Last week, I got a chance to read through Philippians a couple times and I was struck by how many times Paul says to have "joy" or to "rejoice." The crazy thing was that Paul had the most excuse out of anybody not to have joy. He was in jail! Not only that, but he had an outstanding record of having the tar beaten out of him all the time by the governments of the world and the religious leaders because he spoke about Jesus. His relationship with God actually brought him A LOT of suffering. And yet, he had joy and he told others to have it as well. So give me these thoughts on the two questions below:
1) What do you think joy is?
2) And why do you think Paul had it?
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