Pew2You – September 24, 2017
Pew2You
Got Joy? Part III
The Effects of Joy
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Pastor Phil Vance
Highlights:
Joyful people trust God and are favored.
Don’t surrender your joy to the devil but surrender your problem to the Lord.
Joy is respective of God’s presence.
Sin is not the epitome of pleasure, God’s presence is.
Joy comes from God and His presence and not from stuff or circumstances.
Discussion Questions:
Pastor Phil talked about how joyful people trust God and are favored. How have you seen in your life the times you have chosen to trust Him and witnessed His favor? What are some areas in your life now that you joyfully trust Him?
God’s presence is sweet and wonderful. How has your perspective of joy been influenced by the presence of the Lord?
What areas of your life do you need to come into God’s presence and receive His joy?
Key Scriptures and Quotes:
– 11 But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You. 12 For you, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield. Psalm 5:11-12
– 11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11
– 15 Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here…18 And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.” 19 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.” 21 And the LORD said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22 So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. 23 Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.” Exodus 33:15, 18-23
– 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence. Acts 2:28
– 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. Hebrews 11:25
– 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, 25 to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen. Jude 24-25
Definitions:
Trust: to flee for protection; to confide in
Strong’s H2620
Defend: to entwine as a screen; by impl. to fence in, cover over, protect
Strong’s G5526
Favor: to be pleased with; to satisfy a debt.
Strong’s H7521
Presence: the face (as the part that turns); to turn; to impl. to face, i.e. appear, look
Strong’s H6440