04/11/21- Beauty for Ashes, Part 2: Joy for Mourning- Pastor Billy Logan

Beauty for Ashes, Part 2: Joy for Mourning

 

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Week 1: In Christ there is always beauty on the other side of your ashes. -Pastor Adrian Add your private notes… • • • Isaiah 61:1-3NIV

1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,  2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,  3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

Add your private notes… • • • Luke 4:16-19NIV

16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:  18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,  19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Add your private notes… • • • Joy for Mourning  Add your private notes… • • • Isaiah 61:3NIV

3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

Add your private notes… • • • What is THIS joy? Add your private notes… • • • Romans 14:17NIV

17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,

Add your private notes… • • • Why is THIS exchange so wonderful? Add your private notes… • • • Psalms 30:5NIV

5 For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Add your private notes… • • • Happiness is found in circumstance Joy is found in Christ Add your private notes… • • • “The joy and peace of believers arise chiefly from their hopes. What is laid out upon them is but little, compared with what is laid up for them; therefore, the more hope they have, the more joy and peace they have . . . Christians should desire and labor after an abundance of hope.” -Matthew Henry Add your private notes… • • •

Steph’s Story

Experience a real life story of God’s anointing with His deep joy during a season of mourning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jwPdDJFe8E • • • Other Scriptures for Study/Reflection  -Romans 12:12 -Nehemiah 8:9-10 -Matthew 5:4 -Galatians 5:22 -Psalm 45:7