The more joy you have from Jesus the less you the less you follow “the pursuit of happiness” anywhere else. God’s Spirit, when welcomed into a human heart, produces joy. When Christianity abandons the living Jesus it becomes joyless and dutiful religion.

Jesus leads people to joy. If joy’s not increasing in your heart, perhaps you’ve wandered off His path.

Learn to open your heart and let Jesus flow within you as a fountain of joy. When you return your heart to God the Father, He throws a party and angels rejoice.

When life tries to fill you with anxiety remember that Jesus wants to fill you with joy. Details about Jesus will give you information, but conscious awareness of His presence and love will thrill you with joy.

Persecution should lead a Christian, not to verbal or physical retaliation, but (in Jesus’ words) to “leap for joy.”