{"id":68401,"date":"2023-06-10T13:16:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T19:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/?p=68401"},"modified":"2025-06-08T08:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T14:40:46","slug":"why-truth-dont-change-your-mind-or-set-you-free-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/?p=68401","title":{"rendered":"Rejoice! And again, I say Rejoice!  With Brenda Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2023 June 11th Streaming<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rejoice! And again, I say Rejoice!  With Brenda Gray\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJpIHQDYjyM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6551566362ydp4ea27392msonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;\">In a world filled with so much chaos and turmoil, people are desperately searching and seeking out how to find joy, peace and happiness in midst of it all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6551566362ydp4ea27392msonormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;\">Merriam-Webster<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;\"> defines<b> joy<\/b> as \u201c<u>a feeling of great pleasure or happiness that comes from success, good fortune, or a sense of well-being\u201d.<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6551566362ydp4ea27392msonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;\">And <b>rejoicing<\/b> as an <u>\u201cexpression of joy\u201d<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6551566362ydp4ea27392msonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;\">\u201cJoy or rejoicing\u201d that is dependent upon the outcome of a situation or circumstance will always be short-lived.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6551566362ydp4ea27392msonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;\">Many spiritually born-again people, and those yet to be spiritually birthed, are experiencing an \u201cillusion of joy\u201d instead of living in \u201cthe fullness of the joy\u201d. In <b>John 15: 11 <\/b>Jesus says<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6551566362ydp4ea27392msonormal\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;\">These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6551566362ydp4ea27392msonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;\">Throughout the Book of Philippians, Paul repeatedly makes reference to \u201cjoy and rejoicing\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6551566362ydp4ea27392msonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;\">\u00a0<b>(Phil 1: 18)<\/b> says, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6551566362ydp4ea27392msonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;\">What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes and I will rejoice. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 June 11th Streaming In a world filled with so much chaos and turmoil, people are desperately searching and seeking out how to find joy, peace and happiness in midst of it all. Merriam-Webster defines joy as \u201ca feeling of great pleasure or happiness that comes from success, good fortune, or a sense of well-being\u201d. 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