Where is your joy
In this season where joy and thanksgiving ought to be the central theme many people find themselves depressed. We have turned Thanksgiving and Christmas into shopping days and have lost focus of the true meaning of these Holidays. Read Psalm 100. In this Psalm of praise there are no criteria for praise or worship to our God. This Psalm reminds us that Y0u should not be motivated to get into the presence of God. There is no condition to this particular Psalm. Your response to God shows you your responsibility to God. Thanksgiving to God opens his gates. Find something to appreciate God this season. Everything that was made was made by; therefore give him God.
Your praise will give you access to his courts. Stop complaining about what you don’t have and give God praise. The courts is just the beginnning of getting into God's presence. In the natural you might find the pool grill, vineyard of fruit in the courts. However, to get into the palace it is going toake another level in your relationship with God by your worship. Sometimes the enemy tries to frustrate you. But don't allow the enemy to take you away from the presence of God. Rejoice in your salvation. Salvation will bring us joy unspeakable and bring us glory. God loves us unconditionally; But he is not obligated to do anything for you. God is only obligated to his word and his purpose towards you.
Don’t allow your situation (lack of money,lack of whatever) to rob you from the simple things in God. Don’t let this economy take your praise or your tithes. We need some foundational joy to be brought back to the Church. Start to enjoy praying, enjoy God’s word, enjoy the air that he has given you to breathe. Ask the Lord to restore unto to you the joy of your salvation.
Many Christians find themselves experiencing Anhedonia. Anhedonia is the feeling of joyless or cheerfulness or joyless pleasure. It is the ability in our decline pleasure, or the inability to obtain pleasure concerning simple things. This can be the source of anxiety, sexual addiction, or lust. It works when we push our stress level up. This is a condition that is natural in our brain. We are always seeking the next thing that provides us pleasure. This is how pornography takes over. In the body of Christ, we find no pleasure in God’s presence, but we are believing God for miracles. Many people have no joy in clapping their hands or enjoy the simplicity of God in the beauty of his presence. The enemy is addicting us to pleasure. Now you go to prescription drugs to get joy; however, the pill allows you experience joy one time.
Our brains are hijacked by the world’s system. A spirit of rejection, a pyton that is restricting your mind from pleasure from the simplicity of God’s pleasure. God is so awesome. God is not going to confirm to the way of our minds. We have to be renewed in the Spirit of our mind. We can embrace the simple things of God. Until you are able to do this, you will not be able to enjoy God’s presence. Upon the foundation of the joy of the Lord being your strength, that is what you are going to build your prosperity. We need to repent, because we don’t appreciate God, we don’t appreciate what he has created. Some of us are sitting in church and you don’t know what will bring you joy. When you are searching for joy the enemy will give you a substitute. Some of us have sick, we are bound, we don’t have no joy in giving God praise. We are always searching for something. We need to search for the altar and find our joy right in the midst of our God.
Always Seek the Truth!
From the Pastor's Corner
Your praise will give you access to his courts. Stop complaining about what you don’t have and give God praise. The courts is just the beginnning of getting into God's presence. In the natural you might find the pool grill, vineyard of fruit in the courts. However, to get into the palace it is going toake another level in your relationship with God by your worship. Sometimes the enemy tries to frustrate you. But don't allow the enemy to take you away from the presence of God. Rejoice in your salvation. Salvation will bring us joy unspeakable and bring us glory. God loves us unconditionally; But he is not obligated to do anything for you. God is only obligated to his word and his purpose towards you.
Don’t allow your situation (lack of money,lack of whatever) to rob you from the simple things in God. Don’t let this economy take your praise or your tithes. We need some foundational joy to be brought back to the Church. Start to enjoy praying, enjoy God’s word, enjoy the air that he has given you to breathe. Ask the Lord to restore unto to you the joy of your salvation.
Many Christians find themselves experiencing Anhedonia. Anhedonia is the feeling of joyless or cheerfulness or joyless pleasure. It is the ability in our decline pleasure, or the inability to obtain pleasure concerning simple things. This can be the source of anxiety, sexual addiction, or lust. It works when we push our stress level up. This is a condition that is natural in our brain. We are always seeking the next thing that provides us pleasure. This is how pornography takes over. In the body of Christ, we find no pleasure in God’s presence, but we are believing God for miracles. Many people have no joy in clapping their hands or enjoy the simplicity of God in the beauty of his presence. The enemy is addicting us to pleasure. Now you go to prescription drugs to get joy; however, the pill allows you experience joy one time.
Our brains are hijacked by the world’s system. A spirit of rejection, a pyton that is restricting your mind from pleasure from the simplicity of God’s pleasure. God is so awesome. God is not going to confirm to the way of our minds. We have to be renewed in the Spirit of our mind. We can embrace the simple things of God. Until you are able to do this, you will not be able to enjoy God’s presence. Upon the foundation of the joy of the Lord being your strength, that is what you are going to build your prosperity. We need to repent, because we don’t appreciate God, we don’t appreciate what he has created. Some of us are sitting in church and you don’t know what will bring you joy. When you are searching for joy the enemy will give you a substitute. Some of us have sick, we are bound, we don’t have no joy in giving God praise. We are always searching for something. We need to search for the altar and find our joy right in the midst of our God.
Always Seek the Truth!
From the Pastor's Corner
posted by Pastor Michael Horne | 8:21 AM
