Sunday, December 13, 2015

The Joy of the Lord is Our Strength Advent Week 3


The Message today O the JOY of the Lord is my strength! ♪♪ – A great song with a Message!  Today the Pink Candle is lit; it is the Candle of Great Joy! It symbolizes the great JOY that we feel as we anticipate the Birth of Christ. I’m thinking it should be a great Joy everyday as we reflect not only on Jesus Birth, but the fact that He is our Resurrection King!  He lives within our heart! Joy is a great testimony of His Presence in our life. It speaks volumes, sometimes more then we can ever speak.  Think of the Joy that filled heaven at the Message of Jesus Birth, the Advent of His Coming! The angel descended in the midst of great glory and for a moment the Shepherds were sore afraid, then they heard –“Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great JOY, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Just take a moment to meditate upon this glorious occasion!  There would be a ‘sign’ “Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” And then the heavens was filled with a “multitude of the heavenly host Praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth Peace, good will toward men.”  Can you sense this JOY?  165 times Joy is mentioned in the Word of God. And the Greatest Joy in Scripture is the moment of Jesus Birth, the moment when our Saviour was born. He would not remain a Baby, but would be our reigning King, our Healer, our Baptizer, and our Soon Coming King! O saints life up your heads and let His Joy be revealed in you! “Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in.” ~ Psalms 24:7 “When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your Redemption draweth nigh.” ~ Luke 21:28 If there was ever a day that our head needs to be turned toward heaven, it is this moment. The battle rages, and the Advent of our King draws nigh. But for the JOY that was set before Him and His Strength of obedience; He gave us the Gift of Salvation!    Praying for His JOY to fill our hearts as we celebrate Christmas! Pastor

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