Summer Symphony

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Summer Symphony Ode to Happiness Psalm 1
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We cannot be happy if we choose to ignore the
glory of God.
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• 1.) The Way of Gods Glory (1 3)

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For his invisible attributes, namely, his
eternal power and divine nature, have been
clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the
world, in the things that have been made
- Romans 118 - 20
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• Avoids Wickedness

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True happiness avoids wickedness
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• Avoids Wickedness
• Takes pleasure in the Word of God

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His law is more desirable than fine gold and
sweeter than honey.
- Psalm 1910
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You shall teach them diligently to your
children, and shall talk of them when you (sit)
in your house, and when you (walk) by the way,
and when you (lie down), and when you rise.
- Deuteronomy 67
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Meditation is not the setting apart of a special
time for personal devotions, whether morning or
evening, but it is the reflection on the Word of
God in the course of daily activities.
Regardless of the time of day or the context, the
godly respond to life in accordance with Gods
Word.
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According to Proverbs 31-6, the wise man
receives instruction, writes it on his heart, and
wholeheartedly trusts in the Lord with all his
heart and in all his daily activities.
- Frank Gaebelein
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True happiness takes pleasure in the Word of God.
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• Avoids Wickedness
• Takes pleasure in the Word of God
• Produces fruit

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True happiness produces fruit
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And it is my prayer that your love may abound
more and more, with knowledge and all
discernment, so that you may approve what is
excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the
day of Christ, filled with the fruit of
righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to
the glory and praise of God.
- Phil. 19 - 11
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Thus says the Lord Cursed is the man who trusts
in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart
turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in
the desert, and shall not see any good come. He
shall dwell in the parched places of the
wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.
- Jeremiah 175, 6
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• 1.) The Way of Gods Glory (1 3)
• ) The Way of the Wicked (4 6)

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The Son of Man will send his angels, and they
will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin
and all law-breakers, and throw them into the
fiery furnace. In that place, there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matt. 1341, 42