Choose to Be Happy

Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season. his leaf shall not wither" and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Choose to Be Happy

"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God."
Eph 3: 17-19

Our prayer should be to be rooted and grounded in Christ and in his great love. This love is the greatest of all love. We must have roots in Christ as our foundation and in His living waters. Psalms 1

If we are not rooted and grounded in Christ when the storms of life come our way, we will not be able to stand. We have a choice today to be in Christ and be blessed by letting his joy be our strength, even in times of tears and hurts which may come into our lives. We can choose life with Christ or to walk in the ways of the World. Christ will only dwell in our hearts through faith and love for Him. If we doubt Him and His Words, we will not receive the things He has prepared for us.

When our roots are in Christ, there is nothing that can pluck us out of his hand. If we are not grounded in his Word and Will, we willingly give the enemy an opening to attack as we walk away from ways of the finished work of the cross.
This is why it is important to stay grounded in Christ and draw from his resources of love, peace, and joy. Only by his Spirit can we be rooted in Him. Strong roots in Christ make us able to stand firm when the storms of life come our way.

We will not have to defend ourselves if we are in Christ, but can rest in Him, knowing he will always show himself strong and be our defense.
It is God's Word that "all may learn and
all may be comforted." It is our responsibility to let his Word live through and in us. If life is not what you want, remember He knows what is best. All things will work for good regardless of the circumstances "if" we choose "His life" and ways of truth. We have to live with the decisions we make and sometimes even what we do not consider best for us, as it may be God's will for us. These may be the very things sent our way to challenge us. The things we have to live with and cannot change may be God sent, to help us seek His right discernment and be blessed in every test.

God's love passes all our earthly knowledge when he dwells within. Holy Spirit gives us comprehension to know Christ better and to receive his love. There is no greater love than this love which the Father has bestowed upon us through His Son, Jesus Christ. In this Season as in every Season, we must remember the love of Christ and his supreme sacrifice. His love will abide when all others may fail. Share this love with others today and be blessed. His love is
joy unspeakable and full of glory.

Blessings In Christ,
Jo Ann
J. P.'s Inspirations (c) 2001

Joshua 4: 1 - 7 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

That this may be a sign among you, [that] when your children ask [their fathers] in time to come, saying, What [mean] ye by these stones?

Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

Proverbs 7: 2 - 3 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.