Sermon on Joy

Next week and next Sunday night is them the last one candle the Christ Candle? I appreciate the Lord how to appreciate every year. I just song Christmas season, but everyday that he gives us the breath to breathe your eyes to see. I appreciate it for that. Bible says in the Book of Psalms chapter 30 Chapter 30 verse 5

for his anger indoors, but I'm lonely.

In his favor is life. Hallelujah

But aren't you glad it only endures but for a moment? He doesn't hold grudges.

Weeping may endure for a night that night. How many never sent one of the longest ever did in your life? Sometimes when you're just praying for the day to come the song The Rise just come on son.

Weeping may endure for a night. But joy comes in the morning. Hallelujah

Sun's coming up in the morning. Every tear will be gone from all right? Do they work? So bring the third Sunday of Advent. I know some people have early in his nap and I'll try and make it come out with the rice Sundays. So we're celebrating.

One of the greatest gifts ever given to humankind. Sure.

Which comes from knowing Jesus Christ?

Joy to the World the Lord is come.

All these last two weeks. We have examined two of the gifts. We celebrate with a coming to Jesus is the Hope and the love. Today is Joy. God is on the throne. Is he not? He is alive.

Any song the throne? Webster's defines joy as pleasure by the opposition or expectation. Delight exultation Georgia strong feeling of happiness with a station of Happiness through people's don't know Jesus is our Lord and savior something different Appliance.

The sound word rejoicing comes from an inward satisfaction. Jesus Christ of knowing you today. If you were to die today, would you go to heaven? You should not even have to think about If you have to take for a minute.

I sometimes go to the church. We are the church not these four walls.

Robert Stevenson the great writer and poet used to keep a diarrhea on one of his injuries. He wrote. I've been to church today and surprisingly I'm not depressed.

Joy comes from Knowing that everything is in his hand matter. What? What should bring you Joy? trust in him

I grew up in church when I was young and became a pastor. I have no life.

it wasn't in my heart to do the job. But I'm so glad that got no this better one.

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We should all dress up. Are you a dress code is quite simple in real life.

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We had to be quiet. People around me look like they have the best friend.

and then didn't seem to Know how to smile or or shoulder Joy? I remember my brother and brother.

Just have something to smile at.

I'm your silence probably cuz you did the same thing when you were a kid.

I'm glad that you have to give up everything to be a Christian. The Christ. Oh, yeah. Let you give up watch simple.

How old is the Christ love?

Was never designed to make anyone sad. It doesn't say in John. I came that you might have sadness.

As soon as I came so that you might have life and have it more abundantly.

Real Joy is to experience great pleasure Delight what better place than Church? Express the joy of the Lord

After all, it's only true Jesus. And we can have meaningful Joy. He's the one that gives us at joy unspeakable and full of Glory.

Toys not found in temporal things in life the most miserable miserable people. I've known that I've been offering catastrophe. I told you that everything they wanted. Except the power to enjoy.

True Joy is not found pleasure or money. military or Byron live simple pleasure What you wrote I am full of nothing, but the regrets in Greek. Jay Gould in a million American billionaire sit on his deathbed I suppose I am the most miserable man on Earth.

Alexander the Great conquered the known world and having done so he wept saying there are no more worlds.

Jordan is a gift. from our Lord entire book is a story about Joy climaxing with the birth of Jesus Christ from the Hebrew scriptures to the Greek Revelation. The Bible is all about God come into our And then going out into the world with joy.

It helps to smile makes people wonder what you're up to anyway.

Did you know that the small nation of Israel with the Hebrew language has more words for joy and rejoicing than any other language?

There's 27 different words used in Hebrew. or some aspect of joy You show me the path of life in your presence. There is fullness of joy in your right hand are Pleasures forevermore song 16. Hours for she's gone as a source of joy and Times of struggling conflict. We can be you know, we're coming out. Well, this only lasts for a night Joy comes in the morning as Uriah Misha in Hebrew. Call my brother Hebrew names. They Rejoice even though they were being thrown in the fiery furnace because they knew they were going to come out. one way or another they have a good night, and if you

We're only going to worship God they knew one way or another they were coming out.

Daniel rejoiced when he was bound and thrown into the lions den. Why because he knew he was coming out to? Is there a dino in my God is able to deliver me? I know that God is able to deliver you to no matter what? Paul and Silas rejoice when they were arrested and thrown into prison because they knew they were going to get it. one way or another

Everybody wants to go to heaven.

It raise your hand. I want to talk to you. Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

Thinks we all step through that Veil.

Start up. We can do that. with joy

Talk to you. Isaiah 12 and to behold God is my salvation and not be afraid. He also has become my salvation verse 3 therefore which is the water that Christ was talking to.

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You don't just go through the motions. Thanks to be saved. You don't just repeat. You're saying you have to develop a relationship with God. What's up? Talk to her. You'll find out how joyous you can be. Just talk to me Psalms 51:12 restore unto me the joy of thy salvation. Shut up. Hold me with a free spirit.

Don't witness to somebody.

Church with a sour look on your face.

with joy No one. Got to send you. He wants to save them to.

If you can't get excited about the fact that you know it you have a problem. You need some Joy. There is joy in Salvation knowing that you are saved. What do you have joy you go from doubt the trust. I'm doubting the situation to trust in God without having to know the situation. You go from complaining to confidence knowing that it's all in his hands. It works.

Man elected out. Any man? Can and probably sooner or later will it never has let you down never will.

We have joy, you can go from the valley to the mountain, but you can find joy in the valley as well as in the mountain. Nobody wants to go through the valley experience. We always look at that is something dreary bad and hard.

Where do the lilies grow?

Don't grow on the Mountaintop.

And God himself said that the Solomon in all his fruit and slender wasn't a raid like one of those Lilies of the valley. God Made You got to be in the valley. And when you're going through whatever Valley experience, you're going through look for those lilies.

Interesting when you look at God's creation. Any really slow down and you look? I love deer hunting. Everybody knows that and sometimes when you're looking at deer in the eye it's hard. You're beautiful and I really are.

God's creation is beautiful. If you just take toddlers many times. I just put my gun down and watched just because there are beautiful God's creation is Beautiful You beautiful God's creation just slow down sometimes. Even when you're in the valley only want to rush through it.

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I got to stop. rest

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So when you're on the math and just learn to jump to Tori Johnson God no matter where you are on the highest mountain or the lowest Valley. Get that Joy. What's your strength?

I'm a dead Church. Go revive Church. You can't have joy. The joy of the Lord is our strength.

You need to be excited that you know it. Do, you know, Jesus Christ. as your personal personal Lord and savior

baby excited about what God has done for you. It sounds so much he's doing so much. Guess what he has yet to do so much for each and every one of us. You said you have no idea the plans that I have for you that to be as excited. How many people got to know everything all the details they will judge, Illinois everything? I've never done that.

Check when my wife wants to go eat somewhere, but I'm not going anywhere till you tell me where you want to go.

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Rejoice about salvation being saved since it's a wonderful thing. And I thank God that it's not just for a chosen to it. It isn't just for us. We're not the only church going away.

What are some Churches in there almost home?

We need each other.

We need to be excited that we have been redeemed. We have three older price.

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We need to be washed away.

We need to be excited that we're on our way to heaven.

people who trust in God Place their hope in Christ They can live their lives. Enjoy no matter what the world throws out. Because the storms are going to come. When's it going to blow on your house your foundation? They're going to try to shake. Your very core. Just know that God has everything in his hand.

I'm here to tell you that the good news is bad news is wrong.

Why because we know that somewhere we're going to be come out.

We can see and hear things in a different light than what this world can see in here in that wonderful. Where did gum shoulder tune to a different frequency in our lives? To be attuned to God, I just spirit.

I'm sure nobody's ever heard one.

When you're blowing it. No one can hear it. Are dogs gay? Their ears perk up and they come running. They hear things we don't care. They're on a different frequency. That's the way we are Saints in this world as Christians work on a different frequency. We oughta be in tune to God's spirit so that we can hear him when he calls. He said my sheep know my voice. Do you know the voice of God that people say hi to talk to you? I'm telling you talk to you.

showtimes for just don't listen We don't stop. I can talk to you in some of the most awesome simple way.

just stop open your eyes. And your heart talks to call the time.

Come see and hear his Heat. We see and hear victory.

Come see and hear sickness.

We can see and hear healing by his stripes. We were healed. I think that's not always a physical things. It's a spiritual thing. I would much rather. Make Heaven my home been delivered down here the most healthy and happy person that I can be and Miss heaven.

Change this world needs spiritual healing more than anything.

Chauncey in here condemnation are we seeing here forgiveness and mercy?

But in order to see and hear Mercy, what did Christ say in Matthew blessed are the merciful? For they shall obtain Mercy.

Do I got to be merciful to you be merciful to somebody else? It is so easy to be merciful to somebody who is merciful. It's easy to forgive somebody who is forgiven you but try forgiving somebody who hate you.

Forgiving someone who is absolutely done you wrong.

Now you're getting into a real. Were you going to play mercy?

because God knows

whichever one of our hearts.

blessed merciful play Charlotte teen Mercy come see and hear Despair and sadness.

We can see and hear Joy. Joy comes in the morning morning doesn't come until the rising of the sun sun rising God's son. You see this old world? When the sun comes up goes down. it goes on but we need the rising of God song. It doesn't matter how long this will last if we don't if we don't have it's meaningless.

Christian should be on a different frequency from this world.

We shouldn't be driving boring. People should look at our lives and what what do you have?

Joy

We can have joy even when things seem to be going on.

It's up to you. This world has not changed much at all. It's wicked. the shark getting darker, but we can still have joy knowing that God has everything in his hands. What is wrong with people do to you? What the enemy does shoot at people are not your enemy. Your brother and sister are God's creation. Just the same as you.

Told you many times. There's only two enemies in this world the devil and your own flesh. I don't know what people do to you is how you react and what they do to you.

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I mean it almost rolls off your tongue that way the others as you would have them do unto you if you wanted Mercy show Mercy if you want love show love don't want friends be a friend.

Weeping may linger for the night. However long that night machine, but joy comes in the morning.

Why because comes into the world into our lives? Enjoy comes out. He said it would be like rivers of living water flow from out of your belly out of your heart. Another translation for Billy was heart out of your heart flows rivers of Living Water. the joy of the Lord Is your strength? We hear and see something the world cannot see or hear. We're in tune to God's spirit and we should teach others and Lead others. When somebody wants what?

Is that Joy? No matter what you're going through and you got that Joy. That's what they want because this world is going to hell in a handbasket. by the wayside everyday They need that Joy.

It's easy to say if life gives you lemons to make lemonade.

But you don't suck on those lemons before you make it.

In the shower. I look online.

You got to put them in the water little sweet and then

We should give our kids lemons just to watch them.

That's what I mean.

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Allows us to experience what God desires For All Mankind. He wants us to be. Joyful. Is there any college for peculiar people had been around enough? You'll know I'm

today and you make some of those last-minute preparations for the coming of our Lord Jesus and his birth. Think about all the gifts. Jesus has so freely given you. gifts that you can receive nowhere else

Joy

that's one thing the world is also looking for their cops. They holler peace. Peace. I want peace in the Middle East a one piece.

Show me all the beauty pageant. What would you do I want World Peace.

World Peace, that's what everybody would like to have. That's what this world needs, but we're going to do that next week.

knowing Christ Preparing for his birthday. That sinks is something that we can really smile about. Joy of the Lord is your strength you like David did David Apple the Lord when he was down in heat?

He was one of the ones that said the joy of the Lord is my strength restore unto me the joy. like salvation