IT’S A JOY TO WORKOUT (1 OF 5)
by Lenny Ports
Scripture: Philippians 2:12
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It’s a Joy to Workout (1 of 5)
Series: Joy in the Journey
Lenny Ports
Philippians 2:12
We are entering into a brand-new sermon series called JOY IN THE JOURNEY from Paul's letter to the Philippians. JOY is one of the main themes from the book of Philippians. Another related seen in this letter is the word ''rejoice.'' Both words JOY and REJOICE are used 7 times each in the book of Philippians.
The word ''joy'' means gladness of heart, and the word ''rejoice'' means to be joyful or feel joyful over something. Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit living in us. It is the joy of Jesus inside of us. Happiness is based on how things are going around us, but joy is way down on the inside and is not subject to external conditions in order to be activated. The world didn't give us joy and the world can't take it away. Joy says everything may be crumbling all around me, but Jesus is still my joy. It is the gladness deep in our hearts regardless of our circumstances.
God wants us to be joyful. Our journey is our life with Jesus, our walk with the Lord both individually and corporately. It is our Christian experience which is the outworking of the life, nature, and mind of Christ living in us, no matter what our circumstances may be.
I chose the book of Philippians because it was not written to a church with conduct issues like the Corinthian church, nor was it written to a church with doctrinal issues like the Galatian church. This letter came out of a wonderful relationship between the Apostle Paul and the Philippian church. Paul had a deep love for them and they had a deep love for Paul. This epistle deals with the Christian experience at the level on which all believers should be living. It is a level where God wants us to be.
When there is a lot of love, there's a lot of joy. You parents know. These beautiful students we prayed over this morning, you should be so proud of them. They are graduating now into the next class. We rejoice (which means th ...
Series: Joy in the Journey
Lenny Ports
Philippians 2:12
We are entering into a brand-new sermon series called JOY IN THE JOURNEY from Paul's letter to the Philippians. JOY is one of the main themes from the book of Philippians. Another related seen in this letter is the word ''rejoice.'' Both words JOY and REJOICE are used 7 times each in the book of Philippians.
The word ''joy'' means gladness of heart, and the word ''rejoice'' means to be joyful or feel joyful over something. Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit living in us. It is the joy of Jesus inside of us. Happiness is based on how things are going around us, but joy is way down on the inside and is not subject to external conditions in order to be activated. The world didn't give us joy and the world can't take it away. Joy says everything may be crumbling all around me, but Jesus is still my joy. It is the gladness deep in our hearts regardless of our circumstances.
God wants us to be joyful. Our journey is our life with Jesus, our walk with the Lord both individually and corporately. It is our Christian experience which is the outworking of the life, nature, and mind of Christ living in us, no matter what our circumstances may be.
I chose the book of Philippians because it was not written to a church with conduct issues like the Corinthian church, nor was it written to a church with doctrinal issues like the Galatian church. This letter came out of a wonderful relationship between the Apostle Paul and the Philippian church. Paul had a deep love for them and they had a deep love for Paul. This epistle deals with the Christian experience at the level on which all believers should be living. It is a level where God wants us to be.
When there is a lot of love, there's a lot of joy. You parents know. These beautiful students we prayed over this morning, you should be so proud of them. They are graduating now into the next class. We rejoice (which means th ...
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