PROMISE #119 - APRIL 29
Promise #119:
My everlasting joy and gladness will drive all sorrow and mourning away.
Isaiah 51:11 (WEB)
The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
The Bible states in Nehemiah 8:10 that the joy of the Lord is our strength. In John 17:13, during His high priestly prayer to His Father, Jesus expresses His desire for us to experience the full measure of His joy. In Romans 14:17, the Apostle Paul writes, "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit" (NIV).
There is no doubt that the joy of the Lord is our inheritance, and today's promise tells us that God's everlasting joy will rest upon our heads! While we understand that the fulfillment of this promise will be in heaven, my prayer today is for us to experience some of the joy of the Lord here on earth. In Psalm 30:5, we read that weeping may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning! Hallelujah for that promise!
Psalm 16:11 says... You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (ESV) There is no doubt in my mind that God is filled with joy, and He wants us to be filled with joy too! May we all experience a greater outpouring of the joy of the Lord today, and may His joy dispel all sorrow and mourning!
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for your everlasting joy that drives all sorrow and mourning away. I ask that you would fill me afresh today with a greater sense of the joy that comes from your throne room so that I may be a dispenser of that same joy to everyone I meet. For I know in my heart that it is your great delight to continually fill me with the same joy that overflows from your indwelling Holy Spirit who lives in me.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
My everlasting joy and gladness will drive all sorrow and mourning away.
Isaiah 51:11 (WEB)
The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
The Bible states in Nehemiah 8:10 that the joy of the Lord is our strength. In John 17:13, during His high priestly prayer to His Father, Jesus expresses His desire for us to experience the full measure of His joy. In Romans 14:17, the Apostle Paul writes, "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit" (NIV).
There is no doubt that the joy of the Lord is our inheritance, and today's promise tells us that God's everlasting joy will rest upon our heads! While we understand that the fulfillment of this promise will be in heaven, my prayer today is for us to experience some of the joy of the Lord here on earth. In Psalm 30:5, we read that weeping may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning! Hallelujah for that promise!
Psalm 16:11 says... You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (ESV) There is no doubt in my mind that God is filled with joy, and He wants us to be filled with joy too! May we all experience a greater outpouring of the joy of the Lord today, and may His joy dispel all sorrow and mourning!
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for your everlasting joy that drives all sorrow and mourning away. I ask that you would fill me afresh today with a greater sense of the joy that comes from your throne room so that I may be a dispenser of that same joy to everyone I meet. For I know in my heart that it is your great delight to continually fill me with the same joy that overflows from your indwelling Holy Spirit who lives in me.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.