Stolen Joy
Pastor Tung Le
November 30, 2024
November 30 & December 1, 2024 – Pastor Tung Le
How the Grinch Steals Christmas…and How We Get it Back
Stolen Joy
Series Context:
Our priority is teaching
Approach the Christmas season with
“It may be because I am silly, but I rather think that, relatively to the rest of the year, I enjoy Christmas more than I did when I was a child. My faith demands that such be the case. The more mature I become the more I need to embrace the joys of the incarnation. The more mature I become, the more I need to be but a child.” (G.K. Chesterton)
The focus of Christmas is
Stolen Christmas: Our joy can be stolen by our
Joy is a spirit of
The birth of John the baptizer was a
Christmas is about the coming of
We take back Christmas joy by praising God even when we
“Faith is praising God in the storm, trusting Him in the valley, and following Him in the darkness.” (Anonymous)
We take back Christmas joy by anchoring our joy in
“If you have joy that comes and goes, that rises and falls with circumstances, that someone or something in your life can take away, you’re looking to the wrong place for joy. Because joy in Jesus is unshakeable” (Paul David Tripp)
Recovering Christmas Joy:
Challenge: Find at least one person to whom you can be an agent of joy this week.
“Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else – our time, our love, our resources. I have always found more joy in giving when I did not expect anything in return.” (S. Truett Cathy)
In Communion we celebrate the joy of the