15.7K
Downloads
314
Episodes
Our growing congregation is part of a passionate church planting movement, with dynamic ministries designed to help you know God in a real way. Come discover who Jesus says you really are and the purpose He has set for you!
Episodes
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
The Light of JOY
Luke 2:8-10 NLT
1) Christmas is - Good news of GREAT JOY
“The founders of every major religion said ‘I’ll show you how to find God’. Jesus said, ‘I am God who has come to find you.’” Timothy Keller
Eph 2:1-2
Rom 5:8
Rom 5:1-2
2) Happiness and Joy are not the same thing
Joy: Charis - calm delight, an adopted attitude of internal cheerfulness.
Rejoice: Chairo - calmly happy, well-off, full of joy
JOY - is a state of the HEART
Heb 12:2
1 Pet 1:3-8
JOY - is an internal delight - a CELEBRATION OF THE SOUL
“I sometimes wonder whether all the pleasures of life are not simply substitutes for joy” C.S.Lewis
3) Joy is an expression of God’s presence in us
“Joy is the birthmark of the child of God. Every Christian ought to have conscious joy. And if you’re not living a life of joy, you are living beneath your privileges” Adrian Rogers
Rom 14:17
Acts 2:46,47
JOY - is a product of PRESENCE!
Comments (0)
To leave or reply to comments, please download free Podbean or
No Comments
To leave or reply to comments,
please download free Podbean App.