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A Lifestyle of Joy
  • Nehemiah 21 Acts 240ff. 332-34 839

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Was Jesus Happy?
  • What is your enduring picture of Jesus?
  • Luke 252
  • Mt. 1913-15
  • John 1633
  • Paul?
  • Phil. 44 112-14

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What does the world see?
  • Can we be joyful in a thankless, rude, crooked,
    messed up world?
  • We are different, and our difference will make us
    unpopular.
  • I Pet. 43-5
  • A joyful heart makes the strongest argument for
    Christ, without actually preaching the gospel.
  • I Pet. 315 they see the hope, before you make
    the defense.

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Some are not joyful
  • God hasnt solved all their problems (John 1633
    II Tim. 312)
  • Other Christians have disappointed them.
  • Distorted views of God (Policeman)
  • No, no, no!

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The mature Christian
  • The defining characteristics of a mature
    Christian
  • An accurate view of God (Isa. 5310-12 556-11,
    12)
  • The habit of thanksgiving I Thess. 518

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How can we cultivate and maintain a disposition
of joy?
  • We must always be flocking together!
  • Meditate on these
  • Psalm 1038-14 1051-3 1061 1071-2, 8-9,
    15-16, 21-22, 31-32, 43 11612-14
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