Another way to stir up joy is to fellowship
with the Holy Spirit. Romans 14:17 says,
“For the kingdom of God is not meat and
drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in
the Holy Ghost.”

There’s joy in the Holy Ghost—so hook
up with Him! Pray and sing in other tongues.
Jump into the river of the Spirit with praise
and thanksgiving. You may start out thinking
you don’t have anything to thank God for—but
you’ll quickly find out that you do.

You can begin by thanking Him for the
blood of Jesus that has washed away your
sin. You can thank Him that you’re on your
way to heaven. If you can’t think of any
other reason to praise Him, just center up
on those two things. Keep shouting, “Thank
God, my sins are washed away!” until joy
rises up within you.

“I can’t do that. I just don’t feel like it.”
That doesn’t matter! You don’t have to
feel any certain way to rejoice. Joy is bigger
than your emotions. In Psalm 27, King David
wrote, “And now shall mine head be lifted up
above mine enemies round about me: therefore
will I offer in [God’s] tabernacle sacrifices of
joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the
Lord (verse 6).”

Rejoicing is an act of the will. When you
don’t feel like rejoicing, set your will and
rejoice anyway.

If you’re having financial problems, don’t
stay up all night worrying about how you will
pay your bills. If you’re going to stay up, stay
up and praise God. Sing. Dance. Give thanks.
Shout the Word of God and laugh at the devil
until joy comes. Then keep on rejoicing until
you’re so filled with the strength and might
of God that nothing can stop you.

Keep on rejoicing until your body is well.
Keep on rejoicing until every chain the devil
has used to keep you in bondage snaps like
a thread. Keep on rejoicing until people start
coming to you—and they will!—saying, “Hey,
I want some of that joy! Can you tell me
how to get it?”

Think about it. Wouldn’t it be wonderful
if we started rejoicing and just kept on
rejoicing every day from now on until this
whole earth was filled with the Glory of
God? I believe with all my heart that’s what
God is calling us to do.

Let’s get on with it so we can rejoice our
way right into the rapture. Let’s rejoice in
the Lord, always. And again I say, rejoice!

Gloria Copeland