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Love: God's Gift of Joy

Join us for the Love Kids' Minute at Parkdale Church, a junior church gathering for kids up to 12 years old. We will be having a Christmas concert and potluck on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 4:00pm. Bring gifts for Victoria Women's Transition House. Prayer requests and Thanksgiving offering are welcome. Online giving now available on our website. Explore the theme of Advent, God's Gift of Christ, and learn about the different aspects of this gift – Hope, Love, and Joy.

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Love: God's Gift of Joy

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  1. December 24, 2017

  2. Week 2: LOVE

  3. Kids’ Minute • Junior Church for kids up to 12 years old

  4. Gatherings Christmas Concert & Potluck • Sunday, Dec. 17 @ 4:00pm • Gifts for Victoria Women’s Transition House

  5. Prayer • Requests & Thanksgiving

  6. Offering • Online givingnow availableon website: Parkdalechurch.ca

  7. Advent: God’s Gift of Christ Week 1: Hope – Matthew 1:1-17 Week 2: Love – Matthew 1:18-25 Week 3: Joy – Matthew 2:1-12 • “God’s Gift to All”

  8. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Joy of Arriving

  9. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Joy of Arriving

  10. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Joy of Arriving Happiness = content (French) • A state of being – satisfied, fortunate • Expectations met, no hardship Joy = gaudere (Latin), chara(Greek) • An emotion – delight, surprise, relief • Contrast expectation – despite hardship

  11. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Joy of Arriving Paul: 2 Corinthians 7:4 • I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.

  12. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Joy of Arriving 2 Corinthians 8:1-2 – The Philippians • And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.

  13. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Promised King of the Jews Numbers 24:17 “I see him, but not now;    I behold him, but not near.A star will come out of Jacob;    a scepter will rise out of Israel.

  14. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Promised King of the Jews

  15. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Promised King of the Jews Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Hebrews 1:14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

  16. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Promised King of the Jews Hebrews 1:1-3 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 

  17. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Promised King of the Jews Hebrews 1:1-3 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.

  18. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Promised King of the Jews Isaiah 60:3-6 Nations will come to your light,and kings to the brightness of your dawn. the wealth on the seas will be brought to you…herds of camels will cover your land,bearing gold and incenseand proclaiming the praise of the Lord.

  19. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Promised King of the Jews Isaiah 49:6 “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacoband bring back those of Israel I have kept.I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”

  20. Joy: God’s Gift to AllThe Promised King of the Jews Luke 2:10, 30, 32 • But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. • For my eyes have seen your salvation,a light for revelation to the Gentiles,and the glory of your people Israel.”

  21. Joy: God’s Gift to AllDisturbing News or Joyful Worship?

  22. Joy: God’s Gift to AllDisturbing News or Joyful Worship? Psalm 72:11 May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him. Hosea 6:6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  23. Joy: God’s Gift to AllArriving by Faith John 1:10-12 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

  24. Joy: God’s Gift to AllArriving by Faith James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

  25. Joy: God’s Gift to AllArriving by Faith How will you respond to the newborn King? • Disturbed: resist Him as a threat to your personal control • Joyful: receive Him by faith as the fulfillment of your hopes and needs

  26. What Can I Give Him? (Christina Georgia Rosetti) What can I give Him, poor as I am?If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;If I were a wise man, I would do my part;Yet what can I give Him? Give Him my heart.

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