The Joy of The Kingdom of God! (Introduction)
Rom 14:17-18 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Joy is not really an emotion, It is much more! (Fruit of the Spirit/Kingdom) Happiness is an emotion and the Fruit of the Soul! Joy is a fruit of the Spirit that effects your emotions.
Much like depression is more than an emotional state, it is a spiritual stronghold that effects the soul/emotional state.
If this is true, then can we decide to have Joy and is it up to us if we are depressed or not?
*THIS WAS JUST SOME LOOSE NOTES. A KIND OF OUTLINE!
Last night was Valentines Day and today is an early school field trip with my lovely daughter Haley. Tomorrow (Saturday), I will expound much more on the Joy of the Lord and the dynamics of living in the Kingdom of God. I will write you again tomorrow morning.
Current Family & Ministry News: Yesterday, I woke up and asked my lovely wife how she was feeling. She still had a terrible headache. We sat and talked for awhile and spent some time together. I prayed for relief of this headache. Finally I told her to rest until she was feeling better. I went to work. I barely got to work before she called to tell me that her headache was gone. Praise be to Jesus! I rented a large forklift and at around noon, we received our 53 foot truck full of food. It was awesome to know that God was using us to help so many people to simply have something good to eat. This will help our Master Commission students, Love Links Women's Shelter and our Field of Dreams Feeding Ministries. The excess will also go to other shelters like the Eugene Mission, Food for Lane County as well as help many of our church families. We are also excited about our pickle evangelism. (I will tell you more about that tomorrow). I want to give a special thanks to Ron, Jon, Kelly, Gary, Marlene, my wife and children who helped get all the food sorted and unloaded. All is well and God has blessed us to be a blessing. Decide right now that you are going to be a blessing to someone today. Have a great day. Pastor Aaron
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Joy is not really an emotion, It is much more! (Fruit of the Spirit/Kingdom) Happiness is an emotion and the Fruit of the Soul! Joy is a fruit of the Spirit that effects your emotions.
Much like depression is more than an emotional state, it is a spiritual stronghold that effects the soul/emotional state.
If this is true, then can we decide to have Joy and is it up to us if we are depressed or not?
*THIS WAS JUST SOME LOOSE NOTES. A KIND OF OUTLINE!
Last night was Valentines Day and today is an early school field trip with my lovely daughter Haley. Tomorrow (Saturday), I will expound much more on the Joy of the Lord and the dynamics of living in the Kingdom of God. I will write you again tomorrow morning.
Current Family & Ministry News: Yesterday, I woke up and asked my lovely wife how she was feeling. She still had a terrible headache. We sat and talked for awhile and spent some time together. I prayed for relief of this headache. Finally I told her to rest until she was feeling better. I went to work. I barely got to work before she called to tell me that her headache was gone. Praise be to Jesus! I rented a large forklift and at around noon, we received our 53 foot truck full of food. It was awesome to know that God was using us to help so many people to simply have something good to eat. This will help our Master Commission students, Love Links Women's Shelter and our Field of Dreams Feeding Ministries. The excess will also go to other shelters like the Eugene Mission, Food for Lane County as well as help many of our church families. We are also excited about our pickle evangelism. (I will tell you more about that tomorrow). I want to give a special thanks to Ron, Jon, Kelly, Gary, Marlene, my wife and children who helped get all the food sorted and unloaded. All is well and God has blessed us to be a blessing. Decide right now that you are going to be a blessing to someone today. Have a great day. Pastor Aaron
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