Day 9 of 10 Days of Prayer

Day 9 of 10 Days of Prayer
With D. Karl Thomas

God desires you to live a life overflowing with Joy. He wants His Joy to constantly animate your life.

Exodus 5:1
“Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness”
Feast :– {khaw-gag‘}  to hold a festival, to reel, to be giddy, celebrate, dance, stagger 

God wanted His people free so that He could enjoy them. God loves a good party. He wants you to get giddy and celebrate in His presence.

1 Thessalonians 5:16
“Rejoice evermore.”

Paul asked the Galatian  church:
Galatians 4:15
“What has happened to all your joy?” 

C.H. Spurgeon
“Our apostle speaks of rejoicing as a personal, present, permanent duty to
be always carried out by the people of God. The Lord has not left it to our
own option whether we will sorrow or rejoice; but he has pinned us down
to it by positive injunction — “Rejoice evermore.” 

Hebrews 1:9
Jesus Is Full Of Joy!
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”    

Diary of: Robert Louis Stevenson
“I have been to Church today, and surprisingly I am not depressed.”
Must have been a miserable congregation at the best of times.

The Apostle Paul didn’t say be happy evermore. But be full of joy all the time.
Happiness comes from what is happening.
Some things that won’t bring you JOY!
Knowledge – Relationships –Location – Stuff – Money … not bad stuff but these are not going to bring you joy. There are people with lots of that stuff and they are very SAD and MISERABLE

JOY:– Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or the expression or manifestation of such a feeling.

Joy 600x’s in the O.T. The hebrew language has 27 words for expressing joy.

Joy is a Personal, Present and Permanent Responsibility!

The Object Of Joy
Psalm 43:4 “Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:”
Philippians 4:4  “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.” 

The Quality Of Joy
Divine – John 17:13 “…the full measure of my joy within them.”
Everlasting –  Is 35:10 “…and everlasting joy upon their heads:”
Unlimited –Acts 13:52 “…continually filled [throughout their souls] with joy and the Holy  Spirit.” 

The Source Of Joy
Holy Ghost
Romans 15:13  “…fill you with all joy… through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
Romans 14:17  Kingdom of God is, righteousness, peace and joy, in the HG.
Gal 5:22  “Friut of the Spirit is Love Joy …

Word
1 Jn 1:4 “And these things write we unto you, that your joy maybe full.”
Jeremiah 15:16 “…thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:”
1 Thessalonians 1:6  “…welcomed our message in [spite of] much persecution, with  joy [inspired] by the Holy Spirit;” 

Salvation
Is. 12:3 “Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”   

Prayer
Psalm 16:11  “…in thy presence is fulness of joy;”
John 16:24 “…ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Drinking
Psalm 36:8  “…you give them drink from your river of delights.”
John 7:37  “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.”
Psalm 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God.

The Reasons For Joy

Healing
Pr 17:22  “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:” 

Strength
Neh 8:10  “…the joy of the LORD is your strength.” 

Rivers
John 7:38,37  “come unto me, and drink …out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”  

Recovery
Jeremiah 33:11 “The voice of joy …For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the First, saith the LORD.” 

Results
1 Peter 1:8-9  “Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9 receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.
Believing – Rejoicing – Receiving

Hebrews 11:11
“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.” 

Genesis 21:6
“And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.”

Too many believers have the doctrine of joy without the experience of Joy.

Joel 1:12
“The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree,
the palm tree also, and the apple  tree,even all the trees of the field, are
withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.”
Lose your joy – Lose your stuff.

Prayer Directives:

Pray for a revelation of Joy to be manifest in the Body of Christ.

Pray for joy to permeate the Impact wold.

ENJOY is a core value in the Impact world.

Pray for our community to embrace the opportunities to connect.

Pray for our property search. Pray for resources to come to us to go big with God’s plans for us.

Pray for souls, healing, deliverance and miracles to increase and accelerate.

Pray for Impact Church … Our families – Our Children – Our seniors.

Pray!!!!