Inspirational Lifestyles: Be Still and Know – Choose Joy

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Choose Joy

We all want to be happy.  We spend our lives chasing the idea of happiness only to find it just out of reach.  But when we stop chasing happiness and start choosing joy that is when we truly begin to live out our lives to the fullest.

Happiness comes by chance; joy is choice.  Joy is choosing to be thankful when we could be ungrateful.  It’s choosing to see the good when we could see the bad.  Its constant prayer coupled with continual thanksgiving because when we choose joy in our hearts, nothing – not even the worst of circumstances – can rob it from us.

Scripture:

1 Thessalonians 5:1-18 NCV

Always be joyful.  Pray continually and give thanks whatever happens.  That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus.

Prayer:

Thank you, God for the blessings you’ve given me.  Thank you that while I have little control over my circumstances, I do have total control over whether or not I am joyful in my own life.  Help me to build an attitude of joy and to practice a heart of thankfulness so that I can live the life that you want me to live in your Son.