Saturday, February 4, 2017

THE JOY OF THE WORD / What A Joy

This is the 7th in a series of 7 devotions 
and music videos
with the theme from Galatians 5:22
The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Joy




THE JOY OF THE WORD
by
Rebecca Cooley

(Nehemiah 8:10)

God’s Word is perfect.  It has the power to change our hearts and to restore us into right standing with God.  The Word of God has the power to shed light on our path and give us the hope of eternity.  It has the power to make us wise and heal our bodies.  The Word has the power to keep us from sin and the power to defeat the enemy of our souls.  God’s Word has the power to travel via the words of our mouth around the world and it has the ability to accomplish that which God intends.  The Word is always relevant and never out of date or out of style.  It is always appropriate and fitting for every situation.  Because the Word of God is perfect and complete, it has the power to give us joy.  And that joy becomes our strength.

One’s success in life is calculated by joy.  If we have true joy, it means we have meditated on the Word and followed its precepts and accomplished victories and achievements on a daily basis.  Only God’s Word has the power to give us success daily and that is the source of joy. 

Father, I believe Your Word and I place Your Word on the highest place in my heart.  I live by Your Word and I make decisions based on the guidance of Your Word.  It gives me great joy to know that my days are successful and my assignments will be complete because the Word is made flesh and lives inside of me!  What a marvelous truth!  What a joy!
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This is the seventh devotion and it is the impartation devotion
Father, we believe that we receive and impartation of joy, not the kind that the world give but we receive Your joy.  We receive joy unspeakable and full glory. 





WHAT A JOY
Devotion:  The Joy of the Word
(Nehemiah 8:10)
Verse
For this day is holy to the Lord 
And not grief-some or depressed 
For the joy of the Lord is my strength 
And my stronghold
(Repeat) 
Chorus 1
What a joy to know You are mine 
What a joy to know to I am saved
What a joy to know that I am on my way
Bridge
I’m on my way to all He has for me 
I’m on my way to the victory
I’m on my way, 
I am one of the redeemed 

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WordsAndMusic by Kent Clifford Cooley
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Friday, February 3, 2017

LIVING WATER / Springs Of Living Water

This is the 6th of 7 devotions with the theme from Galatians 5:22
“The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Joy”



LIVING WATER
(Adapted from John 4:1-15; Galatians 5:22)
It’s the Noon hour. Jesus and his disciples are traveling to Galilee. They stop at Jacob’s well near Samaria. Jesus probably felt a prompting of the Spirit to linger at the well. Knowing the disciples were hungry, he probably consented to their request to go on into Samaria and bring back food. Let’s look at this scene where Jesus is sitting by the well and a Samaritan woman approaches to draw water.
“Would you draw a cup of water for me?”
The woman, surprised that this Jewish man spoke to her, said, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink of water?”
“If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me for a drink and I would give you living water.”
“Sir, you have no bucket and this well is deep. Where would you get living water? How can you offer me better water than my ancestor Jacob, who built this well?”
“Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never ever thirst again. The water I give will be like an artesian spring within you, a gushing fountain of endless life.”
“Sir, give me some of this water . . . “
This woman has encountered the Messiah. He offers her living water. Her thoughts may have been . . . “That would be great! I’ll never have to walk to this well again! Wait a minute. What is living water? Is he really looking at me? Why is this man talking to me? Living water… It feels like His eyes are looking right into my soul! His eyes are full of love! Living water… God’s gift would be the Messiah. . . Is this not the Messiah? Could this be the Messiah?”
Jesus didn’t see a cultural difference at the well that day. Through the eyes of love, He saw a woman who needed to lay down the world’s water and take a drink of living water. Love looked beyond her need of worldly means to her need for spiritual fulfillment. Love looks beyond the ordinary and sees through God’s eyes.
Father, I come to you daily for a drink from this spring of your living water. I will not go to Jacob’s well looking for the world’s water. You are the only source of life and hope for me. As I walk it out in love today, I want my life to direct others to this fountain of living water also. I drink in living water. . .
© LoveWalkPublishing RebeccaAnnCooley




LIVING WATER
Devotion: Living Water At Jacob’s Well
(Adapted from John 4:1-15; Galatians 5:22)
Verse 1:
Tired from His journey He sat down
By Jacob’s well
By Jacob’s well
A Samaritan woman comes to draw
Water from Jacob’s well
Water from Jacob’s well
But this time she finds . . .
Chorus 1:
Springs of living water
Springs of living water
Springing up unto eternal life
Springs of living water
Springs of living water
Springing up unto eternal life
Verse 2:
She could not keep it to herself
She had to tell her friends
And everyone she knew
And everyone she could find
Come and see a man
Come and see a man
Come and see a man
Come and see a man
Chorus 2:
Is this not the Messiah?
Repeat 5 times
And she found . . .
Springs of living water
Springs of living water
Springing up unto eternal life
Repeat
© LoveWalkPublishing WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

Thursday, February 2, 2017

JOY, THE FINAL RESULT OF LOVE / Joy

This is the 5th of 7 devotions with the theme from Galatians 5:22
“The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Joy”


JOY, THE FINAL RESULT OF LOVE
by 
Rebecca Cooley

John 16:20-22; Galatians 5:22
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that you shall weep and grieve, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful but your sorrow will be turned into joy. A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief (anguish, agony) because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers her pain (trouble, anguish) because she is so glad that a child has been born into the world. So for the present you are also in sorrow (in distress and depressed) but I will see you again and then your hearts will rejoice, and no one can take from you your joy (gladness, delight).
When Jesus was crucified, the world was glad. They mocked Him. They spat upon Him. Jesus looked beyond their hate and saw their need. He laid down His life for those very individuals. Hebrews 12:2 reveals that “For the joy that was before Him, He endured the cross despising the shame”.
Father I take off offense and I put on love. I confess today that I love with the same kind of love that you expressed when you laid down your life for the very ones who mocked You. Through Your eyes of love, I see past all of the small stuff. Through Your eyes of love, I see each individual as one for whom Christ died. I know that the final result of this kind of love will be a joy that no one can take away from me. It is only in practicing Your love that I ever realize Your joy which is unspeakable and full of glory.
©LoveWalkPublishing RebeccaAnnCooley





JOY
Devotion: Joy, The Final Result of Love
(John 16:20-22; Galatians 5:22)
Verse:
You have loved righteousness
You have hated lawlessness
Therefore God, even your God has anointed you
With the oil of gladness
With the oil of exalted joy
With the oil of gladness above your companions
Chorus:
Joy, joy, joy, joy
Well, it’s joy unspeakable and full of glory (repeat)
The world didn’t give it and the world can’t take it away



©LoveWalkMusic WordAndMusic By KentCliffordCooley

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

THE JOY THAT SETS ME FREE / He Changed My Tune

This is the 4th of 7 devotions with the theme from Galatians 5:22
“The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Joy”


THE JOY THAT SETS ME FREE
by 
Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from Acts 16:25; Ephesians 5:19)
The kind of joy that God gives us is not the same kind of joy the world gives us. God gives us His very own joy. It is the kind of joy that is a product of love, Gods love. It is joy unspeakable and full of glory. You can impart this kind of joy to others by. . .
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Circumstances did not seem to serve the purpose when, at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed and sang praise to God and the prisoners heard them. The results of what sprang out of the joy of God within Paul and Silas, set them all free, not only in the natural, but spiritually as well. Paul assured the jailer that no one had left. The jailer got saved and the prisoners became the first members of the Philippian church which was pastored by the jailer himself.
The root word to happy is happen. So happiness depends on what happens to you. Joy, the God kind of joy, however, is not dependant on what happens to you. It is the joy that does not depend on circumstances. It is the joy that sets us and everyone around us free.
Father, Thank you for giving me Your very own joy. In every situation, I want to love others with the joy that sets me free and has the power to set them free as well.
© LoveWalkPublishing RebeccaAnnCooley






HE CHANGED MY TUNE
(Adapted from Act 16:25)
Verse 1:
Paul & Silas locked up in a prison,
Chains & bonds,
Had a reason then to feel annoyed,
But where the Spirit of the Lord is
There is liberty,
And they began to feel a little joy.
Verse 2:
Circumstances didn’t seem
To serve the purpose
On that day
But they began to shout
And to praise His name
Those prison’s chains and shackles
Could not hold them in that room
When my Jesus came along
And He changed their tune
Chorus 1:
He changed my tune,
He changed my tune,
He took away the old man
And now I’m feeling new
I use to sing a sad song
I was always feeling blue,
Till Jesus came along
And He gave me a song,
Took away all my wrong
And He changed my tune
Chorus 2:
I remember the day He took,
He took my burdens away,
Yes He did, yes He did, Oh
He took away the old man
And now I’m feeling new
I use to sing, I sang a sad song
I was always feeling blue,
Till Jesus came along
And He gave me a song,
Took away all my wrong
And He changed my tune
© LoveWalkPublishing
WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

THE FATHER SINGS OVER US / Paradise

This is the 3rd of 7 devotions with the theme from Galatians 5:22
“The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Joy”



THE FATHER SINGS OVER US 
by
Rebecca Cooley
(Zephaniah 3:17; John 17:13)

Have you ever heard God sing? I have not – not yet. But when we all are gathered together in heaven with Him, He will rejoice over us with joy and joy over us with singing. Zephaniah 3:17

Since our daughter, Hannah was born, she has been a joy and delight to me every single day as I watch her grow. Could it be true that God, my Father feels this way about me? Yes, it is true, howbeit, the joy and delight is magnified many times over. According to John 17:13, He does feel this way toward each of His children. He takes delight in me now, especially when I walk in His footsteps and express His heart through loving others whom He also delights in.

Also, I can sense the peace all over Hannah occasionally because of the love and unity of our family. She knows that she is loved and she knows that I enjoy her presence and delight in her little life. How much more can I feel that peace and rest in the presence of my Heavenly Father?


Father, thank you for the revelation this morning of your great love for me. Even in my weaknesses and mistakes, you delight in me. You receive joy from my life. I want to make Your joy increase as I allow You to work through my weaknesses and make me stronger. I turn my heart toward You this morning and take joy in the fact that You joy over me with singing.
© LoveWalkPublishing RebeccaAnnCooley



PARADISE
(Zephaniah 3:17 John 17:13)
Verse
Paradise and His grace will take me there
Paradise, His glory I will share
Paradise, in His likeness I will rise
Paradise, when I look into His eyes
Chorus
Wonderful Savior Wonderful Friend
Wonderful Life that will never end
Wonderful home that He’s gone to prepare
Wonder of wonders I shall be there
Bridge
Our God shall rejoice over us with singing
Our God shall joy over us with singing
And You shall be led forth with peace
The mountains shall burst before you into singing
All the leaves of the field shall clap their hands
The redeemed of the Lord enter the Promised Land
The saints from on high lift their hands to the sky
Singing O, magnify the Lord
We thank You Lord, we praise You for Paradise
WordsAndMusic by MikeShreve (Lyrics Abridged) Devotion by RebeccaAnnCooley

Monday, January 30, 2017

KINGDOM LIVING / Joy In My Presence


This is the 2nd of 7 devotions with the theme from Galatians 5:22
“The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Joy”



KINGDOM LIVING
by
Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from Romans 14:17; Galatians 5:22)
The kingdom of God is not about what you eat. It is not about what you wear or how long or short your hair is. It is not about who you know or how much you have done for God. It is not about positions or jobs or money. It is not about one’s character or personality or how many gifts you have. The kingdom of God is not up for arguments. God is not pleased when we look down on people because their stance in the kingdom of God does not meet our approval.
The kingdom of God is made up of people who are both strong and weak in faith. The kingdom of God has many people who know very little about faith. The kingdom of God has many baby believers who just want to fit in and be a part of what God is doing. Paul tells us to accept all believers and do not argue about what is right and wrong. These things are menial and cause conflict. He instructs us to be tolerant toward all people and look for a place of agreement.
If we look at people through the eyes of love and accept their viewpoint, maybe as not the gospel truth, but as a ready listener, God will give us wisdom and words of knowledge to speak truth into their lives. We draw too many lines in the sand and make too many dares to cross over our own opinions. Do you think we would reach more people with the joy of God’s presence if we would heed the Apostle Paul’s voice?
“. . . the kingdom of God
is about living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
If you will serve God with this attitude, you will please God
and others will approve of you, too.
So, let us aim for harmony in the church
and try to build each other up.”
Father, help me to see people through your eyes and give them room to learn to please you just as I am learning to please you. Help me to give people mercy just as you have given me mercy. Anoint me to speak truth in love and not make lines in the sand daring people to cross. Keep me inside of your love.
© LoveWalkPublishing RebeccaAnnCooley



JOY IN MY PRESENCE
Devotion: Kingdom Living
(Adapted from Romans 14:17; Galatians 5:22)
Verse
The kingdom of God is not about food or drink.
The kingdom of God is not about what you wear.
The kingdom of God is righteousness and peace
Chorus
And joy in my presence, joy in my presence
Keep the peace stay inside of love and come to me
© LoveWalkMusic WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

Sunday, January 29, 2017

THE JOY COLUMN / Count It All Joy


This is the 1st of 7 devotions with the theme
from Galatians 5:22
“The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Joy”



THE JOY COLUMN
by
Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from Hebrews 12:2 Romans 8:28 James 1:2-5)


How did Joseph put his sorrow into the joy column? Paul? How did Jesus?
How do I take sorrows out of the sorrow column and put them in the joy column?
Hebrews 12: for the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross¼

Jesus: Even before Jesus went to the cross, he took these items out of the sorrow column and put them in the joy column by looking ahead to the results. For the Joy that was before Him, He endured the cross despising the shame.

During his last meal with the disciples, Jesus sang a song “This is the day that the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it!” By doing so he was putting all that he would suffer into the joy column.

Joseph: When he told his brothers, “What you meant for evil, God meant it for good.” Joseph told his brothers to take all these items out of the sorrow column and put them into the joy column. Joseph told them to take the item of selling him into slavery out of the sorrow column and put it in the joy column.

Joseph forgave his brothers. So forgiveness was the means by which he took items out of the sorrow column and put them into the joy column.

Confession and Prayer:
I consider the encounters of trials and temptations of any sort in my life to be stepping stones to joy. These trials and temptations are processing the proving of my faith and bringing out endurance and steadfastness and patience in me. I will allow endurance and steadfastness and patience to have full play in my life and do a thorough work in me. I am determined to be a person who is fully developed spiritually with no defects and lacking in nothing. I step over all hardships and struggles to JOY!

Father, I see offenses and sorrows differently now. My reactions to offense, inside of love, become my bridge to joy!

Thank you for recording the events of peoples’ lives in Scripture who stayed inside of love and turned their sorrows into joy. They are an example to me to pattern my life after. Thank you for the ultimate example of Your Son.

I accept Jesus as my Lord
and
He is my bridge to JOY!
I accept the work you are doing in me now.
I step over to JOY now in Jesus Name!

© LoveWalkPublishing RebeccaAnnCooley




COUNT IT ALL JOY
(Adapted from Romans 8:28 James 1:2-5)
Verse:
Count It All Joy, Count It All Joy,
Count It All Joy, Count It All Joy
Chorus:
All Things work together for the good
To those who love the Lord
And to the called according to His purposes . . .

© LoveWalkPublishing
WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley