JOY: OVERCOMING SORROW (3 OF 8)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: John 16:16-24
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Joy: Overcoming Sorrow (3 of 8)
Series: Relational Harmony in Your Home
Scott Maze
John 16:16-24
Happy Father's Day to all! Dads and granddads, we greatly appreciate you!
Good Morning to our Cross Church family meeting at Nance Elementary again this morning.
Let me ask you a serious question, ''What would like to change about your home?'' If you could change one thing about your roommate, what would it be? If you could change one thing about your siblings, what would it be? Children, if you could change one thing about your parents, what would it be? Parents, if you could change one thing about your children, what would it be? Or if you could change one thing about your spouse, what would it be?
We're in a summer sermon series devoted to bringing the change into our lives that we've always longed for. It's a series devoted to explaining, promoting, and advocating living life with the fruit of the Spirit: ''But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law'' (Galatians 5:22-23). We will look at each of the fruit of the Spirit in turn over the course of the summer.
Today, I want to speak on how you can become more joyful and overcoming sorrow that comes into our lives. Most of our life is a search for happiness is one form or another. Some of you may have read Katherine Mansfield, a short-story fictional writer of a century ago. Katherine Mansfield describes happiness as suddenly swallowing a glowing slice of afternoon sun. We search for happiness in our careers, in our childhood and certainly we search for it in our homes. But happiness or joy eludes us. Where is your happy place?
Three Myths to Happiness
Now, sadness cannot be normally reduced to one universal cause in our lives. Instead, you need to ask yourself, ''What made me happy that is now missing in my life?'' What fire have I been warming myself at instead of Jesus?
1) Mo ...
Series: Relational Harmony in Your Home
Scott Maze
John 16:16-24
Happy Father's Day to all! Dads and granddads, we greatly appreciate you!
Good Morning to our Cross Church family meeting at Nance Elementary again this morning.
Let me ask you a serious question, ''What would like to change about your home?'' If you could change one thing about your roommate, what would it be? If you could change one thing about your siblings, what would it be? Children, if you could change one thing about your parents, what would it be? Parents, if you could change one thing about your children, what would it be? Or if you could change one thing about your spouse, what would it be?
We're in a summer sermon series devoted to bringing the change into our lives that we've always longed for. It's a series devoted to explaining, promoting, and advocating living life with the fruit of the Spirit: ''But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law'' (Galatians 5:22-23). We will look at each of the fruit of the Spirit in turn over the course of the summer.
Today, I want to speak on how you can become more joyful and overcoming sorrow that comes into our lives. Most of our life is a search for happiness is one form or another. Some of you may have read Katherine Mansfield, a short-story fictional writer of a century ago. Katherine Mansfield describes happiness as suddenly swallowing a glowing slice of afternoon sun. We search for happiness in our careers, in our childhood and certainly we search for it in our homes. But happiness or joy eludes us. Where is your happy place?
Three Myths to Happiness
Now, sadness cannot be normally reduced to one universal cause in our lives. Instead, you need to ask yourself, ''What made me happy that is now missing in my life?'' What fire have I been warming myself at instead of Jesus?
1) Mo ...
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