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  • Steve Bond avatar

    Got Joy? Series

    Contributed by Steve Bond on Nov 5, 2007
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     | 8,389 views

    The way of the world seems to focus on pleasing ourselves or pursuing a life of ease. But that brings no lasting satisfaction. God is so much bigger and has so much more for us, no matter our circumstances.

    Introduction Years ago, Robert Fulghum wrote a profound essay. This is how it began. “Most of what I really need to know about how to live…I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand box at nursery school. These are the things I ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Joy Stealers

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Feb 8, 2009
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    A Believer should be joyful...This message gives 3 stealers of your joy.

    "JOY STEALERS" Gal 4:8-18 * For 2009 I’ve ask us to make this the “Year of Joy” with joy being understood as the acrostic, “Jesus-Others-Yourself”. In calling us to this Christ-like attitude we heard scriptures verses like this; “The Joy of the Lord is my strength”, “Restore to me the Joy of my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Joy Of Salvation

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Nov 4, 2013
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    Examining the Joys of the Saved and How this Salvation is Received

    - Sometimes called one of the “royal psalms” - Victory after battle as in Ps. 20 - Kings have everything. - If you were a king, what would you rejoice in the most? - In what did David rejoice? - Psalm 21 tells us what it means to be a king - This is not just for a day but for a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Harvest Of Joy

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 13, 2013
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     | 15,307 views

    Stand amazed at the infinite mercy of God!

    A HARVEST OF JOY. Psalm 126. The common heading within this group of fifteen Psalms (Psalms 120-134) is “A Song of degrees” - a reference, some believe, to the miracle of the sun going back by ten degrees as a pledge to King Hezekiah that the LORD would extend his life by fifteen years (Isaiah ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Joy Of Humility

    Contributed by Peter Scott on Nov 19, 2013
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    Why humility brings joy for the Christian if they follow the example of Christ.

    The Joy of Humility Philippians 2.1-11 Introduction If you have been here for the past two weeks, you will know that we are looking at Paul’s letter to the Christians in Philippi, a Roman garrison town in Eastern Macedonia which Paul visited on his travels into what is now modern day ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Elizabeth's Joy

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Nov 25, 2013
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    THE ANNOINTING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

    ELIZABETH’S JOY OBSERVATION: THE ENTIRE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE VIRGIN MARY AND ELIZABETH SPEAKS TO AN ETERNAL WORK OF HUMAN REDEMPTION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. INTERPRETATION: READ LUKE 1: 39-41. LUKE 1:41 (NKJV) AND IT HAPPENED, WHEN ELIZABETH HEARD THE GREETING OF MARY, THAT THE BABE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Garden Of Joy.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 27, 2013
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     | 14,155 views

    It is the acceptable year of the LORD. A young man in Nazareth preaches the good news.

    A GARDEN OF JOY. Isaiah 61:1-4, Isaiah 61:8-11. Imagine yourself in ancient Israel celebrating that most solemn of feasts, the day of Atonement. This, however, is not just any old Yom Kippur: it is the fiftieth year, and on this day a musical instrument formed out of a ram’s horn is sounded in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Joy In The Darkness

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Dec 5, 2013
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    Where does one find real and lasting joy? What about when bad things happen?

    Joy in the Darkness: 1 Peter 1:6-9 1 Peter 1:6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that your faith-- of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-- may be proved genuine ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Joy In Evangelization Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 13, 2014
     | 3,325 views

    "an evangelizer must never look like someone who has just come back from a funeral."

    Thursday of 24th Week in Course St. Joseph Cupertino Pharisees don’t come off very well in the Gospels. Pharisaic religion, though, was considered by the Jews to be the very summit of Jewish observance. After all, it applied to all its adherents the entire Law, even those clearly meant ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    The Lord Of The Joy

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Sep 17, 2014
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    Lord of the Joy John 16:19-22 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/LordOfTheJoy.html How many here are saved? How many here have joy? It should be the same exact crowd. A joyless Christian ought to be a contradiction in terms...an oxymoron. [Read text] How many know about the sorrow of v. 21? [Guys, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Joy In The Morning

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Sep 30, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,825 views

    God loves to bless His children. We may go through the dark night but Joy comes in the morning.

    “Joy in the Morning” October 5, 2014 Jeremiah 29:11-13 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    The Secret Of Joy

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Oct 4, 2014
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    The Secret of Joy John 16 / Philippians 1 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/SecretJoy.html In the year 1900 a survey asked, "What must you have to be happy?" Results showed 72 answers. The same survey was taken among the same size sampling in 1950. Results showed 496 answers. I wonder how many ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Uncomfortable Joy Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Jul 16, 2015
     | 5,657 views

    Our Enemies, Difficult Ministries, Loving Our Enemies

    THE CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING – Uncomfortable Joy Acts 8:1-8(pg. 764) July 19, 2015 Introduction: Are lost people your enemy? If someone disagrees with you do you go on the attack? When you walk through the airport and you see the guy in Middle Eastern garb do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Scott Spencer avatar

    Christmas Joy Series

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Dec 22, 2014
     | 13,896 views

    So on the night of the birth of Jesus, before the nation had an opportunity to reject Him, or even be made aware that He had come in the flesh, the angel announces that this good news is of a ‘great joy for all the people.

    (Luke 2:1-11) 1. Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2. This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3. And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. 4. Joseph ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    The Misplaced Joy

    Contributed by Kayode Omotoso on Jan 6, 2015
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    The real joy of the anointed lies in the fact that his name is written in the book of life and not in the level of the anointing or the ministerial achievements.

    Having been sent out by Jesus after giving them power, the seventy returned full of joy because they were able to perform unusual signs and wonders including casting out demons (Luke10:17). It was a fantastic ministerial feat that was worth celebrating - common men doing the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal