Ten joyful
situations
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What is Joy?
• What is the
difference between
• Happiness,
• Laughter
• Joy
• Hilarious uproar
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Joy that comes from within
Are you happy? That means
I am not able to see it in
the face.
Laughter = you can even
hear the noise from
distance
Joy= children shout and
dance and go around
Hilarious=roaring laughter
noise and even unruly
and make every one look
with surprise
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Learn from children
I have seen little children –
toddlers clapping hands
and joyful when they see
small toys or dolls on the
shelf.Or even when they
see a small dog or pup
they want to touch it and
play with it. When they
see colour balloons they
do not which to choose
but want to have all!
There are ten colour
balloons for you to
choose now
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Three places
God wants us to be happy
always and even joyful
• In the home
• In the church
• In the society
• How do we find joyful
situations?
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Joy in the family
• A home is joyful when
noisy children are around.
They are unmindful of
what is going around but
find their partners and
start playing.
• Specially when there is
family get together or a
birthday party they are
more interested in
playing than eating
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When Joseph’s brothers came to
Egypt and were accepted by him,
he made a feast for them. The
servants served five portions of
food for Benjamin his own
brother. Normally in a feast or
celebration such things would be
the cause for fights or arguments
among children. But the Bible
says they ate drank and were
joyful. It was Joseph who should
be angry with every one of them
for having
sold him jealousy
and he had ten years
of
untold suffering
in
the
prison. But it was he who
organized the celebration.
Do we forgive friends and relatives
who
harmed us and make
celebration for them like children?
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In forgiving Gen.
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43:34
Worship brings Joy of
Deliverance Exodus18:9
God brought deliverance to
Israelites after 430 years by
the hand of Moses. The best
of all not only the slavery
came to an end but the first
thing that happened was the
WORSHIP and all the
blessings of life such as
manna and all provisions for
life. When worship begins
life takes a new turn
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Joy in (fellowship) the church
Church is a collection of
families. If all the families
who come to worship are
joyful the church should
be a place of joyful
gathering. But if some
one is angry or jealous
with some one how can
we have the joy of the
Lord? Do we shake
hands with every one in
the church including the
poor?
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Joy in Sharing Deut.16:16,27:7
Joyful celebration in the
church during festival.
But the notable point
was the poor the
orphans and the
widows were made
happy.Do we send
greetings to friends
only
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I chro.15:16
joyful worship (music)
David brought a great
innovation in worship
which even Moses did
not. A silent sober
worship became a joyful
noisy ritual. 4000
musicians with so many
musical instruments. Do
we sing aloud and clap
hands or stand like
statues.Heaven will be a
joyful noisy place
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I chro20:9,IIChro30:26
joy in giving
King David collected offerings for
building the temple though it
was assigned to Solomon.
See what the people brought and
joyfully gave with all their
heart. Even precious
diamonds. 430 years ago the
women gave even their looking
glasses that was melted to
make the bronze laver
For washing the feet of the priests
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Ez 3:13
in church building
When the slaves came back
after 70 years of slavery
in Babylon back to their
land the first thing they
did was to set up the altar
and rebuild the temple
The joyful noise was heard
too far. Are we building
altars and rebuilding
churches
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Joy of Holy Spirit. In
understanding word of God
•Neh8:12.Ps51:8
When Ezra and Nehemiah
read the scriptures in
pouring rain, the people
wept But Ezra told them
God had accepted his
people and forgiven their
sins and told them to go
home and celebrate and be
joyful.They were happy
when they understood the
word of God
How many of us remember
the joyful day of our
redemption
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Joy in the society
Without cordial
relationship with our
neighbours we cant
bring the word of God
to them.
The story of the Good
Samaritan is an
example
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Lk10:20
Names in the book of life
The disciples came joyfully
and told Jesus how even
the devils were afraid of
them. But Jesus told
them they should rejoice
more because their
names are written in the
books of life
Just think even great men of
the world are not sure
where they would spend
the eternity
But Jesus made the way for
us
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Jn4:36, 15:11
Joy in Harvest
Sowing the seed is sorrowful and
surrounded by lots of fears and
doubts and hopes if it would
grow and bring expected yield
or perish by drought
But harvest is real and joyful and
plenteous.Someone sowed the
seed and we harvest.
Do you know the fields are ready
Do you doers on evangelism
It is possible to be happy when
everything goes on well. But
Jesus made this speech
When danger was in the waiting
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Acts5:41 13:52
Joy in suffering
The Apostles were cast in prison
and beaten for preaching
about Jesus
They were sent out after
threatening but they went out
rejoicing unmoved by others.
In Iconium they were beaten to
death yet they left the town
rejoicing. Even in Philipi when
they were in prison and in
stocks they lifted up their voice
and sang
Can we rise to this tenth step in
rejoicing
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• Jesus is coming soon.
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• God bless you
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