WOAC On Air – 27 July 2023 Episode 59
Inspiration brought to you by Murdel, Shinaaz, Nelly – Host Angelina
Joy to the World? Translated “Strength to the world,” Christ has come!
Inside this weeks Radio Talk! Inspiration to Wives by Murdel Inspiration to Youth by Nelly
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Inspiration to families - “There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues... are created, strengthened and maintained.” –Winston Churchill. “Blended families: woven together by choice, strengthened together by love, tested by everything, and each uniquely ours.”
Inspiration to women in leadership by Shinaaz
Joy to the World, Jesus has come to give us newness of life which includes “HIS Strength”
What is Joy?
“The Joy of the Lord is our Strength” Nehemiah 8.10mā·‘uz·zə·ḵem) 4581 Hebrew for Strength = place or means of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold, place of safety, fastness, harbour, stronghold refuge (of God) human protectionProverbs 17:22 ~ A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Where does it come from this Joy that Proverbs speaks about?
Nehemiah 8.10 tells us that Do not be grieved for the Joy of the Lord is your strength.” It comes from Jesus. Our Joy comes from the Lord. The Joy of the Lord is our Strength
Who is the carrier of joy from heaven to earth?
God the HolySpirit - Galatians 5:22 ~ But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness – highlights that Joy comes from Holy Spirit.Romans 15:13 ~ May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Proverbs 31.25 – “Strength and honor are their clothing, and they can laugh at the days to come. Matthew 2:10 - When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
Matthew 2:8 - And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: "Go and search carefully for the
Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him."
Psalm 30:5 - For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for
a night, But joy comes in the morning. This is how our Amazing God, giving us Joy
unspeakable. What a mighty God we serve!
Psalm 4:7 ESV - You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
Joy to the World lyrics by Isaac Watts
Joy to the World, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
Nelly shares testimony of Joy Unspeakable in a challenging trip to Zimbabwe Shinaaz ministers to the listeners on embracing God’s joy in their lives
Joy to the World “Jesus Has Risen” Matthew 28
28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from
heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the d
