Joy in Every Circumstance
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 20 October 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
I think one of the hardest things to do in life is to live with joy in the midst of trials and challenges. It’s so easy to let life dictate to us our emotions and state of being. But in God, there is a joy available to us right where we are, no matter how good or bad the situation may be.
Today we’re going to make space together to simply open our hearts and minds to receive the joy of the Father. I hope and pray that you find real, life-changing joy in God’s presence today.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 126:5-6, and today's worship is Taste & See by Travis Greene.
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| 0:00.0 | I think one of the hardest things to do in life is to live with joy in the midst of |
| 0:09.2 | trials and challenges. |
| 0:11.7 | It's so easy to let life dictate to us our emotions and state of being. |
| 0:16.6 | But in God, there's a joy available to us right where we are, no matter how good or bad |
| 0:21.6 | this situation may be. |
| 0:23.2 | Today, we're going to make space together to simply open our hearts and minds to receive |
| 0:28.2 | the joy of the Father. |
| 0:30.0 | I hope and pray that you find real, life-changing joy in God's presence today. |
| 0:35.1 | Welcome to the first of team podcast. |
| 0:46.7 | The scripture for today comes from Psalm 126, 5 through 6, which reads, |
| 0:51.9 | Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy. |
| 0:56.6 | He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sewing shall come home with shouts of joy, |
| 1:02.6 | bringing his sheathes with him. |
| 1:08.1 | The joy of the Lord available to us in the Holy Spirit transcends all circumstances, |
| 1:14.0 | relationships, and possessions. |
| 1:17.0 | It's an internal joy fed to our hearts by the wellspring of joy the Father has toward |
| 1:22.0 | us. |
| 1:23.5 | God longs to make us a people marked by his joy. |
| 1:27.5 | He longs to fill us with the knowledge of how thrilled he is to be our Father. |
| 1:32.7 | He longs to make us a joyful people in every circumstance and season. |
| 1:38.6 | First Peter 1 6 through 9 says, In this you rejoice, though now for a little while if necessary, |
| 1:45.8 | you've been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith, |
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