I think it is always not good to pull a long face when you are feeling down. So thanks to all who have endured my "attitude" and responded with encouragement and patience. This was an email sent by a brother, written by John Piper, urging the Christian to fight for joy. It is interesting to remember that joy must be fought for and not wished for. So may this 15 points lead me to the authentic joy that God would want me to have!
1. Realize that authentic joy in God is a gift.
2. Realize that joy must be fought for relentlessly.
3. Resolve to attack all known sin in your life.
4. Learn the secret of gutsy guilt - how to fight like a justified sinner.
5. Realize that the battle is primarily a fight to see God for who he is.
6. Meditate on the Word of God day and night.
7. Pray earnestly and continually for open heart-eyes and an inclination for God.
8. Learn to preach to yourself rather than listen to yourself.
9. Spend time with God-saturated people who help you see God and fight the fight.
10. Be patient in the night of God's seeming absence.
11. Get the rest and exercise proper diet that your body was designed by God to have.
12. Make a proper use of God's revelation in nature.
13. Read great books about God and biographies of great saints.
14. Do the hard and loving thing for the sake of others (witness and mercy).
15. Get a global vision for the cause of Christ and pour yourself out for the unreached.
(P.S: It is interesting at the point when I am typing this, SOMEONE reminded me of my 2 "favorite" quotes:
"Pain is weakness leaving the body"
God is SoooOoOooo interesting...)
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