{"id":2424,"date":"2018-03-16T10:27:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T08:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pellissier.co.za\/faith\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2018-03-16T10:27:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T08:27:12","slug":"fruit-of-the-spirit-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pellissier.co.za\/faith\/2018\/03\/16\/fruit-of-the-spirit-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit of the Spirit: Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22<\/a> is joy. This one, as with love, is not a topic that is new to this blog. I have written about it here<\/a> and here<\/a> before. But let us look at it again, because joy is something all of us can do with more of.<\/p>\n

\nChristians should be the happiest people we know. Agree? Yet, I have felt for a while now that doesn\u2019t seem to be the general consensus\u2026and maybe you\u2019ve felt it, too. Why is that? Why is it that the people who claim to have found true joy and abundant life in the person of Jesus Christ don\u2019t reflect it in their faces, attitudes, thoughts, business dealings or home environments? Listen, I get it. I really do. It\u2019s hard, y\u2019all.
\n– Candace Payne (from Faith Gateway<\/a>)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Candace captures the situation that most people find themselves in really well. Joy, overflowing, unstoppable joy, should be the natural result of being a child of God. And yet… that is most of the time far from our everyday reality.<\/p>\n

\nPhilippians 4:4 (WEBBE): 4<\/sup>Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, \u201cRejoice!\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Real joy comes from God, and has nothing to do with our circumstances. If we remain in Him, walking in a relationship with God, then joy will flow from that.<\/p>\n

So we have all heard that before I am sure. But how do we put this into practice?<\/p>\n

\nPsalm 27:4 (WEBBE): 4<\/sup>One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD\u2019s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD\u2019s beauty, and to enquire in his temple.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

King David desired above all else to spend time with God, as we see in his Psalm 27. Back in the old testament times, spending time with God meant going to the temple.<\/p>\n

\n1 Corinthians 3:16 (WEBBE): 16<\/sup>Don\u2019t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God\u2019s Spirit lives in you?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today the Holy Spirit lives inside us! We can spend time with God whenever we want! So just make time in your day, every day, to spend some time with God. Just be quiet in His presence. And you will experience His JOY!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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