Sermons

  Everything Is Awesome & Nobody Is Happy Your Journey To Joy Opening Illustration: Point: We often lose our joy. Well I brought some joy with me this morning. Joy detergent, Almond Joy, Joystick. What happens when you run out of Joy? You have an empty bottle, all you have left is Almond, and you video game doesn’t work. Life just isn’t as good when you run out of joy. Maybe you are here this morning and you’ve lost some of your joy. Something is bothering you, troubling you? You’ve got worry that just wont go away. You’ve been disappointed, hurt, or grieved? You’re running on empty, you’ve lost your joy. The Bible speaks to “joy” quite often. If you were to perform a Google search asking about Bible verses containing the word “joy”, you will find dozens and dozens of pages. I know because I did just that in preparation for today’s message. Hopefully we have all experienced the “joy” of knowing God and being saved through Jesus Christ, His Son. But, if I were to ask you to

  Everything Is Awesome & Nobody Is Happy From Drama To Devoted  Opening Illustration: I recently heard a story about a man and his wife that were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. The next week, the man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight to Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (AND LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM." The next morning the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and that he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn’t woken him when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up". Point: Chances are we have all been there a time or two. Conflict. Conflict at home. Conflict at the workplace. Conflict at school. Conflict comes in all shapes and sizes. Conflict can be loud involving shouting and screaming and confli