Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks for supporting

the ministry. We believe you're going to have an awesome 2024, healthy, productive, and favor-filled.

God bless you today and enjoy the message. Now, the joy that Jesus gave us is not dependent on what is going around on around us. See, the joy that Jesus gave us is not dependent on what is going around on around us. See, the joy that

Jesus gave us is on the inside of us. You see, God does his work on the inside of us.

When you said yes to Jesus Christ, the outside didn't immediately change, but the inside did.

You see, he put seeds on the inside of you.

He gave you a new heart, a new start, the ability to take what he's put on the inside of you

and make it come out of you. See, God's blessings

start on the inside, but they show up on the outside. You see, I have a lemon tree, and when I got it

and planted it, it had no lemons on it. It was a lemon tree, but it had no lemons. But I took care of it. I watered it. I fed it. I made sure that it was,

you know, was in the right soil. I did everything I could to cultivate and develop the lemons.

And sure enough, that lemon tree that had no lemons on the outside produced them

from the inside. So my lemon tree now has fruit that I can eat from. And do you know that's how

joy works? Joy is inside of us, but we must cultivate it. We must tap into it because there is fruit in there

that we have to eat from if we are going to overcome the trials of life. You see, you may be in a

trial. You may be in a difficulty, you may have lost a loved one,

you may have a child who is wayward or far off, and you feel sorrow.

But do you know on the other side of that sorrow, parallel with that is joy?

It's the fruit of joy that you can eat from.

And it causes you to be strong.

And it causes you to stand firm.

And it causes you to overcome.

...