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MONDAY JOY
A 5 MINUTE PRAISE DEVOTION
Get your 'JOY'
ON and praise the LORD all week long!
"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 our week, we pray that you get your 'JOY'
ON and praise the LORD
with
us, the whole week long!
"those who have learned to 'acclaim'
you" Did you realize that
there are aspects of praising the LORD
that we have to 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!
Most of us are very
familiar with the words; "Please turn that down!" or, 'Please be
quiet!". We are likely to have heard those words when we were
children, or have found ourselves saying them to our 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 or other times when noise would be destructive in nature, the 'JOY'
of the LORD by
it's very nature is often an 'acclamation'
of SHOUTS OF 'JOY'
and PRAISE 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 for a time. 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'
and PRAISE 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 set free COMPLETELY. You
can bet that everyone got their JOY' ON
at that moment!
This is the nature of the 'acclamation'
of JOY'
and PRAISE to GOD
, you are set free from 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 wait? Why not begin today to allow the LORD
to break off the chains that bind you, the source of those chains do not matter
to HIM, freeing
you fro being bound is HIS
concern, 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' and
PRAISE to GOD!
No matter the malady, are you ill, are you depressed, are you at the end
of your rope? HE
will break those chains holding you a prisoner during your SHOUTS OF 'JOY'
to HIM.
JESUS we
give forth an 'acclamation'
of JOY' and
PRAISE to YOUR
Name, today and every day from now on...........................
MONDAY JOY
A 5 MINUTE PRAISE DEVOTION
Get your 'JOY'
ON and praise the LORD all week long!
"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 us to pray for the needs of others. One of the first things we learn as
a Follower of JESUS is to carry one
another's burdens in prayer. When somebody tells us their story or we read
a note asking for prayer, the HOLY SPIRIT in
us is stirred with compassion and empathy for them.
This stirring of the HOLY SPIRIT
moves us to prayer whether it is for one person or even a group of people
like a town or city after a disaster. We pray because we know the LORD
hears us and "our 'JOY'
is made complete" as we see HIM
move in the behalf of others.
We must also be sure to pray in our
own behalf every day. Some people think that praying for themselves is a
selfish thing to do, but the LORD expects us
to talk to HIM about our lives and our needs
constantly.
Since we know that prayer is mostly just conversation [without
religion], we must pray every day to build and continue our relationship with
our HEAVENLY FATHER. As we remember
the fact that Adam walked and talked with the LORD
every day in the garden, so we can do the same thing whether we pray on our
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, we are to be people of prayer
24/7 [my personal favorite] as we learn to
pray continuously, you guessed it, [my personal
favorite]. As we see the LORD answer
our requests, "our 'JOY'
is made complete".
The reasons for daily prayer are
unlimited, the opportunities to pray each day are unhindered, HIS
answers are absolutely unbelievably beyond our imaginations. Our confidence
is that our HEAVENLY FATHER is always
listening and that HE is always answering
our requests throughout our day and life, therefore, "our
'JOY' is made
complete".
Get your 'JOY' ON each day and pray for others, and pray for yourself, then stand back and watch HIM move as you discover how "your 'JOY' is made complete".
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
"our
'JOY'
is made complete".
MONDAY JOY
A 5 MINUTE PRAISE DEVOTION
Get your 'JOY'
ON and praise the LORD all week long!
"They will
celebrate YOUR
abundant goodness
and joyfully
sing of YOUR
righteousness." Psalm 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!
Come on! Let's celebrate!
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 regard to the goodness of the LORD
in their life.
By now you may wish there was going to be a 'dignified' ground to stand on so
you could find excuse not to celebrate GOD'S
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 the celebrating
going on! 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, and yet, those who love the LORD
with all their heart learned to celebrate
before the LORD because of David's example.
Now before you start the Church of the 'Scantly Clothed Dancers', [HA!],
leave your clothes on and celebrate before
the LORD with everything in you [ belch
] , for HIS goodness
to you. How much goodness is abundant
goodness anyway? Just a little bit of goodness?
No! Abundant [exceeding more] kind of goodness!
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 for HE knows how to celebrate
without restraint.
