Welcome to the second day in a week of encouragements that will bring you “7 super easy keys to unlock joy!”

Praising and thanking God is a powerful key to unlocking Joy.

When we’re occupied with praising and thanking God, it is impossible not to be joyful - because “In His Presence is fullness of joy!”

(Psalm 16 verse 11)

I remember with great joy the Saturdays we spent with our friends in France. We would often start at about 10am chatting and catching up on news, sharing together what God had been saying to us during the week. This flowed beautifully into spontaneous worship and dancing, prophetic words and songs, praying and prophesying for each other and the nation, reading the Bible, speaking about what the words meant to us - it was different every time, led by Holy Spirit. Later, we would all sit down, take communion and eat together, usually followed by a walk. These afternoons often carried on into the evening. No-one ever wanted to leave!

“They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple followed by meals at home, every meal a celebration, exuberant and joyful, as they praised God.” 

(Acts 2 verse 46 The Message)

Spending time together with the Trinity, thanking Father God, Jesus and Holy Spirit for every blessing, brings joy to us and them. Joy is the doorway to God’s abundance. His limitlessness fills the spacious places in our hearts as we sing thankful praise to Him.

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances.”

(I Thessalonians 5 verses 16-18)

You might like to listen to this song:

Full of Love and Joy,

Marian ❤️