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Monday Dec 24, 2018
He Came to Give Joy!
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Rev. Paul J. Miller – Sermon Outline – December 23, 2018
Series Title: Jesus Came to Give
Today’s Title: He Came to Give Joy!
Today’s Text: James 1:1-12
Begin with the end in mind
- The Beginning: “Consider it pure joy….”
- The End: “…not lacking anything.”
JOY BEGINS HERE
“Consider it pure joy, …..whenever you face trials of many kinds,…”
- “consider”- see trials differently
- bring a new mindset to trials
- “many kinds” – loss, grief, illness, broken relationships,
injustice, poverty
JOY IS REFINED HERE
“the testing of your faith” – 1 Peter 1:6-7
- Believing that God is in the trial, no matter the outcome
- “Where are you, God?” is a faith building question
“produces perseverance.” – 2 Peter 1:5-8
- If your faith is never tested, how will you grow?
JOY IS COMPLETED HERE
“Let perseverance finish its work”
- Don’t just read the Bible, let the Bible read you
– James 1:22-25
- That which lasts long does not come quickly
- 1 Cor. 13:4, Gal. 5:22 Col. 3:12
“so that you may be mature and complete” - grown up – Ephesians 4:15
“not lacking anything.”
- YOU can be enough!
- YOU can have what you need to live
- YOU can become ready for whatever life brings
JOY WAS PRESENT HERE
- Because humble people believed the message from God about the Christ (shepherds)
- Because wise people looked for God in the darkness until they found the light (the Magi)
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