By: Pastor Charles Iduh
Title: Joy Your Weapon Of Warfare
Text: Acts 16:25-35, 2 Cor 10:4-6

The weapons of our warfare are not physical neither are they machine guns and missiles but they are:
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?[item]Prayer – Romans 6:28[/item]
?[item]Faith[/item]
?[item]Holiness – John 14:30[/item]
?[item]Gift of the Holy Spirit – 1 Cor 12:4-7[/item]
?[item]Joy[/item]
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A discouraged man is a dangerous one. If sorrow can be stopped then so can discouragement.Joyful people attract favour and sadness is far from them because they forgive easily and their prayers are answered.

Seven Characteristics Of A Joyful Person
Strong – Nehemiah 8:10
Forgives easily when offended – As a result they are forgiven and prayers answered (and vice versa Isaiah 59:1-2)
Find it easy to show mercy – Matthew 5:7
Joy is a good medicine – Proverbs 17:22. Sorrow dims vision, joy causes your vision to be clearer – Job 17:7
Joyful people look up and see Jesus, the unjoyous look down and they want you to look down also – Psalm 121:1-3
6 Joyful people are not down for long – Micah 7:8
7 The joyful are always giving thanks – 1Thessalonians 5:18
Joyful people are generous people and as a result they dont lack any good thing.

Date: 9th September 2011