· Joy is a choice we have to make every day.
· Life throws a lot of stuff at us. And some of that stuff has a way of stealing us of the joy Jesus is talking about.
· Some Joy Stealers
o worry
o unresolved guilt
o negative self-esteem
· How quickly we forget that we are all created in the image of God.
· Some will point out that the reason they have no joy in their lives is because they don’t have a reason to be joyful.
· It’s hard to be joyful when you’re struggling with troubles, or overwhelmed by pain, or unsure of your future.
· Jesus told us that “… In this world you will have trouble...”
· God doesn’t want us to be under our circumstances. God wants us to be overcomers.
· Karl Barth once defined joy as “A defiant nevertheless.”
· God’s kind of Joy is not an emotion that happens to you. God’s Joy is His tool for you to use to take control of your life.
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