Worship Service 12/06/2020

Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Thesis: Choosing the Path of Joy

Texts:

3 Elements of Our Path

A desire: what we are looking for (joy).
- In this life, and in the next
- Blessed = joy, happiness, fulfilment
A direction: where we think we will find what we are looking for
A destiny: where we will end up based on:
- the steps we follow to achieve our desire
- the direction we took

The Path we choose reveals two things:

Choose the right path!

The desire of the godly
- We are all in awe of something or someone
- Whatever we are in awe of–good or bad–will control your life
  - Good gifts make terrible gods
- Do you delight to do God’s will?
  - God desires not only our obedience, but our affection
  - Wisdom is just truth applied
  - We do what we truly believe
  - Blessing does not mean that we get everything we desire
  - Blessing does mean that the closer we are to Christ, the more joy and contentment we have
  - Blessing also does not mean that if we make right choices, only good things will happen to us
The direction of the godly
- People never think they will be the ones to fall
The destiny of the godly
- We position ourselves for fruitfulness
  - Spiritual fruitfulness
- One way we declare God’s glory is when we choose God’s word over sin
- A wasted life:
  - Not that we are valueless in the eyes of God
  - But wasted time, energy, opportunities
- The destiny of the ungodly
  - Loss in this life
  - Loss in the next life
- “Jesus is rescuing me every day”

Live it out!