{"id":1093,"date":"2024-12-16T17:12:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T22:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:38:09","slug":"rejoice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=1093","title":{"rendered":"Rejoice!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for your reward in heaven is great [absolutely inexhaustible]!  -Luke 6:23a AMP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sounds like an amazing blessing and it is but when just reading this verse you may wonder what \u2018that day\u2019 is referring to. \u2018That day\u2019 is referring to the day you get hated, yelled at, scorned, made fun of, persecuted for loving Jesus. Too often I am not willing to be too bold for Jesus because of fear of man, I don\u2019t want to be made fun of, I don\u2019t want to be hated, berated, and told how terrible it is that I put my trust in Jesus. But according to the verse above, when that happens, it is great cause to rejoice and leap for joy. Just picture that, that\u2019s like a basketball player making the winning shot at the ending buzzer where he\/she leaps with joy, that is how we should react when we are persecuted for loving Jesus! Just writing this was very convicting for me. How does it land with you? How does this change how you view being bold for Jesus?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSin makes man a coward but a life in the Truth of Christ makes him bold.\u201d  -St. John Chrysostom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t always feel His presence. But God\u2019s promises do not depend upon my feelings; they rest upon His integrity.\u201d  -R.C. Sproul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for your reward in heaven is great [absolutely inexhaustible]!  -Luke 6:23a AMP Sounds like an amazing blessing and it is but when just reading this verse you may wonder what \u2018that day\u2019 is referring to. \u2018That day\u2019 is referring to the day you get hated, yelled at, … <\/p>\n

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