Joy To The World!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! the savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders, wonders, of his love.
-Isaac Watts, Psalms of David Imitated (1719) under the heading “The Messiah's Coming and Kingdom.”
This magnificent hymn, which is popularly sung at Christmas time, is about King Jesus and the kingdom of God.
The echo is of Psalm 98: "Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!"
The gospel is the gospel of the kingdom. The great joy in the gospel is that the Lord has come.
It is a great misconception that the kingdom of God is all future, all 'not yet'. The kingdom is 'already and not yet'. The kingdom is neither finished coming nor postponed in coming.
The kingdom of God has been coming. Isaac Watts' song is describing the world: past, present and future-
"Joy to the world, the Lord is come. Let earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare him room."
"Joy to the earth the savior reigns."
A hallmark of the kingdom of God is joy. It is the realm of the Holy Spirit, filled with righteousness, peace and joy (Rom 14:17).
Father's great joy is to give us the kingdom (Luke 12:3).
The news of the kingdom is news of great joy (Luke 2:10).
Right now, the kingdom is breaking in and breaking out on the earth and a marker of it is the joy.
Despite what the world would tell you, there is more joy right now and joy is increasing in your life. Joy is flowing out from God to you, if you will see it.
Look for, recognize and live in the new level of joy that God has provided. Cultivate it and share it.
Experience the joy that God is opening up to you, pouring out upon you and reinvigorating you with
The message is: "Joy to the world, the Lord is come. Let earth receive her king!" That was the message when baby Jesus was born, when Jesus lived, when he died, when he rose, when he ascended and today.
We do not live in a 'grim time' of no joy. Today is a day of joy. God is pouring out joy on his people today.
Joy is coming from heaven to earth today. Joy from God is here. Christians are meant to be the joy filled people and God is making sure of this by giving us more joy right now.
Discover it, pick it up and put it on. See it in your heart and let it out. Thank God for it.
Praise God. Worship the Lord. Turn to God always.
Simply enjoy your life with God and welcome those you meet to join in and be adopted by papa in Jesus.
The echo is of Psalm 98: "Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!"
The gospel is the gospel of the kingdom. The great joy in the gospel is that the Lord has come.
It is a great misconception that the kingdom of God is all future, all 'not yet'. The kingdom is 'already and not yet'. The kingdom is neither finished coming nor postponed in coming.
The kingdom of God has been coming. Isaac Watts' song is describing the world: past, present and future-
"Joy to the world, the Lord is come. Let earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare him room."
"Joy to the earth the savior reigns."
A hallmark of the kingdom of God is joy. It is the realm of the Holy Spirit, filled with righteousness, peace and joy (Rom 14:17).
Father's great joy is to give us the kingdom (Luke 12:3).
The news of the kingdom is news of great joy (Luke 2:10).
Right now, the kingdom is breaking in and breaking out on the earth and a marker of it is the joy.
Despite what the world would tell you, there is more joy right now and joy is increasing in your life. Joy is flowing out from God to you, if you will see it.
Look for, recognize and live in the new level of joy that God has provided. Cultivate it and share it.
Experience the joy that God is opening up to you, pouring out upon you and reinvigorating you with
The message is: "Joy to the world, the Lord is come. Let earth receive her king!" That was the message when baby Jesus was born, when Jesus lived, when he died, when he rose, when he ascended and today.
We do not live in a 'grim time' of no joy. Today is a day of joy. God is pouring out joy on his people today.
Joy is coming from heaven to earth today. Joy from God is here. Christians are meant to be the joy filled people and God is making sure of this by giving us more joy right now.
Discover it, pick it up and put it on. See it in your heart and let it out. Thank God for it.
Praise God. Worship the Lord. Turn to God always.
Simply enjoy your life with God and welcome those you meet to join in and be adopted by papa in Jesus.
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