“So I know that in our lives we all face many and I many obstacles..and we as well if we haven’t yet figured it out that some things happen in our lives that we as well cannot control..so in the midst of all the obstacles and all the circumstances and literally everything that comes our way..my one point that I would love to make this evening is that we refuse to lose our joy!..Amen..that no matter what we understand that we can’t control life..and we can’t control others..or anything for that matter other than ourselves..Amen..so life is going to happen..does it ever stop?..not so much..so we rise above them things that life brings..and how you may ask do we do that?..well, we do that by keeping our eyes fixed on the Lord..fixing our eyes on the Author and the Finisher of our faith..Hebrews 12:2..Amen..for the word says that in the Lord’s presence there is fullness of joy and at His right hand are pleasures evermore..Psalm 16:11..for when we keep our eyes on the Lord and we stay close to our Father the proof will be evident in our actions..in the way that we present ourselves..to the things that we say..literally all of who we are will show forth that we are trusting God..were not trusting in this ole world in which we live..we are not letting our situations or adversities control us or manipulate us..cause I will be the first to say that if you do let them control you..you will lose your joy..your peace..you will lose your health..you will though gain anxiety..you will gain fear..and you will gain total loss all the way around..for you see guys the devil throws bait to us all and he knows what gets to us..but as well understand that God made us wiser than the enemy..Psalm 119:98..we don’t have to entertain everything that happens in our lives..we don’t have to get involved in that pitty party train that happens to come along and want us to jump on board for that ever so long ride of gloom and doom and total despair so to speak..for the bible says that the joy of the Lord is our strength..Nehemiah 8:10..Amen..and once again guys if we are not right within ourselves we cannot be right with others..so refuse to let this world cloud your mind with negativity..and cloud your mind and fog up everything with the trials and the mountains that may be there in your way this very day..but look up above them all and look up into Jesus’ face..for He alone is sitted in the heavens and the word says that He is daily making intercession for us..Psalm 115:3/Ephesians 2:6/Romans 8:34..Amen..God is fighting our battles..Exodus 14:14..but if we let life steal our joy and our peace..well it will do just that..and will continue to do just that..because life is going to happen regardless if we want it to or not..and well we can’t control this life or what happens..but we can control us..Amen..and how we choose to respond and how we choose to deal with this life..so choose joy..choose God’s word..and choose happiness above all else..choose to walk and live your life in the light of the Lord..always shining that light on to others and their lives..for once again guys we all need each other in this thing that we all call life..so be happy and stay happy..and know that the devil is a liar and he is the father of them all..John 8:44..so who’s report do we believe?..we believe the report of the Lord..always and forever..so let us walk in God’s joy..and let us walk in God’s anointing and His marvelous grace..In Jesus’ name, I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi