(Neh 8:10 NKJV)\u00a0 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.”<\/p>\n
The joy of the Lord is your strength!<\/p>\n
Have you lost your joy? Does it feel like you\u2019re living under a huge cloud of condemnation and regret?<\/p>\n
If this is you, know that this is not of God! Condemnation, guilt and regret are not of God. They are of the enemy.<\/p>\n
God convicts us of sin in our lives, but He does not condemn us. Most times, if we\u2019re feeling condemned, it\u2019s because someone has spoken words of condemnation to us.<\/p>\n
Maybe it was a family member. Maybe it was a co-worker. Maybe it was a church member or even a church leader. But no matter who it was, it was not God, our creator and redeemer.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re feeling condemned because someone said something to you that has caused you to feel that way, maybe it\u2019s time to get away from those people. If that\u2019s not possible, maybe it\u2019s time to start brushing off what they say to us and hearing what God has to say.<\/p>\n
His joy is our strength. So if we\u2019ve lost our joy, let\u2019s get it back in the name of Jesus!<\/p>\n
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n
Seven Seas Ministries
\nP.O. Box 272
\nBradford, RI 02808<\/p>\n
401-377-5400<\/p>\n
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(Neh 8:10 NKJV)\u00a0 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.” The joy of the Lord is your strength! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[186,65,201],"class_list":["post-878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-joy","tag-condemnation","tag-strength-in-god","tag-the-joy-of-the-lord"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}