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Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us?
"I have loved you," says the Lord.
Joyful generosity shares trouble, sacrifices treasure, and by God's grace is supplied totally.
If we are looking to Christ for joy, we can find and cultivate contentment in any and all circumstances.
We practice joy in the Lord by patience with people, peace through prayer, and purity in what we pursue and ponder.
When we have conflict in the church, we can reconcile with joy remembering that we share one Lord, one labor, and one life together in Christ.
We persevere in joy through faith (that Jesus has made me His own), through forgetting (what lies behind, both our failures and our feats), and through forward-straining (toward the goal of the upwar…
We experience joy in loss as we forsake the false gospel of confidence in the flesh (in ritual, race, religion, rank, or righteousness) for the true Gospel of confidence in Christ alone.
Connection that brings joy is spiritual, significant, sympathetic, steadfast, and sacrificially service-oriented.
We find joy in holiness as God empowers us to live out his gift of grace.
Unity that brings joy does not come from us, it comes from Christ.
Unity that brings joy comes from our new mind, new motivation, new model, and new mission in Christ.
When Christ is our all, we can live and die with joy.
How can we make Christ our all?
How can we die with joy?
How can we live with joy?
Paul finds joy in Christ even in suffering.
Paul finds joy in Christ as his suffering serves his evangelism.
Paul finds joy in Christ as his suffering serves his example.
Paul finds joy in Christ as his…
Because joy comes from our Savior and not from our circumstances, we can find and cultivate joy even in difficult times - even in times of longing.
Though we long to be together, we can find joy in ou…
God, in his word, acknowledges the brokenness we experience as humans and gives us the freedom to express it through lament. Lament is a form of prayer that teaches us to address God and ourselves ho…
Because Christ is risen, we have every season for hope:
Because Christ is risen, we have hope that the good news is true.
Because Christ is risen, we have hope that sin is defeated.
Because Christ is ri…
For our own good, God will disrupt our plans. He will disrupt our arrogance, our aspirations, and our alliances.
Why should we care about the nations? Because God cares about the nations!
God is the Source of all nations. God is the Sovereign of all nations. God is the Savior of all nations.
Sin always has consequences. Sin brings degradation. Sin brings humiliation. Sin brings condemnation. But while sin always has consequences, God always has purposes.
If you want the key that unlocks the unity of the one story the whole Bible is telling, that key is COVENANT.