And today's podcast, we're going to explore the role of the Holy Spirit in living with

the joy available to us in God.

Know that as a believer, the Holy Spirit is with you, ready to search the heart of God

for you, and to give you this free gift of joy if you'll simply trust Him and receive

it.

May your relationship with the Spirit deepen today and yield a joy so real and strong

that no trial or tribulation could come against it.

Welcome to the 1st of Teen podcast.

Our scripture for today comes from 1st Thessalonians 1, 6 through 7, where Paul writes,

and you became imitators of us and of the Lord.

For you received the word in much affliction with the help of the Holy Spirit so that you

became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Echaea.

Relationship with the Holy Spirit empowers us to live a lifestyle of consistent joy.

It's only by the filling of the Spirit that we have access to the deep reservoirs of

joy found in the heart of our Heavenly Father.

1st Thessalonians 5-22 is clear that the fruit of the Spirit for believers is to be joy,

so as temples of the Holy Spirit, we need to search out what it looks like to allow

the fruit of joy to be evident in our hearts and our lives.

Scripture is filled with direct connections between the filling of the Holy Spirit and

joy.

Romans 14-17 says, for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but

of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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