{"id":10161,"date":"2021-12-12T12:52:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T17:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=10161"},"modified":"2021-12-12T12:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T17:54:10","slug":"unexpectedgifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2021\/12\/unexpectedgifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>2021 THEME: Life on the Edge<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Series: Expect The Unexpected<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>TITLE: Unexpected Gifts<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Scripture: Selected Scripture<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0 \u00a0MAY YOU FIND LOVE UNDER YOUR TREE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What does love look like?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Love (<strong><u>covers<\/u><\/strong>) sin.<\/li>\n<li>Love (<strong><u>listens to<\/u><\/strong>) God.<\/li>\n<li>Love (<strong><u>believes<\/u><\/strong>) God.<\/li>\n<li>Love (<strong><u>obeys<\/u><\/strong>) God.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>II.\u00a0 MAY YOU FIND JOY UNDER YOUR TREE \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Happiness and joy are different:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Happiness is determined by (<strong><u>your circumstances<\/u><\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>Joy is not determined by (<strong><u>your lot in life<\/u><\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cYou will make known to me the way of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever.\u201d Ps.16:11<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>III. MAY YOU FIND PEACE UNDER YOUR TREE<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">How can I know peace?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>I feel peace when I experience (<strong><u>conversion<\/u><\/strong>).\u00a0 Peace (<strong><u>with<\/u><\/strong>) God.<\/li>\n<li>I feel peace when I experience (<strong><u>covenant<\/u><\/strong>).\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Peace (<strong><u>from<\/u><\/strong>) God.<\/li>\n<li>I feel peace when I experience (<strong><u>confidence<\/u><\/strong>).\u00a0 Peace (<strong><u>of<\/u><\/strong>) God.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next Week: Series: Expect the Unexpected<\/p>\n<p>Title: That After Christmas Feeling- Phil.2:1-11<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 THEME: Life on the Edge Series: Expect The Unexpected TITLE: Unexpected Gifts Scripture: Selected Scripture \u00a0 I.\u00a0 \u00a0MAY YOU FIND LOVE UNDER YOUR TREE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; What does love look like? Love (covers) sin. Love (listens to) God. Love (believes) God. Love (obeys) God. &nbsp; II.\u00a0 MAY YOU FIND JOY UNDER YOUR TREE \u00a0\u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2021\/12\/unexpectedgifts\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10165,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10161\/revisions\/10165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}