Has the enemy ever tried to steal your joy? That’s a silly question! All the time, that’s his MO. That is one of the main ways he finds to discourage Christians. When we start looking inwardly, feeling sorry for ourselves, when we think we are forgotten, the enemy comes in and floods our life with doubts about the love of God or the love of His body. Sit around for a while moaning about how rough your life is, and soon you can be in the depths of despair. Don’t feel like you are the only one who has done that. Sometimes when I read the Psalms, I notice David has that same tendency. He starts down the road despair, and then he catches himself. He pulls himself up by the bootstraps, and begins to encourage himself in the Lord. If you want your joy restored, you can do the same thing. Speak joy to your soul.
Restore My Joy
Its easy enough to give into my flesh
But when I do there is only regret
You can’t take my joy, I won’t give it away
When obstacles
come, this is what I say
Restore to me the joy You give
In joy and peace I chose to live,
I’ll keep my joy,
Its God who restores
When my cup is empty,
He will fill me up more
With joy overflowing,
up over the brim
He restores my soul,
and my joy is in HIM.
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