{"id":2120,"date":"2026-03-24T00:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:14:29","slug":"march-24-spiritual-vitamin-r-rejoice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/march-24-spiritual-vitamin-r-rejoice\/","title":{"rendered":"March 24&#8211;Spiritual Vitamin R: Rejoice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPIRITUAL VITAMIN R : REJOICE<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Rejoice in the Lord, always. Again, I will say, rejoice !&#8221;<\/em> Philippians 4:4 NKJV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Thought:<\/strong><br \/>\nRejoicing is easy when things are going good, when we&#8217;re happy and well, when we&#8217;re living on the mountaintops of life.<br \/>\nBut when things aren&#8217;t going so well, then it is sometimes hard to rejoice.<br \/>\nBut the verse does say:<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> &#8220;Always&#8221; and &#8220;Again&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\nHow can we rejoice always? I believe Paul shows us how when he says <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8221; I will&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\nI will is making a choice to rejoice no matter what the circumstances are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Action:<\/strong><em> &#8220;Rejoice always,&#8221; <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:16 NKJV<\/p>\n<p>Today let&#8217;s make a choice to rejoice! Always! Again and Again!<br \/>\nNo matter what our circumstances are let&#8217;s say &#8220;I will rejoice!&#8221;<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s choose to be glad and take delight in the Lord every day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>REJOICE means: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to be glad; take delight<\/span><br \/>\n<em>In him our hearts rejoice, (are glad, take delight) for we are trusting in his holy name.<\/em><br \/>\nPsalm 33:21<\/li>\n<li>REJOICE means:<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> to make joyful; gladden<\/span><br \/>\n<em>But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; (be joyful, glad) let them sing joyful praises forever.<\/em><br \/>\nPsalm 5:11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPIRITUAL VITAMIN R : REJOICE &#8220;Rejoice in the Lord, always. Again, I will say, rejoice !&#8221; Philippians 4:4 NKJV Today&#8217;s Thought: Rejoicing is easy when things are going good, when we&#8217;re happy and well, when we&#8217;re living on the mountaintops of life. But when things aren&#8217;t going so well, then it is sometimes hard to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2353],"tags":[3234,1754,201,3238,3237,3525,1750,3235,1356,219,1870,2066,30,3239,32,3082,3236],"class_list":["post-2120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual-vitamins-a-z","tag-1thessalonians516","tag-be-glad","tag-daily-devotional","tag-gladden","tag-make-joyful","tag-march-2026","tag-philippians-44","tag-psalm-3321","tag-psalm-511","tag-rejoice","tag-rejoice-always","tag-rejoice-in-the-lord","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-sing-joyful-praises","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-spiritual-vitamins","tag-take-delight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SV-Rejoice-Philippians-4.4.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2090,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/march-16-spiritual-vitamin-j-joy\/","url_meta":{"origin":2120,"position":0},"title":"March 16&#8211;Spiritual Vitamin J&#8211;Joy","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"March 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"SPIRITUAL VITAMIN J : JOY \"Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.\" Habakkuk 3:18 (NKJV) Today's Thought: I will \"joy in\" means:\u00a0 I will \"rejoice in, be glad in or be joyful in\". 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