Tuesday October 14th, 2025
« But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people »
1Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria.
2 (Some devout men came and buried Stephen with great mourning.)
3 But Saul was going everywhere to destroy the church. He went from house to house, dragging out both men and women to throw them into prison.
4 But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.
5 Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.
6 Crowds listened intently to Philip because they were eager to hear his message and see the miraculous signs he did.
7 Many evil spirits were cast out, screaming as they left their victims. And many who had been paralyzed or lame were healed.
8 So there was great joy in that city.
There is yet a more concentrated type of energy drink that comes from heaven to man called ‘Great Joy’.
Luke 2:8-16 tells of how the angels, at the birth of Jesus Christ, told the Shepherds that they had brought good news of great joy.
Nehemiah 8:10 says the joy of the Lord shall be your strength.
- When you have great joy, you will be able to do anything your heart desires for God.
When we started building the camp, because of the great joy of having our own campground at last, we did things that people would consider impossible-like building and completing a house and then furnishing it within seven days!
As the Lord lives, you will experience great joy today, in Jesus’ name.
Now, what are the things that can bring you great joy ? 3 John 1:4 says,
« I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth »
- You experience great joy when you are making disciples for Christ,
when you are seeing people being saved from the horrors of darkness into the light of God.
In the example I gave above where we built a house in seven days, we were not joyful because we now had a place to sleep,
but rather because we now had a bigger platform through which we could win more souls to Christ.
If you have not been winning souls to Christ, you don’t know what joy you have been missing.
Jesus said there is joy in heaven whenever one sinner repents, Luke 15:7.
So, if God wins a soul through you, and there is rejoicing in heaven, don’t you think that you would also be a partaker of that joy?
This great joy is majorly fueled by the knowledge of how much Jesus loves us.
Philemon 1:7 says there is great joy in love.
When we consider how much God’s love has done for us, we are strengthened to do anything just to make sure that His will is done on earth.
He has no greater need than for souls to be saved.
Application – Make sure you win a soul to Christ today
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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