Ernest N. PrabhakarDrErnie@RadicalCentrism.org

“Road to Joy”A Boundaries Remix

Sunday AM Servce

May 1st, 2011

Kingsway Community Church

San Jose, CA

The Joy of Owning

My Reality

In Submission To

God‟s Reality

God

Joy

Me You

John 15:10-12 (NIV)

10 If you keep my commands, you will remain

in my love, just as I have kept my Father‟s

commands and remain in his love.

11 I have told you this so that my joy may be

in you and that your joy may be complete.

12 My command is this: Love each other as I

have loved you.

Process

JoyLoveObedience

Questions

A. What is Joy?

B. How can I continue in Obedience?

C. How does God Love us?

A. Joy

Fulfilling My Purpose

Purpose

• Happiness

• I have fulfilled my purpose

• Joy

• I am fulfilling my purpose

Happiness

Desire Goalact

Frustration

Desire Goalnot

Joy

Desire Goalact

Joy is a Purposeful

Journey

Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)

• Many are the plans

• in a person‟s heart,

• but it is the LORD‟s

• purpose that prevails.

B. Personal Reality

Ownership

• Internal

• Desires

• Attitudes

• ValuesI

External

•Talents

•Limits

•Behavior

Responsibility

• Responsible For Myself

• Responsible To Others

• People

• God

Myself

GrowRepentComplyReactInitiate

I already own

everything I need

to successfully

pursue joy

• Give to Them

• Receive from Them

Others

InfluenceTrustRespectForgive

I can not control you.

I can control my

boundaries with you.

That is enough.

Luke 6:41-42 (NKJV)

41 And why do you look at the speck in your

brother‟s eye, but do not perceive the plank in

your own eye? 42 Or how can you say to your

brother, „Brother, let me remove the speck

that is in your eye,‟ when you yourself do not

see the plank that is in your own eye?

Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your

own eye, and then you will see clearly to

remove the speck that is in your brother‟s

eye.

C. Ultimate Reality

God‟s Holiness

• Wisdom

• God‟s Counsel

• Power

• God‟s Greatness

• Love

• God‟s Goodness

Our Holiness

• Drive relentlessly toward growth and

development

• Give up everything that gets in the way of

love

• Surrender everything that gets in the way

of truth

• Prevent toxic contamination through purity

of heart

Everything

Romans 8:28 (NKJV)

And we know that all

things work together for

good to those who love

God, to those who are the

called according to His

purpose.

My life is uniquely,

lovingly, and

optimally designed

for my glory & joy...

...not my comfort and

convenience

God‟s Will

• Preferred Will

• “Marriage as a source of comfort and support”

• Sovereign Will

• “Marriage as the crucible for making us holy”

Every trial is raw

material for making

us holy... and thus

increasing our joy.

Romans 5:3-5 (NCV)

3 We also have joy with our troubles, because

we know that these troubles produce

patience.

4 And patience produces character, and

character produces hope.

5 And this hope will never disappoint us,

because God has poured out his love to fill

our hearts. He gave us his love through the

Holy Spirit, whom God has given to us.

Application

The Road to Joy

• Invite God to (re)define

your reality.

• Listen to your soul.

• Listen to Him.

• Everything else will follow.

Response

The End

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