{"id":29179,"date":"2015-12-21T00:15:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T05:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=29179"},"modified":"2015-12-20T22:58:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T03:58:28","slug":"joy-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/21\/joy-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy To The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23090\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\" alt=\"phssChristmasgraphic2014\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Joy to the World , the Lord is come!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Let earth receive her King;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Let every heart prepare Him room,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And Heaven and nature sing,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And Heaven and nature sing,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Let men their songs employ;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Repeat the sounding joy,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Repeat the sounding joy,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">He rules the world with truth and grace,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And makes the nations prove<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> The glories of His righteousness,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And wonders of His love,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And wonders of His love,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And wonders, wonders, of His love<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Xo64Q2ucQ8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pentatonix<\/em><br \/>\nWritten by Isaac Watts ~\u00a0Music composed by Handel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">* \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271d \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2605 \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He answered, \u201cI tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.\u201d<br \/>\nLuke 19:40 ESV<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;<br \/>\nLet the sea roar, and all its fullness;<br \/>\nLet the field be joyful, and all that is in it.<br \/>\nThen all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord.<br \/>\nPsalms 96:11-13 NJKV<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #a11e24;\">Joy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Defined by Merriam-Webster as:<br \/>\n1a) the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : delight<br \/>\nb) the expression or exhibition of such emotion : gaiety<br \/>\n2- a state of happiness or felicity : bliss<br \/>\n3- a source or cause of delight<\/p>\n<p>Based on these definitions, joy is something to be achieved, and is fleeting or short-lived. \u00a0But is that how the Bible defines joy?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with where our joy come from. Psalm 16:11 NASB says<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In Your presence is fullness of joy;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus<em><strong> is<\/strong><\/em> our joy! \u00a0His birth makes it possible to have constant permanent joy in our lives though the Holy Spirit. \u00a0Look at these Scriptures:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him<br \/>\nRomans 15:13 HCSB<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is&#8230;joy<br \/>\nGalatians 5:22 AMP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;the joy supplied by the Holy Spirit;<br \/>\n1 Thessalonians 1:6 AMP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the disciples were continually filled with joy<br \/>\nActs 13:52 NASB<\/p>\n<p>When we believed in Jesus&#8230;when our &#8216;<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"><em>hearts prepared room&#8217;<\/em> <\/span>for Him&#8230;the Holy Spirit entered our hearts and joy is one of the many fruits He provided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #a11e24; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Joy is within us &#8211; continual joy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019 birth is the beginning of constant, permanent joy in our lives. Our joy is not tied to our emotions or our circumstances. Our joy is tied directly to our Savior, Jesus Christ, and our relationship with Him. \u00a0Joy lives within us.<\/p>\n<p>God brought joy to the world in the form of an infant named Jesus. That joy is still with us today. As Luke 19:40 says, even if we remain silent, the stones will cry out. \u00a0Psalm 96:11 reminds us that even heaven and earth sing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shouldn\u2019t we, too, then &#8216;<em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">repeat the sounding joy&#8217;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nas we celebrate &#8216;<em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">the wonders of His love&#8217;<\/span><\/em>?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joy to the World , the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing. Joy to the World, the Savior reigns! 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