Rejoice - Joy Reloaded_2
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<p>Tuesday 8th June </p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Rejoice - Joy reloaded 2</p> <p> </p> <p><br></p> <p>Like we said earlier, rejoice simply means to reload your Joy. Your joy is always full and overflowing. May this be your experience in Jesus’ Name.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Let read 2 Corinthians 11 vs 24-29 (NLT), 24 Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me thirty-nine lashes. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea. 26 I have travelled on many long journeys. I have faced danger from rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be believers but are not. 27 I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm. 28 Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Also, Colossians1:24a, </p> <p>I rejoice when I suffer for you…</p> <p><br></p> <p>Who is this man called Paul?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Looking at Paul’s life, it is evident that he had experienced a lot of life’s frictions, the problems he encountered were more than what most people have to deal with today. It is amazing how he was not depressed with the tool these situations must have taken on him. In the midst of all the trouble, Paul was still rejoicing! He had experienced so much trouble, betrayal, hunger, pain and persecution, yet he said, “I rejoice in my suffering…”</p> <p> </p> <p>Studying the word “rejoice”, one of the meanings is “to be cheerful, optimistic, confident and calm, a
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