Sustaining Joy in Christ 

I am praying for you now.

Hope things are better. Praying for you!

Praying for you, hope things are better now!

I pray the Good Lord intercede and deliver you from all harm. That you receive not only His mercy and grace but His all fulfilling Love and Peace.

Genesis 48:8-16 "8 When Israel😊❤ saw Joseph😊❤'s sons, he said, " Who are these? " 9 Joseph said❤ to his father😊❤, " They are my sons, whom❤ God(😊100%❤) has given me here." And he(Israel😊❤) said, " Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them." 10 Now the eyes of Israel😊❤ were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them. 11 And Israel😊❤ to Joseph😊❤, " I never expected to see your face😊❤, and behold😊❤, God has let me see your offspring❤ also." 12 Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph😊❤ took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel😊❤'s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near him. 14 And Israel stretch out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands ( for Manassehbwas the firstborn). 15 And he😊❤ blessed😊❤ Joseph😊❤ and said, " The God before whom my fathers Abraham😊❤ and Isaac 😊❤ walked, the God(😊100%❤) who has been my shepherd in all my life long to this day, 16 the angel😊❤ who has redeemed😊❤ me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham😊❤ and Isaac😊❤; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." "( Genesis 48:8-16 ESV Study Bible) Romans 8:28 "28 And we know😊❤ that for those (😊❤ 😊❤ 😊❤😊❤ 😊❤ 😊❤ 😊❤) who love❤😊 God( God😊100%❤ our Father in heaven) all things😊❤ work😊❤ together😊❤ (You might ask for what?) for good😊❤,( are you good 😊❤ too in Christ Jesus😊❤in Christ?) for( because) those (😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤ 😊❤'s in Christ) who(😊❤'s) are called😊❤ according😊❤ to( you might ask to what or to who's purpose?) to his( God's 😊❤) purpose😊❤."( Romans 8:28 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for 😊❤ and in 😊❤ Christ Jesus(😊1st❤) my Lord and my savior in Christ from Luke 2:11😊❤in Christ. John 14:6❤😊 " 6 Jesus answered, " I am the way ❤😊 and the truth ❤😊 and the life😊❤. No one comes to the Father(God 😊100%❤ , our Father in heaven ) except through me."( John 14:6😊❤ Zondervan NIV Study Bible.Amen.). Amen.

Mark 4:35-41(Jesus😊1st❤) "35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, " Let us go across to the other side😊❤."(you might ask to the other where and for what? to intended for Jesus😊1st❤ to heals a man with a demon( from Mark 5:1-20( Jesus😊1st❤heals a man with a demon) "36 And leaving😊❤ the crowd, they ( Jesus' disciples😊❤'s who some were former professional fishmen who know the sea a little or some of "his disciples ") took him(Jesus😊1st❤) with them in the boat, ( pretend and just imagine you were Jesus(😊1st❤) our Lord and our savior in Christ you to save or heal someone ( a man) with a demon going to the other side( "... to the country of the Gerasenes"from Mark 5:1b). pretend then your disciples took you in the boat, make sense because you want to heal that man in the other side with a demon) just as he(Jesus😊1st❤) was. And others boats( " boats" here are plural " boats") were with him( Jesus😊1st❤). 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that boat was already filling( you might ask filling water? H20 = water from"... of the sea." from Mark 5:1a). "38 But he( Jesus😊1st❤our Lord and our savior in Christ) was in the stern( you might ask what is Jesus😊1st❤ doing in the stern of the boat in "...a great windstorm arose , and the waves were breaking into the boat" and sea water was filling the boat( small boat) because the Bible said in Mark 4:37b " so that boat was already filling"( from Mark 4:37b ESV Study Bible so you what is Jesus😊1st❤ doing the the great windstorm and the waves hit and water was coming to the boat and you what is Jesus😊1st❤ doing in the stern? ( from Mark 4:38a " But he was in the stern" from Mark 4:38a )? " asleep on the cushion. ( imagine our Captain is sleeping during emergency like the disciples were facing in their minds in Christ). And they woke him( Jesus😊1st❤) and said to him( Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ), " Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing( perishing means dying?) ? " 39 And he(Jesus😊1st❤) awoke( from sleeping) and rebuked ( " rebuked" to me means yelled at) the wind and said to the sea, " Peace! Be still ! ( Be quiet! )" And the wind ceased( ceased mean die down), and there was a great 😊❤ calm😊❤. 40 He(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) saidJesus❤ to them( Jesus' disciples❤'s) " Why are you so afriad? Have you still have no faith?" 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another( pretended they don't know Jesus😊1st❤), " Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him(Jesus😊1st❤)? "( Mark 4:35-41 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for Christ and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ too in Christ😊❤. Basically Jesus😊1st❤'s disciple asked who is Jesus😊1st❤? to them from Mark 4:41 minus their great fear for the Bible in Mark 4:41 said, "41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another( pretended they don't know Jesus😊1st❤), " Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him(Jesus😊1st❤)? "( Mark 4:41 ESV Study Bible) If you know, trust in Jesus😊1st❤ and follow him for a while do you know Your( our) Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ ? Who is Jesus😊1st❤ to you today in Christ? Due to hoping to reaching more and more audience to trust in Jesus😊1st❤ so i will not by God's grace to put this way to make interesting more to intrigue you to learn from Jesus😊1st❤ my Lord and my savior in Christ too. Pretend Jesus😊1st❤ was like Bruce Lee but Jesus is more than Bruce Lee that we are in the same page first. Pretend Jesus(😊1st❤ ) was like Bruce Lee hoping to heal a man with a demon , so Bruce Lee wants to kick demon's butt( i didn't use the a- word but i use kick demon's butt) at demon territory like Jesus was doing so from Mark 4:35 the Bible said "...Jesus said to them, "Let's us go across to the other side."( fromMark 4:35b ESV Study Bible) while going there satan tried to cause great windstorm and waves but Jesus tell satan to be quiet or Be Still or " Peace! Be Still! ( basically Jesus was saying " Shut up! ( Be Still! ) satan. And it happened because Mark 4:39-40 "39 And he(Jesus😊1st❤) awoke( from sleeping) and rebuked ( " rebuked" to me means yelled at) the wind and said to the sea, " Peace! Be still ! ( Be quiet! )" And the wind ceased( ceased mean die down), and there was a great 😊❤ calm😊❤. 40 He(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) saidJesus❤ to them( Jesus' disciples❤'s) " Why are you so afriad? Have you still have no faith?" "( Mark 4:39-40 ESV Study Bible) My point Jesus 😊1st❤ want to go to the other side where a demon possessed man to heal a man withb demon so while he was going there, demon cause storms and waves scared his disciples in Christ but Jesus😊1st❤ calms a storm( Mark 4:35-41 ( Jesus😊1st❤ calms a storm) in Jesus'name, i pray( Mark 4:39-40). Amen. " Mark 4:39-40 "39 And he(Jesus😊1st❤) awoke( from sleeping) and rebuked ( " rebuked" to me means yelled at) the wind and said to the sea, " Peace! Be still ! ( Be quiet! )" And the wind ceased( ceased mean die down), and there was a great 😊❤ calm😊❤. 40 He(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) saidJesus❤ to them( Jesus' disciples❤'s) " Why are you so afriad? Have you still have no faith?" "( Mark 4:39-40 ESV Study Bible) Now my question for you is:. Who is Jesus😊1st❤ to you today too? ( to me is Luke 2:11😊❤) Who is Jesus😊1st❤ to you today too? Romans 8:28 Do you know that Bruce Lee's grandfather lived in the samen place where i was born, ten minutes drive or less. Anyways Jesus is more than Bruce Lee although Bruce Lee was good at his martial art at his time but I still stick Jesus😊1st❤ more to me in Christ. To me Jesus😊1st❤ is greater than Bruce Lee. Who is Jesus😊1st ❤ to you today too? ( John 14:6😊❤).

Thanks for this reminder, sister ✝️

More update version in Christ. Mark 4:35-41(Jesus😊1st❤) "35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, " Let us go across to the other side😊❤."(you might ask to the other where and for what? to intended for Jesus😊1st❤ to heals a man with a demon( from Mark 5:1-20( Jesus😊1st❤heals a man with a demon) "36 And leaving😊❤ the crowd, they ( Jesus' disciples😊❤'s who some were former professional fishmen who know the sea a little or some of "his disciples ") took him(Jesus😊1st❤) with them in the boat, ( pretend and just imagine you were Jesus(😊1st❤) our Lord and our savior in Christ you to save or heal someone ( a man) with a demon going to the other side( "... to the country of the Gerasenes"from Mark 5:1b). pretend then your disciples took you in the boat, make sense because you want to heal that man in the other side with a demon) just as he(Jesus😊1st❤) was. And others boats( " boats" here are plural " boats") were with him( Jesus😊1st❤). 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that boat was already filling( you might ask filling water? H20 = water from"... of the sea." from Mark 5:1a). "38 But he( Jesus😊1st❤our Lord and our savior in Christ) was in the stern( you might ask what is Jesus😊1st❤ doing in the stern of the boat in "...a great windstorm arose , and the waves were breaking into the boat" and sea water was filling the boat( small boat) because the Bible said in Mark 4:37b " so that boat was already filling"( from Mark 4:37b ESV Study Bible so you what is Jesus😊1st❤ doing the the great windstorm and the waves hit and water was coming to the boat and you what is Jesus😊1st❤ doing in the stern? ( from Mark 4:38a " But he was in the stern" from Mark 4:38a )? " asleep on the cushion. ( imagine our Captain is sleeping during emergency like the disciples were facing in their minds in Christ). And they woke him( Jesus😊1st❤) and said to him( Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ), " Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing( perishing means dying?) ? " 39 And he(Jesus😊1st❤) awoke( from sleeping) and rebuked ( " rebuked" to me means yelled at) the wind and said to the sea, " Peace! Be still ! ( Be quiet! )" And the wind ceased( ceased mean die down), and there was a great 😊❤ calm😊❤. 40 He(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) saidJesus❤ to them( Jesus' disciples❤'s) " Why are you so afriad? Have you still have no faith?" 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another( pretended they don't know Jesus😊1st❤), " Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him(Jesus😊1st❤)? "( Mark 4:35-41 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for Christ and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ too in Christ😊❤. Basically Jesus😊1st❤'s disciple asked who is Jesus😊1st❤? to them from Mark 4:41 minus their great fear for the Bible in Mark 4:41 said, "41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another( pretended they don't know Jesus😊1st❤), " Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him(Jesus😊1st❤)? "( Mark 4:41 ESV Study Bible) If you know, trust in Jesus😊1st❤ and follow him for a while do you know Your( our) Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ ? Who is Jesus😊1st❤ to you today in Christ? Due to hoping to reaching more and more audience to trust in Jesus😊1st❤ so i will by God's grace:) to put this way to make interesting more to intrigue you to learn from Jesus😊1st❤ my Lord and my savior in Christ too. Pretend Jesus😊1st❤ was like Bruce Lee but Jesus is more than Bruce Lee that we are in the same page first. Pretend Jesus(😊1st❤ ) was like Bruce Lee hoping to heal a man with a demon , so Bruce Lee wants to kick demon's butt( i didn't use the a- word but i use kick demon's butt) at demon territory like Jesus was doing so from Mark 4:35 the Bible said "...Jesus said to them, "Let's us go across to the other side."( fromMark 4:35b ESV Study Bible) while going there satan tried( but failed) to cause great windstorm and waves but Jesus tell satan to be quiet or Be Still or " Peace! Be Still! ( basically Jesus was saying " Shut up! ( Be Still! ) satan. And it happened because Mark 4:39-40 "39 And he(Jesus😊1st❤) awoke( from sleeping) and rebuked ( " rebuked" to me means yelled at) the wind and said to the sea, " Peace! Be still ! ( Be quiet! )" And the wind ceased( ceased mean die down), and there was a great 😊❤ calm😊❤. 40 He(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) saidJesus❤ to them( Jesus' disciples❤'s) " Why are you so afriad? Have you still have no faith?" "( Mark 4:39-40 ESV Study Bible) My point Jesus 😊1st❤ want to go to the other side where a demon possessed man to heal a man with demon so while he was going there, demon cause storms and waves scared his disciples in Christ but Jesus😊1st❤ calms a storm( Mark 4:35-41 ( Jesus😊1st❤ calms a storm) in Jesus'name, i pray( Mark 4:39-40). Amen. " Mark 4:39-40 "39 And he(Jesus😊1st❤) awoke( from sleeping) and rebuked ( " rebuked" to me means yelled at) the wind and said to the sea, " Peace! Be still ! ( Be quiet! )" And the wind ceased( ceased mean die down), and there was a great 😊❤ calm😊❤. 40 He(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) saidJesus❤ to them( Jesus' disciples❤'s) " Why are you so afriad? Have you still have no faith?" "( Mark 4:39-40 ESV Study Bible) Now my question for you is:. Who is Jesus😊1st❤ to you today too? ( to me is Luke 2:11😊❤) Who is Jesus😊1st❤ to you today too? Romans 8:28 Do you know that Bruce Lee's grandfather lived in the samen place where i was born, ten minutes drive or less. Anyways Jesus is more than Bruce Lee although Bruce Lee was good at his martial art at his time but I still stick Jesus😊1st❤ more to me in Christ. To me Jesus😊1st❤ is greater than Bruce Lee. Who is Jesus😊1st ❤ to you today too? ( John 14:6😊❤). No offensive to any Bruce Lee's fans for i also respect him for sharing his learning to all too.

He’s telling jokes. This is a sermon. Does God laugh?

​@@StoneTheTraderI think Jesus laughs for sure. I don't think it's always appropriate here but even if it is, it's really distracting. For me anyway.

Sermon topic: Joy in Christ. Problem: laughter.

​@@ogmakefirefiregood@ogmakefirefiregood it's not laughter, per SE. It's the distracting production which keeps it in. It almost sounds like a laugh track. Laughter doeth good, like a medicine. But my only point is that it is a distraction. Imagine getting on here and objecting to a constructive critique of the production value... The content is great! You guys are just looking for someone to argue with. My comment was meant to make it easier to listen to and appreciate. Do you need a laugh track to know what is amusing? Honestly, I don't think laughing is always appropriate. Joy is deeper than amusement. Have you heard Piper's talk to a group of professionals, psychologists I think, who are laughing totally inappropriately? Look it up. He is so frustrated with them and they keep laughing. Anyway, my sole point, after acknowledging that the sermon was very good, was to improve the quality by making the background noise less distracting.

​@@ogmakefirefiregoodlook up: John Piper’s Most Bizarre Moment in Preaching