Choose To Rejoice And Praise Jesus

 

Choose To Rejoice And Praise Jesus

Rejoicing And Praising Jesus Creates The Peaceful Presence Of Jesus

     Choose to rejoice and praise Jesus. To receive Jesus' peaceful presence, daily thank Jesus for dying on the cross for you and giving you a place to remove your problems. 1 Peter 5:7 says Casting all your care upon Him (Jesus); for He careth for you. Remember the cross with Jesus that destroys all our problems daily (Hebrews 2:14), and the blood of Jesus that defeats the devil (Revelation 12:11) is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever (Hebrews 13:8). Daily say Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ and say Isaiah 53:5 by Jesus' stripes I am healed. Whatever you need ask in the name of Jesus believing and you will receive your request. Psalm 100:4 says Enter into His (Jesus') gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise, be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. 1 Thessalonians 5:16 says to Rejoice evermore because Nehemiah 8:10 says the joy of the Lord is your strength. 

     1 Thessalonians 5:18 says In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. According to Psalm 22:3 God inhabitest the praises of Israel. And when you praise Jesus for dying on the cross for you and removing your sins, you will receive Jesus and His peace that passeth all understanding. Jesus told us at John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nether let it be afraid. 

     Choose to rejoice and praise Jesus like Paul and Silas to overcome this troubled world. Don't endure serving Jesus as an obligation but enjoy serving Jesus as a privilege. Paul and Silas chose to rejoice and praise Jesus in a jail cell at midnight. Acts 16:25 says And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God and the prisoners heard them. Paul and Silas' rejoicing with praise while suffering at midnight created an earthquake that opened the prison doors and loosed the prisoners' bands. In other words (rejoicing, release, restraining, and regeneration occurred because of praise); Paul and Silas were rejoicing at midnight, that released the prisoners, who were restrained by an earthquake that led to the glorious regeneration and salvation of the jailer.  

Choose To Rejoice And Praise Jesus

Click this youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-x51zXGQAI 

And sing the words below for Thank You Lord For Saving My Soul

Some thank the Lord for friends and home; For mercies sure and sweet

But I would praise Him for His grace; In prayer I would repeat

Thank you Lord for saving my soul; Thank you Lord for making me whole

Thank you Lord for giving to me; Thy great salvation so rich and free

Some thank Him for the flowers that grow; Some for the stars that shine

My heart is filled with joy and praise; Because I know He's mine

I trust in Him from day to day; I prove His saving grace

I'll sing this song of praise to Him; Until I see His face

Choose To Rejoice And Praise Jesus

Rejoicing  And Praising Jesus Gives You Daily Benefits

     Rejoicing and praising Jesus gives you daily benefits. Psalm 68:19 says Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits; even the God of our salvation; Selah. Don't forget the daily benefits you receive while you praise the Lord Jesus listed in Psalm 103. Don't be like the absent minded professor who was forgetful; He would wind up his cat and put out his clock. Unfortunately most people remember what they ought to forget and forget what they ought to remember. People forget 3/4 of a bible verse in 3 minutes but they'll remember a preacher's fault for 50 years. 

     Instead remember and say the blessed daily benefits received from Psalm 103 while you praise Jesus; Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: (Note these next 6 daily benefits that you should say daily) Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth (surrounds) thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagles; the Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

     Have an attitude of gratitude. Resist the devil daily, but don't rejoice that the devil flees when you resist him after submitting to Jesus. James 4:7 says Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Instead rejoice because your names are written in heaven after salvation. Luke 10:20 says Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. Right now get saved and receive strength and the joy of salvation where the blood of Jesus will wash you clean and remove your guilty sins; Repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died for you on the cross, was buried, and rose again.

Choose To Rejoice And Praise Jesus

Rejoicing With A Merry Heart Doeth Good Like A Medicine

     It's good to rejoice and laugh with a merry heart that doeth good like a medicine. Proverbs 17:22 says A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Proverbs 15:13 says A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. 

     Here's some classic stories and one liners that I pray in Jesus name make you smile and laugh while they heal you like a medicine. The Lone Ranger told Tonto, Hey Tonto look we're surrounded by Indians. Tonto replied What you mean we white man. They asked a man, Do you believe in flying saucers? The man replied I've been married 40 years. What do you think? How do you make holy water? Boil the hell out of it. What do you call a sleepwalking nun? She's a Roamin' Catholic.

     Here's some more classic stories to make you smile and laugh while they heal you like a medicine. Five hillbilllies went into the forest looking for a christmas tree. They looked all day long and couldn't find one. Finally, they all agreed that the next tree that they found, whether it's got lights on it or not, we'll cut it down and take it to the house (wow they looked all day long for a tree in the forest with lights and couldn't find one). Two blondes were sitting on a bench. One blonde said What's farther away? Florida or the moon? The other blonde replied Florida. You can see the moon stupid.

Choose To Rejoice And Praise Jesus

Remember Laughter And Rejoicing Doeth Good Like A Medicine

     We all know that a country preacher's favorite food is chicken

A preacher's belt aint nothing but a fence around a chicken's graveyard

     One time an elderly preacher lost his dentures (false teeth) down a well. He asked his preacher friends to figure out a way to get his teeth out of the well. One preacher decided to tie a chicken on a string and lower the chicken down into the well. It worked because the false teeth bit the chicken and the preachers pulled the teeth out of the well. The reason preachers rejoice and like chicken so much is because God gave us 8000 taste buds in our mouth so we could enjoy food. 

     How about these classics to make you laugh and heal you like a medicine. What should you do when everyone in the church is sleeping? Somebody ought to wake up the preacher. The preacher told a man sitting by his sleeping friend, Wake him up. The man yelled back at the preacher, You put him to sleep. You wake him up. While a preacher was preaching a boring sermon, someone in the balcony yelled out Hey man speak up a tad so we can hear you. Then he said A little louder I need to hear you. Finally a man on the front row yelled to the man in the balcony, Hey man Thank God you can't hear him. Sit down and be quiet. There was a preacher that thought more about money than people's salvation. He said some peoples say that the love of money is the root of all evil. But I says that the lack of money is the root of all evil; Send it to me and I'll set you free.

     Well I thought of another classic story: Two crazy men were in a nut house; The first man was shining a flashlight up to the cieling; The second man said What are you doing with that flashlight? The first man replied You see that beam of light; I'll bet you $10 that you can't climb up that beam of light. The second man said I'm not crazy. No way. Before I got halfway up there you turned it off.

    And here's another classic story: At the Vatican when they elect a new pope they wait for white smoke to come out of a chimney. Black smoke means no pope. A pastor watching the news for the white smoke and the new pope replied We had white smoke coming out of our church; It was a deacon smoking a cigarette in the back of the church and no one elected a new pastor. I aint waiting for a cardinal to blow some white smoke out of a chimney and find a pope. I'm waiting for the Lord Jesus to blow a shout from heaven and get caught up in the clouds to find a Saviour the Lord Jesus in peace forever. Here's a classic: What did the buffalo say to his son when he left home to walk to school? Bye son (Bison).

     Here's some classic church stories: While a preacher was holding a weekly revival by a brick factory, each day the preacher would yell Open them doors, open them wide, let the sinners come inside. A worker at the brick factory said if that preacher says that again, I'm gonna throw a brick at the church. When the preacher again said Open them doors, open them wide, let the sinners come inside, the worker tossed the brick at the church and the preacher immediately said Close them doors, close them quick, some dumb sinner done tossed a brick. When a man entered another church that was passing snakes around, the man asked the pastor Where's the back door? The pastor replied There aint one. The man then said Well, Where do you want one? When another man entered the same church that was passing snakes around a circle, when it was his turn to hold the snake he said Shun didi de, Shun didi dy, I don't know about you, but pass that stupid thing on by. 

     I might as well add this one about Eutychus in the bible who fell asleep while Paul preached a three hour sermon and fell out of a window and was raised from the dead at Acts 20:9. The moral of this story is If you fall asleep in church you'll be dead in no time. And the reason the man's name was Eutychus was because You'd have cussed too if you had to listen to a three hour sermon. 

     Here's some more classic sayings to make you smile and bless Jesus. We have to believe by faith that the Father, Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit are one. The bible says it's a mystery that can not be figured out with your mind. One must believe by faith with their heart like a little child that Jesus is God and one with the Holy Spirit to get saved. 1 Timothy 3:16 says And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; God (Jesus) was manifest in the flesh. In other words, it's a mystery that Jesus is God that must be accepted by faith that can not be understood by the mind. Hebrews 11:6 says But without faith it is impossible to please Him (Jesus); for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 

     When people say I can't believe that a man Jesus could be God because it doesn't make sense, give them the following examples. I can't understand how a black or brown cow can eat green grass and make white milk and yellow butter; But I'm still gonna put milk on my cereal and put butter on my toast for breakfast. I can't understand how electricity works, but I'm gonna believe it by faith; I'm not gonna sit in the dark and I'm not gonna stick my finger in a light socket to see if it works. 

Choose To Rejoice And Praise Jesus

When You Feel Like Quitting, Keep Rejoicing And Praising Jesus Anyway

     Be like Jeremiah and when you feel like quitting, keep praising Jesus anyway. Jeremiah 20:9 says Then I (Jeremiah) said, I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more in His name. But his Word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. Like Jeremiah keep rejoicing while you preach Jesus everywhere counting it all joy when you are persecuted for serving Jesus. They're gonna talk about you anyway; Give them something good to talk about and leap for joy; Give the people a Forrest Gump and run the aisles for Jesus. 

     Be like Bartimaeus and keep praising Jesus even when people around you tell you to hold your peace. There are different forms of communication; We have telephone, teletype, telecommunication; But the fastest method of communication is tell a christian. Don't worry about what people say when you praise Jesus. Always keep your eyes on Jesus and off the people. If you keep your eyes on Jesus and off the people, Jesus will send people to bless you. Since Bartimaeus kept his eyes on Jesus and off the people, the people that told him to hold his peace began to praise Jesus after Bartimaeus got healed (Luke 18:35-43).

Choose To Rejoice And Praise Jesus

Rejoice About God's Grace And Mercy

Grace is when God gives us what we don't deserve

Mercy is when God doesn't give us what we do deserve

     Rejoice about God's grace and mercy. Rejoice about Psalm 103:8 that says The Lord is merciful and gracious; slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. I'm not demanding justice and my rights from God like the lost sinners in this world. If I exercised my rights and demanded justice from God to give me what I deserve, I'd be in hell. Everyone without Jesus is a guilty sinner headed for hell. Instead I want mercy from God that anyone can receive by faith in Jesus and his shed blood at the cross of Calvary that removes sins. Right now rejoice and say Psalm 103:10 He (Jesus) hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. Rejoice and praise Jesus while you say Hebrews 8:12 For I (Jesus) will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 

Choose To Rejoice And Praise Jesus

Rejoice About How The Mercy Of God Is Measured

     Rejoice about how the mercy of God is measured. Psalm 103:11 says For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. First let's look at the height of God's mercy to lost sinners. The hubble telescope has viewed billions of stars above us that are 200 million light years away (note that a light year is 5.9 trillion miles). It has also viewed galaxies 50 million miles away. But to find out the height of God's mercy to lost sinners, one must travel above the stars and galaxies to God's mercy seat.

     Jesus showed us the height of God's mercy when He traveled from the throne room of heaven and came down past the stars and galaxies to this earth. Jesus became a man and died for our sins on a cross. Then Jesus took His own blood that He shed at the cross all the way back to heaven past the stars and galaxies and put His own blood on God's mercy seat so we all could have mercy and get our sins removed forever. 

     Psalm 103:12 also measures the mercy of God. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He (Jesus) removed our transgressions from us. Notice that the bible does not say that God's mercy is measured from the north to the south. This is because there are end points at the North and South Poles on this earth. But there are no end points to the east or to the west. 

     When you go east, you go east with no end; When you go west, you go west with no end. God has removed our sins as far as the east is from the west where they can never be found. One day the devil went east looking for our sins and kept walking east and couldn't find our sins; Then the devil went west looking for our sins and kept walking west and couldn't find our sins. And the devil will never find christians' past, present, or future sins because Jesus removed them as far as the east is from the west. To sum it all up: God's mercy is infinite with Jesus vertically from the earth to God's mercy seat and horizontally from the east to the west. 

Choose To Rejoice And Praise Jesus

Rejoice Because God Is Always On His Throne

Ruling Above Everything On This Earth

Psalm 103:19 says The Lord hath prepared His throne in the heavens;

And His kingdom ruleth over all

Click this youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t88du7vx3E

and sing the words below for Have Faith In God He's On His Throne

Have faith in God when your pathway is lonely

He sees and knows all the way you have trod

Never alone are the least of His children

Have faith in God; Have faith in God

Have faith in God; He's on His throne

Have faith in God; He watches oer His own

He cannot fail; He must prevail

Have faith in God; Have faith in God

Have faith in God when your prayers are unanswered

Your earnest plea He will never forget

Wait on the Lord, Trust His Word and be patient 

Have faith in God' He'll answer yet

Have faith in God in your pain and your sorrow

His heart is touched with your grief and despair

Cast all your cares and your burdens upon Him

And leave them there, Oh leave them there

Have faith in God though all else fail about you

Have faith in God; He provides for His own

He cannot fail though all kingdoms shall perish

He rules; He reigns; Upon His throne

     I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes all over this earth with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 604-7133. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.