Filled With Joy: “The Joy of Loss”
Philippians 3

Joy:

, calm delight, gladness; an inner quality in relation to circumstance

Rejoice: To be favorably disposed to

; to respond to God in joy

Happiness: Happenstance; emotion dependent upon

James 1:2

Galatians 5:22-23

Loss of Joy:
1. Willful sin
2. Ungratefulness
3. Fear
4. Unforgiveness
5. Loss of eternal perspective
6. Self-centeredness
7. Prayerlessness
8. Legalism

I.

I Peter 5:8-9

James 4:7

Matthew 6:19-21,24

II.

Reveal Answer

Jeremiah 9:23-24

III. What is ahead?

Hebrews 12:1-3

LET’S GO DEEPER:
1. What does it look like to “rejoice in the Lord” in our everyday lives? Phil. 3:1

2. What are the “dogs” of our day? How do we deal with them? Phil. 3:2

3. What have you put your confidence in? Do you consider your gains as Paul considered his? Phil. 3:7-9

4. What is your deepest desire? Phil. 3:10-11

5. What steps do you think God is calling you to take in “straining toward what is ahead”? Phil. 3:13-14