A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Thursday, May 26^th, 2016. Today is the 147^th Day of 2016.

I would like to ask for your special prayers for the rest of this week. Tonight, Friday, and Saturday I will be preaching Revival Services at Lincoln Southern Baptist Church. Please pray for safe travel and for God’s manifest blessings on the meetings.

There are only 219 days left in this year; and, there are only 24 days left until Father’s Day; and, there are only 213 days left until CHRISTMAS…

REASONS TO REJOICE – Restored Joy

Psalm 51:10-13
¹⁰ “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
¹¹ Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
¹³ Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.”

In this really well known passage, David is in the midst of repentance over his affair with Bathsheba which had resulted in the death of their son.

As is always true, sin had taken away his joy.

His prayer is that the LORD might “restore” his joy. Of all of the things he needed and all of the things he could have asked for, the thing he asked for was the restoration of his joy.

Sin is a joy killer. Sin does not always kill happiness, indeed, sin often brings “happiness.” But remember that happiness is merely a reflection of present circumstance whereas joy is an abiding sense of spiritual well-being.

Lost people know nothing of this. Christians have experienced what David calls, “the joy of YOUR salvation” and having experienced it, we are never satisfied again to live without it.

Here is the clear implication of David’s words… we must choose. We can have sin and be joyless, or, we can repent of our sins and once again know the joy of God’s salvation.

I choose repentance and joy. I pray that you will also.

Do not miss the opportunity for Mid-Week Prayer and Bible Study Wednesdays from 6:30 – 8:00pm. We are studying the Second Coming of Jesus and the events that follow into the Eternal State.

The lesson for next Wednesday, (6/1) is “Three 2’s of the Second Coming” pointing out three key elements of the future that come in Twos.

Each Wednesday will feature a stand-alone lesson, so even if you can’t make them all; be sure you catch as many of these lessons as you can.

Carpe Diem!