Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2003
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THE WINE OF JOY
To the Jewish people wine symbolized joy. The Jewish rabbis had a saying, ‘Without wine there is no joy.” At the wedding in Cana their joy had run out!
This statement by the mother of Jesus goes beyond liquid refreshment at a wedding. It is symbolic of our lives. It is a reminder
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Contributed by Dale Hummel on May 14, 2008
JOY LIST
Writer C. W. Metcalf was working as a hospice volunteer when he met 13-year-old Chuck, who was terminally ill. One day Chuck gave Metcalf half-a-dozen sheets of paper with writing on both sides and said, "I want you to give this to my mom and dad after I die. It's a list of all the fun we
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Restitution = Joy
Zacchaeus had hurt many people. Perhaps many were devastated economically. This would go a long way to beginning to set people back right. It's kind of like Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas morning. Think back to that
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 25, 2008
Joy on the Road
Honda made a "Musical Road" for a commercial in Lancaster, CA, that played the William Tell Overture when you drove on it. At first, it wasn't too exciting. But as you picked up speed, you could actually hear a song played by the tires hitting the grooves in the road at just the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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Fight for Joy
John Piper offers 15 Biblical things we must do to fight for joy. (I can only list them today, and commend to you his book, "When I Don’t Desire God.") This list reminds me that faith does not produce inactivity, but God-centered activity:
1) Realize that authentic joy in God is a
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Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Apr 5, 2009
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JOY-SUCKERS
A "joy sucker" is someone who is determined to create either discouragement or hardship on your ministry. "Joy suckers" take on all shapes and sizes, but most often they are negative in their outlook, disappointed with their family, in need of attention or enamored with their own
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Baptist
Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 10, 2009
JOY IS BLACK
I recently read the following letter that was sent to Dr. Michael Youssef, pastor of The Church of the Apostles in Atlanta. The letter was sent by Mrs. Lane, who has been a primary school teacher for 38 years:
Dear Michael,
One day I was trying to teach my students the difference
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
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JOY IN CHURCH
Then there’s the story about a little boy in church with his mother. He was a good little boy, quiet and well behaved. He didn’t cause any problems. But every once in a while he would stand up in the chair, turn around, look at the people behind him and smile at them. His smile was
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Baptist
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
THE PURSUIT OF JOY
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 never been
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 6, 2012
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HOLY JOY
Richard Foster describes holy joy like this:
"Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. ...It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride. ...Utter abandonment to God is done freely and with celebration. And so I urge you to enjoy this ministry of self-surrender. ...The saints
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Nazarene
Contributed by James Chandler on Aug 4, 2003
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Salvation is not a destination but a journey. Salvation does not bring us to immersion to leave us. Salvation takes us on a journey that will takes up places we have never been. See things we have never seen. Reach heights we have never reached.
I was on the side of the rock climbing wall.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 22, 2008
MY CONTRIBUTION TO SALVATION
At first glance it appears that the gospel is nothing but good news. As J. I. Packer neatly summarized: "There is really only one point to be made in the field of soteriology: the point that God saves sinners." So why was Jesus
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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GIVING, GREED AND SALVATION
A very old rich skinflint in declining health finally gets serious about his eternal state. He goes to the local pastor and asks what he can do to account for the fact that he’s never given God much time or given the church a dime. The pastor just looks at him with that
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United Methodist
Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009
“Salvation is not a matter of improvement or perfection of what has previously existed. It is total transformation. The New Testament speaks of believers having a new mind, a new will, a new heart, a new inheritance, a new relationship, new power, new knowledge, new wisdom, new perception, new
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