Cedar Hills Community Church

Glorious Joy

December 22, 2019 Pastor Alan Crandall
Cedar Hills Community Church
Glorious Joy
Show Notes

Glorious Joy

1.    Joy Comes to the Suffering

“Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on his afflicted.” 
 Isaiah 49:13

2.    Joy Comes through the Suffering

“You shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” 
 Isaiah 55:12

3.    Joy Comes by the Suffering of Jesus

“You have increased our joy… For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his should, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” 
 Isaiah 9:1-6

 

Next Steps

1.    Are you able to recognize the ways God uses suffering in your life to restore you to wholeness?

2.    In your prayers, can you experience God’s closeness when you come ‘desolate, forsaken, stripped of everything’?

3.    Do you hold on to God’s covenant promise that, no matter what happens in this life, he will never leave you or forsake you?

4.    What will you do this week to celebrate and share the joy of salvation?

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