JOURNEY TO JOY (3 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Luke 2:4-6, Luke 2:9-20
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Journey To Joy (3 of 5)
Series: The Star
Jeff Strite
Luke 2:4-20
OPEN: I love to sing Christmas Carols, so this morning we're going to start out the sermon with ''Joy to the World''
1. Joy to the world the Lord has come, let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare him room
And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing
2. Joy to the earth the Savior reigns, let men their songs employ
While fields and floods rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
3. He rules the world with truth and grace and makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness, and wonders of His love
And wonders of His love; and wonders, wonders of His love
Now that Christmas Carol reminds of story of scripture. Can you think of what story it reminds me of? Well we read the story at beginning of the story:
''And the angel said to (the shepherds), 'Fear not, for behold, I bring you GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY that will be for all the people (''Joy To The World''). For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.''' Luke 2:10-12 (See appendix at the end of the sermon)
The angel said ''I bring you Good News of Great JOY!!!''
The video we used at the opening of our service touched on this joy - and I remember how odd it sounded. In case you've forgotten, here are the words from the video:
''Maybe things are going to be great, or maybe you're in the struggle of your life, or somewhere in between. Jesus came to bring us JOY through all the ups and downs. JOY shows up when we least expect it.'' (This video came with the package we purchased from Outreach.com as part of their 5-week Advent and Christmas Eve Campaign which used clips from ''The Star'' - a movie distributed by Sony Pictures).
That seemed ...
Series: The Star
Jeff Strite
Luke 2:4-20
OPEN: I love to sing Christmas Carols, so this morning we're going to start out the sermon with ''Joy to the World''
1. Joy to the world the Lord has come, let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare him room
And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing
2. Joy to the earth the Savior reigns, let men their songs employ
While fields and floods rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
3. He rules the world with truth and grace and makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness, and wonders of His love
And wonders of His love; and wonders, wonders of His love
Now that Christmas Carol reminds of story of scripture. Can you think of what story it reminds me of? Well we read the story at beginning of the story:
''And the angel said to (the shepherds), 'Fear not, for behold, I bring you GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY that will be for all the people (''Joy To The World''). For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.''' Luke 2:10-12 (See appendix at the end of the sermon)
The angel said ''I bring you Good News of Great JOY!!!''
The video we used at the opening of our service touched on this joy - and I remember how odd it sounded. In case you've forgotten, here are the words from the video:
''Maybe things are going to be great, or maybe you're in the struggle of your life, or somewhere in between. Jesus came to bring us JOY through all the ups and downs. JOY shows up when we least expect it.'' (This video came with the package we purchased from Outreach.com as part of their 5-week Advent and Christmas Eve Campaign which used clips from ''The Star'' - a movie distributed by Sony Pictures).
That seemed ...
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