YOU BE FILLED WITH THE JOY OF THE LORD!

by Rev. Robin E. Bremer 

Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, (THIS is the result of that anointing) and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Heb 1:9 9 thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness (JOY) above thy fellows.

These two scriptures tell us WHAT Jesus was anointed with….

The kingdom of God is… Righteousness,  peace and JOY in the HOLY SPIRIT.

JOY is POWER in the Holy Spirit  which is IN YOU!

You have this same power and strength of Joy in you through the Holy Spirit.

2 Co 1:21 Now he which established us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

We have this same anointing, We are in Christ and Jesus is our head. The head and the body are the same 

Joel 1:12:  The vine is dried up . . . all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

When we are not filled with Joy it affects things around us.

John 15 He is anointed with JOY. Ps 45:7 If we are in Him, we should be filled with JOY!

Isaiah 51:3,11  For the LORD …will make her …like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein ( we are to bring the fruit, JOY to others)

In the Garden of Eden there was Joy and gladness.

2 Corinthians 3:9: We are Gods garden. We should be filled with JOY.

When we have joy in God we have laughter!!

Psalm 126:2: Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them

Pv 1:26 I also will laugh  (God laughs)

Ps 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh 

Ps 37:13 he Lord shall laugh

Ps 59:8 O LORD, shalt laugh

Because God has done great things for us we can laugh and have great joy

Now let’s discuss how wine in the natural makes a person laugh and the heart glad. It is a copy of the true laughter and joy, the Holy Spirit.

Proverbs 17:22:  A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.

Proverbs 15:15: . . . he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry (The Holy Spirit baptism is associated with wine)

Act 2:15 These are not drunk as you suppose … but this was what Joel prophesied 

God wants us to laugh and be joyful. Vines (Jesus is the vine and we are the branches John 15:1-5) create grapes that make wine. The Holy Spirit is related to wine in the Bible. The Holy Spirit has joy and laughter. Communion is representative of wine. The Bible says wine is to make the heart glad. Can you see how God pulls it all together. God wants us to be joyful.  The world gets drunk to forget problems and have a good time. That is a COPY  of what God has for us. We are to get drunk in the Holy Spirit! Everything God has for us the devil copies and twist.

Psalm 104:15:  And wine that makes glad the heart of man . . .( wine is the worlds imitations of being filled with the Holy Spirit)

Ecc 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry:

 Acts 2:1, 13, 15, & 16:  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost . . . . 13: Others mocking said, these men are full of new wine.( Luke 5:36  new wine for new wine skins so we could be filled with the Holy Spirit). 15: these are not drunken, as ye suppose… 16: But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; . . .

 Ephesians 5:16 & 18 understanding what the will of the Lord is.18: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

In this next scripture is shows us that our reaction to wine is SEEN.

Zechariah 10:7:  . . .  and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

 Matthew 9, Mark 2, Luke 5:  the new wine (Holy Spirit) is put into new wine skins (our born again spirit) That is what is happening in the next scripture. 1 Corinthians 6:19:  . . . know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you.

 These scriptures   compares being filled with the Holy Spirit as having the appearance of being drunk on natural wine; however, the Holy Spirit is the new wine, Supernatural wine.

 Excerpt taken from Ribbons new book to be out Feb 2010.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Robin is a licensed minister who has been clowning for 15 years. She ministers with her husband Allen who has scored music for their recent video's. They offer a fun filled variety show that ministers the "Joy of the Lord" to the whole family. Her show offers ventriloquism, balloons, audience participation, silly magic, juggling, singing and dancing. They've opened for the Christian television show "Duncan The Puppet." They have clowned for the Kellogg's Cereal Company, as well as school assemblies, birthday parties, churches and many other events. Robin and Allen's ministry goal is to impart the joy of the Lord.

http://www.ribbonstheclown.com