JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING ARE LINKED TO HOPE AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!
Two of the biggest targets that the devil is after are your joy and peace in believing. When you have faith without joy and peace, pretty soon you will lose hope and power. The Lord wants us to abound in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost. Joy and peace are the fuel and the fire that ignite faith, hope and the power of the Holy Spirit!
JOY, PEACE AND FAITH ARE THE UNBREAKABLE 3 FOLD CORD OF THE SPIRIT!
Ecclesiastes 4:12 says that one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him, but a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Supernatural joy, peace and faith are unbreakable… they release supernatural, abounding, overflowing hope and the POWER of the Holy Ghost!
Heaviness and stress are the opposite of joy and peace…
If we let the spirit of heaviness and stress in, it will rob our faith, our hope and our power!
Make continual withdrawals of joy and peace in the presence of Jesus!
Acts 2:28 says ‘You have made known to me the ways of life; You will fill me [infusing my soul] with joy with Your presence.’ Faith is a free gift and each believer has been given a Holy Ghost measure of faith, but joy and peace have to be purposely withdrawn by grace through faith… we have to get into the presence of Jesus and make a withdrawal, and we have to do it over and over throughout each day! Faith without joy and peace can turn into legalistic religion in a second, so faith alone, without joy and peace can be broken, or polluted by sorrow and stress.
KEYS TO MAINTAINING YOUR JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING…
1. Making continual withdrawals from the presence of Jesus.
As said, get into the presence of Jesus, the prince of peace and the source of joy with the clear purpose of being infused with supernatural joy and peace. God wants to FILL you up with peace and joy until you are overflowing!
2. Live a balanced life by faith…
Keep a healthy balance between spiritual things, family, friends, rest, hard work and play and recreation. A life out of balance is a target for the enemy.
3. Surrounding yourself with the right people…
Surround yourself with balanced people of like faith who will build you up, pray for you and be there for you through thick and thin.
There are other scriptural ways to maintain your peace and joy in believing, so be led by the Spirit and keep your joy and peace tank full to overflowing and then you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost! - Selah
