2dae the speaker is Ps Daniel.. Haha.. He told us a story abt perspective.. Lazy to type out oso la.. Haha.. So be it.. Ok the service..

Galatians 5:22
Romans 5:2 1
Peter 1:13
Romans 12:12 Read these verses .. =D
Romans 5:1-4
Isaiah 43:2
Mark 8:35


staying joyful in a negative world… joy = delight!!!!

Joy =/= happiness

-Happiness depends on the happenings and situations..
-To be joyful is a CHOICE! Take note! =D

You can choose to rejoice regardless of the situation.. We haf peace with God thru Jesus Christ! And now we talk abt hope..

FACTS: Men can live for 40 days without food and water..
Men can oso live for 8 mins with oxygen!
However.. Men cannot live with hope!!!!

A test was conducted on rats.. There were 2 containers.. Filled almost to the brim and den they drop a rat into each container.. Den they closed the containers.. One of the container was poke to open a hole for the rat to haf a ray of hope! The rat tat was covered and could see no light and hope commited suicide by drowning itself straight away as it could see no hope of surviving.. The rat wif some hope struggle for a long time but died in the end after 24 hrs! see how hope can help one being? I tink it applies to humans too =D

1Peter 1:13

we haf to put our hope on the grace of God.. It is impossible to haf joy without hope.. We haf a God who haf a purpose in out life! Yea.. Haha..

Y do we rejoice in our sufferings?

1) Becoz we haf hope! We haf hope tat by God’s grace he will save us! And suffering(anything tat puts u under pressure negatively..) produces perseverance in our lives..

2) We can control the state of our mind----impt! Rmb this.. Joy =/= absence of suffering!

3) Suffering actually measure how much faith we haf!If God is wif u, all things r possible!! Yea.. However when we say rejoicing in suffering.. We do not mean acting happy .. “God, give me more pain.. More suffering.. !!!!” not like this ah.. Haha.. We rejoice in our sufferings.. Not rejoice becoz of sufferings.. Haha.. tat would be crazy haha..

How do we rejoice in our sufferings?
By knowing tat all suffering haf a purpose in our lives. Different perspective will cause u to react in different ways..we can rejoice in sufferings as we noe it produces something..

1.) perseverance - ability to withstand pressure (nv say die?) haha..
2.) character - proven reliable (God’s grace sure is reliable la.. Haha.. )
3.) maturity - we gotta haf a right attitude.. After tat "rejoiced" suffering, u will become more matured.. =D testing of faith produces perseverance, suffering produces maturity.. =D

This is a good example.. When Paul wrote the book of Philippians, he was in prison.. He wrote the book of joy in PRISON!!!!!!!!
Guys.. Joy is a choice… wow…God is always wif us.. We are God’s frens.. =D

-Isaiah 43:2-
Nothing will harm you cause He is with you. Spiritual workout! This workout is to haf joy..
1.) we gotta develop an attitude of gratitude.. Give thanks in all circumstances.. For this circumstances tat u r facing is God’s will.. Gratitude produces more positive emotional energy than any other attitudes in ur life.. So thank God and thank those ppl arnd u … grateful = joyful

2.) cultivate joy by giving. God loves a cheerful giver.. One thing yea.. U can never out give God.. Haha..

3.) develop joy by serving ppl.. Mark 8:35 - serve, concentrate on serving others rather den juz urself.. Sharing Christ is one way of serving too.. Haha..

4) sharing Jesus Everyday of our life!!

sry this came a bit late.. will improve on the punctuality of this summary soon.. =D

-Derek-

Scribbled by: Child of God @11:39 pm