JOY … ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS

LUKE 2:8-11; I JOHN 1:1-4; I PETER 1:7-8

JOY

A POWERFUL PLEASING EMOTION THAT REFLECTS A CONSTANT REALITY OR A SECURITY THAT CANNOT BE AFFECTED.

JOY ANNOUNCED, LUKE 2:8,10-11

GOOD NEWS, YOU’VE BEEN FOUND …

FOR ALL PEOPLE …

SAVIOR …

JOY ANTICIPATED, I JOHN 1:1-4

THE SHARED LIFE OF CHRIST

THE SHARE LIFE OF THE CHURCH

JOY ANCHORED, I PETER 1:7-8

PHIL.4:4, THE DIVINE NATURE OF JOY

APPLICATION, ROMANS 8:35

“THE CHRISTIAN SAYS, CREATURES ARE NOT BORN F0R CERTAIN SATISFACTIONS UNLESS THOSE SATISFACTION EXIST, A BABY FEELS HUNGER, WELL, THERE IS SUCH A THING AS FOOD. A DUCKLING WANTS TO SWIM, WELL, THERE IS SUCH A THING AS WATER. IF FIND MYSELF A DESIRE WHICH NO EXPERIENCE IN THIS WORLD CAN SATISFY THE MOST PROBABLE EXPLANATION IS, I WAS MADE FOR ANOTHER WORLD.”

CS LEWIS