{"id":7321,"date":"2019-11-07T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/?p=7321"},"modified":"2019-11-07T13:10:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T21:10:30","slug":"philippians-44-devotional-true-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/philippians-44-devotional-true-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippians 4:4 Devotional – TRUE JOY!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philippians 4:4<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Philippians 4:4 should be read and re-read over and over again because we are so prone to moan and complain instead of rejoicing.\u00a0 Remember, the world is watching the way we live more than listening to what we say. This is not an option for us, but rather an imperative.\u00a0 We are to be a people who rejoice!\u00a0 That means to get a smile on our face.\u00a0 You might have the joy of Jesus down in your heart, but you had better let your face know about it.\u00a0 That is what others will see.<\/p>\n

If I say I have complete trust in Jesus Christ to see me through every struggle, and then tremble in fear under my covers, which is dominant in my life?\u00a0 What will the unbelievers that I have been witnessing to say about my walk?\u00a0 Will they respond to my words or read my actions?<\/p>\n

It is also this joyful attitude that leads us to the place of prayer.\u00a0 We come with rejoicing in our hearts to share our needs with our precious Savior — not with sad countenance as if we are at the end of our ropes, but with praise and rejoicing, in great expectation of God meeting us at our point of greatest need.<\/p>\n

Many saints of God across the ages\u00a0\u00a0have had the joy and rejoicing in their hearts, even during times of deep distress. They rejoiced even as the flames consumed them. “It is joy unspeakable and full of glory, and the half has never yet been told!”<\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts.\u00a0\u00a0May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!<\/p>\n

– – Pastor Cecil\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philippians 4:4 \u201cRejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!\u201d Philippians 4:4 should be read and re-read over and over again because we are so prone to moan and complain instead of rejoicing.\u00a0 Remember, the world is watching the way we live more than listening to what we say. This is not an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philippians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}