1. The Elusive Joy of Christmas
Luke 2:1-16

3. expectations are much higher than the reality we experience.
THERE’S A GOOD REASON AS TO WHY THIS TAKES PLACE AND IT’S THIS:
expectations are much higher than the reality we experience.

4. Physical Pressure (Exhaustion)
Do you ever feel like
Financial Pressure
Time Pressure
Physical Pressure (Exhaustion)

5. TURN TO Luke 2:1-16

6. Joy is for ALL the people.
“ … good news of a great joy which will be for all the people.”
-Luke 2:10
Joy is for ALL the people.

7. JOY: WHAT IS IT?
the emotion evoked by well-being, success, good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires;
a state of happiness;
a source of delight.

8. “These things I have spoken so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.”
-John 15:11

9. Joy comes from ABIDING in Christ.

10. Joy comes from SITTING at His feet.

11. “Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
-Psalm 51:10

12. Joy comes from our SALVATION.

13. What do you need in order to have that Christmas joy?