Joy Unspeakable!!! 8/9/23
1 Peter 1:8 (KJV)
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
“JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY!!!!!!”
As I lay in bed this EARLY morning, (it is now 6:11 AM and I have been up since 4:30 AM) I reflected on the Verses:
Romans 8:24-25 (KJV)
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Beloved, “WE are saved by HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
So many friends and loved ones are undergoing terrific trial and tribulation today as I type this message-one having just undergone open heart surgery and another dear friend battling a terrible and unexpected debilitating stroke, another receiving welcome news that “they got it all” in his battle with cancer.
Trial and tribulation is always COMPARABLE!!! If you thinks your troubles are bad..........................................................................AMEN!!??
I beg you to take a quick listen to this fabulous song NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For whatever reason, God OFTEN speaks to me through song and He did AGAIN this early AM!!
“JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY!!!!!!”
I KNEW I HAD TO GET UP THIS MORNING-(early/too early/THANK GOD I have no earthly job to answer to!!!!) and research this song.
This song brought a SMILE and a joy to my heart and face as I fondly remembered performing this song with my WONDERFUL cast of wonderful singers and TALENTED musicians too many years ago!
But the message today is on HOPE-H.O.P.E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Romans 8:24-25 (KJV)
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
As I spoke with the beautiful wife of my friend with the stroke yesterday, I uttered the above Scripture to her.
She had just informed me that her husband had been able to take a few halting steps the day before as HOPE again entered his heart.
This morning I remembered seeing little Amanda moved a finger just in the nick of time.
The incredible doctors and nurses at Shepherd Spinal Center were advising me that there was NO HOPE for little Amanda!! She would never be “right” again and our best plan was to assign her to a long term health care facility in a neighboring state, far away from our loving home...
BUT THEN I SAW HER FINGER MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The rest is now WONDROUS history-although the years have been hard, Amanda still lives-LIVES after two doctors declared her DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY!!!!!!”
Romans 8:24-25 (KJV)
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
TODAY, ye that are weary and hopeless, join with me in CLINGING to the HOPE found in:
Ephesians 3:20 (KJV)
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
There IS joy and HOPE in BELIEVING that God is NOT finished with YOU today!!!
“WHAT HE'S DONE FOR OTHERS HE'LL DO FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Jude 1:24 (KJV)
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Our BIBLE is a BOOK of HOPE, JOY AND LOVE-READ IT/MEMORIZE IT.BELIEVE IT for Y.O.U-YOURSELF-YES EVEN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ecclesiastes 9:4 (KJV)
4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Today, if you still have a pulse, there IS “JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY” for YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT AIN'T OVER TILL ITS OVER!!
Get up and get back in the battle!!
“JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY!!!!!!”
God Bless YOU TODAY!!!
Pastor Doug
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