Joy That Doesn’t Fail (Part 2 of “Light Breaking Through”)

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Joy That Doesn’t Fail(Part 2 of “Light Breaking Through”)

Joy That Doesn’t Fail(Part 2 of “Light Breaking Through”)

Joy That Doesn’t Fail(Part 2 of “Light Breaking Through”)

How to Have Joy That Doesn’t Fail:

How to Have Joy That Doesn’t Fail:

•You Already Have Access to Joy

ESV Romans 5:1-2Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Joy That Doesn’t Fail(Part 2 of “Light Breaking Through”)

How to Have Joy That Doesn’t Fail:

•You Already Have Access to Joy

How to Have Joy That Doesn’t Fail:

•You Already Have Access to Joy •Joy Comes by Persevering

ESV Romans 5:3-4Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

Joy That Doesn’t Fail(Part 2 of “Light Breaking Through”)

How to Have Joy That Doesn’t Fail:

•You Already Have Access to Joy •Joy Comes by Persevering

How to Have Joy That Doesn’t Fail:

•You Already Have Access to Joy •Joy Comes by Persevering•Real Joy Comes from Knowing God

ESV Romans 5:5and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Joy That Doesn’t Fail(Part 2 of “Light Breaking Through”)

Challenge:

Challenge:

•Pick one area of your life where there’s pain or sadness; look at it again in the light of grace, in the light of hope, and ask the Holy Spirit for an experience of joy.

Joy That Doesn’t Fail(Part 2 of “Light Breaking Through”)