If Satan Can't Steal Your Joy ... by Jerry Savelle

Author:Jerry Savelle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: spiritual warfare, If Satan Can't Steal Your Joy..., Bible, Christ, Jesus
Published: 2011-09-27T12:22:43+00:00

He tells us, In every thing give thanks. The Psalmist writes: O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph (Ps. 47:1); Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous (Ps. 33:1); Praise ye the Lord (Ps. 146:1; 147:1; 148:1; 149:1; 150:1).

The Bible doesn't tell us all these things about rejoicing, giving thanks, and praising God for nothing. There is strength in praise!

There is strength in rejoicing! There is strength in thanksgiving! The Devil doesn't know what to do when he has launched an attack against you, and you keep praising the Lord.

The Power of Laughter

God says that joy has a voice. One of the ways you can release joy is through laughter.

You know, many of God's people don't know how to laugh. One of the things that kept me out of Christianity for so long was Christians—those long-faced, poor-me, sad sacks who called themselves "children of light"

and went around looking like death. They were trying to convince me to be like them, but I didn't want any part of something that made you look like that!

Christians need to learn how to laugh. In the past we've had the mistaken idea that to be a Christian you were supposed to be so "holy and spiritual" that you never smiled.

Since I became a Christian, I've never had so much fun in my life! I never had this much fun and enjoyment in life before I became a believer. I have found more to laugh about since I came to God than I ever did when I was still under bondage to Satan. Who do you think is happier, livelier, and more joyously cheerful: the slave or the free man?

As a kid growing up, it was my nature to be humorous. I enjoyed making people laugh.

There was just a funny side to me, and I always had the ability to come up with something funny at a moment when something funny needed to be said. One of the reasons I didn't want to go into the ministry was all of the preachers I saw. They looked like the last time they had had any fun was the day before they got born again.

I thought, Dear Lord, You mean to tell me if I become a Christian, if I become a minister, that everything has to be solemn and serious? Will I have to go around with a long face and never have any joy or fun anymore? That didn't appeal to me at all.

But in the Bible it talked about joy, about rejoicing, about laughter. It talked about being of good cheer. My Bible told me not to fear or be dismayed or have worried thoughts about anything. Jesus said, Take no thought for your life (Matt. 6:25). It seemed to me that Christianity in its highest form would be the happiest life anyone could ever live.

That's one thing that caused me to identify so much with Brother Copeland. When I heard him that first night, he said some things that were hilarious.

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