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“Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 144:15)

“Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation” (Isaiah 12:3)

You need not understand all the doctrines of atonement, reconciliation, propitiation, grace, sanctification, etc.  All you need to know in order to live joyfully unto the Lord is this one foundational truth: GOD WAS COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH CHRIST’S SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS!

It was all that was needed!  God now willingly—joyfully—forgives all who repent.

To not rejoice in Christ’s forgiveness is to doubt His full payment of our sins!  Let the Spirit give you an understanding of this truth—we are called to liberty.  God wants us to have an abundance of joy, a joy that is full and complete.  Pressed down and running over!

He yearns to be enjoyed by His saints:

“That they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves” (John 17:13)

“And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away” (Isaiah 35:10)

~David Wilkerson