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I woke today when my alarm went off at 7am. I read my devotional and ready myself up for our daily for our team devotion.

The reading was about Choose to rejoice taken from Acts 16: 25, ” But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.”

It is a good reminder that as Christians our joy should not depend on our circumstances. Joy comes from God, and therefore it cannot be affected by what is outside of us. We should not be fooled into letting the actions of others determine our joy. True joy comes from knowing that God Himself lives within us and has fellowship with us, regardless of our environment. Paul and Silas should be our model. They faced some of the most difficult situation imaginable. They were falsely accused, arrested, and imprisoned. But they refused to allow their horrific circumstances to dampen their joy!. They did not blame God for allowing these to happy to them. Instead, they praised Him for HIs goodness!.We should not allow difficult events to cancel the joy of knowing we are a child of God. We should choose to allow God’s Spirit to fill us with His unquenchable joy, and our lives will be a miracle to those who watch us face the trials that come.