“Entertainment is the devil’s substitute for joy.” -Leonard Ravenhill

Consider the passing “happiness” that entertainment imparts: it is only for a brief moment, and has no personal bearing on your own life.

Now consider joy, as only God can give: it is lasting, and endures through hardships, and has a direct and personal bearing upon one’s life.

Entertainment is to be merely tickled: a superficial smile and laugh may overcome us for a time, but it is not from within.

Joy is from God, and wells up from within. If we know that we are the children of God, then nothing can remove or uproot this truth from our hearts. We are joyful because of our identity in Jesus Christ.

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” -Romans 8:14-18

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