Don’t Lose the JOY!
Luke 1:39-45
Matt. 1:1-6
1. We Lose Joy when: We feel like we are owed something Better than we are getting..
2. We Lose Joy when "Offense” come into our hearts.
Offense is enemy of joy
3. We lose joy when: We loose sight of what Jesus is doing around us…
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Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
John 16:24
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
1 Peter 1:8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 16:11
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 118:24
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
John 15:11
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
Psalm 30:5
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
1 Peter 1:8-9 ESV / 212 helpful votes
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1 John 1:4 ESV / 204 helpful votes
And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
Psalm 126:5 ESV / 203 helpful votes
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!
Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 189 helpful votes
Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.