Here are two more ways to increase the level of your joy: <\/p>\n
(1) Start serving others.<\/i> As long as you live with a sense of entitlement believing that others should serve you, your joy gauge will be reading \u2018empty\u2019. Jesus said it\u2019s in giving away your life to others that you find abundant life (see\u00a0Mark\u00a08:35). Paul reminds us: \u2018Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do.\u2019<\/i> (Ephesians 6:7\u20138\u00a0NIV) The happiest people are typically too busy helping others to ask themselves, \u2018Am I happy?\u2019 Find a cause greater than self-interest, and pour your life into it. If you do, your legacy will be much greater than your life span. <\/p>\n
(2) Share your faith with someone. \u2018There is joy in the presence of God\u2019s angels when even one sinner repents.\u2019<\/i> (Luke\u00a015:10\u00a0NLT) Your greatest joy in life will be the result of trusting in Christ as your Saviour. And your second-greatest joy will come from introducing others to Him. Imagine sharing your faith with someone. They may not respond at the time, but you have still sown the seed of God\u2019s Word. Later, they commit their lives to Christ. Perhaps you didn\u2019t know it. But imagine them meeting you in Heaven and saying, \u2018I want to thank you for taking the time. I\u2019m here because you cared enough to tell me about Jesus.\u2019 <\/p>\n
You say, \u2018I\u2019ve lost my joy.\u2019 Question: when was the last time you shared your faith with someone or led them to Christ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here are two more ways to increase the level of your joy: (1) Start serving others. As long as you live with a sense of entitlement believing that others should serve you, your joy gauge will be reading \u2018empty\u2019. Jesus said it\u2019s in giving away your life to others that you find abundant life (see\u00a0Mark\u00a08:35). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}