Psalm 28:7
King James Version
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusted in him, and I am helped:
therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;
and with my song will I praise him.
What makes one a happy Christian?
First, you're born again.
And a true born again, for one.
Therein lies your peace, comfort, and joy.
You trust the LORD completely.
You are not distracted by things of the world.
Your focus is completely on JESUS.
You don't agonize over what clothes to wear.
What shoes to use with those clothes.
Is your hair okay?
Is your make-up in place?
Do you have the right bag with your outfit?
Are you driving the right car?
Are you in the right neighborhood?
Are your accomplishments enough?
Are you earning enough?
Do people like you?
What social circles ought you be in?
Do you need all those apps?
Is the world tumbling to a close?
Will you be able to marry, before it does?
All those things don't bother you.
The true born again doesn't agonize over worldly stuff.
The world (Satan) doesn't have anything in/on us.
We live by GOD, JESUS, SPIRIT, Scripture, and faith alone.
We know GOD's laws:
Exodus 20:17
King James Version
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife,
nor his manservant, nor his maidservant,
nor his ox, nor his ass,
nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Luke 12:15
King James Version
15 And he said unto them,
Take heed, and beware of covetousness:
for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance
of the things which he possesseth.
Matthew 6:25-34
King James Version
25 Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life,
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink;
nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat,
and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not,
neither do they reap, nor gather into barns;
yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.
Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought
can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;
they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you,
That even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field,
which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven,
shall he not much more clothe you,
O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly Father knoweth
that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow:
for the morrow shall take thought
for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 16:26
King James Version
26 For what is a man profited,
if he shall gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul?
or what shall a man give
in exchange for his soul?
Romans 12:2
King James Version
2 And be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Colossians 3:1-3
King James Version
3 If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid
with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:5-6
King James Version
5 Mortify therefore your members
which are upon the earth;
fornication, uncleanness,
inordinate affection, evil concupiscence,
and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God
cometh on the children of disobedience:
Titus 2:12-14
King James Version
12 Teaching us that,
denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly, righteously,
and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 Who gave himself for us,
that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works.
1 John 2:15-17
King James Version
15 Love not the world,
neither the things that are in the world.
If any man love the world,
the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,
and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,
is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away,
and the lust thereof:
but he that doeth the will of God
abideth for ever.
All worldly stuff don't matter because the Rapture can happen any moment.
Even as I'm writing this right now.
Would you be prepared to meet JESUS up in the clouds?
Is your heart right with GOD, and others?
Have you accepted JESUS as your sole Savior?
Have you received Him in your heart?
Have you repented of your sins?
Are you born again right now?
Do you live by Scripture?
Do you have a love for GOD?
Do you have a passion for TRUTH?
Do you respect the HOLY SPIRIT?
Has the world lost its luster for you?
When your thoughts have gone past this world, then you know you're ready for CHRIST, by:
Being a citizen of heaven.
Philippians 3:20-21
New International Version
20 But our citizenship is in heaven.
And we eagerly await a Savior from there,
the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who, by the power that enables him
to bring everything under his control,
will transform our lowly bodies so that they
will be like his glorious body.
Having a place in GOD's mansion.
John 14:2-4
King James Version
2 In my Father's house are many mansions:
if it were not so, I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto myself;
that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know,
and the way ye know.
Being part of the New JERUSALEM.
Revelation 22:1-5
King James Version
22 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life,
clear as crystal, proceeding
out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it,
and on either side of the river,
was there the tree of life,
which bare twelve manner of fruits,
and yielded her fruit every month:
and the leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse:
but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it;
and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face;
and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there;
and they need no candle, neither light of the sun;
for the Lord God giveth them light:
and they shall reign for ever and ever.
How, then, can this world compare with the world to come, where we are with JESUS?
There is absolutely no comparison.
The world we're living in now belongs to Satan.
As born again watchman, I eagerly await CHRIST's kingdom, where:
Revelation 21:4
King James Version
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away.
Revelation 21:22
King James Version
22 And I saw no temple therein:
for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb
are the temple of it.
Revelation 21:23
King James Version
23 And the city had no need of the sun,
neither of the moon, to shine in it:
for the glory of God did lighten it,
and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Revelation 21:25
King James Version
25 And the gates of it
shall not be shut at all by day:
for there shall be no night there.
Life with GOD will be a life of worship, and peace.
Something the world never offered us.
We shall have eternal life with JESUS.
John 10:28-30
King James Version
28 And I give unto them eternal life;
and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me,
is greater than all;
and no man is able to pluck them
out of my Father's hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
We shall also be with our dear, departed ones.
Pretty much like what king David said, of his infant son:
2 Samuel 12:23
King James Version
23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast?
can I bring him back again?
I shall go to him,
but he shall not return to me.
Aren't all these cause for joy?
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