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Joy

Joyful Proclamation

  1. This Jesus: God’s design for Salvation. (Luke 2:29-33)

  2. This Jesus: God’s line of Separation. (Luke 2:34)

  3. This Jesus: God’s sign of Opposition. (Luke 2:34-35)

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Joyful Proclamation
Jeff Miller

Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read Luke 2:21-35

Breakout Questions:

Pray for one another.

Joyful Belief

The natural steps of Joyful Belief:

  1. I Hear God’s message. (v8-14)

  2. I Act on God’s message. (v15-16)

  3. I Tell Others God’s message. (v17-18)

  4. I Praise GOD for God’s message. (v19-20)

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Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read Luke 2:8-20

Breakout Questions:

Pray for one another.

Joyful Worship

  1. Recognize! God is Bigger than my problems.

  2. Rejoice! God has saved me from my Sin.

  3. Remember! God has done Great Things for me.

  4. Receive! God has Satisfied me.

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Joyful Worship
Jeff Miller

Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read Luke 1:46-56

Breakout Questions:

Pray for one another.

Joyful Surrender

Submitting to God makes me joyful, because:

  1. It makes me a recipient of God’s Grace. (Luke 1:26-30)

  2. It makes me a subject of God’s Sovereignty. (Luke 1:31-33)

  3. It makes me an agent of God’s Power. (Luke 1:34-38)

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Joyful Surrender
Jeff Miller

Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read Luke 1:26-38

Breakout Questions:

Pray for one another.

Inexpressible Joy!

Joy is not:

Joy is:

How are we going after joy?

  1. Focus on Then and There, not Here and Now (1 Peter 1:3-5)

  2. Focus on the Purpose of our trials, not the Pain of our trials (1 Peter 1:6-7)
  3. But what about the trials?

    1. Trials Don't last

    2. Trials Serve a purpose

    3. Trials Remind us of our dependence on God

    4. Trials Come in many forms

    5. Trials Prove faith

  4. Focus on the Relationship with Christ, not a Religion for Christ (1 Peter 1:8-9)

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Inexpressible Joy!
Jeff Miller

Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read 1 Peter 1:3-9

Breakout Questions:
Pray for one another.