JOY 9-26-25 VIDEO 3 YEAR OLD REJOICES OVER BEING HEALED
Why is Joy important? What does it do to your health? Does it give you hope for the future? Joy is a deep sense of inner gladness or delight. It is often independent of circumstances. It’s deeper than happiness because it’s rooted in your spirit. Laughter is the best medicine.
1 Chronicles16:26 All the popular gods are stuff and nonsense, but God made the cosmos!
27 Splendor and majesty flow out of him, strength and joy fill his place. MSG
Nehemiah 8:10 “Nehemiah continued, ‘Go home and prepare a feast—
holiday food and drinks—and share it with those who don’t have anything.
This day is holy to our God. Don’t feel bad. The joy of the Lord is your strength!'” MSG
Neh 12:43 Also on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy; the women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from far away” AMP
ESTHER 9:22 as the occasion when Jews got relief from their enemies, the month in which their sorrow turned to joy, mourning somersaulted into a holiday for parties and fun and laughter, the sending and receiving of presents and of giving gifts to the poor. MSG
JOB 8:21 God will let you laugh again; you’ll raise the roof with shouts of joy, MSG
PS 92:4 You made me so happy, God. I saw your work and I shouted for joy. MSG
PS 9:1 I’m thanking you, God, from a full heart, I’m writing the book on your wonders.
2 I’m whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I’m singing your song, High God.
3 The day my enemies turned tail and ran, they stumbled on you and fell on their faces.
4 You took over and set everything right; when I needed you, you were there, taking charge. MSG
PS 19:8 The life-maps of God are right, showing the way to joy. The directions of God are plain and easy on the eyes. MSG
PS 28:7 He proved he’s on my side; I’ve thrown my lot in with him. Now I’m jumping for joy, and shouting and singing my thanks to him. MSG
Ps 33:19 God will deliver them from death, even the certain death of famine, with no one to help.
20 The Lord alone is our radiant hope and we trust in him with all our hearts. His wraparound presence will strengthen us.
21 As we trust, we rejoice with an uncontained joy flowing from Yahweh! TPT
Ps 113:9 God’s grace provides for the barren ones a joyful home with children
so that even childless couples find a family. He makes them happy parents surrounded by their pride and joy. That’s the God we praise, so give it all to him! TPT
LUKE 1:44 As soon as I heard the sound of your joyful greeting, the baby leapt within me with delight! it means extreme exultation. To jump with joy!
45 Oh, how supremely blessed is she who knew without a doubt that this fantastic thing, which was told her by the Lord, would fully unfold!
46 Then Mary responded, I extol the Lord with all my heart!
47 My spirit also overflows with joy in God my Savior! MIRROR
1 SAM 1:26 Hannah said, “Excuse me, sir. Would you believe that I’m the very woman who was standing before you at this very spot, praying to God?
27 I prayed for this child, and God gave me what I asked for.
28 And now I have dedicated him to God. He’s dedicated to God for life.” Then and there, they worshiped God. MSG
1 SAM 2:1 Hannah prayed: I’m bursting with God-news! I’m walking on air. I’m laughing at my rivals. I’m dancing my salvation. MSG
PROV 15:30 A twinkle in the eye means joy in the heart, and good news makes you feel fit as a fiddle. MSG
ISA 61:3 to strengthen those crushed by despair who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful bouquet in the place of ashes, the oil of bliss instead of tears, and the mantle of joyous praise instead of the spirit of heaviness. Because of this, they will be known as Mighty Oaks of Righteousness, planted by Yahweh as a living display of his glory. TPT
ISA 65:18 Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I’m creating: I’ll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight. MSG
LUKE 15:7 I tell you, this mirrors heaven’s joy over the one out of sync person who
awakens to their authentic identity, rather than over the ninety nine, who 3supposedly understand who they are and therefore need no persuasion. MIRROR
JAMES 1:2 Temptations and contradictions come in different shapes, sizes, and intervals; their intention is always to suck you into their energy field. However, my friends, your joy in who you know you are leads you out triumphantly every time.
3 Here is the secret: joy is not something you have to fake, it is the fruit of what your faith knows to be true about you! You know that the proof of faith results in a persuasion that remains constant in contradiction. MIRROR
COL 1:11 We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul – not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, MSG
PS 30:5 He gets angry once in a while, but across a lifetime there is only love. The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter. He gets angry once in a while, but across a lifetime there is only love. The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter. MSG
PS 100:2 Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence. MSG
PS 37:12 he wicked plots against the righteous And gnashes at him with his teeth.
13 The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],
For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming. AMP
ISA 29:19 The castoffs of society will be laughing and dancing in God, the down-and-outs shouting praise to The Holy of Israel. MSG
PS 35:9Then my fears will dissolve into limitless joy; my whole being will overflow with gladness because of your mighty deliverance.
10 Everything inside of me will shout it out: “There’s no one like you, Lord!” For look at how you protect the weak and helpless from the strong and heartless who oppress them. TPT
PS 35:9 But let me run loose and free, celebrating God’s great work,
10 Every bone in my body laughing, singing, “God, there’s no one like you. You put the down-and-out on their feet and protect the unprotected from bullies!” MSG
Jude 24 Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight] — AMP
Jer 31:12 The people will climb up Zion’s slopes shouting with joy ,their faces beaming because of GOD’s bounty — Grain and wine and oil, flocks of sheep, herds of cattle. Their lives will be like a well-watered garden, never again left to dry up.
13 Young women will dance and be happy, young men and old men will join in. I’ll convert their weeping into laughter, lavishing comfort, invading their grief with joy. MSG
Ps 30:11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, AMP
Isa 61:7 Because you got a double dose of trouble and more than your share of contempt, Your inheritance in the land will be doubled and your joy go on forever. MSG
1 Thess 1:6 and determined to live that way yourselves. In imitating us, you imitated the Master. Although great trouble accompanied the Word, you were able to take great joy from the Holy Spirit! — taking the trouble with the joy, the joy with the trouble. MSG
2 Cor 1:24 Not that we have dominion [over you] and lord it over your faith, but [rather that we work with you as] fellow laborers [to promote] your joy, for in [your] faith (in your strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God) you stand firm. AMP
Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have obtained from [which was entrusted to me by] the Lord Jesus, faithfully to attest to the good news (Gospel) of God’s grace (His unmerited favor, spiritual blessing, and mercy). AMP