JOY

JOY IS WHAT IS MOST SOUGHT AFTER IN LIFE, AND YET IT IS THE MOST ELUSIVE.  THIS IS THE WISDOM AND ART OF JOY.  There is no joy without LORD Jehovah, his Son Jesus Christ,  and to be translated into that kingdom of light, love, and magesty.
 
Matthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and FOR JOY THEREOF goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
 
 Psalms 35:9
 And my soul shall be JOYFUL IN THE LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
 
ONCE YOU ARE TRANSLATED INTO THAT KINGDOM ON HIGH. FIND OUT THE WILL OF GOD AND DO IT!
 
John15:10-11
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 MIGHT REMAIN IN YOU, and [that] your joy might be full.
 
SING TO GOD, NO DEEP COMENTARY, JUST DO IT AND FIND JOY
 
Psalms 95:1
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a JOYFUL NOISE to the rock of our salvation.
 
Psalms 89:15
BLESSED IS THE PEOPLE that know the JOYFUL SOUND: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
 
HERE IS WHAT JOY IS NOT.  Pursue things that are agreeable to you not just things you like.
 
Job 20:5
 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the JOY OF THE HYPOCRITE BUT FOR A MOMENT?
 
JOY CAN NOT BE HAD BY SEEKING IT, IT IS ALWAYS THE RESULT OF OTHER THINGS DONE
 
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, THIS ALSO IS VANITY.
 
IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING DON'T EXPECT TO BE HAPPY.  To many people say they are depressed and don't care about anything. NO, you are depressed BECAUSE you don't care about anything.
 
Psalms 126:5
They that sow IN TEARS shall reap IN JOY.
 
DILLIGENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS KEY IN HAVING JOY. CAN'T HAVE JOY WITHOUT ACHIEVEMENT.
 
Ecclesiastes 3:13
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
 
JOY IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION, IT CAN BE HAD IN HARD TIMES
 
 Ezra 6:16
 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the CHILDREN OF CAPTIVITY, kept the dedication of this house of God WITH JOY,
 
ARE YOU DOWN? WHO ARE YOU SPENDING TIME WITH?
 
Proverbs 12:20
 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
 
GO TO CHURCH BE WITH GOD'S PEOPLE
 
Psalms 42:4
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
 
BE AWARE, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE! To many people have too much so are spoiled with life
 
Proverbs 27:7
 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
 
Psalms 65:13
 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
 
DON'T BE MYOPIC, WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH WILL PASS. Life is measured in decades not months.
 
Psalms 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
 
 DON'T BE SELF CONSUMED BUT DON'T NEGLECT YOURSELF EITHER
 
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
 
 
 HAVE YOU HELPED ANYONE LATELY
 
Job 29:11-13
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
  Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
 
Proverbs 21:15
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
 
WHEN YOU SERVE GOD BE EXCITED ABOUT IT, OR DON'T DO IT!
 
Deuteronomy 28:47 - 48
 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with JOYFULNESS, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];
 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all [things]: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.