Joy Comes Through JESUS!

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“For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5)

Many people today are suffering from earthly sorrows, physical pain, financial woes, heartache, and the cares of this world; but for the Christians there will come a day when all sorrow, worry, heartache, and pain will end!!
JOY FOR THEM WILL COME WHEN THEY MEET THEIR SAVIOR!!!

There is a story told by a woman talking about when she was a small child: when World War I ended, she was just a small child in the first grade and she lived in Fort Worth, Texas. When the word of the war ending reached them it was about three o’clock in the morning. The first thing she remembers was waking up to the sound of noise in the streets; people were shouting, whistles were blowing, bells were ringing, and somewhere in the distance a band could be heard playing. Noise of every kind could be heard! They had no radios or televisions to tell them the good news, but they heard it just the same. The boy next door to her was beating on a dishpan, so she ran and got a tin pan and began beating on it with a spoon! She remembers her mother laughing and crying at the same time and everyone seemed to be happy – What a joyous moment that was – THE WAR WAS OVER!
As she grew up and became a young mother with three children, she remembers World War II ending. Her husband had just come home after spending two years on the front lines in Europe. In their small town of two thousand people, they heard the news about mid-morning; cars honked, someone rang a church bell, and the whistles at the mill blew. People ran into the streets calling out, “The War is over!” ---THEY HAD SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT!!!

JUST THINK OF THE JOY THAT WE WILL KNOW ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING; THE WAR BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL WILL BE ENDED….THE WAR BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL WILL CEASE….THE LORD WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT; THE TRUMPET OF GOD WILL SOUND; THE GRAVES WILL BURST OPEN – THE DEAD WILL ARISE!!
THERE WILL BE JOY UNHEARD OF THAT GLORIOUS MORNING!!!

This will be a morning of VICTORY – victory over the grave! The grave has robbed everyone of someone that we knew and loved….THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEATH!!! THERE WILL BE NO MORE PAIN AND SORROW!!
IT WILL BE A MORNING OF JOY!!!!!

As I have been visiting many different individuals from my church over the past few months in hospitals, homes, and care homes, knowing they were facing surgeries and death, I have been led by the Holy Spirit to share various Scriptures and personal testimony that I pray has reminded them and encouraged them to remember the joy of their salvation and the joy that they have in Christ and the joy that they have to come when they go to be with Christ for eternity! We all need to remember to NOT ALLOW the unhappiness of our situations and circumstances to overshadow the JOY that we have in Christ Jesus!!!!! If we do that, we will then experience VICTORY!!!!

It will be a morning of victory over sin….Sin has brought only bad things to this earth; sin causes sickness, shame, confusion, and trouble….Sin causes wars and rumors of wars….Sin causes little children to have to go hungry; sin cause homes to be broken…........
SIN ONLY LEADS DOWN A DARK PATH OF NIGHT!!!!
WHEN SIN IS JUDGED – THEN COMES THE MORNING!!!!
THE MORNING FOR WHICH ALL MORNINGS WERE MADE!!!!
THE MORNING OF JOY FOR THE REDEEMED CHILDREN OF GOD!

When man fell in the garden, the night of sin started; man was cast out of the presence of Heaven’s light….Then many years later the “Day Star” appeared – OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!!! WHEN THE GREAT MORNING OF JOY COMES, ALL THE SAINTS WILL BE GATHERED HOME!!!!

OH, WHAT JOY SHALL THERE BE THAT DAY!!!!!!!

THAT JOYOUS RESURRECTION MORNING WILL BE A MORNING OF REUNIONS WITH LOVED ONES….WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THINGS WILL BE – WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE – BUT WE DO KNOW THAT OUR LORD HAS GONE TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR OUR COMING….THERE WILL BE REWARDS FOR FAITHFULNESS, BUT BEST OF ALL, THERE WILL BE WORSHIPING AND PRAISE FOR EVER AND EVER!!!!!!!!

“For it is written, ‘As I live, says the Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall give praise to God.” (Romans 14:11)

For I cannot wait till the day comes when my Savior and Lord Jesus Christ comes back and the “joy of our salvation” will take on a whole new meaning that will be so far beyond our human comprehension….As a Christ follower, that is what I live for; to a Christian, death is not the end – IT IS JUST THE JOYFUL BEGINNING THAT WILL NEVER END!!!!

If you don’t know Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord, then you can’t experience this JOY that I speak of; please take the time to invite Christ into your heart – I promise, you will never regret it!!!

OUR JOY COMES FROM OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST!!
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