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#Christmas/2024
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2024-12-01 16:48:40 +00:00
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#Speaker/Ray
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# Joy
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World: When everything in your world is going right you can party.
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Jesus talking about joy: [[John 15]]
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Bible:
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7 kinds of Happiness:
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1. Nature
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- Derived from Gods Creation
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2. Social
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- From relations
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3. Vocational
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- Satisfaction of work
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4. Physical
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- Especially after coming back from a health scare
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5. Humor
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- God created us with humor
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6. ???
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7. Spiritual
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- When we get to commune with God
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![[Luke 2#8..14]]
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---
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## 1. The announcement of Joy
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This is not some abstract thing. It was a really thing pointing to God's Grace. --> v11
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--> [[2Sam 7#2..13]]
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## 2. The Person of Joy
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We get to go from an enemy of God, children of wrath, to a person of God! Our Savior was born! --> v11
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--> [[Matt 1#21]]
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## 3. The result of Joy
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--> v10, v14
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Great joy for all people --> The prophecy God told Abraham, will bless all nations, people
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True joy and peace is only experienced through salvation.
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![[Gal 5#22..23]]
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If you want Joy, you fight for Joy!
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Another thing that keeps us from joy is sin! Sin is the killer of Joy!
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Want joy? Read the word!
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![[Ps 16#11..11]]
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