Big Idea: Joy is fuel for the soul to sustain the Race!

Happiness and Joy

Happiness is wining the Lottery

1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

Proverbs 22:1 (NIV)

Happiness is being Good and doing Good

19 "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone.

Luke 18:19 (NIV)

13 for it is God who works in you…both to will and to act according to his good purpose.

Philippians 2:13 (NIV)

Happiness is getting it Right
21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)
Happiness is getting a New Car

7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV)

What Joy is!

Joy: Means someone is glad to be with me!

Joy/Grace/Shalom

13 "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.

John 17:13 (NIV)

Pseudo Joys

Behaviors
Events
Experiences
People
Substances

Rare Leadership

Remain Relational
Act like yourself
Return to Joy
Endure Hardship

4 Ways to get joy into your Life Today

1. Practice Appreciation

2. Spend time getting to know the Lord- YouVersion Bible App “350,000,000/42 Languages”

3. Discover joy/rest building for you

4. Share joy/rest with others

1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.

Hebrews 12:1-3 (NKJV)

Joy is oxygen for the Soul! |Week 3 | Christmas