‘Joy’ at Daystar Christian Center
This month in Daystar Christian Centre we are focusing on one word and that word is JOY.
John 16 : 20 – 22 New Living Translation
Jesus was speaking there, he said “I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn over what is going to happen to me, but the world will rejoice. You will grieve but your grief with suddenly turn to wonderful joy. It will be like a woman suffering the pains of labour, when her child is born anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby into the world. So you have sorrow now but I will see you again, then you will rejoice and no one can rob you of that joy. “
Amen! Yes, Joy, that’s what we’re celebrating. This month we are happy to be able to see the end of this year and as we celebrate Christmas, you know, I want us to focus on Christ, let’s focus on Christ. We respect those who choose not to celebrate Christmas for various reasons, the scriptures make provision for that. We have freedom in Christ. The important thing is that through this season, knowing all that has gone on in our world, knowing that there has been a virus all over the place, there are others, you know, there are all kinds of challenges going on in our world. There are political problems, there are social problems. There are financial problems, economic problems for Nations but in the midst of everything, I just want to challenge us to keep our focus on God. Amen.
Let’s keep our focus on Christ. You know why? He came actually to turn sadness to Joy. Isaiah the prophet prophesied about him in Isaiah 61: 1 – 3. Let’s read it from The Message Bible.
“The spirit of God the master is on me because God anointed me, he sent me to preach good news to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, announce freedom to all captives, pardon all prisoners. God sent me to announce the year of his grace, a celebration of God’s destruction of our enemies and to comfort all who mourn, to care for the needs of all who mourn in Zion, give them bouquets of roses instead of ashes, messages of joy instead of news of doom, a praising heart instead of a languid Spirit. To rename them Oaks of righteousness planted by God to display His Glory”. Hallelujah!
Jesus Christ came to take away the problems of this world, the root of all the problems is man’s sin nature and Jesus solved that problem. In solving the problem, taking care of the root, He’s taking care of the fruits. So he says that he came to comfort all who mourn, to give them bouquets of roses instead of ashes. Oh, thank you Lord, Jesus. There’s beauty coming out of this story.
Whatever the experiences may have been this year, there is beauty coming out of this story. And then he said ‘messages of Joy instead of news of doom’. That is why Jesus came, to take us away from sadness and bring us to the place of joy.
Isaiah 53 vs 3-5, New King James version of the Bible describes how he actually carried all our sorrows.
“He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of Sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from him. He was despised and we did not esteem him. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted, but he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement for our peace was upon him and by his stripes we are healed”. Hallelujah!
He carried all our sorrows, carried all our pains on that cross. That is it, at the cross. There was a walk of substitution that happened at the cross of Calvary, he took our place so that we could take his place. He took our place as sinners so we could take his place as the Son of God, as the righteousness of God. So please settle this once and for all, whatever Satan is trying to put on us, Jesus already took it on the cross of Calvary. He was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities. He has carried all our sorrows and all of our pains and if he has, then we drop them down. We are not carrying them anymore. Hallelujah.
It’s time to shake it off. Shake off the gloominess, shake off the spirit of fear, shake off that spirit of discouragement and doubt, Hallelujah! This is the season of Joy. I come in the name of Jesus Christ and by that same spirit that Jesus spoke about, the power of the spirit of God, I declare a terminal date for every form of affliction in the name of Jesus Christ. Yes Jesus said in John 10:10 that the thief comes to steal, to kill, to destroy. I declare, the stealing stops, the killing stops. Oh, thank you Lord, the destruction stops in the name of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.
The power that raised Christ from death, that terminated the hold of death on the body and the soul of Jesus Christ, that same power terminates whatever it is that causes pain in our lives, that causes sorrow in our lives right now in the name of Jesus. If it’s a sickness, if it’s a disease, I speak by the spirit of God and I command it to go in the name of Jesus.
Every form of torment goes. Someone has lost sleep, lost the capacity to sleep. The Bible says that God gives his beloved sleep, in the name of Jesus receive supernatural capacity to sleep. You are healed in the name of Jesus Christ. Oh yes there is someone, you are actually afraid to sleep because when you do you have nightmares, I prophesy by the spirit of God, every form of interference in your sleep is terminated now in the Name of Jesus Christ. Thank you Lord.
Whoo-hoo. Thank you Lord. The price has been paid, now we can be sorrow-free. Oh, thank you Lord, Jesus. When sorrow wants to attach itself to us, when sadness wants to attach itself to us, let’s shake it off. Thank you, Lord, Jesus. Yes. I say that to someone today by the spirit of God shake it off. Always have this in mind that whatever the challenge is, whatever the source of sorrow is, it has a terminal date.
Remember the story of Job. God puts a limit on Satan’s activity. He can permit us to be tempted but he puts a limit. There is a point beyond which the enemy cannot go, thank you Lord, Hallelujah. The important thing though is when the season is over we also have got to adjust, we’ve got to take what belongs to us, joy belongs to us let’s take it, Hallelujah, shake off the sorrow. I am declaring by the spirit of God this month, this day is the terminal date for sorrow for paying for shame in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord. Thank you, Lord, Jesus. Thank you, Lord, Jesus.
The big question always will be who has the final say over our situations and circumstances? God does, nobody else does but your boss. Okay, not your landlord, it’s God. That’s why I’m asking us to keep our Focus On Christ. Keep our Focus On Christ Peter had his Focus On Christ in Matthew 14 when Jesus was walking on water. And as long as he kept his Focus On Christ his faith exploded. I mean, isn’t it crazy for Peter to have asked Lord? If it is you then tell me to come on this water and walk like you. Oh my God, that is what happens when we keep our focus on God. When keep our focus on circumstances this is gonna be a big problem. Honestly, when we keep our focus on the news of Doom Faith doesn’t come from there, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God Romans 10:17. And that’s why Peter said speak the word, speak the word of faith, speak the word that will impact faith in to me, that will help me to be like you right now Hallelujah. When Jesus spoke the word ‘come and Peter jumped on water Hallelujah the water did not disappear it was there. So who says that the storm has to completely disappear, that the challenges have to disappear. No, that’s not the point. The point is that God is giving you the victory Hallelujah
Peter was walking on water and then the Bible says “when he looked and saw that the wind was fierce he began to sink”. So that’s the point he took his attention off Jesus, put it on situations and circumstances, his faith deflated like a deflated balloon and he began to sink in the water. And then, when he saw he was sinking, he shifted his attention back to Christ and said “Lord help me”; Jesus held his hand and pulled him up. Can you see that? It’s a matter of focus.
It’s a matter of focus and I’m saying that this month your joy is a function of focus. keep your focus on Jesus keep your focus on Christ Hallelujah. So I love that famous song that we sing. It’s viral now “Who has the final say? Jehovah has the final say…” and we’ve got to let the devil know that he will never have the final say over our lives.
So when Jesus told his disciples he was going to be crucified, he was going to die, they became sorrowful. It was bad news. He said “…oh, oh, I know that you have sorrow now but you just hold on…” Why? Because death is not going to have the final say. Jehovah will have the final say. “I’m coming back…” He said “don’t worry”. He said all of a sudden, if you hold on, all of a sudden your sorrow will be turned into wonderful Joy. Hallelujah.
I release that word on someone today in the name of Jesus. I speak that word over your family. It doesn’t matter how gloomy things may seem to be right now your sorrow is turned to Joy in the name of Jesus. I bring you into the zone of Miracles, into the zone of possibilities because once your attention is fixed on Christ, then impossibility loses its definition, you come into the realm of possibilities. I should tell you this before we wrap this discussion up that your joy does not depend on circumstances your joy depends on the person. The third person is the Holy Spirit.
Christ has gone back to Heaven, He is with God. The person we have with us right now is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God. And because the spirit of God lives on the inside of you when you are a child of God, he births joy in you from the inside. Your joy does not depend on situations or circumstances, doesn’t depend on whether they even work right or not, your joy is spontaneous. It is generated from the inside. Hear what Jesus said about the Holy Spirit in John 7:37 – 39 NKJV.
“On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out saying “If anyone thirsts let him come to me and drink, he who believes in me as the scripture has said out of his heart will flow rivers of Living Water, but these he spoke concerning the spirit whom those believing in him would receive For the Holy Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified”. Hallelujah, Wow.
So you see, life for you now comes from the inside, your peace comes from the inside, Joy comes from the inside, love comes from the inside, power comes from the inside for you now. He said “he who believes in me, out of his heart will flow rivers of Living Water…” He was talking about the Holy Spirit. You carry the power generator, the joy generator on the inside of you. I love it.
The holy spirit makes you to live heaven on Earth. God is joyful. Why? Because this is the end from the beginning so you know what the Holy Spirit does? He shares God’s perspective with you. He helps you to see things the way God sees them and that’s when you realize your problem or challenge whatever it is has a terminal date and God has the final say over your situation or your circumstance.
I always ask how do God and the angels watch football matches if they watch at all. God can’t watch a football match with anxiety shouting “Hey!” like us, he knows the score even before kickoff. He lacks, totally lacks capacity for anxiety. You’re the one that is worried. God is not worried on your behalf. In fact, he’s concerned for you. Shake off this worry, shake off this sadness.
If only you knew. Look back over the circumstances of your life, some of the things you worried about yesterday, did your worry solve any problem? Did God not come through on your behalf? When you look back now are you not realizing that the worry was wasted? That you could have done something better with your life? That you could have been happy all that time and God would still come through for you? It’s exactly how it is.
So when God looks at us he’s thinking “if only she knew she would break into rapturous joy right now”. If only you knew what God has prepared for you, how this whole thing is going to end you would actually begin your dance from now Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord Jesus. All right. Some may say “look, so many things working against me right now”. Well, let me read Psalm 2 verses 1 to 4 from New Living Translation.
“Why are the nation’s angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans? The kings of the earth prepare for battle, the rulers plot together against the Lord and against his anointed “Let us break their chains” they cry “and free ourselves from slavery to God” but the one who rules in heaven laughs, the Lord scoffs at them.”
Isn’t that amazing? I mean powerful people gathered together, they were making plans, their plans were contrary to God’s plans and you know what God was doing in heaven? laughing. So if God is laughing over your situation, why are you crying over it, please borrow some Joy hallelujah. Thank you Lord, Jesus. Why are you crying over what God is laughing over? Take time to laugh this month, laughing is an expression of Joy. Hallelujah. Thank you Lord, Jesus.
Oh and if you need help with laughter, gratefully, we have a lot of people anointed to help us laugh these days. Now I’m telling you, some times I dedicate some minutes and just go look for them. Oh, yeah. I look for them on social media. Yes, and I laugh and laugh and laugh all by myself. Let the devil go crazy, let him do whatever he wants to do, he has no control over my destiny. God has the final say and if God is laughing in heaven what business do I have walking around being sad down here?
I was laughing like that some few days ago. I came across this very interesting story of a lady that called a restaurant and said “Hello, I came to your restaurant yesterday, saw curried goat on the menu and I ordered it. I ate it, you know, I ate it and enjoyed it. It was so nice I even sucked the bones but it was after I got home that I discovered that goat is an animal”. She said “I’m a vegetarian, I haven’t eaten meat in the last 28 years. You guys will ruin everything for me.”
The person at the other end said “You said what? You ordered for curried goat?” She said “Yes”. He asked “Did you tell the person that was attending to you that you’re a vegan?” She replied “Yeah, but but but they gave me the curried goat and I ate it. I didn’t know goat was an animal, so I even Googled it and saw that it is a very ugly animal”.
So you can imagine how much I was laughing. I don’t know if it’s true. I choose to believe it’s just a joke, okay. You know, what I’m just saying is that it’s a choice. I have a choice to sit down and just brood over all the problems of the world or to spend the time laughing. What are you going to do this month? It’s our season of Joy. It is your season of joy, and God is stepping in on your behalf. God is going to do what you absolutely have no power to do in the name of Jesus Christ.
So I remember this song by Darrell Evans, all of us sing it and you may just have it playing through out this month. “I’m trading my sorrow, I’m trading my shame, I’m laying it down for the joy of the Lord. I’m trading my sickness, I’m Trading My pain, I’m laying it down for the joy of the Lord”.
The chorus says ‘Yes Lord, Yes Lord, Yes Yes Lord. Yes Lord, Yes Lord, Yes Yes Lord’. Hallelujah! Thank you Lord, Jesus.
PRAYERS
I prophesy, the power of God rests on you, the power rests on your family, the power of God rests on your business, the power of God rests on your physical body.
I Declare whatever does not align with God’s plan, God’s purpose for your life is removed in the name of Jesus.
I prophesy a season of restoration if Satan stole anything from you. I prophesy by the spirit of God, it is restored. This is a season of restoration. Restoration of joy for a start, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Thank you, Heavenly father,Thank you.
Anyone requiring divine intervention in their lives right now, the power of God moves over your situation right now in the name of Jesus Christ.
What was impossible becomes possible in the name of Jesus, Thank you Jesus.
They said it was terminal, the power of God terminates it in the name of Jesus Christ. The power that raised Christ from death engages that body right now and restores it in Jesus name. Thank you Lord.
Broken organs of the body are restored in the name of Jesus. Thank you Lord.
Every form of oppression stops in the name of Jesus.
There’s a miracle of restoration of relationships in the name of Jesus Christ.
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