Anxious Prayer by Don Campbell

Happiness, Contentment, & Joy
(Part 4)

What do you do when life is stressful and you turn to God in prayer?

Philippians 4:4-7

Three types of prayer can be seen in this passage

1. Worshipful Prayer (Ephesians 4:6)
2. Petition
3. Thanksgiving (Luke 17:11-19)
   

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I've Got that Feeling by Don Campbell

Happiness, Contentment, & Joy
(Part 3)

"You can't make yourself feel something that you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of what your feelings are." ~ Pearl S. Buck

God's desire for you today may not be for you to be happy. God's number one desire is for Him to be glorified. He created me to glorify Him, so sometimes He is glorified more by me when I am miserable.

Why should I worship a God who doesn't want me to be happy?
Why should I stay in a marriage when I am not happy?
Why should I stay with this church when I am not happy?
Why should I stay at a job when it doesn't make me happy?

One word answer: Love

Our problem is we think that Love is a feeling. Today we will talk about the fact that love is a choice.


I Corinthians 13:4-7 - the definition of Love
- How many of these items are feelings?
- Where are the feelings in this definition of Love?

Love is a choice.
Love is a commitment.
Love is not a fuzzy feeling.

There are times when you are in a valley and you don't have warm, fuzzy feelings toward God.

Hebrews 12:2-3 - For the Joy set before him, endured...

Mark 14:32-36



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A Man's Got to Know his Limitations by Don Campbell

Happiness, Contentment, & Joy
(Part 2)

Happiness is getting what you want
Contentment is wanting what you get
Joy is the positive confidence when I trust God to handle the details of my life.

Philippians 4:11-13 - I can do all things?

Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
Ecclesiastes 5:7
Ecclesiastes 7:18

Contentment Killers

• "What if..."
• "If Only..."

Exodus 20:17 - #1 Contentment Killer

Psalm 131:1-2 - "a stilled and quiet soul"




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The Pursuit of Happiness by Don Campbell

Happiness, Contentment, & Joy
(Part 1)

Declaration of Independence - Right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

National obsession - I want to be happy - #1 Goal

Happiness - is getting what you want

Contentment - is wanting what you get

Joy - is the positive confidence I possess by trusting God regardless of the circumstances

John 15:11 - So that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete

Psalm 37:3

Nehemiah 8:10 - The joy of the Lord is your Strength

We must ask ourselves:

Am I going to judge God by the circumstances I don't understand or judge the circumstances I don't understand in light of the character of God.

Happiness depends on chance.
Joy and Contentment depend on trusting in the character of God.




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The Beauty of Grace by Don Campbell

There is nothing in creation more beautiful than what God created long after Genesis. On the cross He created a way for us to be reconciled to him.

There is no beauty like GRACE.

Romans 4:7-8 & 5:6-10

Micah 7:18-19

2 Corinthians 5:16-21




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Honduras Mission Trip Report by Todd Newsom

Todd spoke about the work that the teens recently did when they went to Honduras on a mission trip. A video was shown and several teens shared how the experience impacted them and their lives.

The service was not recorded.

Beginning with The End in Mind with Fatherhood by Don Campbell

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Four Seasons in a Father's Life

1. The Commander
2. The Coach
3. The Counselor
   
4. The Consultant
   

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Everybody's Weird but Me

Isaiah 53:6 - The Common Problem

I Timothy 5:24 - Depravity Management

Luke 6:37-42 - Confession Heals




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God Is In Control by Don Campbell

Don prepares the church for VBS by going over the lessons the kids will be learning, cumulating in the lesson that God is in Control.




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The Stocksdale Principle by Daryl Greer

Daryl teaches on the principle that although the conclusion is certain, that does not preclude us from rolling up our sleeves and taking care of business.




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A Bag with Holes in It by Don Campbell

Haggai 1:2-11

• You are not content because you have a priority problem.

I Timothy 6:6-10

• Contentment

Prioritize time with God

James 1:26-27

• Pure Religion
  

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Lest We Forget - Communion Thought by Bill Latham

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Love Always by Don Campbell

Mother's Day Sermon

I Corinthians 13





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Unbroken Bread by Don Campbell

There is a running joke around the church that we can't do anything without there being a potluck Eating, breaking bread is an important part of our worship because breaking bread is about family time. It is a time to sit down and share family values and keep up-to-date on the happenings of everybody. It is a time to impart knowledge, mold thinking, and teach. If you don't have time to eat together, you don't have time to teach.

Passages where Jesus used meal time for "real time"

Matthew 9:9-13
Matthew 12:1-8
Matthew 14:13-21
John 12:1-8
Luke 22:7-20
Luke 24:30-31
Luke 24:40-45
John 21:14-17

What is Christianity all about? (Acts 2:42-47)

• Fellowship
• Breaking Bread (eating together, not the Lord's Supper)
  
• Praying
  

You can not have unity if you don't spend time together.



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The Harvest of Your Righteousness by Don Campbell

God does not change
God s the First Giver
There is always conflict in giving.
Exodus 32:2-4,20
- if we make gold our God...sooner or later God will make us eat it.

Motives Matter

• James 4:2-3
• II Corinthians 9:7-8
• II Corinthians 8:5

The Law of Giving

• II Corinthians 9:6-11
• Luke 6:38

"I the LORD do not change." - Malachi 3:6-12




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The Laver of Cleansing by Don Campbell

I Corinthians 6:12-13

Matthew 6:25-34

II Corinthians 10:5





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In Christ Alone By Don Campbell

The Ark of the Covenant

Hebrews 6:18-20

II Corinthians 3:14-18




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The Bread of the Presence by Don Campbell

What does the Bread of Presence "reveal"?

John 6:31-35, 47-51

24/7 Prayer Tabernacle

I want to be where you are, dwelling daily in your presence




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The Altar of Incense by Don Campbell

Psalm 14:2

• The tradition was to burn the incense in the morning and in the evening (twice a day)
• The Jews would also pray at these times, thus the burning of the incense came to symbolize the prayers of the worshippers

Revelation 8:2-4

• Heaven contains the altar of incense and an angel brings the censer in that contains the prayers of all the saints
• Prayers are a sweet-smelling aroma before the Lord

2 Corinthians 2:14-16
1) Death Redeemed

• By placing the dead flowers that have been dried in the censer and then placing the coals from the Bronze Altar into the censer, they bring the flowers back to a new life. Death has been redeemed.
• As we spread the aroma of Christ, we will experience two different reactions. Some will be drawn to the smell (the aroma of life) and others will be repulsed by it (the aroma of death).

Genesis 27:27
2) The Scent of the Son






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