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1. SALVATION BRINGS JOY Dear friend of revival, Jesus has saved you from the power of darkness. He has prepared the heavenly life for you - already here on the earth! The resurrection power of the Word of God and the Holy Spirit will renew, revive and lead you into the victorious life in Jesus. The way is through profound changes in your spirit, mind, body and all other areas of your life. You will face many trials during your journey towards His glory. God has an ultimate and unfailing pursue of fulfilling His plan for you as His beloved child. Do not worry, because Jesus has delivered you from the devilish character and created a divine character in you. You just kill the deeds of the flesh by the Spirit of God. The new creature will rise in you and bring forth the fruits of the Holy Spirit. The divine change will always take place when you look at Jesus. Turn your eyes from your own misery and let your mind become seized by the character and revelation of Jesus! He is your goal and you will become like Him! Zeph. 3:14-15: Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even Jehovah, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not fear evil any more. The Kingdom of God is full of unspeakable joy in the glory, but the kingdom of darkness is full of sorrow, anxiety, anger, fear and depression. When you got saved and born again, the joy filled your soul, because you became free from guilt and judgement. Any time you experience a breakdown of some yoke of darkness or you receive some precious gift, your soul will be filled with joy. It will always be like this, because God Himself is full of joy. He delivers His gifts all the time and brings you joy - as a Father of awesome riches in Heaven. Ps 126:1-3: When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them. Jehovah hath done great things for us, Whereof we are glad. Joy is a sign and a part of the anointing and power of the Holy Spirit in us. God wants to immerse us PERMANENTLY in His presence. There is an awesome joy in God. He lavishes this joy to all who love His righteousness and glory. Yield yourself unto the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then you will find the power, presence and mind of God! Heb 1:7-9: And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds, And his ministers a flame of fire: but of the Son he saith , Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows. You are called to have the same kind of spirit and character as Jesus has. When you love the righteousness of God and hate the inequity, God will anoint you with the oil of gladness! There are emotions and natural manifestations of joy, but primarily the joy of the Lord is a spiritual gift and the condition of faith life. Therefore, do not resist joy thinking that it is only a feeling of your natural mind. Power of God will be manifested in the joy of the Spirit. Open your heart and receive more joy into your spirit! The more your life is inspired by the joy of the Lord, the greater power and victory you will have. Neh 8:10:Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; FOR THE JOY OF JEHOVAH IS YOUR STRENGTH. 2. THE BELOVED ONE REJOYCES Love of God is the inspirer, implementer and finisher of salvation. Your first experience of the 'agape' love of God becomes in receiving Jesus as your Saviour. Later on the content of the salvation will become evident in various areas of your life. Very important work of the Holy Spirit happens when He reveals God as your loving Father. You will need this in order to experience His love even more overwhelmingly. The love of God will heal your emotions and heart to live happy and joyful life in Jesus. Every human being, who receives love, will be filled with joy. Joy is a manifestation of being loved. Every bride and bridegroom, who is in love, is full of joy because of the expectation for the future blessing of life together. Every human being, whom you touch with the love of God, will respond you with joy and smile. Therefore, trust your whole life upon the salvation of Jesus. Look at His Glory and receive increasingly His perfect love for you! God's love is the motivation and power of His work of salvation. Healing, deliverance, joy, peace, faith, hope, righteousness, power, anointing and all other blessings are manifestations of God's immense love towards mankind. God desires to lead you into wonderful touch and experience of His healing love. He has loved you first and then you will be able to love your neighbours. He is love and you will be like Him as a new creation. The abundance of His love is available for you in Jesus Christ. 1 Cor 13:13: But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. Gal 5:22-23: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control… You are a beloved child of God! You have the right to experience the unity with your Father and be an object of His heavenly love and glory. Although people would not have been able to love you with the love of God, Jesus will do it for you. Forgive all people, who have rejected or turned you down. Live according to the spiritual realm, which is stronger than the wounds or defeats of your soul and body. In Jesus you will have the solution and the recompense for all failures and destruction of your life. He has carried your sicknesses, curses and punishment. He has come to give you an abundant and everlasting life in unity with Him. Just surrender yourself unto His loving touch. Declare that you are His beloved child - by faith in your heart and by confession of your mouth. Rom 5:5: …because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us. The 'agape' love of the Father God is the only perfect and unfailing love. The Holy Spirit alone can reveal the character of this divine love for you. Therefore you must not yield unto depression because of your lack of love from the people around you. The Holy Spirit is with you and He is able to flood you in His perfect love. It will be far more than the human love of your neighbours. Receive His love NOW and let your heart be filled with the joy of the beloved! The Word of God will produce knowledge in your mind and faith in your heart. Knowledge about the saving love of Jesus will help you to stand up in faith and receive the river of the love of the Holy Spirit. You are called to live in the full revelation of His Word and in the cloud of His Holy Spirit. Receive the love of God by faith. Declare that you are a special, beloved child of God. Take time before the Lord and let His Spirit touch you deeper and deeper. There is nothing wrong in the joy of your soul, because the Lord wants that YOUR WHOLE PERSON would rejoice with Him. Your soul also needs healing joy and it also belongs to the salvation plan of God. Your soul, spirit and body will rejoice greatly in the joy of the Lord. The joy of the Lord will truly be your strength. God rejoices all the time about you! He is going to pour out new oil of joy upon you. Trade in your sorrow and depression and receive the joy and glory! Rom 14:17: …for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 3. BREAKTHROUGH OF JOY Seek after the fullness of the glorious joy of the Lord! Renounce all attitudes, thoughts, feelings and oppression of darkness that would resist your joy! Consider your old life in misery, doom, depression, fear and anger to be gone in Jesus's name! Cry to the Lord and He will come and deliver you INTO THE FULLNESS OF JOY WITH HIM! Improvements of your natural conditions of life or removal of your problems will not bring the joy of the Spirit. The source of this divine joy is above your natural circumstances. Therefore none of your problems, sicknesses, lack, anguish or any other oppression of the devil will be able to stop the breakthrough of the joy in your life. Rebuke the lies of devil and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Be strengthened in your faith and rise above your visible obstacles or problems that would try to steal your joy. Laugh at devil and rejoice in the Lord! Glory to God! You will have victory when you see and receive this profound truth. Rule over your natural conditions through faith and the Word of God. Reject all demonic lies in your life and proclaim the truth of God. Worship Jesus as your only God, Saviour, Healer, Deliverer and Miracle Worker. When you continue to do this you will start feeling the joy of victory in your spirit. Hallelujah, the joy of the Lord will come upon you. Jesus will take you there. Then you become also to see supernatural miracles happening in your life. THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH! Ps 84:2-12: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion. Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion. O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Whatever your problem is you are allowed to pour out the pains of your heart to Jesus. Jesus will embrace you with His healing love and deliver you from all burdens. Jesus knows perfectly your condition and He loves you with amazing grace. Put all your burdens upon the shoulders of Jesus. Speak your deepest things to Him in the presence of His love and receive healing of your soul. Read this Psalm with gentle heart and let the consolation of the Father flood over you! Is 61:1: The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound… The deliverance of Jesus will begin with the healing of your broken heart. Every human being has been deeply rejected and wounded because of the power of sin in this world. You may have been a target of some special attacks of the devil and therefore you will need a special dose of God's healing love. Do not get discouraged because of your miserable life, because Jesus has perfect power to heal your whole being from any wounds and failures. He will manifest Himself you as a loving Father, who lavishes His everlasting love upon you. You have become His son/daughter and He desires that you will know with absolute confidence THAT YOU ARE HIS BELOVED. The everlasting love of God will restore your identity and make you whole as a new creation. Let Him love you! Father God wants you to know in your whole being that you are His beloved son/daughter. Do not doubt or fear His love. Just surrender yourself unto the presence of His love. Take authority and renounce all lying spirits which would try to depress you and lock your heart. Jesus has opened the way to the Holy of Holiest also for you. He is calling you and He is faithful - He will do it for you! Demonic forces do not have power to resist your joy, because Jesus has stripped the devil of all his weapons. Do not listen to the arguments of your natural mind that would find excuses against your joy. Your lack is only a challenge to worship God and rise up in the joy of the Lord! Your victory is in spirit realm of faith. Your new creature is already living in this condition, regardless of your natural conditions. When THE JOY OF THE LORD seizes your heart, THE POWER OF THE LORD will take effect in your circumstances and do any kind of miracles you need in your life! Reject the slavery of your natural conditions and rise up in faith, worship and joy of the Lord. Then look at how the power of God will destroy your shackles and the gates of your prison! Acts 16:25-26: But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them; and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. 4. FIRST IS THE CHANGE OF THE HEART… The breakthrough of joy in your life is a spiritual event. It is a result of being filled up with the Holy Spirit. Then your heart is made whole, your spirit gets contact with God and your mind catches the view of God. In the fullness of joy your spirit is living in the power of faith and as a victor in Jesus. The oppression of defeat has gone, the pains have been conquered and the power of solid faith is established in your life. The salvation of Jesus will lead you into the joy of the Lord. Jesus has destroyed the power of sin and death in your life. By immersion in the water you have declared that you will fully surrender unto Him. By this act of faith you have opened the way to the Holy Spirit to perform the circumcision of your heart. The Holy Spirit has come over you in order to do this. This process is the fulfilment of the promise of the Father. You will reach this divine goal because you are a legal heir of His promises and you have surrendered yourself as an object of His work. You will be in this spiritual growth process all of your life. Do not be surprised or discouraged, because this is normal Christian life! God is working in and trough you in order to bring forth Christ in you in His fullness and glory. Ezek 36:25-27: And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them. Look at Jesus and His finished work. Give diligence in order to enter into the joy of the Lord. Jesus will do all that is impossible for you. Your part is to do what is impossible for Him! Trust on the purifying power of the blood of Jesus in your life. Any time you will recognize any form of sin or inequity in your heart and renounce it, the blood of Jesus will deliver you. You will stand up in a new power and live new life in Him. Let the joy of the Holy Spirit come and fill you! 1 John 1:9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. When the Holy Spirit has filled you up, from your heart there will flow rivers of joy, worship and gratitude towards God and your neighbours. You will be filled with joy in such a way that you can not stop it bursting out. That will be wonderful! The joy of the Lord will flood from the freedom of the Spirit. Let it expand, increase, grow and overtake your life increasingly. Glory to God! The healing touch Jesus will lift you up as a new creature into the joy of the Lord. This means abundant life in the Spirit - not in the flesh. The ultimate victory over the depression comes when you overcome the mind of the flesh. The mind of the Spirit is life, but the mind of the flesh is death. Therefore you must kill the deeds of the flesh by the Spirit - and then you will truly live in joy! 5. …THEN WILL BE THE RENEWAL OF THE MIND Jesus has released you from all powers of darkness. Believe and receive freedom from all that you have repented and renounced. Darkness has no more power to bind you, because Jesus has delivered you BY HIS HIGHEST SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY. This reality works for your benefit by your faith and confession of your mouth. In Jesus God has already declared you free and righteousness. There are no spiritual forces that would change or cancel this divine order. But your old thinking, past memories and feelings may still rule and keep you in captivity - if you let them rule your mind. Reject your old ways of thinking and let your mind be renewed. By your spirit take authority over your thoughts and captivate them into obedience to Jesus. Focus your mind and spirit to Jesus. You are able to do it, because Jesus lives in you and the Holy Spirit will help you. You have the authority in your spirit to make this decision. Just exercise this authority, which you have as a new creature. Praise the Lord, He is great! Rom 12:2: And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. In the name of Jesus and because of His finished work of salvation you have the right to leave your old life behind. Do not ponder or mourn the past things. You are free from your past in the name of Jesus. The past has gone, tomorrow has not yet come, but today the Lord will help you. Do not worry the things which have not yet come. Please note that all your fears are lies, because the source of the fear is devil. Things will go much better than the liar speaks. Even in the most difficult situation the Lord will be with you and will lead you in triumph through all obstacles. Think like this and praise the Lord, because He is good for you. You have a new life in Him. Divine potential is working in and through you - because Jesus lives in you. The gates of your prison have been destroyed and you have been declared free. Receive it, live it through - as the free person will do! Phil 3:12-15: Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do , forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you… The salvation power of Jesus is immense. Although you have not yet become perfect, you have a calling to pursue after His perfection. You will reach the perfection and full maturity in Jesus. You will fulfil the calling and destiny of your life. God sees you all the time through the atonement of the blood of Jesus. Think joy, think freedom, think righteousness and think blessings for yourself. Declare these truths by your mouth - then all these things will come to you. Live in the joy of the Lord and in the presence of His glory NOW. Reach out towards the increasing glory in days to come! The keys of the reign of God are in your hands. Rejoice and trust on Jesus. He will take you towards His Glory and perfection. Is 35:10: …and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 6. BE FILLED WITH JOY - CONTINUOUSLY! Read, meditate and speak daily and out loud following Bible verses. Receive the spirit of revelation and wisdom in the knowledge of the joy of the Lord. The Lord will reveal Himself to you. Let the anointing of joy descend upon you. Jesus will change you, glory to God. Ps 16:11: Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Lev 23:40-41: And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto Jehovah seven days in the year: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; ye shall keep it in the seventh month. 2 Chr 20:27-30: Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies. And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah. And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel. So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about. Neh 12:43: And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. Ps 34:3-5: Oh magnify Jehovah with me, And let us exalt his name together. I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded. Ps 37:3-5: Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on his faithfulness. Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart. Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass. Is 60:1-5: Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee. For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be carried in the arms. Then thou shalt see and be radiant, and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee. Jer 31:11-14: For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah. John 15:10-13: If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 17:13: But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves. Rom 15:13: Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Phil 4:4-7: Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. 1 Pet 1:6-9: Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials, that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ: whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Acts 13:52: And the disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit. With love in Jesus Christ  |