Easter joy

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There is a sense of something different its called Easter Joy. In the Easter Vigil Liturgy we hear " Let this building shake with joy." The long days of Lent are over to be replaced by joy and the life that we experience in the Risen Lord. We hear time and time again the Gospels that the disciples and those who encountered the Lord were filled with Joy. If this is true of the disciples so it must also be true with us. We also encounter the Lord he also walks among us in the sacraments. But this joy is infectious and spreads I am convinced that it is through this Joy that we can bring others to Christ. But we need to be courageous with it too. This is where the promise of the Holy Spirit will help us. With the gift of the Spirit with the joy of the Risen Christ we can bring people to the love of Jesus. To live in his joy of HIS love is amazing. To start this journey maybe we can meditate on a few God's promises that we hear and read in the Bible. Use this as a meditation and believe it. Let it start penetrating your heart and soul.
All of these statements are truths which God has revealed to us about our identity in Jesus.

  • I am loved. 1 John 3:3
  • I am accepted. Ephesians 1:6
  • I am a child of God. John 1:12
  • I am Jesus' friend. John 15:14
  • I am a joint heir with Jesus, sharing His inheritance with Him. Romans 8:17
  • I am united with God and one spirit with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17
  • I am a temple of God. His Spirit and his life lives in me. 1 Corinthians 6:19
  • I am a member of Christ's body. 1 Corinthians 12:27
  • I am redeemed and forgiven. Colossians 1:14
  • I am complete in Jesus Christ. Colossians 2:10
  • I am free from condemnation. Romans 8:1
  • I am a new creation because I am in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17
  • I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. Colossians 3:12
  • I am established, anointed, and sealed by God. 2 Corinthians 1:21
  • I do not have a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
  • I am God's co-worker. 2 Corinthians 6:1
  • I am seated in heavenly places with Christ. Eph 2:6
  • I have direct access to God Ephesians. 2:18
  • I am chosen to bear fruit John. 15:16
  • I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house. 1 Peter 2:5
  • I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I share His nature. 2 Peter 1:4
  • I can always know the presence of God because He never leaves me Hebrews. 13:5
  • God works in me to help me do the things He wants me to do Philippians 2:13
  • I can ask God for wisdom and He will give me what I need. James 1:5
·      I am complete in Him Who is the Head of all principality and power (Colossians 2:10).
·      I am alive with Christ (Ephesians 2:5).
·      I am free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2).
·      I am far from oppression, and fear does not come near me (Isaiah 54:14).
·      I am born of God, and the evil one does not touch me (1 John 5:18).
·      I am holy and without blame before Him in love (Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:16).
·      I have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16; Philippians 2:5).
·      I have the peace of God that passes all understanding (Philippians 4:7).
·      I have the Greater One living in me; greater is He Who is in me than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4).
·      I have received the gift of righteousness and reign as a king in life by Jesus Christ (Romans 5:17).

·      I have received the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Jesus, the eyes of my understanding being enlightened (Ephesians 1:17-18).

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