{"id":1187,"date":"2024-09-08T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/312-jeremy-wolfe-exhortation-true-happiness-joy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:38:11","slug":"312-jeremy-wolfe-exhortation-true-happiness-joy","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/312-jeremy-wolfe-exhortation-true-happiness-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"312: Jeremy Wolfe – Exhortation: True Happiness = Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening an exhortation by Bro. Jeremy Wolfe titled “True Happiness = Joy” that was given at the Abilene Ecclesia in Texas, United States on April 7, 2024. <\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
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\nI’m Levi.
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\nrecommendation to you on why we
\nare sharing the talk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nHello, this is Brother Chris.
\nThis week we’re listening to an <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation that was given
\nearlier this year in April by <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Jeremy Wolf at the
\nAbilene Ecclesia in Texas. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd into that expectation,
\nbrother Jeremy is drawing from <\/p>\n

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\nsome discussions that he had
\nwith another brother while they <\/p>\n

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\nwere working on a project
\ntalking about what is the <\/p>\n

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\nmeaning of true happiness.
\nWhat I really enjoyed about this<\/p>\n

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\nwith brother Jeremy, other than
\nit’s just enjoyable always to to<\/p>\n

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\nchat with brother Jeremy and to
\ntalk through things. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you can tell he is someone
\nwho who thinks very deeply about<\/p>\n

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\nthings and has lots of
\nperspectives that I found to be <\/p>\n

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\nreally interesting is he talks
\nabout how that the happiness <\/p>\n

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\nthat the world pursues is not
\nthe same as the happiness that <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re supposed to have in our
\nwalk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that instead that happiness
\nis found through the sense of <\/p>\n

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\njoy the scriptures talk about.
\nAnd by finding that sense of <\/p>\n

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\njoy, we’re able to find
\ncontentment regardless of the <\/p>\n

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\nstate that we might find
\nourselves in, whether that is, <\/p>\n

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\nby worldly definition, a good
\ntime or a bad time or anywhere <\/p>\n

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\nin between.
\nAnd I find this just to be a <\/p>\n

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\ngood reminder.
\nIt’s something that I think your<\/p>\n

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\nexpectations and your
\nperspectives as things are going<\/p>\n

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\non can have a dramatic impact on
\nyour outlook. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so brother Jeremy goes into
\na lot of detail and a lot of <\/p>\n

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\nexamples of how to look at
\nthings and how that perspective <\/p>\n

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\ncan really have a dramatic
\nimpact on your walk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I found it to be a really
\nencouraging expectation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I hope that you find it to
\nbe just as encouraging on your <\/p>\n

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\nwalk.
\nSo this was sent in as a <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation from somebody in
\nTexas who heard the excitation <\/p>\n

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\nand recommended this one to us.
\nSo I hope that you find this <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation by Brother Jeremy
\nWolf to be encouraging to you <\/p>\n

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\nand will help you to find that
\nsense of joy, to find the true <\/p>\n

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\nhappiness that we have in our
\nwalk. <\/p>\n

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\nSo with that, I will turn it
\nover to brother Jeremy Wolf for <\/p>\n

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\nhis excitation entitled True
\nHappiness Equals Joy. <\/p>\n

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\nMorning everyone.
\nI have to say, and maybe I <\/p>\n

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\nshould do so somewhat
\napologetically, that this <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation comes from the same
\nsource as my last one, where I <\/p>\n

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\nannounced that it came from
\nbrother Nathaniel and I working <\/p>\n

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\non a construction project.
\nTalking too much, probably, and <\/p>\n

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\nbut it was.
\nIt’s nice to be able to spend so<\/p>\n

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\nmany hours with someone like
\nminded with you. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it gets me to thinking, you
\nknow, the times in my life where<\/p>\n

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\nI’ve probably felt the most
\nresilient to the pressures and <\/p>\n

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\npain in the world around me is
\nwhen I am getting to spend so <\/p>\n

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\nmuch time with brethren.
\nAnd I think about building this <\/p>\n

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\nhouse and and Nate’s been up
\nthere with me quite a bit. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we sometimes we don’t get a
\nlot done because we have to stop<\/p>\n

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\nbecause the conversation gets so
\ngood. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, we’re, we’re solving
\nso many problems, but also think<\/p>\n

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\nabout, you know, when we first
\nbought that property we’re <\/p>\n

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\nbuilding, Ryan and I got to work
\ntogether a lot clearing brush <\/p>\n

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\nand trying to keep goats hemmed
\nin. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that was a good time.
\nAnd we were able to get closer <\/p>\n

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\nand bounce ideas off of each
\nother. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think about when I was
\nyoung and building houses with <\/p>\n

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\nmy dad and most days I was with
\ndad and Todd Landon and people <\/p>\n

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\nthat are like minded with me.
\nAnd there’s something in that, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, where you here, you’re
\non the same mission as the <\/p>\n

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\npeople around you and it builds
\nresilience in you that comes <\/p>\n

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\ndirectly from scripture.
\nIt’s similar to if you do the <\/p>\n

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\nreadings every day or or have
\nsome sort of spiritual food out <\/p>\n

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\nof the book, the the evil in our
\nown minds and the temptations <\/p>\n

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\nand pressures of the world tend
\nto bounce off of us better. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I was thinking about that how
\nyou know that that makes us more<\/p>\n

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\nresilient.
\nAnd then Native recommended to <\/p>\n

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\nme in our conversation at class
\nthat he had listened to with his<\/p>\n

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\nfamily.
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\nit also.
\nAnd it was about happiness. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this guy had distilled down
\nwhat happiness is and he’d come <\/p>\n

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\nup with the formula that’s
\nevents in your life minus the <\/p>\n

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\nexpectations.
\nSo like basically when we’re not<\/p>\n

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\nhappy to choose it because
\nexpectations not met. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there’s, there’s kind of a
\nlot to unpack there that I won’t<\/p>\n

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\nget into a lot, but what it did
\nis it, it kind of triggered in <\/p>\n

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\nmy mind some some thoughts I’ve
\nhad for years. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I went digging through some
\nold notes that I had. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd because I can remember, my
\ndad had handed me a book when I <\/p>\n

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\nwas pretty young and it was the
\ngenius of discipleship, my <\/p>\n

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\nbrother Dennis Gillett.
\nReally good book if you haven’t <\/p>\n

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\nread it.
\nAnd there was something in it <\/p>\n

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\nthat really impacted me.
\nAnd, and it, as I look back <\/p>\n

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\nthrough this, it made me
\nrealize, well, as a young man, <\/p>\n

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\nthis really did it kind of set a
\ntemplate for how I tend to look <\/p>\n

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\nat things because it, it, it
\ncaused me to do a bit of a deep <\/p>\n

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\ndive into what is it that makes
\nus feel stable and good and our <\/p>\n

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\nwalk and, and trying to adhere
\nto the gospel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I decided back then through
\nthe influence of that book, <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s not happiness.
\nIt’s something deeper than that.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd brother Gillett utilizes the
\nterm joy as superior to <\/p>\n

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\nhappiness.
\nAnd it’s not all, it’s not all <\/p>\n

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\nthat simple because that’s these
\nare English words and we’re, <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re trying to grapple with
\nusing English words to explain <\/p>\n

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\nwhat was recorded for our
\nlearning. <\/p>\n

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\nBut if you think about
\nhappiness, well, the first thing<\/p>\n

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\nI’ll say is if you, if you do a
\nBible search for happiness, you <\/p>\n

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\nget about the same result you
\nget when you search for a mortal<\/p>\n

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\nsoul or fallen Angel or it’s not
\nin there. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there, there are things in
\nthere like cheerfulness, <\/p>\n

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\nrejoicing, joy, things like
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I just think that’s
\ninteresting that if you were to <\/p>\n

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\nask anybody in the world, and
\nprobably a lot of us, what, what<\/p>\n

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\ndo you want?
\nWhat do you need? <\/p>\n

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\nI just need to be happy, right?
\nThat’s kind of what people are <\/p>\n

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\nwired to want to feel happy,
\nfeel good. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we all too often are looking
\nfor that low hanging fruit of <\/p>\n

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\nthis temporary feeling of
\ncheerfulness is what is what <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re actually after.
\nBut we know through this book <\/p>\n

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\nthat it’s not about us.
\nGod didn’t create us just to <\/p>\n

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\nsave us.
\nHe didn’t create us just to make<\/p>\n

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\nus happy.
\nHe created us to be something <\/p>\n

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\nholy and better and to have an
\nopportunity that we can seek. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in that comes a deep seated
\nfeeling that is much better than<\/p>\n

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\nhappiness, that happiness can
\nactually spring out of. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’ll use the term joy to
\ncover that in this talk, that <\/p>\n

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\nmore substantial foundational
\nfeeling of stability. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if I really think about it,
\nwhat where it comes from as <\/p>\n

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\nbeing fully converted.
\nYou know, we’re all in here <\/p>\n

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\nbecause we believe in this book.
\nWe believe in the gospel. <\/p>\n

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\nWe all agree on our first
\nprinciples together and and <\/p>\n

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\nChristadelphian teaching.
\nAnd if we really do though, if <\/p>\n

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\nwe really believe what this book
\nhas to offer, then we stand with<\/p>\n

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\na quiet confidence and a
\nresilience and not I don’t want <\/p>\n

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\nto do too much of A dive into
\nroot words and things like that,<\/p>\n

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\nbut there’s a couple of Old
\nTestament words translated joy. <\/p>\n

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\nOne of them is translated often
\nin joy and but it’s more often <\/p>\n

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\ntranslated except to accept
\nsomething. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I don’t want to act like a
\nlanguage expert or anything, but<\/p>\n

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\nthat resonates with me.
\nThere’s a good it’s a good <\/p>\n

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\nfeeling to be able to accept
\nthings because we’re we’re <\/p>\n

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\nvictims of our own minds all the
\ntime. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd like I said leading up to
\nthis is we have all these <\/p>\n

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\nexpectations and hopes and ideas
\nand desires and needs, and then <\/p>\n

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\nwe forget reality.
\nAnd you know, you can’t change <\/p>\n

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\nthe people around you.
\nYou can’t change your <\/p>\n

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\ncircumstances all too often, but
\nyou can’t accept them. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can accept people for the
\nway they are. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can accept that you do have
\nthe flesh in you and that you <\/p>\n

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\nare weak, not accepted as in go
\nwith it, but you can accept that<\/p>\n

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\nthat’s going to be there.
\nSatan’s going to go with you <\/p>\n

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\nwherever you go and what are you
\ngoing to do about it is where <\/p>\n

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\nyou have to settle.
\nAnd God built us that way where <\/p>\n

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\nwe need purpose, we need, we
\nneed a mission, we need <\/p>\n

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\ndirection, we need a struggle to
\nto work through, something to <\/p>\n

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\novercome.
\nAnd so there’s a lot of <\/p>\n

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\naccepting.
\nWe have to accept the <\/p>\n

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\ncircumstance we’re in.
\nWe’re in a dire circumstance. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re mortal, we’re dying,
\neverybody we love is dying. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we have to accept that, be
\nfully converted, that there is <\/p>\n

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\nhope.
\nAnd then amazingly, we can feel <\/p>\n

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\npretty good anyway.
\nWe can feel all right because <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s there’s something else
\nbetter out there. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so into the New Testament,
\nthe word most often used for joy<\/p>\n

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\nis best translated a calm
\ndelight according to the the <\/p>\n

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\nconcordance.
\nAnd so that goes right along <\/p>\n

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\nwith it too in the New Testament
\nis, you know, this isn’t some <\/p>\n

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\nsort of a spring up and jump
\naround in the aisles and dance <\/p>\n

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\nkind of joy.
\nIt’s a quiet, calm confidence <\/p>\n

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\nthat gives you delight.
\nAnd that is exactly what we <\/p>\n

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\nfeel.
\nI think that describes what we <\/p>\n

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\nfeel whenever we we read the
\nhope of the gospel that Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nwas pressing forward so
\nfervently. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what it gives me when I
\nfeel like I really believe this <\/p>\n

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\nand I really want to be a part
\nof this. <\/p>\n

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\nIt gives you direction and it
\ncalms you. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s the feeling that
\nwe’re actually after is a <\/p>\n

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\nfeeling of stability and hope.
\nAnd so while joy is an English, <\/p>\n

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\nit’s a, you know, the definition
\nwould be a strong feeling of <\/p>\n

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\npleasure or our motion of
\ngladness and happiness and the <\/p>\n

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\nlight that’s caused by something
\ngood. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that, that is all.
\nThat’s, that’s a good definition<\/p>\n

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\nof what we want to feel.
\nAnd I think it’s important, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, to, to think about the
\nseverity of not looking at it <\/p>\n

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\nthis way and the, the, the
\npitfalls that you can go into. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’ll back up a little bit
\nright here and say, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nthe severity of not moving
\nforward toward the gospel and <\/p>\n

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\nsomething that you really hope
\nfor and feeling joy in it. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, what is the, what’s
\nthe alternative? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, it can, it’ll, it’ll
\nbury you. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the class that Native
\nrecommended to me, the guy said <\/p>\n

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\nsomething that really struck me
\nfor a couple of reasons. <\/p>\n

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\nHe said, this guy said his son
\nhad died and he said his mind, <\/p>\n

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\nhis brain reminds him, I think
\nhe said 16,000 something times. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s, you know, just just
\nconstantly he’ll be doing OK and<\/p>\n

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\nhis, his mind will say, yeah,
\nbut your son’s dead, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nand you’re, they said every
\nsingle time it’s excruciating <\/p>\n

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\npain.
\nAnd I can’t imagine more pain. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, I don’t think a human
\ncould feel more pain than that. <\/p>\n

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\nUnfortunately, we all know
\npeople and that have that have <\/p>\n

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\nexperienced that.
\nAnd he described it as a sharp <\/p>\n

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\npain that went down in the
\nbottom right corner of his <\/p>\n

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\nheart.
\nAnd that jumped out at me <\/p>\n

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\nbecause I, I know that feeling
\nhe’s talking about where <\/p>\n

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\nsomething is so painful you
\ncan’t process it and you just <\/p>\n

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\nfeel it.
\nAnd he said, you know, we’re, <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re a victim of our own minds,
\nwhich is what the Bible tells <\/p>\n

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\nus, right?
\nThe deceiver in our mind. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s, it’s always lying to us.
\nAnd at best, our brain is <\/p>\n

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\ntelling us what it thinks is
\nright at best. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s usually wrong.
\nAnd he said it this way. <\/p>\n

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\nHe said my brain tells me my son
\ndied, and I have to tell my <\/p>\n

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\nbrain.
\nYeah, But he lived. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that was kind of beautiful
\nto me because I think about <\/p>\n

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\npeople that I’ve lost or, you
\nknow, whenever something <\/p>\n

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\nterrible happens and it changes
\nyour circumstance, it’s, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, it’s like, yeah, but
\neverything that led up to that, <\/p>\n

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\nwe had that or, you know, it
\ndoesn’t really matter. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can use a lot of different
\nexamples, but our brain doesn’t <\/p>\n

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\ntend, you know, God built us for
\nsurvival. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if we’re not careful, you
\nknow, the our brain wants to <\/p>\n

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\nfocus on what’s negative because
\nwhat’s negative is what kills us<\/p>\n

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\nor hurts us.
\nAnd so we tend to focus on it. <\/p>\n

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\nBut consciously, as we’re
\ninvited to elevate our way of <\/p>\n

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\nthinking into a heavenly
\nposition through Christ, we have<\/p>\n

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\nthis opportunity to override
\nthat negative bias that we have <\/p>\n

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\nand say, no, but he lived.
\nYou know, he, he’s dead. <\/p>\n

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\nBut, but remember, he lived.
\nRemember all these good times <\/p>\n

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\nthat we had.
\nAnd you would never want to live<\/p>\n

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\nin a world he’s, you know, this
\nman would have never wanted to <\/p>\n

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\nlive in a world where that child
\nwasn’t in his world. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you can just go on and on on
\nthat vein of it takes me <\/p>\n

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\nstraight to Romans 8, which I go
\nto often personally. <\/p>\n

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\nI would imagine a lot of you do,
\nand I’ll just read it. <\/p>\n

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\nWe know God causes all things to
\nwork together for good to those <\/p>\n

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\nwho love God, to those who are
\ncalled according to His purpose.<\/p>\n

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\nFor those whom He foreknew, He
\nalso predestined to become <\/p>\n

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\nconformed to the image of His
\nSon. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that would be the first born
\namong many brethren. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they and these whom He
\npredestined, He also called, and<\/p>\n

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\nthese whom He called He also
\njustified. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then these whom He justified
\nHe also glorified. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat then should we say to these
\nthings if God is for us, who is <\/p>\n

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\nagainst us?
\nSo that’s that’s where I go <\/p>\n

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\nwhenever, when I’m down and I
\nthink about am I fully <\/p>\n

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\nconverted?
\nAm I, I believe that I’m called <\/p>\n

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\nand if I’m called by God, I need
\nto accept that. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s my duty to accept that
\nbecause I think I said that. <\/p>\n

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\nI can’t remember if I said this
\nin the CYC or or when’s it not <\/p>\n

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\nclass or something recently, but
\nwe all kind of know how sorry we<\/p>\n

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\nare inside.
\nNot kind of we know like we all <\/p>\n

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\nknow our weaknesses.
\nWe know how we go wrong. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it’s really easy to be down
\non ourselves and think, why me? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy would God call me?
\nWell, he did call you. <\/p>\n

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\nHe did and you have an
\nopportunity to declare his <\/p>\n

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\nrighteousness in doing so.
\nAnd one of the ways that we can <\/p>\n

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\ndo that is to accept that
\ncalling and all of our flawed <\/p>\n

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\nway of doing things and, and put
\nforth effort for him and that <\/p>\n

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\nwill give us joy.
\nThat is unbelievable because <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s the purpose that we were
\ncreated for. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd one thing I think about, you
\nknow, talking about the severity<\/p>\n

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\nof, of giving in to that loop of
\nnegativity where we don’t <\/p>\n

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\ninterrupt it with God’s way of
\nlooking at things from that <\/p>\n

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\nbigger picture where like I read
\nin Romans, God’s providing <\/p>\n

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\nsomething for us even through we
\ndon’t even know. <\/p>\n

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\nSometimes we can look back on
\nour life and see something <\/p>\n

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\nterrible that happened and
\nsomething better came from it. <\/p>\n

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\nBut usually we can’t.
\nA lot of times we won’t know <\/p>\n

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\nuntil we’re in the Kingdom how
\nall of that work together for <\/p>\n

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\ngood.
\nAnd how even in our groanings, <\/p>\n

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\nas it says earlier in this
\nchapter, like our flesh is <\/p>\n

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\ngroaning and we don’t even know
\nhow to pray. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd God is yet he is still there
\nfor us, still listening, still <\/p>\n

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\nthere to provide for us.
\nAnd so we need to really <\/p>\n

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\nunderstand the absolute
\nimportance of consciously <\/p>\n

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\nthinking in a positive way
\nthat’s filled with hope. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause if we don’t I, I noticed
\nin Deuteronomy, I’ve written <\/p>\n

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\nthis down years ago.
\nThis is in Deuteronomy 28 where <\/p>\n

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\nwe have all the blessings for
\nserving God and all the cursings<\/p>\n

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\nfor, for not doing the things
\nthat God desires of us. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s terrible.
\nI mean, it just goes through <\/p>\n

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\nthese horrible curses that the
\npeople will have to live <\/p>\n

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\nthrough.
\nAnd it says in verse 47, <\/p>\n

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\nDeuteronomy 28, it’s because you
\ndid not serve the Lord your God <\/p>\n

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\nwith joy and a glad heart.
\nAnd you know, back in verse 37, <\/p>\n

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\nit uses the word horror.
\nIt’ll become you’ll become a <\/p>\n

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\nhorror.
\nAnd I think it’s important to <\/p>\n

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\nlook at it that way.
\nWe want to run away from that <\/p>\n

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\nhorror that that leads to flesh
\nthat we, that is, we’re led to <\/p>\n

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\nby fleshly thinking.
\nAnd the reason we can go there <\/p>\n

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\nis because we forgot to serve
\nGod with joy. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what it says in
\nDeuteronomy is all of that <\/p>\n

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\npathological disaster of, of
\nfalling away and falling away <\/p>\n

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\nand falling away.
\nIt came from not having that <\/p>\n

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\ngoal in mind of, of, of joyfully
\nserving God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so I think of it like this.
\nYou know, if, if we read this <\/p>\n

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\nbook, like they, like they
\ntended to do when they were <\/p>\n

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\nliving under the law, especially
\nthey look at these laws and the <\/p>\n

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\nrules and you know, we don’t
\nwant to serve God because it’s <\/p>\n

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\nthe rules.
\nWe want to serve God because <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s what we’re supposed to
\ndo. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we love God and that’s what
\nhe made us for. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s similar.
\nI can think of it in my own way,<\/p>\n

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\nLike I don’t want my wife to
\nlove me or my kids to respect me<\/p>\n

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\nbecause I told them to, because
\nthis book tells them to <\/p>\n

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\nnecessarily.
\nI wanted to do it because all of<\/p>\n

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\nmy effort and all of my love for
\nthem makes them want to fight <\/p>\n

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\nfor me and love me and respect
\nme. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that gives me great joy when
\nthat’s working. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd God is exponentially more
\nthat way. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s provided this thing for us,
\nthis opportunity that if we grab<\/p>\n

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\nhold of it, the joy goes to him
\nalso. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd man, what an unbelievable
\nthing to think about it that <\/p>\n

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\nway.
\nIt’s not about us. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen we think it’s about us,
\nIt’s disappointing because we’re<\/p>\n

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\nkind of sorry, like I said, but
\nif we have this chance to give <\/p>\n

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\nGod joy now there’s something
\nthat I can that I can feel like <\/p>\n

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\nI, I would like to do that.
\nAnd, you know, I think it’s <\/p>\n

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\nimportant to.
\nTo think about the simple things<\/p>\n

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\nthat hinder us, you know, doubt,
\nfear, worrying over small <\/p>\n

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\nproblems and, and allowing that
\nfear, that negativity bias in <\/p>\n

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\nour brain to to tend us toward
\ndread and, you know, fearing the<\/p>\n

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\njudgement.
\nYou know, it’s just those things<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:43,240 –> 00:20:46,640
\nwe need to look at as, as things
\nthat it’ll all fall into place <\/p>\n

325
\n00:20:46,760 –> 00:20:49,200
\nif we’re just moving forward and
\nserving God. <\/p>\n

326
\n00:20:52,320 –> 00:20:56,880
\nSo, you know, in the Old
\nTestament, you think about joy <\/p>\n

327
\n00:20:56,920 –> 00:21:00,080
\nand when it uses the words
\ntranslated into joy in the Old <\/p>\n

328
\n00:21:00,080 –> 00:21:04,480
\nTestament especially, it’s often
\nexpressed with like singing and <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:04,480 –> 00:21:06,520
\neven dancing.
\nAnd then, you know, in events <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:06,520 –> 00:21:11,440
\nlike enthronements or after a
\nvictory of some kind. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:11,440 –> 00:21:17,480
\nAnd my, my, my mind goes to
\nDavid immediately with his, not <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:17,480 –> 00:21:22,760
\nonly in the stories of his
\njubilation and his, he had a <\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:22,760 –> 00:21:26,800
\nvery expressive way of showing
\nhis joy that we would probably <\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:26,800 –> 00:21:30,280
\nshy away from now, you know, in
\nour serious way of doing things.<\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:33,080 –> 00:21:38,000
\nBut you can see in the Psalms
\nthat he wrote why he expressed <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:38,000 –> 00:21:40,240
\njoy.
\nAnd we won’t look him up for the<\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:40,240 –> 00:21:43,360
\nsake of time.
\nBut Psalm 511, he, he expresses <\/p>\n

338
\n00:21:43,360 –> 00:21:46,080
\nthat he has joy because of the
\nprotection that God provides <\/p>\n

339
\n00:21:46,080 –> 00:21:51,280
\nhim.
\nPsalm 16, he talks a lot about <\/p>\n

340
\n00:21:51,280 –> 00:21:57,040
\nhope that gives him joy.
\nPsalm 21, the confidence of <\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:57,040 –> 00:22:00,120
\nstrength and of God, confidence
\nin God’s strength. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:01,120 –> 00:22:04,720
\nPsalm 32, God’s mercy gives him
\njoy. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:05,880 –> 00:22:11,400
\nAnd Psalm 51 he refers to
\nsalvation, the hope of salvation<\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:11,400 –> 00:22:14,080
\ngiving him joy.
\nSo protection, hope, confidence <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:14,080 –> 00:22:17,400
\nin God’s strength, God’s mercy,
\nsalvation, what those things all<\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:17,400 –> 00:22:19,520
\nhave something in common when I
\nlook at it, they’re very <\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:19,520 –> 00:22:22,920
\nsubstantial and they’re very
\nrelevant. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:22:22,920 –> 00:22:27,080
\nAnd good times or bad times, if
\nyou’re really happy and you feel<\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:27,080 –> 00:22:30,120
\nlike God’s protecting you,
\nthat’s a good feeling. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:30,200 –> 00:22:32,520
\nIf you’re really sad and you
\nfeel like God’s protecting you, <\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:32,680 –> 00:22:36,960
\nthat’s a good feeling.
\nSo that’s that resilience that <\/p>\n

352
\n00:22:36,960 –> 00:22:42,200
\nwe’ll get into even more that
\nthe difference starts to to <\/p>\n

353
\n00:22:42,200 –> 00:22:47,480
\ndistill the way of a biblical
\njoy versus the happiness that we<\/p>\n

354
\n00:22:47,480 –> 00:22:49,400
\nall want to seek in our daily
\nlives. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:22:51,600 –> 00:22:55,080
\nIn the Bible, we’re seeing
\nsomething that’s very deep <\/p>\n

356
\n00:22:55,080 –> 00:22:58,520
\nseated, very foundational,
\nsomething that we have to really<\/p>\n

357
\n00:22:58,520 –> 00:23:05,040
\nbelieve in.
\nAnd I think we know, you know, <\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:05,040 –> 00:23:07,800
\nwe can look at each other’s
\nexamples and sharpen one <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:07,800 –> 00:23:09,800
\nanother.
\nAnd I think we all know whether <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:09,800 –> 00:23:14,760
\nit’s in this room or people that
\nwe’ve known in our wall that <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:14,760 –> 00:23:17,000
\nthat seem to kind of have this
\ntogether, whether they would <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:17,000 –> 00:23:20,160
\ndescribe it this way or not.
\nAnd there’s something really <\/p>\n

363
\n00:23:20,160 –> 00:23:23,400
\nthere.
\nAnd a lot of times you might not<\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:23,400 –> 00:23:27,480
\nrecognize it.
\nBrother Gillett used an example <\/p>\n

365
\n00:23:27,480 –> 00:23:31,000
\nin in his book about how when
\nyou can’t find something, you’re<\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:31,000 –> 00:23:32,360
\nlooking for something
\neverywhere. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:23:33,160 –> 00:23:37,440
\nAnd then finally you do find it.
\nAnd it turns out it was you just<\/p>\n

368
\n00:23:37,640 –> 00:23:41,440
\ncouldn’t remember exactly the
\nshape and color and, and then <\/p>\n

369
\n00:23:41,440 –> 00:23:43,840
\nyou find it and it’s, it’s great
\nbecause you found this thing. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:23:43,840 –> 00:23:49,280
\nAnd you know, a lot of times we
\nget this wrong image of what a <\/p>\n

371
\n00:23:49,280 –> 00:23:53,320
\nhappy, well adjusted person is.
\nBut then you find yourself drawn<\/p>\n

372
\n00:23:53,320 –> 00:23:57,520
\nto these certain people.
\nAnd if you, if you adjust that <\/p>\n

373
\n00:23:57,520 –> 00:24:00,520
\nvision of what is it I’m looking
\nfor in this person, you see it. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:00,520 –> 00:24:04,120
\nAll of a sudden they have this
\ndeep seated joy in their life. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:04,120 –> 00:24:06,080
\nThey tend to be the people that
\nyou’re most drawn to. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:06,080 –> 00:24:09,160
\nAnd I’ve really thought about
\nthis of people in my life that <\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:09,600 –> 00:24:11,800
\nand throughout the years that
\nhave helped me. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:13,960 –> 00:24:16,200
\nAnd I think that’s beneficial
\nbecause we want to be there for <\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:16,200 –> 00:24:17,640
\neach other.
\nAnd I, I want to be able to <\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:17,640 –> 00:24:20,880
\ndevelop into some someone that
\npeople can lean on and look to <\/p>\n

381
\n00:24:21,640 –> 00:24:24,920
\nbecause that’s a big part of Our
\nCalling as as a part of the <\/p>\n

382
\n00:24:24,920 –> 00:24:27,880
\nbody.
\nAnd so I think it’s important <\/p>\n

383
\n00:24:27,880 –> 00:24:32,600
\nthat we get that wrong image out
\nof our head about the bubbly <\/p>\n

384
\n00:24:32,600 –> 00:24:34,200
\nhappy.
\nSometimes they are that <\/p>\n

385
\n00:24:34,440 –> 00:24:37,360
\nsometimes people do have that.
\nThat’s more of like a <\/p>\n

386
\n00:24:37,360 –> 00:24:40,320
\ntemperament thing though.
\nBut what the people that are <\/p>\n

387
\n00:24:40,320 –> 00:24:45,080
\ngenerally well adjusted and
\nhappy and strong, that’s deep <\/p>\n

388
\n00:24:45,080 –> 00:24:47,200
\nseated joy.
\nAnd they’re getting that because<\/p>\n

389
\n00:24:47,200 –> 00:24:49,560
\nthey’re fully converted and
\nthey’re confident and it gives <\/p>\n

390
\n00:24:49,560 –> 00:24:52,040
\nthat like the real word you’re
\ntrying to express that <\/p>\n

391
\n00:24:52,040 –> 00:24:56,880
\nacceptance or that calm delight.
\nYou know, we can be accused of <\/p>\n

392
\n00:24:56,880 –> 00:25:02,160
\nlacking joy in our services and
\nsometimes maybe there’s some <\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:02,640 –> 00:25:05,680
\nvalidity to that criticism.
\nBut when I look at this group, <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:06,440 –> 00:25:09,280
\nthere’s a lot of joy, there’s a
\nlot of belief, there’s a lot of <\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:09,280 –> 00:25:12,800
\nfaith, and we just need to be
\nsure what we’re looking for with<\/p>\n

396
\n00:25:12,800 –> 00:25:17,280
\neach other.
\nAnd you know, I think a lot of <\/p>\n

397
\n00:25:17,440 –> 00:25:22,640
\nabout when I think about this,
\nthe the peril of the sower, I <\/p>\n

398
\n00:25:22,640 –> 00:25:24,360
\nwon’t turn there for now.
\nWe all know the story. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:25:24,360 –> 00:25:28,280
\nThe when the seed falls among
\nthe rocks and springs up, it’s <\/p>\n

400
\n00:25:28,280 –> 00:25:31,640
\nlike someone that springs up
\nwith joy, but not it’s not that <\/p>\n

401
\n00:25:31,640 –> 00:25:33,160
\nreal joy.
\nIt’s not that same joy. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:25:33,160 –> 00:25:36,640
\nIt’s like, you know, you don’t
\nwant to hear the gospel and <\/p>\n

403
\n00:25:36,640 –> 00:25:40,080
\nthink that sounds amazing, but
\nthen you have no root and so you<\/p>\n

404
\n00:25:40,080 –> 00:25:45,040
\ndie away.
\nSo like I said earlier, where we<\/p>\n

405
\n00:25:45,040 –> 00:25:48,880
\ngo, Satan goes, our brain goes
\nwith us. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:25:50,200 –> 00:25:53,680
\nThe deceptive thoughts that lie
\nto us all the time. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:25:54,360 –> 00:25:56,720
\nLike I said, at best our brains
\ntelling us what it thinks is <\/p>\n

408
\n00:25:56,720 –> 00:25:58,880
\ntrue.
\nThat goes with us everywhere we <\/p>\n

409
\n00:25:58,880 –> 00:26:01,560
\ngo.
\nSo when we hear something in <\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:01,560 –> 00:26:04,520
\nthis book that gives us hope, it
\ncan be right, it can be correct,<\/p>\n

411
\n00:26:04,680 –> 00:26:08,360
\nit can be good, but don’t let
\ndon’t be that person that <\/p>\n

412
\n00:26:08,360 –> 00:26:14,720
\ndoesn’t let it take root and,
\nand really meditate on those <\/p>\n

413
\n00:26:14,720 –> 00:26:18,680
\nthings and develop something
\ndeep inside yourself, because <\/p>\n

414
\n00:26:18,680 –> 00:26:23,240
\nthen it just becomes a frivolous
\nhappiness that comes kind of <\/p>\n

415
\n00:26:23,240 –> 00:26:25,400
\nfrom a good plate of food or
\nsomething. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:26:25,400 –> 00:26:26,760
\nYou know, you don’t want it to
\nbe like that. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:26:26,760 –> 00:26:29,480
\nYou want it to be something
\nreal, something that sustains <\/p>\n

418
\n00:26:29,480 –> 00:26:33,400
\nyou through anything.
\nAnd, you know, we, we try to <\/p>\n

419
\n00:26:33,400 –> 00:26:37,440
\ndraw a distinction between US
\nand the, the other churches say <\/p>\n

420
\n00:26:37,440 –> 00:26:41,440
\nthat sometimes they appear,
\nappear to be more joyful in <\/p>\n

421
\n00:26:41,440 –> 00:26:44,320
\ntheir services.
\nAnd they’re, you know, we know <\/p>\n

422
\n00:26:44,320 –> 00:26:47,920
\nbetter than to to allow the
\nstimulation of, you know, things<\/p>\n

423
\n00:26:47,920 –> 00:26:51,200
\nbeing induced by frivolous
\ndoctrine or music or whatever it<\/p>\n

424
\n00:26:51,200 –> 00:26:53,920
\nmight be.
\nBut but, but let’s look inward. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:26:54,600 –> 00:26:56,480
\nLet’s think about what do we do
\nthat’s like that? <\/p>\n

426
\n00:26:56,480 –> 00:27:01,680
\nYou know, do we put out a facade
\nof, of what we want people to <\/p>\n

427
\n00:27:01,680 –> 00:27:05,600
\nthink we are?
\nDo we, you know, we can accuse <\/p>\n

428
\n00:27:05,600 –> 00:27:07,320
\nthe other churches of that, but
\nwhat about us? <\/p>\n

429
\n00:27:07,320 –> 00:27:08,960
\nDo we do that?
\nOf course we do. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:27:10,040 –> 00:27:13,680
\nAnd we we think people are
\nbuying this image that we <\/p>\n

431
\n00:27:13,680 –> 00:27:17,080
\nproject of ourselves.
\nWhat good am I doing you if I <\/p>\n

432
\n00:27:17,080 –> 00:27:22,320
\nproject an image of this happy,
\nwell adjusted individual with <\/p>\n

433
\n00:27:22,320 –> 00:27:25,760
\ninside?
\nI’m not, I’m not doing you any <\/p>\n

434
\n00:27:25,760 –> 00:27:27,280
\ngood and I’m not doing me any
\ngood. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:27:27,960 –> 00:27:30,440
\nAnd let’s make sure within our
\nbrotherhood and within this <\/p>\n

436
\n00:27:30,440 –> 00:27:33,760
\necclesia, we’re not doing that.
\nLet’s be real with each other <\/p>\n

437
\n00:27:34,440 –> 00:27:37,120
\nand let’s be aware of each
\nother’s problems. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:27:37,400 –> 00:27:42,240
\nLet’s confess our faults to one
\nanother and and bolster one <\/p>\n

439
\n00:27:42,240 –> 00:27:46,960
\nanother.
\nYou know, there’s nothing wrong <\/p>\n

440
\n00:27:46,960 –> 00:27:50,320
\nwith cheerfulness.
\nThere’s nothing wrong with joy <\/p>\n

441
\n00:27:50,320 –> 00:27:52,680
\nand songs and dance and cheerful
\nfaces. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:27:53,680 –> 00:27:56,880
\nBut if that stuff’s not there,
\nyou can’t assume that somebody’s<\/p>\n

443
\n00:27:56,880 –> 00:28:01,560
\nnot doing well and, and doing
\nthe right thing and worthy of, <\/p>\n

444
\n00:28:02,200 –> 00:28:04,680
\nof following and, and working
\ntogether with them. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:28:04,680 –> 00:28:09,240
\nBecause just because life is, is
\nturning rough for someone <\/p>\n

446
\n00:28:09,240 –> 00:28:12,640
\ndoesn’t mean that they’re not
\nlooking at things the right way.<\/p>\n

447
\n00:28:12,640 –> 00:28:16,520
\nAnd, and, and those people are
\nthe best examples for us. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:28:19,000 –> 00:28:23,640
\nThere’s a good, a good thing
\nthat I, I’d written down where <\/p>\n

449
\n00:28:24,200 –> 00:28:28,160
\nbut Jesus did say be of good
\ncheer several times told people <\/p>\n

450
\n00:28:28,160 –> 00:28:29,880
\nbe of good cheer.
\nAnd it was always when something<\/p>\n

451
\n00:28:29,880 –> 00:28:32,960
\nhorrible was going on.
\nSo what is that about? <\/p>\n

452
\n00:28:33,120 –> 00:28:38,840
\nAnd I’ll just kind of run
\nthrough the the palsy man that <\/p>\n

453
\n00:28:38,840 –> 00:28:43,720
\nwas led down through the roof
\nwhen the disciples were in peril<\/p>\n

454
\n00:28:43,720 –> 00:28:45,120
\non the sea.
\nI don’t know if you’ve ever been<\/p>\n

455
\n00:28:45,120 –> 00:28:50,000
\nin peril on the sea.
\nI mean, I think that I have one <\/p>\n

456
\n00:28:50,000 –> 00:28:55,600
\ntime people that live more in a
\nsea going culture might laugh at<\/p>\n

457
\n00:28:55,600 –> 00:28:56,960
\nme, but I thought it was pretty
\nscary. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:28:57,760 –> 00:29:02,360
\nAnd you know, on a on a small
\nboat in cold water with, with <\/p>\n

459
\n00:29:02,360 –> 00:29:05,920
\nlarge swells, that is very
\nunsettling. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:29:07,880 –> 00:29:11,600
\nAnd the woman that had the issue
\nof blood and the disciples when <\/p>\n

461
\n00:29:11,600 –> 00:29:15,040
\nthey were about to lose, lose
\nJesus, he tells them to be a <\/p>\n

462
\n00:29:15,040 –> 00:29:17,120
\ngood cheer.
\nAnd you know, all those cases <\/p>\n

463
\n00:29:17,120 –> 00:29:19,760
\nlike me saying how how terrified
\nI’ve been on the water, like <\/p>\n

464
\n00:29:19,760 –> 00:29:21,600
\nsomebody would have told me to
\ncheer up right then I’d have <\/p>\n

465
\n00:29:21,600 –> 00:29:25,640
\nbeen like, yeah, I wish I could.
\nBut this is, this is one of <\/p>\n

466
\n00:29:25,640 –> 00:29:27,800
\nthose cases of very poor
\ntranslation. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:29:27,840 –> 00:29:33,720
\nThe word it’s, it’s, it’s kind
\nof odd that most modern quality <\/p>\n

468
\n00:29:33,720 –> 00:29:39,240
\ntranslations do it this way.
\nBut what it what the word means <\/p>\n

469
\n00:29:39,240 –> 00:29:41,360
\nis to have courage.
\nHe was telling to have courage. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:29:41,360 –> 00:29:45,400
\nThat’s way different.
\nYou know, he was saying, now if,<\/p>\n

471
\n00:29:45,560 –> 00:29:48,680
\nif I’m scared on the water and
\nhe says Jesus, and if you know <\/p>\n

472
\n00:29:48,680 –> 00:29:51,360
\nJesus and he tells you be of
\ngood courage. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:29:51,360 –> 00:29:54,560
\nNow I can get behind that.
\nThat would that would kind of <\/p>\n

474
\n00:29:54,560 –> 00:29:58,120
\nresonate with me a little bit
\nmore or if you the palsy or the <\/p>\n

475
\n00:29:58,120 –> 00:30:00,400
\nissue of blood or when you’re
\nabout to lose someone you love <\/p>\n

476
\n00:30:00,400 –> 00:30:03,240
\nand you’re trying to come to
\ngrips with that courage. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:30:04,080 –> 00:30:05,880
\nThat doesn’t mean the pain is
\nnot going to be there. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:30:05,880 –> 00:30:07,560
\nThat doesn’t mean the fear is
\nnot going to be there. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:30:07,560 –> 00:30:11,840
\nAll that means is stand strong
\nin the face of it. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:30:12,520 –> 00:30:15,960
\nAnd and Christ had given the
\npeople that he says this to <\/p>\n

481
\n00:30:17,480 –> 00:30:19,960
\nsomething substantial.
\nHe talked about the gospel. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:30:20,680 –> 00:30:23,680
\nHe talked about hope.
\nHe talked about things that are <\/p>\n

483
\n00:30:23,680 –> 00:30:28,760
\nreal and these are things that
\nwhen he has instilled that in <\/p>\n

484
\n00:30:28,760 –> 00:30:31,080
\nyou and then he says have have
\ngood courage. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:30:32,120 –> 00:30:35,320
\nYou can you can think about the
\nlessons he’s taught you and <\/p>\n

486
\n00:30:35,320 –> 00:30:37,600
\nplant your feet on those and you
\ndo feel courage. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:30:39,440 –> 00:30:42,880
\nAnd so I want to, I want to step
\naway from that. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:30:45,200 –> 00:30:48,440
\nLike I said, we don’t want to
\nhave that cheerful, happy thing <\/p>\n

489
\n00:30:48,520 –> 00:30:52,160
\nthat that only can exist under
\nfavorable circumstances. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:30:53,720 –> 00:30:55,360
\nYou know, you can feel joy at a
\nfuneral. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:30:57,400 –> 00:31:00,320
\nYou probably aren’t going to
\nfeel happy or cheerful at a <\/p>\n

492
\n00:31:00,320 –> 00:31:04,400
\nfuneral, but you can feel joy.
\nYou can feel a deep seated hope <\/p>\n

493
\n00:31:04,480 –> 00:31:06,840
\nthat comes from really believing
\nthat there’s something more. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:31:08,320 –> 00:31:12,920
\nIn 2nd Corinthians 10, six verse
\n10, Paul says you can be <\/p>\n

495
\n00:31:12,920 –> 00:31:18,960
\nsorrowful yet always rejoicing.
\nDoes that make sense to people <\/p>\n

496
\n00:31:18,960 –> 00:31:20,560
\nin the world?
\nDo you think people that don’t <\/p>\n

497
\n00:31:20,600 –> 00:31:23,280
\npeople haven’t read this book to
\nbe sorrowful and rejoicing at <\/p>\n

498
\n00:31:23,280 –> 00:31:26,560
\nthe same time?
\nLike that sounds like what you <\/p>\n

499
\n00:31:26,560 –> 00:31:31,840
\nwould call an oxymoron, but it’s
\nnot because I think everybody in<\/p>\n

500
\n00:31:31,840 –> 00:31:34,960
\nthis room has experienced that
\nto be sorrowful, sorrowful yet <\/p>\n

501
\n00:31:34,960 –> 00:31:37,920
\nrejoicing.
\nAnd that is a weirdly <\/p>\n

502
\n00:31:38,040 –> 00:31:41,200
\ncomfortable, powerful place to
\nbe. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:31:42,160 –> 00:31:44,520
\nAnd I you can all think of your
\nown examples of that. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:31:44,520 –> 00:31:48,600
\nIf it if it’s losing someone you
\nlove that that that had this <\/p>\n

505
\n00:31:48,600 –> 00:31:52,440
\nshow to life, well lived, that
\nendured to the end and you lose <\/p>\n

506
\n00:31:52,440 –> 00:31:58,480
\nthat person, grief is there.
\nBut like I said earlier, that I <\/p>\n

507
\n00:31:58,480 –> 00:32:00,960
\nthought was neat that that guy
\nsaid, but that person lived and <\/p>\n

508
\n00:32:00,960 –> 00:32:06,360
\nthey were part of of your life
\nand they have a hope and there’s<\/p>\n

509
\n00:32:06,360 –> 00:32:08,160
\nsome kind of powerful joy in
\nthat. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:32:08,160 –> 00:32:10,240
\nThat’s not really the same as
\nany other kind of joy. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:32:11,000 –> 00:32:14,840
\nSo not only is it possible to be
\nsorrowfully yet rejoicing, but <\/p>\n

512
\n00:32:14,840 –> 00:32:17,880
\nit’s, it’s, it’s like some of
\nthe most powerful joy you can <\/p>\n

513
\n00:32:17,880 –> 00:32:22,080
\npossibly feel because it’s got
\nyour mind reduced down to its <\/p>\n

514
\n00:32:22,080 –> 00:32:27,040
\nbasic elements of what we really
\nare and what a dire circumstance<\/p>\n

515
\n00:32:27,040 –> 00:32:29,040
\nwe’re in.
\nAnd yet you still have hope. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:32:30,640 –> 00:32:35,560
\nAnd that’s where you can really
\nfeel like we have something here<\/p>\n

517
\n00:32:36,360 –> 00:32:40,680
\nand we really do.
\nAnd that gives me so much joy. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:32:40,680 –> 00:32:47,280
\nI think it’s worth looking up.
\nI read in Romans earlier, just a<\/p>\n

519
\n00:32:47,280 –> 00:32:50,560
\ncouple pages over for me, Romans
\n5. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:32:54,400 –> 00:33:01,080
\nLet’s see verses 2 through 6
\nthrough. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:33:01,080 –> 00:33:04,160
\nAnd we’ve also obtained our
\nintroduction into faith into <\/p>\n

522
\n00:33:04,160 –> 00:33:10,080
\nthis grace in which we stand.
\nAnd we in this in, in this <\/p>\n

523
\n00:33:10,080 –> 00:33:15,000
\ntranslation, it says exalt or to
\nor to have or to rejoice in hope<\/p>\n

524
\n00:33:15,000 –> 00:33:17,800
\nof the glory of God.
\nAnd not only this, but we also <\/p>\n

525
\n00:33:17,800 –> 00:33:20,840
\nexalt in our tribulations,
\nknowing that tribulation brings <\/p>\n

526
\n00:33:20,840 –> 00:33:23,520
\nabout perseverance and
\nperseverance, proven character <\/p>\n

527
\n00:33:23,520 –> 00:33:26,960
\nand proving character, hope and
\nhope does not disappoint because<\/p>\n

528
\n00:33:26,960 –> 00:33:29,440
\nthe love of God has been poured
\nout within our hearts through <\/p>\n

529
\n00:33:29,960 –> 00:33:32,800
\nthe Holy Spirit.
\nIt was given for to us. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:33:33,440 –> 00:33:36,560
\nFor while we were still helpless
\nat the right time, Christ died <\/p>\n

531
\n00:33:36,640 –> 00:33:40,480
\nfor the ungodly.
\nSo there’s just there’s a lot <\/p>\n

532
\n00:33:40,480 –> 00:33:42,880
\nthere that I could I could just
\nmake the whole excitation on <\/p>\n

533
\n00:33:42,880 –> 00:33:47,360
\nthose few verses right there.
\nYou know, the love shown to us <\/p>\n

534
\n00:33:47,360 –> 00:33:48,840
\nwhile we’re the mess that we
\nare. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:33:49,440 –> 00:33:55,160
\nHow does that not give us hope,
\nYou know, and and he he brings <\/p>\n

536
\n00:33:55,160 –> 00:33:57,280
\nperseverance into it.
\nAnd that’s what I’m trying to <\/p>\n

537
\n00:33:57,280 –> 00:34:03,440
\nget at is that acceptance, that
\nstability, that fool, that <\/p>\n

538
\n00:34:03,440 –> 00:34:05,120
\nfeeling of being fully
\nconverted. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:34:06,000 –> 00:34:09,760
\nThat is what gives us that
\nperseverance. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:34:10,600 –> 00:34:13,080
\nWe’re able to persevere.
\nWe’re able to be those that <\/p>\n

541
\n00:34:13,080 –> 00:34:15,880
\novercome and inherit these
\nthings that are promised to us. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:34:19,199 –> 00:34:23,560
\nAnd I just think that’s just
\nsuch a great a great thing to <\/p>\n

543
\n00:34:23,560 –> 00:34:27,600
\ntry to to try very consciously
\nto develop into our lives and <\/p>\n

544
\n00:34:28,760 –> 00:34:34,800
\nand doesn’t matter what comes
\nour way. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:34:34,800 –> 00:34:38,600
\nThen we’re standing on the same
\nthing and good times and the bad<\/p>\n

546
\n00:34:38,600 –> 00:34:43,800
\ntimes.
\nJames one, we all know the verse<\/p>\n

547
\n00:34:43,800 –> 00:34:45,960
\ncount it all joy when you fall
\ninto temptation. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:34:45,960 –> 00:34:49,800
\nEven, you know, there’s, there’s
\na lot to unpack there, but <\/p>\n

549
\n00:34:49,800 –> 00:34:53,440
\nthere’s there’s just opportunity
\nto serve everywhere, to overcome<\/p>\n

550
\n00:34:53,440 –> 00:34:58,320
\ntemptation serves God to not be
\nangry, to not have a bad <\/p>\n

551
\n00:34:58,320 –> 00:35:03,680
\nreaction, to constantly turn our
\nmind back to the way he has <\/p>\n

552
\n00:35:03,680 –> 00:35:06,360
\ntaught us to be.
\nThat is service to God. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:35:06,840 –> 00:35:09,840
\nAnd we all believe in this
\ngospel. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:35:09,840 –> 00:35:11,040
\nWe all want to be in the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

555
\n00:35:12,520 –> 00:35:14,960
\nWe all wish we just knew how to
\nserve sometimes, right? <\/p>\n

556
\n00:35:14,960 –> 00:35:17,000
\nWe do.
\nBut if you want to know how to <\/p>\n

557
\n00:35:17,000 –> 00:35:18,760
\nserve, think about what your
\nproblems are. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:35:18,760 –> 00:35:20,880
\nThink about what the problems
\nare, the person sitting beside <\/p>\n

559
\n00:35:20,880 –> 00:35:22,600
\nyou.
\nThere’s your opportunity to <\/p>\n

560
\n00:35:22,600 –> 00:35:25,400
\nserve.
\nThere’s your opportunity to <\/p>\n

561
\n00:35:25,400 –> 00:35:32,040
\njoyfully work on something, work
\non those problems and allow the <\/p>\n

562
\n00:35:32,040 –> 00:35:36,120
\nmind of God to break those
\nthings down for you and show and<\/p>\n

563
\n00:35:36,120 –> 00:35:37,680
\nhelp you to see what they really
\nare. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:35:40,080 –> 00:35:42,520
\nYou know, it’s interesting, as I
\nsaid, like happiness is not, is <\/p>\n

565
\n00:35:42,520 –> 00:35:45,160
\nnot really a word used in the
\nBible. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:35:45,320 –> 00:35:47,440
\nIt’s not in the fruits of the
\nSpirit, but joy is. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:35:48,080 –> 00:35:53,120
\nAnd so when you think about
\nfruit, it goes along the same <\/p>\n

568
\n00:35:53,120 –> 00:35:58,360
\nthing that I’ve been saying
\nfruits, not it’s not like sugar,<\/p>\n

569
\n00:35:58,360 –> 00:36:00,440
\nyou know, like it’s not like
\neating a sugary bowl of cereal. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:36:00,440 –> 00:36:01,760
\nFruit is something that’s
\nsubstantial. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:36:01,760 –> 00:36:06,880
\nIt’s full of good nutrients and
\nfiber and it’s, you can’t just <\/p>\n

572
\n00:36:06,880 –> 00:36:12,680
\nmake fruit, you know, God put it
\nthere and it grows steadily. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:36:13,160 –> 00:36:17,440
\nIt grows on dull days, it grows
\non sunny days because it has to <\/p>\n

574
\n00:36:17,440 –> 00:36:21,240
\ngrow slowly.
\nAnd all these fruits of the <\/p>\n

575
\n00:36:21,240 –> 00:36:24,040
\nspirit of that way.
\nAnd that’s how joy is as one of <\/p>\n

576
\n00:36:24,040 –> 00:36:27,480
\nthose fruit.
\nIt’s it, it grows deeply into <\/p>\n

577
\n00:36:27,480 –> 00:36:32,240
\nyour character and it’s, it’s
\nnot this quick dramatic thing <\/p>\n

578
\n00:36:32,240 –> 00:36:33,760
\nthat comes to us and then
\nleaves. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:36:34,480 –> 00:36:42,960
\nIt’s a part of us.
\nI want to say this, you know, I,<\/p>\n

580
\n00:36:42,960 –> 00:36:48,760
\nI was thinking about Paul and
\nSilas singing in prison, and it <\/p>\n

581
\n00:36:48,760 –> 00:36:51,000
\ntalks about them feeling joy
\nwhile they’re in prison. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:36:52,080 –> 00:36:54,600
\nAnd I was thinking about how
\nsoft we are. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:36:55,240 –> 00:36:57,240
\nYou know, we really are.
\nWe’re very coddled. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:36:58,000 –> 00:37:00,400
\nWe’re talking to Sunday school
\nabout living in this country and<\/p>\n

585
\n00:37:00,400 –> 00:37:03,120
\nbeing protected by laws and
\nthinking that we’re really free <\/p>\n

586
\n00:37:03,120 –> 00:37:07,560
\nand we have insurance.
\nWe have refrigerators and <\/p>\n

587
\n00:37:07,560 –> 00:37:11,800
\nmicrowaves and air conditioning
\nand the Internet and social <\/p>\n

588
\n00:37:11,800 –> 00:37:15,280
\nmedia.
\nAnd we’re very we’re soft, we’re<\/p>\n

589
\n00:37:15,280 –> 00:37:21,920
\ndistracted.
\nBut we are made out of the same <\/p>\n

590
\n00:37:21,920 –> 00:37:25,680
\nstuff as Paul and Silas.
\nWe are capable of what they did.<\/p>\n

591
\n00:37:26,040 –> 00:37:29,800
\nLet’s not sell ourselves short.
\nWe are capable of building <\/p>\n

592
\n00:37:29,800 –> 00:37:33,560
\ninside of ourselves something
\nthat could make Paul and Silas <\/p>\n

593
\n00:37:33,560 –> 00:37:37,240
\nsing in prison.
\nWe have the same king that they <\/p>\n

594
\n00:37:37,240 –> 00:37:39,440
\nhad.
\nWe have the same gospel <\/p>\n

595
\n00:37:39,440 –> 00:37:46,240
\npresented to us that they had.
\nWe don’t have to be as weak and <\/p>\n

596
\n00:37:46,240 –> 00:37:48,160
\nsoft as we are.
\nWe don’t have to be. <\/p>\n

597
\n00:37:48,280 –> 00:37:52,480
\nWe can make the decision not to
\nbe and we really we better <\/p>\n

598
\n00:37:52,560 –> 00:37:55,280
\nbecause bad things are going to
\ncome. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:37:56,040 –> 00:37:59,000
\nWe know that, but we also know
\nthat we can overcome those <\/p>\n

600
\n00:37:59,000 –> 00:38:00,520
\nthings.
\nAnd it’s the overcoming of those<\/p>\n

601
\n00:38:00,520 –> 00:38:06,160
\nthings that makes us different.
\nThat’s who we’re promised we’ll <\/p>\n

602
\n00:38:06,160 –> 00:38:07,960
\ninherit the things of the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:38:09,880 –> 00:38:12,720
\nSo I’ll stop there.
\nYou know, as we, as we protect <\/p>\n

604
\n00:38:12,720 –> 00:38:17,120
\nthe bread and wine, I hope that
\nwe can feel that solemn joy. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:38:18,200 –> 00:38:22,560
\nYou know, that as unworthy as we
\nare, we’re shown mercy and we’re<\/p>\n

606
\n00:38:22,560 –> 00:38:24,200
\ngiven hope and we’re given
\nopportunity. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:38:25,240 –> 00:38:29,280
\nAnd then as we go about our
\ndaily lives, you know, I hope we<\/p>\n

608
\n00:38:29,280 –> 00:38:33,080
\ncan feel that joy that Paul did,
\nthat he was kind of worthy to <\/p>\n

609
\n00:38:33,080 –> 00:38:35,240
\nhave opportunities to suffer in
\nthe name of God. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:38:36,640 –> 00:38:42,160
\nAnd and remember in our lives
\nand our relationships, our <\/p>\n

611
\n00:38:42,160 –> 00:38:43,880
\nlife’s going to be disappointing
\nsometimes. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:38:44,000 –> 00:38:46,280
\nOur relationships are going to
\nbe disappointing sometimes. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:38:47,320 –> 00:38:50,600
\nBut God didn’t put these things
\nin our lives to make us happy. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:38:50,840 –> 00:38:52,560
\nOnly hopefully they do make us
\nhappy. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:38:52,560 –> 00:38:55,640
\nBut that’s not the point.
\nThe point is this framework that<\/p>\n

616
\n00:38:55,640 –> 00:38:59,720
\nhe put us in, the way life
\nhappens to us and the way our <\/p>\n

617
\n00:38:59,720 –> 00:39:01,840
\nrelationships with each other
\nare, they’re there to make us <\/p>\n

618
\n00:39:01,840 –> 00:39:03,680
\nholy.
\nThey’re there to make us better.<\/p>\n

619
\n00:39:03,960 –> 00:39:05,640
\nThey’re not just there to make
\nus happy. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:39:06,600 –> 00:39:09,000
\nAnd so that helps us to have
\nthat acceptance that I was <\/p>\n

621
\n00:39:09,000 –> 00:39:16,080
\ntalking about.
\nAnd we can identify then not <\/p>\n

622
\n00:39:16,080 –> 00:39:18,200
\nonly with Paul and Silas, but
\nwith Jesus himself. <\/p>\n

623
\n00:39:18,680 –> 00:39:21,600
\nBecause what was it that got him
\nthrough the cross? <\/p>\n

624
\n00:39:23,920 –> 00:39:25,840
\nActs 12\/2.
\nIt was the joy that was set <\/p>\n

625
\n00:39:25,840 –> 00:39:27,240
\nbefore him that he endured the
\ncross. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:39:27,240 –> 00:39:35,960
\nDespise the shame.
\nSo I was close with something <\/p>\n

627
\n00:39:35,960 –> 00:39:38,360
\nthat can help.
\nThat really helps to still my <\/p>\n

628
\n00:39:38,360 –> 00:39:47,800
\nhope and Jesus words.
\nMatthew 25. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:39:53,320 –> 00:39:56,400
\nHe alludes in the parable to
\nwhat we can hope to hear from <\/p>\n

630
\n00:39:56,400 –> 00:40:00,120
\nhim when we come face to face
\nwith him. <\/p>\n

631
\n00:40:00,120 –> 00:40:01,840
\nWell done, good and faithful
\nservant. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:40:02,320 –> 00:40:03,840
\nYou’re faithful with a few
\nthings. <\/p>\n

633
\n00:40:04,120 –> 00:40:05,920
\nI’ll put you in charge of many
\nthings. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:40:06,640 –> 00:40:08,520
\nEnter into the joy of your
\nmaster. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:40:24,040 –> 00:40:26,120
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