Family Christmas - Part 2
Week 1: The Peaceful Family
Today: The Joyful Family
This Week’s Worship Songs:
Joy to the World
Worthy of Your Name
Yes and Amen
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Week 1: Peaceful Family
1. Work for peace
2. Walk in peace
Today: Joyful Family
It is impossible to have a peaceful family without peaceful family members.
It is impossible to have a peaceful family unless you yourself are peaceful.
It is impossible to have a joyful family without joyful family members.
It is impossible to have a joyful family unless you yourself are joyful.
Luke 2:8-11 (NLT)
8 That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.
9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terrified,
10 but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.
11 The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!
Matthew 1:18-21 (NLT)
18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
19 Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.
21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Happiness results from something good that happens. It is a temporary emotion that is wonderful, but temporary. It changes with circumstances.
Joy results from the knowledge that we have been made right with God. It is permanent and it doesn’t change with circumstances.
1. Settle on our
*2. Pick our
Settle on our
We too often look to other sources for our joy:
Weekends
Margaritas
Family
A Relationship
Friends
Ministry
Success
Money
“I think everyone should get rich and famous and do everything they have ever dreamed of, so that they can see that it’s not the answer.” —Jim Carrey
When we make anything other than Jesus our source of joy, we will inevitably be disappointed.
Isaiah 9:2-4 (NLT)
2 The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine.
3 You will enlarge the nation of Israel, and its people will rejoice. They will rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest and like warriors dividing the plunder.
4 For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. You will break the oppressor’s rod, just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.
1 Peter 1:8 (NLT)
8 You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.
Romans 14:17 (NLT)
17 For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Pick Your
James 1:2-4 (NLT)
2 Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.
3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.
4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
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