God intends us to have joy

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God intends us to have joy!

• (John 1713) I say these things while I am
  still in the world, so that they may have the
  full measure of my joy within them."
• (1 John 13-4) " And our fellowship is with the
  Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We
  write this to make our joy complete.
• (John 1510-11) "If you obey my commands, you
  will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my
  Father's commands and remain in his love. 11 I
  have told you this so that my joy may be in you
  and that your joy may be complete."

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Grace The real change in Saul/Paul

• BEFORE GRACE (Acts 81) "And Saul was there,
  giving approval to his Stephens death. On that
  day a great persecution broke out against the
  church (Acts 91) "Meanwhile, Saul was still
  breathing out murderous threats against the
  Lord's disciples"
• AFTER GRACE (1 Corinthians 159-10) "For I am
  the least of the apostles and do not even deserve
  to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the
  church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am
  what I am, and his grace to me was not without
  effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet
  not I, but the grace of God that was with me."

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Grace teaches us to say no to sin.

• (Titus 211-12) "For the grace of God that
  brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It
  teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly
  passions, and to live self-controlled, upright
  and godly lives in this present age,"