1. “Embracing Change To Experience Life!”
Winning Back
Your Joy
John 16:22

2. “So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see
John 16:22….
“So with you: Now is your
time of grief, but I will see
you again and you will rejoice, and no one
will take away your joy.”
(NIV)

3. When we “KNOW” the Risen Savior, we “INHERIT” an unquenchable joy!
INTRODUCTION
When we “KNOW”
the Risen Savior,
we “INHERIT”
an unquenchable joy!

4. MAIN POINTS 1.
Listen To God's Word
Rather Than
Your Feelings

5. Don’t give your “FEELINGS” that much authority and opportunity to rule you.
Don’t deny them, but don’t let them be the loudest voice you hear.

6. Psalm 119:143….
“Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.”
(NIV)

7. 2.
Hang Out With
Joyful People

8. Psalm 118:15….
“Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: ‘The LORD's
right hand has
done mighty things!’”
(NIV)

9. sing songs of joy and talk about victory and positive things
A good test of
worthwhile friendships ….
“Do those friends
sing songs of joy and
talk about victory and positive things
instead of negative topics?”

10. Don't let anyone
STEAL your
JOY!

11. 3.
Confess Your Sin

12. Psalm 32:2….
“Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.”
(NIV)

13. Before David
confessed his sin,
he was in agony
and without JOY!

14. Once David confessed His sin,
Psalm 32:3….
“When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.”
(NIV)
Once David confessed His sin,
his JOY returned!

15. 4.
Limit Your
Obligations

16. When you say “yes”
to too many things ….
you will have less time
to read the Bible,
pray and sleep.

17. point you to the… Instead of loading your schedule from morning
to evening with all kinds
of things, let God
point you to the…
RIGHT CHOICES
& RESPONSIBILITIES!

18. you will fill me with joy with eternal pleasures
Psalm 16:11….
“You have made known
to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy
in your presence,
with eternal pleasures
at your right hand.”
(NIV)

19. “YES” to spending time with God and following His priorities.
JOY
is found by saying
“NO” to some things
so you can say
“YES” to spending time with God and
following His priorities.

20. 5.
Be Yourself

21. God will evaluate how effective you served Him with the gifts
He gave to you.
God made you
to be
YOU!

22. “… formed me in the womb to be His servant .”
Isaiah 49:5….
“… formed me in the womb
to be His servant .”
(NIV)

23. fulfill His purposes – From birth, God has guided your life to
whether you are aware of
it or not – and whether your life’s journey is
smooth sailing or rough.

24. Don’t compare yourself to others; be all that
Note:
Don’t compare yourself to others; be all that
you can be with the help of the Holy Spirit, in service to your Lord and Savior.

25. You make a very poor somebody else, but
you sure do make a great
YOU!

26. 6.
Take Hold Of
Your Future

27. Ezra 3:12….
“But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy.”
(NIV)

28. They were sad....
… because these were people who remembered the previous temple, the grand edifice Solomon had build that was destroyed
by the Babylonians!

29. But God wanted to do something new
among them and
give them a
glorious future.

30. When you realize and accept that truth – then your will be strong.
God is sovereign and controls the lives of His people.
When you realize and accept that truth –
then your
will be strong.
JOY

31. rather than your past, determines your future.
Why?
… because you
UNDERSTAND that God,
rather than your past, determines your future.

32. 7.
Focus On
God's Promises
Rather Than
Your Problems

33. on your problems, you feed them and they will GROW.
FOCUS
is like fertilizer.
If you
FOCUS
on your problems,
you feed them and
they will GROW.

34. If you
FOCUS on God's Promises
you “FEED” them
and they will GROW!

35. Psalm 119:93….
“I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.”
(NIV)

36. 7 steps to win back your that was ROBBED from your life ….
CONCLUSION
7 steps to win back your
that was ROBBED
from your life ….
JOY

37. 1. Listen to God's Word
rather than
your feelings
2. Hang Out with
Joyful People

38. 3. Confess your sins
4. Limit Your
Obligations
5. Be Yourself

39. 6. Take Hold Of
Your Future
7. Focus On God's
Promises Rather
Than Your Probems
Let's pray!