Sunday 15th December 2024

Philippians 4:4-7
Joy and Rejoice are among the words that bombard us during Advent
and Christmas.
Clearly, Paul encourages us to be positive in our thinking, to be glad,
elated, happy.
Some Christians believe that we need to be controlled, not too
emotional, not to express our emotions too readily.
But, JOY IS NOT MEAN TO BE SUPERFICIAL!
Today we will look at how closely joy is to pain and fear. Joy is not the
absence of pain and fear.
Joy is the presence of Christ, in whom we have hope and trust, in the
face of pain, fear and all of life’s challenges.
And, we need to look at this both personally, and with the suffering
people of the world in our prayers.
Peace and Love,
Malcolm