Have you had your JOY JUICE today? It will help to get you in the right spirit for the upcoming holidays….the spirit of JOY!
As I looked at my calendar this morning, I counted the days til Christmas! 27 to be exact! Yes, I am still a child at heart and I love, love, love Christmas. I know that not all of you share my enthusiasm for the holidays.
· You might have so much facing you in the coming days that you just get exhausted thinking about what’s to come.
· You may have lost a loved one during the year and you dread this time without them.
· Sometimes it’s simply the commercialism that gets to us!
I believe that God has given us a challenge for our next several Joy
Juice devotional times together. Let’s open the gift of God’s Word and seek out passages of scripture that tell of that sweet JOY we all desire…..abundant joy that HE promises…at Christmas time and throughout the year.
Using the passage of scripture in Luke 1, an obvious example of joy is found in verses 26-28. In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Imagine hearing from an angel of the Lord that you are highly favored! Now, don’t you think that’s a reason for JOY? Mary was chosen to be the mother of the long awaited Messiah. Ask God to show you what your JOYful purpose is on earth.
YOU are loved by God….just as he loved Mary….never forget that JOYful truth!
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