- Resentment
- Bitterness
- Anger
- Not able to forgive. Having an unforgiving heart.
- Fear - lack of trust
- Too easily offended - Psalm 119:165
- Disobedience - Guilt
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Joy
I have been thinking about joy a lot lately. So many things rob me of joy. All of them are internal because no person can rob me of joy. Songs like "Joy, joy, my heart is full of joy" keep running through my head. Many scriptures speak of joy. Joy is a characteristic of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). We are told not to quench the spirit in I Thessalonians 5:19. So, what are those things that rob me of joy and quench the joy within? As I was writing this I looked in the back of my Bible and found a list I had written long ago. It is titled "things that steal our joy." I have no idea when I wrote the list or why but it is so appropriate here. There are seven items in the list.
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