Joy in Every Circumstance - Aug 9
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🗓️ 9 August 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
I think one of the hardest things to do in life is to live with joy in the midst of trials and challenges. It’s so easy to let life dictate to us our emotions and state of being. But in God, there is a joy available to us right where we are, no matter how good or bad the situation may be.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 126:5-6, and today's worship is Taste & See by Travis Greene.
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| 0:00.0 | I think one of the hardest things to do in life is to live with joy in the midst of trials and challenges. |
| 0:12.0 | It's so easy to let life dictate to us our emotions and |
| 0:16.0 | state of being. But in God there's a joy available to us right where we are |
| 0:20.9 | no matter how good or bad this situation may be. Today we're |
| 0:25.2 | gonna make space together to simply open our hearts and minds to receive the joy |
| 0:29.6 | of the Father. I hope and pray that you find real life-changing joy in God's presence today. |
| 0:36.0 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. The scripture for today comes from Psalm 126, 5 through 6, which reads, |
| 0:58.0 | Those who so in tears shall reap with shouts of joy. He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sewing, |
| 1:07.1 | shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. |
| 1:11.1 | The with him. The joy of the Lord available to us and the Holy Spirit transcends all |
| 1:19.4 | circumstances, relationships, and possessions. |
| 1:23.0 | It's an internal joy fed to our hearts by the wellspring of joy the father has toward us. |
| 1:29.0 | God longs to make as a people marked by his joy. He longs to make us a people marked by his joy. |
| 1:34.0 | He longs to fill us with the knowledge of how thrilled he is to be our father. |
| 1:39.0 | He longs to make us a joyful people in every circumstance and season. |
| 1:45.0 | 1st 6 through 9 says, |
| 1:48.0 | In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, |
| 1:52.0 | you've been grieved by various trials, so that the tested |
| 1:56.0 | genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by |
| 2:01.0 | fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the |
| 2:06.3 | revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him, that you do not now see him, you believe in him, |
| 2:15.0 | and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible |
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