THE BIBLE-TEACHING MINISTRY OF CHARLES R. SWINDOLL
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Joy — it makes people wonder at your secret. Yet joy is no secret to the trusting Christian. When we choose to grow closer to God, resting in His character and provision, joy spills over into our lives so that others can’t help but notice. Do you want to be a person of joy? Silly question, isn’t it? We would love to live above our circumstances. Or have a great attitude. Or laugh a lot. But joy goes beyond all these things. Let’s learn from God’s Word the lovely facets of joy:
Joy becomes a transaction between you and God that others can’t help but notice. It’s God’s life spilling over the brim of your life and into others’ lives. When you trust Christ with the details of your life, you experience His life in wonderful excess, and it can’t help but give you reason to smile. Adapted from “A Reason to Smile: Cultivating a Fruitful Life,” Insights (March 2001): 1, 3. Copyright © 2001 by Insight for Living. All rights reserved worldwide.
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