Joy to the World " Joy to the world the Lord has come" this is a song we sing every Christmas time, and every year we go through the same routine knowing very well that for some of us by the end of the Christmas season our joy will be packed or thrown away with the Christmas decorations and trimmings. Today I want to remind us that the joy that God gives is not seasonal but is always there. He encourages us to "rejoice in the Lord always." Rejoice in the Lord always Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice. This is an exhortation given to us by the word of God. God wants us to be full of joy. Webster's dictionary describes the word "rejoice" as being joyful and "joy" as great happiness or delight. God wants us to be joyful, that is why He says that we should rejoice in the good times and the bad times. He does not want us to pack away our joyful feelings with the Christmas decorations or throw it away with all the seasonal trimming...