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Title: T he W ellspring of J oy


1
T he W ellspring of J oy
  • Sue Bohlin
  • www.suebohlin.com
  • sue_at_probe.org

2
The Wellspring of Joy
  • is the Lord Jesus!
  • Fruit of the Spirit
  • Sunny radiance, an unshakable delight in Gods
    goodness
  • Can exist alongside pain and sorrow

3
What can block the flow of joy?
  • Whoever believes in Me. . .streams of living
    water will flow from within him. John 838

4
A Critical Spirit
  • Complaining and arguing
  • Do everything without complaining or arguing, so
    that you may become blameless and pure, children
    of God without fault in a crooked and depraved
    generation, in which you shine like stars in the
    universe. Phil 214-15

5
A Critical Spirit
  • What fuels complaining and arguing?
  • Self-centeredness
  • Fear
  • Greed
  • Whining is not allowed in our house because
    whining is criticizing God for His provision.
  • The best dynamite thanksgiving. Cultivating an
    attitude of gratitude.

6
Unforgiveness
7
Unforgiveness
  • Forgive to let go and send away
  • Taking an offender off our hook and putting
    them on Jesus hook
  • Deliberately choosing not to hold the offense
    against the offender and not to bring it up again
  • As far as the east is from the west, So far has
    He removed our transgressions from us. Psalm
    10312

8
Unforgiveness
  • Unforgiveness refusing to let go of an offense
    Christ has already paid for
  • "For if you forgive others for their
    transgressions, your heavenly Father will also
    forgive you. But if you do not forgive others,
    then your Father will not forgive your
    transgressions. Matt 614-15

9
Unforgiveness
  • The Jesus Jail

10
Shame
  • Guilt I did something bad Shame
    I am something bad
  • Theres something wrong with me
  • Healthy shame
  • 1. Modesty
  • 2. Awareness of not measuring up to our true self
  • Unhealthy, undeserved shame believing the lies
    that deny what God says is true

11
Sources of Shame
  • Parents
  • Peers
  • Self
  • Society

12
The Message of Shame
  • I am defective and I am afraid I will be
    rejected and abandoned.

13
Healing from Shame
  • Fear I am unacceptable
  • Antidote God says I am accepted

14
Shame? Grace!
  • The healing for shame is to experience grace by
    making a choice to receive Gods acceptance as
    His gift.
  • I am accepted in the Beloved (Eph 16)
  • The Father has accepted me (Rom 143)
  • Christ has accepted me (Rom 157)

15
Obstacles to the Wellspring of Joy
  • Critical spirit / complaining spirit / arguing
    spirit Thanksgiving
  • Unforgiveness Take them off your hook and put
    them on Jesus hook
  • Shame Receive the grace of Gods acceptance as
    His gift
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