MONDAY JOY

MONDAY JOY
A 5 MINUTE PRAISE DEVOTION
Get your 'JOY' ON and praise the LORD all week long!

Acclamation
OF 'JOY'
To GOD!

"Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim YOU, who walk in the light of YOUR presence, O LORD. They rejoice in YOUR Name all day long; they exult in YOUR righteousness."
Psalms 89:15-16

Today, being Monday, the first busy day of your week, we pray that you get your 'JOY' ON and praise the LORD with us, the whole week long!

Do you realize that there are aspects of praising the LORD that you first learn and then practice. There are great blessings for those who hear GOD'S Word and then obey. The word, Acclaim means to SHOUT OUT or TRUMPET LOUDLY the goodness of the LORD! To Acclaim , is to give out a SHOUT OF 'JOY TO JESUS!

You are very familiar with the words; "Please turn that down!" or, 'Please be quiet!". You likely heard those words when you were a child, or have found yourself saying them to your own children. As a matter of fact, it wasn't very long ago that the words; "Children were meant to be seen and not heard", were quite common.

It can be a very painful experience for an individual who is expressive to learn silence, in order to please others. While there are times to be quiet, such as when in public settings, the 'JOY' of the LORD by it's very nature is often an Acclamation of SHOUTS OF 'JOY' to GOD!

Paul and Silas were two men who knew how to Acclaim JESUS when appropriate. In Acts 16:25, these two brothers began to get their 'JOY' ON and Acclaim the LORD around midnight when the other prisoners were trying to sleep. Remember, many of these prisoners had been seriously flogged and beaten just like Paul and Silas, they were in a great deal of pain and sleep is healing. As Paul and Silas began to wake the place up with songs and SHOUTS OF 'JOY' , many voices would have been screaming things like; "Would you two just shut up!" "I'm in a great deal of pain over here! "   "I need my sleep!"   "Turn it down in there! "   "Shut up before we all get another beating!" "What's the matter with the two of you, anyway!"

The legalist would say; "Oh, how rude of Paul and Silas, didn't they have better sense than to be so rude to the poor men suffering so?" CREATOR, on the other hand took another view all together, it seems that before the screaming died out, while Paul and Silas' were busy giving an Acclamation OF 'JOY' to GOD, "came such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose." v 26   Even the screamers were completely set free. You can bet that everyone got their JOY' ON at that very moment!

This is the nature of the Acclamation OF 'JOY' , you are set free from the chains that bind you, others close to you are set free from the chains that bind them. Everyone is totally set free from their chains!

Why not begin today to allow the LORD to break the chains that bind you, the source of those chains do not matter to HIM, freeing you from being bound is HIS only concern. Now you know the truth, you do not have to remain silent any longer, rise up, begin to give forth Acclamation OF 'JOY' to GOD! No matter the malady:   illness, depression, end of your rope, HE will break those chains holding you prisoner during your SHOUTS OF 'JOY' to GOD. Today and everyday, live your life in the 'JOY' of the LORD!

Acclamation
OF 'JOY'
To GOD!

Joy Scriptures

".....the 'JOY' of the LORD is your strength."
Nehemiah 8:10

"Rejoice in the LORD always. I will say it again: Rejoice!"
Philippians 4:4

"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalms 118:24

"Be joyful always."
1 Thessalonians 5:16

"Shout for 'JOY' to the LORD, all the earth."
Psalms 100:1

"Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for GOD loves a cheerful giver."
2 Corinthians 9:7

"Worship the LORD with gladness; come before HIM with joyful songs."
Psalms 100:2

"When anxiety was great within me, YOUR consolation brought 'JOY' to my soul."
Psalms 94:19

"You will grieve, but your grief will turn to 'JOY'."
John 16:20

"I bring you good news of great 'JOY' that will be for all the people."
Luke 2:10

"How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!"
Psalms 133:1

"Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of 'JOY' ."
Psalms 126:5

MONDAY JOY
A 5 MINUTE PRAISE DEVOTION
Get your 'JOY' ON and praise the LORD all week long!

Your 'JOY'
Is Made
Complete!

"Until now you have not asked for anything in MY Name. Ask and you will receive, and your 'JOY' will be complete."
John 16:24

Today, being Monday, the first busy day of our week, we pray that you get your 'JOY' ON and praise the LORD with us, the whole week long!

It is natural and honorable of you to pray for the needs of others. One of the first things you learned as a Follower of JESUS is to carry one another's burdens in prayer. When somebody tells you their story or you read a note asking for prayer, the HOLY SPIRIT in you is stirred with compassion and empathy for them.

This stirring of the HOLY SPIRIT moves you to prayer whether it is for one person or even a group of people like a town or city after a disaster. You pray because you know the LORD hears you and "your 'JOY' is made complete" as you see HIM move in the behalf of others.

You must also pray for your own behalf every day. Some people think that praying for themselves is a selfish thing to do, but the LORD expects you to talk to HIM about your fife and needs constantly.

Since you know that prayer is mostly just non-religious conversation, you must pray every day to build and continue your relationship with your HEAVENLY FATHER. Adam walked and talked with the LORD every day in the garden, so you can do the same thing whether you pray on your knees [my personal favorite], while reading the Bible [my personal favorite], while driving to and from work or school [my personal favorites] and even while we take a prayer walk [my personal favorite]. The point is, you are to be a person of prayer 24/7 [my personal favorite] as you learn to pray continuously, you guessed it, [my personal favorite]. As you see the LORD answer your requests, "your 'JOY' is made complete".

Opportunities to pray each day are unhindered, HIS answers are absolutely unbelievably beyond your imaginations. Your confidence is that your HEAVENLY FATHER is always listening and that HE is always answering your requests throughout your day, therefore, "your 'JOY' is made complete".

Get your 'JOY' ON each day and pray for others, pray for yourself, then stand back and watch the LORD move and experience how "your 'JOY' is made complete". Today and everyday, live your life in the 'JOY' of the LORD!

Remember:

When we pray in JESUS NAME . . .
Our HEAVENLY FATHER hears our prayers
When Our HEAVENLY FATHER hears our prayers . . .
Our HEAVENLY FATHER answers our prayers
When Our HEAVENLY FATHER answers our prayers . . .
We have what we have asked for in JESUS NAME

[my personal favorite]

A N D

"your 'JOY' is made complete"

Your 'JOY'
Is Made
Complete!

MONDAY JOY
A 5 MINUTE PRAISE DEVOTION
Get your 'JOY' ON and praise the LORD all week long!

There's A Whole Lot
Of Celebrating Going On
In The 'JOY' Of The LORD!

"They will celebrate YOUR abundant goodness and joyfully sing of YOUR righteousness."
Psalms 145:7

Today, being Monday, the first busy day of our week, we pray that you get your 'JOY' ON and praise the LORD with us, the whole week long!

According to the definition of the word celebrate, let us pour out, gush forth, bubble up, even belch forth the 'JOY' of the LORD for HIS abundant goodness! To celebrate, you can't just pour out, gush forth, bubble up indifference if you are walking in the 'JOY' of the LORD! No. Have you ever seen the video of the song; "Come On, Let's Celebrate!" from the Seventies? Well, there's a whole lot of partying going on! For the child of GOD, there is to be a whole lot of celebrating going on in the 'JOY' of the LORD!

By now you may wish there was going to be a dignified ground to stand on so you could find excuse not to celebrate the biblical way. Oh how the intellect loves to remain reserved and comfortable. Well, no go! Did you think we were going to purposely ignore the most basic word picture defining celebrate? Here goes - belch! That's right! Belch!

Have you ever been in a confined area with 5 or 6 Junior Higher's! It would not be strange to hear a series of belching and hilarious laughter. Once they get started, the celebrating explodes! A pail of water could not put out a whole lot of celebrating going on in the 'JOY' of the LORD!

If this seems too undignified for you, stop and consider the picture of the mightiest King in the world scantly clothed, dancing his way into Jerusalem before the Ark of the Covenant. David knew how to celebrate the abundant goodness of the LORD as he abased himself by dancing and singing of the LORD'S righteousness before all of Jerusalem. Fleshly dignity took a great big hit that day, as there was a whole lot of celebrating going on in the 'JOY' of the LORD!

Now before you start the Church of the 'Scantly Clothed Dancers' leave your clothes on and celebrate before the LORD with everything in you [ belch ] Ready to celebrate? You will be when you consider HIS abundant goodness for you. Celebrate JESUS everyday. Don't hold back, release HIS SPIRIT in you as you begin to participate in a whole lot of celebrating going on in the 'JOY' of the LORD! Today and everyday, live your life in the 'JOY' of the LORD!

There's A Whole Lot
Of Celebrating Going On
In The 'JOY' Of The LORD!

Remember:

[my personal favorite]

A N D "your 'JOY' is made complete"

A N D

"your 'JOY' is made complete"