September 4, 2016
TOPIC: JOY AS A KINGDOM VALUE
Verses: Psalm 100; Habakkuk 3:17-18
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Thank You that when few or many meet together to glorify You, You are right in the
midst of us and we pray that our time together would be productive and honoring
to You.
Increase our love for one another and for You. Instill in our hearts the hope of our
salvation, and surround each one of us with Your love and joy and use us channels
to minister to others in need this we ask in Jesus name,
Amen.
A SIGHT OF JESUS
The fourth piece is that the Holy Spirit does this work, not magically without
my mind being engaged, but by causing me to see the glory and beauty of
Jesus Christ.
IN THE WORD AND THE WORLD
The last piece is that we see him in his word and in the world. It is obvious
that the most authoritative and clearest place where we see the beauty of
Christ is in his word, the Bible. That is why the Holy Spirit inspired the word,
so that we could read the word and know Christ. The Spirit gives us eyes to
see the beauties of Jesus that call joy up out of our hearts.
It is not just in the word that we see Christ. We see him in his gifts and in
people. We see him in his gifts of nature. We see him in his gifts of food and
in all of the good things that our Father in heaven gives to us. Every gift of
Christ to us is intended to be a communication of something of himself. So we
see Christ not only we taste Christ not only in his word, but also in his
works.
V. ACTIVITY
Draw in a piece of paper an activity that brings you joy with the Lord and
color it.