Today I share the conclusion of my communion time with the Holy Spirit on choosing to be Cheerful in every situation.

We possess endless eternal life working on our behalf from our hearts, and therefore our ultimate outcome is never determined by temporary events. The Lord is committed to bringing His people through triumphantly and victoriously no matter the challenge or obstacle. The circumstances may be real, but they are not sovereign and the storm may be fierce, but it does not have the final word. The threat may look overwhelming, but it cannot cancel the Lord’s purpose.

The Holy Spirit’s instruction is therefore direct that we should submit ourselves to the truth and lay down the lie. The lie which always insists that circumstances must determine how we feel, think, speak, and respond. However the truth says that we have a choice on how things turn out. So we can choose to be cheerful. We can choose to remain hopeful and can choose to allow the joy of the Lord to rise afresh within us.

So we can come out of every threatening situation with “joy unspeakable and full of glory.” Instead of allowing sorrow and sighing to dominate us, we must allow the joy of the Lord to spring up again in its place. The invitation from the Holy Spirit is for us to experience the awesome power of the Most High working on our behalf. The command for us is to: “Rejoice in the Lord and again I say rejoice in the Lord.”

This is the emphasis of Philippians 4:4. which alludes to the fact that rejoicing is not merely a response reserved for favourable circumstances, but it is a deliberate spiritual choice rooted in the Lord Himself being for us. Therefore, become consumed with His cheerfulness, by saying goodbye to sorrow and sighing, and watch what the Holy Spirit will accomplish on your behalf for the honour and glory of Jesus.

The Choice moving forward is ours because the final reminder is simple yet profound: which is that we have the choice concerning how we respond with cheerfulness or sorrow. Paul chose cheerfulness in the middle of a fourteen-day storm when others had concluded that death was inevitable. He chose hope when circumstances offered no visible reason for hope. He chose faith because his confidence was in Christ rather than in the condition of the ship. And just as Paul experienced the Lord’s faithfulness and came through the ordeal safely, you too are called to make the same wise choice.

Never let circumstances ever become the determinant factor of your conduct and never allow temporary trouble to dictate your permanent disposition. Do not allow what is happening around you to make you forget Who is working within you and Who holds your life. On purpose choose cheerfulness, choose joy, choose faith and choose to rejoice in the Lord. As you make that choice, expect the Holy Spirit to work powerfully on your behalf and bring you through every threatening circumstance into triumph and victory, in Jesus’ name. Amen.


I declare in the name of Jesus that circumstances will never again govern your response in any situation. You will never again be controlled by what you see, hear, feel, or experience around you becauseyour heart is anchored in Christ, because your life is hidden with Christ in God, and your confidence rests upon the eternal Word of the Lord.

I declare that every spirit of sorrow, heaviness, anxiety, fear, discouragement, and sighing loses its influence over you as the joy of the Lord arises afresh within you. You receive abundant grace to remain cheerful, hopeful, peaceful, and full of faith even when circumstances appear threatening.

Like Paul in the midst of the storm, you will remain steady when others are losing hope becauseyou will hear the word of the Lord above the noise of the storm, and what the Lord has spoken concerning you will come to pass. So no temporary circumstance will overturn theLord’s eternal purpose for your life in Jesus name. Amen.

I declare that nothing will be able to separate you from the love of God. No tribulation, distress, persecution, peril, or adversity will ever have the final word over your life. You are more than a conqueror through Him who loves you andthe Lord will bring you safely through every storm, and you will emerge with a testimony of triumph, victory, and divine faithfulness.

Therefore, I decree that you arise and rejoice, by letting your heart become cheerful again. Let joy unspeakable and full of glory spring up within you. Let all sorrow and sighing depart andlet the power of the Most High become evident in your circumstances. So you will see the hand of the Holy Spirit working for you, and your response of faith will become part of your testimony of victory.

You will once again rejoice in the Lord and again I say rejoice in the Lord. You will walk by faith and not by sight, and you will come out of every storm with far greater confidence in your Father’s power and ability to deliver you. Your life will bring honour and glory to the name of Jesus as a witness of His resurrection powerin Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.