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How can we grow in our trust and in turn grow in our joy?

1) They are tempted to control.



 “Joy comes to us in moments—ordinary moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the…

“It’s not your problem that’s the problem, it’s your reaction to the problem that’s your problem.”


“JOYFUL RESPONSE”

Joyful Response is actually caused by an expectant acceptance of the truth

Shift our …

Contentment - a state of being happy or satisfied.


Philippians 4:12b (NIV84) 12b “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation . . .”


Three False Pathways to Contentment


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The Gospel either works for all people or it works for none.

Joyful Endurance.

Pain.

Humanity is fluent in the language of suffering. 

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Fierce Joy isn’t dependent on circumstances, but rooted in eternity.

Philippians 3:1-11

1 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you…

Where does joy come from and why does it seem so elusive?

Acts 16:25 (NLT) 25 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.

True joy is n…

Demolition precedes renovation.



Deconstruction precedes reconstruction.


We buy into a deception.



This produces something new in our lives, division.



The result of deception and division in our lives, des…

Demolition precedes renovation.

Luke 10:25–37 (NLT) 25 One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 Jes…

Two Very Different Approaches: 

Pressurized Striving
Living from the Place of Peace.
 

The Place of Peace Reminds Me Who I Am


False Identity Narratives

I am What I Have
I am What I Do
I am What People Think
I…

The quality of the construction rests on the commitment of the crew.



Matthew 22:36–40 (NIV84) 37 Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your min…

Matthew 7:24-27 (NLT) 24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and t…

Unbelievable - So great or extreme as to be difficult to believe; extraordinary

 

The strangeness of the resurrection, points to the significance of the resurrection.  

John 3:16 (NIV84) 16 “For God so …

What does faith look like when life falls apart?

 

David intentionally makes decisions based on what he knows to be true about God, even though it may not feel good or right in the moment.


When was the …

What does faith look like when life falls apart?

What do we really put our faith in?

Does it work?

Psalm 139:1 (NRSV) 1O Lord, you have searched me and known me.

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Psalm 139:2–6 (NRSV) 2 You kn…

Do I want to be in a relationship with Jesus?

All of us need a relationship with God.

We go into those situations with a relationship with God.

Or we go into those situations alone.

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Jesus des…

Galatians 5:1 (NIV84) It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Our minds are troubled, corrupt, anxious, rash…

Grace.

Can something really change inside of me so that what comes out of me is different?

Whatever is going on in my life is coming from inside of me.

Spiritual formation — something new is being fo…

Does God desire for our society to change in how we relate to each other? If he does, how?

Genesis 12:2–3 (NIV84) 2“I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name grea…

Can people really change when it comes to family and friends?

 

If left alone and there is not a constant introduction to outside energy, everything will move from order to disorder and chaos.

 

Probably…

People see me as ______________.

 

Behaviors are an overflow of what is inside.

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Can people really change?

 

Imagine living in a world where we didn’t believe change was possible. I don’t want to…