REJOICE ALWAYS 1 Thessalonians 5:1622

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REJOICE ALWAYS (1 Thessalonians 516-22)
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1 Thessalonians 516-22

• Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in
  everything give thanks for this is the
  will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not
  quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies.
  Test all things hold fast what is good. Abstain
  from every form of evil.

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Hebrews 1214

• Pursue peace with all people, and holiness,
  without which no one will see the Lord.
• Holiness set apart for service.
• Put God, Christ, the Gospel first.

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MATTHEW 633

• But seek first the kingdom of God and
  His righteousness, and all these things shall
  be added to you.
• Love God with our heart, soul, mind and strength
  (Matt. 2237-40).
• Give life is necessary (Rev. 210).

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Acts 2113

• What do you mean by weeping and
  breaking my heart? For I am ready not only
  to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the
  name of the Lord Jesus.

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Matthew 1037

• He who loves father or mother more than
  Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves
  son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

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Ecclesiastes 1213

• Let us hear the conclusion of the whole
  matter Fear God and keep His commandments, for
  this is mans all.

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REJOICE ALWAYS

• All of us want to be happy.
• God wants us all to be happy.
• There are some things that rob us of happiness.
• There are some things that contribute to our
  happiness.

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SOME THINGS THAT DO NOTBRING HAPPINESS

• Money and material things.

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Matthew 619-21

• Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on
  earth, where moth and rust destroy and where
  thieves break in and steal but lay up for
  yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
  moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not
  break in and steal. For where your treasure is,
  there your heart will be also.

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Matthew 624

• No one can serve two masters for
  either he will hate the one, and love the other
  or else he will be loyal to the one, and despise
  the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

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SOME THINGS THAT DO NOT BRING HAPPINESS

• Money and material things.
• Worry about necessities of life.

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Matthew 631-33

• Therefore do not worry, saying, What
  shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What
  shall we wear? For all these things the Gentiles
  seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you
  need all these things. But seek first the kingdom
  of God and His righteousness, and all these
  things shall be added to you.

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1 Timothy 58

• But if anyone does not provide for his
  own, and especially for those of his
  household, he has denied the faith and is worse
  than an unbeliever.

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Matthew 631-33

• Therefore do not worry, saying, What
  shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What
  shall we wear? For all these things the Gentiles
  seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you
  need all these things. But seek first the kingdom
  of God and His righteousness, and all these
  things shall be added to you.

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WHAT CAUSES REJOICING?

• Knowing that God loves us.

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John 316

• For God so loved the world that He gave
  His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
  Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

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WHAT CAUSES REJOICING?

• Knowing that God loves us.
• Knowing that God cares for us.

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1 Peter 57

• casting all your care upon Him,
  for He cares for you.

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WHAT CAUSES REJOICING?

• Knowing that God loves us.
• Knowing that God cares for us.
• The grace of God and the blessings He gives us.

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Philippians 44-7

• Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will
  say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known
  to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for
  nothing, but in everything by prayer and
  supplication, with thanksgiving, let your
  requests be made known to God and the peace of
  God, which surpasses all understanding, will
  guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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WHAT CAUSES REJOICING?

• Knowing that God loves us.
• Knowing that God cares for us.
• The grace of God and the blessings He gives us.
• We have the opportunity to live sacrificially as
  Christ did.

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Philippians 25-8

• Let this mind be in you which was also
  in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of
  God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with
  God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking
  the form of a bondservant, and coming in the
  likeness of men. And being found in appearance as
  a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to
  the point of death, even the death of the cross.

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WHAT CAUSES REJOICING?

• Knowing that God loves us.
• Knowing that God cares for us.
• The grace of God and the blessings He gives us.
• We have the opportunity to live sacrificially as
  Christ did.
• Living a life of patient submission to trials.

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Philippians 411

• Not that I speak in regard to need, for I
  have learned in whatever state I am,
  to be content.

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1 Timothy 68

• And having food and clothing, with
  these we shall be content.

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2 Corinthians 127-10

• And lest I should be exalted above measure
  by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn
  in the flesh was given to me, a messenger
  of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted
  above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded
  with the Lord three times that it might depart
  from me. And He said to me, My grace is
  sufficient for you, for My strength is made
  perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I
  will rather boast in my infirmities, that the
  power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I
  take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in
  needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for
  Christs sake. For when I am weak, then I am
  strong.

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Psalm 11967

• Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I
  keep Your word.

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WHAT CAUSES REJOICING?

• Knowing that God loves us.
• Knowing that God cares for us.
• The grace of God and the blessings He gives us.
• We have the opportunity to live sacrificially as
  Christ did.
• Living a life of patient submission to trials.
• Looking forward to heaven.

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Hebrews 1110

• for he waited for the city which has
  foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

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Hebrews 1113-16

• These all died in faith, not having
  received the promises, but having seen them
  afar off were assured of them, embraced them and
  confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims
  on the earth. For those who say such things
  declare plainly that they seek a homeland. And
  truly if they had called to mind that country
  from which they had come out, they would have had
  opportunity to return. But now they desire a
  better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore
  God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He
  has prepared a city for them.

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Philippians 320

• For our citizenship is in heaven, from
  which we also eagerly wait for the Savior,
  the Lord Jesus Christ.

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OUR CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN

• This world is not my home, Im just a passing
  through,
• My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the
  blue
• The angels beckon me from heavens open door,
• And I cant feel at home in this world anymore.

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OUR CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN

• Earth holds no treasures but perish with using,
• However precious they be,
• Yet theres a country to which I am going,
• Heaven holds all to me.

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Titus 12

• in hope of eternal life which God, who
  cannot lie, promised before time began

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WHAT CAUSES REJOICING?

• Knowing that God loves us.
• Knowing that God cares for us.
• The grace of God and the blessings He gives us.
• We have the to live sacrificially as Christ did.
• Living a life of patient submission to trials.
• Looking forward to heaven.
• Living our lives one day at a time.

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Matthew 634

• Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for
  tomorrow will worry about its own things.
  Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

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REJOICE ALWAYS

• Does not mean its wrong to express sorrow.
• Jesus was a man of sorrows and acquainted with
  grief.
• Not dependent on outward circumstances.
• Dependent on our relationship with God.

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2 Corinthians 417-18

• For our , which is but for a moment,
  is working for us a far more exceeding
  and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look
  at the things which are seen, but the things
  which are not seen. For the things which are seen
  are temporary, but the things which are not seen
  are eternal.

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Matthew 511-12

• Blessed are you when they revile and
  persecute you, and say all kinds of evil
  against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be
  exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in
  heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who
  were before you.

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Luke 1020

• Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the
  spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice
  because your names are written in heaven.
• rejoicing in hope (Rom. 1212).

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2 Corinthians 610

• as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing as
  poor, yet making many rich as having nothing,
  and yet possessing all things.

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REJOICE ALWAYS

• Do you have this joy?
• Comes through gospel obedience.

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PLAN OF SALVATION

• Hear the gospel (Romans 1017)
• Believe that Jesus is the Son of God (John 824)
• Repent of sin (Acts 238)
• Confess Christ before men (Romans 109-10)
• Be baptized for the remission of sins (Acts 238)
• Live a faithful Christian life (Revelation 210)

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HAVE YOU LOST YOUR JOY?

• Confess your sins (1 John 19).
• Repent of your sins and ask God to forgive you
  (Acts 822-24).