The Holy Spirit

I didn’t even know that this was in the bible, so I know God spoke this to my heart. I said, “god, what is this? I’ve lived with this all of my life.  What is this?” the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “evil forebodings.” evil forebodings. Then later — I don’t remember how long after that it was — I came across proverbs 15:15. Look at this.  It says: all the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances]. Our joy really doesn’t come from our circumstances, like the devil would like us to think.

Even when the devil messes with your stuff — your car breaks down, this, that, something else — he’s really not after your stuff. He doesn’t care about that stuff. What he wants is your joy, so he uses the loss of stuff to get your joy because when you have no joy, you have no strength. And there’s nothing the devil likes better than to see a born-again, spirit-filled believer walking around in life with their arms hanging down, their shoulders down, and their head hanging down, being negative and critical and not showing anybody anything that they would want.

So it’s imperative that we maintain a high level of joy and enthusiasm and passion for life. I am so tired of watching people just go through the motions, go through the motions, go through the motions. I dare you to live with purpose and passion.

Passion is zeal and enthusiasm. We need to face every day excited. No matter what’s going on in our life, we need to wake up and think, “I believe that something good is going to happen to me today.” you say, “what if it doesn’t?” then believe it the next day. “well, what if it doesn’t happen that day?” then believe it the next day. And you need to make an announcement to the devil, and this is what it needs to be: “devil, I will outlast you.” (cheering/applause)