Sermon for Sunday August 25, 2013

Down in my heart… Where?
“We have confused joy with happy.”
Happy focuses on temporary; joy focuses on eternity.

2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Matthew 10:22 NIV
You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

James 1:2 NIV
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

Billy Sunday “the trouble with many men is that they have just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in your life you’ve got a leak in your religion.”

Galatians 3:1-3 NIV
You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?

Psalm 16:11 NIV
You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Psalm 30:5 NIV
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Psalm 51:12 NIV
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

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