WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.100 --> 00:00:04.600 Grace mercy, and peace be with you from God our Father from our Lord 2 00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:05.700 and our Savior Jesus Christ. 3 00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:10.800 A few of the verses from Philippians chapter 2. 4 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:15.500 Paul says, "Complete my joy 5 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.900 by being of the same mind having the same love being in full Accord 6 00:00:20.900 --> 00:00:24.800 and of one mind do nothing from rivalry or conceit." 7 00:00:27.300 --> 00:00:31.300 "But in humility calling others more significant than yourselves. "Let 8 00:00:31.300 --> 00:00:35.500 each of you look not only to your own interests, but also to the 9 00:00:35.500 --> 00:00:36.600 interests of others." 10 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:46.300 And then, "Do all things without grumbling or questioning that you may 11 00:00:46.300 --> 00:00:49.800 be blameless and innocent children of God without blemish in the midst 12 00:00:49.800 --> 00:00:53.300 of a crooked in twisted generation among whom you shine as lights." 13 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:58.800 "Holding fast to the Word of life so that in the day of Christ. 14 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:03.300 I may be proud that I did not run in vain 15 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:05.300 or labor in vain." 16 00:01:06.600 --> 00:01:09.700 "Even if I'd to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial 17 00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:10.800 offering of faith. 18 00:01:10.800 --> 00:01:15.300 I am glad and I rejoice with you. Likewise 19 00:01:15.300 --> 00:01:18.500 you also should be glad and rejoice with me." 20 00:01:23.100 --> 00:01:24.100 Images of joy. 21 00:01:28.300 --> 00:01:32.700 At Christmas time I pull out of our closet downstairs 22 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:36.400 my nativity scenes. 23 00:01:37.600 --> 00:01:43.900 I collect nativity scenes and place them around the house. By my 24 00:01:43.900 --> 00:01:44.500 desk 25 00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:48.200 I have a small tree where I put some of my favorite ornaments and 26 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:48.400 decorations. 27 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:53.300 One of them is a Christmas decoration with the word Joy. 28 00:01:53.300 --> 00:01:59.000 It's much smaller than what's on the board, but I've expanded it so 29 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:00.000 you can see what it is. 30 00:02:01.800 --> 00:02:03.100 It's the word Joy. 31 00:02:04.800 --> 00:02:08.900 And in the center of the word, "O" is a nativity scene. 32 00:02:11.300 --> 00:02:12.600 Image of Joy 33 00:02:13.900 --> 00:02:16.200 with Christ's birth in the center. 34 00:02:19.100 --> 00:02:24.400 The Apostle Paul writes this letter under some harsh circumstances. 35 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:27.600 He might be under house arrest. 36 00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:29.000 He might be in prison. 37 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.400 He's not quite sure what's going to happen to him. 38 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:35.100 He's not able to move freely around go to his congregation or start a 39 00:02:35.100 --> 00:02:37.900 new one and he writes a letter to the Philippians. 40 00:02:40.500 --> 00:02:45.600 But the letters filled with joy despite the circumstances over and 41 00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:50.100 over and over again, he will use those words for rejoicing and joy. 42 00:02:50.100 --> 00:02:55.300 Five times in these verses today in chapter 4 rejoice in the lord 43 00:02:55.300 --> 00:02:58.200 always he says I will say it again rejoice. 44 00:03:02.500 --> 00:03:06.800 For the Apostle Paul the source of that Joy 45 00:03:08.900 --> 00:03:10.100 is Jesus. 46 00:03:11.600 --> 00:03:13.100 And you heard it out of this. 47 00:03:15.700 --> 00:03:17.900 He emptied himself, Jesus. 48 00:03:19.600 --> 00:03:23.000 He became a servant he became one of us. 49 00:03:25.900 --> 00:03:28.200 He took on human flesh. At Christmas 50 00:03:28.200 --> 00:03:32.700 then it becomes an opportunity for us to sing "Joy to the World" because 51 00:03:32.700 --> 00:03:36.100 Jesus our Emmanuel Our God With Us. 52 00:03:37.700 --> 00:03:40.600 Became a servant for us. 53 00:03:45.100 --> 00:03:48.800 And yet have all the joy Paul writes about here. 54 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:52.200 He also gives us a warning. 55 00:03:55.300 --> 00:03:58.300 He tells us something not to do because 56 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:03.000 it'll take the joy right out of your life. 57 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:07.500 It'll take the joy out of a Church's life. 58 00:04:10.300 --> 00:04:18.200 He uses words like conceit and grumbling and questioning and 59 00:04:19.300 --> 00:04:20.399 rivalry. 60 00:04:21.700 --> 00:04:24.900 It is the reading for this message today. 61 00:04:24.900 --> 00:04:30.700 And as I read through some of the authors I came up with a list of 62 00:04:30.700 --> 00:04:34.600 words that they used when I was looking at these verses. 63 00:04:36.500 --> 00:04:40.600 I put them in a circle and here are some of the words. 64 00:04:42.200 --> 00:04:42.900 Strife, 65 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:50.300 squabbling, anger, disputes, grumbling, envy, murmuring, complaining, 66 00:04:50.300 --> 00:04:55.200 self-seeking, questioning, bickering, contention, blaming, rivalry and 67 00:04:55.200 --> 00:04:55.900 discontent. 68 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:01.900 Those are the things that will take the joy out of your life. 69 00:05:01.900 --> 00:05:05.000 It will suck the joy right out of a congregation out of a church. 70 00:05:06.700 --> 00:05:10.600 What the Apostle Paul is doing here is saying don't go there. 71 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.700 Shiver, see those road signs 72 00:05:16.700 --> 00:05:18.400 where it tells you not to do something. 73 00:05:19.900 --> 00:05:21.000 Has this nice 74 00:05:25.300 --> 00:05:26.300 redline. 75 00:05:28.200 --> 00:05:29.000 Don't do this. 76 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:32.400 Paul says it'll take the joy 77 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:35.800 out of your life. 78 00:05:38.100 --> 00:05:40.500 It'll destroy the unity of a congregation. 79 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.100 The Apostle Paul is a realist. 80 00:05:47.400 --> 00:05:49.000 He knows what's going to happen 81 00:05:50.700 --> 00:05:51.600 and so do we. 82 00:05:53.700 --> 00:05:58.400 We know that those words creep into the church creep into our lives. 83 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:02.000 I read a blog by Thom Rainer, 84 00:06:03.500 --> 00:06:07.500 well-known researcher about what's happening in the church in the 85 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:13.500 United States and he titled that blog that six reasons; 86 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:16.200 Why pastors are ready to quit. 87 00:06:19.100 --> 00:06:20.900 Here's some of the reasons that he gave. 88 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:26.400 Simply said that pastors are tired of the coronavirus just like 89 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:27.100 everybody else 90 00:06:27.100 --> 00:06:28.300 it wears you down. 91 00:06:28.300 --> 00:06:30.500 It makes you weary. 92 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:36.900 But on top of that it's made the Pastoral Ministry more difficult. 93 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:43.500 Taking more time to put everything online as well as in person. To try 94 00:06:43.500 --> 00:06:47.100 to keep in contact with people when you can't always make calls. 95 00:06:49.200 --> 00:06:52.100 I was talking with one Pastor a couple weeks ago and he simply said 96 00:06:52.100 --> 00:06:56.300 that he's worked harder in these last six months than at any time in 97 00:06:56.300 --> 00:06:57.600 his 20-year Ministry. 98 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:01.900 On top of that 99 00:07:03.400 --> 00:07:08.400 Pastors are worried about the finances in a congregation. 100 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:11.200 Will there be enough money to carry out the programs? 101 00:07:11.200 --> 00:07:16.200 And then now that opening up the people are not coming back like 102 00:07:17.300 --> 00:07:18.200 they'd hoped. 103 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:21.500 And some aren't going to come back. 104 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:25.500 They become too used to worship being at home or not even worshipping 105 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:26.200 at all anymore. 106 00:07:29.700 --> 00:07:35.600 And then there's the politicization of this Covid. 107 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:42.300 That it's oozed into the church as well infected what's going on. 108 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:47.100 Well, I'm not going to come back to church unless everybody has a mask 109 00:07:47.100 --> 00:07:47.200 on. 110 00:07:47.200 --> 00:07:50.600 Well, I'm not going to go to church if I have to wear a mask. 111 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:56.400 We shouldn't be having any Services until this coronavirus has been 112 00:07:56.400 --> 00:08:00.900 cured. Well we need to open up as soon as possible and don't worry 113 00:08:00.900 --> 00:08:05.500 about all that social distancing stuff. And the fights and the 114 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:10.300 dissension and the rivalry and the squabbling takes the joy out. 115 00:08:13.700 --> 00:08:14.600 And one other one. 116 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:18.100 This is that people 117 00:08:19.500 --> 00:08:23.500 are complaining and struggling and tired. 118 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:30.200 But they're not complaining to their Pastor or their church leaders. 119 00:08:30.200 --> 00:08:33.799 They're complaining about them. 120 00:08:35.700 --> 00:08:40.299 They're taking a lot of heat for whatever decision they make and it 121 00:08:40.299 --> 00:08:43.500 changes what decision they need to make so often. 122 00:08:46.800 --> 00:08:52.100 I was on Facebook a couple weeks ago and a pastor I know out on the 123 00:08:52.100 --> 00:08:52.500 East Coast. 124 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:59.300 Put up a little screenshot of what happened on the church's Facebook 125 00:08:59.300 --> 00:08:59.900 page. 126 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:05.400 Somebody put a question up on that Facebook page that said that is 127 00:09:05.400 --> 00:09:07.900 Pastor still at this congregation. 128 00:09:10.800 --> 00:09:14.500 And the administrator of the Facebook page wrote. 129 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:19.700 Yes, he is and then the next comment from that administrator ask. 130 00:09:19.700 --> 00:09:20.600 How are you doing? 131 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:22.200 Because they knew who asked the question. 132 00:09:23.300 --> 00:09:27.100 And then the third comment was from somebody else. 133 00:09:29.900 --> 00:09:31.000 The comment said, 134 00:09:32.100 --> 00:09:35.100 sadly he's still here. 135 00:09:38.400 --> 00:09:39.200 Seriously? 136 00:09:40.400 --> 00:09:44.300 Did you really need to troll to be that mean-spirited 137 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:47.200 on a Facebook page? 138 00:09:49.900 --> 00:09:55.900 Pastors, church leaders have the joy taken right out of their lives 139 00:09:55.900 --> 00:10:00.400 with the squabbling and the tired and anger and the dissent takes it out 140 00:10:00.400 --> 00:10:01.200 of the church too. 141 00:10:04.500 --> 00:10:08.800 Earlier when I said that the Apostle Paul found his Joy centered in 142 00:10:08.800 --> 00:10:12.300 the birth of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. 143 00:10:12.300 --> 00:10:14.400 I actually stopped that 144 00:10:16.100 --> 00:10:19.100 and did not complete where Paul found 145 00:10:19.900 --> 00:10:23.500 his Joy. I'm going to ask Matt to come over and help me here. 146 00:10:23.500 --> 00:10:27.100 We're going to add some things to the center of the word Joy. 147 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:36.300 Paul says that Jesus humbled himself. 148 00:10:37.700 --> 00:10:38.800 And he became obedient. 149 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:43.800 Obedient to death even death on a cross. 150 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.900 So in the center of Joy now that images Jesus on a cross hanging there 151 00:10:50.900 --> 00:10:53.700 for you for me for the church for everyone. 152 00:10:53.700 --> 00:10:59.700 All these ugly Joy killing words are hanging on him. 153 00:10:59.700 --> 00:11:01.800 There are on his shoulders. 154 00:11:01.800 --> 00:11:02.900 He's taking them. 155 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:09.400 And giving us his forgiveness instead what an image of joy that is. 156 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.200 And then the Apostle Paul goes on. 157 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:20.900 Talk about God has exalted him and here's a picture of Jesus coming 158 00:11:20.900 --> 00:11:21.700 out of the Tomb. 159 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:24.200 Arms outstretched. 160 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:29.100 Can you imagine Mary at the tomb first 161 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:30.700 she thinks Jesus is the gardener. 162 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:32.800 And then he 163 00:11:33.800 --> 00:11:34.600 speak her name. 164 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:40.100 Mary her eyes are open the recognition and she goes over and she grabs 165 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:40.300 him. 166 00:11:40.300 --> 00:11:41.800 I can, I can picture 167 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.600 tears of joy coming down her cheek 168 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.100 she won't let go of him. Or that Upper Room 169 00:11:48.100 --> 00:11:48.900 the disciples 170 00:11:48.900 --> 00:11:51.900 are there huddled they're afraid what's going to happen to him 171 00:11:51.900 --> 00:11:54.400 the doors are locked Jesus appears. 172 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:57.800 He he gives them peace. 173 00:11:57.800 --> 00:12:00.700 He lets them see his hands and his side. 174 00:12:00.700 --> 00:12:03.200 He's not a ghost. He eats some fish with them. 175 00:12:05.300 --> 00:12:06.700 Can you picture that scene? 176 00:12:06.700 --> 00:12:11.800 Can you imagine that? I could I can see the smiles on the disciples 177 00:12:11.800 --> 00:12:12.600 faces. 178 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:16.200 They're hugging each other and clapping each other on the shoulders. 179 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:20.700 Its a joyous scene. Christ risen from the dead in their midst. 180 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:24.900 Christ is risen from the dead in our midst. 181 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:28.000 What a joy, that is. 182 00:12:29.900 --> 00:12:32.700 And then Paul finishes this little section in Philippians. 183 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:36.800 By saying that he will return. 184 00:12:38.100 --> 00:12:42.700 And on that day of Christ every knee will bow and every tongue will 185 00:12:42.700 --> 00:12:46.800 confess that he is Lord and so there is someone kneeling 186 00:12:51.800 --> 00:12:52.900 On that great day. 187 00:12:52.900 --> 00:12:53.400 He 188 00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:56.100 comes back for us 189 00:12:58.100 --> 00:12:59.800 and takes us home, 190 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:04.000 bodies restored 191 00:13:05.400 --> 00:13:07.200 joy and celebration filling us. 192 00:13:11.300 --> 00:13:18.300 For the Apostle Paul Joy comes from Jesus incarnate, crucified, risen, 193 00:13:18.300 --> 00:13:23.300 exalted and coming back all for us for his church. 194 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:27.800 And then Paul has this. 195 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:30.600 phrase, he says: 196 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:34.100 "Complete my joy." 197 00:13:35.900 --> 00:13:40.100 "Complete my Joy by having the same mind in the same heart and the 198 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:45.800 same soul how how by putting others interests before your own. 199 00:13:46.800 --> 00:13:50.000 When people do that in the church when they put others interests 200 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:53.500 before their own the Church is united around that joy. 201 00:13:55.400 --> 00:13:58.200 So I have some other images of joy for you. 202 00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:04.500 At the congregation my wife and I attend, Timothy in St. 203 00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:06.200 Louis. Back in June 204 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:09.400 we opened up for worship services. Back 205 00:14:09.400 --> 00:14:14.800 then people were still afraid of catching coronavirus just by touching 206 00:14:14.800 --> 00:14:15.400 something. 207 00:14:16.400 --> 00:14:21.900 But two of the elders, older men high risk age category, after the 208 00:14:21.900 --> 00:14:25.100 service was over had a disinfectant bottle and a cloth. 209 00:14:26.400 --> 00:14:30.100 And they went down the pews and cleaned them all. 210 00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:37.800 For me that was simply an image of Joy those Elders putting the 211 00:14:37.800 --> 00:14:41.200 interests of others before their own. 212 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:49.800 There's another one, back in April I read about a pastor's daughter. 213 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:54.900 She is just finishing nursing school out in New York City. 214 00:14:54.900 --> 00:14:59.400 It is the first explosion of the virus and they are calling for any 215 00:14:59.400 --> 00:15:02.400 and all medical personnel to come and help in the hospitals. 216 00:15:03.400 --> 00:15:07.000 She doesn't have a job yet, but she still volunteers to go and help 217 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:08.600 take care of covid patients. 218 00:15:10.400 --> 00:15:13.800 And even though she wears the protective gear she comes down with Covid. 219 00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:18.500 And after she is recovered she then gives blood 220 00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:21.900 because the antibodies might help someone. 221 00:15:23.100 --> 00:15:24.300 She didn't have to go to work. 222 00:15:24.300 --> 00:15:26.200 She hadn't been hired yet. 223 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:33.000 And that there she was putting the interests of others before herself. 224 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:39.300 I think about 225 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:42.700 a Lutheran School teacher that I know. 226 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:46.200 She has a respiratory 227 00:15:47.900 --> 00:15:48.800 difficulty 228 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.400 and yet 229 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:55.300 this Lutheran School is meeting in person. 230 00:15:56.800 --> 00:15:59.500 And then there's always so the students online. 231 00:16:01.800 --> 00:16:07.400 She is there in the classroom mask on with the kids but also preparing 232 00:16:07.400 --> 00:16:11.400 all the extra hours to make sure the students online can learn too. 233 00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:16.000 I was on Facebook and a 234 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:23.300 Pastor I know has a daughter who's also a teacher in a Lutheran School. 235 00:16:24.400 --> 00:16:25.400 And this is what he wrote. 236 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:31.600 "Public Service Announcement teachers are breaking their necks right 237 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:35.200 now trying to relearn how to do their jobs and keep your kids safe. 238 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:38.200 They don't need your criticism or suggestions. 239 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:39.800 They need your support." 240 00:16:42.300 --> 00:16:43.300 An image of joy 241 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:46.900 a teacher in a mask 242 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:52.000 putting the interest of our students before herself. 243 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:57.100 One more image of joy. 244 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:14.400 Noah's a comfort dog and the image 245 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:19.599 I want you to put in your mind is not one Noah Comfort dog, but 10 246 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:21.900 Comfort dogs in a row. 247 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:27.400 Those of you who have Facebook know that memories come up. 248 00:17:29.100 --> 00:17:32.800 And this month a memory came up of 10 Comfort dogs in a row, 249 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:35.200 from 3 years ago. 250 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:42.800 3 years ago was the worst day in the life of my wife and myself. 251 00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:47.900 When our oldest son Matthew 33 years old. 252 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:54.300 Died suddenly at Mercy Heart Hospital with a pulmonary embolism, 253 00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.800 it was a Wednesday evening. 254 00:17:58.300 --> 00:18:00.500 Right in front of my wife, Sue. 255 00:18:02.100 --> 00:18:03.100 On Sunday afternoon 256 00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:04.900 we had the visitation at Timothy. 257 00:18:06.300 --> 00:18:07.100 When we arrived, 258 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:10.100 not just Noah, 259 00:18:11.800 --> 00:18:13.700 but dogs from Memphis, Tennessee, 260 00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:17.000 Collinsville, Illinois, 261 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:24.400 Toledo, Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Joplin, Missouri, Concordia, 262 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:29.500 Missouri, Washington, Missouri, Springfield, Illinois De Pere 263 00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:34.600 somebody from Chicago came. And there they were 10 dogs in the narthex 264 00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:39.500 outside each one of them coming up individually to greet us to comfort 265 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:42.400 us to extend our deepest sympathy to us. 266 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:47.900 And then they stayed the night and the next day for the funeral on 267 00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:48.600 Monday morning 268 00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:49.700 they were all there again. 269 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:55.400 And when we as a family came and and sat down 270 00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:57.700 on one side. 271 00:18:58.600 --> 00:19:02.500 All the Comfort dogs and their handlers were there on the other side 272 00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.600 right across from us. 273 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:12.200 Now those handlers from Memphis and Louisville and Toledo and Joplin 274 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:15.000 they didn't need to be there. 275 00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:20.600 But they put the interests of my wife 276 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:25.100 and myself in front of their own. 277 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:28.900 For me those 10 dogs 278 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.900 with those people 279 00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:33.700 it's a powerful image of joy. 280 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:38.000 In the midst of the most intense grief 281 00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:41.500 I've ever experienced. 282 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:51.000 What images of Joy would you put in the center of that word? 283 00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:56.900 When have you seen someone put the interests of somebody else before 284 00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.400 their own? 285 00:19:59.100 --> 00:20:03.600 So that the church itself is united in mind and heart and soul. 286 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.800 Or 287 00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:10.400 where do you see yourself in the center of that 288 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.000 word Joy? 289 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:17.800 What opportunity will you have to put the interests of somebody else 290 00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:19.800 before your own? 291 00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:27.900 As for the Apostle Paul and for us our joy comes it's centered in a 292 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:31.300 savior incarnate in a Manger. 293 00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:38.600 Giving himself obedient unto the death on a cross. Risen from the dead to 294 00:20:38.600 --> 00:20:43.800 bring joy to our lives who's coming back for us and every knee will 295 00:20:43.800 --> 00:20:45.100 bow and every tongue will confess. 296 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.500 For us. 297 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:56.200 When we unite in heart and mind and soul. 298 00:20:57.700 --> 00:21:00.800 And put the interests of others before our own. 299 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:06.400 Incredible images of joy. 300 00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:14.000 Incredible images of joy 301 00:21:16.800 --> 00:21:17.500 Amen. 302 00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:22.900 Now may the peace and the Joe I hate that comes from Jesus fill our 303 00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:24.900 hearts and minds to unite us 304 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:30.600 around us taking other interest before our own. 305 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.800 Please stand to sing the hymn.