02 Dec

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When we first started Joy Church over eleven years ago, I had one of my staff members find for me a picture of a sanctuary that had a similar size compared to our facility.  I wanted this sanctuary full of people.  As soon as my staff member found such a picture, I immediately put it on my refrigerator so I could view it every day.  Sure enough, it wasn’t long before our sanctuary was filled with people.  We then expanded our sanctuary and it was soon filled up.  So we went to two services and over time, both services were...

18 Nov

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Jim Carey, the famous actor/comedian, moved from Canada to Hollywood many years ago.  Upon arriving, he made out a check to himself from a big studio for ten million dollars.  He would get that check out every day and look at it, believing that one day this would be the sum of money he would be paid per movie.  Within five years, Jim Carey was not making ten million dollars per movie…he was making twenty million dollars per movie! When his father died, he took out that check he had made out to himself all those years ago and put it...

04 Nov

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Several years ago when my father was still alive here on his earth, he and I were riding bikes together on vacation. It was a beautiful evening and so we rode our bikes on the beach. We rode together quite a ways down the beach and by the time we returned back to make our way to the mainland, it was dark. Where we vacation, there are bike paths all over the island and most of them are not lit. At the time, my father was in his 70's and couldn't see as well in the dark a he could when...

28 Oct

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Over the last number of weeks we began discussing 5 Outstanding Objectives to Current Event Opinions: 1. Jesus clearly defined marriage (Matt. 19:1-9, Gen. 2:21-24). We shared with you the primary definition of marriage from Genesis to Revelation: God separated feminine out of masculine They were given a desire to be one again They publicly left their parents They are permanently united in heterosexual marriage Sealed by sex From Genesis to Revelation, there is no other God-approved union 2. The Bible clearly defines homosexuality as sin: Genesis 19 Lev. 18:22 Ezek. 16:49-50 Rom. 1:18-37 I Cor. 6:9 I Tim. 1:9-10 II Tim. 3:3 8. II Peter 2:6-8 Jude v.7 3. We must have the proper balance of mercy...

21 Oct

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Many years ago, after I had just gotten saved, a friend of mine from the distant past gave me a call. When I was a kid I used to swim competitively and a young man that was on my swim team called me. He was now at Auburn University and I was attending the University of Tennessee. He had given his life to Jesus many years ago and had heard that I had accepted Christ also. He was on his way to Ohio and wanted to stop by and spend some time with me. When this friend of mine arrived, he...

14 Oct

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Last week we began discussing 5 Outstanding Objectives to Current Event Opinions: 1. Jesus clearly defined marriage (Matt. 19:1-9, Gen. 2:21-24). This week, let's continue...

07 Oct

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I remember approximately 33 years ago when I was in college at the University of Tennessee. One of my assigned roommates was a writer for the school newspaper and was on a polar opposite side of my political spectrum. One afternoon, my roommate and I got into a political discussion. The discussion quickly spiraled downward into a very heated argument which ended with me picking up my roommate and slamming him into the wall (please forgive me…this was approximately one year before I had given my life to Jesus)! As you know, there are two things that can really get our...

30 Sep

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Over the last few weeks we began to discuss “6 Attitude Axioms”: 1.Our attitude determines our approach to life (Prov. 23:7). 2. Our attitude determines our relationship with people (Rom. 14:19). 3. Our attitude can be the difference between success and failure (Phil. 4:13). 4. Our attitude will determine how we approach our daily tasks (Ps. 118:24). 5. Attitude can give us an uncommonly positive perspective (James 1:2-4). 6. Religion makes for a bad attitude, but relationship makes for a good attitude (Luke 15:11-32). This week, let's continue...