What Is The Coolest Thing God Has Done For You Today?

This was the question Francis Chan suggested his congregation ask each other. He was teaching on joy and pointed out that we are actually given this command in the Bible , "Rejoice, in the LORD alway. And again I say , rejoice." Phil 4:4

So many times when I give a word of testimony I share what I have to rejoice in. When I feel that the Holy Spirit has given me a scripture that I am to apply my life to, I rejoice in the moment . There is joy in the Holy Ghost . But so many times while I am so busy trying to live my life in light of this Word , that joy fades.

What is it that happens exactly ?

I begin to worry that I am not going to " pull it off " . You know , I begin to think , " wow, this is so important , I really need to do this, maybe I won't do this, and then , oh, look here I am not doing it. " Before I know it , I have no joy. I have no sense of God's power being with me.

Living my life expecting the Holy Spirit to enlighten my path with the word of God is a very joyful existence. Letting how well I am doing at walking in that light to be my plumb line for joy , explains exactly why my joy fades in and out.

In while the Holy Spirit brings me the word out while I try to walk in it.

Ah , but can I lose my joy if I "Rejoice in the LORD, alway. And again I say, rejoice ?"

Here is the catch. It will have to be the only thing I do. I can not be divided and say, "Well, if I seem to be walking in the word good, I will have joy in that. " No , you see that would not be rejoicing in the LORD.

I will have to determine to rejoice in the LORD , always. In the LORD .

Would you like to know about some really cool things God has done for me lately ?

My daughter has been given a promotion at work. Instead of having an unpredictable time schedule each week she will have the same eight hour shift each week and after a year a paid vacation.

A cool thing for me was when I realised that this ominous burden I put myself under to be able to love unlovable people would no longer need to be my problem. I have given that problem to God and I now trust that He will produce His love in me . So you 20 people out there that I have been praying for , my hope is that the love I have asked God to put in me for you will be evident the next time I see you.

Another cool thing God did for me and my daughter. Last night I was just kind of out of it. Not thinking I left a package of chocolate chip cookies on the table and when I came home I found that my daughter's Spaniel had eaten them all. When we looked on the Internet to see just how bad chocolate is for dogs it did not look good. We prayed and asked God to spare her the ill effects that chocolate usually have on dogs. She never did get sick. She is alive and well today. I think it is a cool thing that God did for us.

These cool things that He did I hope you find interesting. These events are not what I am rejoicing in though.

My word of testimony today is : Phil 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.