A prayer to restore fun in your life by Brad Reimer. So I commend the enjoyment of life because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad.

Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under

the sun.

Ecclesiasties 815.

What about fun?

Is it okay for Christians to have fun?

How much fun?

What kind of fun?

God wants us to enjoy ourselves.

The pleasure can be serious business.

In today's scripture, an assembly of Israelites is instructed to enjoy themselves.

They had just listened to a reading of the sacred scriptures and were crying and mourning over how poorly they had been paying attention to God's word regarding how to live purposefully and reverently.

It is interesting to see how proceeding and following a time of pleasure were periods of studying the book of law, see Nehemiah Chapter 8, verses 1 to 2 and 13.

After hearing and reading of scriptures,

the Israelites were told to have a feast,

to celebrate.

They were celebrating with the joy of the Lord.

To pursue pleasure sensibly, we need to include God. We need to be grounded in God's life instructions.

Consider this. When we leave God out, we tend to revert to our sin nature. Our priorities get out of balance.

Pursuing pleasure can become more important than anything else. We tend to

revert to our sin nature and may even pursue evil desires leading to addictive and destructive behaviors.

How do we include God?

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