Jun 18, 2009
Renegade Joy
Join us this Sunday as we start a new message entitled, "Renegade Joy." God wants to help us all experience joy. Joy doesn’t come from the things that our culture says can make us happy. Joy is a very counter-cultural, renegade thing.
In this series we’ll help people experience and delve into the difference between happiness (a response to what is happening around us) and joy (a response to what is happening within us) and some of the key dynamics of living a more joy-filled life. The book of Philippians will be our Biblical guide to renegade joy.
June 21st: (Father's Day) Joy in Humility
Joy doesn’t come from the things that our culture considers the basis of happiness. Joy comes from the experience of the humility and service.
June 28th: Joy in Temptation
To experience joy, we have to deal with two great joy-killers in our lives: the temptation to complain and the temptation to argue.
July 5th: (Church will be at 10:00 AM at the Somerset Christian Church) Joy in Opposition
The joy of serving God is something that never comes without setbacks and disappointments and sometimes flat out opposition. To have joy, we’ve got to understand that our lives are to be about connecting the unconnected to God and holding on to and persevering in that mission in the face of opposition.
July 12th: Joy in Suffering
Joy and pain can exist within the same space. That’s why Paul can say “always” and mean just that: “always”. Whatever suffering I am going through, how much I am suffering does not diminish my capacity for joy if it is the joy that is found in Christ: knowing Him, serving Him, relying on Him through prayer, and ultimately being raised with Him.
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