Jesus tell us that we will suffer on His behalf and in those times do we really belive that “the joy of the Lord is our strength?”
Circumstances and what we do, doesn’t change the strength of the Lord’s joy. Paul worshiped Jesus in prison, lighting the way for the guards to be free from bondage with a newfound faith in Jesus.
God empowers us with the ability to have joy in our circumstances even if we may not feel it, and that joy is unexplainable without Jesus. He is the secret to getting through the trials in our lives and being in an anchored place of contentment — joy in patience and peace.
-Stephanie Bryant
Notes of Joy 