Inspired by Joy
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“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” (James 1:2-4)
A few years ago he lost all he had. Everything. But he found Jesus. He inspires me every time I talk with him. He has embraced God’s word and one of the verses he lives by is this one quoted above from James 1:2-4,
“Consider it pure joy whenever you face trials of many kinds…”
It’s an unordinary challenge to consider trials pure joy! It seems unreasonable. WHY would God include such instruction in the Bible especially at a time when Christians were enduring fierce persecution? Because every trial that comes is an opportunity to prove your faith and to see God at work in you and through you and for you.
HOW can you be joyful in the midst of facing a trial, especially a very difficult trial? Not by pretending to be happy – no – there is no joy in the details of the difficulty. But by persevering in believing God’s promises and resting in the confidence that God is at work. He will carry you and He will give you all you need as you fully trust Him in the trial.
Thank Him for who He is. Thank Him for His ability to work all things together for your good and for His glory. God can be trusted with your life. Thank Him for His love. Find the joy in the opportunity to see God at work in amazing ways! Turn down the opportunity to quit or to abandon your faith in the midst of hardship.
Father God,
All around me there are trials of all kinds. Many face things that are hard, tragic, and seem unbearable. This scripture seems to be too trite in the face of such challenges. “Consider it joy”? Lord, right now I don’t understand the trial in my life of ___________(name it)__________. But today I want to change how I see it and to look at it as an opportunity for You to be at work in me and through me and for me. Please help me to fully trust Your love and Your care. Please help me to fully trust who You are, my faithful Lord. Today I choose to praise You for Your help and strength and that You are right here in the middle of this trial with me. May my heart rest today in the fact that You can be trusted. You will grow my faith. You will give me all I need. You will BE all I need. Thank you Lord. Please work this all together for my good and for Your glory. It seems impossible but I know You alone can do that. I declare my trust in You alone today. I pray this in the powerful name of Jesus, amen.
Questions: Are you going through trials right now? Are you able to place your trust in God?
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dear indira– prayer–father God i pray for indira singh right now for jealousy and fear and anger to leave and the old baggage to come off and for joy to come to this person, i pray forevery thing to leave from this person that is not from you God i pray for your joy to come to this person and for your love to oome to this person for her husband and daughter pure love from you God and for her move forward in you God let her feel you near her at this time and open her eyes to see you in this and in all things i pray all of this in JESUS name amen i am praying for you.
turning away from a relationship? yes i considered that. option for a divorce? yes considered it too! BUT NOT GOD! amen Thank God for he is in control. just like the song says ” He who began a good work in you, He’ll be faithful to complete it, He who started the work, will be faithful to complete it in you ” AMEN! Joy has vanished when i was put under fire, for purification of my heart, letting it be as PURE Gold! Joy never existed, excruciating pain in my emotions did! Yet God is so Merciful, the infinite grace no one can fathom, The mercy is insurmountable! Joy was lost, beacuse i was blinded by sin and blinded by the enemy’s lies, super lies! but Greater is He that is in me, than he who is in this World! God lift me up again! Joy started to get back in, as i aknowledge my frailty, sin and shortcomings. and It is really a matter of DECISION! to turn away from sin, and literally run away from it!
Inspired joy is the only true joy. Without God inspired joy is impossible. Joy is a spiritual blessing resulting from obedience and faith. Without Jesus all joy is imitation…joy never inspired joy!
God has blessed and saved me in many ways but I feel ungrateful because of the jealousy, fear, and angery felings I bear within me. I want to let the old baggage off me so I can breath clean air without being choked with anxiety and empiness. I’ve went through a great deal of neglection and heartbreak from the peolpe I’ve loved the most in my years which build a bundle of weight on me that I only dwelled on negative and today I ask for prayers to let it all go so I can love me and by that i’d be able to love my daughterf and my husband. I want to move forward in life and see the beauties of it all