Joy in God Part Fifteen

Chapter One:
Joy in God – His command and our liberation
Why His Joy is our strength
Part Fifteen – This is the final part of chapter one
God promises us overflowing, unmatchable, fulfilling, lasting happiness in Him alone
If I have done a good job, I’ve convinced you that God commands us to find happiness and joy in Him, [...]

Joy in God Part Fourteen

Chapter One:
Joy in God – His command and our liberation
Why His Joy is our strength
Part Fourteen
All of this – grace, faith – a gift from God
Paul came to this realisation in our Phil 3 scripture – Phil 3: 9, “I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God’s law, but [...]

Joy in God Part Thirteen

Chapter One:
Joy in God – His command and our liberation
Why His Joy is our strength
Part Thirteen
But how do I seek God then – consistently, contently, and with joy and gratitude?
If we start doing some real introspective search of ourselves now, we probably feel liberated to know that a pursuit of happiness in God is not [...]

Joy in God Part Twelve

Chapter One:
Joy in God – His command and our liberation
Why His Joy is our strength
Part Twelve
Your treasure is your joy
Because Jesus said in Luke 12:34 that “wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be,” I think that I wouldn’t be far off by claiming that non-joy in God is indeed a [...]

Joy in God Part Eleven

Chapter One:
Joy in God – His command and our liberation
Why His Joy is our strength
Part Eleven
This kind of living is just way too intense and totally contradictory to the way God expects us to live. It ties us down. It keeps us from being free. And it produces repercussions that are not good for our [...]

Joy in God Part Ten

Chapter One:
Joy in God – His command and our liberation
Why His Joy is our strength
Part Ten
Therefore if we are desiring joy (because we need it, and He commands it!) we are not sinning at all! It is not the desire that is the problem
- it’s where we go to fulfill that desire that is the [...]

Joy in God Part Nine

Chapter One:
Joy in God – His command and our liberation
Why His Joy is our strength
Part Nine
God commands we find happiness and joy
Now we must go back to the original premise of this chapter – which is that joy in God is both His COMMAND and OUR LIBERATION. I say it is His command starting with [...]

Joy in God Part Eight

Chapter One:
Joy in God – His command and our liberation
Why His Joy is our strength
Part Eight
Right, back to the point – we marry because we fall in love, and God created the process of ‘falling in love’ to be a joy and wonderful thing. Indeed, He did. I’m not being naïve about this, as if [...]

Joy in God Part Seven

Chapter One:
Joy in God – His command and our liberation
Why His Joy is our strength
Part Seven
If marriage cannot completely satisfy, why get married at all?
Because you might fall in love.
And falling in love is a joyous thing, designed by God himself to remind us of Him.
What I’m hoping for in my own life is that [...]

Joy in God Part Six

Chapter One:
Joy in God – His command and our liberation
Why His Joy is our strength
Part Six
Marriage is not garbage
Now, I want to reiterate the point of calling marriage ‘garbage.’ I certainly wasn’t saying that earlier. What I meant is that the pursuit of satisfaction in marriage is to be considered as ‘garbage’ when compared to [...]