Joy is Important for a Christlike Life
Rejoice that your names are written in heaven. (Luke 10:20 ESV)
The principle Jesus put forward
If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them… (Luke 6:32-36)
A thankful positive and praiseful attitude
A joyful heart is good medicine. (Proverbs 17:22 ESV)
Take the step of faith
"Lord, if it’s you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water." "Come," he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. (Matthew 14: 28-29 NIV)
God gives us victory over fear
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. (Psalm 34:4 ESV)
I can claim the protection, leading, and guidance
For we live by believing and not by seeing. (2 Corinthians 5:7 NLT)
We are safe within His arms
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for Me? (Jeremiah 32:27)
“Go, and do likewise.”
But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" (Luke 10:29 ESV)
His wish was
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16 ESV)
Meditating on His Word
I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways. I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. (Psalm 119:15–16 ESV)
As we abide in His Word
Everyone then who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. (Matthew 7:24 ESV)
What we have now is only a sample
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. (1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV)
The light inside of believers will shine out
Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is filled with darkness. (Luke 11:34 NLT)
Jesus experienced emotions as we do
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15 ESV)
His encounter with Jesus completely changed his life
When Jesus got there, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down! I want to stay with you today. (Luke 19:5 CEV)
We are unable to fully understand the greatness of God
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable. (Psalm 145:3 ESV)
God’s Spirit speaks to us through His words
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. (John 4:24)
Things old and new can be discovered
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. (Psalm 27:4 ESV)
Reading God’s Word part 4
Whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. (Romans 15:4)