Is the joy of the Lord your strength?

In the course of daily life we all go through trials and difficulties.  Unfortunately we live in a world that flows in a negative stream.  As we get closer to the Lord's return, this negativity will only increase.  What support do we have?  One of the greatest sources of our strength is the joy of the Lord.  It says in Nehemiah 8:10 (NLT) 10 And Nehemiah continued, “Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!”".  So the joy of the Lord is very much a force that we draw strength out of.  It provides us a fortitude to withstand that which goes on around us.  Remember, nothing can steal our joy, we have to give it away.

Do you walk in an Oil of Joy anointing?

ARM Message: "Do you walk in an Oil of Joy anointing?"
Foundation Text:
Psalm 45:7 (NLT) 7 You love justice and hate evil. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.
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We Should Walk In the Blessings of God Daily - Part 2

ARM Message: "We Should Walk In the Blessings of God Daily - Part 2"
Series Text: Psalm 68:19
Message Text:
Job 36:5-11 (AMP) 5 Behold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial; He is mighty in power of understanding and heart. 6 He does not prolong the life of the wicked, but gives the needy and afflicted their right. 7 He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous (the upright in right standing with God); but He sets them forever with kings upon the throne, and they are exalted. 8 And if they are bound in fetters [of adversity] and held by cords of affliction, 9 Then He shows to them [the true character of] their deeds and their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly [with presumption and self-sufficiency]. 10 He also opens their ears to instruction and discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity. 11 IF THEY OBEY AND SERVE HIM, THEY SHALL SPEND THEIR DAYS IN PROSPERITY AND THEIR YEARS IN PLEASANTNESS AND JOY.
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We Should Bring Out the Best of The People We are In Relationship With

ARM Message: “We Should Bring Out the Best of The People We are In Relationship With”
Foundation Text:
1 Corinthians 13:4 (PHILLIPS)
4 This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience – it looks for a way of being constructive.  It is not possessive: it is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance.
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It is possible that we can have more Grace

The grace of our Heavenly Father comes in increasing measure.  In other words, it is possible to add more grace on top of the grace we already have.  Then we can add more grace to that.  It is possible to increase in grace until we are walking in the fullness of grace.  We activate the grace of God in our lives by walking in faith.  But we can also diminish God's grace in our lives by walking in pride or by being prideful.  Pride comes in when we are conceited or we become high-minded.  A prideful person is someone who becomes arrogant or haughty.  It's a person who has too high opinion of themselves.  It says in James 4:6 (NKJV)
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”.  So if we don't want to put up resistance to more of God's grace in our life, we will strive to be more humble and operate out of the spirit of humility.

Serve God With All Your Heart

ARM Message: "Serve God with All Your Heart"
From the Series: "Great Grace" (FT: Acts 4:32,33)
Message Text:
Acts 7:44-46 (AMP) "44 Our forefathers had the tent (tabernacle) of witness in the wilderness, even as He Who directed Moses to make it had ordered, according to the pattern and model he had seen.
45 Our forefathers in turn brought it [this tent of witness] in [with them into the land] with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations which God drove out before the face of our forefathers. [So it remained here] until the time of David, 46 Who found grace (favor and spiritual blessing) in the sight of God..."
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