8 We Rejoice
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Introduction
Introduction
Paul's final encouragement to Thessalonian church. Rejoice, pray, and be thankful. Always, continuously, in everything. Triple hyperbole.
We Pray started with We Fast – fasting because we were finishing the week of prayer and fasting. Fasting means to abstain from gratifying the flesh (physical desires) in order to strengthen the spirit. Fasting can be with prayer or with action.
We Pray started with We Fast – fasting because we were finishing the week of prayer and fasting. Fasting means to abstain from gratifying the flesh (physical desires) in order to strengthen the spirit. Fasting can be with prayer or with action.
Rejoice In Rescue
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Rejoice In Reshaping
rejoice, rejoice, ask and God will give you peace.
Fasting with prayer is taking time away from physical desires to spend concentrated time in prayer, not for getting what we want from God, but in aligning ourselves more fully with the Kingdom, God’s will , and God’s purposes. Wisdom and direction, decision about future, need for clarity, healing, spiritual breakthrough of other type.
Fasting with prayer is taking time away from physical desires to spend concentrated time in prayer, not for getting what we want from God, but in aligning ourselves more fully with the Kingdom, God’s will , and God’s purposes. Wisdom and direction, decision about future, need for clarity, healing, spiritual breakthrough of other type.
rejoice, rejoice, ask and God will give you peace. Good starting point. from last week - believe, don’t worry. ask. receive peace that only God can give. Starts with rejoicing.
8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
says that God’s requirement and desire for fasting is action. Deny yourself to invest in someone else. Ministry of compassion and justice and Gospel.
Rejoice Relentlessly
says that God’s requirement and desire for fasting is action. Deny yourself to invest in someone else. Ministry of compassion and justice and Gospel.
filled with inexpressible and glorious joy because of result of faith - salvation.
filled with inexpressible and glorious joy because of result of faith - salvation.
11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Next we looked at We Believe. Prayer should not be boiled down to a format or formula. It is most simple when it is a cry from the heart. Help! Or I believe. We believe God is true, His word is true, and His response is true. Simple prayers are We believe you for healing. We believe you for direction. Etc. Examples from – those who believed and were healed/saved. And which focused the whole chapter on Do not worry. Seek God’s kingdom and righteousness. Believe God for your needs.
rejoice even when persecuted, your reward is great
Next we looked at We Believe. Prayer should not be boiled down to a format or formula. It is most simple when it is a cry from the heart. Help! Or I believe. We believe God is true, His word is true, and His response is true. Simple prayers are We believe you for healing. We believe you for direction. Etc. Examples from – those who believed and were healed/saved. And which focused the whole chapter on Do not worry. Seek God’s kingdom and righteousness. Believe God for your needs.
rejoice even when persecuted, your reward is great
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
Dealing with the heart of prayer, not the structure or method. Fasting is self-denial. Believing is foundation of faith.
Count it joy when you face trials - maturity.
Dealing with the heart of prayer, not the structure or method. Fasting is self-denial. Believing is foundation of faith.
Count it joy when you face trials - maturity.
20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Another aspect of prayer is rejoicing. Rejoicing is heart attitude of gratefulness and joy that goes beyond the hurt and sorrow, beyond a surface happiness to recognize and celebrate the goodness of God.
Another aspect of prayer is rejoicing. Rejoicing is heart attitude of gratefulness and joy that goes beyond the hurt and sorrow, beyond a surface happiness to recognize and celebrate the goodness of God.
do not rejoice that spirits submit to you, rejoice that your name is written in heaven.
do not rejoice that spirits submit to you, rejoice that your name is written in heaven.
Points
Points
Rejoice/Joy - chairo
Points
Points
We Rejoice – an aspect of prayer that gets left behind.
We Rejoice – an aspect of prayer that gets left behind.
Joy is a fruit of the Spirit.
Joy <> happiness. Deeper sense of gratefulness because of good or despite bad.
When we miss rejoicing we miss life. We become cynical and bitter and unpleasant.
When we miss rejoicing we miss life. We become cynical and bitter and unpleasant.
Rejoice In Receiving
Rejoice In Receiving
Rejoice In Receiving
Thankful - eucharisto
18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
when healed/happy:
praise/glory is an act of faith. Following through on prayer of faith as last week.
when healed/happy: ; ;
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praise/glory is an act of faith. Following through on prayer of faith as last week.
Faith led to action, healed on their way.
Leper healed, Samaritan came back. praising God in a loud voice. Thanked Jesus.
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Leper healed, Samaritan came back.
Woman healed, praised God.
Lepers healed 1/10 come back to thank.
Gratefulness
Woman healed, praised God. But synagogue leader was indignant and tried to send people away. People rejoiced.
But synagogue leader was indignant and tried to send people away. People rejoiced.
Woman healed, praised God. But synagogue leader was indignant and tried to send people away. People rejoiced.
10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.” 13 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. 14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” 15 Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? 16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” 17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
Do we rejoice in the answers and provision of God? Can we rejoice when someone else gets the healing or the bonus or the blessing? Can we rejoice when someone else does the healing or blessing or teaching?
7woman healed glorifies God. (v.14 is opposite reaction: example of religion following rules and rejecting/ignoring the work of God) 15-17 religious leaders humiliated, but crowd rejoicing)
Do we rejoice in the answers and provision of God? Can we rejoice when someone else gets the healing or the bonus or the blessing? Can we rejoice when someone else does the healing or blessing or teaching?
10-13 woman healed glorifies God. (v.14 is opposite reaction: example of religion following rules and rejecting/ignoring the work of God) 15-17 religious leaders humiliated, but crowd rejoicing)
Gratitude, Rejoicing, Thankfulness are actions that express the deep heart attitudes. Humility and action required.
Praise
Rejoicing, Thanksgiving, Praise are actions that express the deep heart attitudes. Humility and action required.
15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
sacrifice of praise
in provision:
in provision: Rejoicing brings peace. Do not worry, ask in faith, peace from God. Rejoicing in the Lord.
sacrifice of praise
Quote , 6-7
Rejoicing brings peace. Do not worry, ask in faith, peace from God. Rejoicing in the Lord.
Rejoice In Rescue
Rejoice In Rescue
Rejoice In Rescue
1 Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. 3 For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. 4 He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains. 5 The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too. 6 Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, 7 for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today! 8 The Lord says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness. 9 For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did. 10 For forty years I was angry with them, and I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.’ 11 So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’ ”
salvation, yours and others’: ; ;
salvation, yours and others’: ; ;
1 Praise the Lord, all you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth. 2 For his unfailing love for us is powerful; the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise the Lord!
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
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You believe in Him, and rejoice with joy inexpressible, filled with glory
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You believe in Him, and rejoice with joy inexpressible, filled with glory
Do not rejoice that spirits are subject to you. Rejoice your names are written in heaven.
Jesus sent out disciples to heal and present good news of Kingdom. returned for debrief excited.
1 thessalonians 5:
v.20 Jesus said Do not rejoice that spirits are subject to you. Rejoice your names are written in heaven.
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
parables: Lost sheep, lost coin, lost son. When found there is much rejoicing. Restored. But here also is a story of ingratitude, bitterness. Older Son. no joy, no appreciation, no gratitude.
Lost coin, lost sheep, lost son. When found there is much rejoicing. Restored. But here also is a story of ingratitude, bitterness.
Rejoice In Reshaping
Rejoice In Reshaping
Rejoice In Reshaping
in sorrow/trouble: ;
in sorrow/trouble: ; ;
You face trials, rejoice because you’ve shared Christ’s suffering you will also rejoice in sharing in His glory.
You face trials, rejoice because you’ve shared Christ’s suffering you will also rejoice in sharing in His glory.
Rejoice that trials come and lead you to maturity as you persevere.
Quote Consider it pure joy
Rejoice that trials come and lead you to maturity as you persevere.
Rejoice Relentlessly
Rejoice Relentlessly
Rejoice Relentlessly
in all situations:
in all situations:
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Joy is a fruit of the spirit
Joy is a fruit of the spirit
Conclusion
Conclusion
Joy is a fruit of the spirit
Conclusion
Conclusion
Prayer is an expression of what’s deep in our heart.
Humility is expressed in self-denial and investing in others. Faith is expressed in obedience. Joy is expressed in rejoicing. Gratitude is expressed in thanksgiving. Significance/value is expressed in praise.
Prayer is an expression of what’s deep in our heart.
– Rejoicing, thanksgiving, praise. And a warning not to harden the heart – lack of these.
Humility is expressed in self-denial and investing in others. Faith is expressed in obedience. Joy is expressed in rejoicing. Gratitude is expressed in thanksgiving. Significance/value is expressed in praise.
– Rejoicing, thanksgiving, praise. And a warning not to harden the heart – lack of these.