the unaccomplishable by natural standards. The result of this is usually described as a miracle.
Many have confused joy with happiness and have ended up experiencing a roller coaster life because happiness is a transient feeling based on circumstances around us that we like. Joy on the other hand, is spiritual energy supernaturally imparted to us by the Holy Spirit and the revealed word of God. I want to describe joy as active faith that enables a believer to stay believing with the right attitude until the manifestation of what they have believed God for. It is the other side of the peace of God. Joy and peace work together to bring a balance in our faith walk.
The joy of the Lord is so powerful that if we allow it to stay with us, we would never experience depression. Due to the supernatural grace of joy, the spirit of depression is cast out cheaply.
In these evil days when men’s hearts are failing them, the antidote for depression and all that make men’s heart to fail is the oil of gladness. The oil of gladness has the ability to take away mourning of any kind from our lives. It is what energizes us to offer sacrifices of praise [when physical circumstances resist praise] because it dresses us up with the garment of praise taking away all the ashes of our lives.
This grace is so beneficial for keeping us in faith until the soon return of the Lord that we must spend time this month to understand it. To this end, this month, we shall be looking at a series I title: “Understanding the importance of the Joy of the Lord”. This grace is however a spiritual virtue that is only accessible to the redeemed as one of the keys of the kingdom [see Mt.16:19]. If you are yet to make Jesus Christ he Lord of your life, you cannot take advantage of this grace yet until you do so. Should your desire to do so now, please say the following prayer out loud in faith and you shall be granted access:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.
Congratulations! For more information and resources that would help you grow in this new life, please visit our website at www.kingdomheirsministries.org and our blogs at www.flourishinggirl.blogspot.com and follow us on twitter at alero_nanna and on face book on www.facebook.com/flourishinggirl www.facebook.com/khmii2015; www.facebook.com/thewellbeingcenter. Or www.facebook.com/kingdomjointheirsfamily email: jointheirsfamily@gmail.com.
Remain on top of your challenges in Jesus’ name!
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