
Joy is a choice. “Laughter is good medicine.” These sisters dash about in hilarious attire to bring smiles to those who are stuck in traffic. If it takes a Pepto Bismal Pink scooter to brighten your mood, get one. We may as well smile because we are all on His candid camera. Please NOTE the plaid socks and the chicken purse! Genesis 21:6 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” It feels GREAT to pray from our stance of VICTORY. We walk in total FREEDOM as we stopped comparing ourselves to others. There is zero COMPETITION as our Father does NOT have favorites. Go ahead and think back to a time in your history when you got the serious giggles. That time you laughed until you cried. As Christian, we are to appreciate God’s unique creation and smile. As we take on His Way, His righteousness, and begin to think with the mind of Christ, we see ourselves as our Father does. His pleasure in our silly antics is laughable. With authority we evicted the accusing spirits of jealousy and envy and wisely repented of how we often degraded our value to God and we accepted His forgiveness. Hallelujah. Being kind and patient with others and ourselves is impossible without God’s intervention of grace. Be confident that our Father looks at the heart, NOT at our appearance. WE can laugh at the days to come as we know we GOT the VICTORY!

Thankful for His grace, we admit when we are wrong, and we forgive ourselves and others for any offense erroneously entertained. We often speak when silence is best. We get frustrated and pretend that we have it all together when we wobble like Jello. We trust that our Father in heaven sees His creation with a happy smile, not a chagrin. The MISSION, should you CHOOSE to ACCEPT it: LOOK for the GOOD TODAY and SMILE, say something FUNNY and cause someone to LAUGH.

God said “Laughter is good medicine.” Our immunity is boosted with laughter! Rest in His Word and trust in our truth, telling Creator! “The Lord longs to be gracious to you” Isaiah 30:18 He consistently rises up to show us His joy in our faithful obedience as we wait on Him with full confidence. If we are to be imitators of Christ, then it is necessary for us to laugh at the days to come. The Message expands the words of Isaiah 30:15 “God, the Master, The Holy One of Israel, has this solemn counsel: “Your salvation requires you to turn back to Me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on Me”

Do you display the fruit of His Joy in who you are? The Pickle Sisters sang and danced and made folks laugh. It was their ministry. If you can make someone smile today by being goofy, it will be fun, just do it!

Do you display the fruit of patience? These 4 men demonstrate what patience looks like as they wait use their talents of dancing and singing. What is your talent? Hosting, Teaching, Writing, Singing or ….? Thank God for the talent you have and employ it to bring JOY to others.

Our Accuser, the Deceiver works daily on overtime, into the wee hours of the night. He enters our minds to distract us with intrusive thoughts. A sense of dread, a lack of interest. “You don’t need to read the Bible.” There is opposition against us doing the right thing. We capture every thought, every opposing imagination and choose to CANCEL Satan’s strategy with the armor God gave us.

We must be quick to listen and to discern, or rightly judge which kingdom our thoughts are serving. Satan’s kingdom is full of envy, hate, bitterness, jealousy, vanity, doubt and pride. God’s Kingdom thinking is always reassuring and full of love, kindness, mercy, joy, peace, patience and forgiveness for “they” know not what they do. We are to HATE SATAN who is behind every evil act, and every thought that wars against God. Our Father does NOT want one person to perish. We joyfully choose to keep our minds FREE of criticism and hate. We examine each thought and CANCEL all those that do not serve God. Learn about how to LIVE in VICTORY by destroying Satan’s lies. https://amazed2017.com/wellspring/











My women’s group is doing a study on 40 Days of Joy. One of the assignments is to find something to laugh about at least 5 times a day.
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JOY what a GREAT focused STUDY. I wrote a response days ago, it did not show up. Updated the post with a few more funny photos. Something to laugh about at least 5 times a day….requires LOOKING for the GOOD in every situation. AMEN
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It requires being intentional!
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Happy New Year Barbara Hoyle
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2024 is the year of the Lord’s favor, and His Spirit is upon you too! Open doors, open hearts, open minds to the Gospel. AMEN Happy New Year Jim.
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Thanks for your words of blessings!
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