Sermon Christmas Day 2005 Zechariah 9
Video…..what is in the box? The Joy of knowing Jesus
9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king [b] comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the war-horses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River [c] to the ends of the earth. [d]
11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
12 Return to your fortress, O prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.
Joy
This scripture is used in Handels messiah
Most exhibits joy to me…
More so than the shepherds who left glorifying and praising God
More so that the wise men rejoiced with exceeding great joy
More so than Gal 5 Love, Joy peace, patience
Dad would sing it around the house…..
Joy is much talked about…..
Few people actually have it
The "Grinch who stole Christmas" had a heart "two sizes too small
There are those Christians who ought to have joy, but they are stuck on unhappy
You don’t have it just because you attend church………
Administration, learning, working, landscaping,
Joy…..What is it?
Joy is more than a piano player
It is not happiness….
Here is my bag of happiness from this morning
You feel joyful, but it is not transferable or contaigious, it is really just happiness
My kids……….on what is joy…..
Alli
Different kinds of joy
Kids and presents
Parents watching kid open
Real joy between God and ma
Jenny
1. open a present…kid is happy
2. joy of giving
fulfills you more when you give to others
give to help others …katrina work….
Man on oprah sold his world series tickets to help Katrina victims
Choice…world series or helping the suffering
Appreciating your life
Sick people also appreciate life
Joy is contagious…..booth of young people at the restaurant.
Begin to laugh….annoyed at first, taken over by the wave
Joy is transferable…….other people want it, and you can give it to them
Joy leaves behind a kernel of the eternal
Terency Elwyn Johnson, of Margate Community Church (New Jersey), tells the story of Bonnee Hoy, a gifted composer, who died in the prime of life. At her memorial service, a friend told of how a mockingbird used to sing regularly outside Bonnee's window on summer nights. "Bonnee would stand at her bedroom window, peering into the darkness, listening intently, marveling at the beautiful songs the mockingbird sang. Then, musician that she was, Bonnee decided to sing back. So she whistled the first four notes of Beethoven's 'Fifth Symphony.' With amazing quickness the mockingbird learned these four notes and sang them back to Bonnee. 'And in perfect pitch,' Bonnee marveled. Then, for a time the bird disappeared. But one night, toward the very end of her life, when Bonnee was so terribly sick, the bird returned and, in the midst of other songs, several times sang those first four notes of Beethoven's 'Fifth.'" At that memorial service, her beloved friend, with a smile on her lips and tears in her eyes, said, "I like to think of that now. Somewhere out there (in a big, big world) is a mockingbird who sings Beethoven because of Bonnee."
Let me describe some of the things that hold joy for meJoy is having the best friends in the world.
Joy is knowing people that love me.
Joy is knowing that God loves me.
Inspite of myself.
Joy is celebrating life
Joy is not being afraid to die.
Joy is having the best friends in the world
Joy is having jesus for my friend
This stuff is contagious
This stuff is transferable
The joy of Jesus is eternal
Conclusion
The Christmas Truce
If the message of Jesus is so real that hated enemies can stop shooting at each other, then how much is the message able to reach out and change your world?
You can let go, you can forgive, you can be free to love, because you are loved.
It is Christmas, we are open for business.
Today and every day.
Tell your friends.
Spread the joy.
Let us pray.
Video…..what is in the box? The Joy of knowing Jesus
9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king [b] comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the war-horses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River [c] to the ends of the earth. [d]
11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
12 Return to your fortress, O prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.
Joy
This scripture is used in Handels messiah
Most exhibits joy to me…
More so than the shepherds who left glorifying and praising God
More so that the wise men rejoiced with exceeding great joy
More so than Gal 5 Love, Joy peace, patience
Dad would sing it around the house…..
Joy is much talked about…..
Few people actually have it
The "Grinch who stole Christmas" had a heart "two sizes too small
There are those Christians who ought to have joy, but they are stuck on unhappy
You don’t have it just because you attend church………
Administration, learning, working, landscaping,
Joy…..What is it?
Joy is more than a piano player
It is not happiness….
Here is my bag of happiness from this morning
You feel joyful, but it is not transferable or contaigious, it is really just happiness
My kids……….on what is joy…..
Alli
Different kinds of joy
Kids and presents
Parents watching kid open
Real joy between God and ma
Jenny
1. open a present…kid is happy
2. joy of giving
fulfills you more when you give to others
give to help others …katrina work….
Man on oprah sold his world series tickets to help Katrina victims
Choice…world series or helping the suffering
Appreciating your life
Sick people also appreciate life
Joy is contagious…..booth of young people at the restaurant.
Begin to laugh….annoyed at first, taken over by the wave
Joy is transferable…….other people want it, and you can give it to them
Joy leaves behind a kernel of the eternal
Terency Elwyn Johnson, of Margate Community Church (New Jersey), tells the story of Bonnee Hoy, a gifted composer, who died in the prime of life. At her memorial service, a friend told of how a mockingbird used to sing regularly outside Bonnee's window on summer nights. "Bonnee would stand at her bedroom window, peering into the darkness, listening intently, marveling at the beautiful songs the mockingbird sang. Then, musician that she was, Bonnee decided to sing back. So she whistled the first four notes of Beethoven's 'Fifth Symphony.' With amazing quickness the mockingbird learned these four notes and sang them back to Bonnee. 'And in perfect pitch,' Bonnee marveled. Then, for a time the bird disappeared. But one night, toward the very end of her life, when Bonnee was so terribly sick, the bird returned and, in the midst of other songs, several times sang those first four notes of Beethoven's 'Fifth.'" At that memorial service, her beloved friend, with a smile on her lips and tears in her eyes, said, "I like to think of that now. Somewhere out there (in a big, big world) is a mockingbird who sings Beethoven because of Bonnee."
Let me describe some of the things that hold joy for meJoy is having the best friends in the world.
Joy is knowing people that love me.
Joy is knowing that God loves me.
Inspite of myself.
Joy is celebrating life
Joy is not being afraid to die.
Joy is having the best friends in the world
Joy is having jesus for my friend
This stuff is contagious
This stuff is transferable
The joy of Jesus is eternal
Conclusion
The Christmas Truce
If the message of Jesus is so real that hated enemies can stop shooting at each other, then how much is the message able to reach out and change your world?
You can let go, you can forgive, you can be free to love, because you are loved.
It is Christmas, we are open for business.
Today and every day.
Tell your friends.
Spread the joy.
Let us pray.
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