Reasons for Rejoicing (Luke 10:17-24)

You have many good reasons for rejoicing and giving thanks every day no matter how happy or depressed you might be at any given moment.  Yet it may seem a lot easier to rejoice and give thanks when you are happy and the blessings you want most are overflowing.  It also may seem a lot easier to rejoice and give thanks when you see something amazing happen that fills you with joy.  I imagine if you or I were one of the seventy-two disciples that Jesus sent out two by two we too would return rejoicing with great joy that the demons obeyed us in the name of Jesus Christ.  I know that I would rejoice if I laid hands on someone and prayed for them and they were miraculously healed or if I prayed and a demon left a person who was possessed.  These kinds of flashy miracles are the kinds of things likely to bring us a joy ”high” and lead us to rejoice.  But Jesus says we have far better reasons for rejoicing in the Holy Spirit and to give thanks to God our Father this Thanksgiving.  Let’s hear what He has to say to us…

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