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Joy

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Introduction
  • Galatians 5:22
  • Philippians 2:29
  • James 1:2-4
  • We can develop joy. We can work on this!
    • There will always be negatives in your life, so focus on the positive.
    • Genesis 3:14-19
    • We don’t live in the Garden of Eden. There will be problems in our lives.
    • Hebrews 11:16
    • There will be negatives until we get to Heaven.
    • Philippians 4:4
    • Joy is not the absence of negatives.
    • Philippians 3:1
    • Exodus 16:2-3
    • Exodus 20:2
    • Ezra 3:10-13 – Two different reactions to the same event!
    • Haggai 2:8-9
    • Ezra 6:15-16
    • If you tend to lack joy, make a change!
      • It’s not wrong to be ambitious, but remember to be thankful.
      • Philippians 4:10-11 – Paul learned to be content.
      • I Thessalonians 5:14-18
      • The devil can trap us into thinking joy is always coming tomorrow. Be thankful today!
      • Try gratitude journaling!
        • We’ll enjoy some temporary pleasures, but spiritual blessings are the endless spring of joy.
        • I Peter 3:9
        • Ecclesiastes 1:14; 2:1, 10-11, 18
        • Isaiah 29:13
        • You can grow joy in your life!
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