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GOD'S MORNING CHILDREN OF GOD 10/17/2026 4:53AM ( DO YOU HAVE JOY IN YOUR SOUL AND IS GOD IN CONTROL.?) FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR BILLY FOWLKES OF THEE TRUE GOSPEL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST MEMPHIS TN. IN the BIBLE, JOY is a DEEP, SPIRITUAL GIFT from GOD that is DISTINCT FROM TEMPORARY, OUTWARD HAPPINESS. While HAPPINESS DEPENDS on GOOD CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT BIBLICAL JOY is ANCHORED in GOD'S CHARACTER, PRESENCE, and PROMISES, making it STEADY even THROUGH HARD TIMES. JOY is a FRUIT of the SPIRIT: JOY is listed in GALATIANS AS a NATURAL PRODUCT of the HOLY SPIRIT LIVING INSIDE a BELIEVER, RATHER than SOMETHING you MANUFACTURER ON your OWN. SEE the JOY of the LORD is YOUR STRENGTH," MEANING GOD'S PRESENCE PROVIDES SPIRITUAL FUEL DURING EXHAUSTION or GRIEF. BECAUSE HARD TIMES BUILD CHARACTER and PERSEVERANCE. FIGURES like the PROPHET Habakkuk and the Apostle Paul REJOICED even while FACING POVERTY, FAMINE, or PRISON CELLS. JESUS says HE SHARED HIS teachings "that MY JOY MAY BE in you, and that your JOY may be FULL," TRYING JOY to STAYING CONNECTED to HIM like a BRANCH on a VINE. GOD REJOICES over HIS people with SINGING, and there is JOY in HEAVEN when a LOST PERSON TURNS back to GOD. GOD does not just give JOY—HE EXPERIENCES it. GOD MAKES KNOWN to me the PATH of LIFE; in your PRESENCE there is FULLNESS of JOY." MAY the GOD of HOPE FILL you with all JOY and PEACE as you TRUST in HIM .so REJOICE in the LORD always; again I WILL say, REJOICE." JAMES 1:2 -3 MY BRETHREN COUNT IT All JOY WHEN YE FALL INTO DIVER TEMPTATIONS ; . KNOWING THIS THAT THE TRYING OF YOUR FAITH WORKETH PATIENCE . PS KNOWING HAVING HIS JOY WHAT KEEPS ME FROM LOSING MY MIND IN THE WORLD WE LIVING IN TODAY. KEEP PUSHING FORWARD and KEEP THE JOY OF GOD IN YOUR SOUL, BECAUSE THE devil is a LIAR. AMEN AMEN AMEN 🙏 ❤️ 💪