Choose to Drink and Serve the JOY of the Lord

Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Make certain that you are drinking from the genuine JOY JUICE fountain.

            The world offers us happiness.  If we’ll just buy this product or go to the vacation destination, we’ll be happy.  The more “stuff” we accumulate, the happier we’ll be! Right?  Nooo!  If you are looking for satisfaction and fulfillment in material things, you will never find it!

            You see, happiness and joy are not the same thing.  I know I’ve told you that before, but please understand that happiness depends on our circumstances….so it’s temporary.  Genuine JOY can be found regardless of our circumstances, if we have a personal relationship with Jesus!

            Kay Warren writes in her book Choose Joy : "Here is the foundational truth that each of us needs to remember: GOD IS THE ONLY TRUE SOURCE OF JOY. God will be there when all else is shaking.  He will be there when the people you love let you down or leave you or die.  He will be there when the place you thought would make you happy doesn’t satisfy any longer.  He will be there when the possession is lost or gets broken.  He is the spring of living water that will never run dry."

            If this is the foundational truth that you live by each day, then your family has a great role model. 

           Choose to drink and serve the JOY of the Lord in all circumstances of life.  No greater lesson of JOY can be taught to our children.