{"id":10047,"date":"2022-08-21T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10047"},"modified":"2022-08-19T19:17:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T19:17:52","slug":"joy-and-rejoice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10047","title":{"rendered":"JOY AND REJOICE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0<\/strong>Do not be quiet to be victorious but shout rejoicing before God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Job 1<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless of your challenge, approach God with thanks and joy.<br \/>Before God, give thanks rooted in the heart, not just in the tongue.<br \/>One that knows to give thanks to God should approach God with joy.\u00a0<strong><em>Ephesians 5:20 states, \u201cGiving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>Do you know to give thanks for access to the presence of God?<br \/>The Bible records the reason to be thankful and joyful before God:<br \/><strong><em>\u201cRejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice!\u201d (Philippians 4:4)\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><em>Psalm 9:2, \u201cI will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to your name, O most High.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><em>Psalm 16:11, \u201cIn Your presence is fullness of joy\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><em>Proverbs 8:30, \u201c\u2026I was daily His delight, rejoicing, always before Him.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>The scriptural verses testify that with joy, God is accessible.\u00a0<br \/>Apostle Paul states,\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cRejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice!\u201d (Philippians 4:4)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Apostle Paul expressed rejoicing with a shout!<br \/>Do not be quiet to be victorious know to shout rejoicing before God.<br \/>Rejoicing before God is celebrating with joy, the evidence of a thankful heart.<br \/>Let it be clear that the evil one never shies away from where there is a joy with wickedness to convert one from rejoicing to sadness.\u00a0<br \/>Regardless of the challenge, know to maintain your joy before God.<br \/>In the life of Job, Satan was at work to turn around joy into the sadness of Job.<br \/><strong><em>Job 1:6-7\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>records,<strong><em>\u00a0\u201cNow there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them And the LORD said to Satan, \u201cFrom where do you come?\u201d So, Satan answered the LORD and said, \u201cFrom going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.\u201d (Job 1:6-7)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Every interruption of Satan is always with bad intentions.\u00a0<br \/>Satan is empowered to go to and fro looking for one to devour when he initiated pain for Job while he presents himself at the gathering of the sons of God in His presence.\u00a0<br \/>God granted the request of Satan when he asked of Job:<br \/><strong><em>\u201cBut now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!\u201d And the LORD said to Satan, \u201cBehold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.\u201d So, Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em>(Job 1:11-12)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>Imagine how the wicked one delivered every form of affliction over the life of Job.\u00a0<br \/>In between and through it all, Job did not complain before God and did not condemn God.\u00a0<br \/>Job cried to God, and he eventually received more blessings after his time of testing times than when he first started to enjoy all that God bestowed upon him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Ask with joy, and give a heartful thanks to God for all things.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0Do not be quiet to be victorious but shout rejoicing before God. Job 1&nbsp; Regardless of your challenge, approach God with thanks and joy.Before God, give thanks rooted in the heart, not just in the tongue.One that knows to give thanks to God should approach God with joy.\u00a0Ephesians 5:20 states, \u201cGiving thanks always for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10047\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">JOY AND REJOICE<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10048,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10047\/revisions\/10048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}