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Joy Happens!

Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King. Let every heart prepare Him room…

Luke 2:8-18 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night… And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people… The shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”…And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.

How does “joy happen”?

This week in Advent we celebrate the Shepherds Candle on our Advent Wreath. The theme of the Shepherds Candle’s is joy! Joy to the world, people! Think about it… these shepherds were minding their own business just doing what they did for a living and all of a sudden they look up and joy happened! Next, they followed the leading and the message they were given and joy shows up again. Then, they gave the message of the joy they encountered and the joy spread and people were in wonder!!!

The shepherds were first to receive the joy message and the world has never been the same.

So how does “joy happen”? Want to start a joy movement?
· Do what God made you to do and “joy happens”: What has God made you to do? Are you doing it? God shows up in our lives even when we think we are only doing the ordinary or what comes naturally. In those ordinary, natural places… prepare room for God!
· Go where God shows you to go and joy increases: Where has God prompted you to go? Have you gone yet? Have you prepared room in your schedule for entering the place of joy?
· Share the joy with other people and watch how joy spreads: Have you prepared room in your schedule to tell someone about Jesus?

Joy happens when we prepare room for Him to a) move in our lives, b) move our lives and c) move others with our life message!

Check your calendar… have you prepared room? Let “joy happen” in you today!

Joy!