Are you weighed down with concerns? A powerful way to lift your heaviness is to learn how to rejoice in the Lord. The world experiences joy and happiness in direct proportion to their circumstances. Bad circumstances produce depression and sorrow, while good circumstances produce joy and peace. That is bondage, and this does not have to be the case for a Christian. Our joy is not dependent on things, but rather on the person of Jesus Christ, who is our peace and joy.

We can rejoice in the Lord always because rejoicing is an action, and not a reaction to our environment. You see, many people are not experiencing true joy because their joy is in their circumstances. People wait to rejoice when things in their lives are going good, and that doesn’t happen very often. But we are supposed to “rejoice in the Lord always.” In today’s message titled “Rejoice Always,” Evangelist Paul Acquah explores how to live out this extraordinary command to rejoice.