Our world today seems to be suffering from a joy famine. Oh, sure, we can purchase pleasure, glitz, excitement, bling and boom…but joy? Joy is something we can’t buy. We can’t manufacture it. We can’t barter for it. We can’t even own it, because it is the property of the Holy Spirit... Mankind has long tried to possess joy apart from God, but that's impossible. You can't have joy without hope. You can't have hope without faith, and you can't have faith without love. It's a package deal.
Paul Baloche, 2015. Christmasworship.com













