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Tag: Joy

  • Verse to DATE the Word on September 2 (9/2) is Psalm 9:2

    “I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.” – Psalm 9:2  
    Singing with joy and gladness to the LORD

    What makes you GLAD? What brings you JOY and causes you to REJOICE? What causes your soul to SING? 

    The Psalmist will speak of being GLAD, speaking of it over 30 times. To be glad is to be satisfied.  It means one is pleased as they have experienced something pleasurable.  Has the idea of gratefulness.  The Psalmist is glad in God for God satisfied the souls.  He writes in Psalm 126:3 “The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad.” 

    Not only is the Psalmist glad but he is also REJOICING in God!  The word “rejoice” is used over 55 times in Psalms.  It speaks of joy and cheerfulness.  As one rejoices, they are filled with delight.  One who is rejoicing is not disappointed.  The Psalmist is delighted in God as He does not disappoint! 

    Having declared how glad he is in God and how he rejoices in God brings another declaration from Psalm 9:2 in which he says, “I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.”  The internal feelings of being delighted in God and satisfied by God bring about songs of praise to God.   

    The phrase “I will sing” is used over 30 times in Psalms.  David had to verbalize outwardly his inward feelings about God!  Here He sings with adoration concerning God’s great name of O Most High, the one who is superior to all!!  

    I will be glad – I will be glad in God!
    I will rejoice – I will rejoice in God!
    I will sing – I will sing to (and about) God.

    How about you?  What are your “I wills” for each day?  After all Psalm 118:24 says, “This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.” 

    Verse to DATE the Word on September 2 (9/2) is Psalm 9:2. It says, “I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.”  

    Maybe you would like to sing
    Oh, how marvelous! Oh, how wonderful! And my song shall ever be:
    Oh, how marvelous! Oh, how wonderful! Is my Savior’s love for me!

    Continue strong worshiping, rejoicing, and singing with gladness to the Lord
    And remember to DATE THE WORD!

  • Verse to DATE the Word on August 10 (8/10) is Nehemiah 8:10

    “Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to
    those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our LORD. Do not sorrow, 
    for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” – Nehemiah 8:10
    The Joy of the Lord

    C. S. Lewis said, “Joy is the serious business of heaven.” Nehemiah, along with Ezra, have been rebuilding a place and reviving a people! The book Nehemiah begins with a people in great distress yet as Nehemiah leads to rebuild and as Ezra preaches to revive, we see a change from great distress (Neh. 1:3) to great gladness (Neh. 8:24).  

    Nehemiah 8 tells of a special holy day where God’s Word has been proclaimed and brought the people to weep (v9) as they were broken and humbled.  They were filled with godly sorrow for their sin. Upon seeing this response, Ezra now encouraged them to go forth and ENJOY – enjoy the blessings of God – eating the fat, drinking the sweet (tea). They were also challenged to be thinking of others that may not have and make sure they did have.

    Blessings are to be shared!!!

    Verse 10 gives the great challenge not to be sorrowful but to live cheerfully as the joy of the Lord provides us strength for the journey. Recall from Proverbs 15:15 that “he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.” And Proverbs 17:22 says, “A merry heart does good, like medicine.”  Living joyfully makes all the difference.

    Today I encourage you to ENJOY the present that God has given you.  One of the first verses to consider each new day is Psalm 118:24 which says, “This is the day the Lord has made and I will REJOICE and be glad in it.”  

    Verse to DATE the Word on August 10 (8/10) is Nehemiah 8:10. It says, “Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our LORD. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” 

    ENJOY your day enjoying the Lord and His rich blessings,

    Continue Strong with joy,
    And remember to DATE the Word