Pause: A Month of Joy in Five Minutes a DaySample

Proclaim

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.” (Phil. 4:4-5)

Prompt

Okay, here’s a thought you’ve maybe had, probably when you were a kid. You were somewhere in public, like a mall or museum or something, and you saw a fountain. And as you watched it—assuming you watched it after you got entranced by all the money in the bottom of it—you started to notice how it never stopped.

That’s the point of fountains, right? That they just flow and flow and flow, nonstop.

And that’s what the joy of the Lord is like. It just comes up and flows out and out and out. As long as we don’t allow that flow to get blocked by the cares of this life, we can draw on that neverending fountain of joy.

And don’t you want to live a life that’s overflowing with JOY? I know I do! I don’t want to barely be operational or only occasionally feel joy—I want to be overflowing with God’s love, joy, and passion! May God help us to be filled to OVERFLOW today!

Prod

Do you have anything blocking your joy fountain? Write it down!

Spend time today listening to this amazing song and ask God to remove anything that’s keeping you from living in a joy overflow today!

Praise

Listen to “Fountains” by Josh Baldwin

Pray

Jesus, thank you for your fountain of joy in my life! You produced the water, you produce the flow, and Jesus, you can help me to remove anything that’s blocking me. So today that’s what I am asking for. I need your help! Please help me to remove bitterness, unforgiveness, lust, jealousy, comparisons, negative thoughts about other people, laziness, [LIST ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE BLOCKING YOUR FOUNTAIN]. God, I ask you to remove these things that are blocking me from experiencing you fully today. In the name of your son Jesus, I pray these things. Amen!