Joy

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Joy
Zephaniah 317

• Isaiah 625

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Zephaniah 317

• The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One,
  will save He will rejoice over you with
  gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He
  will rejoice over you with singing.
• God rejoices over his faithful children

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Isaiah 625

• For as a young man marries a virgin, So shall
  your sons marry you And as the bridegroom
  rejoices over the bride, So shall your God
  rejoice over you.
• God rejoices over his faithful children

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Joy

• Illustrations of Joy
• Matthew 1344 Acts 1342-52

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Matthew 1344

• Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure
  hidden in a field, which a man found and hid and
  for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has
  and buys that field.
• There is great joy in obtaining citizenship in
  the Kingdom of God

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Acts 1352

• And the disciples were filled with joy and with
  the Holy Spirit.
• Joy is not dependent upon outward circumstances.
  It exists for the Christian despite opposition
  and trial.

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Joy

• Illustrations of Joy
• Matthew 1344 Acts 1342-52
• The Worlds Joy
• Proverbs 1413 Job 204-5

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Proverbs 1413

• Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, And the
  end of mirth may be grief.
• External happiness or joy, that dependent upon
  outward circumstances, is fleeting.

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Job 204-5

• Do you not know this of old, Since man was
  placed on earth, 5 That the triumphing of the
  wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is
  but for a moment?
• This statement from Zophar is true Ecclesiastes
  speaks of the Vanity of life lived under the
  sun

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Joy

• Illustrations of Joy
• Matthew 1344 Acts 1342-52
• The Worlds Joy
• Proverbs 1413 Job 204-5
• Reason for True Joy
• Luke 1017-20

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Luke 1017-20

• Then the seventy returned with joy, saying,
  Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your
  name. 18 And He said to them, I saw Satan
  fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I
  give you the authority to trample on serpents and
  scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy,
  and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20
  Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the
  spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice
  because your names are written in heaven.

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How About You?
Do you have a
reason to TRULY REJOICE? Though now you do
not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy
inexpressible and full of glory, 9 receiving the
end of your faith the salvation of your souls.
(1 Peter 18b-9)