Find out how to have joy in even the toughest moments of life.
Key Points:
- Happiness is a natural feeling, biblical joy is supernatural.
- Stay in the presence of God.
- Choose always to make God’s joy your strength.
- Choose to live righteously.
Quote This:
Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Talk About It
- What is your initial reaction to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- What in your life tends to rob you of joy?
- Describe the difference between joy and happiness.
- Read Psalm 16:11. What do you think it means that in the presence of God there is “fullness of joy”?
- How can you live for God’s approval and not the approval of others?
- Philippians 4:4. What does it look like to “rejoice in the Lord”?
- Proverbs 10:28. How does joy relate to righteousness?
- Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?
