A Lifestyle of Joy

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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