{"id":12458,"date":"2024-11-18T16:30:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T21:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=12458"},"modified":"2024-11-18T16:30:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T21:30:44","slug":"im-thankful-that-joy-isnt-circumstantial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/11\/im-thankful-that-joy-isnt-circumstantial\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Thankful that Joy isn\u2019t Circumstantial"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

2024 THEME: Run with the Horses<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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SERIES: I\u2019m Thankful\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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TITLE: I\u2019m Thankful that Joy isn\u2019t Circumstantial<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

Three Holy Habits:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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  1. JOY
    <\/strong><\/span>Partly God\u2019s work in us, partly our participation with what God is doing and wants to keep doing to transform our lives \u2013 Rooted in the promises of God and predicated on God\u2019s power to complete those promises<\/li>\r\n
  2. Prayer<\/strong><\/span>
    A way in which we enter God\u2019s presence to listen and speak with God \u2013 Seeks God\u2019s will to be done and helps us align our will to His<\/li>\r\n
  3. Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/span>
    A form of praise to God in recognizing his blessings to us \u2013 A way to cherish those blessings and the blessing-giver<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    When do I deploy them? Always, continually and in all circumstances<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Three Joy Killers:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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    1. ENVY<\/strong> <\/span>– Puts the focus on what others have that you don\u2019t<\/li>\r\n
    2. DISCONTENTMENT<\/strong> <\/span>– Refuses to appreciate what you do have’<\/li>\r\n
    3. COMPLAINING<\/strong> <\/span>– Focuses on the negative and says noting is good enough<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      The HARD part of ALL in \u201call circumstances\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

      The greater the pain is turned up<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 the harder it can be to hold on to joy – Psalm 13<\/p>\r\n

      \u201cYes, I pray that my pain might be removed, that it might cease; but more so, I pray for the strength to
      bear it, the grace to benefit from it, and the devotion to offer it up to God as a sacrifice of praise.\u201d
      -Joni Eareckson Tada<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      2024 THEME: Run with the Horses SERIES: I\u2019m Thankful\u2026 TITLE: I\u2019m Thankful that Joy isn\u2019t Circumstantial Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Three Holy Habits: JOYPartly God\u2019s work in us, partly our participation with what God is doing and wants to keep doing to transform our lives \u2013 Rooted in the promises of God and predicated on … <\/p>\n

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