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June
13, 2006
"Consider it Pure Joy"
Amanda Waldroop
Staff Writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries
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Reflection
Points:
1. When have you experienced some sort of suffering for Jesus?
2. What was your reaction to the struggle?
3. Did you have a give-up-and-get-out attitude? Or did you remain strong and persevere?
4. What is the most frequent joy-stealer you deal with?
5. What usually has to happen before your joy is returned and your attitude is set back on track?
Power
Verses:
John 15:10-11, "If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete." (NIV)
1 Thessalonians 3:2-5, "We sent Timothy, who is our brother and God's fellow worker in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them. In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter might have tempted you and our efforts might have been useless." (NIV)
1 Corinthians 9:16-17, "Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me." (NIV)
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