The Fruit of the Spirit: Choose Joy
by David Chadwick
Joy is a choice. As our church's worship leader says in one of the songs he has written, "I will choose joy!" This one doesn't always come naturally. Without Jesus, it can feel impossible to walk in joy in the midst of this broken world.
Remember, where one fruit is present, all nine are present. They are interdependent. But I do love the order because love and joy walk hand in hand. Joy proves that our affections are rightly aligned with God's will. Joy flows out of a heart that loves him.
When you are so intimate with the Father in heaven and his Son, Jesus, the Spirit…
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