Joy is critical to Christian living and Christian witness. It is a part of the cluster in the Fruit of the Spirit. It is also what distinguishes Christians from unsaved people.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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JOHN 13:14-15 – If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. .” Picture being sent back in history and sitting on the floor as Jesus institutes His Supper. He is setting in…
JOHN 20:11-17-But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord,…
JOHN 16:13-15-When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the…
JOHN 12:20-21 – Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Holiness. Likeness to Jesus. Conformity to His character. These are the goals in the Christian life. They are also what the Apostle Paul points to…