Who does not want to be happy and feel joy well up within one’s soul? If one had a time machine and could relive any event in your life what would you choose to experience again? Would it not be the joyful moments in your life such as when you took your first step, learned to ride a bike, met a lifetime friend, your first kiss, your marriage ceremony or the birth of your children? While these occasions are all sources of great joy, they pale in comparison to the moment that you bowed and invited Jesus into your heart for it was at that moment that for the first time living waters flowed in your soul and you felt inexpressible and glorious joy! Since we don’t have a time machine and therefore cannot live constantly in these moments then how can one obey the command to rejoice or feel joy in the Lord always when we live in a fallen world where bad things often happen to each and everyone one of us? Today’s sermon is going to talk about the benefits and the source of God-given joy that is so strong that it remains glorious even in the most turbulent storms of life!