Exceeding Abundant JOY

          Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  I pray that you have; and that we will receive JOYful answers to our prayers!

            When God answers our prayers with a “NO” or a “NOT NOW”…..why do we assume that he has not answered our prayer at all?  Do we truly trust Him to do what is BEST for us….or do we just want our own way?  Many times we pray asking for something that we perceive as a NEED in our life.  But God, in His infinite wisdom, knows that it is not what we need at all.

            Ephesians 3:20-21 says: “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us… to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”   If we will allow God to take complete control of our lives and PRAY for HIS WILL….then, through His power, He can do immeasurably more…..“exceeding abundantly” more than all we ask or imagine!

         Dr. Wayne Barber explains it well:

When does God move in and do those things that are exceeding abundantly beyond what we ask or think?  When the Holy Spirit has empowered us, when Christ has indwelt us, when His love has mastered us and when His fullness has filled us.

            I am praying for exceeding abundant JOY in your life….and mine…so that Jesus may spill out into the lives of others!