Love Joy, Embracing the Church Mission

Oct 26, 2025 • Casey Harris

VISION: We exist to Lead people to Christ by showing the Love of Jesus.

MISSION: Mission: Loving God. Loving Others. Loving Joy.

SCRIPTURE: Romans 15:13 “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”

INTRODUCTION: “The Joy Gauge”

Imagine your car’s dashboard: speedometer, fuel, temperature—lots of gauges. But there’s no “joy gauge.” Many believers drive through life checking performance and pressure yet ignoring the one thing that keeps the engine from seizing: joy. You can have a full schedule and an empty soul. Today, let’s ask the Holy Ghost to light up the “joy gauge,” because a church that leads with love must also leak with joy.

Series Tie-In — Vision & Mission

Vision: Lead people to Christ by showing the Love of Jesus.

Mission in Motion: We’ve looked at Loving God (our devotion), Loving Others (our disposition), and today Loving Joy (our demonstration). Love is the river; joy is the current that moves people toward Christ.

3-FACTS ABOUT LOVING JOY

1. JOY COMES FROM GOD’S LOVE

a. True joy is found in our relationship with Christ. Love births joy.

i. Psalm 16:11 “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are

pleasures for evermore.”

ii. Nehemiah 8:10 “…for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

b. Joy is not a mood you manufacture; it is a miracle you receive.

2. LOVING JOY MEANS LOVING THE CHURCH

a. We find joy in belonging to a community that lives out God’s love.

i. Psalm 122:1 “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.”

ii. Acts 2:46 “And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to

house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,”