December 7, 2017
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I WANT YOU TO LEARN to be joyful always by connecting your Joy to Me first and foremost. One way of doing this is to remember that I love you at all times and in all circumstances. Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, My unfailing Love for you will not be shaken. So don't give in to the temptation to doubt My Love when things don't go as you would like or when you have failed in some way. My loving Presence is the solid rock on which you can always stand--knowing that in Me you are eternally secure. I am the Lord who has compassion on you!
Another way of increasing your Joy is to give thanks in all circumstances. Ask My Spirit to help you view your life through the lens of gratitude. Search for blessings scattered along your pathway--even during your hardest times--and thank Me for each one. I encourage you to look steadily through your lens of gratefulness by thinking about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
"Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor My covenant of peace be removed,"
says the Lord, Who has compassion on you.
Isaiah 54:10
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Philippians 4:8 (NLT)
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