For some Christians, it is easy to find joy. For many others, finding happiness or joy is a herculean effort. If you are torn, fight tooth and nail for joy in God. The Bible indicates that joy is something we choose as much as it is something that happens to us. The Scriptures command us to rejoice throughout. One example is Paul’s urging in the emphatic Philippians 4:4…. But how do we do that? When the world seems to be crumbling around us, how do we choose joy? Still more, how are we to “be full”? It sounds as though the command is to do something that happens to us, to be active about
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