BREAKFAST WITH JESUS
BREAKFAST WITH JESUS
A daily devotional
Pastor Stanley
27th JULY 2025
LET NOTHING DAINT YOUR JOY
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! (NIV)
There are things or attitude that daint joy. Attitude like hatred, malice, envy, bitterness, jealousy, depression, inferiority and the likes. Don't allow such things in your heart. All of these proceeds from the mind.
The Word instructs us to rejoice in the Lord and it says it again, rejoice. And that's because of what joy means to our spirit. Our spirit functions with joy; joy is the fuel, inspiration and ability of our inner self. Without the expression of joy we cannot express the good God has deposited in our spirit.
You have to protect your joy for a proper functioning and activeness of your inner self; sadness disstabilises your spirit. There are revelations you cannot catch if your joy is not full, there are spiritual things you cannot receive if your joy is dainted. Let nothing daint your joy.
Sure, unpleasant circumstances will arise to try to keep you down and gloom, but if you are going to do anything impactful you will need to keep your joy alive.
Nehemiah encouraged the Israelites not to grieve but to rejoice instead. And because of what joy brings; strength.
Nehemiah 8:10 Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
For the new creation every day is holy to the Lord, and we are expected to grieve not but rejoice ever more. Isaiah emphasized joy as the ability to draw blessings from the wells of salvation.
Isaiah 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
This answers the question of those who have received salvation but not enjoying the blessings. Those who grieve and gloom in sadness, those who perpetually live unhappily are perpetually incapacitated and unproductive. Joy makes you capable and productive, let nothing daint your joy.
PRAYER
Dear Lord you have given me joy unspeakable and full of glory, I choose to live in joy perpetually. I vehemently reject anything that daints joy, I remain aglow in the Lord and maintaining joy always and in all circumstances, in Jesus' Name. Amen!
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