An Epidemic of JOY

            Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  I sure hope that you’ve caught the JOY bug!

            We talked yesterday about causing a JOY epidemic!  Let’s be so contagious that we spread “joy germs” everywhere we go…in our homes, schools, churches, throughout the community. 

The joy disease is no respecter of persons.

·        Age doesn’t matter; you are susceptible if you are young, old or somewhere in between.

·        Gender is not important; male and female can catch it!

·        Education level is not a factor;

·        neither is wealth or lack thereof. 

            However, there IS one thing that is a common indicator.  Every person who “catches” the JOY germ has to have been exposed… to Jesus! In John 14:6, Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”  You can’t get much plainer than that!  There is only ONE way to the spend eternity with “The Father”….and that way is Jesus.  If we want the JOY of the Lord, we must accept Him as our Savior and our LORD.  That means more than just going to church on Sunday mornings.  We’ve must be completely “sold out” to Him, giving Him every area of our lives.

            The world tells us that there are lots of ways to happiness, but those ways are just temporary. To catch genuine JOY, we must have a personal relationship with Christ. 

            Catch the JOY bug; live a life totally sold out to Jesus and spread His JOY everywhere you go.  Now….watch out! You are about to be the cause of an EPIDEMIC of JOY!