From what we’ve heard in this message, I think that many pastors will see the need to bring the people back to the true gospel, to remind them of what God wants to do in the hearts of the people, and the joy that accompanies this work. We see that it is when God is working in the hearts of the people, that the joy of the Lord is manifest. If we can bring the true message of a joy to serve our Lord Jesus, an eternal joy, a joy that is from the Lord, a joy that is real; and not a joy that is passing and comes from the world, then we will see people’s hearts and lives being built in the Lord. I bless the Lord for CTMI’s ministry.
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Just commenting on the last comment by Dave. Yeah as we draw closer to Christ we sure will experience His joy as He is with us, even more so in hard times at our “wits end”, well he sure takes us there so we will look up to Him. But even in the midst of trouble we can still have His joy, as joy isn’t dependent on the external happenings around us but rather it is internal. I just like Paul in jail who were singing to the Lord, even though the valley of the shadow of death we can have internal joy, as we see more of Jesus and His ability to see us through, even to the end.