Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Mar 20, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    If Joy is our product, we are free to find new, creative ways to serve and encourage one another. When the stock market plummeted on Black Monday, panic and desperation were everywhere. Ben and Jerry were on the sidewalks of Wall
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jan 2, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Someone once said  “Joy is like the hidden note in the glass.  Joy is tuning in to what God is doing around you, seeing the world through his eyes, picking up on his delight in us as his children.  Anyone can find happiness for a while. . . Happiness depends on what is happening to you.  Joy is
                    
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                    Man’s pursuit of joy, a quote; “Men have pursued joy in every avenue imaginable. Some have successfully found it while others have not. Perhaps it would be easier to describe where joy cannot be found: 
	Not in unbelief—Voltaire was an infidel of the most pronounced type. He wrote; “I wish I had
                    
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                    Contributed by Greg Yount on Oct 28, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Vance Havener said, “There is something wrong with our Christianity when we have to beg most of our crowd to come to church to hear about
                    
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                    Contributed by Rick Shockley on Nov 16, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I love the story of the grumbling motorist.  "What am I supposed to do with this?" grumbled the motorist, as the police clerk handed him a receipt for his traffic ticket.
"Keep it,"
                    
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                    "The parents of a young soldier killed in action gave their church a gift of money as a memorial for their son. During the presentation service, the mother of another soldier overseas whispered to her husband, "Let’s give the same amount for our son." "What’s the matter with you?" he asked.  "Our
                    
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                    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Sep 21, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Illustrate: Attitude is everything!
1.	A chaplain told a young soldier who’s  laying on a cot, “Son, you lost your right arm in this war.”  The young soldier said, “No, I kept my left arm in this war”
2.	A neighbor told her Christian neighbor after a care accident, “Aren’t you mad at God for this
                    
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