• Is there joy in your life because you’re a Christian?

    • Deuteronomy 12:18 – rejoice

    • Luke 6:22-25 – glad … leap

    • Romans 14:17 – joy

    • Philippians 4:4; I Thessalonians 5:16 – rejoice

  • Problems to watch out for:

    • Despondent brethren

    • Chronic critic and grouch

    • Easily offended / cry babies

    • Possessive

    • Gossip, backbiting, bickering

      • Galatians 5:15

    • “Yes” people and “no” people

    • Haughty, “holier-than-thou”

    • “Someone else will do it”

    • Guilt-ridden

    • “40 years ago”

      • Matthew 6:9-15