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Find reasons to be happy. Yes, you heard that right. Find reasons to be happy. I’m not here to preach on how to live a positive life, but I’d like to share practical instruction from God’s word.
1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18 NIV
Rejoice always, pray continually, Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
The Bible teaches us to rejoice always. Now, how is it possible to rejoice all the time? Do good things happen all the time? No, it doesn’t. Then how is it possible to rejoice always? Here’s how you can. See, in the midst of trouble, in the midst of chaos, you have to find a reason to be happy. You may be facing a situation that’s standing like a mountain before you.
You may be facing the impossible today, but Even in the midst of all that, find a reason to be happy. There are simple things like the fact that you woke up to see another day is a reason to be happy. The fact that you have a family is a reason to be happy. The fact that you went out yesterday and came back home safe is another reason to be happy.
In that way, there are so many reasons to be happy. And so the Bible encourages us to rejoice. Always because the moment we stop rejoicing, we start entertaining sadness, depression, and hopelessness into our life. The moment we stop finding reasons to be happy, we will begin to look for reasons to become sad and depressed.
How is your life today? Are you finding reasons to be happy or are you disturbed by all the things that are happening in your life? I pray that today you’ll find another reason to be happy.
Let’s pray.
Father, help us to hold on to your word, and just as your word says, help us to rejoice always. Pray continually. Give thanks in all circumstances. Life may not be in the way we expect. Good things may not happen all the time. But the very fact that we’re still alive and still able to hear your word and still able to go to work and do the things that we are able to do. is a reason to be happy. So Lord help us to find reasons to be happy every day.Help us not to allow sadness or depression or any kind of thought to come into our life. Protect us from all that in Jesus name. Amen.
