JOYHOUSE OF EXCELLENCE

JOY – HAPPINESS

Galatia 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,

peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness

The whole world is looking/searchingfor HAPPINESS.

Happiness = Smile (sign)

JOY-HAPPINESS

Lisa Lester smiled non-stop for 10 hours 5 min., breaking the previous record (7 hours 32 min.) Guiness Book of World Records

1 Thes.5:16 “Rejoice evermore”“Bersukacitalah senantiasa”

Not 10 hoursHappiness Vs. Joy

JOY - HAPPINESS

“Don’t worry, be happy.” Can’t be happy all the timeHappiness depends on what

happens, but God never changes!NOT rejoice in circumstances but

rejoice in the Lord and because God never changes – Rejoice evermore!

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” Phil.4:4

JOY VS HAPPINESS

Happiness Joy

Cosmetic Character

From outside circumstances

From within

Meets surface needs Meets deepest needs

Thermometer : registers conditions

Thermostats: regulates condition

Evaporates in suffering

Intensifies in suffering

JOY - HAPPINESS

Nothing wrong with happiness, but happiness works best when rooted in JOY.

Joy is NOT dependent on happinessJoy function even better when

happiness is taken awayIt’s cruel to say to people in sorrow,

“smile and be happy.”

JOY - HAPPINESS

Isa. 53:3“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”

Jesus was a man of sorrow, but he is also annointed with oil of gladness above they fellows.

JOY - HAPPINESS

“You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.” Ps.45:7

“You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.” Heb.1:9

JOY – WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

1. To win people to ChristPs.51:12-13 “Restore to me

the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.”

JOY – WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

2. To live as ChristiansNeh.8:9 “ Nehemiah said,

"Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

JOY – THREE INGREDIENTS

1. A Cleansed Life: Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have access by faith into his grace wherein we stand and rejoice (bermegah).Joy comes from having peace with GodJoy comes by the grace of the Lord(Brings justification)

JOY – THREE INGREDIENTS

Justification – reckoned (an accounting term) to us

Rom.4:22 - Hal ini diperhitungkan22This is why "it was credited to him

as righteousness.“Ledger bookLeft side : all your vile thoughts,

words and deedsRight side : paid in full

JOY – THREE INGREDIENTS

When that happens, we are cleanWhen we’re clean, we have this great

joyLuke 10:20 “don’t be happy that demons

submit to you, but rejoice that your name is written in heaven.”

What can take JOY away? SINPs.51:12 “Restore unto me the joy of Thy

salvation.”Nothing done on you can take your joy!

JOY – THREE INGREDIENTS

If you want to know a person, don’t watch his actions, but his reactions.

Actions can be planned.Mat.5:11-12 “Blessed are you when

people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad because great is your reward in heaven.”

But if my reaction is bad, it takes my joy.

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2. ConfidenceRejoice in Hope (pengharapan) =confidence based on the Word.Hope: no matter what happensRom.8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

JOY – THREE INGREDIENTS

2 Cor.7:4 “I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.”

Di rampok? Ibr.10:34 “ketika hartamu dirampas, menerima hal itu dengan suka cita

Heb.10:34 “You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.

JOY – THREE INGREDIENTS

House burnt down?If you got your joy from your

house you wouldn’t still have joy.But if you got your joy from the

Lord, you still have Him – you still have the joy.

Never said rejoice in your house!

JOY – THREE INGREDIENTS

3. CommunicationRom.5:11 “Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”

Phil.4:4 “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!”

JOY – THREE INGREDIENTS

John 15:11 “These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you and that your joy maybe full.”

John 17:13 "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.”

To rejoice is a choice; and it begins by choosing Jesus!