Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs
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A CHEERFUL HEART
A cheerful heart will make such a difference to your home atmosphere. But you don’t FEEL cheerful? That’s not the point. I hope you don’t live by your feelings. It’s such a miserable way to live, isn’t it? In fact, it is a false way to live. Feelings are deceiving. They come and go. But truth is real. And the truth is that if you have received Jesus Christ into your life, you have living joy bubbling up within you. Jesus, who lives in you, is JOY. Hebrews 1:9 tells us that Jesus has more joy than anyone else in the world—and He lives in you!
Confess your joy today because it is the joy of Christ. Happiness is only dependent on circumstances; true joy is the life of Jesus Christ who lives within you (Colossians 1:27).
Jesus said in John 4: 14: “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water SPRINGING UP into everlasting life.” The words “springing up” literally mean “to gush up, to leap up, to jump up.” That’s not passive; that’s active!
Therefore, whether you feel like it or not, speak joy and cheerfulness into your home today. Speak it by faith, whether you feel like it or not. As you speak cheerfulness, joy, encouragement, and blessing it will change the atmosphere of your home and the behavior of your children.
Yes, your attitude will change the behavior of your children.
Blessings to you today from Nancy Campbell
