Moody Radio

Part of understanding joy is considering its source. Our joy is based on our relationship with God and it is born in us by the Holy Spirit. Joy elevates us in the presence of God. It controls our worship of Him, even when we’re going through difficult times and situations.

God desires for us to worship Him.  And He wants sincere worship from us.  Why?  Because He not only wants to redeem us, and for us to allow Him to use us for His purposes, He also wants us to be rejoicing in Him and expressing our joy to Him through our worship.

Joy is tied to the birth of Jesus.  The Gospel of Luke says that there would be tidings of great joy to the world at Christmas. So, as we celebrate our Savior’s birth, our celebration should be motivated by and filled with joy!

When we seek to understand joy, we’ll discover that joy changes our attitude, our affections, and it helps us with the way we act and respond to the circumstances in our lives.

When we look at the difference between joy and happiness, we learn that joy is produced by the Holy Spirit; happiness is produced by the human spirit. And so, if it’s independent of circumstances, joy is not impacted by what’s happening around us or to us. Joy is what’s happening through us.

Today, Pastor Ford will share the difference between thanksgiving, praise, and worship.  According to him, when we bless God for what He’s done specifically for us, that’s thanksgiving.  When we bless God for what He’s done in the world around us, that’s praise.  But when we bless God for Who He is, that’s...

Pastor Ford wants us to realize that if we start telling God, “This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad”—even in the midst of what we’re going through—then the Bible tells us that God is going to receive our praise and change us from worriers into worshippers.

Today, Pastor Ford will let us know that our real focus should be on worship.  Whatever we are going through, we ought to be able to say like the Psalmist says, “This is the day that Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it!”...

If we want peace, Jesus is our peace.  If we want righteousness, Jesus is our righteousness.  Whatever element of our life we are struggling with, He identifies with it and redeems it in us.  So, when God sees us, He does not see our sin, He sees His Son—and that’s definitely something to be joyful about and worship...

Today on Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that God has choreographed the day that lies ahead for each of us.  His sovereignty is all over this day that each of us will be living.  So we need to understand He chose for us specifically whatever we are going through.  He has a purpose that He’s trying to work in...