The a b c’s of joy:

“Be joyful always”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:16 GNT
Good News Translation

“in all our troubles
my joy knows
no bounds.”
— 2 Cor 7:4 NIV

“count it all joy,
when troubles...
come your way”
— James 1:2 NLT KJV

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“all things work together
for good to them that
love God”
— Romans 8:28 KJV

It does not say,
all things are good.
Crime, disease, poverty —
are NOT good.
—but—
Jesus has the Midas touch
→ He can turn anything
into GOLD

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“the joy of the LORD
is your strength.”
— Nehemiah 8:10 NKJV

“in (God’s) presence
is fullness of joy”
— Psalms 16:11 NKJV

“A joyful heart
is good medicine”
— Proverbs 17:22 ESV

“A merry heart
doeth good
like a medicine”
— Proverbs 17:22 ESV