Advent : Joy

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Advent Joy
Joy does not simply happen to us we have to
choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is
a choice based on knowledge that we belong to God
and have found in God our refuge and our safety
and that nothing not even death can take God away
from us. Joy is the experience of knowing that we
are unconditionally loved and that nothing
sickness, failure, emotional distress oppression,
war or even death can take that love away. Luke
2 8-10
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What is the good news ?

• JESUS
• Have you received the good news ?
• Who is it for ?
• Its for everybody
• Is Jesus your best friend have you thanked him
  for what he has done on the cross for you ?

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Have we got real joy ?

• VIDEO link to video shown in chapel
• Story of Paul/Silas Acts 16 v 25
• Praising God even in terrible circumstances.
• Later in story don,t escape prison even when door
  flying wide open. Jailor becomes a Christian
  through Pauls witness.

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Have we got real joy ?

• Stephen Acts 7 v 60
• Stephens forgiveness and prayer for the people
  who are stoning him is amazing
• Widow Luke 21 v 2 - 4
• She gave everything that she had
• These are a few examples of many. People who walk
  with God. God is more important to them than
  circumstances. 1Peter 1v8

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What is your relationship with Jesus Like

• Galatians 4 v 15
• Have you lost your joy ?
• Or is it you have never given Jesus 100