Joy Finds Us

Contemporary Service

Special - Messiah - Lexi Weeks

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Lighting The Advent Candle - David And Beth Valentine

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Welcome

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Worship - Joy To The World

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                Angels From The Realms Of Glory

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                Angels We Have Heard On High

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Table Prayer

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Kid’s Christmas play sampler

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Teaching - Joy Finds Us - Luke 2:1-20

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Closing Song - Reprise - Joy To The World

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Traditional Service

Prelude

 

Call To Worship - Choir - Worthy, You Are Worthy - 260

 

Lighting The Advent Candle - Gail And Cara Cheatwood

 

Welcome And Announcements - Eddie Major - Worship Leader

 

Blessing Of Tithes And Offerings/Doxology

 

Hymn - Angels From The Realms Of Glory - 259

 

Joys And Concerns

 

Hymn - O Little Town Of Bethlehem - 250

 

Special - Messiah - Lexi Weeks

 

Kid’s Christmas play sampler

 

Scripture - Luke 2:1-20

 

Sermon - Joy Finds Us

 

Closing Hymn - What Child Is This? - 281

 

Carrying The Light To The World

 

Benediction

Sermon Outline

Joy Finds Us

Luke 2:1-20

I. The angel and the shepherds

a. Luke 2:8-14

b. Living in the fields - camping out...

c. Keeping watch - guarding the sheep.

d. The glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

e. Good news - elsewhere this word is used to describe the gospel.

f. Buzzwords...or a struggle to describe what was happening?

g. Town of David...Matthew 1:1. Micah 5:2

h. A savior - deliverer

i. Messiah - the one they had been awaiting for generations.

j. Lord - supreme in authority

k. A great company... all of heaven was waiting to announce this good news to the world.

l. Good news that will cause great joy for all the people.

II. What’s it got to do with you and me?

a. The world then and now received a a Savior...

b. Do you live with a constant sense of joy?

c. Do you go from day to day longing to experience joy?

d. Do we find joy or does joy find us?

e. Is joy simply situational? Or is it something more?

f. What’s the difference between joy and happiness?

g. Happiness comes from outside of us.

h. Joy, on the other hand, comes from within

i. Joy can coexist with pain. Happiness...not so much.

j. Happiness is a reaction. Joy is a condition of the soul.

k. Joy brings with it a stability...

l. Happiness is fragile.

m. Joy is enduring and resilient.

n. Joy can exist in hardship, not because of it.

o. Scripture often pairs joy with trials...

p. Happiness is largely focused on how life is going for me.

q. Joy tends to be focused on what God is doing in me.

r. Joy is rooted in meaning, purpose, connection, and gratitude.

s. Happiness is primarily an emotion.

t. Joy is, according to Galatians 5:22, a fruit of the Spirit.

u. Happiness happens to you. Joy happens in you.

v. Happiness is fleeting. Joy is foundational.

w. Happiness is an emotion. Joy is a fruit.

x. Joy doesn’t demand you be in a good place — it meets you in the place you’re in.

y. God is reaching down to us.

z. Take the time to marvel at his love and goodness toward each of us