Goodness & Light: Do You Know What I Know?

GOODNESS & LIGHT

Do You Know What I Know?
Pastor Aaron Sutherland  

MESSAGE SCRIPTURE:

John 15:11 "I have said these things to you so that my joy will be in you and your joy will be complete."

I. GOD WANTS ME TO KNOW A NEW SOURCE OF JOY
James 1:2 (CEB) "My brothers and sisters, think of the various tests you encounter as occasions for joy."

II. GOD WANTS ME TO KNOW A NEW PATH TO JOY
James 1:3 (CEB) "After all, you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance."
 

III.  GOD WANTS ME TO KNOW A NEW FRUIT FROM JOY
James 1:4 (CEB) "Let this endurance complete its work so that you may be fully mature, complete, and lacking in nothing."

 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. How can you view the trials you face today as an opportunity to experience God’s joy?

2. In what ways have you seen perseverance lead you to greater joy?

3. As you have watched God grow you in joy, what other fruits have you seen emerge from your life?