KILLING THE JOY KILLERS! -1
BASIC SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 8: 1-12
A wise woman once said: " You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes." Then Nehemiah 8: 10 says "the joy of the Lord is your strength." Since Satan does not want you strong enough to deal with him, he will do all he can to steal your joy daily in 2016! That is why you must GUARD YOUR JOY DAILY AGAINST JOY KILLERS! Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets! Life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it! That is why your joy and happiness is a journey not a destination! Resist DEPRESSION, SELF-PITY, REGRET OVER YOUR PAST MISTAKES etc, because really, HAPPINESS is not in your circumstances but in yourself! Happiness is knowing that your being alive alone is enough to cherish! Happiness keeps you sweet, trials keep you strong, sorrows keep you human! Failures keep you humble! And God keeps you going! Always remember that the happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything but they just make the best of everything! That is why the Holy Ghost is screaming into your divine ears again: Laugh by force! Rejoice by force! Dance even without a reason! And sing even when your rainbow disappears because sometimes, JOY is a result of your CHOICE and not because there are no battles! As much as possible, avoid people and circumstances that steal your joy. Put away pictures, letters or anything that reminds you of your ugly past! You have just one life, don't waste it. Consider the following KILLERS of your happiness this year:
1. Regretting the past: Research continues to show that repetitive, negative thoughts about decision made in the past is often the genesis of chronic stress and depression.
2. Worrying about the future: Determine to live in the present! Face difficulties as they arise and let them go.
3. Comparing yourself to others: Don't compare yourself to others. You have no idea what they have been through.
4. Anger/ Bad Temper: Don't reply when you are angry and don't decide when you are sad. Don't promise when you are happy!
5. Life's Battles: When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. Lemonades are made from bitter lemons, omelettes are products of broken eggs. Determine to hold unto your joy by Force, no matter what life throws at you. For every dark night, there is a brighter day. Hold on! Hold out! (To be continued tomorrow).
PRAYER POINTS: Take song 5: By and by...
1. Pray about today's word generally as led now.
2. Cancel every event planned from the marine world to suck away your happiness/JOY.
3. Cancel every bad news concerning the remaining months of the year (Pray it month by month now).

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