hey whats , well me and my friend josh gave a sermon in church this past sunday so i figured id share it since i dont have much else to say lol, it was a split sermon so we went back and forth with it, so that explains the script type things lol and in the section with the names in bold that is where we listed things off so thats y it looks like that, ok so now u should understand it lol
JOY
Unison: Joy
Jason: What is Joy?
Josh/Jason: New Clothes - Josh
Video Games - Jason
Sports - Josh
Toys - Jason
Cell Phone - Josh
New Car - Jason
Josh: Sometimes we think that we all get too caught up in the secular thoughts, wants, and "needs". And when our gaze is fixed on these material objects we lose sight of God
Jason: In James Chapter 4, it talks about how you fight with yourself trying to get these things, but you can't receive them because you aren't asking God (because you have lost sight of him) and yet on the chance you do ask, you won't receive because you ask with wrong intentions, wantin only what gives YOU pleasure.
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Josh: So you go on with or without God working day and night to possess all of the distractions of this world. Soon you will find that while you are trying to reach this worldly goal (this improbable goal) that the problems, stress, and troubles of this world will overcome you
Jason: And they will never go away, as long as these THINGS are still replacing God in your heart. The viscious cycle will continue whirling and ripping you around and around, continuing to drag you deeper into the hole you have dug for yourself. And there is only one way to fix the MESS you have created, only one way you call pull yourself out of this hole that is to rid yourself of all the distractions you have worked so hard to achieve, the distractions that now stand between you and God. The way things you wanted so much are now the things weighing you down, making it impossible to overcome the hole you are stuck in.
Josh: But rest assured my brothers and sisters, for there is still hope. Because even quicker than you dug this hole for yourself, God can help pull you out. But first you much remove the worldly possessions from in between you and the Lord, because it is only then that you will see his outstretched hand (the hand that has been waiting for you all along) ready to pull you from the depths of your hole
Jason: Now maybe you can see that God is all we need. To have faith in him and to give our lives up as a life of praise. That alone is what will bring you the joy and the true happiness thatbyou have sought all along. This my brothers and sisters is a true faith. Not the false faith you follwed for so long before
Josh: Now what? Just as the book of James talked about you secular wants and needs. It also speakes of your newly found faith in Chapter 2 verse 14. It reads
JAMES 2:14
Jason: Here in James it is saying that you are with the grace of God on your shoulders, and to do nothing with it is a sin. So many people are in need. Countless others around you are caught in the very worldy cycle that once consumed YOUR very faith.
Josh: Nothing should bring you more Joy than to help others find the light, the way, and the salvation that the Lord has given you.
Jason: That is what we are here for is it not? The Lord put us here to worship Him and furthermore to be vessels for his Grace.
Josh: I mean what else is there? What on Earth could be more important and rewarding than giving the gift of God to others. For without Him there is no hope because life without God is not a life at all.
Jason: So my friends to answer the question " What is Joy?"
Josh: Joy is...
Unison: GOD!! |