Amen my sister and thanks for posting it.

I have known His strength in an unusually powerful way, and great joy in 
Him, over the past few days as I have been very sick with a more than nasty 
flu virus.  All praise is His.

That's certainly a favourite and much treasured verse!

--
Carol
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From: "Cecily Ballenger" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: FW: [BFG] Joyous Strength


> Subject: [mymanna7] Joy is strength!
>
>
> My Manna
>
>
> "The joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10.
>
> Joy!
>
> It's not a happy feeling you're supposed to have now and then when things
> are going well.
> It's much more than that.
>
> Joy is one of the most powerful spiritual forces in the world.
>
> Look again at Nehemiah 8:10 and I'll show you why.
> If you were to diagram that scripture and remove the phrase, "of the 
> Lord,"
> -you would find what it's truly saying is this:
>
> Joy is strength!
> The two are interchangeable.
>
> That's what makes joy so crucial.
> You can't live a life of faith without being strong in the Lord--
> And when God wants to make you strong, joy is what He uses to do the job!
>
> Joy is not just a state of mind.
> It is not a fleeting emotion.
>
> Joy is a very real force!
> And the devil doesn't have anything that can stand up against it.
>
> Just as fear has to yield to faith-
> - discouragement has to yield to joy.
>
> Since joy is one of the fruit of the Holy Spirit-
> - you already have it residing within you.
> But you must develop it, confess it, and live by it if you want to enjoy 
> its
> power.
>
> Whatever circumstances you are facing today, you can be full of joy.
> You can be strong in the Lord.
> You can draw on the supply of the Holy Spirit within you and come out on
> top.
>
> Rejoice!
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