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Your Essential Christmas Gift List: Joy!


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A Gift for Him



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On a more serious and fundamental

note!

The Second Essential Gift is Joy!



“Do not sorrow, forthe joy of the LORD is

your strength.”Nehemiah 8:10c



“Joy is the infalliblesign of the presence

of God.” Teilhard de Chardin



There is great joy surrounding the birth

of the Christ child!

“When they saw the star, they rejoiced with

exceedingly great joy.” Matthew 2:10



There is great joy surrounding the birth

of the Christ child!

“And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.” Luke

1:14



Luke 2:8-14

8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields,

keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood

before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them,

and they…



…were greatly afraid. 10 Then the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid, for behold,

I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find

a Babe wrapped in…



…swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.’ 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly

host praising God and saying: 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward

men!”



Joy is a divine dimension of living that is not shackled by circumstances.



The Hebrew word means, “to leap or spin around with

pleasure.”



In the New Testament the word refers to “gladness,

bliss and celebration.”



Joy Is Destroyed by the Neglect of the

Spirit

Joy Killer #1

False Expectations!



11 “Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be

content: 12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to

abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be

full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ

who strengthens me.”Philippians 4:11-13




Spirit

Joy Killer #2

Ongoing Conflict!



“...fulfill my joy by being like-minded,

having the same love, being of one accord, of

one mind.”Philippians 2:2




Spirit

Joy Killer #3

Disregarding Sin!



“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;

Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make

me hear joyand gladness...”

Psalm 51:7-8



Joy is Developed by

Careful Cultivation

of God’s Presencein One’s Life!



Open Yourself to God through Jesus

Christ!



“These things I have spoken to you, that

My joy may remain in you, and that your

joy may be full.” John 15:11



Recognize Godas Joyful!



“The Lord your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with

gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you

with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17



Trust him with the Circumstances of

Your Life!



“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My

heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise

him.” Psalm 28:7 NIV



So…

Just as Jesus brought Joy into the world when He was

born…



He brings Joy into our life as we are born again by His

presence within us!



In a world full of all kinds of gifts, may it

be that this Christmas you

receive the gift of the joy of the Lord

throughJesus Christ!


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