GOOD MEDICINE from GOD'S WORD
THIS IS AN IGNORED PRINCIPLE IN GOD'S WORD THAT WE NEED TO LEARN, FOR THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS TRIES TO BREAK OUR SPIRITS TO ROB US OF OUR JOY.
A merry or joyful heart will work an excellent cure... it heals... it will heal the troubles... it will heal the depression... it will heal the brokenness and the destructions of the heart. It will chase away hatred and bitterness and oppressions... it is an excellent cure.
A broken spirit... a
stricken spirit dries up the marrow of the bone. It will take all goodness out of our lives. We can have family that loves us and friends that loves
us... and blessings and not recognize any of it for the dryness of our bones.
God wants to fill us with love and help us when our spirits get broken... God desires to help us if we will call out on Him when we are hurting and broken... many times we don't... we either let it consume us or beat us down or lean on something else for help. PSALM 34:17-19 " 17 [THE RIGHTEOUS] CRY, AND THE LORD HEARETH, AND DELIVERETH THEM OUT OF ALL THEIR TROUBLES. 18 THE LORD [IS] NIGH UNTO THEM THAT ARE OF A BROKEN HEART; AND SAVETH SUCH AS BE OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT. 19 MANY [ARE] THE AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS: BUT THE LORD DELIVERETH HIM OUT OF THEM ALL. "
Many are your affliction... it doesn't mean that you won't have problems... BUT THE JOY COMES FROM KNOWING THAT HE WILL DELIVER US OUT OF THEM ALL!
IN that time that we are broken and have a contrite or crushed spirit, God is near to bring healing and deliverance. God is our deliverer. PSALM 34:18 (EMPHASIZED BIBLE) " NEAR IS YAHWEH, TO THE BROKEN IN HEART, AND, THE CRUSHED IN SPIRIT, WILL HE SAVE."
THERE IS JOY IN BEING A CHRISTIAN. THERE IS ABUNDANT LIFE THAT THE THIEF DESIRES TO STEAL FROM US... IF THE JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH... THEN JOY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MAKEUP.
1 PETER 1:8 " WHOM HAVING NOT SEEN, YE LOVE; IN WHOM, THOUGH NOW YE SEE [HIM] NOT, YET BELIEVING, YE REJOICE WITH JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY: "
1 PETER 1:8 (NAS) " AND THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT SEEN HIM, YOU LOVE HIM, AND THOUGH YOU DO NOT SEE HIM NOW, BUT BELIEVE IN HIM, YOU GREATLY REJOICE WITH JOY INEXPRESSIBLE AND FULL OF GLORY,"
Believing and moving in faith is connected with joy! Believing
in faith brings the joy of the Lord... in rejoicing with joy. Our joy is based on faith.
Rejoice with joy! That's good wording... rejoice... exult and praise in your joy with gladness... cheerfulness.
GALATIANS 5:22 " BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, "
JOY is a natural result of the Holy Spirit moving in our lives. It is part of the fruit of the Spirit. That is why laughter is a medicine.... laughter should be joy in motion. Even biologists tell us of positive chemical changes in us when we laugh.
Laughter and good cheer brings healing they tell us now, and fear and nervousness and hatred and holding those things in causes all kinds of disease. Its amazing how science tells us what the Word of God stated thousands of years ago.
Fear is the destroyer... fear and bitterness brings a wound that consumes us... 1 JOHN 4:16 -19 " 16 AND WE HAVE KNOWN AND BELIEVED THE LOVE THAT GOD HATH TO US. GOD IS LOVE; AND HE THAT DWELLETH IN LOVE DWELLETH IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM.
17 HEREIN IS OUR LOVE MADE PERFECT, THAT WE MAY HAVE BOLDNESS IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE; BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR: BECAUSE FEAR HATH TORMENT. HE THAT FEARETH IS NOT MADE PERFECT IN LOVE. 19 WE LOVE HIM, BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US. "
When the disciples would fear... notice that Jesus would say be of good cheer (or courage). Child of God, we have the promise that He is always with us. Be of good cheer! Rejoice!
JOHN 14:27 " PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU, MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU: NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH, GIVE I UNTO YOU. LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID. "
LIVING IN WORLDLY SORROW WILL BRING DEATH IN US.
READ THIS: 2 CORINTHIANS 7:9-10 " 9 NOW I REJOICE, NOT THAT YE WERE MADE SORRY, BUT THAT YE SORROWED TO REPENTANCE: FOR YE WERE MADE SORRY AFTER A GODLY MANNER, THAT YE MIGHT RECEIVE DAMAGE BY US IN NOTHING. 10 FOR GODLY SORROW WORKETH REPENTANCE TO SALVATION NOT TO BE REPENTED OF: BUT THE SORROW OF THE WORLD WORKETH DEATH."
Quite literally, God wants us to be happy despite the tribulations that we must face, Jesus has already overcome them and He desires us to be happy in a very unhappy world.
PROVERBS 15:13 " A MERRY HEART MAKETH A CHEERFUL COUNTENANCE: BUT BY SORROW OF THE HEART THE SPIRIT IS BROKEN. The reality is that if you have joy in your heart... it will give you a cheerful countenance. Have you ever noticed how many people around you have a negative or sad or even mad countenance? The sorrow of this life has broken their spirits... and they have dried up.
DON'T DEHYDRATE SPIRITUALLY! GET FULL OF THE LORD.
PROVERBS 12:25 " HEAVINESS IN THE HEART OF MAN MAKETH IT STOOP: BUT A GOOD WORD MAKETH IT GLAD. "
1 THESSALONIANS 5:11 " WHEREFORE COMFORT YOURSELVES TOGETHER, AND EDIFY ONE ANOTHER, EVEN AS ALSO YE DO. "
Hey, lets lift one another up... lets take advantage of this life that we have been given to make it easier on one another and speak good and see them lifted up.
The way of life of someone who walks in the way of the Lord. It is the fulness of life that comes from God getting in the equation... it is the walking in white with the Lord. There is a merriness of heart from walking in the works of the Lord...
ECCLESIASTES 9:7-11 " 9 GO THY WAY, EAT THY BREAD WITH JOY, AND DRINK THY WINE WITH A MERRY HEART; FOR GOD NOW ACCEPTETH THY WORKS. 8 LET THY GARMENTS BE ALWAYS WHITE; AND LET THY HEAD LACK NO OINTMENT. 9 LIVE JOYFULLY WITH THE WIFE WHOM THOU LOVEST ALL THE DAYS OF THE LIFE OF THY VANITY, WHICH HE HATH GIVEN THEE UNDER THE SUN, ALL THE DAYS OF THY VANITY: FOR THAT [IS] THY PORTION IN [THIS] LIFE, AND IN THY LABOUR WHICH THOU TAKEST UNDER THE SUN. 10 WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO, DO [IT] WITH THY MIGHT; FOR [THERE IS] NO WORK, NOR DEVICE, NOR KNOWLEDGE, NOR WISDOM, IN THE GRAVE, WHITHER THOU GOEST. "
White garments is the righteousness... walking in white... and anointing... we have the anointing of the Lord on our heads.
We can live the abundant lives with His anointing on our lives...
doing it with all our might giving God the glory in this life... not putting off til its too late and we have died our chance to live. You see... too many
wait to die to get their eternal life. But God wants you to live it now... and it gives God the glory.
Its too late to give God glory in this life if we wait until we are dead... live for the Lord and live fully today. Live joyfully with the spouse that God has given to you.
JOHN 10:10 " THE THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY: I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE [IT] MORE ABUNDANTLY. "
A Merry Heart is from a sermon preached at the Monticello Church of God in 2002 by James Dale Coldiron
PROVERBS 17:22 " A MERRY HEART DOETH GOOD [LIKE] A MEDICINE: BUT A BROKEN SPIRIT DRIETH THE BONES. "
PROVERBS 17:22 (EMPHASIZED BIBLE) "A JOYFUL HEART, WORKETH AN EXCELLENT CURE,-BUT, A STRICKEN SPIRIT, DRIETH UP THE BONE."
PROVERBS 17:22 (NAS) "A JOYFUL HEART IS GOOD MEDICINE, BUT A BROKEN SPIRIT DRIES UP THE BONES."
PROVERBS 17:22 (YLT) " A REJOICING HEART DOTH GOOD TO THE BODY, AND A SMITTEN SPIRIT DRIETH THE BONE."
PROVERBS 17:22 (GREENS LITERAL) " A CHEERFUL HEART MAKES GOOD HEALING, BUT A STRICKEN SPIRIT DRIES THE BONE."
THIS IS AN IGNORED PRINCIPLE IN GOD'S WORD THAT WE NEED TO LEARN, FOR THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS TRIES TO BREAK OUR SPIRITS TO ROB US OF OUR JOY.
A merry or joyful heart will work an excellent cure... it heals... it will heal the troubles... it will heal the depression... it will heal the brokenness and the destructions of the heart. It will chase away hatred and bitterness and oppressions... it is an excellent cure.
God wants to fill us with love and help us when our spirits get broken... God desires to help us if we will call out on Him when we are hurting and broken... many times we don't... we either let it consume us or beat us down or lean on something else for help. PSALM 34:17-19 " 17 [THE RIGHTEOUS] CRY, AND THE LORD HEARETH, AND DELIVERETH THEM OUT OF ALL THEIR TROUBLES. 18 THE LORD [IS] NIGH UNTO THEM THAT ARE OF A BROKEN HEART; AND SAVETH SUCH AS BE OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT. 19 MANY [ARE] THE AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS: BUT THE LORD DELIVERETH HIM OUT OF THEM ALL. "
God, I'm hurting... God, I need you... I need you Lord... and He is there... He knows that you are hurting... He knows that you are broken... He knows and He is nigh or close at hand.
Many are your affliction... it doesn't mean that you won't have problems... BUT THE JOY COMES FROM KNOWING THAT HE WILL DELIVER US OUT OF THEM ALL!
IN that time that we are broken and have a contrite or crushed spirit, God is near to bring healing and deliverance. God is our deliverer. PSALM 34:18 (EMPHASIZED BIBLE) " NEAR IS YAHWEH, TO THE BROKEN IN HEART, AND, THE CRUSHED IN SPIRIT, WILL HE SAVE."
THERE IS JOY IN BEING A CHRISTIAN. THERE IS ABUNDANT LIFE THAT THE THIEF DESIRES TO STEAL FROM US... IF THE JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH... THEN JOY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MAKEUP.
1 PETER 1:8 " WHOM HAVING NOT SEEN, YE LOVE; IN WHOM, THOUGH NOW YE SEE [HIM] NOT, YET BELIEVING, YE REJOICE WITH JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY: "
1 PETER 1:8 (NAS) " AND THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT SEEN HIM, YOU LOVE HIM, AND THOUGH YOU DO NOT SEE HIM NOW, BUT BELIEVE IN HIM, YOU GREATLY REJOICE WITH JOY INEXPRESSIBLE AND FULL OF GLORY,"
Rejoice with joy! That's good wording... rejoice... exult and praise in your joy with gladness... cheerfulness.
GALATIANS 5:22 " BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, "
JOY is a natural result of the Holy Spirit moving in our lives. It is part of the fruit of the Spirit. That is why laughter is a medicine.... laughter should be joy in motion. Even biologists tell us of positive chemical changes in us when we laugh.
Laughter and good cheer brings healing they tell us now, and fear and nervousness and hatred and holding those things in causes all kinds of disease. Its amazing how science tells us what the Word of God stated thousands of years ago.
Fear is the destroyer... fear and bitterness brings a wound that consumes us... 1 JOHN 4:16 -19 " 16 AND WE HAVE KNOWN AND BELIEVED THE LOVE THAT GOD HATH TO US. GOD IS LOVE; AND HE THAT DWELLETH IN LOVE DWELLETH IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM.
17 HEREIN IS OUR LOVE MADE PERFECT, THAT WE MAY HAVE BOLDNESS IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE; BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR: BECAUSE FEAR HATH TORMENT. HE THAT FEARETH IS NOT MADE PERFECT IN LOVE. 19 WE LOVE HIM, BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US. "
When the disciples would fear... notice that Jesus would say be of good cheer (or courage). Child of God, we have the promise that He is always with us. Be of good cheer! Rejoice!
JOHN 14:27 " PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU, MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU: NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH, GIVE I UNTO YOU. LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID. "
READ THIS: 2 CORINTHIANS 7:9-10 " 9 NOW I REJOICE, NOT THAT YE WERE MADE SORRY, BUT THAT YE SORROWED TO REPENTANCE: FOR YE WERE MADE SORRY AFTER A GODLY MANNER, THAT YE MIGHT RECEIVE DAMAGE BY US IN NOTHING. 10 FOR GODLY SORROW WORKETH REPENTANCE TO SALVATION NOT TO BE REPENTED OF: BUT THE SORROW OF THE WORLD WORKETH DEATH."
Quite literally, God wants us to be happy despite the tribulations that we must face, Jesus has already overcome them and He desires us to be happy in a very unhappy world.
PROVERBS 15:13 " A MERRY HEART MAKETH A CHEERFUL COUNTENANCE: BUT BY SORROW OF THE HEART THE SPIRIT IS BROKEN. The reality is that if you have joy in your heart... it will give you a cheerful countenance. Have you ever noticed how many people around you have a negative or sad or even mad countenance? The sorrow of this life has broken their spirits... and they have dried up.
DON'T DEHYDRATE SPIRITUALLY! GET FULL OF THE LORD.
PROVERBS 12:25 " HEAVINESS IN THE HEART OF MAN MAKETH IT STOOP: BUT A GOOD WORD MAKETH IT GLAD. "
1 THESSALONIANS 5:11 " WHEREFORE COMFORT YOURSELVES TOGETHER, AND EDIFY ONE ANOTHER, EVEN AS ALSO YE DO. "
Hey, lets lift one another up... lets take advantage of this life that we have been given to make it easier on one another and speak good and see them lifted up.
The way of life of someone who walks in the way of the Lord. It is the fulness of life that comes from God getting in the equation... it is the walking in white with the Lord. There is a merriness of heart from walking in the works of the Lord...
ECCLESIASTES 9:7-11 " 9 GO THY WAY, EAT THY BREAD WITH JOY, AND DRINK THY WINE WITH A MERRY HEART; FOR GOD NOW ACCEPTETH THY WORKS. 8 LET THY GARMENTS BE ALWAYS WHITE; AND LET THY HEAD LACK NO OINTMENT. 9 LIVE JOYFULLY WITH THE WIFE WHOM THOU LOVEST ALL THE DAYS OF THE LIFE OF THY VANITY, WHICH HE HATH GIVEN THEE UNDER THE SUN, ALL THE DAYS OF THY VANITY: FOR THAT [IS] THY PORTION IN [THIS] LIFE, AND IN THY LABOUR WHICH THOU TAKEST UNDER THE SUN. 10 WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO, DO [IT] WITH THY MIGHT; FOR [THERE IS] NO WORK, NOR DEVICE, NOR KNOWLEDGE, NOR WISDOM, IN THE GRAVE, WHITHER THOU GOEST. "
White garments is the righteousness... walking in white... and anointing... we have the anointing of the Lord on our heads.
Its too late to give God glory in this life if we wait until we are dead... live for the Lord and live fully today. Live joyfully with the spouse that God has given to you.
JOHN 10:10 " THE THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY: I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE [IT] MORE ABUNDANTLY. "
A Merry Heart is from a sermon preached at the Monticello Church of God in 2002 by James Dale Coldiron
