Friday, September 21, 2007

Thoughts on the Christian's Joy




From Oswald Chambers:




Joy should not be confused with happiness. In fact, it is an insult to Jesus Christ to use the word happiness in connection with Him. The joy of Jesus was His absolute self-surrender and self-sacrifice to His Father— the joy of doing that which the Father sent Him to do— ". . . who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross . . ." ( Hebrews 12:2 ). "I delight to do Your will, O my God . . ." ( Psalm 40:8 ). Jesus prayed that our joy might continue fulfilling itself until it becomes the same joy as His.
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I had a great time at the Berean Christian School at Camp Ba-Yo-Ca. I spent the last two nights traveling over to Townsend, TN and spent the evenings sharing the Bible with the 100+ students...what a great group. Dr. Core is an amazing administrator.