Today, in the last day of our weeklong focus on joy, we're going to explore how we can

be carriers of the joy of our God.

Joy is contagious, it's powerful, and it's meant to be at the heart of our communication

of who God is and what relationship with Him is like.

May God fill us all with a greater measure of His joy today, and a greater understanding

of how to carry that joy into a world and desperate need of it.

Welcome to the First of Team Podcast.

Our verse for today comes from Isaiah 55-12, which reads,

For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace.

The mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees

of the field shall clap their hands.

As disciples of Jesus, we are to carry the joy of our salvation everywhere that we go.

You and I have the power to change atmospheres on earth with the joy of the Spirit.

We have the power to brighten people's days, break off heaviness, and lean people to a deeper

revelation of the goodness of our Lord when we reflect His joy to others.

And is a joyful God.

He is the inventor of happiness and fun.

Luke 1510 says, Just so I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God, over one center

who repents.

And Nehemiah 810 tells us, The joy of the Lord is our strength.

In order to truly declare to the world who our Heavenly Father is, we must be carriers

of joy.

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