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Introduction : Joy.  It is a word that we hear often during this time of year.  We even sang about it this morning. We read it often throughout Scripture and especially with the announcement of Jesus birth. It is a fruit of the Spirit. “An attitude God’s people adopt not because of happy circumstances but because of their hope in God’s love and promise.” (The Bible Project) What brings you joy? Discourage vs. 5-7,18,24-25 ·          Christmas time is typically a time of joy, but for many it is a time of discouragement. ·          What causes discouragement in you? It might be a friendship, a strained relationship in family, a loss of job, a loss of a loved one, frustrations at work or school, health issues, COVID. ·          Zechariah and Elizabeth are experiencing discouragement as well. o    Vs. 7-They had no children & They were adv...

Introduction: What is deception?   The fact or state of being causing a person to believe what is not true; misled, ensnared, tricked.  I want you think about a time when you were deceived.   What attracted you? What lie did you believe? Why did you keep believing?   What changed? Deceived in Deeds (3-5) ·          Vs. 3-Hint of sexual immorality (fornication, unchaste) or impurity (unclean)   or greed o    Vs. 1-2-Imitators of God, dearly loved children, live a life of love, Christ loved us and gave himself up for us o    any sexual indulgence outside of marriage [1] o    Paul turns from ‘self-sacrifice … to its very opposite, self-indulgence’, from genuine ‘love’ to that perversion of it called ‘lust’. [2] o    James Bryan Smith describes how God’s good gifts can be used in the wrong way. “Desire becomes sin when it moves from being something we enjoy ...