Looking for Pleasure in All the Right Places—Finding the Greatest Joy in God

  • If you want to grow in your Christian life, the answer is not to try harder, but to be motivated in the best possible way—the joy of discovering the pearl and the treasure.
  • There is nothing like the the joy of loving and being loved so intensely.

 

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  • Why is it that many Christians seem to struggle for years against chronic sins, with little or no progress?
  • There can be a number of reasons, but one of them is a false idea of enjoyment.
    • Idea: “to be a Christian is
      • to renounce enjoyment and pleasure
      • to live a life of joyless obedience
  • This lie gives Satan a great advantage over us:
    • “Your only hope of being happy is to sin”
  • If you want to grow in your Christian life, the answer is not to try harder, but to be motivated in the best possible way—the joy of discovering the pearl and the treasure.
  • There is nothing like the the joy of loving and being loved so intensely.

Finding the Greatest Joy in God

  1. Scriptures that speak of delighting in God
  2. The Experience of this Joy
  3. The practical takeaway from these parables