Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Jesus the Joy-Giver (Pastor John Kayode Abiodun) 01-04-2015

NDlC/DMO Fellowship
Central Business District,
Abuja - Nigeria
1st April, 2015

SERMON
* Speaker: Pastor John Kayode Abiodun
* Topic: Jesus the Joy Giver
 
* Text: Psalm 16:11 - "You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures for ever more." (American King James Version)

* With Jesus in your life, joy is sure

* Joy is the opposite of sorrow

* Joy gives strength

* Joy is essential to the life of a believer

* Satan is the author of sorrow and is in fact interested in our sorrowing

* God can intervene and bring you joy.

* Examples of Manifestation of Joy
1. When God meets and surpasses your expectation

2. When God makes a way where there is no way by making the impossible to become possible

3. When the irreversible becomes reversible

4. When God decides to visit you
★ Luke 19:1-10 (Jesus pays Zaccheus a visit)
Genesis 18:1-15 (Angels visit to Abram and Sarah, and their story of childlessness changed)

* God is the only one that gives joy not like the world gives
→ The world at best, can give happiness which is temporal
→ Happiness and joy look alike,

* Conditions for Getting Joy
1. Salvation
→ Genuine joy comes through having a relationship with God
Luke 2:10
→ The most noticeable thing When you receive Christ is a fullness of joy and peace in your heart
 
* Without Christ, there will be crises in your life
 
* Rejecting Jesus is like rejecting life and joy (Psalm 16:11)
 
Note: Jesus has no substitute - it is either you have Him or not
 
* Without Christ, there will be confusion, but with Him, everything will be alright

# Prayer:
"Let there be More of Jesus in my life"

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