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Becoming Who God Designed Me to Be Fruit of the Spirit: Joy

Becoming Who God Designed Me to Be Fruit of the Spirit: Joy. Galatians 5:22,23. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, . 23  gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!.

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Becoming Who God Designed Me to Be Fruit of the Spirit: Joy

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  1. Becoming Who God Designed Me to Be Fruit of the Spirit: Joy

  2. Galatians 5:22,23

  3. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 

  4. 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

  5. Happiness is dependent upon what is happeningto me.

  6. Joyis based upon my relationship& growthin Jesus.

  7. Joy defined in the scripture means, “to leapor spinaround with pleasure, gladness, bliss, and celebration.

  8. Romans 15:13

  9. 13I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

  10. John 15:11

  11. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!

  12. Gal 4:15 NIV “What has happened to all your joy?”

  13. Joy Robbers:

  14. 1. Unresolved conflicts

  15. 2. Unconfessedsin

  16. Psalm 32:1-6

  17. Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!

  18. 2 Yes, what joy for those  whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!

  19. 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long.

  20. 4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. 

  21. 5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. 

  22. 6 Therefore, let all the godly pray to you while there is still time, that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment.

  23. Psalm 51:7-8

  24. Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

  25. 8 Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me—now let me rejoice.

  26. Psalm 51:12

  27. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.

  28. 3. Unrelenting spiritual warfare

  29. “The joy of the Lord is our strength” Nehemiah 8:10

  30. How to grow JOY:

  31. 1. Recognize God as joyful

  32. “Joy is the serious business of heaven” C.S. Lewis

  33. 2. Generosity

  34. 3. Worship

  35. Psalm 66:1-4

  36. Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth!

  37. 2  Sing about the glory of his name! Tell the world how glorious he is.

  38. 3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! Your enemies cringe before your mighty power.

  39. 4 Everything on earth will worship you; they will sing your praises, shouting your name in glorious songs.”

  40. 4. Experiences of sorrowprepare for & enlarge the capacity for joy.

  41. James 1:2

  42. Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.

  43. APPLICATION:

  44. My joy can only growas my walk with Jesus grows

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