Welcome to Enjoying the Journey with Scott Pauli. True and lasting joy is only found in Jesus Christ,

and God has designed the Christian life so that those who follow him will not only enjoy the destination,

they can also enjoy the journey. You see, we're all

travelers in this world, and God has many wonderful truths to teach us along the way. For the next

few moments, we turn our attention to the Word of God, the only roadmap for this journey. You'll find

additional studies and resources online at scotpauly.org.

Join us now as we study the scriptures together. It's been that way from the very beginning of time.

God saw that it was not good that man should be alone. So he made him and helped meet for him.

And so began the home that God designed. And God desired. There was a relationship between Adam and Eve.

Beyond that, a far greater relationship was Adam and Eve's relationship to God. God came walking

through the garden in the cool of the day, to fellowship. I say again, life is very much about

relationships. We've come in our study to Philippians chapter 4. We're

talking about how to stay happy in Jesus, not how to get happy, how to stay happy in Jesus.

And the key verse is Philippians 44, where the Bible says rejoice in the Lord always, and again, I say

rejoice. I believe that the closing verses of this book of Philippians give us a

number of open secrets on how to stay happy in the Lord Jesus Christ. I'd like to give you the first one

today. It's found in the opening verses. Beginning in verse number one, we read, therefore my brethren

dearly beloved and longed for, joy and crown so stand fast in the

lord my dearly beloved i beseech you odious and i beseech sin tiki that they be of the same mind in the lord

and i entreat thee also true yoke fellow help those women which labored with me in the gospel,

with clement also and with other my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life.

And then we come to this beautiful verse, rejoice in the Lord Alway, and again I say rejoice.

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