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Rejoice More

23 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for He has given the early rain for your vindication; He has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before. ~ Joel 2:23

Why did God tell the Children of Zion to rejoice? Because He has poured down abundant rain. He gave them the early and the latter rain, as before. They hadn’t seen as yet, but it was already done for them, and God wanted them to act like it so as to usher it into being. All of that is already done whether they have seen it or not. Seeing is not believing because the just shall live by faith.

What does rain represent in Scripture? Here, rain represents God’s blessings and favor and provision and the ability to provide a great harvest. Now, notice that there are three different kinds of rain. The abundant rain. The early rain. And the latter rain. And all three of these rains are different.

The abundant rain speaks of the blessings of the LORD, which leads to overflow and abundance. It’s the present blessings of the LORD. The autumn rains represent the past blessings that you should have had but you missed because you were either in the wrong place, had the wrong attitude, or were acting in the wrong behavior. It’s the missed blessings that God sent you that you should have had if it was not for disobedience. The latter rains are the future blessings that God has in store for you that will come in season and out of season. The more you rejoice and be glad, the more the blessings will flow.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Rejoice More.

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Be Renewed Trough Him

31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.~ Isaiah 40:31

The strength of the Church is fleeting. We’re tired and weary. It feels like we’re fighting a pointless battle sometimes. Obstacle after obstacle tries to slow us down and bring our run to a halt. And sometimes, our cross just feels too heavy to carry anymore. But here’s the thing, we don’t have to run the race worn out, struggling with all of this stuff.

God promised that if we spend time in His presence, He would renew us. So many of us Church folks are dying of thirst and exhaustion on the race set before us because we’re trying to run in our own strength and stamina. We aren’t strong enough to successfully run this race. We have to rely on God. We have to rely on Christ Jesus. We have to rely on His Holy Spirit. There’s no doing this alone. We’re too weak, but the LORD God is our strength. He is our strong tower. He is our Rock. He is our breath. He is our everything. Spend time with Him, and you won’t be weary or tired in this race we call life.

LORD God, please help me to desire to want to spend time with You. Help me to love You the way You deserve. Help me to be like David, who knew how to come in and go out. Please give me a heart of worship and praise. Teach me how to be renewed in You, LORD, so that I might hear, well done my good and faithful servant with whom I am well pleased, at the end of my race. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

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Rejoice in the LORD

4 You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way. 5 But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go, 6 and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. 7 And there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the Lord your God has blessed you. ~ Deuteronomy 12:4-7

God instructs Israel to rejoice in all situations because rejoicing can be considered an offering to the LORD that is connected to the love of God. God does not want us to walk around with our faces made up and our countenance fallen. He wants us to express and show His love because He is a God of love, and He wants and expects us to abide in His love. You cannot abide in God’s love without rejoicing, for He is a good good Father who gives a million little miracles to each and every one of us. All good things come down from the Father of Lights. Rejoice in the LORD, and He will strengthen you because you no longer lean on yourself but on Him.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Rejoice in the LORD.

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Praise God’s Name

30 Then I will praise God’s name with singing, and I will honor Him with thanksgiving. 31 For this will please the Lord more than sacrificing cattle, more than presenting a bull with its horns and hooves. ~ Psalms 69:30-31NLT

The LORD doesn’t desire that blood be shed. He doesn’t desire that the innocent should die so that the wicked can be saved. God doesn’t desire sacrifices of blood because an innocent life must be given in order for blood to be shed. God desires for us to be obedient. He desires for us to choose life and not death. Goodness and not evil. God formed each and every one of us by hand. He knows the number of hairs on our heads. You are worth more to Him than all the sparrows in the sky, so choose life and not death. Rejoice in His goodness. Praise Him, for He loves you more than silver and gold.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise God’s Name.

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Praise the Father of Lights

11 Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments and His rules and His statutes, which I command you today, 12 lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, 13 and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, 14 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, 15 who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, 16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end. ~ Deuteronomy 8:11-16

The people of Israel grumbled before the LORD, accused Him of evil, and even created and worshipped new gods. They even went as far as to praise these gods they had just made with their hands for saving them out of the land of Egypt from their slavery. Even though the people of Israel did all of this and more, the LORD still did everything for their good. Today we’re the same.

The LORD saves us from our sin and gives us freedom, yet we blame God for the negatives in our lives and don’t give Him the praise He deserves for the positive things in our lives. Every good and perfect gift comes down from The Father of Light. This is where we fall down, just as the Israelites did in the wilderness. We have to remember life isn’t always going to be flowing with milk and honey, but God is always working things out for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purposes.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise the Father of Lights.

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Praise His Name

1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty heavens! 2 Praise Him for His mighty deeds; praise Him according to His excellent greatness! 3 Praise Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with lute and harp! 4 Praise Him with tambourine and dance; praise Him with strings and pipe! 5 Praise Him with sounding cymbals; praise Him with loud clashing cymbals! 6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! ~ Psalms 150

There may be people that tell you that you have to praise the LORD one way, but there is more than one way to praise the LORD. When we use our talents to the glory of the LORD, then we are praising Him with our talents. There’re also people that say that you can only praise God in Church, but we can praise God anywhere. Don’t get me wrong, I believe all believers should go to Church and praise God, but that’s not the only place we can praise God. When we’re at home, we should take time, daily, to praise God. When we take the time to show people the love of God every time we meet someone, we are praising God. Praising God is simply giving Him glory and praise.

So, as you go through your day, remember to do everything to the glory of God. Remember to constantly give Him praise, for He is more than worthy of our praise.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise His Name.

Even though the people of Israel grumbled before the LORD, accused Him of evil, and even created and worshipped new gods, the LORD still did everything for their good. Today we’re the same.

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Cry Out

37 As He was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of His disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” 40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.” 41 And when He drew near and saw the city, He wept over it, ~ Luke 19:37-41

Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem when His disciples began to praise and rejoice because of Him. They weren’t just praising God for a good teacher; they were praising Him for their Messiah. This angered the Pharisees, and they wanted Jesus to rebuke them for praising God for Him. They wanted to silence the disciples, and nothing has changed to this day.

When we praise Jesus, we’re told to be silent. We’re told the Church isn’t essential. We’re told to keep our beliefs to ourselves. But how can we not speak of what we have seen and heard? And how can we not praise the Savior of the whole world? Jesus was, is, and always will be so much more than a good teacher. Jesus is so great that if we are silent and refuse to praise Him, the very rocks would cry out. Why? Because Jesus is God, and God is more than worthy of praise.

Jesus is coming back very soon. The signs of the times are appearing everywhere. Are you ready for His return? Are you praising Him as He deserves? Or will you remain silent and allow the rocks to praise Him?

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Cry Out Before The Rocks Do.

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Praise in Every Circumstance

18 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 19 and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong. ~ Job 1:18-22

Job lost all of his children in one single day. He could have easily looked up to Heaven and cursed God, but he didn’t. What would you have done? Most of us would have gotten angry at God. We would’ve blamed Him. It’s easy to blame God for every problem in our lives, especially the big life-changing ones, but it’s hard to praise and thank Him for the good in our lives during those times.

Job is a great role model for those who love God. When you love God, you know His love, and you understand that the horrible things in your life aren’t from God. When we blame God for all of our problems, we take our focus off of fighting our true enemy, the Devil. God isn’t our enemy. We have to remember that if God is good, that means He is good in every circumstance regardless of how we feel. And if He is good, He is worthy of our praise in every circumstance regardless of how we feel. Because when we praise God in the bad, He sees our heart’s desire for Him, and He draws nearer to us to comfort us and get us through all trials and tribulations that might come our way.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise in Every Circumstance.

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Rejoice In His Presence

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. ~ Matthew 28:19-20

2,000 years ago, Jesus ascended to Heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Father. Yet, He promised His disciples, before He left, that He would be with them always. That promise wasn’t just for His disciples at that time. That promise was and is for all who serve Him. It’s a promise that is still true to this day. The LORD didn’t leave us as orphans. No, instead, He sent His own Spirit to dwell with us and in us. He Himself lives through us and intercedes on our behalf. The Father goes before us, clearing the way in His own name.

We have not been abandoned. Be encouraged; the God of this universe is with you always. He isn’t a far-off and distant God that is unreachable and inaccessible. He is the God that is close. All you have to do is call on His name, and He will answer you. Seek Him, and you will find Him. He is a God that desires to be close to His people, for His place is with His children. So, rejoice and be merry, for the LORD God is in your life, and He is doing great things for you and through you.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Rejoice In His Presence.

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Rejoice in Our Great Hope

8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; ~ 2 Corinthians 4:8-9

The world is a way different place today than it was yesterday. Things are changing daily. Our money is being devalued daily, causing prices to skyrocket. Christians are being persecuted around the world. Pastors and Christians are facing possible jail sentences for preaching the word of God that does not line up with the pushed narrative.

Life, in general, is getting harder and harder. It feels like we are being hard-pressed and forced into a corner. Well, I’m here to tell you that you might feel that way, but Jesus will not allow you to be crushed. He said He will never leave us and that He’s given us the hope of Him coming back for us. Therefore, we do not despair.

And the best of all, He will not let our enemies destroy us. They may persecute us. They may throw us in jail. They may confiscate our property. They may even kill us, but God will not let them destroy us. So, rejoice, for we have a great hope in the LORD.

LORD God, help me to rejoice in all situations. Help me to see the good in the bad, the joy in the despair, the light in the darkness. Help me to focus on Your plan for my life and not on the world or the things of the world. Strengthen me in my weakness, oh LORD God, and fill me with Your precious Holy Spirit that I might be able to stand on Your promises and in Your truth. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

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