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February 11, 2007
*/The Life You’ve Always Wanted/*
*Part 6: A Joyful Life: the practice of celebration*
/Introduction: /“Joy is the serious business of heaven.”
C.S. Lewis.
The problem is not that we’re too happy for God’s taste; it’s that we’re not happy enough.
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_________________________________________________: a theology of joy.
Luke 15, John 15:11, John 17:13, Isaiah 62:5, Zephaniah 3:17, Psalm 30:5, 11; Galatians 5:22, Philippians 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:16
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How celebration changes us.
A.
Joy _______________________________________________________.
Nehemiah 8:10
B.
Celebration saves us from _____________________________________.
2 Samuel 6:5, 16, 20-22
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Some ideas for practicing celebration.
A.
Start ______________________________________________________.
Psalm 118:24
B.
Rejoice ____________________________________________________.
Philippians 4:4
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__________________________________________________________!
Exodus 23:14-16, 31:16
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See life ____________________________________________________.
Revelation 19:7
February 11, 2007
*/The Life You’ve Always Wanted/*
*Part 6: A Joyful Life: the practice of celebration*
*/Opening: (after drum line)/*
That was fun!
And there’s more fun coming because today there’s a party happening at Life Center!
We are talking about one of my favorite spiritual disciplines: the practice of celebration.
Just to get us in the mood, here are a few suggestions my brother-in-law sent me—10 fun things to do this week to put a smile on your face!
· On your lunch break, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and a hairdryer pointed at passing cars.
See if they slow down.
· Page yourself over the intercom; don’t disguise your voice.
· Whenever possible, skip rather than walk.
· When you go out to eat, order a diet water with a straight face.
· When going through the drive through, specify that your order is “to go”.
· When the money comes out of the ATM, scream, “I won!
I won!”
· Ask your co-workers to address you all day by your professional wrestling name, “Rock Bottom.”
· Tell your children over dinner, “Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go.”
· When leaving the zoo, run towards the parking lot screaming, “Run for your lives!
They’re loose!”
· Sing along at the opera.
The life you’ve always wanted is a joyful life; today we’re talking about the practice of celebration.
*/Baby dedication and prayer/*
*/ /*
*/Greeting:/* Think of the funniest thing you saw, heard or happened to you this week.
Or think of something fun you did.
Now find someone you don’t know and tell each other.
*/Cheerleaders and worship and prayer/*
*/ /*
*/Offering and announcements/*
Life Center Women Live – tomorrow night at 7 PM for all women junior high age and older, speakers: Robin and Jayme Hayford.
Women’s retreat—brochures available today at the Information~/Resource Center.
\\ Financial Peace University—new session ready to start, write FPU on the tear-off tab for information.
*2 Corinthians 9:7 *Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Giving is part of the fun!
*/Introduction:/*/ /
This series, /The Life You’ve Always Wanted/, is about life transformation through spiritual disciplines.
If we want to grow, to change, there are some time honored practices—spiritual disciplines—that will help us connect with God.
And when we connect with God, we change.
What are these spiritual disciplines?
So far we’ve talked about
· the practice of slowing to have an unhurried life,
· the practice of Scripture to have an equipped life,
· the practice of prayer to have a life with God,
· the practice of reflection to have a life without regrets.
· and the practice of community to enjoy life together.
Today, we’re talking about the practice of celebration!
I want to convince you that God is the happiest person in the universe, and that He wants us to be the happiest people on earth!
I believe that God is joyful and wants to fill us with His joy.
That’s where we’ll start.
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Our joyful God: a theology of joy.*
*ILL**:* Tony Campolo writes,
I took my son to Disneyland when he was just a little tyke.
As we were leaving, he said, "I want another ride on Space Mountain."
I said "Sorry, I'm out of money, and I'm out of time."
He said, "Jesus wants me to go."
I said, "I'm not reading you."
He said, "When you were in church, you said whatever we feel Jesus feels it.
When we cry, he cries.
You said Jesus feels every emotion we have."
I said, "That's right."
He said, "If he feels every emotion I have, then when I'm laughing on Space Mountain, he's having a good time too.
I think Jesus would enjoy it if I had another ride on Space Mountain."
Pretty good theology.
I think Jesus would enjoy a ride on Space Mountain!
Why?
Because God is joyful.
How do we know this? It’s all over in the Bible!
First, Jesus is joyful.
Jesus is God in the flesh.
If you want to know what God is like, look at Jesus.
And Jesus was joyful.
· Children flocked to Jesus—He was a kid-magnet, so much so that it irritated His disciples and they shooed them away.
Now I’ve never known a sourpuss who was a kid-magnet.
Kids are attracted to joy, so I’ve got to believe that Jesus was joyful.
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